2016 American Transplant Congress
Everolimus Decline Anti-ABO Blood Type Antibody Titer in Desensitization for ABO Incompatible Kidney Transplantation.
Kidney Transplantation Surgery, Sapporo City General Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
INTRODUCTION: The immoderate donor shortage and sophisticated desensitization protocols resulted in the explosive increase and great success of the ABO blood type incompatible kidney transplantation…2016 American Transplant Congress
Initial Experience with the Bacterial Enzyme IdeS® (IgG Endopeptidase) for Desensitization of Highly-HLA Sensitized (HS) Patients.
Introduction: The IgG degrading enzyme derived from Streptococcus pyogenes (IdeS®) is a 35k-Da cysteine protease that cleaves human IgG molecules at the lower hinge region…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Rituximab on Hepatitis B Reactivation in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Resolved Hepatitis B.
Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation is a well-known complication of immunosuppressive therapy in resolved HBV (hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg] negative and hepatitis B…2016 American Transplant Congress
A Prospective Carfilzomib-Based Desensitization Trial: Phase 1 Results.
1U Of Cincinnati, Cincinnati; 2Mayo Clinic, Phoenix.
Carfilzomib (CFZ) is mechanistically distinct from bortezomib as it is an irreversible PI. Results from phase 1 of a CFZ desensitization (DS) trial are presentedMethods:…2016 American Transplant Congress
Intravenous Immunoglobulins Failed to Prevent Acute Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Kidney Transplant Recipients with De Novo DSA within the First Year After Transplant.
BackgroundAround 25% of kidney transplant recipients develop de novo anti-HLA donor specific antibodies (DSA). Most of them are detected within the first year after transplant.…2016 American Transplant Congress
RNAseq Transcriptome Analysis of Bone Marrow CD138+ Plasma Cell Responses to Carfilzomib Monotherapy Desensitization.
Medicine, Surgery, Biomedical Informatics, U of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children's, Cincinnati, OH.
Purpose: Prior studies indicate that bone marrow resident plasma cells (BMRPCs) demonstrate varying sensitivity to proteasome inhibition (PI). Effects of carfilzomib (CFZ) monotherapy desensitization on…2016 American Transplant Congress
Post-Transplant Reduction of Long Lived Plasma Cells from Peripheral Circulation Is Associated with Acute Rejection in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Introduction:Plasma cells (PC) are usually defined functionally as antibody secreting cells (ASC). Depending upon their life span, they could either be short lived or long…2016 American Transplant Congress
NK Cells Are Required in B-Cell Dependent, Antibody Mediated Islet Transplant Tolerance.
Dept of Surgery, Transplant Surgery Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Immunologic tolerance to islets has been achieved in various rodent models using antibodies directed at CD45RB and Tim-1. We have shown that this tolerance mechanism…2016 American Transplant Congress
Transitional B Cell T1/T2 Ratio Is a Prognostic Marker for Human Renal Allograft Deterioration.
1UPMC, Pittsburgh; 2University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.
Human transitional B cells (TrB) may play a significant role in auto and alloimmune disease. TrB express a high IL10:TNFα ratio and this fell with…2016 American Transplant Congress
TGFb in Regulatory B Cells-Dependent Tolerance.
Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
In transplantation, increasing evidence support that B cells can play a major regulatory role in addition to their critical functions in allo-immunity and graft rejection.…
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