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…2017 American Transplant Congress
Confirmation of the Safety of Cryopreserved Human Cord Blood Derived Di-Chimeric Cells in the NSG Mouse Model.
Orthopaedics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Background: Cell therapies are a promising approach for tolerance induction in Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA). Thus, we have developed a new supportive therapy of ex…2016 American Transplant Congress
Porcine Islets Engineered to Display SA-FasL Protein on Their Surface Induce Tolerance in Mice Following Transplantation into the Liver or Under the Kidney Capsule.
Introduction: We have recently demonstrated that allogeneic islets engineered to transiently display on their surface a novel form of FasL protein chimeric with streptavidin (SA-FasL)…2016 American Transplant Congress
Engineering a “Hybrid Thymus” to Promote Transplant Tolerance.
Purpose: Targeting the process of central (thymic) selection of developing T lymphocytes is the key tolerogenic mechanism of bone marrow transplantation (BM-Tx)-based protocols for transplant…2016 American Transplant Congress
Blockade of the ASC Coreceptor Enhances Hematopoietic Stem Cell Engraftment.
Purpose: HSC engraftment is essential for successful bone marrow transplantation, and successful HSC engraftment allows for induction of tolerance to solid organ allografts. Engrafted HSCs…
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