2015 American Transplant Congress
Anti-Apoptotic But Not Mitotic Effects of 3,3',5-triiodo-l-thyronine in the Liver of Brain Dead Rats
Thyroid hormone treatment in brain dead organ donors has been extensively studied and applied in the clinical setting. However, its effectiveness remains controversial due to…2015 American Transplant Congress
Human CD8+TCR– Facilitating Cells Enhance HSC Engraftment In Vivo and Promote HSC Survival In Vitro
CD8+/TCR- facilitating cells (FC) in mouse BM significantly enhance engraftment of hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) in syngeneic and allogeneic recipients. Human FC phenotype and mechanism…2015 American Transplant Congress
MiR-26a Regulates Mouse Hepatocyte Proliferation By Directly Targeting Their 3′ Untranslated Region of CCNE2/CCND2
Objectives: The deficiency of liver regeneration needs to be addressed in the fields of liver surgery, split liver transplantation and living donor liver transplantation. Researches…2015 American Transplant Congress
Down-Regulation of Autophagy Correlates With Increased Apoptosis in the Kidney, But Not in the Liver, of Brain Dead Rats
Organs from brain dead donors have inferior quality and show higher rejection rates after transplantation compared to living donors. Brain death (BD) in the donor…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Immunogenic Perlecan Fragment LG3 Is Released Through Apoptotic Extracellular Vesicles Downstream of Caspase-3 Activation
LG3, a C-terminal fragment of perlecan, has been implicated in aggravation of renal allograft rejection and vascular injury. LG3 is known to be produced at…2015 American Transplant Congress
The 20S Proteasome Is Active in Apoptotic Nanovesicles and Controls Anti-LG3 Antibody Production
Humoral autoreactivity to apoptotic cells and perlecan/LG3, a proteoglycan fragment released by apoptotic cells, predicts poor allograft outcomes in renal transplant patients. How apoptotic cells…2015 American Transplant Congress
Anti-LG3 Antibodies Aggravate Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury (IRI) is a significant cause of renal allograft dysfunction and a risk factor for poor long-term graft outcomes. Microvascular injury is an important…2015 American Transplant Congress
Decreased Expression of Mitochondrial Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2 Induces Liver Injury Via Activation of the MAPK Pathway in Grafts from Brain-Dead Donors
Objective: To determine the role of ALDH2 in the injury of liver from brain-dead donors.Methods: Using brain-dead rabbit model, the expression of ALDH2 and apoptosis…2015 American Transplant Congress
Absence of Nucleotide-Binding Oligomerization Domain-Containing Protein 1 and 2 Modifies Adaptive Immune Responses
Background:The NOD family of intracellular pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) plays a key role in immune responses to microbial and danger signals. This family of proteins…2015 American Transplant Congress
Phenotype of Renal Tubular Cell Death During Delayed Graft Function
1University of Colorado, Aurora, CO; 2Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Denver, CO.
Background: Delayed graft function (DGF) independently predicts reduced 5 yr kidney transplant survival. Treatments of DGF are lacking. Cold ischemia (CI) is a significant risk…
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