2018 American Transplant Congress

Sunday, June 3, 2018

3:30pm-3:42pm

A Propensity Matched Survival Analysis: Do Simultaneous Liver-Lung Transplant Recipients Need a Liver?

K. Freischlag,¹ B. Ezekian,² P. Schroder,² M. Mulvihill,² S. Knechtle.²

Concurrent Session: Lung: From Allocation to Outcomes  •  Room 303

3:30pm-3:42pm

Allograft Function after 12 Months with Everolimus Plus Either Tacrolimus or Cyclosporine Compared to a Standard Regimen of Tacrolimus with MPA in De Novo Renal Transplant Recipients: The ATHENA Study

B. Nashan,¹ C. Sommerer,¹ B. Suwelack,¹ D. Dragun,¹ O. Witzke,¹ C. Hugo,¹ N. Kamar,² P. Merville,² A. Hauser,¹ P. Schenker,¹ M. Junge,³ F. Thaiss.¹

Concurrent Session: Kidney Immunosuppression: mTORi Based Regimens  •  Room 6A

3:30pm-3:42pm

Clinical Application of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells with a Simplified Protocol for ABO Incompatible Liver Transplantation in Severe Hepatic Failure Patients

Y. Zhang,^1,2 J. Zheng,^1,2 J. Cai,^1,2 J. Zhang,^1,2 K. Zeng,^1,2 J. Yao,^1,2 Y. Yang.^1,2

Concurrent Session: Liver: Immunosuppression and Rejection  •  Room 6B

3:30pm-3:42pm

Complex Combined Thoracic/liver Transplant: A Seven Year Experience

N. Presser, J. DiNorcia, V. Agopian, H. Yersiz, D. Farmer, R. Busuttil, F. Kaldas.

Concurrent Session: Liver: Recipient Selection  •  Room 6C

3:30pm-3:42pm

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection in Small Intestinal and Multivisceral Transplant Recipients: The Role of Donor Selection on CMV Incidence and Outcomes

H. Grewal, M. Czech, C. Matsumoto, M. Natarajan, J. Fraker, W. Fan, J. Timpone.

Concurrent Session: Small Bowel: All Topics  •  Room 210

3:30pm-3:42pm

Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA Identifies Antibody-Mediated Rejection with Graft Injury in DSA-Positive Kidney Transplant Recipients

S. Jordan,¹ S. Bunnapradist,² J. Bromberg,³ A. Langone,⁴ D. Hiller,⁵ J. Yee,⁵ J. Sninsky,⁵ R. Woodward,⁵ A. Matas.⁶

Concurrent Session: Kidney Acute Antibody Mediated Rejection  •  Room Hall 4B

3:30pm-3:42pm

Endothelin-1 Type A Receptor Antibodies Are Associated with Elevated Il-8, Arteritis and Decline in Renal Function in Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients

M. Pearl,¹ J. Grotts,¹ M. Rossetti,¹ Q. Zhang,¹ P. Weng,¹ E. Reed,¹ E. Tsai Chambers.²

Concurrent Session: Kidney: Pediatrics - 1  •  Room 3AB

3:30pm-3:42pm

Estimated GFR at Donor Screening and Achieved Measured GFR after Living Kidney Donation

M. van Londen, J. van der Weijden, S. Bakker, S. Berger, J. Sanders, G. Navis, M. de Borst.

Concurrent Session: Kidney Living Donor: Selection  •  Room 606/607

3:30pm-3:42pm

Genetically Modified Porcine Erythrocytes: A Cell Model for Studying Human Preformed Antibody-Dependent Xenoimmune Responses In Vitro

Z. Wang, G. Martens, J. Ladowski, M. Tector, A. Tector.

Concurrent Session: Xenotransplantation  •  Room 602/603/604

3:30pm-3:42pm

Identification of Exosomal Isletokines Released by Pancreatic Islets in Response to Inflammatory Stress

P. Saravanan,¹ G. Yoshimatsu,¹ R. Bhattacharjee,¹ C. Chang,¹ C. Darden,¹ B. Naziruddin,² M. Lawrence.¹

Concurrent Session: Islet Cell and Cell Transplantation  •  Room 2AB