2018 American Transplant Congress
Selection and Stratification of Anti-HLA-A and HLA-B Sensitized Patients in Pig-to-Human Xenotransplantation
Introduction: Patients with anti-HLA-A and –B antibodies are difficult to match and represent a possible population for inclusion in pig-to-human xenotransplantation clinical trials. Donor specific…2018 American Transplant Congress
Increasing the Donor Pool for Highly Sensitized Patients with Allele Specific Antibodies: Optimizing the Virtual Crossmatch (vXM)
Background:Since implementation of the current Kidney Allocation System, highly sensitized patients with 98-100% cPRA (HSPs) are receiving ~10% of deceased donor kidneys compared to <2%…2018 American Transplant Congress
Rituximab Interference in B-Cell Crossmatch: A Problem Solved
Background: Rituximab is commonly prescribed in ABO- or HLA-incompatible kidney transplantation. When used before transplant it interferes with B lymphocyte complement-dependent crossmatch (CDC CM) or…2018 American Transplant Congress
Whole-Transcriptome Sequencing to Identify Macaque Immune Gene Variants
Macaque monkeys are critical in transplantation studies, yet macaque genomics lags significantly behind human genomics. While reliable genotyping methods have been developed for some macaque…2018 American Transplant Congress
False-Positive Flow-Cytometric T Cell Crossmatch Associated with Blood Type Antigen Expressed on Lymphocytes in ABO Incompatible Kidney Transplantation
Background: Flow-cytometric T cell crossmatch (FTXM) uses live donor lymphocytes to detect anti-donor-human leukocyte antigen (HLA) IgG antibodies. Therefore, the results can be affected by…2018 American Transplant Congress
Serum Treatment with Fetal Bovine Serum Significantly Increases Luminex-Based HLA Antibody Assay Specificity by Reducing Heterophile Antibody Interference
Mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) values obtained from Luminex-based HLA antibody assays are used to determine the relative strength of HLA antibodies. However, MFI values can…2018 American Transplant Congress
Can We Expect the “Unexpected”?
Northwestern University, Chicago.
A known, seemingly paradoxical, phenomenon of the HLA system is the high overall degree of homology among different HLA alleles, despite vast polymorphism in the…2018 American Transplant Congress
Temporal Variability of IgG Subclasses
Northwestern University, Chicago; Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago.
The temporal model of IgG subclass switching supports sequential IgG conversion; however, the diversity of previously stimulated B cells is known to shape responses in…2018 American Transplant Congress
Delayed Graft Function in Live Donor HLA-Incompatible Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Multicenter Study
1JHU, Baltimore; 2UCSF, San Francisco.
Background: Many patients with a willing, but incompatible live donor choose to undergo incompatible live donor kidney transplantation (ILDKT) facilitated by desensitization procedures to eliminate…2018 American Transplant Congress
A Novel Endothelial Cell Based Complement Dependent Cytotoxicity Test in Kidney Transplantation
Introduction:Relevant alloantibodies in kidney transplantation comprise anti-HLA antibodies, blood group antibodies (ABO incompatible) and anti-endothelial cell antibodies (AECA) and can initiate antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR). ABMR…
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