2018 American Transplant Congress
Rapamycin Therapy Impairs Treg Expression of CXCR3 and Limits Treg-Dependent Survival of Vascularized Composite Allotransplants
Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) is a procedure to restore limb function or facial appearance. Rapamycin is used in efforts to preserve host Treg function and…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
Comparison of Outcomes in African-American and White Primary Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Matched-Pair Analysis
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.
Background: Racial differences in clinical and sociodemographic characteristics have been well recognized. This study aims to assess outcomes in African-American (AA) and white primary deceased…2018 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Outcomes of HIV-Infected Kidney Transplant Recipients Managed with an Early Corticosteroid Withdrawal Protocol
Weill Cornell Medicine / New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York.
AimAssess the clinical outcomes of HIV-infected kidney transplant recipients managed with an early corticosteroid withdrawal protocol.MethodsSingle center chart review of HIV-infected kidney recipients between 2006…2018 American Transplant Congress
Steroid Sparing Maintenance Immunosuppression is Associated with Decreased Mortality after Simultaneous Liver Kidney Transplantation
Purpose: Significant variation in maintenance immunosuppression (mIS) regimens has been described between transplant centers for simultaneous liver kidney (SLK) transplant recipients; we sought to describe…2018 American Transplant Congress
Ex Vivo Expanded Regulatory B Cells Promote Allograft Survival through IL-10-Dependent Pathway
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
Immunomodulatory capacity of B cells make them a promising therapeutic tool for autoimmune and alloimmune response in patients. We found that transplant tolerance induced by…2018 American Transplant Congress
Post Reperfusion Portal Flow Rate Impacts Liver Allograft and Patient Survival in Patients with Pre Transplant Portal Vein Thrombosis
Henry Ford Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI.
Background: Pre-transplant (pretx) portal vein thrombosis (PVT) not only makes the technical aspect of liver transplantation more challenging, it also is known to affect outcomes.…2018 American Transplant Congress
Inflammation in Scarred Areas (i-IF/TA): Defining the Response to Standard Treatment of T Cell-Mediated Rejection in Kidney Recipients
Paris Translational Research Center for Organ Transplantation, Paris, France.
The 2017 Banff meeting has focused on the importance of defining the potential role of i-IF/TA as a component of the T cell-mediated rejection (TCMR)…2018 American Transplant Congress
As Clear as Mud: Volatility of the Five-Tier Quality Assessment of Kidney Transplant Centers in the United States
Outcomes of patients receiving transplants in the US are systematically aggregated into bi-annual Program-Specific Reports(PSRs) detailing risk-adjusted survival by transplant center. Recently the SRTR issued…2018 American Transplant Congress
Dunbar Syndrome in Liver Transplantation: Results of a Single Center Matched-Pair Analysis and a European Survey Study
Background: Median-arcuate-ligament or Dunbar-syndrome (MALs) potentially causes arterial complications in orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). This study aimed to investigate MALs incidence and its impact on…
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