2015 American Transplant Congress » Poster Session B: Vascularized Composite Tissue Allografts and Xenotransplantation

Date: Sunday, May 3, 2015

Time: 5:30pm-6:30pm

Location: Exhibit Hall E

Session Type: Poster Session

Meeting: 2015 American Transplant Congress

5:30pm-6:30pm: Bladder Drainage of Pancreas Transplants Alone: Friend or Foe?

M. Bellini,¹ G. Spoletini,² S. Reddy,¹ J. Gilbert,¹ I. Quiroga,¹ R. Ploeg,¹ E. Sharples,³ S. Sinha,¹ A. Vaidya,¹ P. Friend.¹

5:30pm-6:30pm: Both Preformed and De Novo Cw Donor Specific Antibodies Are Clinically Significant in Renal Transplantation

A. Gueret-Wardle, M. Willicombe, V. Dibbur, P. Brookes, A. McLean, D. Taube.

5:30pm-6:30pm: Cardiac Xenotransplantation: Reconstituted B Cells After Rituxan Treatment Maintain Their Repertoire But Have a Muted Response to Xenoantigens

A. Singh,¹ P. Corcoran,¹ B. Lewis,² M. Thomas,² D. Ayers,³ K. Horvath,¹ M. Mohiuddin.¹

5:30pm-6:30pm: Characteristics of IgGs Produced in Neu5Gc and α1-3 Gal Double Knock-Out Pigs

A. Salama,^1,2 S. Conchon,¹ A. Perota,³ B. Martinet,¹ J.-P. Judor,¹ G. Evanno,¹ S. Le-Bas Bernardet,¹ L. Le Berre,¹ J. Hervouet,¹ D. Minault,¹ J.-P. Concordet,⁴ E. Dugast,¹ B. Vanhove,¹ J. Abadie,⁵ N. Gaide,⁵ I. Lagutina,³ R. Duchi,³ G. Lazzari,³ D. Sachs,⁶ O. Gauthier,⁷ S. Brouard,¹ E. Cozzi,⁸ G. Blancho,¹ H. Perreault,⁹ J.-M. Bach,¹⁰ C. Galli,^3,11 J.-P. Soulillou.¹

5:30pm-6:30pm: Costimulation Blockade Prevents Rejection of Vascularized Composite Allografts

B. Oh,¹ G. Furtmüller,¹ M. Fryer,¹ J. Grahammer,² S. Schneeberger,² D. Cooney,¹ W. Lee,¹ G. Brandacher.¹

5:30pm-6:30pm: Defining and Directing T Cell Subsets Involved in Rejection of Vascularized Composite Allografts

M. Fryer, G. Furtmùller, B. Oh, S. Reddy, K. Sarhane, G. Raimondi, G. Brandacher, D. Cooney.

5:30pm-6:30pm: Effects of Immunosuppressives On Porcine Renal Microvascular Endothelial Cell–Activated Human T Cell Proliferation: A Cellular Model of Kidney Xenotransplantation In Vitro

Z.-Y. Wang, M. Tector, S. Nagai, J. Butler, R. Blankenship, S. Downey, J. Estrada, P. Li, A. Tector.

5:30pm-6:30pm: Effects of the Allo-Immune Response On Nerve Regeneration in Vascularized Composite Allotranplantation

S. Tuffaha,¹ J. Budihardjo,¹ P. Afrooz,² K. Sarhane,¹ R. Jindal,² D. Cooney,¹ G. Brandacher,¹ W. Lee.¹

5:30pm-6:30pm: Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Improve Survival and Function of Pancreatic Islets by Cell-to-Cell Contact

E. Montanari,¹ R. Mahou,^1,2 S. Passemard,² F. Noverraz,² P. Morel,¹ R. Meier,¹ D. Bosco,¹ J. Seebach,³ C. Wandrey,² S. Gerber,² C. Gonelle-Gispert,¹ L. Buhler.¹

5:30pm-6:30pm: Identification of Genetic Variants Associated With Variation of Tacrolimus Levels in African Americans Using GWAS

W. Oetting,¹ D. Schladt,² W. Guan,¹ A. Israni,² R. Remmel,¹ C. Dorr,² K. Sanghavi,¹ R. Mannon,³ B. Herrera,⁴ A. Matas,¹ D. Salomon,⁵ P. Kwok,⁴ P. Jacobson,¹ for DeKAF Genomics.¹

5:30pm-6:30pm: Immunological Evaluation of Acellular Extracellular Matrix Upon Transplantation

M. Ketaki,¹ P. Pradeep,¹ N. Nikhil,¹ G. Dellgren,³ H. Suchitra, M. Olausson.²

5:30pm-6:30pm: Immunomodulatory Strategies Directed Towards Tolerance of Vascularized Composite Allografts

M. Madariaga, K. Shanmugarajah, S. Michel, V. Villani, G. La Muraglia II, R. Torabi, D. Leonard, M. Randolph, R. Colvin, K. Yamada, J. Madsen, C. Cetrulo, Jr., D. Sachs.

5:30pm-6:30pm: Infusion of Human Factor 7a Restores Circulating Platelets and Prevents TMA in Pig-to-Baboon Liver Xenotransplantation

J. Shah, N. Navarro-Alvarez, H. Yeh, N. Elias, J. Ligocka, J. Markmann, M. Hertl, D. Sachs, P. Vagefi.

5:30pm-6:30pm: Inhibition of mTOR Modulates SLPI Expression: A Potential Role in Kidney Transplant Patients

N. Ambrosi,¹ A. Dotta,² C. Pizarro,² D. Guerrieri,¹ A. Gonzalez,² C. Leiva,² L. Leon,² J. Mendiberri,³ M. Rial,² C. Incardona,⁴ E. Chuluyan,¹ D. Casadei.²

5:30pm-6:30pm: Inside Out Autologous Neo-Liver Fabrication

P. Than, C. Davis, M. Findlay, W. Liu, T. Le, S. Khong, M. Melcher, G. Gurtner.

5:30pm-6:30pm: Is Ex Vivo Liver Perfusion a Safe Alternative to Cold Static Storage for the Preservation of Standard Criteria Grafts?

N. Goldaracena, V. Spetzler, M. Kaths, J. Echeverri, M. Selzner.

5:30pm-6:30pm: Liver Fabrication Using Whole Organ Scaffold for Transplantable Graft in Large Animal

K. Inomata,¹ H. Yagi,¹ K. Tazima,¹ K. Sugiyama,¹ M. Hieda,¹ T. Hibi,¹ Y. Abe,¹ M. Kitago,¹ M. Shinoda,¹ O. Itano,¹ T. Akaike,² Y. Kitagawa.¹

5:30pm-6:30pm: Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy to Improve Functional Outcome in Vascular Composite Allotransplantation (VCA)

S. Salgar, J. Bingham, M. DeHart, J. Tercero, T. Brown.

5:30pm-6:30pm: Moderate Rejection Episode of Face Transplant After mTOR Conversion to Preserve Renal Function

R. Barth,¹ B. Bojovic,¹ J. Woodall,¹ M. Uluer,¹ C. Drachenberg,¹ C. Shaffer,¹ N. Kelly,¹ E. Rodriguez,² S. Bartlett.¹

5:30pm-6:30pm: Mononuclear Cell Infiltrates Characterization in Scar Tissue from a Bilateral Forearm Transplant Patient: Findings to Think

J. Furuzawa-Carballeda,¹ M. Iglesias,² J. Alberu,³ A. Gamboa,⁴ P. Butrón,² M. Morán-Romero,² Y. Esquivel.¹

5:30pm-6:30pm: Somatostatin (Eumedica®) Infusion Allows Modulating Graft Flows and Gradients in Liver Transplantation. Results of a Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo Controlled Trial

R. Troisi,¹ A. Croo,¹ E. Codarin,³ E. De Wolf,¹ J. Van Limmen,⁴ G. Antoniali,³ B. Heyse,⁴ L. De Baerdemaeker,⁴ I. Colle,⁵ G. Tell,³ M. Sainz-Barriga.^1,2

5:30pm-6:30pm: The Role of Skin-Specific Immunobiology and Major Histocompatibility Complex Sharing in Vascularized Composite Allograft Tolerance

D. Leonard, K. Shanmugarajah, H. Powell, A. Albritton, C. Mallard, D. Sachs, C. Cetrulo, Jr., J. Kurtz.

5:30pm-6:30pm: The Role of an Intragraft Vascularized Bone Marrow Niche in Establishing Mixed Chimerism and Allograft Acceptance

M. Fryer, B. Oh, G. Furtmüller, G. Raimondi, G. Brandacher.