Articles tagged "Histology"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Eculizumab Deposition in Renal Transplants
D. WANG¹, S. H. Nasr¹, A. B. Farris², C. A. Schinstock³, M. P. Alexander¹, L. D. Cornell¹
¹Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ³Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: Eculizumab is a recombinant humanized IgG monoclonal antibody that inhibits C5, thereby preventing the activation of C5a and formation of membrane attack complex C5b-C9.…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Kinetics of Pretransplant DSA, Post-Transplant Histology, and Graft Failure after Kidney Transplantation
A. Senev¹, E. Lerut², V. Van Sandt³, J. Callemeyn¹, M. Coemans¹, B. Sprangers², D. Kuypers², M. Emonds¹, M. Naesens²
¹Department of Microbiology and Immunology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ²University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ³Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Laboratory, Belgian Red Cross-Flanders, Mechelen, Belgium
*Purpose: The association between the kinetics of pretransplant DSA levels and outcome after kidney transplantation is currently not well known. In this large cohort study…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Recurrent Diabetic Nephropathy Despite Intensive Glycemic Control: An Observational Cohort Study
M. Coemans, E. Van Loon, E. Lerut, D. Kuypers, B. Sprangers, P. Gillard, C. Mathieu, G. Verbeke, M. Naesens
KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
*Purpose: After kidney transplantation, recurrence of diabetic nephropathy has been reported. The presentation and kinetics of recurrent diabetic nephropathy and its risk factors remain however…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Patterns of Rejection in Murine, Porcine, and Human Vascularized Composite Allografts Based on Clinical, Histologic, and Immunohistochemical Analysis
M. J. Grzelak, J. W. Etra, F. A. Chang, G. J. Furtmüller, A. R. Ahmadi, F. Nägele, Y. Guo, K. Kambarashvili, A. Jain, S. A. Beck, C. F. Brayton, I. B. Sander, W. A. Lee, G. Brandacher
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: The side effects of chronic immunossupression limit the more extensive use of Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA), and because reliable pre-clinical animal models will be…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Immunomics of Renal Allograft Acute T-Cell Mediated Rejection Biopsies of Tacrolimus- and Belatacept- Treated Patients
M. van der Zwan¹, C. C. Baan¹, R. C. Colvin², R. N. Smith², R. A. White², D. N. Ndishabandi², A. L. Nigg¹, T. P. van den Bosch¹, G. N. de Graav¹, M. C. Clahsen-van Groningen¹, D. A. Hesselink¹
¹Internal Medicine, Division Nephrology and Transplantation, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Belatacept-based therapy in kidney transplant recipient has been shown to increase long-term renal allograft and patient survival compared with calcineurin inhibitor based therapy, however…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Response to Pathological Finding in Uterus Transplantation
L. Johannesson, G. Testa
Simmons Transplant Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Uterus transplantation has recently proven to be the first successful treatment for absolute uterine factor infertility with demonstration of live births. All reported episodes…
2019 American Transplant Congress
First UK Experience of the Molecular Microscope (MMDX™) in the Kidney Transplant Clinic
C. Lawrence¹, S. Thiru², A. Manoj¹, S. Fluck¹
¹Renal Medicine, The Lister Hospital, Stevenage, United Kingdom, ²Histopathology, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Molecular diagnostic methods are now included in the Banff classification of kidney transplant pathology. Traditional histopathology may be limited by intra/inter pathologist variation. The…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Role of Kidney Biopsy in Simultaneous Heart-Kidney Transplantation
P. B. Shah¹, M. A. Josephson¹, K. Henriksen², A. Chang²
¹Nephrology, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Pathology, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Simultaneous heart-kidney (SHK) transplantation has superior post-transplant survival compared to heart transplantation alone in end-stage heart failure patients who have dialysis dependent or non-dialysis…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Reduction of Circulating DSA: Does It Affect Histology?
M. Gupta¹, E. Edusei¹, S. Tsai², M. Magruder², J. Lee¹, J. Lee¹, C. Hartono¹, T. Muthukumar¹, M. Everly³, D. Dadhania¹
¹Nephrology, New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell, New York, NY, ²New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell, New York, NY, ³Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: De novo donor specific antibodies (dnDSA) are reported in 13-30% of kidney transplant recipients. dnDSA has been associated with antibody mediated rejection (AMR) and…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Biopsies In Hiv-negative To Hiv-positive Kidney Transplants – An Institutional Experience
V. Walavalkar¹, A. Zarinsefat², A. Urisman¹, D. Dobi¹, J. Vasquez³, P. Stock², Z. Laszik¹
¹Pathology, UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, ²Transplant Surgery, UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, ³Medicine, UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Increased life expectancy in HIV+ patients has resulted in an increase in CKD leading to ESRD; and therefore renal transplantation in these individuals is…

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