Articles tagged "Autoimmunity"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Novel micro-RNA and Microbiome Signature Profiles as Biomarkers for Predicting the Risk of Autoimmune Type 1 Diabetes Development
P. Chhabra¹, G. Ricardo¹, A. Spano², V. Mas¹, M. Timko², K. Brayman¹
¹Dept of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, ²Dept of Biology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
*Purpose: To identify reliable microRNA (miRNA) and microbiome biomarkers for predicting risk of autoimmune beta-cell destruction in type 1 diabetes (T1D) and to investigate alterations…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Circulating Tissue Specific Exosomes Enable Noninvasive Diagnosis of Acute Cellular Rejection in Clinical Heart Transplantation
L. Korutla¹, R. Hu¹, C. Romano¹, M. Molina¹, C. Sciortino², C. Mullan³, R. McGargle², H. Kagawa², A. Kilic², A. Naji⁴, P. Vallabhajosyula³
¹Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Surgery, Yale University, New Haven, CT, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: There is a critical need for development of noninvasive biomarkers for allograft surveillance and diagnosis of rejection in heart transplant patients, as endomyocardial biopsy…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Circulating Exosomes with Cardiac Self-Antigens, Myosin and Vimentin, Induced Immune Responses Leading to Rejection Following Heterotopic Cardiac Transplantation Immunosuppressed with mTOR Inhibitor and Low Dose of IL-2 Therapy
Y. Itabashi, R. Ravichandran, S. Bansal, T. Fleming, T. Mohanakumar
Norton Thoracic Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: The aim of the study is to determine the role for circulating exosomes with cardiac self-antigens (SAgs) (Myosin, Vimentin) in the development of immune…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Transplant Detection of Anti-at1r Antibodies and Pediatric Kidney Transplantation Outcomes
K. Hitchman¹, C. Usenko², R. Hinojosa¹, D. Ranch¹
¹UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, ²University Health System, San Antonio, TX
*Purpose: Describe correlations between pre-transplant (PreTXP) presence of anti-angiotensin II receptor type 1 antibodies (AT1R Ab) and post-transplant (PostTXP) outcomes in a pediatric kidney transplant…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Morbidity in Lung Transplant for Connective Tissue Disease
S. Minkove¹, E. Bush², P. Shah¹
¹Pulmonary and Critical Care, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, ²Thoracic Surgery, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: To evaluate the post-lung transplant comorbidities of patients with connective tissue disease (CTD) compared with an age-matched cohort of patients transplanted for idiopathic pulmonary…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Rare Genetic Mutation Triggering Acute Liver Failure in a Toddler Needing a Liver Transplant
C. B. Chen¹, N. Mistry Ambani¹, A. Zeft¹, R. Garcia-Naviero², V. Hupertz¹, K. Hashimoto¹, K. Radhakrishnan¹
¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, OH
*Purpose: The AIRE gene plays an important role in immune tolerance by driving negative selection of self-recognizing T-cells. Mutations in this gene are responsible for…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Differential Diagnosis of Membranous Nephropathy Occurs after Bone Marrow Transplantation and Renal Transplantation
L. Guo¹, H. Wang¹, Y. Tan², J. Shen¹, R. Wang¹, J. Wu¹, J. Chen¹
¹Kidney Disease Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, ²First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
*Purpose: Membranous nephropathy (MN), considered as a rare autoimmune kidney disease, often occurs in synchronization with manifestation of chronic graft-versus-host disease after transplantation. After bone…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation in Children with Type 1 and Type 2 Autoimmune Hepatitis
I. G. Roepe, J. A. Goss, T. Miloh
Department of Student Affairs, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Autoimmune Hepatitis (AIH) can be defined as type 1 and type 2 based on autoantibodies. Liver transplant (LT) may be indicated for chronic liver…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Variable Outcomes of Recurrent Autoimmune Diabetes Post Pancreas Transplant Treated with Rituximab
K. Venkatachalam, A. Markwardt, B. Heady, T. Alhamad, A. Malone
Washington University, St. Louis, MO
*Purpose: Demonstrate the outcomes of treatment with rituximab in patients with autoimmune diabetes after pancreas transplant.*Methods: We present the treatment response to rituximab in 3…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Circulating Exosomes with Cardiac Self-Antigens (Cardiac Myosin and Vimentin) and De Novo Development of Antibodies to Cardiac Self-Antigens Precedes Chronic Cardiac Allograft Rejection
R. Ravichandran, Y. Itabashi, W. Liu, T. Mohanakumar
Norton Thoracic Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: The aim of the study is to determine the kinetics of induction of circulating exosomes with cardiac self-antigens (SAgs), cardiac myosin (MYO) and Vimentin…