Articles tagged "Histology"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Circulating and Intragraft Donor (HLA)-Specific B Cells Drive Allograft Rejection After Kidney Transplantation
A. Torija¹, N. Bolaños¹, L. Donadeu¹, M. Meneghini², I. Torres², A. Gabaldon², M. Gomà³, E. Crespo¹, F. Moreso⁴, O. Bestard²
¹Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain, ²Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, ³Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Vall d'Heron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
*Purpose: Besides donor-specific antibodies (DSA), circulating donor(HLA)-specific memory B cells (mBc) have also shown to play a deleterious role driving antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) in kidney…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Histopathology at Diagnosis and One-Year Outcomes in Antibody Mediated Rejection in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients: Preliminary Findings from the Paramour “Pediatric Renal AMR Outcomes” Study
R. Zahr¹, D. Puliyanda², I. Ashoor³, N. Hayde⁴, S. Solomon⁵, R. Engen⁶, L. Harshman⁷, C. Peterson⁸, S. McEwen⁹, A. Jain¹⁰, R. Garro¹¹, A. Mansuri¹², M. Kallash¹³, K. Twombley¹⁴
¹Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, ²Cedars-Sinai Med Ctr, West Hollywood, CA, ³Pediatrics, Lousiana State University, New Orleans, LA, ⁴Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, ⁵The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, New York, NY, ⁶Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, ⁷University of Iowa Children's Hospital, Iowa City, IA, ⁸University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁹University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ¹⁰Pediatrics, Wayne State University, Troy, MI, ¹¹Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ¹²Pediatrics, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, ¹³Pediatrics, The Ohio State Univesrity, Columbus, OH, ¹⁴Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Antibody mediated rejection (AMR) is a major cause of kidney allograft dysfunction leading to graft loss. There is a paucity of data regarding how…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Transplant Evaluation of Patients Undergoing Combined Heart-Liver Transplantation and Correlation with Explant Pathology
A. Shingina¹, J. N. Menachem¹, S. Brown¹, I. A. Ziogas², W. K. Wu³, M. J. Izzy⁴, J. Liang¹, K. Washington¹, S. Alexopoulos⁵
¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ³Thoracic Surgery; Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ⁴GI and Hepatology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ⁵Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: Fontan-associated liver disease (FALD) is a well-described complication of Fontan physiology. More patients with failing Fontan are being evaluated for heart transplant and evidence-based…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Single Cell Multiomics Reveals Immune Mediators in Acute Cellular Rejection Following Pediatric Liver Transplantation
B. Rocque¹, D. Sarode², A. Barbetta³, P. Singh⁴, C. Goldbeck⁴, C. Weaver⁵, O. Akbari⁴, R. Kohli⁵, J. Emamaullee⁶
¹University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Pasadena, CA, ³Surgery, abdominal transplat, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Acute cellular rejection (ACR) is a common complication following pediatric liver transplantation with potential negative effects on allograft longevity. Currently, diagnosis and management are…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Recoverability of Diabetic Nephropathy of Donor Kidney After Kidney Transplantation
K. Lee, J. Park
Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: The natural course of diabetic donors on the outcome of kidney transplantation (KT) is controversial. The aim of this study was to analyze the…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Treatment of Subclinical Rejection at 2 Weeks After Kidney Transplantation, Compared by 1 Year Histologic Outcomes
O. Lee¹, K. Lee¹, J. Park¹, J. Lee², G. Kwon³, K. Kim⁴
¹Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Pathology, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Biostatistics, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Subclinical rejection (SCR) is associated with chronic allograft nephropathy, which is the most common cause of allograft failure in kidney transplantation (KT). Therefore, early…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Plasma Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA Levels Risk-Stratify Kidney Allograft Injury with Isolated Transplant Glomerulitis
L. Bu¹, S. Anand², A. Pai³, J. S. Bromberg⁴, G. Gupta⁵, I. Moinuddin⁵, T. Alhamad⁶, V. Bowers⁷, S. Ghosh⁸, W. Tian⁸, E. Stites⁹
¹University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT, ³University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ⁴University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ⁶Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, ⁷Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ⁸CareDx, Brisbane, CA, ⁹University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: The Banff lesion Glomerulitis (g) characterizes the degree of microvascular glomerular inflammation. Some studies have demonstrated glomerulitis in the absence of C4d in association…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Treatment of Refractory Chronic Active Antibody-Mediated Rejection: Improvement in Histopathology are Delayed Compared to the Reduction in Donor Specific Antibodies
K. R. Degner¹, S. Parajuli¹, F. Aziz¹, N. Garg¹, M. Mohamed¹, D. A. Mandelbrot¹, S. E. Panzer¹, L. Hidalgo¹, N. A. Wilson¹, S. R. Reese¹, K. Van Hyfte¹, W. Zhong¹, P. Nickerson², A. Djamali¹
¹University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ²University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
*Purpose: There are limited options for the treatment and management of refractory chronic active antibody-mediated rejection (cABMR) after kidney transplantation. Longitudinal histologic data in patients…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Association of Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA with Severity of Interstitial Fibrosis and Cortical Atrophy Lesions Following Kidney Transplantation
L. Bu¹, E. Stites², V. Bowers³, T. Alhamad⁴, J. S. Bromberg⁵, G. Gupta⁶, I. Moinuddin⁶, S. Ghosh⁷, W. Tian⁷, A. Pai⁸, S. Anand⁹
¹University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ³Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ⁴Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, ⁵University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁶Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ⁷CareDx, Brisbane, CA, ⁸University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ⁹Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT
*Purpose: The most common cause of kidney transplant (KT) failure is the poorly characterized histopathologic entity “interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy” (IFTA). There are no…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Perivenular Fibrosis After Pediatric Liver Transplant
J. Lew, S. Cho, S. Feng, E. R. Perito
UCSF, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Graft fibrosis is a concerning long-term complication after pediatric liver transplant (LT) and though perivenular (PV) fibrosis is common, its likelihood of progression and…