Articles tagged "Graft survival"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Vaccine Response as a Predictor of Kidney Transplant Rejection and Serious Infection
A. Ta'eed, K. R. Polkinghorne, W. R. Mulley
Department of Nephrology, Monash Health, Clayton, Australia
*Purpose: Vaccination generates immune memory, including antibodies against harmful pathogens. Transplant immunosuppression prevents similar processes occurring against alloantigens. Transplant recipients have significantly reduced seroresponses to…
2019 American Transplant Congress
NK Cell Quantification by Paraffin Immunohistochemistry is Not Predictive of Graft Outcome in 1-Year Surveillance Biopsies
J. Barnes¹, F. Suliman², A. Shammout¹, E. A. Farkash¹
¹Pathology, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Nephrology, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: Molecular and animal studies have identified NK cells as important mediators and markers of antibody mediated rejection. Using three color immunohistochemistry for CD16, T-bet,…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Exposure to Particulate Matter Air Pollution and the Risk of Graft Failure and Mortality in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Y. Kim¹, S. Kwon¹, J. Park², J. Lee³
¹Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Internal Medicine, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Korea, Republic of, ³Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Elevated levels of fine particulate matter, 10 μm in aerodynamic diameter (PM10) are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular outcomes and death, but their…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant Outcomes: Comparing KDRI/KDPI with Machine Learning
E. Pahl
HealthTech Solutions, Inc., Coralville, IA
*Purpose: To better predict outcomes of graft survival in kidney donation and ultimately save more lives for those waiting on the list.*Methods: Machine learning methods…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplant Outcome between Identical Twins in USA from 2001-2017
D. R. Jorgensen, S. Hariharan
Starzl Transplant Institute, Univ of Pittsburgh Med Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: This study provides the outcome of Identical-Twin (IT) Kidney-Transplants (KT) in the USA.*Methods: The data from U.S. Census Bureau, National Center for Health Statistics,…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Children after Kidney Transplantation. Risk Factors and Outcomes
M. L. Monteverde¹, J. M. Velasco¹, M. E. Izzo², M. Mannarino², J. P. Ibanez¹, A. B. Chaparro¹, C. E. Vezzani¹
¹Nephrology, Hospital de Pediatria JP Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²Food and Nutrition, Hospital de Pediatria JP Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina
*Purpose: 1) To describe prevalence of overweight and obesity and changes in body mass index (BMI) and height Z-score at transplant time (T0) and 12…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Peritubular Capillary C4d Positivity in Renal Allograft Biopsies: Implications for Allograft Survival
A. Bailey, S. Tremblay, A. R. Shields, J. Wang, R. Alloway, E. S. Woodle
Transplant Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: C4d deposition in the peritubular capillaries (PTCs) is associated with acute antibody mediated rejection (AMR) and reduced renal allograft survival. PTC C4d positivity, however,…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Features and Prognosis of Diffuse Intrahepatic Biliary Stricture in Adult ABO-Incompatible Living Donor Liver Transplantation
J. Kwon, G. Song, S. Hwang, K. Kim, C. Ahn, D. Moon, T. Ha, D. Jung, G. Park, Y. Yoon, H. Cho, I. Jeong, J. Choi, S. Yoo, S. Lee
Division of Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Despite the advancement in desensitization protocol, diffuse intrahepatic biliary stricture (DIHBS), an attenuated form of antibody mediated rejection (AMR), remains an unresolved problem. As…
2019 American Transplant Congress
External Validation of the Living Kidney Donor Profile Index (LKDPI) in the Canadian Kidney Transplant Recipient Population
M. Shantier¹, Y. Li¹, M. Ashwin¹, O. Famure¹, S. K. Singh²
¹Multi-Organ Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Multi-Organ Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: The LKDPI is a risk index which incorporates clinical characteristics of living kidney donors and their recipients to predict the risk of total graft…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Belatacept Conversion on Renal Function, Histology and Gene Expression in Kidney Transplant Patients with Interstitial Fibrosis and Tubular Atrophy
G. Gupta¹, D. Kumar¹, M. Raynaud², A. Loupy², J. Chang³, J. Reeve³, P. Sanghi¹, I. Yakubu¹, L. Kamal¹, M. Levy¹, C. Bhati¹, P. Kimball¹, A. King¹, H. Massey¹, P. Halloran³
¹Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ²Paris Transplant Group, Paris, France, ³Alberta Transplant Genomics Applied Centre, Edmonton, AB, Canada
*Purpose: Prior studies on the conversion of tacrolimus (Calcineurin Inhibitor; CNI) to belatacept have been limited in scope due to either the absence of, post-conversion…