2015 American Transplant Congress

Monday, May 4, 2015

2:39pm-2:51pm

Stable and Unstable Chimerism During Immunosuppressive Drug Withdrawal in Tolerant Recipients of HLA Matched Combined Kidney and Hematopoietic Cell Transplants

T. Pham,¹ S. Busque,¹ J. Scandling,² J. Shizuru,² S. Asha,¹ S. Strober.²

Concurrent Session: Tolerance: Clinical Studies  •  Room 122-AB

2:39pm-2:51pm

Tandem P-Selectin Glycoprotein Ligand-Immunoglobulin (TSGL-Ig) Protects Liver Endothelial Cells Against Prolonged Cold Preservation Injury in Mouse Liver Transplantation

C. Zhang,¹ H. Ji,¹ Y. Liu,¹ X. Shen,¹ F. Gao,¹ R. Busuttil,¹ G. Shaw,² J. Kupiec-Weglinski.¹

Concurrent Session: Ischemia Reperfusion Injury: Basic Mechanisms  •  Room 119-A

2:39pm-2:51pm

Umbilical Vein Catheter Versus Double J Stent for Ureteric Anastomosis in Renal Transplantation: A Single Centre, Open Label, Randomized Trial

V. Swaroop, A. Pereira, S. Smith, O. Masood, R. Pararajasingam, T. Augustine, H. Riad, S. Mehra, A. Tavakoli.

Concurrent Session: Kidney: Surgical Technique/Complications  •  Room 115-AB

2:51pm-3:03pm

Donor Specific Expansion of Regulatory T-Cells Was Associated With Allograft Tolerance Induced By Transient Mixed Chimerism in Nonhuman Primates

K. Hotta, A. Aoyama, T. Ohura, M. Tonsho, Y. Yamada, J. Allan, J. Madsen, B. Cosimi, G. Benichou, T. Kawai.

Concurrent Session: Transplant Tolerance: Animal Models I  •  Room 121-C

2:51pm-3:03pm

Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA Is Stable in Non-Rejecting Heart Transplant Recipients in the CARGO II Multicenter Trial

D. Hiller,¹ M. Grskovic,¹ J. Beausang,¹ R. Sit,¹ B. Christie,¹ J. Elechko,¹ R. Woodward,¹ J. Yee,¹ H. Eisen.²

Concurrent Session: Heart De-"Mystification": Rejection and Antibodies of All Types  •  Room 118-C

2:51pm-3:03pm

Epidemiology of Pneumonia in a Cohort of 5,000+ Abdominal Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

A. Masica, S. Delcroix-Lopes, M. Kouznetsova, C. Spak.

Concurrent Session: ID - Epidemiology, Resistance, Geographic Infections  •  Room 115-C

2:51pm-3:03pm

Immunoglobulin G Donor-Specific Anti-HLA Antibody Subclasses and Kidney Allograft Antibody-Mediated Injury

D. Viglietti,^1,2 C. Bentlejewski,³ J.-P. Duong van Huyen,^4,2 D. Vernerey,^5,2 O. Aubert,² J. Verine,¹ X. Jouven,² C. Legendre,⁴ D. Glotz,¹ A. Loupy,^2,4 A. Zeevi,³ C. Lefaucheur.^1,2

Concurrent Session: Antibodies and Graft Injury: Translational  •  Room 121-AB

2:51pm-3:03pm

Long Term Follow Up Reveals Satisfactory Renal Outcome in Pacreas After Kidney Transplantation (PAK)

R. Banga, V. Dadlani, W. Kremers, E. Lorenz, P. Dean, M. Stegall, Y. Kudva.

Concurrent Session: Optimizing Immunosuppression in Pancreas Transplantation  •  Room 119-B

2:51pm-3:03pm

Long-Term Excellent Results of ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplantations at Multicenter Japanese Case Series

K. Tanabe,^１ H. Ishida,^１ K. Masutani,² Y. Okabe,³ M. Okumi,¹ H. Kitada,² T. Shimizu,⁴ H. Shirakawa.⁵

Concurrent Session: Kidney: Desensitization  •  Terrace I-III

2:51pm-3:03pm

Metrics of Global Health Status Signal Early Hospital Readmission Risk After Kidney Transplantation

M. Harhay,¹ A. Hill,² W. Wang,² O. Even-Shoshan,² A. Mussell,¹ J. Karlawish,³ R. Bloom,¹ H. Feldman,¹ J. Silber,² P. Reese.¹

Concurrent Session: Kidney: Hospitalization/Readmission  •  Room 118-AB