2017 American Transplant Congress

Saturday, April 29, 2017

5:30pm-7:30pm

Successful Launch of an ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation Program to Overcome the Shortage of Compatible Living Donors: Experience at a Single Center.

S. Song,¹ J. Lee,¹ J. Lee,¹ S.-K. Kwon,¹ B. Kim,^2,3 J. Lee,¹ Y. Kim,^1,3 M. Kim,^1,3 S. Kim,^1,3 K. Huh.^1,3

Poster Session A: Clinical Science: Kidney Immunosuppression: Desensitization  •  Hall D1

5:30pm-7:30pm

Successful Utilization of Deceased Donor Kidney Allografts with KDPI>85: A Single Center Experience.

A. Agarwal, W. Ally, K. Brayman.

Poster Session A: Deceased Donor Issues I: Allocation, KDPI and Recipient Selection  •  Hall D1

5:30pm-7:30pm

Succinate Accumulation During Warm and Cold Ischemia in Mouse, Pig and Man: Mechanistic and Therapeutic Implications for Transplant Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury.

J. Martin,^1,3 A. Costa,² A. Gruszczyk,^1,3 M. Hamed,¹ N. Georgakopoulos,¹ G. Pettigrew,¹ A. James,³ C. Frezza,² M. Murphy,³ K. Saeb-Parsy.¹

Poster Session A: Ischemic Injury and Organ Preservation Session I  •  Hall D1

5:30pm-7:30pm

Suppression of Inflammation by Withaferin A in Cerulein-Induced Pancreatitis Model Results in Improved Syngeneic Islet Engraftment.

G. Yoshimatsu,¹ M. Kanak,² C. Chang,¹ C. Darden,¹ M. Lawrence,¹ B. Naziruddin.³

Poster Session A: Cellular & Bone Marrow Transplantation Session I  •  Hall D1

5:30pm-7:30pm

T Cell Responses to Viral Peptide Stimulation Predict Influenza Vaccine-Induced Seroconversion in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Recipients.

E. Mayer,¹ M. Altrich,² C. Cordes,² S. Fausett,² J. Tepp,³ R. Albrecht,³ A. Fernandez-Sesma,³ B. Herold,¹ I. Ramos,³ R. Madan.¹

Poster Session A: Diagnostics/Biomarkers Session I  •  Hall D1

5:30pm-7:30pm

Tacrolimus and Mycophenolic Acid Have a Limited Inhibitory Effect on Monocyte Signaling Pathway Phosphorylation, Function and Differentiation.

N. Kannegieter,¹ D. Hesselink,¹ M. Dieterich,¹ R. Kraaijeveld,¹ A. Rowshani,¹ P. Leenen,² C. Baan.¹

Poster Session A: Immunosuppression  •  Hall D1

5:30pm-7:30pm

Tacrolimus Suppresses Calcineurin Activity and Ca2+ Influx Age-Specifically.

F. Krenzien,^1,2 M. Quante,¹ H. Uehara,¹ R. Abdi,¹ H. Cetina Biefer,¹ M. Schmelzle,² J. Pratschke,² A. Elkhal,¹ S. Tullius.¹

Poster Session A: Immunosuppression  •  Hall D1

5:30pm-7:30pm

Targeting JAK-STAT Pathways with Tofacitinib Provides a Novel Approach for Conditioning in Allogeneic BMT Recipients.

H. Xu, A. Merchak, M. Xu, C. Mort, T. Dowling, L. Kahn, M. Binion, A. Chhabra, Y. Wen, Y. Huang, S. Ildstad.

Poster Session A: Immunosuppression  •  Hall D1

5:30pm-7:30pm

Testing the Efficacy of Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound in Detecting Transplant Rejection Using a Murine Model of Heart Transplantation.

K. Fisher,¹ M. Uehara,² S. Ohori,² C. Meral,¹ S. Giannini,³ T. Ichimura,² N. Smith,⁴ F. Jolesz,¹ I. Guleria,² Y. Zhang,¹ P. White,¹ N. McDannold,¹ K. Hoffmeister,³ M. Givertz,⁵ R. Abdi.²

Poster Session A: Diagnostics/Biomarkers Session I  •  Hall D1

5:30pm-7:30pm

The American Transplant Congress Effect on Kidney Discard Rates in the United States.

D. Abdelwahab,¹ G. Wei,² I. Hall.²

Poster Session A: Deceased Donor Issues I: Allocation, KDPI and Recipient Selection  •  Hall D1