Articles tagged "B cells"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Immune Cell Subset Profiles in HLA-Sensitized Kidney Transplant Patients (HS KTx Pts) Desensitized with Clazakizumab (CLZ, Humanized Anti-IL-6 Monoclonal Antibody) Followed by Transplantation (Tx)
S. Ge¹, M. Chu¹, A. D. Guzman¹, E. D. Ortiz¹, A. Vo², N. Ammerman², S. C. Jordan², M. Toyoda¹
¹Transplant Immunology Laboratory, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: IL-6, B cell growth factor, increases follicular T helper cell (Tfh) activity, promoting plasmablast (PB) and plasma cell (PC) differentiation, and antibody production. A…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Investigation of Il35 Expressing Regulatory B Cells in Tolerance of Kidney Transplantation
J. A. Sullivan, J. H. Fechner, E. Jankowska-Gan, W. J. Burlingham, D. B. Kaufman
Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: The development and maintenance of peripheral tolerance is required for long term success of solid organ transplantation without immuno-suppressive drugs. Using a novel, post-transplant,…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of the Safety and Tolerability of Clazakizumab® as a Desensitization Agent in Highly-HLA Sensitized ESRD Patients (NCT03380962): 12m Follow-Up
A. A. Vo¹, N. Ammerman¹, E. Huang¹, M. Toyoda², S. Ge², A. Peng¹, R. Najjar¹, S. Williamson¹, C. Meyers¹, S. Sethi¹, K. Lim¹, J. Choi¹, S. C. Jordan¹
¹Kidney Transplant, Cedars Sinai Medical Ctr, Los Angeles, CA, ²Transplant Immunology Laboratory, Cedars Sinai Medical Ctr, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: IL-6 mediates inflammation and activation of T-cells, B-cells & plasma cells. Thus, IL-6 may represent an important target for desensitization (DES). Here we report…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Bone Marrow Plasma Cell Heterogeneity Drives Resistance of Proteasome Inhibitor Therapy
C. M. Castro-Rojas¹, S. Tremblay², J. Driscoll³, K. Roskin⁴, R. R. Alloway³, E. Woodle², D. A. Hildeman¹
¹Immunobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, ²Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, ³Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴Biomedical Informatics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: Patients sensitized to HLA antigens by prior transplantation, pregnancy or blood transfusion may have markedly prolonged waiting times for transplant. Moreover, once transplanted, the…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Dissecting Humoral Alloimmune Sensitization: A Dynamic Interplay of Different Cellular Compartments
A. Torija, A. Favà, E. Crespo, M. Jarque, M. Meneghini, N. Bolaños, J. Grinyo, O. Bestard
Kidney transplantation Unit, Bellvitge University Hospital- IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat. Barcelona, Spain
*Purpose: Humoral alloimmune memory is the main barrier for successful transplantation and is generated by a complex and compartmentalized B-cell immune response. Understanding the role…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Activated CD27⁺CD21^– Subset Dominate the Memory B Cell Response During Antibody-Mediated Rejection of Kidney Allografts
K. Louis¹, E. Bailly¹, C. Macedo¹, M. Marrari¹, M. Yamada¹, P. Randhawa¹, A. Zeevi¹, C. Lefaucheur², D. Metes¹
¹Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Inserm UMR 976, Paris, France
*Purpose: The role of alloreactive memory B (mB) cells in the pathogenesis of antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) is increasingly recognized. Yet, a comprehensive characterization of mB…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Thymic B Cells: A Means to Control Regulatory Tolerance
C. LeGuern¹, S. Germana¹, N. Feeney¹, Z. Wang², N. Tanimine¹, C. Huang³, C. Rickert¹, J. Markmann¹
¹Surgery, Center for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, ²University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, ³Surgery, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Therapies involving CD4 regulatory T cells (Tregs) are promising approaches to mitigate graft rejection and autoimmunity. Understanding of the activation mechanisms that initiate Treg…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Characterization of Non HLA Antibodies in Kidney Transplant Recipients
S. Rodriguez Ramirez¹, S. Clotet-Freixas¹, C. Mcevoy¹, M. Kotlyar², I. Jurisica², A. Chruscinski¹, A. Konvalinka³
¹Kidney Transplant, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Multi-Organ Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Kidney Transplant, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Kidney Transplant, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Antibody mediated rejection (AMR) causes more than 60 percent of late graft failures in kidney transplants (KT). Although antiHLA donor specific antibodies are the…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Allograft Repopulating Recipient B Cells after Human Intestinal Transplantation and Their Association with Donor Specific Antibody Secretion and Rejection
E. Waffarn¹, J. Fu¹, K. Frangaj¹, W. Meng², A. M. Rosenfeld², M. Li³, K. Rodgers¹, R. Vasilescu³, E. T. Luning Prak², A. Griesemer¹, T. Kato⁴, M. Martinez⁵, M. Sykes¹
¹Columbia Center for Translational Immunology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, ²Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Department of Pathology, Columbia University, New York, NY, ⁴Department of Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY, ⁵Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, NY
*Purpose: Alloantibodies produced by recipient B cells are associated with rejection after intestinal transplantation (ITx) and negatively impact patient and graft survival. However, the dynamics…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Novel Treatment of Acute Antibody-Mediated Rejection in a Nonhuman Primate Model of Kidney Allotransplantation
R. Schmitz¹, Z. W. Fitch¹, A. Y. Choi¹, M. Manook¹, J. Yoon¹, J. D. Lambris², J. Kwun¹, S. J. Knechtle¹
¹Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ²Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: One third of sensitized, HLA-incompatible transplant recipients experience acute antibody mediated rejection (AMR) with limited treatment options. We tested a novel treatment strategy for…

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