Articles tagged "Glomerulonephritis"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for Recurrence and Predictors of Response in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Primary FSGS
A. Uffing¹, T. TANGO-consortium², P. Cravedi³, L. V. Riella¹
¹Renal Division, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²NA, Boston, MA, ³Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
*Purpose: Primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a glomerular disease that frequently recurs after kidney transplantation. Several circulating factors have been proposed to cause recurrence…
2019 American Transplant Congress
IgG Glycosylation Causes Podocyte Injury in Transplant Glomerulopathy through Calcium Calmodulin Kinase IV
R. Bhargava, K. Maeda, M. Pavlakis, G. Tsokos
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Transplant glomerulopathy(TG) is a major cause of late allograft loss. Increase in urine podocin/creatinine ratio in TG signifies acceleration of podocyte detachment from glomerular…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Conversion to Belatacept in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
I. Carrión Barberà, M. C. Fajardo, D. Tsapepas, J. Gartshteyn, A. Askanase, H. E. Fernandez
Columbia University MC, New York, NY
*Purpose: Lupus nephritis (LN) results in the need for renal replacement therapy (RRT) in 10-30% of LN pts and 30% receive a kidney transplant (KT).…
2019 American Transplant Congress
De Novo Glomerulonephritis after Non Renal Abdominal Organ Transplantation
C. Farkas¹, R. B. Ettenger¹, J. Zuckerman², R. S. Venick³, P. Weng¹
¹Pediatric Nephrology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²Pathology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ³Pediatric Gastroenterology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Pediatric recipients of non renal abdominal organs may develop renal abnormalities of uncertain etiology. We describe for the first time de novo lupus-like glomerulonephritis…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Beneficial Association between Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone-System Blockade Usage and Graft Prognosis in Allograft Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy
S. Park¹, C. Baek², M. Yu³, Y. Kim¹, J. Moon¹, H. Go², Y. Kim², J. Lee⁴, S. Min¹, J. Ha¹, K. Moon¹, Y. Kim¹, C. Ahn¹, S. Park², H. Lee¹
¹Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Hanyang University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Seoul National University Hospital, Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Although immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) is associated with a high risk of renal allograft failure, evidences for its treatment, including renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system blockade (RAASB)…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Importance of the Updated Oxford Classification in Allograft IgA Nephropathy
S. Park¹, H. Go², C. Baek², J. Jeong¹, Y. Kim¹, Y. Kim¹, Y. Kim², J. Lee³, S. Min¹, J. Ha¹, E. Song¹, Y. Kim¹, S. Park², K. Moon¹, H. Lee¹
¹Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Seoul National University Hospital, Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: An additional investigation on the clinical significance of the updated Oxford classification in allograft IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is warranted.*Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Prevalence of Recurrent and De Novo Glomerular Diseases after Renal Transplantation: A Single Center Experience
M. Ajaimy, O. Mohammed, E. Akalin
Montefiore-Einstein Transplant Center, Scarsdale, NY
*Purpose: Recurrent and de novo glomerular diseases documented to develop in 10-15% of kidney transplant recipients and are the third leading cause of allograft loss.…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Mesangiopathic Glomerulonephritis in Kidney Transplants
G. Towns, G. Agarwal, S. Ong, R. Mundra, C. Kew
UAB, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: Describe higher than anticipated prevalence of Mesangiopathic Glomerulonephritis on surveillance biopsies.*Methods: Review of all surveillance biopsies from September 2014 through September 2018 for presence…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Diabetic Nephropathy after Kidney Transplantation in Patients with Pre-Transplantation Type II Diabetes May Occur Later and Be Less Common Than Previously Thought
A. Cimeno, J. Munley, S. Sultan, M. Weir, S. Bartlett, C. Drachenberg, A. Hararian, J. Bromberg, J. Scalea.
Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.
Background: Classical medical teaching suggests that diabetic nephropathy occurs more quickly in transplanted kidneys than in the native kidneys. The largest report of post-transplantation diabetic…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Efficacy and Safety of a Single-Dose Rituximab for Prevention of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis Recurrence after Kidney Transplant
Y. Lu,¹ J. Lyons,² S. Tischer,² K. Woodside,³ J. Park.²
¹Transplant Nephrology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; ²Transplant Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; ³Transplant Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Background: For patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) due to primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), there is a significantly increased risk for disease recurrence…