Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Risk of Tuberculosis in Kidney Transplantation Recipients Compared to Dialysis Patients or General Population: A Nationwide Cohort Study with Matched Controls
S. Park¹, J. Kim², M. Yu³, J. Lee², K. Han⁴, S. Park¹, Y. Kim², D. Kim², Y. Kim², H. Lee²
¹Armed Forces Capital Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Hanyang Guri Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Catholic University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) infection has been reported to be increased in kidney transplant recipients. However, a nationwide cohort study from an Asian…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Eplet Mismatch Not Correlated with Antibody Mediated Rejection or Allograft Loss Among Kidney Transplant Recipients with De Novo Donor Specific Antibody
A. Basu¹, W. Jiqiu², A. Bentall², M. Gandhi², B. Dukek², N. Henderson², C. Schinstock²
¹Emory Healthcare, Atlanta, GA, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: Eplet mismatches are associated with development of de novo DSA (dnDSA) in kidney transplant recipients. However, it remains unclear how the degree of eplet…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Living Kidney Donor Profile Index Used to Assess Donor Risk Factors Affecting the Survival Rate of Transplanted Kidney and Comparison with Kidney Donor Profile Index of Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation
S. Kang¹, M. Kang², R. Ra¹, J. Kong², J. Kim², H. Hwang², K. Jeong²
¹Kyung-Hee University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Nephrology, Kyung-Hee University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Recently, the number of deceased donor kidneys(DDK) has been limited, so living donor kidney transplantation((LDKT) accounts for nearly 40% of kidney transplants worldwide. This…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Retinal Vein Occlusion Incidence in Kidney Transplant Recipients in South Korea: A Long-Term Population-Based Study
J. Lee¹, S. Park¹, J. Kim¹, M. Yu², S. Baek³, K. Han⁴, D. Kim¹, K. Joo¹, Y. Kim¹, H. Lee¹, Y. Kim¹
¹Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital, Hwaseong, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Medical Statistics, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: The risk of retinal vein occlusion(RVO) is known to increase in patients with chronic kidney disease, especially end-stage renal disease (ESRD). However, little is…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation from HBsAg+ Living Donors to HBsAg- Recipients: A Propensity Score-Matched Study at a High-Volume Center in China
X. Wang, J. Liu, T. Song, Y. Fan, Z. Huang, T. Lin
Urology, West China Hospital, Chengdu, China
*Purpose: Data on kidney transplantation (KTx) from hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)+ donors to HBsAg- recipients [D(HBsAg+)/R(HBsAg-)] are limited. We aimed to report the outcomes…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Efficacy and Safety of Cytomegalovirus Antiviral Preventive Strategies in Kidney Transplant: A Systematic Literature Review
A. Raval¹, K. Kistler², Y. Tang¹, Y. Murata¹, D. Snydman³
¹Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, ²Evidera, Inc., Waltham, MA, ³Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is associated with significant mortality and morbidity in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). Various CMV anti-viral (AV) preventive strategies have been utilized in…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Analysis of Pre-Transplant Resuscitation Factors Influencing Immediate Graft Function after Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation
S. Park
General Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: The management of a deceased donor in the intensive care unit before organ transplantation is important for the outcome of the recipient. Herein, we…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Native Nephrectomy at the Time of Transplant: Risk for Adrenal Injury?
T. Salinas¹, D. Dadhania¹, J. Lee¹, M. Aull¹, S. Kapur², M. Lubetzky¹
¹Nephrology, NY Presbyterian- Weill Cornell, New York, NY, ²Surgery, NY Presbyterian- Weill Cornell, New York, NY
*Purpose: Living donor studies have demonstrated that native nephrectomy (Nx) is associated with transient but symptomatic loss of adrenal function. Although surgical complications from simultaneous…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Microarray and RNA-Seq Analysis of Rejection in Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded (FFPE) Biopsies: Comparing FFPE to Conventionally Stabilized (RNAlater Solution) Biopsies
P. Halloran¹, K. Famulski¹, J. Reeve¹, J. Huang², N. Alexandrov²
¹University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²R&D Transplant Diagnostics Division, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Molecular understanding of organ transplant biopsies requires genome-wide measurements and molecular classifiers. To assess potential of performing molecular diagnostics on formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) biopsies,…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Establishing an Induction Protocol for Long-Term Multilineage Mixed Chimerism in Rhesus Macaques
K. Bruestle¹, H. Sakai¹, F. Fredriksson¹, B. Piegari¹, D. Ekanayake-Alper¹, A. McLuckie², R. Ober², J. Weiner¹, A. Iuga³, S. M. Coley³, M. Sykes¹, A. Griesemer¹
¹Columbia Center for Translational Immunology, Columbia University, New York City, NY, ²Institute for Comparative Medicine, Columbia University, New York City, NY, ³Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York City, NY
*Purpose: Mixed chimerism (MC) induction via non-myeloablative conditioning and bone marrow transplantation (BMT) induces tolerance to solid organs. Our standard MC induction protocol in cynomologous…