2018 American Transplant Congress
The Role of CD46 in Early Islet Engraftment in a Dual Transplant Model
Department of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC.
IntroductionMembrane cofactor protein (CD46) is known to attenuate the complement cascade by facilitating cleavage of C3b and C4b. In solid organ xenotransplantation, organs expressing CD46…2018 American Transplant Congress
Robust Hematopoietic Mixed Chimerism and Donor-Specific Skin Allograft Tolerance after Non-Genotoxic Anti-CD117 Immunotoxin Conditioning and Donor Bone Marrow Allotransplantation
Establishing hematopoietic chimerism enables donor-specific allograft tolerance; however, chimerism protocols typically require either genotoxic conditioning or mega-doses of donor bone marrow cells (BMC), impeding clinical…2018 American Transplant Congress
A Novel Approach to Preserve Pancreatic Islet Grafts in Extrahepatic Space for Reversal of Diabetes Using Parathyroid Gland Co-Transplantation
Intro: Islet transplantation can cure type 1 diabetes; however, multiple donors are needed due to extensive perioperative loss of islets away from their native blood…2018 American Transplant Congress
Enhancement of Muscle Regeneration and Function via Transplantation of Human Dystrophin Expressing Chimeric Cells as a Novel Myoblast Stem-Cell Based Therapy
PURPOSE: Allogeneic myogenic stem cell transplantation aims to restore muscle tissue after traumatic loss or to treat muscular dystrophies. Limited engraftment due to allogeneic rejection…2017 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of Islet Damage During Isolation Utilizing miRNAs and Its Significance with Post-Transplant Outcome in TPIAT.
Background: Pancreatic islets with high quality are essential for better endocrine function and post-transplant outcome in total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation (TPIAT). The islets are…2017 American Transplant Congress
Transplantation of Chimeric Cells of Myoblast and Mesenchymal Stem Cell Origin for Restoration of Muscle Function.
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago
Background: Allogeneic stem cell therapies aim to restore muscle tissue after traumatic loss or muscular dystrophies. Limited engraftment due to rejection is a major challenge.…2017 American Transplant Congress
Timing of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Infusions Affects Rejection Free and Overall Islet Allograft Survival.
We recently demonstrated that autologous, bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) promote allogeneic islet engraftment and survival in a streptozotocin induced, cynomolgus monkey model of…2017 American Transplant Congress
Suppression of Inflammation by Withaferin A in Cerulein-Induced Pancreatitis Model Results in Improved Syngeneic Islet Engraftment.
Introduction: Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is characterized by inflammatory damage to acinar cells followed by islets. In clinical islet autotransplantation, patients with advanced stages of CP…2017 American Transplant Congress
A Clinically Relevant Protocol for Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation Using a Single Dose of AMD3100 for Stem Cell Mobilization.
BACKGROUND: Vascularized Composite Allograft (VCA) transplantation is a clinical reality but application is limited by toxicities of chronic immunosuppression and rejection. Current clinical tolerance protocols…2017 American Transplant Congress
Tolerogenic Potential, Migratory Pathways, Engraftment and Long-Term Survival of Human Hematopoietic Chimeric Cells – A Novel Strategy to Induce Tolerance in Transplantation.
Department of Orthopaedics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Background: Cell-based therapies represent a new promising strategy for tolerance induction in transplantation. One of the methods for immune response modulation in solid organ and…
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