2018 American Transplant Congress

Monday, June 4, 2018

5:42pm-5:54pm

Serelaxin-Notch1 Signaling Promotes Macrophage M2 Differentiation and Alleviates Hepatocellular Damage in Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: From Mouse-to-Human

S. Kageyama,¹ K. Nakamura,¹ B. Ke,¹ R. Sosa,² E. Reed,² F. Kaldas,¹ R. Busuttil,¹ J. Kupiec-Weglinski.¹

Concurrent Session: Innate Immunity; Chemokines, Cytokines, Complement  •  Room 618/619/620

5:42pm-5:54pm

T Cell Exhaustion Contributes to Operational Tolerance of Liver Allografts in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients

B. Ramaswami,¹ M. Marrari,² O. Yoshida,⁵ X. Guo,³ W. Hoffman,³ C. Bentlejewski,² D. Metes,¹ A. Demetris,^1,2 A. Zeevi,² A. Thomson,¹ G. Mazariegos,⁴ G. Chalasani.^1,3

Concurrent Session: Liver: Pediatrics  •  Room 608/609

5:42pm-5:54pm

Taking Your Center's Temperature: Using a Heat Map to Target Your Transplant-Specific Education for Regulatory Compliance

J. Anderson, D. Cassidy, D. Dubay, P. Hart, A. Hauser, N. Pilch.

Concurrent Session: Regulatory Issues  •  Room 2AB

5:42pm-5:54pm

The Effect of Perioperative Antiplatelet/Anticoagulant Therapy on the Incidence of Early Postoperative Thromboembolic Complications and Bleeding in Kidney Transplantation – A Dual Center Retrospective Cohort Study of 2000 Kidney Transplant Recipients

T. van den Berg,¹ R. Minnee,² G. Nieuwenhuijs-Moeke,³ S. Bakker,⁴ R. Pol.¹

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

5:42pm-5:54pm

Thrombotic Microangiopathy after Renal Transplantation: A Clinicopathological Study and Identification of Prognostic Factors

K. Dessaix,¹ C. Bontoux,² O. Aubert,¹ J. Zuber,¹ R. Sberro Soussan,¹ V. Frémeaux-Bacchi,³ M. Le Quintrec,⁴ C. Legendre,¹ M. Rabant.²

Concurrent Session: Kidney Complications: Diagnostic Considerations  •  Room 6C

5:42pm-5:54pm

Using the Explore Transplant Ontario Program to Increase Transplant Knowledge and Readiness among Patients on Maintenance Dialysis

D. Belenko,¹ C. Richardson,¹ V. Gupta,¹ T. Ahmed, N. Edwards, M. Novak,² J. Peipert,³ A. Waterman, I. Mucsi.

Concurrent Session: Psychosocial and Treatment Adherence  •  Room 3AB

6:00pm-7:00pm

β-Glucuronidase Gene Expression in Stool Samples Associated with Chronic Allograft Dysfunction in Kidney Transplants

A. Israni,^1,2 D. Knights,³ G. Al-Ghalith,³ A. Muthusamy,² B. Wu,⁴ W. Oetting,⁵ D. Schaldt,² R. Remmel,⁵ P. Jacobson,⁵ For DeKAF Genomics & GEN03 Investigators.¹

Poster Session C: Kidney Immunosuppression: Novel Regimens and Drug Minimization  •  Hall 4EF

6:00pm-7:00pm

“Majority Rules”: A Method to Reduce Variability in Diagnosing Antibody Mediated Rejection in Renal Allograft Biopsies Using Banff 2013

B. Smith,¹ L. Cornell,¹ M. Smith,² C. Cortese,³ X. Geiger,³ C. Schinstock,¹ W. Kremers,¹ M. Stegall.¹

Poster Session C: Kidney Chronic Antibody Mediated Rejection  •  Hall 4EF

6:00pm-7:00pm

Clostridium difficile Recurrence in Abdominal Organ Transplant Recipients: Metronidazole versus Oral Vancomycin

A. Moorman,¹ S. Todd,¹ G. Lyon III,² H. Triemer.¹

Poster Session C: Transplant Infectious Diseases  •  Hall 4EF

6:00pm-7:00pm

In Vitro Evaluation of Antibiotic Persistence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Cystic Fibrosis Patients

J. Fose, D. Bruckbauer, M. Jorgenson, W. Rose.

Poster Session C: Transplant Infectious Diseases  •  Hall 4EF