2015 American Transplant Congress
Loss of RIPK3 and Caspase-8 Enhance Intrinsic Apoptosis in Tubular Epithelial Cell (TEC) Death and Contributes to Kidney Ischemia Reperfusion Injury (IRI)
[Background] Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI), a complex limiting factor in organ transplant survival, is related to multiple death pathways. Eliminating the key necroptotic molecule (RIPK3) improves…2015 American Transplant Congress
IL-17 Production Influenced by Induction Therapy With ATG
Introduction Immune-mediated rejection remains the most important cause of graft failure. Recently, a newly identified CD4+ T cell subset, Th17, distinct from Th1 or Th2,…2015 American Transplant Congress
Inflammatory Profiling of Hypothermic Machine Pumped Kidney Allografts
Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA.
Background:Pulsatile Hypothermic Machine Perfusion (MP) offers an opportunity to define inflammatory molecules generated during renal ischemia. This study reports on allografts pumped at our OPO,…2015 American Transplant Congress
Allogeneic Monocyte–Endothelial Cell Interaction Plays a Critical Role in Initiating Early Pro-Fibrosis Responses
Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
Chronic allograft nephropathy (CAN), characterized by interstitial fibrosis, vascular intimal thickening, and glomerulosclerosis, has remained as leading cause of allograft failure. The role of innate…2015 American Transplant Congress
Relations Among Hyperuricemia, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress and Arterial Stiffness in Renal Transplant Recipients
Purpose: Uric acid is the end product of purine metabolism and has well known anti-oxidant effects. Superoxide dismutase (SOD) and malondialdehyde (MDA) are well-known antioxidant…2015 American Transplant Congress
Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in Orthotopic Liver Transplantation Primes the Adaptive Immune Response and Generation of Proinflammatory Cytokines
Background: Transplanted organs are exquisitely susceptible to effects of ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI), an immune-mediated process that occurs during transplantation and beyond. Recipient and graft outcomes,…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Molecular Landscape of Atrophy-Fibrosis in Human Kidney Transplants: The Dominant Role of Acute Parenchymal Injury
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
We studied the effect of time post-transplant on atrophy-fibrosis (AF) and molecular associations with AF in 703 kidney transplant indication biopsies (bx) 3 days to…2015 American Transplant Congress
HO-1 Modified Macrophages Promote Autophagy by Activating Sirt1/TGF-β/Smad4 Signaling in Ischemia-Stressed Mouse Liver Transplants
Background: Although heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is known to induce alternative macrophage activation towards an anti-inflammatory M2 phenotype, the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. Autophagy may play…2015 American Transplant Congress
Characterization of Natural T Effector Memory Cells Specific for Collagen type V, k-α-1-Tubulin and Vimentin
Background: Injury and repair processes are highly controlled, common occurrences of healthy tissue remodeling. During this process, cellular antigens that are not normally exposed to…2015 American Transplant Congress
CD3+CD4+ROR gamma t+ TH17 Cells Do Not Play a Critical Role in Islet Allograft Rejection
Medicine, The Transplant Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.
We have developed a “color-coded” adoptive transfer model for T cell subset identification that enables serial analysis of islet allograft infiltrating yellow induced regulatory T…
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