2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of New Pancreas Transplant Allocation Policy on Pancreas Transplant Volume and Outcomes: A Single Center Study
BACKGROUND: A UNOS/OPTN policy approved in 2015 allowed simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplants (SPK) for type-2 diabetic patients. We examined the effect of this policy on volume…2018 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Early Steroid Withdrawal in 6-Antigen Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA)-Matched Kidney Transplant Recipients
Background: Steroids are often used as part of standard immunosuppressant therapy to help prevent acute rejection in renal transplant patients. However, the long term adverse…2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Immediate Graft Function in Kidney Transplant Outcomes
Nephrology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain.
Introduction Delayed graft function (DGF), defined as dialysis needed the first week after transplantation are related with poor graft outcomes. There are few information about…2018 American Transplant Congress
SIRT1-Ikaros Axis Promotes Macrophage M2 Polarization and Protects Liver Graft from Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
Although pre-clinical studies have reported the efficacy of Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) to protect livers from ischemia-reperfusion injury, its clinical relevance in liver transplantation (LT) has…2018 American Transplant Congress
Urinary Chemokine CXCL-10 in Long Term Renal Transplant Patients Associates with Urinary Tract Infections and Microvascular Damage
Non-invasive biomarkers are needed to predict rejection post kidney transplantation. In the early transplant period, urinary CXCL-9 and CXCL-10 associate with rejection. We assessed the…2018 American Transplant Congress
Inter-Correlations between Psycho-Social Pre-Transplant Determinants of Post-Transplant Kidney Allograft Function
Transplant Services, UTMB, Galveston, TX.
Psycho-social factors are common in patients with advanced and end stage kidney disease and they may be associated with post kidney transplant outcomes. The aim…2018 American Transplant Congress
β-Glucuronidase Gene Expression in Stool Samples Associated with Chronic Allograft Dysfunction in Kidney Transplants
Background: Myocophenolate mofetil (MMF) is a prodrug that is extensively and rapidly converted to the active component, mycophenolic acid (MPA). MPA undergoes extensive enterohepatic recycling…2018 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation (KTx) Using Kidneys from Deceased Donors (DD) with AKIN Stage 2 and 3 Are Associated with Excellent Graft Outcomes
BackgroundKTx from DD with AKI can be a good source of kidneys however these kidneys are underutilized. The aim of this study is to determine…2018 American Transplant Congress
Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy Immune-Mediated Graft Dysfunction in Liver Transplant Recipients with Hepatitis C
Background and Aims:Interferon (IFN) treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection after liver transplantation (LT) can result in severe immune-mediated graft dysfunction (IGD). The occurrence…2018 American Transplant Congress
Do Protocol Biopsies in the Highly Sensitized Improve Renal Allograft Survival? A Single Center Evaluation of 2 Year Graft Function
Organ Transplant Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
Highly sensitized kidney transplant recipients (hsKTR) are at an increased risk of antibody mediated rejection (AMR). Following implementation of the new kidney allocation system (KAS)…
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