2015 American Transplant Congress

Monday, May 4, 2015

5:12pm-5:24pm

Regulatory T Cells Expanded by Activated iNKT Cells Facilitate Migration of Donor Dendritic Cells Into the Recipient Thymus and Subsequent Establishment of Clonal Deletion

T. Hirai,¹ R. Shibahara,¹ S. Miyairi,¹ M. Ikemiyagi,¹ K. Omoto,¹ Y. Ishii,² K. Tanabe.¹

Concurrent Session: Immune Regulation and Graft Survival  •  Room 119-B

5:12pm-5:24pm

Risk Associated With DCD Kidney Transplantation Varies by Donor Characteristics

X. Luo, A. Massie, E. Chow, D. Segev.

Concurrent Session: Kidney: KDPI and Non Ideal Kidneys  •  Room 118-AB

5:12pm-5:24pm

Survival Benefit of Kidney Transplant Among HIV+ Waitlist Candidates

J. Locke,¹ S. Gustafson,² C. Durand,³ J. Snyder,² B. Shelton,¹ R. Reed,¹ P. MacLennan,¹ S. Mehta,¹ A. Nellore,¹ D. Segev.^2,3

Concurrent Session: Viral Infections (CMV, HBV, HCV, HIV, Norovirus)  •  Room 121-AB

5:12pm-5:24pm

The Effect of Rituximab Therapy on Regulatory B Cell and Prevention of Chronic Antibody Mediated Rejection in Kidney Transplantation Recipients

M. Ikemiyagi, R. Ishii, S. Miyairi, T. Hirai, K. Omoto, K. Tanabe.

Concurrent Session: Basic Mechanisms of Chronic Injury and Fibrosis  •  Room 121-C

5:12pm-5:24pm

The Role of Hemodialysis Social Networks in Transplantation: Five Year Follow Up of an Urban Hemodialysis Cohort

A. Pai, A. Gillespie.

Concurrent Session: Disparities in Healthcare Access  •  Room 115-C

5:12pm-5:24pm

Use of Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA) in Liver Transplantation from Donation After Cardiac Death (DCD) Donors: A Controlled Randomized Trial

B. Eghtesad, K. Hashimoto, M. Watson, M. Nazzal, C. Quintini, D. Kelly, T. Diago, N. Kawamura, G. El-Gazzaz, M. Fujiki, F. Aucejo, C. Winans, C. Miller, J. Fung.

Concurrent Session: Donor and Recipient Optimization for Liver Transplant  •  Room 115-AB

5:30pm-6:30pm

Donor Dendritic Cells – Potential New Therapeutic Target in Transplantation

T. Ueno,^1,2,3 M. Yeung,¹ M. McGrath,¹ H. Iwamoto,³ Y. Nakamura,³ O. Konnno,³ Y. Kihara,³ T. Yokoyama,³ S. Ono,³ T. Ikeda,³ S. Kawachi,³ B. Ibrahim,¹ A. Chandraker.¹

Poster Session C: Antigen Presenting Cells in Alloimmune Responses/B Cells and Antibody in Alloimmune Responses  •  Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm

A Critical Analysis of the Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Racial Disparities in Kidney Transplantation

D. Taber, M. Gebregziabher, M. Hamedi, T. Srinivas, K. Chavin, P. Baliga, L. Egede.

Poster Session C: Disparities in Healthcare Access  •  Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm

A Discrete Choice Experiment to Explore Patients' Preferences for Kidney Transplant Monitoring by Video-Conferencing

S. Brunet-Houdard,¹ M. Giral,² S. Gaboriau,² A. Meurette,² P. Daguin,² P. Tessier.³

Poster Session C: Psychosocial and Treatment Adherence  •  Exhibit Hall E

5:30pm-6:30pm

A Non-Invasive Urinary Common Rejection Module (uCRM) Gene Expression Score Enables Accurate Discrimination of Acute Rejection in Kidney Transplant Patients

O. Bestard,^1,2 T. Sigdel,¹ Y. Ng,¹ S.-C. Hsieh,¹ S. Roedder,¹ N. Dvorak,¹ T. Tran,¹ M. Sarwal.¹

Poster Session C: Translational Biomarkers and Immune Monitoring  •  Exhibit Hall E