2018 American Transplant Congress
Changes in Phenotype, Immune Suppressive, Function, and Gene Expression of Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells in Patients Given Combined Kidney and Hematopoietic Cell Transplants in a Tolerance Protocol
Tolerance induction after combined organ and hematopoietic cell transplantation can be achieved using conditioning with total lymphoid irradiation (TLI) and anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG), in both…2017 American Transplant Congress
Human Transitional B Cell Cytokine Profile Predicts Renal Allograft Rejection and Clinical Course.
In Kidney Transplant Recipients (KTRs), non-invasive predictive biomarkers that allow early intervention are limited. Here we report findings from a prospective longitudinal study using B…2017 American Transplant Congress
Immunosuppressive Ability of NFkB Inhibitor: Withaferin A.
BackgroundThe advent of steroid-free protocol by the Edmonton group encouraged islet transplant as a therapy for Type-1 Diabetes. However, long-term dysfunction in islet transplantation is…2017 American Transplant Congress
Type-1 Interferon Impairs the Immunoregulatory Activity of IL-10: A Mechanism in the Abrogation of Transplant Tolerance.
Plastic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University. School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
PurposeA growing body of experimental evidence shows that engagement of toll like receptors (TLR) can abrogate or revert the tolerogenic effect of “costimulation blockade” in…2017 American Transplant Congress
Phenotypic and Functional Assessment of T Cell Alloimmunity After Liver Transplantation.
In addition to its metabolic functions, the liver is also an immunologically active organ. Liver transplant recipients are often maintained on less immunosuppression when compared…2017 American Transplant Congress
Liver Mesenchymal Stem Cells Inhibit T Cell Alloresponses.
Clinical and histologic evidence suggest that the liver allograft induces alloimmune hyporesponsiveness in the recipient. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) are multipotent non-hematopoietic stromal cells with…2016 American Transplant Congress
Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Expression Increases in Skin Graft-infiltrating Th1 and Treg Cells.
Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
Hypothesis: The expression of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR), a transcription factor activated by a variety of exogenous and endogenous ligands including the typtophan-metabolite kynuenine,…2016 American Transplant Congress
Optimizing the Immunogenicity and Immunomodulatory Properties of MSC for Cellular Therapy.
Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) are candidates for immunotherapy after transplantation. MSC have shown to be immunomodulatory and low immunogenic, which is favorable for cellular therapy…2015 American Transplant Congress
Rejection Triggers Liver Transplant Tolerance: Involvement of Mesenchyma-Meidated Immune Control Mechanisms
Successful organ transplantation relies on lifelong immunosuppression, associated with severe side effects. Induction of tolerance is ideal but elusive in clinic. Indeed spontaneous liver transplant…2015 American Transplant Congress
Hepatic Stellate Cells Directly Inhibit B Cells Via PD-L1
Hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) account for one third of the nonparenchymal cells in the liver, which are considered to be critical in maintaining the immunoprivileged…
American Transplant Congress abstracts