2022 American Transplant Congress
Bystander Suppression: Enhancing the Power of Ex Vivo Expanded Antigen Specific Regulatory Cell Lines
*Purpose: The potential of T regulatory cell (Treg) based therapies in transplantation has been demonstrated in various preclinical models. Multiple clinical trials are currently undergoing…2022 American Transplant Congress
Exosomal TGFbeta:LAP as Immunosuppressive Mediator of Allo-Tolerance
*Purpose: TGFβ has long been known as a key component in tolerance mediated by Treg cells. Here we show that, unlike IL10, but like CD39/CD73,…2022 American Transplant Congress
Impact of the Weekend Effect on Adult and Pediatric Liver or Kidney Offer Acceptance
Transplant Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Weekends may impose resource and manpower constraints on hospitals. Studies using data from prior allocation schemas showed increased adult organ discards on weekends. We…2022 American Transplant Congress
Resistance Isn’t Futile: The Independent Effect of Pumping Resistance on Long-Term Kidney Graft Survival
*Purpose: Kidneys are pumped for therapeutic (to mitigate deleterious effects of ischemia), practical (to facilitate transplant scheduling), and prognostic (to assess organ quality) purposes. Yet…2021 American Transplant Congress
Findings from the Bareto Study: Associations Between Chronic Vascular Changes and 10-year Transplant Graft Outcomes
1Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 2UNOS, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: As part of a broader study on Biopsy, Anatomy, and Resistance Effects on Transplant Outcomes (BARETO), we aim to characterize the poorly understood relationship…2021 American Transplant Congress
Can Procurement Biopsy Data Tell Us Anything? The Influence of Glomerulosclerosis on Long-term Kidney Graft Survival
*Purpose: Biopsy findings, particularly % glomerulosclerosis, have been shown to have a profound impact on kidney utilization decisions. Most studies of the association between procurement…2021 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplants from Donation After Circulatory Death Donors in the UK: A National Registry Analysis
*Purpose: The UK is a world leader in the use of pancreases from donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors. However, there is a perception that…2021 American Transplant Congress
Allograft Discard Risk Index for Heart Transplantation
*Purpose: The number of patients awaiting heart transplantation (HTx) substantially exceeds the number of donor hearts transplanted each year, yet nearly 70% of consented donor…2021 American Transplant Congress
Can Procurement Biopsy Data Tell Us Anything? The Influence of Interstitial Fibrosis on Long-term Kidney Graft Survival
*Purpose: Biopsy findings have been shown to have a profound impact on kidney utilization decisions. Most studies of the association between procurement biopsy findings and…2021 American Transplant Congress
Donation After Circulatory Death Kidney Transplantation Has Equal Long-Term Graft and Patient Survival as Donation After Brain Death: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
*Purpose: Donation after circulatory death (DCD) kidneys are not worldwide accepted yet due to concerns about inferior quality. To investigate whether these concerns are justified,…
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