ATC Abstracts

American Transplant Congress abstracts

  • Home
  • Meetings Archive
    • 2022 American Transplant Congress
    • 2021 American Transplant Congress
    • 2020 American Transplant Congress
    • 2019 American Transplant Congress
    • 2018 American Transplant Congress
    • 2017 American Transplant Congress
    • 2016 American Transplant Congress
    • 2015 American Transplant Congress
    • 2013 American Transplant Congress
  • Keyword Index
  • Resources
    • 2021 Resources
    • 2016 Resources
      • 2016 Welcome Letter
      • ATC 2016 Program Planning Committees
      • ASTS Council 2015-2016
      • AST Board of Directors 2015-2016
    • 2015 Resources
      • 2015 Welcome Letter
      • ATC 2015 Program Planning Committees
      • ASTS Council 2014-2015
      • AST Board of Directors 2014-2015
      • 2015 Conference Schedule
  • Search

Articles tagged "Inflammation"

  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Indicators of Impending Pig Organ Xenograft Failure: Relevance to Clinical Xenotransplantation

    H. Iwase1, A. Jagdale1, T. Yamamoto1, G. Zhang1, Q. Li1, J. Foote1, D. Ayares2, H. Hara1, D. K. Cooper1

    1University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 2Revivicor, Inc., Blacksburg, VA

    *Purpose: In pig-to-baboon organ xenotransplantation, coagulation dysfunction and inflammation have been suggested to be associated with acute humoral xenograft rejection. We have evaluated platelet counts,…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    The Role of the T Regulatory Cell Compartment in Intestinal Transplant Patients: Helpful or Unhinged?

    L. Belyayev1, M. Sadat2, K. Loh3, S. Moturi2, K. Khan2, J. Hawksworth2, C. Matsumoto2, T. M. Fishbein2, A. Kroemer2

    1Surgery, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, 2Transplant, MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington D.C., DC, 3Pediatrics, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington D.C., DC

    *Purpose: The T regulatory (Treg) cell compartment has now been established as a key player in dampening T helper 17 (Th17) mediated inflammation, managing self-tolerance,…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Islet Stress Leads to Increased Release of Exosomes That Stimulate Immune Cell Response

    S. Vasu1, C. Darden2, K. Kumano1, B. Naziruddin3, M. Lawrence3

    1Baylor Scott and White Research Institute, Dallas, TX, 2Institute of Biomedical Studies, Baylor University, Waco, TX, 3Baylor University Medical Ctr, Dallas, TX

    *Purpose: Islet dysfunction and death caused by isolation procedures, immune attack and hypoxia significantly affect islet transplantation outcomes. Non-invasive monitoring of islet stress and damage…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Hyperglycemia Aggravates Acute Liver Injury by Promoting Macrophage NLRP3 Activation via AMPK/mTOR-Dependent Autophagy Inhibition

    H. ZHOU, Q. Wang, R. Liu, S. Zhou, F. Cheng, X. Wang, L. Lu

    The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

    *Purpose: The detrimental effects of diabetes mellitus/hyperglycemia include an increase in the oxidative stress response and an enhanced inflammatory response. Despite an increased understanding of…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Type-1 Interferons Impair the Key Immunoregulatory Activity of IL-10 in the Promotion of Transplant Tolerance

    M. Iglesias Lozano, M. Chicco, D. Bibicheff, G. Brandacher, G. Raimondi

    Plastic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

    *Purpose: Induction of long term transplant survival by “costimulation blockade” (CoB) regimens is impaired by inflammatory responses. Despite the identification of type-1 interferons (TI-IFN) as…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Galectin-3 Levels Are Associated with the Incidence and Severity of Chronic GVHD One Year after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

    N. Navarro-Alvarez1, A. R. Andrews1, Z. DeFilipp2, Y. A. Chen2, V. T. Ho3, J. Ritz3, T. R. Spitzer4, C. A. Huang5

    1Center for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 3Hematologic Malignancies, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, 4Hematology/Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 5Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery and Transplant Surgery Divisions, University of Colorado, Denver, Aurora, CO

    *Purpose: Chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) is a frequent complication of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) and a leading cause of late morbidity and mortality. T-…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    CHOP Deficiency Attenuated Acute Liver Injury by Promoting Macrophage M2 Polarization via ATG5-Mediated Autophagy Activation

    H. Zhou, R. Liu, Q. Wang, C. Shi, F. Cheng, X. Wang, L. Lu

    The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

    *Purpose: Critical roles of CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein Homologous Protein (CHOP) have been found in mediating acute liver injury. The aim of this study is to determine…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Immunosuppression Increases Regenerative Potential of Adult Rat Cardiac Progenitor Cells in Allogeneic Rat Myocardial Infarction Model

    M. Gunasekaran, R. Mishra, S. Sharma, P. Saha, M. Y. Arfat, C. Ambastha, D. Morales, F. Xuebin, G. J. Bittle, D. Li, S. Kaushal

    Department of Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore 21201, MD

    *Purpose: Cardiac progenitor cells (CPCs, c-kit+) are well-characterized stem cell type shown to potentiate cardiac regeneration in myocardial infarct (MI) model. However, immune response to…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Post-Reperfusion Hepatic Beta-Catenin Activation Regulates Graft Damage, Inflammatory Responses and Transplant Outcomes

    H. Hirao, K. Kadono, S. Kageyama, K. Nakamura, T. Ito, J. Aziz, K. J. Dery, F. M. Kaldas, R. W. Busuttil, J. W. Kupiec‐Weglinski

    Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: Hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI), an innate-immune driven hepatic inflammation response, represents a major risk factor of early allograft dysfunction (EAD) and rejection in liver…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Expansion of Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells Following Alum Administration

    A. G. Cuenca, N. J. Feeney, K. Deng, C. G. Rickert, J. F. Markmann

    Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

    *Purpose: Immunosuppressive medications, such as calcineurin inhibitors, are critical to the survival of the transplant allograft but come with significant morbidity to the recipient and…
  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • …
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • …
  • 41
  • Next Page »

Visit Our Partner Sites

American Transplant Congress (ATC)

Visit the official site for the American Transplant Congress »

American Journal of Transplantation

The official publication for the American Society of Transplantation (AST) and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) »

American Society of Transplantation (AST)

An organization of more than 3000 professionals dedicated to advancing the field of transplantation. »

American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS)

The society represents approximately 1,800 professionals dedicated to excellence in transplantation surgery. »

Copyright © 2013-2025 by American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. All rights reserved.

Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Cookie Preferences