2017 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Center Variability in Disparities for African-American Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Disparities research has traditionally focused on patient-level variables to ascertain predominant risk factors driving differences in outcomes for African-American (AA) kidney transplant (KTX) recipients. The…2017 American Transplant Congress
IL-7 Receptor Heterogeneity as a Mechanism for Repertoire Change During Post-Depletional Homeostatic Proliferation and Its Relation to Costimulation Blockade Resistant Rejection.
Department of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
Transplant patients treated with belatacept without depletional induction show high rates of costimulation blockade resistant rejection (CoBRR); this has been associated with CD57+ T cells.…2017 American Transplant Congress
Early Antibody-Mediated Rejection C4d Status Remains a Marker of Prognosis in HLA-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation.
1CHP, Porto, Portugal; 2IPST, Porto, Portugal
Banff criteria for the diagnosis of antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) in kidney transplantation (KT) was recently updated to include the entity of C4d negative AMR, if…2017 American Transplant Congress
Assessing the Impact of the New KAS on Transplant Rates in Highly-HLA Sensitized (HS) Patients After Desensitization (Des) 2 Years Post Implementation.
Introduction: The new KAS aims to improve access to transplantation for HS patients, specifically CPRA 99-100%. Our center has extensive experience w. DES to improve…2017 American Transplant Congress
KDPI Obscures Trends in Absolute Donor Risk.
Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis, MN
The kidney donor profile index (KDPI) is commonly used to measure deceased donor kidney quality based on the kidney donor risk index (KDRI) (Rao, et…2017 American Transplant Congress
Urinary Renal Progenitors Isolation: A Novel Predictor of Kidney Graft Outcome.
1Hospital Univ Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain; 2Meyer's Children Hosp, Firenze, Italy
Background: Longterm kidney allograft outcomes remain as unmet need. Most studies focus on mechanisms of graft injury, and kidney reparative mechanisms are neglected. Isolation of…2017 American Transplant Congress
NKG2C+ NK Cell Adaptive Response and the Risk of Cytomegalovirus Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in kidney transplant recipients (KTR) has been associated with an increased risk of graft loss and reduced host survival. CMV promotes persistent…2017 American Transplant Congress
Prediction of Delayed Graft Function in Chinese Kidney Allograft Recipients.
Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Background and Objective: Delay graft function (DGF) is most commonly defined as post-operative dialysis requirement in the first week after renal transplantation. It has a…2017 American Transplant Congress
Does Histologic Grade in BK Polyoma Nephropathy Associate with Viral Load, Allograft Dysfunction or Allograft Loss? A Single Center Experience.
1Nephrology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; 2Pathology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Purpose: BK polyoma nephropathy (BKPyN) is a well-recognized cause of allograft dysfunction and loss after kidney transplant. Despite increased recognition, it is unclear if changes…2017 American Transplant Congress
Integration of Kidney-Exchange, (Un)Specified Living Donor Transplantation, ABO Incompatible and Desensitisation Programs in a Computerized Allocation Program: A Simulation.
Introduction: Our national kidney-exchange allocation program is established in 2004. Though kidney-exchange is intertwined with (un)specified donation and domino-paired procedures, the latter still operates by…
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