2015 American Transplant Congress

Sunday, May 3, 2015

4:00pm-4:12pm

Negative Effects of Being Obese or Overweight on T Regulatory (Treg) Cell Suppressive Function in Patients Listed for Lung Transplantation (Tx)

T. Akimova,¹ J. Diamond,² D. Wilkes,³ D. Lederer,⁴ J. Christie,² W. Hancock.¹

Concurrent Session: Lung: Optimizing Outcomes  •  Room 115-C

4:00pm-4:12pm

Rejection Triggers Liver Transplant Tolerance: Involvement of Mesenchyma-Meidated Immune Control Mechanisms

M. Morita, D. Joyce, C. Miller, J. Fung, L. Lu, S. Qian.

Concurrent Session: Liver Transplant Rejection: Animal Models  •  Room 121-AB

4:00pm-4:12pm

Rise in Deceased Donors Labeled "Increased Risk for Disease Transmission" Under New Guidelines

L. Kucirka, M. Bowring, A. Massie, L. Nicholas, X. Luo, D. Segev.

Concurrent Session: Economics, Policy and Ethics  •  Room 118-C

4:00pm-4:12pm

Trajectory of Measured GFR Decades After Kidney Donation: Hyperfiltration Never Seems to End!

H. Ibrahim, D. Berglund, R. Foley, A. Matas.

Concurrent Session: Kidney: Living Donor Issues I  •  Terrace IV

4:00pm-4:12pm

Transplanting Pediatric Livers Into Adult Recipients Is Associated With Increased Rejection and Decreased Survival

V. Fleetwood, J. Harris, M. Hertl, E. Chan.

Concurrent Session: Liver Retransplantation and Other Complications  •  Room 115-AB

4:00pm-4:12pm

VLA-4 Blockade Inhibits Endogenous Memory CD8 T Cell-Mediated Rejection of Cardiac Allografts

S. Iida,¹ C. Su,¹ T. Abe,¹ K. Tanabe,² R. Fairchild.¹

Concurrent Session: T Cell Mediated Rejection: Animal Models  •  Room 120-ABC

4:12pm-4:24pm

Allograft Class II MHC and CD40 Expression Are Required for Endogenous Memory CD8 T Cell Proliferation in Cardiac Allografts Subjected to Prolonged Cold Ischemic Storage

T. Tanaka,^1,2 H. Tsuda,^1,3 N. Kohei,^1,4 D. Kish,¹ W. Baldwin,¹ A. Valujskikh,¹ R. Fairchild.¹

Concurrent Session: T Cell Mediated Rejection: Animal Models  •  Room 120-ABC

4:12pm-4:24pm

B7-H1 Deficiency in Liver Allografts Leads to CD8-Mediated Acute Vascular Rejection

M. Morita, D. Joyce, J. Fung, S. Qian, R. Fairchild, L. Lu.

Concurrent Session: Liver Transplant Rejection: Animal Models  •  Room 121-AB

4:12pm-4:24pm

Comparison of T Regulatory (Treg) Cell Function Pre- and Post-Lung Transplantation Shows a Major Negative Impact of Immunosuppression on Treg Function

T. Akimova,¹ J. Diamond,² D. Wilkes,³ D. Lederer,⁴ J. Christie,² W. Hancock.¹

Concurrent Session: Lung: Optimizing Outcomes  •  Room 115-C

4:12pm-4:24pm

Desensitization With Costimulation Blockade and Proteasome Inhibition in a Non-Human Primate Model of Kidney Transplantation

C. Burghuber,^1,2 J. Kwun,¹ E. Page,¹ A. Gibby,¹ F. Leopardi,³ A. Farris,¹ N. Iwakoshi,¹ S. Knechtle.^1,3

Concurrent Session: Alloantibodies and Rejection: Animal Models  •  Room 118-AB