Articles tagged "Kidney 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
The Banff Classification of Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Kidney Allografts: Comparison of Predictive Performance for Allograft Failure in Previous and Current Editions
J. Callemeyn¹, H. Ameye¹, M. Coemans¹, A. Senev², E. Lerut³, B. Sprangers¹, D. Kuypers¹, 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
*Purpose: Since its introduction in 2001, the Banff classification for antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) has undergone significant changes, mainly by inclusion of C4d-negative ABMR in 2013…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Molecular Features of HLA Mismatches as Predictors of De Novo DSA Development: A Single Center Experience
V. Jucaud¹, L. Rebellato², K. Briley², C. Haisch², S. Kendrick³, H. Jones³, K. Mclawhorn³, D. Leeser², M. Everly¹
¹Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ²East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, ³Eastern Nephrology Associates, Greenville, NC
*Purpose: Several molecular features (MoFs) of HLA mismatches (MMs) are currently used to predict the development of de novo donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies (dnDSA). The purpose…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Gender Disparity in Living Donor Kidney Transplants
A. Gruessner, S. Saggi, J. Renz, M. Markell, M. Salifu, R. Gruessner
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: Over the last decades, the number of kidney transplants has increased. However, more male than female patients receive a transplant. While the male/female ratio…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Alkalization Increases Macula Densa NOS1β Expression and Improves Transplanted Renal Graft Function
J. Buggs¹, J. Zhang², J. Wei², L. Wang²
¹Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ²Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is a major survival hurdle with kidney transplantation (KTX). Currently, no effective strategies for the prevention and treatment of IRI during…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Low Physiochemical Immunogenicity Scores Improve Long-Term Survival of Deceased Donor Kidney Transplants
D. Bekbolsynov¹, B. Mierzejewska¹, J. Borucka², S. A. Khuder¹, M. Rees¹, R. Green³, S. Stanislaw¹
¹University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, ²Parexel Corp., Warsaw, Poland, ³Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
*Purpose: A severe shortage of deceased donor kidneys limits access to kidney transplantation. Limited longterm graft function exacerbates this shortage as 12% of the waiting…