2015 American Transplant Congress

May 2-6, 2015 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Tuesday, May 5, 2015

2:39pm-2:51pm: Chimeric Thymus Versus Antigen Presenting Thymus for the Induction of Tolerance: Donor DCs in Vascularized Thymus Grafts Play an Essential Role in the Induction of Tolerance

K. Yamada, M. Sekijima, A. Kawai, T. Tanabe, M. Tasaki, V. Villani, I. Hanekamp, A. Shimizu, D. Sachs.

Concurrent Session: Transplant Tolerance: Animal Models II • Room 118-C

2:39pm-2:51pm: Deficiency of Naturally Occurring Anti-Angiogenic Antibodies Associate With the Development of Metastatic Cancer Post Renal Transplantation and Patient Death

R. Carroll,¹ A. Phillippe,² R. Catar,² H. Heidecke,² D. Dragun.²

Concurrent Session: PTLD and Other Malignancies • Room 122-AB

2:39pm-2:51pm: Differential Clinical Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients With De Novo C1q+ and C1q- Donor Specific Antibodies

M. Ajaimy,¹ A. Colovai,² S. Calp,¹ J. Lindower,¹ M. Melamed,³ E. Akalin.¹

Concurrent Session: Kidney: Antibodies and Allograft Injury • Room 118-AB

2:39pm-2:51pm: Incidence, Timing, and Consequence of De Novo Donor Specific Antibody in Intestinal Transplantation

C. Matsumoto, J. Hawksworth, S. Kozlowski, S. Rosen-Bronsen, A. Kromer, M. Grafals, N. Yazgi, S. Kaufman, K. Khan, R. Girlanda, E. Island, C. Desai, T. Fishbein.

Concurrent Session: Small Bowel Transplantation • Room 117

2:39pm-2:51pm: Increased Ratio of Estimated Spleen/Graft Volume Is a Strong Predictor of Posttransplant Portal Hypertension in Adult-To-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Significance of Splenectomy On Portal Venous Pressure and Patient Survival

S. Mizuno, K. Gyoten, A. Tanemura, Y. Murata, H. Kato, N. Kuriyama, M. Kishiwada, M. Usui, H. Sakurai, S. Isaji.

Concurrent Session: Liver: Living Donors and Partial Grafts • Room 115-AB

2:39pm-2:51pm: Organ Donation Attitudes of Hispanic College Students in the Rio Grande Valley: Analysis of Free Responses

Y. Tasnif,¹ S. Saladin,² A. Araya,¹ X. Wang.³

Concurrent Session: Disparities in Donation and Transplant Outcomes • Room 115-C

2:39pm-2:51pm: Pancreas-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Chronic Pancreatitis Patients Enhance Islet Graft Function

M. Lawrence,¹ F. Kunnathodi,¹ N. Borenstein-Auerbach,¹ G. Yoshimatsu,¹ M. Kanak,² R. Shahbazov,¹ M. Takita,¹ M. Levy,³ B. Naziruddin.³

Concurrent Session: Islet Transplantation: Basic • Room 121-C

2:39pm-2:51pm: Peritransplant Costimulation Blockade and Rapamycin Therapy Induces Permanent Limb Allograft Survival

L. Wang, A. Samanta, J. Huang, T. Bhatti, Z. Wang, R. Han, L. Levin, M. Levine, W. Hancock.

Concurrent Session: Composite Tissue Allografts: Basic and Translational • Room 119-A

2:39pm-2:51pm: Pre-Transplant Angiotensin Receptor II Type 1 Antibodies (AT1R) and Serum Soluble Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator Receptor (suPAR) as Predictors of Post Transpalnt FSGS Recurrence

A. Khalil, T. Tim, A. Sharfuddin, S. Doshi, M. Yaqub, D. Mishler, W. Goggins, M. Mujtaba.

Concurrent Session: Glomerulonephritis/Recurrent Disease • Room 121-AB

2:39pm-2:51pm: Pre-Transplant Portal Vein Recanalization-Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt in Patients With Chronic Portal Vein Thrombosis

B. Thornburg, K. Desai, T. Baker, J. Fryer, M. Abecassis, J. Caicedo, L. Kulik, R. Salem.

Concurrent Session: Late Breaking • Terrace IV