Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Incidence of Urinary Tract Infections in Kidney Transplant Recipients Receiving Alternate Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Regimens
D. Quan¹, J. Phillips¹, E. Chiang¹, V. Kuo²
¹UCSF Health, San Francisco, CA, ²UC Davis, Davis, CA
*Purpose: Urinary tract infections (UTI) occur frequently in renal transplant (RT) recipients. Antimicrobial prophylaxis may help prevent UTI early post RT. Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX) is the…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Deceased Donor Maintenance on the Incidence of Delayed Kidney Allograft Function
S. Costa¹, F. Barroso¹, C. Oliveira¹, E. Daher¹, P. Fernandes¹, L. Andrade², R. Esmeraldo³, T. Sandes-Freitas¹
¹Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil, ²Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Botucatu, Brazil, ³Hospital Geral de Fortaleza, Fortaleza, Brazil
*Purpose: To evaluate the risk factors for delayed graft function (DGF) in a Brazilian cohort with high DGF incidence, focusing on variables reflecting donor maintenance.*Methods:…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Two Pilot Studies Exploring the Diagnostic and Predictive Potential of Serum LAG3 and FGL1 in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Y. Li¹, L. Yan¹, Y. Li¹, C. Yang¹, Z. Wan¹, Y. An¹, Y. Bai¹, L. Wang¹, Y. Shi²
¹Department of Laboratory Medicine, West China Hospital, Chengdu, China, ²Department of Nephrology, West China Hospital, Chengdu, China
*Purpose: Lymphocyte activation gene 3 (LAG3), an immune checkpoint, plays an important role in the negative regulation of immune response and the induction of immune…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Tyrosine Receptor Kinase Axl Regulates Intragraft Trafficking of Alloreactive T Cells Post Kidney Transplantation
A. Dangi¹, K. Glinton², M. Sharma¹, S. Yu¹, M. DeBerge², E. B. Thorp², X. Luo¹
¹Nephrology/Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Pathology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Previous studies have shown that receptor tyrosine kinase Axl, primarily expressed on dendritic cells and some tissue-specific macrophage population, is required for T cells…
2020 American Transplant Congress
To Wait or Not to Wait: The Survival Benefit of Preemptive Kidney Transplantation after Accounting for Lead Time Bias
S. Yu¹, A. Kernodle¹, J. Snyder², J. Garonzik-Wang¹, D. Segev¹, A. Massie¹
¹Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, ²SRTR, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Over 2,000 preemptive living donor kidney transplants (LDKT) per year are performed in the US. Preemptive LDKT allows recipients to avoid dialysis, but increases…
2020 American Transplant Congress
UNOS Hard to Place Kidneys: Are We Working Too Hard?
S. Chaudhry, K. L. King, S. A. Husain, D. Cohen, L. Ratner, S. Mohan
Columbia University, New York, NY
*Purpose: Kidneys requiring more than 100 offers before acceptance are defined by UNOS as “hard to place," but many are suitable for transplantation. We sought…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Transient Cd4+ T Cell and Cd20+ B Cell Depletion Leads to Prolonged Pig-To-Primate Kidney Xenograft Survival
B. P. Lovasik¹, A. J. Matar¹, D. A. Faber¹, D. V. Mathews¹, C. Breeden¹, S. C. Kim¹, A. J. Tector², A. B. Adams¹
¹Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ²University of Miami, Miami, FL
*Purpose: “Delayed” antibody-mediated xenograft rejection is the one of the most important obstacle to clinical application of pig organ xenografts. The aim of this study…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Parathyroidectomy Post Kidney Transplant: A Single Center Report of Short Term Outcomes
S. Ong, F. Saad, K. Wille, C. Kew
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: Whether parathyroidectomy in ESRD patients should be performed before or after kidney transplant remains controversial. There is concern that post-transplant parathyroidectomy can adversely affect…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Peer Feedback Improves Nephrologists’ Transplant Referral Practices
A. Padiyar, T. Srinivas
Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: While preemptive kidney transplant is associated with superior outcomes, timely referral remains a significant barrier. Peer feedback may help improve practice. Our hypothesis is…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Stability of T Reg with Combination of mTOR Inhibitors with Belatacept in Reducing Risk of Acute Rejection in Kidney Transplant
J. Shoji, J. Leung, Q. Tang, F. Vincenti
University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Belatacept is a costimulatory blocker that is used as de novo maintenance immunosuppression in kidney transplantation to avoid toxic effects of calcineurin inhibitors and…