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Articles tagged "Immunosuppression"

  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Calcineurin Inhibitors (CNI) Minimization Associated With Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Inhibitors (i-mTOR) to Improve Renal Function in Renal Grafts from Uncontrolled Donation After Cardiac Death Donors (UDCDD)

    M. Molina,1 E. Gutierrez,1 S. González-Sanchidrian,2 E. González,1 J. Cabrera,1 N. Polanco,1 A. Hernández,1 A. Sevillano,1 M. Praga,1 A. Andres.1

    1Nephrology, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain; 2Nephrology, Hospital San Pedro de Alcántara, Caceres, Spain.

    INTRODUCTION: Ischemia injury in kidneys grafts from UDCDD could produce a poor renal function. Minimized blood levels of CNI associated with i-mTOR therapy could avoid…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Incidence of Hepatitis B Virus Reactivation in Kidney Transplant Patients Who Received Rituximab Administration

    K. Omoto, M. Okumi, D. Toki, T. Shimizu, H. Ishida, K. Tanabe.

    Department of Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.

    OBJECTIVE:The efficacy of antiviral prophylaxis for rituximab (RIT)-associated hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation in patients with lymphoma has been recently reported. However, the immunological effect…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Efficacy and Safety of Three Different Treatment Regimen in De Novo Renal Transplant Patients: Month 48 Follow-Up Results of the HERAKLES Trial

    C. Sommerer,1 K. Budde,1 V. Kliem,1 O. Witzke,1 M. Guba,1 J. Jacobi,1 B. Vogt,3 I. Hauser,1 P. Reinke,1 R. Stahl,1 T. Rath,1 M. Porstner,2 D. Baeumer,2 M. Zeier,1 W. Arns,1 F. Lehner.1

    1Herakles Study Group, Germany; 2Novartis Pharma, Nuremberg, Germany; 3Herakles Study Group, Switzerland.

    Aim: To compare safety and efficacy of 3 different immunosuppressive (IS) regimen 4years after renal transplantation (Tx).Methods: 802 patients (pts) were included in this 1year,…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Clinical and Pathologic Predictors of Response to Belatacept Conversion

    S. Patel, H. Morris, D. Cohen, S. Mohan, L. Ratner, R. Crew.

    Columbia Universtiy, New York.

    INTRO: Calcineurin inhibitors have improved kidney transplant and recipient survival, their use has significant nephrotoxicity. Belatacept is a recently approved immunosuppressant that is not nephrotoxic…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Belatacept-Treated Patients Had Better Graft Survival at 7-Years Post-Transplant Compared With Cyclosporine-Treated Patients: Final Results from BENEFIT

    F. Vincenti,1 J. Grinyó,2 L. Rostaing,3 K. Rice,4 S. Steinberg,5 M. Moal,6 M. Polinsky,7 U. Meier-Kriesche,7 C. Larsen.8

    1Univ of Calif, San Francisco; 2Univ Hosp Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain; 3Univ Hosp and INSERM U563,IFR-BMT, Toulouse, France; 4Baylor Univ Med Ctr, Dallas; 5Sharp Memorial Hosp, San Diego; 6Hôp de La Cavale Blanche, Brest, France; 7BMS, Lawrenceville; 8Emory Univ Transpl Ctr, Atlanta.

    Background: At 3yrs, improvement in renal function was seen in kidney transplant recipients treated with belatacept (bela) vs cyclosporine (CsA) in BENEFIT. Here we report…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Clinical Utility of Allospecific CD154+T-Cells in Children With Liver Or Intestine Transplantation (LTx, ITx)

    K. Soltys, G. Bond, G. Mazariegos, C. Ashokkumar, K. Dirling, L. O'Toole, P. Kachmar, T. Hartle, D. Martin, C. Trautz, R. Sindhi.

    Hillman Center for Pediatric Transplantation, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA.

    Background: Allospecific CD154+T-cytotoxic memory (CD154+TcM) have completed investigational evaluation as predictors of acute cellular rejection in children with LTx or ITx.Purpose: To evaluate CD154+TcM** as…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Dual PI3K-mTOR Inhibition on Human T Cell Activation, Proliferation, and Differentiation: The First Step in the Development of New Immunosuppressants

    V. Vilchez,1 A. Castellanos,1 D. Butterfield,3 M. Mitov,3 C. Hoopes,1 F. Marti,2 R. Gedaly.1

    1Department of Surgery - Transplant Section, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY; 2Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY; 3Free Radical Biology in Cancer Shared Resource Facility, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.

    Background: Regulatory T lymphocytes (Tregs) contribute to transplant tolerance. We have demonstrated that the inhibition of PI3K-mTOR pathway has a major role in the differentiation…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Induction of iNOS Expressed Macrophages from Mouse iPS cells That Contribute to Prolong Same iPS Cells-Derived Graft Survival in Allogeneic Recipients

    H. Sasaki,1 H. Wada,2 K. Morita,1 K.-I. Seino,2 N. Shinohara.1

    1Genitourinary Surgery, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan; 2Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.

    BACKGROUND: Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs)-technology provides new opportunities in regenerative medicine to generate grafts from donors for transplantation. However, particularly when allogeneic iPSCs are…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Variants Associated With Tacrolimus Troughs in European American Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Genome Wide Association Study

    P. Jacobson,1 M. Miller,2 D. Schladt,3 A. Israni,3 K. Sanghavi,1 C. Dorr,3 R. Remmel,1 W. Guan,4 A. Matas,5 W. Oetting.1

    1College of Pharmacy, University of MN, Minneapolis, MN; 2Department of Psychology, University of MN, Minneapolis, MN; 3Department of Nephrology and Chronic Disease Research Group, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN; 4Department of Biostatistics, University of MN, Minneapolis, MN; 5Department of Surgery, University of MN, Minneapolis, MN.

    Tacrolimus (tac) is dependent on CYP3A4/5 for metabolism. Variability in the metabolism is influenced by CYP3A5*3 alleles. This variant and clinical factors explain around 50%…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Does Infection Impact On Tacrolimus Blood Levels in Kidney Transplant Recipients?

    N. Kanaan,1 C. Percy,1 Z. Hassoun,2 M. Mourad,3 C. Beguin,4 M. De Meyer,3 E. Goffin.1

    1Nephrology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Brussels, Belgium; 2Gastroenterology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Brussels, Belgium; 3Abdominal Surgery and Transplantation, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Brussels, Belgium; 4Medical Information and Statistics, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Brussels, Belgium.

    Background Tacrolimus (Tac) is the cornerstone of immunosuppressive therapy in kidney transplant recipients. It is metabolized by members of the cytochrome p450 (CYP) 3A subfamily…
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