Articles tagged "Inflammation"

2021 American Transplant Congress
IL-10 Signaling in T Cells Modulates Costimulation-independent Activation and is Essential for Transplant Tolerance Induction
M. Iglesias Lozano¹, D. Bibicheff¹, M. Chicco², A. Komin¹, G. Brandacher¹, G. Raimondi¹
¹Plastic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Costimulation blockade (CoB)-based immunotherapy remains a very promising approach for better management of transplant recipients. Understanding the mechanisms that impact the efficacy of CoB…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Dual and Opposite Costimulatory Targeting with a Novel Hybrid Protein Effectively Prevents Renal Warm Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in a Rat Bilateral Kidney Model
J. Guiteras¹, L. De Ramon¹, E. Crespo¹, N. Bolaños¹, P. Fontova¹, M. Jarque¹, A. Torija¹, O. Bestard², J. Grinyó², J. Torras²
¹Experimental Nephrology, IDIBELL, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain, ²Bellvitge University Hospital, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
*Purpose: Many studies showed the CTLA4 effectiveness in the inhibition of CD28-CD80/86 costimulatory pathway in transplant and autoimmune diseases. Furthermore, the PD1-PDL1/2 interaction has been…
2020 American Transplant Congress
A NASHional Crisis: Liver Transplantation Outcomes in Female Hispanics
R. A. Sosa¹, A. Q. Terry¹, M. Rossetti¹, F. M. Kaldas², B. V. Naini¹, J. Nevarez-Mejia¹, V. M. Groysberg¹, S. Younan², R. W. Busuttil², D. W. Gjertson¹, J. W. Kupiec-Weglinski², E. F. Reed¹
¹Pathology and Lab Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²Surgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Obesity and metabolic syndrome have recently become an epidemic with Hispanics bearing a disproportionate burden. Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a severe immune-mediated stage of…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Microbiota Modulates Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Mouse Liver Transplantation
S. Kageyama¹, H. Kojima¹, K. Kadono¹, H. Hirao¹, K. J. Dery¹, K. Nakamura², T. Dong³, J. Jacobs³, R. W. Busuttil¹, J. W. Kupiec-Weglinski¹
¹Surgery, Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²Surgery, Nishi Kobe Medical Center, Kobe, Japan, ³The Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is a major risk factor in orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). As host microbiota may associate with health or disease, antibiotics (Abx)…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Interstitial Inflammation with Chronic Allograft Injury Best Predicts Graft Loss
M. Ajaimy, M. Parides, A. Colovai, Y. Azzi, L. Liriano Ward, P. Nandigam, J. Rocca, M. Kinkhabwala, S. Greenstein, J. Graham, E. Akalin
Einstein-Montefiore Transplant Center, Bronx, NY
*Purpose: We aimed to identify clinical, serological and histopathological predictors of graft loss in kidney transplant recipients who underwent clinically indicated graft biopsies for worsening…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in a Simultaneous Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Recipient after “Dabbing” with Marijuana Rosin: A Case Report
M. Baska¹, H. Kerr², K. Eid², K. Gabrys³, I. Khan⁴, M. Quraishi⁴, F. Barrantes³
¹Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine, Las Cruces, NM, ²Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Albuquerque, NM, ³Renal Medicine Associates, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Albuquerque, NM, ⁴Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Albuquerque, NM
*Purpose: Acute Respiratory Distress is a high-risk complication of lung inflammation that has been linked to multiple exogenous agents.*Methods: We present the case of a…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Pro-Inflammatory Profile of Alcoholic Patients Increases Risk for Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury During Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
A. Q. Terry¹, R. A. Sosa¹, M. Rossetti¹, F. Li¹, J. Nevarez-Mejia¹, B. V. Naini¹, F. M. Kaldas², V. M. Groysberg¹, S. M. Younan², R. W. Busuttil², D. W. Gjertson¹, J. W. Kupiec-Weglinski³, E. F. Reed¹
¹Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²Department of Surgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ³Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Surgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) elicits cellular damage which triggers a pro-inflammatory immune response that can lower allograft survival in orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) patients. In…
2020 American Transplant Congress
High Laminin Alpha 5 Expression is Observed in the Pancreas of Chronic Pancreatitis Patients and Correlates with Poor Autologous Islet Transplant Outcome
Y. Liu, K. Kumano, S. Vasu, C. M. Darden, M. Lawrence, B. Naziruddin
Baylor University Medical Ctr, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: During chronic pancreatitis (CP), the extracellular matrix (ECM) of the pancreas is destroyed by a vicious cycle of parenchymal autodigestion by digestive exocrine enzymes…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Reperfusion Response in Plasma of Combined Heart/ Lung Transplanted Patients is Guided by Heart-Associated Cytokine Patterns on Contrast to the Ischemic Injury in Perfusion Solutions Following a Lung-Associated Pattern
C. Falk¹, J. Kühne², L. Radomsky², F. Wandrer², B. Wiegmann³, N. Ledwoch², J. Keil², K. Beushausen², F. Ius³, W. Sommer³, S. Rojas-Hernandez³, I. Tudorache³, A. Haverich³, G. Warnecke³
¹MHH, Institute of Transplant Immunology, Hannover, Germany, ²Institute of Transplant Immunology, Hannover Medical School MHH, Hannover, Germany, ³Department of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School MHH, Hannover, Germany
*Purpose: Organ-specific differences are discussed for ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI) in cardiothoracic transplantation but rarely compared directly in a clinical setting. Therefore, we compared a cohort…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Histological Picture of Indication Biopsies in the First Days after Renal Transplantation
E. Van Loon, M. Coemans, A. Senev, D. Kuypers, M. Emonds, M. Naesens
Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
*Purpose: In preclinical studies, ischemia reperfusion injury and older donor age are associated with renal inflammation in the early phase after transplantation. In human kidney…

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