2016 American Transplant Congress

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

6:00pm-7:00pm

A Web-Based Survey of Academic Transplant Nephrologists in the U.S. on Relative Value Unit (RVU)-Based Productivity Assessment and Financial Compensation.

W. Chon,¹ M. Pavlakis,³ P. Witkowski,⁴ L.-X. Chen,¹ P. Kadambi.²

Poster Session D: Organizational and Operational Aspects of Transplantation  •  Halls C&D

6:00pm-7:00pm

Absence of Host CD137 Signaling Converts Chronic GVHD Toward Acute GVHD.

H. Cho,^1,3 J. Lee,^1,4 J. Kim,¹ U. Moon,¹ B. Kwon,^1,2 S. Park,³ K. Park.⁴

Poster Session D: Chimerism/Stem Cells, Cellular/Islet Transplantation, Innate Immunity, Chronic Rejection  •  Halls C&D

6:00pm-7:00pm

Accepted Mouse Kidney Allografts Are Characterized by Widespread Nitrosylation.

I. Aljabban, B. Jiang, C. Yang, D. Ndishabandi, R. White, P. Russell, J. Madsen, R. Colvin, A. Alessandrini.

Poster Session D: Late Breaking  •  Halls C&D

6:00pm-7:00pm

Acquired Down-Regulation of B Cell Function Induced by Donor Blood Group Antigens After ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation.

M. Tasaki,¹ K. Saito,¹ Y. Nakagawa,¹ N. Imai,² T. Aoki,³ M. Kamimura,³ K. Takahashi,¹ Y. Tomita.¹

Poster Session D: Clinical Science: Tolerance: Clinical Studies  •  Halls C&D

6:00pm-7:00pm

Acute Rejection by Belatacept (Bela) Dosing Frequency: Results from a Phase II Study of Kidney Transplant Recipients.

F. Vincenti,¹ G. Blancho,² A. Durrbach,³ G. Grannas,⁴ J. Grinyó,⁵ U. Meier-Kriesche,⁶ M. Polinsky,⁶ H. Zhao,⁶ C. Larsen.⁷

Poster Session D: Kidney Immunosuppression: Novel Agents  •  Halls C&D

6:00pm-7:00pm

Acute Rejection, New-Onset Diabetes After Transplant and Transplant Outcomes in Pediatric Kidney Recipients: Analysis of the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network/United Network for Organ Sharing (OPTN/UNOS) Database.

A. Mehrnia, T. Le, T. Tamer, S. Bunnapradist.

Poster Session D: Kidney-Pediatrics  •  Halls C&D

6:00pm-7:00pm

Adding an Antimetabolite to a Calcineurin-Inhibitor-Based Immunosuppression Regimen Leads to Improved Native Renal Function After Liver Transplantation.

A. Karim, D. Conway, G. Leverson, J. Mezrich, L. Fernandez, A. D'Alessandro, D. Foley.

Poster Session D: Liver: Immunosuppression and Rejection  •  Halls C&D

6:00pm-7:00pm

Airway Inflammation and Symptoms in Children Following Liver and Heart Transplantation.

A. Redmann,¹ J. Bucuvalas,² R. Wood,³ C. Chin,⁴ C. Hart.¹

Poster Session D: Pediatric Liver Transplantation  •  Halls C&D

6:00pm-7:00pm

Alemtuzumab Is Safe and Effective Induction Therapy in Highly Sensitized (HS) Pediatric Patients Undergoing Transplantation.

I. Kim,¹ J. Choi,¹ A. Vo,¹ A. Kang,¹ M. Toyoda,¹ J. Mirocha,² E. Kamil,¹ S. Louie,¹ O. Galera,¹ S. Jordan,¹ D. Puliyanda.¹

Poster Session D: Kidney-Pediatrics  •  Halls C&D

6:00pm-7:00pm

Alloimmunity Through Non-HLA Epitopes in Kidney Transplantation.

R. Reindl-Schwaighofer,¹ A. Kainz,¹ B. Cole,² J. van Setten,² K. Jelencsics,¹ B. Keating,² R. Oberbauer.¹

Poster Session D: Antibody Mediated Rejection: Session #2  •  Halls C&D