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Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Increasing the Kidney Donor Pool by Expanding Limits on Body Mass Index and Age: A Single-Center Evaluation of Safety for Donors and Recipients.

    J. Tonascia, S. Yi.

    Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

    Using donors with advanced age or elevated body mass index (BMI) could increase the number of live donor kidney transplants. Our aim was to evaluate…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Pregnandy During Kidney Trasplantation in a Low Income Population.

    M. Taylor, M. Torres, D. Silvia, L. Martínez, H. Petrone.

    Renal Transplant Unit, CRAI Sur - CUCAIBA, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Background: The possibility of having a successful pregnancy in stage V chornic kidney failure improves after transplant, although the fertility rate is lower than in…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Early and Late High Intrapatient Variability of Tacrolimus Levels Can Predict Late Renal Allograft Rejection.

    D. Goodall, M. Willicombe, D. Swerdlow, A. McLean, D. Taube.

    Imperial College Renal and Transplant Centre, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom

    Introduction Nonadherence to immunosuppressive medication can start any time after transplantation and is associated with rejection and graft loss. We have previously shown that high…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Long-Term Malignancy Risk in Kidney Transplant Recipients Treated with Cyclophosphamide Pre-Transplant for Native Glomerular Disease.

    J. Mills,1 M. Jorgenson,1 J. Fose,1 B. Astor,2 S. Panzer.2

    1Pharmacy, UW Health, Madison, WI; 2Nephrology, UW Health, Madison, WI

    Purpose: To evaluate the incidence of malignancy in kidney transplant recipients who previously received cyclophosphamide for treatment of native glomerular disease.Methods: Single center study of…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Performance Comparison of Barcoded Oligos and Standard qPCR on Matched FFPE and RNAlater-Submerged Human Kidney Allograft Samples.

    T. Sigdel, M. Nguyen, D. Dobi, J. Liberto, S.-C. Hsieh, F. Vincenti, M. Sarwal, Z. Laszik.

    University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco

    Background: Gene expression profiling can improve the diagnostic ability of kidney allograft injury. Fresh tissue is the favored study material for transcriptomic analysis due to…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Immunosuppression Adherence on De Novo Donor-Specific Antibody Formation in Renal Transplant Recipients in Canada: A Modeling Analysis.

    J. Howell,1 R. Pollock,2 J. Schwartz.3

    1Astellas Pharma Global Development, Inc., Markham, ON, Canada; 2Ossian Health Economics and Communications GmbH, Basel, Switzerland; 3Astellas Pharma Global Development, Inc., Northbrook, IL

    Acute rejection rates and short-term graft survival have improved substantially as a result of advances in immunosuppression (IS), though longer-term graft survival rates have improved…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Single-Center, Prospective, Open Label Pilot Study to Investigate the Effectiveness of Everolimus Associated with Mycophenolic Acid and Prednisone in Adult Patients Submitted to an Allograft Renal Transplant with Calcineurin Inhibitor Withdrawl on Week 16th.

    L. Giordano,1,2 M. Lasmar,1,2 H. Vianna,1,2 E. Lasmar.1,2

    1Renal Transplant Unit, Hospital Universitário Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; 2Nephrology Department, Rede Mater Dei de Saúde, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

    Although CI have proven efficacy in kidney transplantation worldwide, they are drugs with nephrotoxic potential and may contribute to chronic renal allograft nephropathy. As a…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Prediction of Renal Allograft Acute Rejection Using a Novel Non-Invasive Model Based on Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse.

    C. Yang,1 Y. Jin,2 S. Wu,3 T. Zhu,1 W. He.2

    1Urology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; 2Ultrasound, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; 3Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

    Point shear wave elastography (p-SWE) based on acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) is a novel technology to quantify tissue stiffness by measuring shear wave speed…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Glucose Tolerance After Kideney Transplant Is Affected by Systemic Insulin Sensitivity Rather Than Usage of Tacrolimus.

    D. Iwami,1 A. Nakamura,2 K. Hotta,1 H. Sasaki,1 T. Hirose,1 H. Higuchi,1 Y. Takada,1 H. Miyoshi,2 N. Shinohara.1

    1Urology, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan; 2Internal Medicine II, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

    Introduction and Objective: Tacrolimus and steroid can affect insulin secretion and insulin sensitivity, resulting in worsened glucose tolerance after kidney transplant (KTx). However, the effect…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Age-Related Differences in Gene Expression Among Kidney Allografts with Normal Histology and Calcineurin Inhibitor Nephrotoxicity.

    E. Rhone,1 S. Bontha,1 P. Walker,2 C. Dumur,3 D. Maluf,1 J. Almenara,3 V. Mas.1

    1University of Virginia, Charlottesville; 2Arkana Laboratories, Little Rock; 3Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond

    Background Most biomarker research first occurs in adult populations, with consequent extrapolation to children. However, age-related differences may impact gene expression, such as variations in…
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