2015 American Transplant Congress
Aging Enhances Immunosuppressives Capacities of Tacrolimus By Functional Changes of CD4+ T-Cells
Immunosenescence has broad consequences on alloimmunity and immunosuppression in the elderly may require age-adaptation. Here, we investigated the influence of aging on the effectivity of…2015 American Transplant Congress
Age-Specific Graft Failure Rates in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients
Graft failure risk peaks during emerging adulthood (18-25 y) in kidney transplant recipients. The association between age and graft failure risk in liver transplant recipients…2015 American Transplant Congress
Thymic Transplantation to Determine Mechanisms of Thymic Involution: Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 Receptor and Forkhead Box Protein N1 in the Thymus Play a Role in Maintaining the Juvenile Thymus
Thymic involution has long been associated with age-related changes of the immune system, although the cause remains unclear. We have extensively studied the role of…2015 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for Graft Loss in Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients After Transfer of Care
Improvements in immunosuppression and transplant surgical technique have increased the survival of children with end-stage renal disease. These patients have complex needs, and the current…2015 American Transplant Congress
Age-Specific Graft Failure Rates in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients
Graft failure risk has been shown to peak during emerging adulthood (18-25 y) among kidney transplant recipients. The association between age and graft failure risk…2015 American Transplant Congress
Renal Cell Carcinoma in the Native Kidney in Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation Recipients. Different Entities?
Division of Urology, Renal Transplantation Unit, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Purpose: Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) has a high incidence in patients with acquired cystic kidney disease (ACKD) due to hemodialysis. It has been reported that…2015 American Transplant Congress
Mitochondrial Feedback Mechanisms in Kidney Cell Senescence
BackgroundProgressive DNA damage (telomere attrition) is considered one of the key instigators of ageing. Different models for ageing where DNA damage leads to accelerated senescence…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Product of Donor Age and Preoperative MELD, D-MELD, Predicts Surgical Outcomes After LDLT, When Using Small Graft
Background:Donor-recipient match is recognized as the factor well predicting recipient outcome in deceased donor liver transplantation. The aim of the present study is to evaluate…2015 American Transplant Congress
Outcome of Kidney Transplantation from Older Living Donors: Histological Evaluation Using Zero-Time Biopsy Specimens
OBJECTIVE: The relationship between preimplantation biopsy and graft outcome in kidney transplantations from older living donors has not been studied yet. We reviewed graft outcomes…2015 American Transplant Congress
Excellent Outcomes With Kidney Transplantation for Patients ≥70 Years of Age
BackgroundOur aim was to determine the outcomes following kidney transplantation in recipients ≥70 years of age at the time of transplantation.Materials and MethodsWe analyzed data…
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