2020 American Transplant Congress

Saturday, May 30, 2020

3:30pm-4:00pm

Circulating Exosomes with Cardiac Self-Antigens, Myosin and Vimentin, Induced Immune Responses Leading to Rejection Following Heterotopic Cardiac Transplantation Immunosuppressed with mTOR Inhibitor and Low Dose of IL-2 Therapy

Y. Itabashi, R. Ravichandran, S. Bansal, T. Fleming, T. Mohanakumar

Poster Session B: Tolerance / Immune Deviation  •  Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm

Circulating MicroRNA Signatures in Chronic Pancreatitis Patients Undergoing Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Transplantation

S. Vasu, C. M. Darden, K. Kumano, M. Lawrence, B. Naziruddin

Poster Session B: Islet cell and cell Transplantation  •  Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm

Circulating Tissue Specific Exosomes Enable Noninvasive Diagnosis of Acute Cellular Rejection in Clinical Heart Transplantation

L. Korutla¹, R. Hu¹, C. Romano¹, M. Molina¹, C. Sciortino², C. Mullan³, R. McGargle², H. Kagawa², A. Kilic², A. Naji⁴, P. Vallabhajosyula³

Poster Session A: Acute Rejection  •  Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm

Clazakizumab (Anti-IL-6 Monoclonal) as an Agent to Reduce Donor Specific Hla Antibodies (DSA) and Improve Outcomes in Patients with Chronic & Active Antibody-Mediated Rejection Post-Kidney Transplantation (NCT03380377)

S. C. Jordan, N. Ammerman, M. Toyoda, S. Ge, E. Huang, A. Peng, S. Sethi, R. Najjar, E. Ortiz, M. Chu, A. De Guzman, I. Kim, K. Lim, J. Choi, A. Vo

Poster Session B: Kidney Chronic Antibody Mediated Rejection  •  Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm

Clazakizumab (Anti-IL-6) Induces Foxp3+ Tregs in Highly HLA Sensitized Patients Desensitized for HLAi Transplantation (NCT03380962)

S. C. Jordan, S. Ge, N. Ammerman, M. Toyoda, E. Huang, A. Peng, R. Najjar, S. Sethi, S. Williamson, C. Myers, K. Lim, J. Choi, A. Vo

Poster Session D: Kidney Immunosuppression: Desensitization  •  Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm

Clinical and Demographic Factors Affecting Patient and Graft Survival in Pancreas Transplant Recipients: The Efispan Study

P. Ventura-Aguiar¹, M. Cabello², I. Beneyto³, D. Navarro Cabello⁴, G. Tabernero⁵, A. Alonso⁶, J. Ruiz⁷, S. Llorente⁸

Poster Session B: Pancreas and Islet: All Topics  •  Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm

Clinical and Laboratory Characteristics of Early and Late-Onset Cytomegalovirus Infection Following Universal Prophylaxis in Kidney Transplant Recipients

M. M. Tavakol, B. Lee, S. Ashimine, H. Crossman, M. Park, Z. Laszik, J. Roberts

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

3:30pm-4:00pm

Clinical Correlation of Results of s CD4/CD8 Cytomegalovirus Cell Mediated Immunity Test with Incidence of Cytomegalovirus Infection

M. Jorgenson¹, M. Hillis¹, C. Saddler², J. Smith², D. Mandelbrot²

Poster Session C: Kidney Infectious Excluding Polyoma & Viral Hepatitis  •  Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm

Clinical Correlations Associated with Development of De Novo Donor-Specific Antibody in the First Year Following Kidney Transplant at a Single Center

J. M. Zimmerer¹, M. Basinger¹, B. A. Ringwald¹, R. Pelletier², A. Rajab¹, A. El-Hinnawi¹, M. Abdel-Rasoul¹, K. Washburn¹, G. L. Bumgardner¹

Poster Session C: Biomarkers, Immune Assessment and Clinical Outcomes  •  Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm

Clinical Evaluation of Lung Transplantation for End-Stage Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Patients with Lung Cancer

J. Zhang, D. Liu, J. Chen

Poster Session C: Lung: All Topics  •  Virtual