2020 American Transplant Congress

Saturday, May 30, 2020

3:30pm-4:00pm

Construction of Three-Dimensional Vascularized Functional Beta-Cells Tissues Using a Layer-by-Layer Cell Coating Technique

S. Takaichi¹, T. Akagi², Y. Tomimaru¹, S. Kobayashi¹, Y. Iwagami¹, H. Akita¹, T. Noda¹, K. Gotoh¹, Y. Doki¹, M. Akashi², H. Eguchi¹

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

3:30pm-4:00pm

Contamination of Acinar Cells Impairs Therapeutic Effect of Islet Transplantation Due to Induction of Inflammatory Reaction in Not Only Graft Islets but Also Hepatic Parenchyma

K. Chinen, G. Yoshimatsu, N. Sakata, S. Kodama

Poster Session B: Islet cell and cell Transplantation  •  Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm

Contract a Virus to Save a Life: A Comparison of Short Term Outcomes between Adult Hepatitis C Negative Kidney Transplant Recipients Receiving a Hepatitis C NAT Positive versus Hepatitis C Negative Deceased Donor Kidney

H. Schaefer¹, B. Concepcion¹, A. Sudhakar², S. Rega¹, I. Feurer¹, S. Shawar¹, B. Dubrey¹, D. Shaffer¹, R. Forbes¹

Poster Session A: Non-Organ Specific: Viral Hepatitis  •  Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm

Contralateral Upper Tracturothelial Carcinoma after Primary Radical Nephroureterectomy in Kidney Transplant Patients

Z. Wang, J. Lin, Y. Zhu, Y. Guo, Y. Tian

Poster Session A: Kidney: Polyoma  •  Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm

Contrary to Expectation, the Use of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors is Not Consistently Associated with Early Onset Allograft Rejection in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

I. Owoyemi¹, C. M. Costello², C. Thongprayoon¹, S. Markovic³, H. Joerg⁴, C. C. Otley⁵, T. Taner⁶, A. R. Mangold², N. Leung¹, S. Herrmann¹, A. Kukla¹

Poster Session B: PTLD/Malignancies: All Topics  •  Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm

Conversion to Belatacept (BLT)- from Calcineurin Inhibitor (CNI)-Based Immunosuppression During the First Year Post-Transplant (<1yr Tx) Increases Risk for CMV Infection Through Inhibition of Anti-CMV Humoral Immunity

B. Shin, N. Ammerman, S. Sethi, A. Vo, S. C. Jordan, M. Toyoda

Poster Session D: Kidney Immunosuppression: Novel Regimens and Drug Minimization  •  Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm

Converting from Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate to Tenofovir Alafenamide for Treatment of Patients with Hepatitis B Following Liver Transplantation

C. Cheng

Poster Session C: Liver - Kidney Issues in Liver Transplantation  •  Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm

Cordycepin Protects Renal Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury Through Regulating Inflammation, Apoptosis and Oxidative Stress

C. Ding, W. Xue

Poster Session D: Ischemia Reperfusion & Organ Rehabilitation  •  Virtual

3:30pm-4:00pm

Correlation of CMV and EBV DNAemia in the Development of Invasive Fungal Disease among Pediatric Intestinal and Liver Transplant Recipients

B. M. Chatani¹, J. Garcia², T. Beduschi³, A. Tekin³, R. Vianna³, I. A. Gonzalez¹

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

3:30pm-4:00pm

Correlation of Intraoperative Donor Duodenal Segment Swab Cultures with the Subsequent Occurrence of Surgical Site Infections in Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Recipients

C. M. Rotstein¹, M. Alabdulla¹, S. Al Rehily¹, Y. Natori², K. Van¹, M. Cattral¹, T. Reichman¹

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