2019 American Transplant Congress

Monday, June 3, 2019

3:06pm-3:18pm

Assessment of Serum Tim3 and Gal9 Levels in Predicting the Risk of Infection after Kidney Transplantation

Y. Shi¹, y. li², Y. Li², L. Yan², J. Tang², X. Wu², Y. Bai², Y. An², B. Dai², C. Yang², L. Wang²

Concurrent Session: Biomarkers, Immune Monitoring and Outcomes II  •  Room 306

3:06pm-3:18pm

Dialysis Facility Profit Status and Referral for Kidney Transplantation

E. R. Walker¹, L. J. McPherson¹, J. C. Gander², S. Pastan¹, R. E. Patzer¹

Concurrent Session: Kidney Deceased Donor Allocation II  •  Ballroom B

3:06pm-3:18pm

Expansion of Regulatory T and B Cells in Swine Rendered Tolerant of Allogeneic Vascularized Composite Allografts via Mixed Chimerism

G. Saviane¹, A. Lellouch¹, A. Andrews¹, L. Lantieri², M. Randolph¹, G. Benichou¹, C. Cetrulo Jr¹

Concurrent Session: Basic & Clinical Science - VCA  •  Room 209

3:06pm-3:18pm

FTY720 Regulates Mitochondria Biogenesis in Dendritic Cells to Prevent Kidney Ischemic Reperfusion Injury

A. Bajwa¹, V. Bontha¹, C. Kuscu¹, L. Gallon², C. Kuscu¹, J. Eason³, D. Maluf¹, V. Mas⁴

Concurrent Session: Antigen Presentation and Allorecognition  •  Room 311

3:06pm-3:18pm

Humoral Immune Responses to Kidney Associated Non-HLA Antigens is Not Associated with Progression to Chronic Immune Injury in Kidney Transplant Recipients

S. Sukumaran Nair¹, R. Ravichandran², R. Heilman¹, A. Jaramillo¹, D. Ramon¹, M. Buras¹, B. Kaplan¹, T. Mohanakumar²

Concurrent Session: Kidney Complications: Late Graft Failure II  •  Veterans Auditorium

3:06pm-3:18pm

Increase in Deceased Donor Acceptance Rate After Implementing Uniform Acceptance Criteria

C. Klein, T. Ommert, J. Hundley, J. Lizcano, A. Ray, R. Cross, K. Payne

Concurrent Session: Kidney Donor Selection / Management Issues II  •  Ballroom C

3:06pm-3:18pm

Infectious Complications of Eculizumab Use in Abdominal Organ Transplant Recipients

A. M. Nolan¹, E. J. Fraser², H. K. Grewal³, J. G. Timpone³

Concurrent Session: Infectious Epidemiology  •  Room 304

3:06pm-3:18pm

Interruption of Notch Signaling via Blockade of Delta-Like Ligands 1 and 4 Prevents Co-Stimulation Blockade Resistant Allograft Rejection

A. Matar, Y. Dong, B. Lovasik, D. Mathews, A. Ghosh, C. Breeden, A. Stephenson, W. Kitchens, A. Adams

Concurrent Session: Immunosuppression Preclinical Studies  •  Room 309

3:06pm-3:18pm

National Trends in Bariatric Surgical Practice for Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease

K. H. Sheetz¹, K. J. Woodside¹, V. B. Shahinian², J. B. Dimick¹, S. A. Waits¹

Concurrent Session: Surgical Issues: All Organs  •  Room 208

3:06pm-3:18pm

OPO Aggressiveness Index: A Novel OPO Performance Metric That Incentivizes Pursuit of Marginal Deceased Donor Candidates

L. Liyanage, Y. Yu, K. Jackson, J. Garonzik-Wang, D. Segev, A. Massie

Concurrent Session: Quality Assurance Process Improvement & Regulatory Issues I  •  Room 210