Articles tagged "Inflammation"

2019 American Transplant Congress
FTY720 Regulates Mitochondria Biogenesis in Dendritic Cells to Prevent Kidney Ischemic Reperfusion Injury
A. Bajwa¹, V. Bontha¹, C. Kuscu¹, L. Gallon², C. Kuscu¹, J. Eason³, D. Maluf¹, V. Mas⁴
¹UTHSC, Memphis, TN, ²Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³Director Transplant Institute, Memphis, TN, ⁴Director Transplant Reserach Institute, Memphis, TN
*Purpose: FTY720, a S1PR agonist has been shown to protect kidneys from IRI. However, systemic use is limited due to adverse side effects. Dendritic cells…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Kupffer Cells Are Critical for Inflammation Resolution in Liver Ischemia Reperfusion Injury via TIM-4 Mediated Efferocytosis
M. Ni¹, H. Wang¹, D. Jin¹, J. Zhang¹, R. Busuttil¹, J. Kupiec-Weglinski¹, X. Wang², Y. Zhai¹
¹Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
*Purpose: Liver ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) remains a clinical problem associated with both surgical and non-surgical settings. Innate immune-dominated inflammation drives the pathogenesis of liver…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Targeting Pyroptosis in Brain-Dead Donors Improves Renal Function after Transplantation in Rat
H. Yang¹, Y. Shi², X. Li¹, L. Luo¹, C. Long¹, Y. Xiong³, M. Chen⁴, J. Gao⁴, H. Li⁵, Z. Wang⁵
¹Department of Organ Transplantation, People's Hospital of Jiangxi Province, Nanchang, China, ²Department of Pathology, Central Hospital of Wuhan, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, ³Department of Neurology, People's Hospital of Jiangxi Province, Nanchang, China, ⁴Department of Vascular Surgery, People's Hospital of Jiangxi Province, Nanchang, China, ⁵Department of Urologic Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
*Purpose: Pyroptosis is a form of programmed cell death include necrosis, nuclear condensation, and release of proinflammatory after caspase-1 activation. It is unknown whether pyroptosis…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Redox State of HMGB1 Drives Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Human Liver Transplantation
R. A. Sosa¹, A. Q. Terry¹, J. Nevarez-Mejia¹, M. Rossetti¹, B. V. Naini¹, V. M. Groysberg¹, F. M. Kaldas², R. W. Busuttil², D. W. Gjertson¹, J. W. Kupiec-Weglinski², E. F. Reed¹
¹Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²Surgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is a major risk factor of acute and chronic graft rejection in orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) involving a complex interplay between…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Early Blockade of Toll-Like Receptor 4 Reduces Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury and Improves Islet Transplantation Outcomes
C. Chang,¹ M. Lawrence,² R. Kane,¹ B. Naziruddin.³
¹Institute of Biomedical Studies, Baylor University, Waco; ²Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, Dallas; ³Baylor Simmons Transplant Institute, Dallas.
Purpose: Inflammatory damage to islets during isolation is a major hurdle for success in transplantation. We investigated the safety and therapeutic potential of pharmacological blockade…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Dialysis Modality, Inflammation, and Frailty in Kidney Transplant Candidates
P. Shrestha, H. Ying, M. McAdams DeMarco, D. Segev.
JHU, Baltimore, MD.
Inflammation is associated with poor physical performance, frailty, disability and death in community-dwelling older adults. Given the elevated inflammation levels among ESRD patients, it is…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Incidence of Pneumonitis in Heart Transplant Patients Started on a Proliferation Signal Inhibitor
R. Levine, J. Patel, M. Levine, M. Kittleson, E. Kransdorf, S. Dimbil, D. Geft, D. Chang, L. Czer, J. Kobashigawa.
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles.
Purpose: Proliferation signal inhibitors(PSI) have a high discontinuation rate due to side effects. PSI induced pneumonitis has been reported in 14% in renal cell carcinoma…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Ultra Low Dose of IL-2 Produces Long-Term Drug-Free Survival of Cynomolgus Islets Allografts
M. Koulmanda,¹ V. Chipashivili,¹ L. Li,¹ M. Duggan,² T. Strom.¹
¹Medicine and Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; ²Surgery, MGH, Boston, MA.
Therapeutic principles established in non-human transplant models have value for clinical application despite cost related limitations on sample size. We have tested new therapies in…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Significance and Therapeutic Potential of Orosomucoid 1 for Chronic Active Antibody Mediated Rejection in Kidney Transplant Recipients
H. Higuchi,^1,2 K. Hotta,¹ D. Iwami,¹ J-.J. Jiang,² D. Kamimura,² Y. Arima,² T. Atsumi,² Y. Takada,^1,2 H. Harada,³ M. Murakami,² N. Shinohara.¹
¹Department of Renal and Genitourinary Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan; ²Division of Molecular Psychoimmunology, Institute for Genetic Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan; ³Department of Kidney Transplant Surgery, Sapporo City General Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
［Background］We reported a molecular mechanism to develop chronic inflammation (CI), called the inflammation amplifier (IA). IA is activated by concomitant activation of NFkB and STAT3…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Frailty, Inflammation, and Waitlist Mortality among Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease
M. McAdams DeMarco,¹ H. Ying,¹ A. Thomas,¹ F. Warsame,¹ A. Shaffer,¹ C. Haugen,¹ J. Garonzik Wang,¹ N. Desai,¹ S. Norman,² D. Segev.¹
¹JHU, Baltimore; ²UMich, Ann Arbor.
Background: Among older adults, frailty is associated with heightened inflammation and subsequent mortality. Although frailty is common among patients on the KT waitlist, the role…