2017 American Transplant Congress
Vimentin Regulates ß-Catenin Translocation During Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition in Renal Fibrosis.
Sugery, Section of Transplantation, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY
Introduction: Most renal transplants ultimately fail secondary to chronic allograft nephropathy (CAN). The development of Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) in renal tubular epithelial cells…2017 American Transplant Congress
A Novel MyD88 Inhibitor Attenuates Allograft Rejection in Heterotopic Tracheal Transplantation in Mice.
Background: Obstructive bronchiolitis (OB) characterized by chronic rejection, is the main complication after lung transplantation which limits the long-term survival of the recipients. Innate immune…2017 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Tracheal Epithelial Cells Apoptosis on the Biological Behavior of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells (BMSCs) in OB.
Background: During the development of obliterative bronchiolitis (OB), extensive extracellular matrix is deposited in the lumen of the bronchioli, and the number of myofibroblasts increases.…2016 American Transplant Congress
ER Stress and Loss of GRP78 Expression Provides a Link Between Renal Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury and the Urinary Metabolome.
Ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI) profoundly impacts graft survival following kidney transplantation. Epithelial injury is one of the earliest histological alterations of IRI and is especially observed…2016 American Transplant Congress
Heparanase: A New Factor Involved in the Pro-Fibrotic Renal Biological Machinery Activated by the Ischemia/Reperfusion (I/R) Injury.
Ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) is an important cause of acute renal failure and delayed graft function, and it may induce chronic renal damage by activating epithelial to…2016 American Transplant Congress
Mechanisms of Cellular Repopulation within Healthy or Intrinsically Scarred Kidney Extracellular Matrix Scaffolds.
Background: While the number of wait-listed patients suffering from kidney failure continues to rise, the number of kidney transplants performed each year has remained stagnant.…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…2015 American Transplant Congress
ILC1 and ILC3 Are the Predominant Intra-Epithelial Lymphoid Populations in Human Small Bowel Grafts
We have shown that differently from native small bowels, NK-like cells (CD45+CD103+CD3-) are the predominant intra-epithelial lymphocytes (IEL) in small bowel grafts (SBG) from 4th…2015 American Transplant Congress
Morphometry of the Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) in Subsequent Biopsies from Transplanted Kidney
EMT plays the principal role in the pathogenesis of IF/TA as a consequence in the failure of a transplanted kidney. Many facts suggest that the…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Role of Inflammasome Components in Renal Tubular Epithelial Cell Injury
Background:Inflammasomes are multiprotein complexes of pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) recognized as key triggers of cellular injury. TLRs provide the first signal for induction of the…