2018 American Transplant Congress
A Single Center Outcomes Analysis of UNOS Defined "Hard to Place Kidneys"
Keck Medical Center at USC, Los Angeles, CA.
The discard rate of potentially usable kidneys remains dismal despite a critical shortage of organs. The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) now provides a…2018 American Transplant Congress
Thirty-Six Consecutive Kidney Transplants in Recipients with Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome: A Single-Centre Experience
Background. Due to high recurrence rate, poor kidney transplant (KTx) survival has been reported for recipients with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS). More recently, prophylaxis…2018 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Donor Specific Alloantibodies on Long-Term Outcomes of Liver Re-Transplantation
Despite reports that associate donor specific antibody (DSA) with rejection after liver transplantation, grafts are still allocated according to blood group (ABO) but not human…2018 American Transplant Congress
Novel Vascular Inflow Offers Renal Transplantation to Recipients with Severe Central and Peripheral Vascular Disease
Background: Absence of suitable implant locations for donor renal vessels may be a major problem in patients with significant central and peripheral vascular disease. We…2018 American Transplant Congress
Lymph Node Stromal Laminins Affect Graft Survival through Regulation of CD4 T Cell Proliferation and Migration
University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.
Background: Our prior studies demonstrated that tolerance and immunity are associated with differential expression of lymph node (LN) stromal laminins α4β1γ1 (411) and α5β1γ1 (511),…2018 American Transplant Congress
Sensing T Cell Killing Activity with Granzyme B Activity Probes
Purpose: We developed activity-based probes that sense Granzyme B (GzmB) activity during alloreactive T cell killing of donor cellsMethods: FITC-labelled GzmB substrate (IEFDSG) was synthesized…2018 American Transplant Congress
Rejection and Graft Loss in Patients with BK Viremia after Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplant
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Background: BK virus is a recognized cause of kidney allograft dysfunction. The treatment of BK is immunosuppression reduction. This reduction in patients with a simultaneous…2018 American Transplant Congress
Patient and Transplant Outcome in Infants Starting Renal Replacement Therapy before Two Years of Age
Introduction: Despite major technical improvement in the care of children requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT) before two years of age, the management of those patients…2018 American Transplant Congress
Excellent Long-Term Outcomes with Kidney Transplants from Deceased Donors with Acute Kidney Injury
Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.
Kidney transplants (KT) from donors with acute kidney injury (AKI; terminal creatinine ≥ 2.0) are increasingly performed and have similar short-term outcomes compared with KT…2018 American Transplant Congress
Incidence of BK Viraemia and BK Virus Associated Nephropathy with Standard vs. Augmented Immunosuppression
Renal Transplant, University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry, United Kingdom.
Introduction:It has been long established that over-immunosuppressed state leads to BK virus reactivation. BK viraemia (BKV) can progress to BK virus associated nephropathy (BKVAN) which…
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