Articles tagged "Inflammation"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of Culture/Preservation Conditions on Survival and Function of Islets
Y. Shindo, M. F. Levy, M. A. Kanak
Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Culture or preservation of human islets prior to transplantation has been adopted by various centers because it may reduce immunogenicity, suppress exocrine contamination and…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Inhibition of CXCR3 Expression through Blockade of STAT3 Alpha Signaling Down-Regulate Inflammation of Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
J. Kim¹, J. Park², K. Yoo², J. Moon¹, J. Jeong¹, C. Lee³, Y. Kim¹, S. Yang⁴
¹Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Dongguk University College of Medicine, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, Republic of, ³Cheju Halla General Hospital, Cheju, Jeju-do, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Kidney Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is the main mediator of interleukin 6 (IL-6)-type cytokine signaling. Although it exists in two isoforms:…
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
Urinary Injury Biomarkers in Deceased Donors and Acute Rejection Post Kidney Transplant
P. Reese¹, I. Hall², S. Mohan³, H. Theissen-Philbrook⁴, Y. Jia⁴, M. Doshi⁵, J. Bromberg⁶, S. Mansour⁷, M. Harhay⁸, F. Weng⁹, E. Akalin¹⁰, C. Parikh⁴
¹UPENN, Philadelphia, PA, ²Univ of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ³Columbia, NY, NY, ⁴Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶Univ of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Yale, New Haven, CT, ⁸Drexel, Philadelphia, PA, ⁹St. Barnabas, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁰Montefiore, NY, NY
*Purpose: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common among deceased kidney donors. We hypothesized that inflammation from kidney injury could lead to enhanced expression of HLA…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplant Rejection is Associated with Robust and Prolonged Bioenergetic Reprogramming and Metabolic Maladaptation
A. Zmijewska, J. Zmijewski, J. Chen, R. Mannon.
Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
Introduction: Metabolic plasticity and mitochondrial bioenergetic homeostasis are altered due to a organ ischemia. However, the impact of the alloimmune response on the allograft is…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Rictor mTORC2 Signaling Protects Ischemic Liver Injury by Targeting Both Liver Parenchymal and Non-Parenchymal Cells
H. Zhou,¹ Z. Rao,¹ R. Liu,¹ S. Zhou,¹ J. Rao,¹ J. Gu,¹ H. Lu,¹ Y. Xia,¹ X. Wang,¹ Y. Zhai,² L. Lu.¹
¹First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China; ²David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles.
Background and Aims:Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling controls many essential cellular functions. However, the role and its underlying mechanism of Rictor/mTOR complex 2 (mTORC2)…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) Does Not Predict Outcomes after Liver Transplant (LT) for Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
E. Harding-Theobald, N. Mehta, F. Yao.
Hepatology, UCSF, San Francisco.
Background: A high preoperative NLR ≥5 has been reported to predict poor outcomes following LT for HCC, and NLR has been incorporated into several prognostic…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in Liver Transplantation is Associated with Acute Kidney Injury: Role of Inflammatory Mediators
P. Mihaylov,^1,2 P. Li,¹ J. Skill,¹ L. Timsina,¹ J. Fridell,¹ B. Ekser,¹ R. Mangus,¹ C. Kubal.¹
¹Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis; ²Surgery, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
Background: The impact of liver allograft ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI) on native renal function remains to be characterized. We hypothesized that elevated levels of circulating inflammatory…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Hyperglycemia Aggravates Hepatic Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury by Inhibiting Liver Resident Macrophage M2 Polarization via C/EBP-Homologous Protein-Mediated Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress
Z. Rao, J. Sun, X. Pan, Z. Chen, H. Sun, P. Zhang, M. Gao, Z. Ding, C. Liu.
Anesthesiology, First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Background:Aggravated liver ischemia and reperfusion (IR) injury has been observed in hyperglycemic hosts, but its underlying mechanism remains undefined. The aim of the study was…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Parathyroid Cell Xenotransplantation with Ultrapure Alginate Based Microencapsulation Technique
B. Goncu,¹ E. Yucesan,² H. Basoglu,³ M. Celikten,¹ O. Huseyinbas,¹ B. Ozdemir,¹ N. Ozten Kandas,⁴ F. Akbas,⁵ Y. Ersoy,⁶ E. Aysan.⁶
¹Bezmialem Vakif University, Experimental Research Center, Istanbul, Turkey; ²Bezmialem Vakif University, Institute of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Istanbul, Turkey; ³Bezmialem Vakif University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biophysics, Istanbul, Turkey; ⁴Bezmialem Vakif University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Toxicology, Istanbul, Turkey; ⁵Bezmialem Vakif University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Biology, Istanbul, Turkey; ⁶Bezmialem Vakif University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey.
Permanent hypoparathyroidism (PH) is a serious clinical condition and unique treatment option is parathyroid allotransplantation (PA). The most important obstacle for PA is an immune…