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Articles tagged "Alloantibodies"

  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    B-Cell Tolerance to Donor Alloantigens

    A. Patil, M. Climov, A. Matar, A. Musa, E. Harrington, D. Sachs, R. Duran-Struuck, C. Huang.

    Department of Surgery, Transplantation Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.

    Pre-existing panel-reactive antibodies and development of donor-specific alloantibodies are known to play important roles in graft dysfunction and deterioration. Preventing and/or eliminating alloantibody responses would…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Elective Allograft Nephrectomy After Transplant Failure

    J. Augustine, K. Woodside, K. Noon, D. Hricik, E. Sanchez, J. Schulak.

    University Hospitals, Transplant Institute, Cleveland, OH.

    Background/Methods: Because of high rates of allograft intolerance and alloantibody sensitization after kidney transplant failure, we undertook a pilot study of elective allograft nephrectomy (ENx)…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Natural History of Anti- Human Leukocyte Antigen Antibodies After Hear Transplant

    J. Kobashigawa, M. Kittleson, F. Liou, S. Siddiqui, R. Shiozaki, L. Piponniau, D. Geft, M. Hamilton, L. Czer, N. Reinsmoen, J. Patel.

    Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA.

    Purpose: The natural history of the production of circulating antibodies has not yet been clearly established. Recent technology has allowed for the improved detection of…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Complement Inhibition Via the Lectin Pathway Improves Experimental Cardiac Graft Survival

    J. Kindermann,1,2 M. Waechter,1,2 R. Bruno,1 M. Langenmayer,3 T. Dudler,4 W. Schwaeble,5 E. Kleinert,1 T. Mayr,1,2 H. Christian,2 R. Wanke,3 J.-M. Abicht,6 S. Guethoff.1

    1Transregio Collaborative Research Center 127, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany; 2Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany; 3Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany; 4Omeros Corporation, Seattle, WA; 5Department of Infection, Immunity, and Inflammation, Leicester University, Leicester, United Kingdom; 6Department of Anaesthesiology, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.

    Purpose: While complement activation via both the classical as well as the lectin pathway is believed to contribute to allograft loss, their relative contribution is…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    MHC-Class-II Specific Sensitization in a Non-Human Primate Model of Sensitzation

    C. Burghuber,1,2 J. Kwun,1 A. Gibby,1 N. Iwakoshi,1 S. Knechtle.1

    1Emory University, Atlanta, GA; 2Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

    [Background] Sensitization before transplantation and de novo alloantibodies affect a significant number of patients awaiting kidney transplantation. The type of anti-HLA antibody varies with subgroups…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Outcome of Bortezomib/Plasmapheresis for the Sensitized Patient Awaiting Heart Transplant

    J. Patel, N. Reinsmoen, M. Kittleson, D. Dilibero, F. Liou, D. Chang, M. Hamilton, L. Czer, F. Esmailian, J. Kobashigawa.

    Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA.

    Purpose: Allosensitization of patients (pts) awaiting heart transplantation is a significant challenge as it prolongs the time to transplant, increases wait-list mortality and increases risk…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Cognate Events in Antibody- Vs. T Cell-Mediated Rejection: A Molecular Perspective

    M. Parkes,1 P. Halloran,1 L. Hidalgo.2

    1Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; 2Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

    AIM: The cognate event in antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) is NK cell FcR engagement; T cell mediated rejection (TCMR) uses TCR engagement. Understanding the molecular changes…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Blocking CD40/CD154 Co-Stimulation Prevents Acute Antibody-Mediated Renal Allograft Rejection Induced by Memory CD4 T Cells

    V. Gorbacheva, R. Fan, A. Valujskikh.

    Immunology, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.

    Immunosuppression-resistant alloreactive memory CD4 T cells induce robust responses against organ transplants. In murine heart allograft recipients donor-reactive memory CD4 T cells provide help for…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Pretransplant Pregnancy On Immunization and Immunologic Outcome in Kidney Transplantation

    O. Staeck,1 D. Khadzhynov,1 S. Kreimer,1 E. Rajakangas,1 C. Schönemann,2 N. Lachmann,2 K. Budde,1 F. Halleck.1

    1Nephrology, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany; 2Zentrum für Transfusionsmedizin, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany.

    BACKGROUND:The detailed impact of pretransplant pregnancy on HLA alloimmunization and outcome after kidney transplantation is so far not well known.PATIENTS AND METHODS:A retrospective single center…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Quantifying the Survival Benefit of HLA-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation: A Multi-Center Study

    B. Orandi, X. Luo, A. Massie, J. Garonzik-Wang, B. Lonze, R. Ahmed, K. Van Arendonk, R. Montgomery, D. Segev.

    Surgery, Hopkins, Baltimore, MD.

    A single center study has demonstrated a two-fold survival benefit of incompatible live donor kidney transplant (ILDKT) compared to remaining on dialysis. We sought to…
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