2020 American Transplant Congress

Saturday, May 30, 2020

3:27pm-3:39pm

Recruitment of Regulatory T Cells Promotes Donor-Specific Tolerance in Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation

J. D. Fisher¹, W. Zhang², S. C. Balmert³, A. M. Aral¹, Y. Kulahci⁴, A. P. Acharya⁴, J. Li², H. R. Turnquist⁵, A. W. Thomson⁵, M. G. Solari², V. S. Gorantla⁶, S. R. Little⁴

Vascularized Composite Allograft  •  Virtual

3:27pm-3:39pm

Regulatory T Cells Engineered with TCR-Signaling-Responsive Il-2 Nanogels Suppress Alloimmunity in Sites of Antigen Encounter

S. K. Eskandari¹, J. B. Alhaddad¹, I. Sulkaj², M. B. Melo², N. Li², H. Allos¹, B. Kollar¹, M. A. Seelen³, D. J. Irvine⁴, J. Azzi¹

Cellular Therapies, Tissue Engineering / Regenerative Medicine  •  Virtual

3:27pm-3:39pm

Role of B-Cell Subsets in Allograft Rejection in Intestinal Transplantation

H. Dhani, N. Svetlicky, J. Kang, S. Moturi, A. Duttargi, K. Khan, C. Matsumoto, T. Fishbein, A. Kroemer

Intestinal Transplantation  •  Virtual

3:27pm-3:39pm

Safety and Immunogenicity of Adjuvanted Recombinant Subunit Herpes Zoster Vaccine in Lung Transplant Recipients

C. Hirzel¹, V. H. Ferreira¹, A. G. L’Huillier¹, T. Ku¹, M. Ierullo¹, C. Miao², D. S. Schmid², J. Tikkanen¹, L. G. Singer¹, A. Humar¹, D. Kumar¹

CMV and other Herpes Viruses  •  Virtual

3:27pm-3:39pm

Simultaneous Liver and Kidney Transplant Outcomes after “Safety Net” Policy Change

D. Keys¹, T. Leventhal¹, S. Jackson¹, S. Riad¹, R. Spong¹, A. Matas¹, J. Rao²

Kidney Issues in Liver Transplantation  •  Virtual

3:27pm-3:39pm

Simultaneous Robotic Kidney Transplantation and Sleeve Gastrectomy versus Transplant Alone for Morbidly Obese Patients with End-Stage Renal Failure: A Prospective Randomized Trial

K. A. Tulla, P. West-Thielke, P. DiCocco, O. Okoye, K. Bruno, J. Almario Alvarez, M. Spaggiari, I. G. Tzvetanov, E. Benedetti

Kidney Technical  •  Virtual

3:27pm-3:39pm

Single Cell Analysis of Living Donor Kidneys Characterizes Resident Parenchymal and Immune Populations in Male and Female Donors

C. McEvoy¹, J. Szusz², S. Clotet-Freixas¹, J. An², S. Crome², A. Konvalinka¹

Basic: Ischemia Reperfusion & Organ Rehabilitation II  •  Virtual

3:27pm-3:39pm

Single Cell Profiling of PBMC Identifies Immune Populations Associated with High Risk of Early Acute Rejection

W. Zhang, S. Farouk, Z. Sun, W. Huang, Z. Yi, J. Fu, C. Wei, M. Fribourg-Casajuana, C. He, P. Cravedi, B. Murphy

Basic: Acute Rejection  •  Virtual

3:27pm-3:39pm

Socio-Demographic Disparities in Access to Organs from HCV-Viremic Donors among HCV-Negative Patients

T. Nguyen¹, W. Williams², M. Sise², P. Reese³, D. Goldberg¹

All Organs: Disparities to Outcome and Access to Healthcare II  •  Virtual

3:27pm-3:39pm

Suppressing Laminin Alpha5 Creates Tolerogenic Niches for Allograft Survival

L. Li¹, M. Shirkey¹, W. Piao¹, Y. Xiong¹, V. Saxena¹, T. Zhang¹, C. Paluskievicz¹, J. Zhao², R. Abdi², J. S. Bromberg¹

Immunosuppression Preclinical Studies  •  Virtual