2022 American Transplant Congress Archives

B and Plasma Cell Populations Drive Chronic Rejection After Lung Transplantation

M. Bueno¹, N. F. Smirnova², K. Riemondy³, P. Suresh¹, M. Brown¹, X. Wang¹, S. Collins⁴, J. Sembrat¹, M. Koenigshoff¹, M. Snyder¹, J. McDyer¹, O. Eickelberg¹
B Cells Fit for Germinal Center Activity Predict Response to a Third Dose of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

E. A. Thompson¹, A. H. Karaba¹, K. Cascino¹, K. Roznik¹, T. Chiang¹, L. Biavatti¹, A. T. Abedon¹, J. L. Alejo¹, S. L. Klein¹, J. N. Blankson¹, D. S. Warren¹, C. X. Qin¹, J. Mitchell¹, J. M. Garonzik-Wang², B. J. Boyarsky¹, D. L. Segev¹, A. A. Tobian¹, W. A. Werbel¹, A. L. Cox¹, J. R. Bailey¹
Bacterial Infections After Kidney Transplant Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

A. Perez Gutierrez¹, B. Juengel¹, S. Krishnamoorthy², P. J. Bachul¹, P. Witkowski³, R. Barth³, J. Fung¹
Bariatric Surgery and Alcohol Related Steatohepatitis (BASH): An Increasing Etiology in Pre-Liver Transplant Candidates

S. Nishida¹, K. Okumura¹, A. Dhand², R. Bodin², S. Yaghoubian³, C. Greenberg¹, R. Misawa¹, G. Veillette¹, H. Sogawa¹, D. John¹, D. C. Wolf², B. Partiula², T. Diflo¹, R. Latifi¹, S. Lansman¹
Barriers and Facilitators to Care for Patients with Failed Kidney Transplants

A. Huml¹, K. Berg², A. Perzynski², C. Sullivan², A. Sehgal²
Barriers to Completing the Transplant Evaluation Process: A Mixed-Methods Study

E. J. Gordon¹, J. J. Uriarte¹, A. N. McLagan¹, B. Kuramitsu¹, J. Gacki-Smith¹, M. Shumate², L. McElroy³, J. Caicedo¹
Baseline Findings from the UREAACT Trial to Improve Medication Adherence in Youth with Kidney Transplants

S. Amaral¹, P. Kwong², J. Zhu², R. George³, N. Rodig⁴, B. Warady⁵, J. Smith⁶, A. Bobrowski⁷, D. Matossian⁸, N. Zelikovsky⁹, L. Schwartz¹, P. Reese², R. Goldfarb Terry¹, J. Reason², A. Chung¹, S. Furth¹
Baseline Levels and Early Post-Transplant Kinetics of Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA Following Liver Transplantation

S. Florman¹, D. Axelrod², J. Miles³, E. Vaskova³, D. Kilam³, K. Dhanireddy⁴, V. Subramanian⁴
Baseline Predictors of Antimicrobial Utilization in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

M. Govil¹, D. Xie¹, L. S. Hynan², S. L. Spitznogle¹, M. L. Monogue¹, J. Sanders¹, E. Bae¹, J. B. Cutrell¹, R. M. La Hoz¹
Baseline Trends in Tacrolimus Intrapatient Variability in Pediatric and Young Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients

K. Piburn¹, L. Maestretti², M. V. Patton², A. M. McGrath², O. S. Indridason³, A. Chaudhuri¹, P. Grimm¹, V. Sigurjonsdottir¹
Basiliximab Provides Similar Efficacy and Renal Recovery in Steroid-Minimal Liver Transplantation

L. Bowman¹, A. Webb¹, Y. Alsalihi², F. Fakhre³, R. Baliga⁴, V. Subramanian⁵, K. Robichaux³, S. Mohammed³, M. Gosselin⁶, J. Buggs⁵, A. Kumar⁷
Batf3 and IRF4 in Control of iTreg Differentiation, Stability, and Survival

P. Arnold, X. Xiao, X. Zhang, M. Wen, G. Wang, X. Chu, X. C. Li
Bcl6 Regulates NFκB-Controlled Endothelial Inflammation and Apoptosis

A. Franco Acevedo, N. Valenzuela
Bcl6b is a Putative Regulator of Endothelial Identity and Endmt

N. M. Valenzuela
Belatacept Augments Mixed Chimerism in a Novel Nonhuman Primate Kidney Transplant Tolerance Induction Protocol

S. C. Kim, C. J. Little, J. H. Fechner, P. J. Chlebeck, J. Post, A. D'Alessandro, D. B. Kaufman
Belatacept Conversion in Proteinuric Kidney Transplant Recipients: Effects in a Prospective Trial and a Retrospective Cohort

O. Efe¹, A. Al Jurdi¹, D. Wojciechowski², K. Safa¹, H. Gilligan¹, A. Chandraker³, J. Azzi³, A. Weins³, L. V. Riella¹
Belatacept-Based Maintenance Immunosuppression Promoted Long-Term Antibody-Mediated Rejection Free Graft Survival After Desensitization in Sensitized Multiparous Female Recipients

M. Manook, I. Anwar, R. Schmitz, Z. Fitch, J. Yoon, A. Jackson, J. Kwun, S. Knechtle
Benefit of Kidney Transplantation for Post Lung Transplantation Renal Failure: Need for Priority Allocation

S. Karhadkar¹, A. Gregor¹, K. Jonathan¹, J. Dawes¹, A. Diamond², K. Wirshup¹, A. DiCarlo¹
Benefits and Risks of Induction Immunosuppression Therapy in Pediatric Liver Transplantation

T. Bittermann, P. Abt
Benefits of Inactivated Vaccine and Viral Vector Vaccine Immunization on Covid-19 Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients

N. Sutharattanapong, S. Thotsiri, S. Kantachuvesiri, P. Wiwattanathum
Better Antibody Response After a Dose of Ad.26.cov2.s vs MRNA Vaccines in Seronegative Transplant Recipients After 2-Dose MRNA Vaccination

J. L. Alejo¹, T. Chiang¹, J. Mitchell¹, A. Abedon¹, L. Thomas¹, A. Chang¹, S. Bae¹, R. Avery¹, A. Tobian¹, A. Massie¹, M. Levan¹, D. Warren¹, J. Garonzik-Wang², D. Segev¹, W. Werbel¹
Beyond CPRA: Identifying Sensitized Kidney Candidates with Markedly Low Access to Transplant

K. Bradbrook¹, A. Maldonado², K. Sjöholm², C. Kjellman², J. Lee³, D. Stewart¹
Bilateral Renal Autotransplantation for Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma

S. Nagaraju¹, T. Robinson², K. P. Samy², W. Goggins², L. Koniaris²
Binding Mechanisms For Donor Dc-derived Exosomes To Cross-dress Of Recipient Dc

L. ZHANG¹, X. LI¹, J. LIU¹, H. WEI¹, C. LI¹, A. HUANG², C. ZHENG¹, Q. LIU¹
Bioink Based on the DECM for 3D-Bioprinting of Bionic Pancreas – First Results of Animal

M. Klak¹, K. Kosowska¹, T. Bryniarski¹, I. Lojszczyk¹, T. Dobrzanski², G. Tymicki¹, A. Filip¹, A. A. Szczepankiewicz³, R. Olkowski⁴, A. Kosowska⁴, A. Berman¹, A. Kaminski⁴, M. Wszola¹
Biological Functions of Circulating miRNAs in Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis Undergoing Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Autotransplantation

S. Vasu¹, C. Darden², Y. Liu³, M. Lawrence⁴, B. Naziruddin¹
BiomarkeR Initiative to Advance Transplantation OutcomEs in Children (BRITE-c) Analysis

M. E. Seifert¹, L. Sheward², A. Kho², N. Rodig², V. Dharnidharka³, M. Diehl², R. B. Mannon⁴, O. Bestard⁵, T. Blydt-Hansen⁶, D. M. Briscoe²
Bionic Pancreas – 3D Bioprinting of a Bionic Organ with a Vascular System – Results of Transplantation in Large Animals

M. Wszola¹, M. Klak², A. Berman³, M. Kolodziejska¹, T. Bryniarski¹, G. Tymicki¹, T. Dobrzanski¹, D. Szkopek⁴, K. Roszkowicz-Ostrowska⁵, J. Wolinski⁵, A. Dobrzyn⁶, A. Kaminski⁷
Bionic Pancreas – The First Results of Functionality of 3D-Bioprinted Bionic Tissue Model Transplantation with Pancreatic Islets

M. Klak¹, M. Wszola¹, A. Berman¹, A. Filip¹, A. Kosowska², J. Olkowska-Truchanowicz², G. Tymicki¹, M. Rachalewski¹, T. Bryniarski¹, M. Kolodziejska¹, T. Dobrzanski³, D. Ujazdowska¹, J. Wejman⁴, I. Uhrynowska-Tyszkiewicz², A. Kaminski²
Biopsy and Blood Gene Expression Profiles Distinguish Injury, Subclinical and Clinical Rejection in Kidney Transplant Recipients

S. Kurian¹, M. Kandpal², C. Rebello², C. Marsh¹, J. Friedewald²
Biopsy Characteristics of Kidneys from a Single Large OPO

S. Bunnapradist¹, T. Seto², A. Cohen², T. Rosenthal¹, G. Danovitch¹
Bisphosphonates for Fracture Prevention in Kidney Transplant Recipients

J. Kahwaji¹, S. Yang², J. Sim³
BK Polyomavirus and Cytomegalovirus Infections in Kidney Transplantation from Hepatitis C Positive Donors to Uninfected Recipients

I. Yakubu, V. Amrutiya, I. Moinuddin, M. Levy, G. Gupta, A. Azhar
BK Polyomavirus Infection is Not Associated with a Meaningful Increase in Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA

J. Fisher¹, K. Vieira¹, R. Burke², R. Gohh¹, R. Rogers¹
BK Viremia in Living vs Deceased Donor Renal Transplant Recipients Receiving Alemtuzumab Induction

J. P. Casale¹, D. Pluckrose¹, A. Haririan², T. Sparkes¹
Blood Transcriptomes of Covid-19 Infected Kidney Recipients Demonstrate Frequent and Persistent Sars-cov-2 Virome Gene Expression

Z. Sun¹, M. M. Rana², A. C. Reghuvaran³, Y. A. Azzi⁴, G. Carrara⁵, S. Hartzell⁶, S. Kulkarni³, W. Zhang⁶, K. Banu³, P. Heeger⁶, E. Akalin⁴, P. Cravedi⁶, Z. Zhang⁷, M. C. Menon³
Blood Transcriptomes of Kidney Recipients with Covid-19 Demonstrate Deficient Adaptive Immune Activation

K. Banu¹, Z. Sun², Y. A. Azzi³, M. M. Rana⁴, A. Reghuvaran¹, G. Carrara⁵, S. Hartell⁴, W. Asch¹, W. Zhang⁴, Z. Zhang², E. Akalin³, P. Cravedi², P. Heeger², K. Banu¹
BMI Trajectory and Attributable Risk of New Onset Hypertension Among Obese Living Kidney Donors

R. D. Reed¹, M. C. McLeod¹, P. A. MacLennan¹, V. Kumar¹, S. E. Brooks¹, A. G. Maynor¹, L. A. Stanford¹, G. A. Baker¹, C. A. Schinstock², J. R. Silkensen³, G. R. Roll⁴, D. L. Segev⁵, B. J. Orandi¹, C. E. Lewis⁶, J. E. Locke¹
Body Composition and Relationship to Food Scarcity in Kidney Transplant Recipients (KTRS)

S. Martinez-Machado, C. Canning, B. Sherman, L. Wei, A. Gidon, P. Flynn, M. Markell
Bone Effect and Safety of One Year Denosumab Therapy in a Cohort of Renal Transplanted Patients: An Observational Monocentric Study

C. Alfieri, M. Gandolfo, D. Cresseri, M. Campise, A. Regalia, P. Messa, G. Castellano
Bone Fractures Are Not Increased in Older Prior Living Kidney Donors

H. Amer¹, H. Maradit Kremers¹, D. Larson¹, I. Zaniletti¹, W. K. Kremers¹, A. Matas², B. Kasiske³, S. Khosla¹, R. Kumar¹
Bone Marrow Resident Long-Lived Plasma Cells as Source of Chronic Donor-Specific Antibodies

M. Muckenhuber, S. Pichler, A. M. Weijler, T. Wekerle
Bone Mineral Density, Bone Micro-Architecture Evolution After Kidney Transplantation: A Prospective Cohort Study

A. Bouquegneau, O. Malaise, L. Seidel, L. Weekers, C. Bonvoisin, F. Jouret, E. Cavalier, P. Delanaye
Brain Death as a Novel Preclinical Human Model for the Advancement of Medicine

C. Killian¹, B. Orandi¹, D. Anderson¹, V. Kumar², K. Stegner¹, N. Budd¹, S. Macedon¹, A. Shunk³, P. Porrett¹, J. Locke¹
Brief Human IL-2 Mutein Therapy Induces Foxp3+ T-Regulatory Cell Expansion and Donor-Specific Allograft Tolerance

L. Wang¹, G. J. Babcock², W. W. Hancock³
Broad Panel Genetic Testing for Chronic Kidney Disease in the Transplant Center

A. Bhalla¹, D. Raible², V. Balaraman¹, M. Talwar¹
Burden of Leukopenia/Neutropenia Among Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Systematic Literature Review of Observational Studies

A. Raval¹, K. Kistler², Y. Tang¹, F. Vincenti³
Bystander Suppression: Enhancing the Power of Ex Vivo Expanded Antigen Specific Regulatory Cell Lines

S. Tripathi¹, P. L. Martin-Moreno², G. J. Kavalam³, B. Schreiber³, A. Wagaa-Gasser¹, A. Chandraker⁴