2020 American Transplant Congress

May 30-June 1, 2020

ATC Virtual Congress
Live Broadcast Dates: May 30 - June 1, 2020
OnDemand Access: May 30, 2020 - June 4, 2021

Originally scheduled to take place in Philadelphia, this became a Virtual Congress due to COVID-19. For more information, visit The Official ATC Congress site.

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Saturday, May 30, 2020

3:30pm-4:00pm: Prevalence of Risk Factors for NAFLD among Living Liver Donors

D. A. Axelrod¹, M. Simpson², E. Pomfret³, A. Ehrlich⁴, S. Rwema⁴, R. Chung⁴, F. Gordon⁵

Poster Session B: Late Breaking • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Prevalence, Prognosis and Predictors of Neurological Complications after Heart Transplantation

C. Caraviello, D. Harsanyi, L. Trevizan, F. Bacal, S. Mangini

Poster Session C: Heart and VADs: All Topics • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Production of Detergent-Free ECM-Derived Bioinks for Bioprinting of Bionic Pancreas Ready for Clinical Use

M. Wszola¹, M. Klak¹, G. Tymicki¹, A. Berman¹, K. Kosowska¹, T. Bryniarski¹, P. Cywoniuk¹, M. Gomolka¹, P. Kowalska¹, P. Turowski¹, A. Kaminski²

Poster Session D: Cellular Therapies, Tissue Engineering / Regenerative Medicine • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Profiling Non-HLA Antibodies in Antibody-Mediated Rejection Following Cardiac Transplantation

S. B. See¹, B. S. Mantell², K. J. Clerkin³, B. Ray⁴, E. R. Vasilescu⁵, C. Marboe⁵, Y. Naka⁶, S. Restaino³, P. C. Colombo³, L. Addonizio², M. A. Farr³, E. Zorn¹

Poster Session D: B-cell / Antibody /Autoimmunity • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Prognostic Impact of Peritumoral Neutrophil Infiltration on Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence Following Liver Transplantation

M. Najjar¹, K. Halazun², M. Mondal¹, A. Srivastava¹, M. Moore¹, E. Rizk¹, R. Gartrell¹, H. Remotti¹, L. Fazlollahi¹, E. Verna¹, A. Griesemer¹, A. Mathur¹, B. Samstein², J. Emond¹, Y. Saenger¹

Poster Session A: Biomarker Discovery and Immune Modulation • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Prognostic Value of Dd-cfDNA Assay in Acute Renal Rejection Therapy: A Prospective Cohort Study

L. Guo, R. Wang, J. Lv, J. Shen, J. Wu, J. Chen

Poster Session A: Acute Rejection • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Progression of Insulin Resistance after Liver Transplantation – Prospective Study

I. Mikova¹, D. Erhartova¹, K. Dvorakova¹, P. Sedivy², M. Drobny², M. Dezortova², M. Hajek², M. Cahová³, H. Dankova³, E. Sticova⁴, V. Lanska⁵, P. Trunecka¹

Poster Session B: Liver: Recipient Selection • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Proinflammatory Cytokines Including IL-18 Correlate with Cytomegalovirus DNAemia in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

A. H. Karaba, A. Figueroa, S. C. Ray, R. K. Avery, A. L. Cox

Poster Session C: All Infections (Excluding Kidney & Viral Hepatitis) • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Prolonged Cold Ischemia Increases Reactive Oxygen Species Activates Autophagy by Enhancing Glycolysis in the Graft Through the mTOR Signaling Pathway in Orthotopic Lung Transplantation of Rats

H. Lin¹, S. Dai², W. Liu³, X. Lin², B. Yu², S. Chen³, S. Liu², J. Tang²

Poster Session C: Ischemia Reperfusion & Organ Rehabilitation • Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm: Prolonged Functional Human 3D Liver Organoids as an In Vitro Liver Disease Model

W. Zhang¹, A. Isidan¹, A. M. Chen¹, L. J. Smith², H. L. Francis³, G. Alpini³, E. Gramelspacher¹, P. Li¹, B. Ekser¹

Poster Session D: Cellular Therapies, Tissue Engineering / Regenerative Medicine • Virtual