2016 American Transplant Congress
Chimeric Cell Transplantation for Treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: A Preliminary Report.
Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago.
Background: Transplant of Chimeric Cells, created via ex vivo fusion of donor and recipient cells, represents a promising cell therapy option in the field of…2016 American Transplant Congress
Human Epineural Allograft Conduits Supported with Mesenchymal Stem Cells Enhance Peripheral Nerve Regeneration: A Preliminary Report.
Department of Orthopaedics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.
PURPOSE: Due to the limitations of current surgical methods of long nerve defect repair, new therapeutic approaches are needed to enhance nerve regeneration. Nerve allografts…2016 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Early Engraftment Immunobiology of Xenoislets and Alloislets in a Dual Transplant Model.
1Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; 2Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
Purpose: Successful implementation of neonatal porcine islet (NPI) xenotransplantation requires an understanding of the xenospecific immune elements influencing engraftment. To elucidate these early xenospecific processes,…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…2015 American Transplant Congress
Identifying Barriers Specific to Xenoislets by Direct Comparison to Alloislets in a Dual Transplant Model
Purpose:The xenotransplantation of neonatal porcine islets (NPIs) may alleviate the shortage of islets currently limiting islet allotransplantation. However, successful implementation requires understanding of the immune…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Role of an Intragraft Vascularized Bone Marrow Niche in Establishing Mixed Chimerism and Allograft Acceptance
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
Background: Vascularized composite allotransplantation has emerged as a viable treatment option for patients with devastating tissue loss not amenable to traditional reconstructive techniques. Different from…2015 American Transplant Congress
Peritransplant Costimulation Blockade and Rapamycin Therapy Induces Permanent Limb Allograft Survival
Aim: Using murine models, we sought to identify the mechanisms of responsible for vascularized composite allotransplant (VCA) rejection, and to thereafter, using clinically relevant peri-transplant…2015 American Transplant Congress
Differential Expression and Function of ASC and Nlrp3 Inflammasome Adaptors in Hematopoietic Stem Cells (HSCs)
Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA.
HSCs are activated by pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), which might provide novel targets for improved engraftment. How PRRs affect HSC engraftment after BM transplantation is…
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