Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Photo Elicitation Interviewing Exposes Educational Discordance Amidst a Web of Resources among Kidney Transplant Recipients
J. R. Montgomery, M. J. Kirsch, A. Rau, M. E. Byrnes, S. A. Waits
General Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: Comprehensive patient education is the bedrock of success for kidney transplant (KT) recipients. Despite the importance, we have a poor understanding of how patients…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Estimating Alloantibody Levels in Highly-Sensitized Renal Allograft Candidates Using Serial Dilutions
C. Maguire¹, A. R. Tambur¹, C. Schinstock², M. D. Stegall²
¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: Despite the new Kidney Allocation System and Kidney Paired Donation, renal allograft candidates with a >99.9% cPRA still have extremely low rates of transplantation…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Clinical Impact of HCV D+/r- Kidney Transplantation
S. Meade¹, M. A. Simpson², E. D. Walshe², M. E. Akoad², F. D. Gordon²
¹Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA, ²Transplantation, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA
*Purpose: Transplantation of hepatitis C (HCV) positive organs into HCV negative recipients raises concerns regarding potential for infections unresponsive to DAAs. In September 2018, we…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Histological Picture of Indication Biopsies in the First Days after Renal Transplantation
E. Van Loon, M. Coemans, A. Senev, D. Kuypers, M. Emonds, M. Naesens
Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
*Purpose: In preclinical studies, ischemia reperfusion injury and older donor age are associated with renal inflammation in the early phase after transplantation. In human kidney…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Noninvasive Detection of Subclinical Rejection in Urine RNA
K. S. Keslar¹, D. Margeta¹, J. J. Friedewald², M. Abecassis², R. B. Mannon³, P. S. Heeger⁴, R. L. Fairchild¹
¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Icahn School of Medicine, New York, NY
*Purpose: Subclinical rejection may lead to long-term graft injury and can currently only be detected by repeated biopsies. A noninvasive method is needed to monitor…
2020 American Transplant Congress
HLA Molecular Mismatch Analysis in Recipients of Kidney Plus Hematopoietic Stem/Facilitating Cell Transplant Tolerance Induction Protocol
C. Garcia-Sanchez¹, V. Kosmoliaptsis², H. Copley², J. Leventhal¹, S. Ildstad³
¹NU, Chicago, IL, ²Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ³U of Louisville, Lousville, KY
*Purpose: To evaluate the potential role of HLA molecular mismatch (MM) analysis in predicting outcomes in a cohort of HLA-mismatched, related and unrelated recipients of…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Association between Alloimmunity and De Novo Glomerulonephritis Post Kidney Transplantation
P. Khairallah, J. Kamal, E. Vasilescu, I. Batal, G. Dube
Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: In contrast to recurrent immune complex-mediated glomerulonephritis (ICGN), de novo ICGN of the allograft is poorly characterized. We hypothesize that alloimmunity results in immune-complex…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Missing Self Increases the Incidence of Microvascular Inflammation after Kidney Transplantation
J. Callemeyn¹, A. Senev², M. Coemans¹, E. Lerut³, B. Sprangers¹, D. Kuypers¹, A. Koenig⁴, O. Thaunat⁴, M. Emonds², M. Naesens¹
¹Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ²Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Laboratory, Red Cross-Flanders, Mechelen, Belgium, ³Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, ⁴INSERM U1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, Lyon, France
*Purpose: Anti-HLA donor-specific antibodies (HLA-DSA) are often absent in serum of kidney allograft recipients with biopsies demonstrating microvascular inflammation (MVI), the histological hallmark of antibody-mediated…
2020 American Transplant Congress
T and B Lymphocyte Dynamics after Genetically-Modified Pig-To-Baboon Kidney Xenotransplantation with an Anti-CD40mAb-Based Immunosuppressive Regimen
A. Jagdale¹, H. Iwase¹, H. Nguyen¹, T. Yamamoto¹, D. Ayares², D. Anderson¹, D. Eckhoff¹, D. Cooper¹, H. Hara¹
¹Surgery, University of Alabama at birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Revivicor, Blacksburg, VA, VA
*Purpose: We have evaluated recovery of T and B lymphocytes and their subsets after depletion by anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) and an anti-CD20mAb (Rituximab), followed by…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Timing of Bariatric Surgery for Obese Kidney Transplant Candidates
R. A. Choudhury¹, D. Yoeli¹, G. Hoeltzel², H. B. Moore¹, H. Yaffe¹, K. R. Dumon³, N. N. Williams³, P. L. Abt⁴, K. D. Conzen¹, T. Pshak¹, P. T. Kennealey¹, T. L. Nydam¹
¹Department of Surgery- Division of Transplantation Surgery, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, ²Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, ³Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Department of Surgery- Division of Transplantation Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: The high risk profile of bariatric surgery in obese end-stage-renal disease (ESRD) patients has caused many to suggest that surgery should be reserved for…