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2015 American Transplant Congress

May 2-6, 2015 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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  • Lack of Utilization of Pre-Emptive Transplantation in Those With Living Donor Kidney Transplants

    A. Sakhuja,1 A. Naik,1 R. Eikstadt,2 P. Shrivastava,1 D. Cibrik,1 M. Samaniego.1

  • Landscape of Non-Directed Live Donors

    K. Kumar, X. Luo, A. Massie, T. Purnell, J. Tonascia, E. King, D. Segev.

  • Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy of Multiple Renal Artery Kidneys: Single Center Experience

    A. AlShahrani, M. AlBuagmi, I. AlOraifi, M. Tawfeeq.

  • Largest Single Center Experience of Pre-Transplant Outcomes After Bariatric Surgery in Ethnic Minorities With Chronic Kidney Disease

    I. Thomas,2 J. Gaynor,1 T. Joseph,1 N. De La Cruz,1 D. Roth,2 A. Mattiazzi,2 W. Kupin,2 L. Chen,1 G. Burke,1 M. Goldstein,1 G. Ciancio,1 G. Guerra.2

  • Late Antibody-Mediated Rejection in a Large Cross-Sectional Cohort of Kidney Transplant Recipients – Results of the Screening Phase of the BORTEJECT Study

    F. Eskandary,1 G. Bond,1 H. Regele,2 N. Kozakowski,2 Z. Kikic,1 M. Wahrmann,1 H. Haslacher,3 R. Oberbauer,1 V. Ramassar,4 P. Halloran,4 G. Böhmig.1

  • Late Onset Cluster of Pneumocystis Jirovecii Pneumonia (PJP) in Renal Transplant Patients: Re-Examining Prophylaxis Strategies

    G. Sekhon,1 L. Gunaratnam,1 H. Iyer,1 J. Johnson,1 N. Muirhead,1 A. Newman,2 F. Rehman,1 M. Weir,1 M. Silverman,3 A. House,1 A. Jevnikar,1 S. Hosseini-Moghaddam.3

  • Late Recurrent UTIs in Kidney Transplant Patients: Risk Factors , Microbiologic and Antibiotic Resistance Patterns

    A. Regmi, D. Kumar, A. King, G. Gupta.

  • Late Rejection in Pediatric Heart Transplantation: The Importance of Medical Adherence

    A. Letica, W. Zuckerman, L. Addonizio, J. McAllister, T. Lee, M. Richmond.

  • Learning from Failures: A 7-Year Analysis of a Multi-Institutional Kidney Paired Donation Registry

    D. Fumo,1,2 V. Kapoor,1 L. Reece,2 S. Rees,2 J. Kopke,2 S. Stepkowski,1 C. Smith,1,2 M. Rees.1,2

  • Left Ventricular Assist Device–Associated Allosensitization — Clinical Implications

    B.-S. Ko, C. Willis, S. Drakos, D. Hurst, A. Kfoury, G. Snow, J. Delgado, E. Hammond, C. Selzman, R. Alharethi, S. McKellar, J. Nativi-Nicolau, E. Gilbert, P. Revelo, D. Miller, B. Reid, J. Fang, D. Eckles, J. Stehlik.

  • Legal Issues in Domino Liver Transplantation in Germany

    H. Schmidt,1 A. Barreiros,2 H. Schlitt,2 T. Gutmann.3

  • Lessons Learned from the Clinical Use of Normothermic Regional Perfusion (nRP) in Uncontrolled Donation After Circulatory Death (DCD)

    C. Antoine,1 E. Savoye,1 F. Gaudez,2 G. Cheisson,3 M. Videcoq,4 B. Barrou,5 National Steering Committee of Donation After Circulatory Death.1

  • Leukocyte Associated Immunoglobulin-Like Receptor 1 inhibits Th1 But Enhances Th17 Responses

    V. Agashe,1 M. Keller,2 L. Haynes,1 E. Jankowska-Gan,1 J. Sullivan,1 J. Kernien,1 H. Suzuki,3 D. Wilkes,4 W. Burlingham.1

  • LFA-1 Is Crucial for Germinal Center Reconstruction After T cell Depletion and IL-21 Biased Antibody-Mediated Rejection

    J. Kwun,1 B. Oh,1 H. Song,1 A. Farris,1 A. Kirk,2 W. Mahle,1 S. Knechtle.1

  • Lifor Organ Preservation Solution Protects Pulmonary Microvasculature in a Rat Model of Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion and Transplantation

    T. Okamoto,1,3 A. Yasuda,1,2 D. Mathisen,1,3 H. Ott.1,3

  • Ligation of the Native Ureter for Treatment of Urinary Fistula in Kidney Transplantation: Is It Safe?

    C. Batagello, K. Yamaçake, R. Falci, H. Kanashiro, R. Kato, G. Ebaid, A. Piovesan, W. Nahas.

  • Lipid Profiles Over 2 Years Follow-Up in De Novo Kidney Transplant Recipients Randomized to Once-Daily MeltDose® Tacrolimus (Envarsus® XR) Vs. Twice-Daily Tacrolimus (Prograf®): Results from a Phase 3, Double-Blind, Double-Dummy, Multicenter Trial

    S. Mulgaonkar, O. Pankewycz, S. Steinberg.

  • Listing for Liver Transplantation of Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma Using the Extended Toronto Criteria; an Intention-to-Treat Analysis

    G. Sapisochin, N. Goldaracena, J. Laurence, A. Barbas, M. Dib, A. Ghanekar, M. Selzner, L. Lilly, I. McGilvray, M. Cattral, E. Renner, P. Greig, D. Grant.

  • Live Donor Kidney Transplantation: Recipient Outcomes When the Donor Developed ESRD

    A. Muzaale, A. Massie, D. Segev.

  • Live Donor Liver Transplantation With Older (>50years) Vs Younger (<50years) Donors: Does Age Matter?

    N. Goldaracena, G. Sapisochin, J. Echeverri, M. Kaths, N. Selzner, M. Cattral, P. Greig, L. Lilly, I. McGilvray, G. Levy, A. Ghanekar, E. Renner, D. Grant, M. Selzner.

  • Live Donor Vs Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation Results in Identical Outcome in Recipients With Acute Liver Failure – An Important Choice for Critical Ill Patients

    N. Goldaracena, G. Sapisochin, J. Echeverri, M. Kaths, N. Selzner, M. Cattral, P. Greig, L. Lilly, I. McGilvray, G. Levy, A. Ghanekar, E. Renner, D. Grant, M. Selzner.

  • Live Kidney Donor Evaluation: Association of Race With Ineligibility

    K. Kumar, A. Poon, A. Massie, A. Muzaale, T. Purnell, J. Tonascia, E. King, D. Segev.

  • Liver Allograft Provides Immunoprotection for the Cardiac Allograft in Combined Heart-Liver Transplantation

    T. Wong, J. Stulak, J. Heimbach, M. Stegall, T. Taner.

  • Liver Allograft Utilization Within the United States: 2003-2013

    J. Renz,1 G. Diaz,1 L. Ratner,2 H. Yersiz,3 M. Millis,1 J. Matthews.1

  • Liver Allografts from Living Donors Demonstrate High Expression of Hepatic Functional Genes Compared With Deceased Donors

    R. Gehrau,1 J. Suh,1 K. Brayman,1 S. Rasmussen,1 C. Dumur,2 V. Mas,1 D. Maluf.1

  • Liver Fabrication Using Whole Organ Scaffold for Transplantable Graft in Large Animal

    K. Inomata,1 H. Yagi,1 K. Tazima,1 K. Sugiyama,1 M. Hieda,1 T. Hibi,1 Y. Abe,1 M. Kitago,1 M. Shinoda,1 O. Itano,1 T. Akaike,2 Y. Kitagawa.1

  • Liver Flushing Using Colloid and Crystalloid Solutions

    J. Burg, D. Scott, K. Enestvedt, K. Roayaie, D. Scott.

  • Liver Transplantation for Children With Autoimmune Hepatitis and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: An Analysis of the UNOS Database

    J. Jossen,1 R. Annunziato,2 J. Chu,1 H.-S. Kim,2 S. Sheflin,1 J. Lai,1 R. Arnon.1

  • Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma inside Milan Criteria: Lower Recurrence in Patients With Hepatitis C Infection

    W. Palmer, D. Lee, J. Burns, A. Keaveny, J. Melendez, J. Nguyen, T. Patel, S. Pungpapong, B. Rosser, R. Paz-Fumagalli, R. Nakhleh, K. Musto, D. Harnois.

  • Liver Transplantation for Primary Liver Malignancies Vs. Neuroendocrine Metastases: Analysis of the UNOS Dataset

    V. Vilchez,1 M. Shah,1 M. Daily,1 S. Krohmer,2 D. Davenport,1 E. Maynard,1 R. Gedaly.1

  • Liver Transplantation in Children Using Organ Donation After Circulatory Death– An Analysis of the National Registry

    G. El-Gazzaz, K. Hashimoto, M. Fujiki, T. Daigo, C. Quintino, F. Aucejo, D. Kelly, C. Winans, C. Miller, J. Fung, B. Eghtesad.

  • Liver Versus Kidney. A Functional Study on Pancreatic Islet Implantation Sites

    T. Corsello,1 G. Curcuru,2 D. Zorzi,3 M. Montalbano,1 B. Carr,1 L. Cicalese,1 C. Rastellini.1

  • Liver-Specific Transcription Factor ATF5 Participates in Regulation of IFN-γ/B7-H1 Signaling Pathway in Liver Mesenchymal Cells

    G.-Q. Shen, L. Wang, J. Fung, L. Lu, S. Qian.

  • Living and Dead Mesenchymal Stem Cells Induce an Immunosuppressive Response in an Experimental Sepsis Model

    F. Luk,1 M. Roemeling-van Rhijn,1 S. de Witte,1 S. Korevaar,1 R. de Bruin,2 M. Betjes,1 C. Baan,1 M. Hoogduijn.1

  • Living Donor Characteristics Associated With Changes in Post-Donation GFR

    E. Poggio,1 D. Mandelbrot,4 P. Reese,5 D. Goldfarb,3 S. Flechner,3 J. Schold.2

  • Living Donor Gifted Lithiasis: Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients

    M. Mujtaba, C. Sundaram, M. Yaqub, T. Taber, J. Powelson, S. Doshi, A. Sharfuddin.

  • Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Biliary Atresia has Equivalent Survival and Shorter Waiting Time Compared to Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation

    S. Alexopoulos,1 V. Nekrasov,1 L. Matsuoka,1 K. Chouliaras,2 Y. Genyk.1

  • Living Donor Transplant Rates in Children Are Declining

    D. Keith, A. Nishio Lucar, G. Vranic.

  • Living Kidney Donation in the Elderly: The United Kingdom Experience

    Z. Ahmed,1 R. Tamburrini,1 L. Pankhurst,2 N. Kessaris,1 N. Mamode.1

  • Local Expansion in DCD Kidney Transplant Activity Improves Waiting List Outcomes and Addresses Inequities of Access to Transplantation

    B. Mirshekar-Syahkal,1 L. Bradbury,2 P. Sun,1 M. Aly,1 M. Berry,1 J. Norris,1 J. Bradley,1 G. Pettigrew.1

  • 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.

  • Long Term Outcomes of Tocilizumab Therapy for DSA+ Antibody Mediated Rejection (ABMR) Resistant to IVIG + Rituxan (I+R) Treatment

    J. Choi,1 A. Vo,1 J. Kahwaji,1 M. Haas,2 N. Reinsmoen,3 D. Puliyanda,1 A. Peng,1 R. Villicana,1 S. Jordan.1

  • Long Term Outcomes With Alemtuzumab Induction Therapy for Deceased and Living Renal Transplant Recipients. A Single Center Experience

    P. Vaitla, U. Patel, A. Cruz, S. Guisti, A. Moiz, C.-S. Catherine, A. Cohen, G. Loss, H. Bohorquez, I. Carmody, T. Reichman, D. Bruce, S. Anders, J. Garces.

  • Long Term Patency of Reconstructed Middle Hepatic Vein Extension Conduit Using Autologous Portal Vein Segment Derived from Explanted Liver

    S. Kapoor,1 S. Kalgaonkar,2 B. Nath,1 V. Varma,1 S. Maheshwari,2 A. Raut,2 V. Kumaran.1

  • Long Term Survival After Single Versus Double Lung Transplantation in Patients With Pulmonary Fibrosis in the Modern Era of the Lung Allocation Score

    V. Ambur, S. Jayarajan, S. Taghavi, S. Kadakia, C. Lewis, Y. Furuya, A. Shiose, L. Kaiser, G. Wheatley, T. Guy, Y. Toyoda.

  • Long-Term Analysis of a Placebo-Controlled Trial of C1-INH for Prevention of Antibody-Mediated Rejection

    A. Vo, J. Choi, J. Kahwaji, D. Puliyanda, A. Peng, R. Villicana, S. Jordan.

  • Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of an EVR- Vs. an MMF-Based Regimen After Pediatric Kidney Transplantation (KTX): A Case-Control Study Within the CERTAIN Registry

    L. Pape,1 T. Ahlenstiel-Grunow,1 B. Hoecker,2 M. Bald,3 K. Kruppka,2 B. Toenshoff,2 L. Brunkhorst.1

  • 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

  • Long-Term Follow-Up After Conversion from Twice-Daily Tacrolimus Formulation to Once-Daily Tacrolimus Formulation in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation

    C. Choi, A. Han, S. Min, S.-K. Min, T. Lee, I.-M. Jung, S. Kim, J. Ha.

  • Long-Term Impact of Live Liver Donation: A Self Report of the Donation Experience

    D. LaPointe Rudow,1 S. DeLair,2 S. Florman,1 J. Guarrera,3 M. Kinkhabwala,4 M. Orloff,5 Y. Wu,6 L. Teperman.7

  • Long-Term Metabolic Outcomes of Functioning Pancreas Transplants in Type 2 Diabetic Recipients

    S. Shin, Y. Kim, B. Choi, J. Choi, J. Jung, H. Cho, D. Han.

  • Long-Term Outcome After Liver Transplantation for Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma Following Yttrium-90 Radioembolization Bridging Treatment

    S. Radunz,1 T. Benkoe,1 J. Best,2 A. Bockisch,3 T. Lauenstein,4 H. Baba,5 A. Paul,1 J. Treckmann.1

  • Long-Term Outcome of Liver Transplant Recipients (OLT) With Hepatitis C Recurrence (HCVR) Who Achieved Postoperative Sustained Virologic Response (SVR) After Combination Antiviral Therapy (Rx) With and Without the Use of Telaprevir (TVR): A Single Center Experience

    C. Fasola, P. Mantry, J. Weinstein, H. Nazario, A. Mubarak, M. Barnes, A. Habib, A. Mejia, R. Dickerman, S. Cheng.

  • Long-Term Outcomes and Recurrence Risk of Four Common Primary Glomerular Diseases Following Transplantation

    L. Maursetter, S. Panzer, S. Waheed, M. Mohamed, S. Parajuli, G. Leverson, B. Astor, D. Mandelbrot, A. Djamali.

  • Long-Term Outcomes of Spousal Donor Kidney Transplantation According to the Spousal Relationship

    J. Kim,1 K. Jun,1 M.-H. Kim,1 S. Ahn,1 J. Hwang,1 S. Kim,1 S. Park,1 B. Choi,2 S. Kim,2 C. Yang,2 Y. Kim,2 I. Moon.1

  • Long-Term Outcomes of Transplantation Using Kidneys from Expanded Criteria Donors

    O. Aubert,1 Kamar,2 Vernerey,1 Viglietti,1 Duong van Huyen,1 Rabant,1 Rostaing,2 Congy,2 Guilbeau-Frugier,2 Martinez,1 Delahousse,1 Glotz,1 Jouven,1 Legendre,1 Lefaucheur,1 Loupy.1

  • Long-term Patient and Graft Survival After Kidney Transplantation in Recipients With Hepatitis C Virus Infection

    N.-Y. Heo, P. Udompap, A. Mannalithara, W. Kim.

  • Long-Term Persistence of Innate Lymphoid Cells in the Gut After Intestinal Transplantation

    J. Weiner, J. Zuber, B. Shonts, S. Yang, M. Martinez, T. Kato, M. Sykes.

  • Long-Term Results After Heart Transplantation – A Randomized Trial Comparing Tacrolimus Versus Cyclosporine A in Combination With Mycophenolate Mofetil After a Mean Duration of 15 Years

    S. Guethoff,1 C. Grinninger,1 B. Reichart,2 P. Ueberfuhr,1 C. Hagl,1 B. Meiser.2

  • Long-Term Survival Outcomes of Liver Transplantation for Klatskin Tumour: A Comparative Study With Radical Resection Surgery

    A. Hu, X. Zhu, X. He.

  • Longitudinal Assessment of Endothelial Function Following Kidney Transplantation

    C. Kensinger,1 G. Chen,2 A. Bian,2 T. Ikizler,3 K. Birdwell.3

  • Longitudinal eGFR Modelling to Understand Rates of eGFR Decline in Renal Transplantation in the United Kingdom

    R. Pruthi,1 A. Casula,1 R. Hilton,2 R. Ravanan,3 P. Roderick,4 I. Macphee.5

  • Longitudinal Follow-Up of Cardiovascular Comorbidity in Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients – Results from the 4C-T Study

    A. Melk,1 D. Thurn-Valsassina,1 B. Schmidt,1 A. Duzova,2 B. Soezeri,3 A. Bayazit,4 S. Caliskan,5 U. Querfeld,6 K. Ažukaitis,7 E. Wuehl,7 F. Schaefer.7

  • Longitudinal Multi-Omic Profiling of Genes and Pathways Underlying Cardiac Allograft Rejection

    B. Piening,1 Y. Li,2 A. Shaked,2 B. Keating,2 M. Snyder.1

  • Longitudinal Trends in Wait Times and Use of Bridging Locoregional Therapies in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients undergoing Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: UNOS Population Study

    M. Xing, H. Kim.

  • Longterm Outcome in Pancreas Grafts After Polyomavirus Infection in Combined Kidney-Pancreas Transplants: A Single Center Report

    C. Boesmueller,1 C. Margreiter,1 M. Rudnicki,2 R. Oellinger,3 S. Schneeberger,1 M. Maglione.1

  • Losartan Benefits Are Mediated Through SIRT1 Activation in Rat Reduced Size Orthotopic Liver Transplantation

    E. Pantazi,1 M. Bejaoui,1 M. Zaouali,1 E. Folch-Puy,1 A. Rolo,2,3 A. Panisello,1 C. Palmeira,2 J. Rosello-Catafau.1

  • Loss of RIPK3 and Caspase-8 Enhance Intrinsic Apoptosis in Tubular Epithelial Cell (TEC) Death and Contributes to Kidney Ischemia Reperfusion Injury (IRI)

    B. Sung,1 Y. Su,3 A. Lau,3 J. Jiang,3 A. Haig,2 D. Green,4 Z. Zhang,2 A. Jevnikar.1

  • Low Dose Valganciclovir Is an Effective Prophylaxis Against Cytomegalovirus in High Risk (Donor+/ Recipient-) Kidney Transplants Recipients

    S. Fayek,1 E. Beshears,1 N. Alvey,2 A. Sauer,1 R. Lieber,1 O. Olaitan,1 E. Hollinger,1 S. Jensik,1 J. Geyston,2 M. Brokhof,2 A. Hodowanec,3 D. Simon,3 M. Hertl.1

  • Low Dose Valganciclovir Prophylaxis Following Renal Transplantation With Steroid Free Immunosuppression

    J. Chen,1 A. Shah,2 M. Sauer,1 T. Taber,3 A. Sharfuddin,3 M. Yaqub,3 D. Mishler,3 J. Powelson,4 W. Goggins.4

  • Low Expanded Criteria Donor Listing Rates by Organ Procurement Organization Is Associated With Increased Differential in Waiting Time for Candidates Willing to Accept Marginal Organs in the US

    D. Keith, A. Nishio Lucar, G. Vranic.

  • Low Molecular Weight Hyaluronan Increases MIG and MCP-1 Production in Cardiac Allografts

    S. Goparaju,1 A. Kaul,1 N. Dvorina,1 S. Iida,1 K. Keslar,1 R. Fan,1 C. de la Motte,2 A. Valujskikh,1 R. Fairchild,1 W. Baldwin III.1

  • Low Vitamin D Exposure Is Associated With Higher Risk of Infection in Renal Transplant Recipients

    L. Sacha,1 H. Kalluri,2 A. Ingemi,3 H. Johnson,4 D. Landsittel,5 M. Shullo,4 R. Venkataramanan.2,6

  • Lower Frequency of Regulatory T-Cells After Conversion from CNIs or mTORi to Belatacept in a Prospective Matched Controlled Study in Renal Allograft Recipients

    M. Dürr, J. Liu, K. Budde.

  • Lung Biopsy Findings in Pediatric Lung Transplant Patients With Restrictive Physiology

    J. Blatter,1 F. White,2 A. Faro,1 P. Michelson,1 U. Boston,3 P. Eghtesady,3 S. Sweet.1

  • Lung Transplant Patients With Elevated Baseline Pulmonary Arterial Pressures Are More Likely to Recover from Post-Transplant Acute Kidney Injury

    B. Stephany,1 E. Wehbe,2 M. Budev.3

  • Lung Transplantation (LTx) in Patients on Extracorporeal Support – Is It a Bridge Too Far? A Single Centre Cohort Analysis

    B. Zych, D. Garcia-Saez, P. Mohite, A. Reed, F. De Robertis, A. Popov, M. Amrani, T. Bahrami, N. Patil, M. Carby, A. Simon.

  • Lung Transplantation from Donors With Kidney Disease

    A. Ganapathi, B. Gulack, A. Castleberry, R. Davis, L. Snyder, M. Hartwig.

  • Lymphatic Endothelium Uniquely Enhances T Cell Migration to S1P

    C. Brinkman, Y. Xiong, J. Bromberg.

  • Lymphotoxin Controls Treg Interactions With Lymphatic Endothelial Cells and Interstitial Migration In Vivo

    C. Brinkman, Y. Xiong, S. Ahmad, J. Bromberg.

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