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Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Online Patient Resources for Deceased Donor and Live Donor Kidney Recipients: A Comparative Analysis of Readability.

    E. Zhou, E. Kiwanuka, W. Cioffi, P. Morrissey.

    Department of General Surgery and Division of Organ Transplantation, Rhode Island Hospital and Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI

    BackgroundThe Internet has extensive online resources for kidney transplantation recipients. However, it is unclear if these materials are comprehensible for kidney transplant patients. Nearly, one-half…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Protocol of the KTFT-TALK Study to Reduce Racial Disparities in Kidney Transplant Evaluation and Living Donor Kidney Transplantation.

    K. Bornemann,1 E. Croswell,1 M. Abaye,1 C. Bryce,1 J. Chang,1,2 D. Good,3 C. Freehling Heiles,3 M. Dew,1 L. Boulware,4 A. Tevar,1,3 L. Myaskovsky.1,2

    1University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh; 2VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh; 3University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh; 4Duke University School of Medicine, Durham

    Living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) is the optimal treatment for end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). But, the evaluation process for a kidney transplant is complex, time…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Adjuvant Chemotherapy with Gemcitabine Plus Cisplatin for Kidney Transplant Patients with Transitional Cell Carcinoma.

    Z. Wang, J. Lin, Y. Zhu, J. Zhang, J. Xiao, Y. Guo, Y. Tian.

    Urology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China

    Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects and safety of adjuvant chemotherapy with gemcitabine plus cisplatin in kidney transplant patients with…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Urinary Concentration Ability in Kidney Transplant Patients as Predictor for CKD.

    P. Garcia-Garcia,1 A. Jarque,1 A. Rivero,1 A. Rodriguez,1 J. Gonzalez Posadas,1 M. Macia,1 V. Garcia Nieto,2 J. Navarro.1

    1Nephrology Service, University Hospital Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain; 2Pediatric Nephrology Unit, University Hospital Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

    Urinary concentration is the result of a complex glomerulotubular mechanism, which culpits with the stimulation of aquaporins at the collector tubule, in response to vasopressin…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Potential Barriers Hindering Non-Directed (Altruistic) Living Kidney Donors from Donating Their Kidneys.

    A. Maghen,1 L. Kwan,1 G. Vargas,1 S. Connor,1 S. Nassiri,1 E. Hicks,2 S. Maliski,3 J. Veale.

    1Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; 2Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR; 3University of Kansas Medical Center School of Nursing, Kansas City, KS

    A. While non-directed kidney donation in the United States is a growing concept that demonstrates the next level of altruism in the U.S., there are…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Activation of Inflammation Amplifier in Kidney Graft and Urinary Biomarker for Chronic Rejection.

    H. Higuchi,1,2 D. Iwami,1 K. Hotta,1 N. Shinohara,1 M. Murakami.2

    1Hokkaido University, Renal and Genitourinary Surgery, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan; 2Hokkaido University, Molecular Neuroimmunology, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

    [Introduction and Objective] Inflammation amplifier (IA), a local chemokine inducer in non-immune cells is induced by simultaneous activation of NFκB and STATs (IL-17, TNFα, and…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Comparison of Long Term Survival Outcomes for Everolimus (EVR) vs. Mycophenolic Acid (MPA) Immunosuppressive Regimens Post Kidney Transplant.

    D. Cibrik,1 W. Irish,2 K. McCague,3 D. Patel,3 H. Tedesco.4

    1University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; 2CTI Clinical Trial and Consulting Services, Raleigh, NC; 3Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ; 4Hospital do Rim-Escola Paulista de Medicina UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    In the US, MPA in combination with calcineurin inhibitors (CNI, tacrolimus [TAC] or cyclosporine A [CsA]) is the most commonly used maintenance immunosuppressive therapy post…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Anti-CD25mAb Sparing Immunosuppressive Regimen Suppressed Recurrence of Post-Transplant Focal Segmental Glomerular Sclerosis- A Single Center Experience.

    H. Harada, Y. Wada, N. Fukuzawa.

    Kidney Transplant Surgery, Sapporo City General Hospital, Sapporo, Japan

    INTRODUCTION: The rate of recurrence of primary focal segmental glomerular sclerosis (FSGS) is problematic, because it often results in very early serious urinary protein secretion…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Soluble Human Leukocyte Antigen-G Levels and Prolonged Allograft Survival: A Demographic Analysis.

    C. Callaway,1 A. Ajith,2 V. Portik-Dobos,2 P. Best,3 C. Zayas,3 R. Kapoor,3 A. Horuzsko,2 L. Mulloy.3

    1Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA; 2Georgia Cancer Center, Augusta University, Augusta, GA; 3Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Augusta University, Augusta, GA

    Human leukocyte antigen-G (HLA-G) is a tolerogenic protein shown to contribute to allograft survival. Dimerized, soluble HLA-G (sHLA-Gd) has been shown to significantly prolong allograft…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    No Impact of One Year of Everolimus, as Compared to MPA, in the Reversal of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Elderly Renal Transplant Recipients – Preliminary Data from Then Everold Study.

    E. David-Neto,1 F. Agena,1 M. Furtado,2 A. Rodriges,2 J. Andrade,2 F. Lemos,1 F. Paula.1

    1Renal Transplantation Service, Hospital das Clinicas – University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil; 2Echocardiography Services, Hospital das Clinicas – University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    It has been suggested that mTor inhibitors may contribute to the reversal of myocardial hypertrophy after transplantation possibly due to its biological effects like enhanced…
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