Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Automated Histology Lesion Interpretation in Kidney Transplant Biopsies Shows That Pathologists Often Deviate from Banff Guidelines
K. S. Madill-Thomsen¹, J. Reeve², G. Bohmig³, F. A. Eskandary⁴, A. Perkowska-Ptasinska⁵, M. Myslak⁶, P. F. Halloran and the INTERCOMEX Study Group¹
¹University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, AB, Canada, ²Alberta Transplant Applied Genomics Centre, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁴Medical University of Vienna, Edmonton AB, AB, Canada, ⁵Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland, ⁶Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
*Purpose: Histologic diagnosis of kidney transplant biopsies requires an expert pathologist using Banff guidelines to interpret features. Some problematic guidelines require experts to use professional…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Temporal Trends of First-Year Mortality on the Adult Kidney-Only Wait List in the United States
F. Tedla, A. Gruessner, I. Puri, A. Brar, N. Sumrani, D. John, J. Renz, R. Gruessner, M. Salifu
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: Evaluation of kidney transplant candidacy must balance risk of mortality with and without transplant. Trends in first-year mortality could inform patterns of risk avoidance…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Everolimus on IgM and IgG Memory B Cell Growth and Survival In Vitro and Applications for Effective Administration in Clinical Practice
Y. Matsuda
Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
*Purpose: Everolimus (EVR), which is converted from CNI, is reported to improve renal function and reduce renal toxicity, DSA production, and rejection development. However, there…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Relationship between Comorbilities and Infectious Disease in Kidney Transplant Recipients Receiving Rituximab
A. Molina-Andújar¹, E. Hermida¹, J. Rovira², F. Cofan¹, P. Ventura-Aguiar¹, N. Esforzado¹, V. Torregrosa¹, D. Cucchiari¹, E. de Souza¹, I. Revuelta¹, F. Oppenheimer¹, F. Diekmann¹, G. Piñeiro¹
¹Renal Transplant Unit, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ²Laboratori Experimental de Nefrologia i Trasplantament, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
*Purpose: Rituximab is commonly used in the context of kidney transplantation. Evidence about infectious complications and its relationship with predictive factors is scarce. The aim…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Treprostinil Attenuates Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Rat
M. Ding¹, E. Tolbert², M. Birkenbach³, C. Chung⁴, R. Gohh⁵, F. Akhlaghi¹, N. Ghonem¹
¹Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, URI, Kingston, RI, ²Nephrology, Rhode Island Hsopital, Providence, RI, ³Pathology, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, ⁴Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, ⁵Organ Transplantation, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University, KINGSTON, RI
*Purpose: Kidney transplantation (KTx) is the optimal treatment for end-stage renal diseases. The surgical procedure of KTx inherently requires cold ischemic preservation and warm reperfusion…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Increased Ratio of Circulating Tfh for Tfr Cells in Chronic Renal Allograft Dysfunction: A Pilot Study
L. Yan, Y. Li, Y. Li, X. Wu, X. Wang, L. Wang, Y. Shi, J. Tang
West China Hospital OF Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
*Purpose: T follicular helper (Tfh) cells play a central role in contribution of B cell differentiation and antibody production. T follicular regulatory (Tfr) cells inhibit…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Predictors of Glomerular Filtration Rate after Renal Transplantation
O. Andacoglu, Y. Dong, J. Liu, M. Parides, J. Rocca, J. Graham, M. Ajaimy, Y. Azzi, C. Pynadath, L. Liriano-Ward, M. Kinkhabwala, E. Akalin, S. Greenstein
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
*Purpose: Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is an excellent indicator of renal function however there is limited data on the impact of KDPI on long term…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Clinical and Pathologic Differences between Young and Old Living Donors in Young Kidney Transplant Recipients
C. Baek, H. Kim, H. Lee, Y. Kim, S. Park
Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Due to increasing number of patients with renal failure and lack of donors, old donors are also important contributors to kidney transplantation (KT). Therefore,…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Induction Type Does Not Influence Kidney Graft or Patient Survival in Recipients with a Previous Lung Transplant in the United States
S. Riad¹, U. Goswami², S. Jackson³, M. Hertz²
¹Medicine, University of Minnesota, Eden Prairie, MN, ²Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ³Complex Care Analytics, Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Induction regimens for kidney transplant alone (KT) in lung recipients vary widely among transplant centers. We sought to examine the impact of kidney induction…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Low-Dose Valacyclovir Prophylaxis for Cytomegalovirus Infection in Renal Transplant Recipients with Intermediate Risk
A. Velioglu¹, H. Arikan¹, E. Asicioglu¹, S. Alagoz², N. Seyahi², S. Tuglular¹, C. Ozener¹
¹Nephrology, Marmara University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey, ²Nephrology, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical School, İstanbul, Turkey
*Purpose: According to recent guidelines ganciclovir or valganciclovir chemoprophylaxis is recommended for all kidney transplantation (KT) recipients (except for D-/R- serology) for preventing cytomegalovirus (CMV)…