2017 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of Islet Damage During Isolation Utilizing miRNAs and Its Significance with Post-Transplant Outcome in TPIAT.
Background: Pancreatic islets with high quality are essential for better endocrine function and post-transplant outcome in total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation (TPIAT). The islets are…2017 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Organs Transplants When the Donor Is a Prior Recipient.
Introduction: Organ scarcity continues to limit the field of transplantation, which leads to death for patients on waiting lists. Organs from “Organ Donors After Transplant”…2017 American Transplant Congress
CXCL12 Modulation of Localized Immune Responses to Subcutaneous Islet Macrocapsulation.
Infectious Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Purpose:To determine the impact of CXCL12 on vascularization and immune response to xeno islets transplanted into TheraCyte macroencapsulation device in diabetic C57BL/6 mice.Materials and Methods:Three…2017 American Transplant Congress
The Feared Five Fungal Infections in Kidney Transplant Recipients: 20-Year Experience at a Midwestern Center.
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Invasive fungal infections (IFI) are increasing in kidney transplant recipients (KTR). Here we present our experience with five feared IFIs in KTR transplanted between 01/01/1994…2017 American Transplant Congress
Two Promoter Polymorphisms in the Genes Encoding for Complement Regulating Proteins CD46 and CD59 in Kidney Donors Are Associated with Biopsy Proven Acute Rejection.
BackgroundComplement regulating proteins, including CD46, CD55 and CD59, protect cells against self-damage. Because of their expression on the donor endothelium, they are hypothesized to be…2017 American Transplant Congress
Prolonged Cold Ischemia Time as a Risk for Low Regeneration at the Early Phase After Living Donor Liver Transplantation.
Background. The objective of this study was to determine the risk factors for low liver regeneration at the early phase after living donor liver transplantation…2017 American Transplant Congress
Does Gender Affect Renal Transplant Outcomes?
Many studies have evaluated the role of gender on renal transplantation.Females (F) are less likely than males (M) to be on the waitlist (WL); less…2017 American Transplant Congress
Heat Shock Protein 90 Inhibitor, 17DMAG Suppresses Acute Allograft Rejection and Prolongs Allograft Survival in Solid Organ Transplantation.
Urology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
Purpose: Heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) is a ubiquitously expressed molecular chaperone that is associated with the correct activation of client proteins. Important roles of…2017 American Transplant Congress
Small Pediatric Donor Kidney Transplantation in Pediatric Recipients.
Kidneys from small pediatric donors (age <5 years, weight <21 kg) may be a means to increase the donor pool for pediatric recipients. Transplantation of…2017 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Liver and Kidney Survival Following Combined Liver-Kidney Transplantation, with or without Preformed Donor-Specific Antibodies.
Introduction: Successful kidney transplantation despite a positive crossmatch is well known after combined liver-kidney transplantation (CLKT). However, recently, concerns regarding the impact of preformed anti-HLA…
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