2016 American Transplant Congress

Monday, June 13, 2016

3:18pm-3:30pm

A New Diagnostic Score for Microvascular Inflammation in Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Heart Transplantation.

M. Racapé,¹ A. Loupy,² R. Guillemain,¹ A. François,³ P. Rouvier,⁴ C. Toquet,⁵ X. Jouven,¹ J. Venner,⁶ L. Hidalgo,⁶ J. Reeve,⁶ P. Bruneval,¹ J. Duong Van Huyen,² P. Halloran.²

Concurrent Session: Molecular and Bio-Markers in Hearts and VADs - A New Hope  •  Room 102

3:18pm-3:30pm

Blocking Fc Receptor in Flow Cytometric Crossmatch: Refining an Old Assay to Improve Patient Management.

N. Brown, J. Wang, S. Marino.

Concurrent Session: Identifying Antibodies - Tools of the Trade  •  Ballroom B

3:18pm-3:30pm

Clinical Prediction Tool to Guide Referral of Elderly Dialysis Patients for Kidney Transplant Evaluation.

L.-X. Chen,¹ M. Josephson,¹ N. Stankus,¹ K. Campbell,¹ D. Hedeker,² M. Saunders.¹

Concurrent Session: Novel Predictors of Outcome, Big Data and Technology  •  Room 302

3:18pm-3:30pm

DEPTOR Inhibits mTORC1 in CD4⁺ T Cells and Increases Treg Function by Stabilizing Foxp3 Expression.

J. Wedel,^1,2 S. Bruneau,^1,2 D. Briscoe.^1,2

Concurrent Session: Regulatory T Cells: Animal Models  •  Room 309

3:18pm-3:30pm

Donor-Derived Monocytes Migrate to the Contralateral Lung and Cause Neutrophilia Following Single Lung Transplant.

S. Chiu, Z. Zheng, H. Sun, M. DeCamp, Jr, G. Budinger, H. Perlman, A. Misharin, A. Bharat.

Concurrent Session: Innate Immunity in Rejection and Tolerance: Animal Models  •  Room 313

3:18pm-3:30pm

Human B Cell Cytokines Predict Renal Allograft Rejection and Early Transplant Outcomes.

A. Cherukuri, R. Mehta, S. Ogunde, S. Hariharan, D. Rothstein.

Concurrent Session: Kidney Immune Monitoring 2  •  Ballroom C

3:18pm-3:30pm

Induction Therapy with Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin (rATG, Thymoglobulin^®) vs Basiliximab After Kidney Transplantation: A Health Economic Analysis from a German Perspective.

L. Cremaschi,¹ R. Thissen,² T. Benzing,² M. Wiesener,³ N. Zink,³ T. Paivanas,⁴ J. Reitan,⁴ M. Gallagher,⁵ F. Thaiss.¹

Concurrent Session: Kidney: Induction Therapy 1  •  Room 312

3:18pm-3:30pm

Living Donor Liver Transplant Has Similar Outcome to Deceased Donor Liver Transplant for MELD > 25.

M. Al Sebayel,¹ F. Abaalkhail,^1,2 M. Shoukri,¹ H. Albahili,^1,2 S. Alabbad,¹ W. AlHamoudi,^1,2,3 H. Albeshbeshy,¹ H. Elsiesy.^1,2

Concurrent Session: Living Donor Liver Transplantation  •  Room 210

3:18pm-3:30pm

Predictors of Early Rejection and Allograft Failure in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation: Impact of Histology and Behavior.

M. Seifert, M. Yanik, R. Mannon.

Concurrent Session: Kidney: Pediatrics  •  Room 311

3:18pm-3:30pm

Time Course of Hepatic Graft Function Improvement After Ledipasivir/Sofosbuvir Treatment in Liver Transplant Recipients with HCV and Fibrosis or Cirrhosis Who Achieved SVR.

S. Helmke,¹ J. O'Leary,² J. Burton,¹ M. Cookson,¹ S. Lauriski,¹ J. Trotter,² J. McHutchison,³ G. Everson.¹

Concurrent Session: Viral Hepatitis  •  Ballroom A