Articles tagged "Immunosuppression"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Conversion to a Belatacept Based Immunosuppression Regimen in Renal Transplant Recipients
K. Paplaczyk, K. Cunningham, C. D'Agostino, D. Pinelli, J. Schulte, A. Shetty
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Belatacept, a co-stimulation blocker, is an alternative anti-rejection agent that may avoid nephrotoxic or intolerable adverse effects of calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) or mammalian target…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Successful Tacrolimus Withdrawal in Kidney Transplant Recipients Unleashes a Peripheral Blood Transcriptional and Functional Signature Resembling Exhaustion
P. Cravedi, M. Fribourg, S. Harztell, L. Anderson, P. Heeger
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
*Purpose: Tacrolimus (Tac) is an effective anti-rejection drug in kidney transplant recipients (KTR), but its off-target effects make withdrawal desirable. Studies indicate that Tac can…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Long-term Functional Survival of Human Stem Cell-Derived Islets Microencapsulated in Alginate with CXCL12 in Non-Human Primates without Immunosuppression
M. C. Poznansky¹, D. Alagpulinsa¹, J. Lei², R. Pop³, D. Sobell⁴, M. Chapin¹, S. Collins³, A. Veres³, H. Deng², D. Melton³, J. Markmann²
¹Vaccine and Immunotherapy Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown Navy Yard, MA, ²Transplant Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, ⁴Vaccine and Immunotherapy Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Human pluripotent stem cell-derived islet-like cells (SC-islets) represent a practical source for beta-cell replacement to achieve a functional cure for type 1 diabetes. Long-term…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Thymoglobulin for Induction Less is Clearly More!
N. Patel, P. Nicole
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*Purpose: The ideal total dose of anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) is unknown in the African American (AA) kidney transplant population.The purpose of this study was to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Clinical Outcomes of Induction Regimens in Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation for Acute Liver Failure
C. M. Anugwom¹, J. Parekh², C. Hwang³, M. MacConmara³, W. M. Lee⁴, T. M. Leventhal¹
¹Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, ²Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, ³Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ⁴Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Spontaneous survival rates in acute liver failure (ALF) are vastly improved by liver transplantation (LT). However, the value of induction agents beyond steroids continues…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Yield and Utility of Surveillance Kidney Biopsies in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients at Various Time Points Post-Transplant
A. Landsberg¹, M. Riazy², T. Blydt-Hansen¹
¹Nephrology, BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
*Purpose: There lacks consensus regarding the appropriate timing of routine surveillance biopsies (SB) for pediatric kidney transplant recipients. We evaluated the yield of positive biopsy…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Intra-Operative Steroid Induction in Liver Transplant Recipients
A. Poparad-Stezar, A. Jantz, T. Larson, B. Summers, N. Sulejmani
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Evidence supporting the use of antibody induction (AI) immunosuppression (IS) (antithymocyteglobulin (rATG) and basiliximab (BAS)) for acute rejection (AR) prophylaxis in liver transplant is…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Oral versus Intravenous Mycophenolate Mofetil Administration: A Single Center Experience on Incidence of Acute Kidney Injury
P. Chung¹, K. Forrester², S. Ganesh¹
¹Division of Pulmonary Critical and Sleep Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ²Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Southern California School of Pharmacy, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) is one of the main immunosuppressive medications given in lung transplantation (LTx). It is given orally (PO) or intravenously (IV). In…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Tacrolimus Concentrations Are Associated with Measures of Body Composition in Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients
K. S. Parker¹, B. Derstine², J. Sullivan², S. Wang², A. Mazurek¹, D. Cron¹, S. Waits¹
¹Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Morphomic Analysis Group, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: Tacrolimus (Tacro) is essential for kidney transplant immunosuppression but has a narrow therapeutic window. Tacro dosing preventing rejection must be balanced with potential delayed…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Treatment Strategies to Suppress Donor Specific Antibodies: Highlights from a Decade of Research Experience in a Mouse Model of Allo-Sensitization
I. Kim, G. Wu, N. Chai, T. Brennan, A. Klein, S. Jordan
Cedars-Sinai Med Ctr, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Difficulty in desensitization in highly sensitized patients remain problematic in organ transplantation. For over 12 years, our laboratory has been carrying out an HLA…