Articles tagged "Bone marrow transplantation"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Improve Rat Islet Graft Revascularization by Upregulating Isl1
W. Ying, J. Wang, X. Ding
Kidney Transplantation, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi An, China
*Purpose: Revascularization of the transplant islet is a crucial step that defines the success rate of patient recovery. Though bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs)…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Injury in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (HCT) Recipients: Urinary Biomarkers to the Rescue
T. Salinas¹, C. Snopkowski¹, C. Li¹, K. Chen¹, M. Lubetzky¹, S. Salvatore¹, K. Van Besien¹, E. Jaimes², S. Hingorani³, S. Seshan¹, T. Muthukumar¹
¹NY Presbyterian- Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, ²Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, ³University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
*Purpose: Kidney injury is common in HCT recipients and can be the result of graft versus host/kidney disease. However, this has not been well characterized,…
2021 American Transplant Congress
BKV-Associated Urothelial Carcinoma in Patients After Renal and Extrarenal Carcinoma
A. Schwarz¹, J. Schmitz², J. Gottlieb³, C. Bara⁴, H. Haller¹, J. Braesen²
¹Nephrology Department, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, ²Institute of Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, ³Department of Pneumology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, ⁴Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
*Purpose: Polyomavirus BK (BKV) reactivation or transmission is a wellknown problem in renal transplant (TX) patients with BKV nephropathy and interstitial cystitis. The role of…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Polyomavirus BK-Associated Nephropathy in Patients After Renal and Extrarenal Transplantation
A. Schwarz¹, J. Schmitz², J. Braesen², C. Bara³, M. Sauer⁴, H. Haller¹, J. Gottlieb⁵
¹Nephrology Department, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, ²Institute of Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, ³Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, ⁴Department of Pediatric Hematology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, ⁵Deparment of Pneumology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
*Purpose: Patients with non-renal organ transplantation (TX) may suffer BK-viral nephropathy (BKVN) of their own orthotopic kidneys. We aimed to know if these patients with…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Cardiac Allograft Tolerance Can be Achieved in Non-Human Primates via Transient Mixed Hematopoietic Chimerism and Erythropoietin Administration
K. Ahrens¹, J. M. O¹, W. Sommer², J. Morrissette¹, D. Becerra¹, P. M. Patel¹, A. Dehnadi¹, T. Costa¹, I. M. Hanekamp¹, J. S. Allan³, P. Cravedi⁴, P. S. Heeger⁴, G. Benichou¹, J. C. Madsen⁵
¹Center for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Department of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, ³Center for Transplantation Sciences, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Translational Transplant Research Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ⁵Center for Transplantation Sciences, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: In non-human primates (NHPs), a mixed chimerism-based conditioning protocol results in kidney transplant tolerance and combined kidney and heart allograft tolerance. Previous work showed…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Efficacy and Tolerability of Tedizolid Phosphate in the Treatment of Mycobacterium Abscessus Infection among Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients
Y. Kang, V. M. Aquino, A. Y. Koh, D. Wetzel, P. K. Sue
Pediatrics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Mycobacterium abscessus complex infections are associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised hosts. Treatment can be challenging due to broad spectrum…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation after Multiple Myeloma: The Last 2 Decades
V. Nair, K. Jhaveri, M. Abate
Medicine, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY
*Purpose: Due to recent advances, patients with a history of multiple myeloma (MM) and ESKD are more frequently offered kidney transplantation (Ktx). Existing literature does…
2020 American Transplant Congress
ABH Subtype-Specific Tolerance after ABO-Mismatched Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
B. Motyka¹, A. Halpin¹, J. Pearcey¹, A. Kariminia², A. Halevy², S. Maier¹, A. Halevy², P. Subrt², C. W. Cairo¹, G. D. Cuvelier³, K. R. Schultz², L. J. West¹
¹Alberta Transplant Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²British Columbia Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³CancerCare Manitoba, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
*Purpose: ABO-mediated immunity is reported to have minimal detrimental impact after ABO-mismatched hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). Patients are generally presumed ‘tolerant’ with regard to ABO.…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Incidence of Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria in the Transplant Population at a University Transplant Center in Northern Florida
D. Schain, Z. Breslow, G. El Helou, A. Cannella
Medicine/IDGM, Univ of Florida, College of Med, Gainesville, FL
*Purpose: Over the past decade, there has been an increase in the number of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infections in the United States, especially in the…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Successful Use of Tedizolid for the Treatment of Nocardiosis in Transplant Recipients
R. Odrobina¹, B. Tritle², C. A.Gomez¹
¹Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ²Department of Pharmacy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
*Purpose: Nocardiosis is an opportunistic infection occasionally seen after solid organ (SOT) and hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation. Treatment is challenging due to the limited number of…