2015 American Transplant Congress
Interference of Therapeutic Antibodies Used in Desensitization Protocols On Lymphocytotoxicity Crossmatch Results
Background: Therapeutic antibodies used to desensitize patients awaiting a human leukocyte antigen (HLA) or ABO-mismatched graft are suspected to interfere with the lymphocytotoxicity crossmatch (LCT-XM)…2015 American Transplant Congress
CMV prevalence in Mauritian and Indonesian Cynomolgus Macaques: Significance in Transplantation and CMV Disease Models
Despite the finding that most macaques express high serologic titers of anti-CMV antibody, susceptibility to disease appears to be variable post-transplant. This observation led us…2015 American Transplant Congress
Steroid-Free Quadruple Induction Regimen With Basiliximab, Everolimus, Mycophenolate and Very Low Dose Tacrolimus Reduces Incidence of Biopsy-Proven Acute Rejection and Toxicity Profile Compared to the Standard Triple Regimen
Department of Renal Transplantation Surgery, Sapporo Hokuyu Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.
Objectives: Nephrotoxicity of calcineurin inhibitors (CNI) in kidney allografts has been a significant clinical problem even with low exposure regimens. On the other hand, CNI-free…2015 American Transplant Congress
Safety and Efficacy of Low Dose and Very Low Dose Extended-Release Tacrolimus / MMF in De Novo Kidney Transplant Recipients
Recently, once-daily tacrolimus extended-release formulation (TACER) has been accepted in kidney transplantation, however its optimal dosing are not well evaluated. We have validated low dose…
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