2016 American Transplant Congress
Treg-Rich Organized Lymphoid Structures (TOLS) in Spontaneously Accepted Mouse Kidney Allografts.
Background: In many MHC mismatched strain combinations (e.g., DBA/2 to B6) kidney allografts are spontaneously accepted without immunosuppression. This tolerance is regulatory, initially dependent Foxp3+…2016 American Transplant Congress
Donor Smoking Increases Kidney Allograft Recipient Mortality in a National Population Cohort Analysis.
Introduction: Current evidence from single-centre analyses suggest cigarette smoking in living donors is associated with worse patient but not graft survival in kidney allograft recipients.…2016 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Transplant Outcomes for Low-Dose and Standard-Dose Tacrolimus in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
Objectives: There are few studies that compare the effect of different dose of tacrolimus after kidney transplantation. We investigated transplant outcome of low-dose and standard-dose…2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Sequential and En Bloc Transplants in the Elderly: 10 Year Review of UNOS Data.
To evaluate the outcome of sequential and en bloc transplants in the elderly.Method: Retrospective review UNOS data 2004-2014 kidney transplant alone patients >65 years. Patient…2016 American Transplant Congress
Higher Functional Capacity Prior to Kidney Transplant Confers Lower Risk of New Onset Diabetes After Transplantation.
Background: New onset diabetes after transplantation (NODAT) adversely impacts both allograft function and patient survival. We hypothesize that higher functional capacity prior to kidney transplant…2016 American Transplant Congress
Antibody Titers as Predictors of Kidney Graft Outcomes.
PURPOSE: Development of de novo donor specific antibody (dnDSA) following kidney transplantation is not uncommon. As laboratory techniques advance, rates of dnDSA have increased. However,…2016 American Transplant Congress
Induction with T-cell Depletional Agents Is Safe and Efficacious in the Very Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients: An Analysis of the OPTN Database.
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
Background: Kidney transplantation is increasingly being offered to the very elderly (Age>70 years) kidney transplant recipients. Previous studies analyzing the effect of induction immunosuppression in…2016 American Transplant Congress
Fatty Liver in Non-Hepatic Organ Transplantation.
Tampa General Medical Group, Tampa, FL.
With the availability of effective antiviral regimen for HCV, Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disease in western countries and…2016 American Transplant Congress
What Are the Benefits of Transvaginal Route for Kidney Extraction in Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy ?
1Hôpital Européen Georges Pomidou, Paris, France; 2Hôpital Necker, Paris, France.
Rationale and objectivesTransvaginal route for kidney extraction (TVE) emerged as new surgical option during laparoscopic donor nephrectomy to minimize scar and presumably to offer donors…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Long and Short of Old and Cold on Renal Allograft Outcomes.
1University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; 2Saint Louis University, St. Louis.
Introduction: Donor age and cold ischemia times (CIT) have been shown to have independent and varying degrees of impact on short and long term risk…
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