2018 American Transplant Congress

Monday, June 4, 2018

3:18pm-3:30pm

The Mark of Zorro: IL35-Coated Exosomes Cross-Dress and Exhaust Recipient T & B Cells during Transplant Tolerance

W. Burlingham,¹ J. Sullivan,¹ D. Lema,¹ Y. Tomita,² Y. Zhou,¹ D. Vignali.³

Concurrent Session: Novel Regulatory Pathways in Tolerance  •  Room 606/607

3:18pm-3:30pm

Thymoglobulin Induction Decreases Risk of Death in HLA-Sensitized Kidney Recipients

C. Loheac, O. Aubert, M. Assayag, D. Viglietti, C. Lefaucheur, A. Loupy.

Concurrent Session: Kidney Immunosuppression: Induction Therapy  •  Room 6C

3:18pm-3:30pm

Unsupervised Analysis of the Alloimmune Response in a Novel Model of Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation

J. Harden, A. Sang, X. Qu, C. Esquivel, O. Martinez, S. Krams.

Concurrent Session: VCA  •  Room 303

3:30pm-3:42pm

C5aR Regulates Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells (MDSCs) in Transplantation

I. Llaudo, J. Ochando, P. Heeger.

Concurrent Session: Novel Regulatory Pathways in Tolerance  •  Room 606/607

3:30pm-3:42pm

Clinical and Pathological Findings in Hepatitis C Positive Renal Transplant Recipients Following Alemtuzumab Induction

S. Jonchhe, J. Husson, A. Haririan, B. Ravichandran.

Concurrent Session: Kidney Immunosuppression: Induction Therapy  •  Room 6C

3:30pm-3:42pm

Detection of Different Gene Expression Profiles in CD8⁺ T Cells from Chronic High EBV Load Carriers after Pediatric Heart and Liver Transplantation

M. Yamada,^1,2 C. Macedo,² X. Gu,² M. Michaels,^1,2 M. Green,^1,2 C. Nguyen,^1,2 U. Chandran,³ B. Feingold,^1,2 G. Mazariegos,^1,2 D. Metes.^1,2

Concurrent Session: PTLD/Malignancies: All Topics  •  Room 4C-4

3:30pm-3:42pm

Do Recent Heart Transplant Patients Need to Reside Close to the Transplanting Center? A Look at the Impact of Commuting Times on Clinical Outcomes

A. Velleca, E. Kransdorf, J. Patel, M. Kittleson, S. Dimbil, R. Levine, D. Geft, D. Chang, L. Czer, J. Kobashigawa.

Concurrent Session: Location, Location, Allocation in Heart Transplantation  •  Room 4C-3

3:30pm-3:42pm

Effects of a Multimodal Pain Control Regimen in Living Donor Laparoscopic Nephrectomies

E. Thomas, J. Nelson, E. Diaz.

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

3:30pm-3:42pm

Efficacy of At-Home Transplant Education on Transplant Knowledge and Pursuit in Low-Income and Black Dialysis Patients with Varying Educational Characteristics

A. Waterman,^1,2 J. Peipert,^1,2 J. Beaumont.²

Concurrent Session: Kidney Psychosocial - 2  •  Room 210

3:30pm-3:42pm

Extracellular Microvesicles from Liver Perfusate: microRNAs, Cellular Cross-Talk, and Early-Post Liver Transplant Outcomes

A. Fernandez,¹ O. Ingram,¹ S. Bontha,¹ U. Erdbruegger,² L. Musante,² V. Mas,¹ D. Maluf.¹

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