2018 American Transplant Congress

Monday, June 4, 2018

3:42pm-3:54pm

Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Undergoing Liver Transplantation with Duct-to-Duct Biliary Reconstruction

L. Coromina Hernandez, B. Eghtesad, T. Diago, K. Hashimoto, M. Fujiki, C. Quintini, F. Aucejo, G. Iuppa, A. Hassan, N. Menon, C. Miller.

Concurrent Session: Liver Retransplantation and Other Complications  •  Room 6A

3:42pm-3:54pm

Making Sense of Hepatitis B Reactivation Risk in Anti-HBc Antibody (Ab) Positive Liver Transplant Recipients

S. Leistman,¹ J. Melaragno,¹ M. Dokus,² B. Al-Judaibi,² T. Babu.³

Concurrent Session: Liver: Viral Hepatitis  •  Room 602/603/604

3:42pm-3:54pm

Recombinant Relaxin Protects Liver Transplants from Ischemia-Reperfusion Damage via Hepatocyte Glucocorticoid Receptor: From Bench-to-Bedside

S. Kageyama,¹ K. Nakamura,¹ T. Ito,¹ A. Aziz,¹ B. Ke,¹ R. Sossa,² E. Reed,² F. Kaldas,¹ R. Busuttil,¹ J. Kupiec-Weglinski.¹

Concurrent Session: IRI Acute Injury: Basic  •  Room 618/619/620

3:42pm-3:54pm

Relationship between Living Kidney Donor Follow-Up GFR and Recipient Graft Loss

C. Holscher,¹ T. Ishaque,¹ C. Haugen,¹ S. DiBrito,¹ K. Jackson,¹ A. Muzaale,¹ A. Massie,^1,2 M. Henderson,¹ J. Garonzik Wang,¹ D. Segev.^1,2,3

Concurrent Session: Kidney Living Donation: Donor and Recipient Outcomes  •  Room 6E

3:42pm-3:54pm

Resuscitation and Viability Testing of Initially Declined Livers Using Sequential Hypo- and Normothermic Machine Perfusion with an Acellular Fluid

Y. de Vries,^1,2 A. Matton,^1,2 S. Karangwa,^1,2 M. Nijsten,³ R. de Kleine,² A. van den Berg,⁴ V. de Meijer,² P. Meyer,⁵ M. de Boer,² R. Porte.²

Concurrent Session: Ischemia Reperfusion Injury: Time to Change the Paradigm?  •  Room 6B

4:30pm-4:42pm

A Follow-Up Report on the Use of IVIG+Rituximab to Reduce Donor Specific Antibodies and Improve Transplant Rates in Highly-Sensitized Patients Awaiting Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation

R. Najjar, E. Huang, A. Vo, J. Choi, K. Lim, S. Louie, A. Peng, S. Sethi, M. Toyoda, X. Zhang, S. Jordan.

Concurrent Session: Kidney Immunosuppression: Desensitization  •  Room 4B

4:30pm-4:42pm

Ablation of IRF4 Induces Transplant Tolerance by Driving Intrinsic T Cell Dysfunction

J. Wu,^1,2 H. Zhang,¹ X. Shi,¹ X. Xiao,¹ Y. Fan,¹ J. Xia,² R. Sciammas,^1,3 X. Li,^1,3 W. Chen.^1,3

Concurrent Session: Strategies to Promote Transplant Tolerance  •  Room 606/607

4:30pm-4:42pm

Anticoagulation in Pediatric Liver Transplantation; the Pros and Cons

M. Werner,¹ R. de Kleine,¹ M. de Boer,¹ V. de Meijer,¹ R. Scheenstra,² H-.J. Verkade,² F. Bodewes,² S. Bontemps,³ T. Lisman,¹ R. Porte.¹

Concurrent Session: Liver: Pediatrics  •  Room 608/609

4:30pm-4:42pm

Antihypertensive Medication Use after Kidney Transplant: Practice Variation and Clinical Outcomes

H. Yamout,^1,2 R. Ouseph,¹ M. Schnitzler,¹ H. Xiao,¹ V. Dharnidharka,³ A. Naik,⁴ N. Lam,⁵ F. Koraishy,^1,2 H. Randall,¹ D. Brennan,⁶ D. Segev,⁶ B. Kasiske,⁷ G. Hess,⁸ K. Lentine.¹

Concurrent Session: Kidney: Cardiovascular and Metabolic - 2  •  Room 303

4:30pm-4:42pm

Apoptotic Exosome-Like Vesicles Induce Endothelial Cell Plasticity

F. Migneault,^1,2,4 M. Dieudé,^1,2,4 J. Turgeon,^1,4 D. Beillevaire,^1,2,4 M-.P. Hardy,^2,3,4 C. Perreault,^2,3,4 M-.J. Hébert.^1,2,4

Concurrent Session: Endothelial Cell Biology  •  Room 615/616/617