2018 American Transplant Congress
Temporal Variability of IgG Subclasses
Northwestern University, Chicago; Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago.
The temporal model of IgG subclass switching supports sequential IgG conversion; however, the diversity of previously stimulated B cells is known to shape responses in…2018 American Transplant Congress
Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Directly Binds and Functionally Inhibits Allo-Regulatory Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells
Surgery and Immunology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.
BACKGROUND: Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) are a heterogeneous group of naturally occurring, immunosuppressive cells that may be exploitable in transplantation.There are only a few incomplete…2018 American Transplant Congress
Regulatory Dendritic Cell (DCreg) Cell Infusion in Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA.
Purpose: We have embarked on a first-in-human phase I/II safety and preliminary efficacy trial of donor-derived regulatory dendritic cells (DCreg) in living donor liver transplantation…2018 American Transplant Congress
MICA/B Polymorphisms and the Relationship of the Matching Degree between MICA/B and HLA of Related Donor-Recipient Pairs in Allo-HSCT
Beijing 307 Hospital, Beijing, China.
Objective: To explore the distribution characteristics of MICA/B gene polymorphism in the Han Chinese and the relationship of the matching degree between MICA/MICB and HLA…2018 American Transplant Congress
Increase on Regulatory Cells in Kidney Transplanted Patients Presenting Donor-Specific Antibodies
The role of anti-HLA donor specific antibodies (DSA) in increasing the risk of graft rejection is known. Nevertheless, not all patients with DSA develop rejection…2018 American Transplant Congress
TACI-Ig as a Desensitization Agent in a Rat Model of Antibody Mediated Rejection
We examined the effect of APRIL/BLyS blockade on B cell lineages & donor specific antibody (DSA) in preclinical rodent model as a novel desensitization strategy.…2017 American Transplant Congress
Exosomes Containing IL35 Are Secreted by Donor-Specific Regulatory T Cells and Cause Linked-Suppression.
Introduction: We previously reported that donor specific splenocytes transfusion (DST) plus anti-CD40L costimulatory blockade treatment causes allo-specific regulation approximately 5 weeks after the tolerization. The…2017 American Transplant Congress
Expression of T-Cell Mediated Rejection (TCMR) Associated Genes in Native and Renal Allograft Renal Biopsies with Inflamed Scars (i-IFTA).
The presence of i-IFTA in allograft kidney biopsies is a bad prognostic parameter. However, despite the presence of T-cell infiltrates in these lesions there is…2017 American Transplant Congress
IL-21R Antagonist Inhibits Differentiation of B Cells Towards Plasmablasts upon Alloantigen Stimulation.
Background: Antigen-specific antibody responses rely on IL-21+ T follicular helper (Tfh) cells that regulate B cell differentiation. In transplantation, a large proportion of renal allograft…2017 American Transplant Congress
Inhibition of Heat Shock Protein 90 Suppresses the Expression of MHC Class I Molecules, but Not MHC Class II Molecules, on Endothelial Cells in Allografts.
Urology, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan
Purpose: Heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) is a ubiquitously expressed molecular chaperone that is associated with the correct activation of client proteins. Important roles of…
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