2015 American Transplant Congress
Single Center Experience of C4d Staining of Kidney Transplant Biopsies
Division of Nephrology and Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI.
Introduction: While a diffuse positivity (>50%) of C4d in kidney transplant peritubular capillaries strongly co-relates with the presence of acute or chronic antibody mediated rejection,…2015 American Transplant Congress
ABO-Incompatible Live Donor Kidney Transplants Inferior to ABO-Compatible Transplants, but Match Deceased Donor Results: Is Kidney Paired Donation the Answer?
Objective: Compare kidney allograft survival in ABO-incompatible (ABO-I) and ABO-compatible (ABO-C) live donor kidney transplant recipients.Methods: We analyzed UNOS database for patients who underwent a…2015 American Transplant Congress
Role of Innate Immune Cells in Chronic Allograft Loss and Novel Strategies to Target Them
Despite remarkable improvements in short term transplant survival, the long-term outcome of allografts remains poor in the clinic, and most transplants are eventually lost due…2015 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells Display Distinct Cell Surface Markers and May Explain the Induction of Tolerance by Kidney Allografts
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Achieving tolerance in heart allografts is an important area of research as the need for heart transplantations increase. Recent studies in non-human primates (NHPs) have…2015 American Transplant Congress
Retrospective Cohort Study Concerning Efficacy and Safety of Bortezomib in Combination With Or Without Rituximab in Antibody Mediated Rejection in Renal Transplant Recipients
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Nephrology, Berlin, Germany.
Treatment of antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) in renal transplant (tx) patients (pts) is still challenging and long-term outcome remains unsatisfying. Because plasma cells (PCs) are crucial…2015 American Transplant Congress
Pancreatic Islet Survival Under Confinement
UMR DIATHEC EA 7294, Centre Européen d'Etude du Diabète, Strasbourg, France.
The main advantage of cell therapy is the possibility to immune-isolate the graft in a device to avoid immune suppressive regimen. In islet transplantation field,…2015 American Transplant Congress
Immunological Evaluation of Acellular Extracellular Matrix Upon Transplantation
Background : To mitigate the scanty supply of donor organs, porcine tissues can be utilized since, it embrace the potential to accomplish the task of…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Center Volume on Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation Outcomes
Background: Pancreas transplantation is associated with a high incidence of surgical complications and successful outcomes require experienced surgical and post-transplant care. Prior studies have linked…2015 American Transplant Congress
Intermittent High Dose Intravenous Immunoglobulin as Treatment for Donor Specific Antibodies in Renal Transplant Recipients
Background: Donor-specific HLA antibody (DSA) formation in post-renal transplant patients is associated with chronic rejection and graft failure. Previous studies in our population have indicated…2015 American Transplant Congress
No Significant Outcome Benefit for Brand-Name Versus Generic Tacrolimus in Kidney Transplant Recipients: SRTR Analysis
IntroGeneric formulations of tacrolimus have been available for maintenance immunosuppression since 2009. Our aim was to evaluate the frequency of use of generic tacrolimus and…
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