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Articles tagged "B cells"

  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    The Effect of Rituximab on Hepatitis B Reactivation in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Resolved Hepatitis B.

    J. Lee,1 J. Park,2 J. Lee,1 S. Song,1 J. Lee,1 S.-K. Kwon,1 K. Huh,1 B. Kim,3 M. Kim,1 S. Kim,1 S. Ahn,2 Y. Kim.1

    1Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; 2Internal Medicine (Gastroenterology), Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; 3Internal Medicine (Nephrology), Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

    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.

    S. Tremblay,1 A. Shields,1 R. Alloway,1 P. Brailey,1 B. Abu Jawdeh,1 T. Latif,1 J. Driscoll,1 M. Pando,2 A. Girnita,1 E. Woodle.1

    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:…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Long-Term Analysis of a Placebo-Controlled Trial of C1-INH for Prevention of Antibody-Mediated Rejection

    A. Vo, J. Choi, J. Kahwaji, D. Puliyanda, A. Peng, R. Villicana, S. Jordan.

    Kidney Transplant, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.

    Introduction: Desensitization (DES) strategies focus primarily on antibody reduction using IVIG, rituximab ± PLEX to prevent DSA-induced antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) and rebound B-cell activity. Recently,…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    B Cell MicroRNA as Biomarkers for Epstein-Barr Virus Associated Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder

    A. Harris-Arnold, V. Kaul, S. Shaffert, O. Hatton, C. Esquivel, S. Krams, O. Martinez.

    Surgery/Division of Abdominal Transplant, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA.

    Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) is a potentially fatal complication of organ transplantation and is commonly associated with Epstein Barr virus (EBV) infection. EBV viral loads…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Characterization of a Nude Mouse Model of Allosensitization Conditioned by Adoptive Transfer of Follicular T Helper Cells

    I. Kim, N.-N. Chai, S. Jordan, A. Klein, G. Wu.

    Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.

    Background Follicular T helper (Tfh) cells play a critical role in follicular B cell activation and maturation during antibody responses to allograft. Here we report…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Noncanonical Anergic Alloreactive B Cells in Transplantation Tolerance

    J. Chen, M. Daniels, D. Yin, R. Sciammas, A. Chong.

    Depart of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago.

    The observation that operationally tolerant patients (TOL) display higher numbers of blood B cells and a B cell gene signature compared to stable kidney allograft…
  • 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

    Preemptive Rituximab Therapy of Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) Infection to Prevent Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disease (PTLD) After Pediatric Solid Organ Transplantation (SOT)

    Y. Ahn,1 N.-J. Yi,2 S. Min,2 I.-S. Ha,1 H. Cheong,1 H. Kang.1

    1Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea; 2Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

    Purpose: More than 90% of pediatric PTLD after solid organ transplantation is associated with EBV infection. Reduction in immunosuppression is the first step to prevent…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    TGFβ Production By B Cells Is Critical for Transplant Tolerance Induction

    J. Kim,1 W. Liu,1,2 L. Liu,1,2 K. Lee,1 R. Stott,1 H. Yeh,1 J. Markmann.1

    1Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; 2Surgery, Chengdu Military General Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.

    Regulatory B cells (Bregs) have been shown to play a critical role in immune homeostasis and in autoimmunity models. We have recently demonstrated that combined…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    The Best Regimen With Rituximab for ABO-Incompatible Living Donor Liver Transplantation

    H. Egawa,1 K. Umeshita,2 S. Uemoto.3

    1Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan; 2Osaka University, Suita, Japan; 3Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.

    Rituximab made a great progress on outcomes of ABO-incompatible living donor liver transplantation (ABO-I LDLT). Although Japanese multicenter study group published efficacy and safety of…
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