2016 American Transplant Congress
Alloimmunity Through Non-HLA Epitopes in Kidney Transplantation.
Introduction: An unexpected diversity in the human genome has been identified including more than 2,500 nonsynonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms (nsSNP) and up to 20 homozygous…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Heterogenous Genomic Landscape of Unresectable Hepatoblastoma Requiring Liver Transplantation: Prognostic Implications.
Surgery, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC and University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
Background: Hepatoblastoma, the most common pediatric liver malignancy, is cured by chemotherapy and surgical resection. Locally invasive/multifocal tumors require liver transplantation (LTx). A unique tumor…2016 American Transplant Congress
Urinary Virome in Human Kidney Transplants Reveals Multiple Virus Subtypes with Distinct Genome Polymorphisms.
Recent studies have established that human urine has its own unique microbiome, but little is known about the virome. The human virome is the collection…2016 American Transplant Congress
RNAseq Transcriptome Analysis of Bone Marrow CD138+ Plasma Cell Responses to Carfilzomib Monotherapy Desensitization.
Medicine, Surgery, Biomedical Informatics, U of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children's, Cincinnati, OH.
Purpose: Prior studies indicate that bone marrow resident plasma cells (BMRPCs) demonstrate varying sensitivity to proteasome inhibition (PI). Effects of carfilzomib (CFZ) monotherapy desensitization on…2016 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor (ACEI) or Angiotensin Receptor Blockade (ARB) Exposure on Intragraft Gene Expression of Kidney Transplant Patients.
Objective: Treatment with ACEI or ARB has been shown to have anti-inflammatory effects in animal models but this effect has not been investigated in kidney…2016 American Transplant Congress
HLA Identical Renal Transplant Tolerance Using Donor Hematopoietic Stems Cells (DHSC): Role of Immunoregulation.
Purpose: Despite being a “perfect match”, HLA-identical kidney transplants (HLA-Id KTx) are rejected without sufficient immunosuppression (IS), and hence can also benefit from tolerance induction.…2016 American Transplant Congress
A Molecular Biopsy Test for Probability of Non-Adherence.
Afferent arteriolar hyalinosis (ah-score) in renal transplant biopsies increases with time of biopsy-post-transplant (TxBx), reflecting calcineurin inhibitor drug effects, donor aging, and progressive glomerular diseases.…2015 American Transplant Congress
Distinct Blood and Biopsy Meta-Signatures for Acute Rejection Post Kidney Transplant
Acute rejection (AR) is a major cause of allograft dysfunction. Molecular signatures of AR from blood and biopsy have been identified by several independent cohort…2015 American Transplant Congress
Development of a Targeted Genetic Renal Disease Panel With NexGen Sequencing for Unbiased Testing of Living Kidney Donors for Genetic Kidney Disease
Recent studies indicate that living donors biologically related to their transplant recipient may be at higher risk of ESRD compared to unrelated donors, possibly secondary…2015 American Transplant Congress
Application of Second Generation Sequencing and AlloAntibody Screening to the Organ Transplantation Arena
Over the last two decades, over 300,000 solid organ transplantations have been performed in the USA alone. While there has been considerable progress with immunosuppression…
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