Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Donor-derived Cell-free Dna In Donor Specific Antibody Positive Kidney Transplant Recipients
D. Cheng¹, X. Li², T. Jiang², H. Liu², Y. Zhou³, H. Shi³
¹National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China, ²Research and Development, AlloDx Biotech Co.Ltd., Suzhou, China, ³Precise Medicine Center, Biology and Science School, JiangSu University, Zhenjiang, China
*Purpose: Donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) is an emerging biomarker of kidney allograft injury. Studies examining the clinical validity of this biomarker have identified cut off…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Withaferin A as a Possible Therapy for Chronic Allograft Nephropathy
T. Divanyan¹, D. Patel¹, E. Acosta¹, D. Howard², F. Jourd'heuil², D. Jourd'heuil², R. Lopez-Soler³
¹Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, ²Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, ³Surgery, Section of Transplantation, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY
*Purpose: One of the possible steps in the development of post-transplant interstitial fibrosis is epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) of proximal renal tubular cells with…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Subtyping Of Histologically Stable Kidney Transplants In Molecular Meta-analysis
D. Rychkov¹, T. Sigdel², J. Liberto², M. Sarwal², M. Sirota³
¹ICHS, Department of Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ²Department of Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ³ICHS, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Histologically stable allografts have been shown to have molecular inflammation by prior gene expression studies. Nevertheless, there are no methodologies in place to sub-group…
2019 American Transplant Congress
CD56+CD57+ Infiltrate is a Predominant Subset of Infiltrating Natural Killer Cell in Renal Transplant Biopsies with Antibody-Mediated Rejection
H. Jung¹, Y. Wee², J. Kim², M. Choi², J. Choi², H. Kwon², J. Jung², S. Kim³, Y. Cho⁴, Y. Park⁴, H. Go⁴, M. Han⁵, Y. Kim², D. Han², S. Shin²
¹Department of Biomedical Science, Asan Medical Institute of Convergence Science and Technology (AMIST), Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Division of Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Department of Convergence Medicine, Asan Institute for life sciences, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Department of Pathology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁵Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: To verify a subset of intragraft and circulating natural killer cells associated with kidney allograft rejection and fibrosis.*Methods: Thirty-nine clinically indicated transplant biopsies performed…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Oral Preconditioning of Donors after Brain Death with Calcineurin Inhibitors vs. Inhibitors of Mammalian Target for Rapamycin in Pig Kidney Transplantation
S. Abbasi Dezfouli¹, M. Golriz¹, O. Ghamarnejad¹, E. Khajeh¹, S. Mohammadi¹, M. Nikdad¹, A. Majlesara¹, M. Sabagh¹, P. Fathi¹, S. Shafiei¹, M. Kentar², A. Younsi², C. Eckert³, T. Poth³, A. Mehrabi¹, A. Nickkholgh¹
¹Department of General, Visceral, and Transplantation Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, ²Department of Neurosurgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, ³Department of Pathology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
*Purpose: The systemic inflammatory cascade triggered in donors after brain death (DBD) enhances the ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) after organ transplantation. Data regarding donor preconditioning with…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Dosing Requirements Of Astagraf Xl In African American Kidney Transplant Recipients Converted From Twice-daily Tacrolimus (aaaktrs)
J. N. Fleming, M. A. Posadas-Salas, D. J. Taber
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Pharmacokinetics from clinical studies demonstrated similar drug exposure (AUC) and correlation between trough (C0) and AUC between tacrolimus IR and Astagraf XL, which led…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients after Conversion from Tacrolimus to Belatacept-Based Regimens
H. Underwood, N. Lange, J. Hedvat, C. Brennan, D. Tsapepas, K. King, S. Husain, D. Salerno, S. Patel, S. Mohan, R. Crew
Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: Immunosuppressive strategies for belatacept are variable and associated outcomes have not been well described. We examined outcomes among kidney transplant (KT) recipients converted from…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Long Term Cold Ischemia Time in Kidney Transplantation. The Role of Hypothermic Machine Perfusion
G. ADANI¹, U. Baccarani¹, P. Tulissi², C. Vallone², A. Risaliti¹
¹General Surgery and Transplantation, Academic Hospital P. le S.M. della Misericordia, 33100 Udine, Italy, Udine, Italy, ²Nephrology, Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation, Academic Hospital P. le S.M. della Misericordia, 33100 Udine, Italy, Udine, Italy
*Purpose: Hypothermic machine perfusion (HMP) of deceased donor kidneys is associated with a better outcome than static cold storage (SCS). Aim of this prospective study…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Broadly Profiling the Activation Status of Circulating Immune Cells in Chronic Active Antibody Mediated Rejetion Reveals Increased CD38 and CD16 Expression on Monocytes and NK Cells
K. Sablik, N. Litjens, M. Klepper, M. Betjes
Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands
*Purpose: Chronic-active antibody mediated rejection (c-aABMR) contributes significantly to late renal allograft failure. Non-invasive biomarkers of c-aABMR are currently not available but could be valuable…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Donor Profile Index Significantly Correlates With Reperfusion Biopsy Findings
A. Perez-Gutierrez¹, P. Witkowski¹, J. Fung¹, D. N. Danz², R. Cummings¹, A. Chang³
¹Transplantation Institute, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Economics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Pathology, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: The kidney donor profile index (KDPI) includes donor factors that are associated with graft survival, and estimates the quality of the kidney graft. Suboptimal…