Articles tagged "Graft function"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Metabolism Reprogramming During Conventional versus Ischemia-Free Liver Transplantation
Z. Guo¹, Z. Zhang¹, N. Gao¹, H. Zhang², X. He¹
¹Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, ²Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
*Purpose: Our group has developed a novel transplant procedure called ischemia-free liver transplantation (IFLT), during which the liver can be procured, preserved and implanted without…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Potential Cost-Savings Associated with ANG-3777 for the Treatment of Delayed Graft Function in Kidney Transplantation
M. Cooper¹, T. Mayne², T. Kauf³, M. Gargano³, K. Freemyer³
¹Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC, ²Angion Biomedica Corp, San Francisco, CA, ³Genesis Research, Hoboken, NJ
*Purpose: We created a medical cost offset model based upon the results of a Phase 2, double-blind, randomized controlled trial of ANG-3777, a hepatocyte growth…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Effect of JC Virus on Polyomavirus Nephropathy in Renal Transplant Recipients
G. Huang, Y. Huang, X. Chen, J. Qiu, J. Li, C. Wang, L. Chen
The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
*Purpose: To investigate the effect of JC virus (JCV) on the development and prognosis of BK virus (BKV) infection and polyomavirus nephropathy (PVN) in renal…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Factors Predicting Outcome after Living Donor Liver Transplantation in the Era of Intra-Operative Flow Measurements and Inflow Modulation
D. Sonbare, D. Jorgensen, A. Humar
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: To identify pre/intra-operative factors which predict adverse outcome after living donor liver transplantation (LDLT).*Methods: All patients who underwent first LDLT at UPMC, Pittsburgh from…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Hif-1a Expression Influences Recipient Clinical Outcomes in Liver Transplant Patients
K. Kadono, T. Ito, H. Kojima, K. Nakamura, H. Hirao, S. Kageyama, K. J. Dery, A. Murray, R. W. Busutill, F. Kaldas, J. W. Kupiec-Weglinski
Liver Transplant Surgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Liver ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI), an innate-immune dominated hepatocellular damage, is a risk factor for early allograft dysfunction (EAD) and rejection crises in liver transplantation…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Protective Effect of Hypothermic Oxygenated Machine Perfusion (HOPE) Onresuscitating Steatotic Liver and its Underlying Mechanism
F. Lin¹, F. Zhen¹, X. Yan¹, L. Wenjin¹, Y. Qifa²
¹Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, ²Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University/The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Wuhan/Changsha, China
*Purpose: To analyze the impact of steatotic livers with conventional cold storage (CS) and hypothermic oxygenated perfusion (HOPE) approaches, and further to investigate the rescue…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Short-Term Outcomes of Induction Therapy with Alemtuzumab versus Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin in Lung Transplantation
V. Liu, M. W. Soto-Arenall, A. Patel
Pharmacy, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
*Purpose: To identify the short-term efficacy and safety outcomes of alemtuzumab (C1H) versus rabbit antithymocyte globulin (rATG) in lung transplant patients. The objectives are to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Osmotic Nephropathy from a Non-Sucrose Based IVIG
S. Reddy, L. Kodali
Nephrology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: We present a case of acute renal failure and hyperkalemia due to osmotic nephropathy from a non-sucrose based IVIG infusion therapy.*Methods: A 67-year-old man…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Increased Mitochondrial Metabolic Enzymes are Associated with Superior Kidney Function after Normothermic Ex-Vivo Kidney Perfusion-A Proteomics Study
C. McEvoy¹, S. Clotet-Freixas¹, T. Tokar², C. Pastrello², S. Reid³, I. Batruch⁴, A. RaoPeters⁵, P. Urbanellis¹, M. Kaths¹, S. Farkona¹, J. Van³, B. Urquhart⁵, I. Jurisica², L. Robinson⁶, M. Selzner¹, A. Konvalinka¹
¹Toronto General Hospital Research Institute and Multi-Organ Transplant, UHN, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Krembil Research Institute, UHN, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Dept. of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Institute, UHN, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, UWO, London, ON, Canada, ⁶The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Kidneys donated after circulatory death (DCD) contribute significantly to the donor pool, but have inferior outcomes. Normothermic ex-vivo kidney perfusion (NEVKP) results in significantly…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Identifying Factors Associated with Delayed Graft Function Severity Using the OPTN Database
K. Checchi¹, D. Stewart², A. Toll², J. Case¹, S. Kurian¹, C. Marsh¹
¹Scripps Health, La Jolla, CA, ²United Network for Organ Sharing Research Department, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Delayed graft function (DGF) is a costly adverse outcome in kidney transplantation with negative implications for both graft and patient survival. Identifying factors associated…