2018 American Transplant Congress
Multi-Targeting Desensitization Therapy Alters Peripheral B-Cell Homeostasis and Suppresses Recall Alloantibody Responses
CTC/Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Purpose: Occurring of donor specific antibodies (DSA) is injurious to organ transplant. Development of immunotherapies to suppress DSA, therefore, has been one of the strategic…2018 American Transplant Congress
Long Term Culture of Functional Bone Marrow-Derived Human Plasma Cells
Introduction Antibody-secreting plasma cells (PCs) are critically important for host defense, but also can cause antibody-mediated allograft rejection. The ability to study these cells is…2017 American Transplant Congress
Development of an Anti-HLA Antibody-Producing Humanized Mouse Model.
Chronic antibody-mediated rejection due to anti-human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibodies (Abs) is an important problem in organ transplantation. The spleen has been reported to be…2017 American Transplant Congress
BK Polyomavirus-Specific 9mer T-Cell Responses Predict Control of Viremia in Kidney Transplant Recipients: First Report from the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study.
BK polyomavirus (BKPyV) causes premature kidney transplant (KT) failure in 1-15% of patients. Since antivirals are lacking, most programs screen KT patients for BKPyV viremia…2017 American Transplant Congress
CD8+ TAb-supp Cells Suppress the Production of Multiple Alloantibody Isotypes in Response to MHC-Mismatched Cellular and Vascularized Allografts.
Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
We have reported that a CD8+ T cell subset, we termed CD8+ TAb-supp cells, inhibits the production of alloAb after hepatocyte transplant (HcTx) in part…2017 American Transplant Congress
IdeS, an IgG Endopeptidase, Effectively Cleaves Anti-CMV IgG, Resulting in Inhibition of Antibody (Ab)-Mediated NK Cell Activation in Kidney Transplant Patients (KTX Pts).
Background: Viral infections represent significant morbidity factors for KTx Pts. Ab-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) is a major pathway to eliminate virally infected cells and is…2017 American Transplant Congress
Is There Any Difference Between ABO-Incompatible and ABO-Compatible Liver Transplantation? Oncologic Aspect.
Introduction: Liver transplantation (LT) is increasing treatment option for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in East Asia. Over-immunosuppression is risk factor for oncologic outcome after transplantation and…2017 American Transplant Congress
IgG Antibody Subclasses in Potential Renal Transplant Recipients with DSA, AHG-CDC CxM Negative and FxM Positive or Negative with Their Potential Donors.
Background. In kidney transplant recipients, IgG3 and IgG4 DSA have been associated with shorter time to acute AMR and with later allograft injury (glomerulopathy &…2017 American Transplant Congress
Daratumumab for Severe Refractory Proliferative Glomerulonephritis with Monoclonal Immune Deposits (PGNMID).
Introduction-We report as case of refractory PGNMID treated succesfully with anti-CD38 antibody (Daratumumab). Case report-65 year old male with ESRD attributed to to post infectious…2017 American Transplant Congress
Detection of Specific B Cell Memory to the Perlecan LG3 Antigen in the Normal Immune Repertoire.
Autoantibodies targeting the C-terminal fragment of perlecan (LG3) were identified in patients with kidney transplantation and are associated with rejection episodes. High anti-LG3 titers were…
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