2017 American Transplant Congress

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

3:30pm-3:42pm

Alcohol-Induced Hepatic Cirrhosis Is Rising Among Young Adults.

C. Kling,¹ J. Perkins,¹ D. Donovan,² R. Carithers,³ L. Sibulesky.¹

Concurrent Session: Liver Waitlist Outcome and Risk Stratification  •  E271a

3:30pm-3:42pm

Assessment of Simple Indices Based on a Single Fasting Blood Sample in Search for an Optimal Tool to Estimate Beta Cell Function After Islet Transplantation.

J. Golebiewska,¹ J. Solomina,² E. Konsur,² K. Cieply,² L. Basto,² A. Kotukhov,² K. Golab,² C. Thomas,³ A. Debska-Slizien,¹ P. Witkowski.²

Concurrent Session: Islet (Auto and Allo) and Pancreas Transplantation  •  E353C

3:30pm-3:42pm

CD4 Depletion Is Necessary and Sufficient for Long-Term Nonhuman Primate Xenotransplant Survival.

S. Kim, L. Higginbotham, D. Mathews, C. Breeden, A. Stephenson, C. Larsen, M. Ford, J. Tector, A. Adams.

Concurrent Session: Xenotransplant  •  E351

3:30pm-3:42pm

Early and Late Antibody Mediated Rejection and Mixed Acute Rejection Are Clinically Distinct and Demonstrate Biologic Differences in Immunodominant Donor Specific Antibody Characteristics.

A. Lichvar,¹ E. Portwood,¹ P. Brailey,¹ S. Tremblay,¹ A. Shields,² A. Govil,¹ M. Cardi,² M. Cuffy,¹ R. Alloway,¹ A. Girnita,¹ E. Woodle.¹

Concurrent Session: Diagnosis of Antibody Mediated Rejection in Kidney Transplant Recipients  •  E354a

3:30pm-3:42pm

Effect of Hypothermic Pulsatile Machine Perfusion on Kidney Delayed Graft Function in Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation: A Single Center Study.

I. Korayem,¹ H. Gritsch,² J. Veale,² G. Lipshutz,² V. Agopian,¹ F. Kaldas,¹ D. Farmer,¹ R. Busuttil,¹ A. Zarrinpar.¹

Concurrent Session: Kidney Issues in Liver Transplantation  •  E451b

3:30pm-3:42pm

FcγRIIB-Mediated Coinhibition Attenuates Donor-Reactive CD8+ T Cell Responses.

A. Morris, D. Pinelli, D. Liu, M. Ford.

Concurrent Session: New Pathways in Allograft Rejection  •  E352

3:30pm-3:42pm

Five Year Outcomes with Alemtuzumab Induction Therapy in Elderly Renal Transplant Recipients.

M. Casagrande, K. Cunningham, C. Tseng, C. D'Agostino, L. Wong, C. Richardson.

Concurrent Session: Kidney Immunosuppression: Induction Therapy  •  E354b

3:30pm-3:42pm

Intraabdominal Infections (IAI) and Bloodstream Infections in Small Intestinal and Multivisceral Transplants (IMVTX).

A. Spence,¹ S. Fogleman,¹ G. Raffaele,² C. Matsumoto,² P. Kumar,¹ R. Biswas,¹ T. Fishbein,² J. Timpone.¹

Concurrent Session: Small Bowel: All Topics  •  E271b

3:30pm-3:42pm

Release of HMGB1 in Serum and Urine of Brain-Death Donors Is Associated with Delayed Graft Function (DGF) of the Kidney.

A. Zmijewska,¹ J. Chen,¹ J. Locke,² J. Zmijewski,¹ R. Mannon.¹

Concurrent Session: Optimizing Donor Utilization: All Organs  •  E353B

3:30pm-3:42pm

Robotic Kidney Transplantation: Bakirkoy Experience.

S. Sahin,¹ V. Tugcu,¹ A. Yavuzsan,¹ F. Akbay,² S. Apaydin.²

Concurrent Session: Surgical Issues (Minimally Invasive/Open): All Organs  •  E451a