2017 American Transplant Congress
Is It Safe to Use Older Donor Liver Grafts for Older Recipients?
Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
Aim: The safety of liver transplantation (LT) using older donor grafts into older recipients remains to be elucidated. The aim of this study was to…2017 American Transplant Congress
Muscle Mass Is Predictive of Mortality in Obese Renal Transplant Patients.
Introduction: The impact of obesity (body mass index [BMI] > 30 kg/m[sup2]) on kidney allograft outcomes is controversial. Recent studies found that obesity does not…2017 American Transplant Congress
Comparing Renal Function Recovery and Long Term Outcomes in Recipients of Standard and Expanded Criteria Donor Kidney Transplants.
McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada
Several donor and recipient characteristics are associated with adverse kidney transplantation (KT) outcomes. Our group has previously shown that based on the donor's terminal creatinine,…2017 American Transplant Congress
Anti-Angiotensin Type 1 Receptor Antibodies Associate with Rejection in Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplant and Pancreas Transplant Alone Recipients.
Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Background: Anti-angiotensin type 1 receptor antibodies (AT1R Ab) have been found to have a strong association with antibody mediated rejection (Reinsmoen et al, Transpl 2010;…2017 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Type of Recipient Diabetes on 1 and 3-Year Kidney Allograft and Patient Outcomes.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
The pathophysiology of type 1 (T1DM) and type 2 (T2DM) diabetes is different and has been conjectured to impact transplantation outcomes differently over time especially…2017 American Transplant Congress
Results of Biliary Reconstruction with PTFE Graft in Liver Transplantation.
Introduction: Biliary complications are often referred to as the 'Achilles heel' of liver transplantation (LT) with their high incidence rate, the need for repeated and…2017 American Transplant Congress
Inflammasome, Unfolded Protein Response, and T Cell Immunity in DAIH.
Background: Regulatory T cells (Tregs) of patients with de novo autoimmune hepatitis (DAIH) secrete IL-17A & IFN-g; display TH1 & TH17 pehnotypes & are functionally…2017 American Transplant Congress
Short- and Long-Term Graft Survival After Kidney Transplantation in Western Europe.
Background: Improvement of kidney survival after transplantation has mainly been studied in the American population. There, it was found that improvement mostly occurred on the…2017 American Transplant Congress
Deleting LAG-3 Accelerates Cardiac Allograft Rejection and Augments T Cell Memory in Mice.
Purpose: Lymphocyte Activation Gene-3 (LAG-3) expresses a transmembrane receptor on activated immune cells such as T cells, NK cells, and plasmacytoid dendritic cells. It is…2017 American Transplant Congress
Renal Transplant Outcomes in Primary FSGS Compared with Other Recipients: A National Review of the Irish Transplant Registry.
Primary focal segmental glomerular sclerosis (p-FSGS) raises specific peri-transplant concerns, one of which is disease recurrence (r-FSGS). We aimed to compare transplant outcomes in patients…
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