2016 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Donor Profile Index Trend Analyses.
Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
IntroductionIn spite of improved outcomes associated with the usage of extended criteria donor (ECD) kidneys, the number of kidney transplants (KT) using this donor population…2016 American Transplant Congress
Significant Increase in Wait List Removals for Candidates Considered Too Sick from the US Kidney Transplant Waiting List.
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Approximately 59,000 kidney transplant candidates have been removed from the waiting list since 2000 for reasons other than transplantation, death, or transfers. In 2014, reasons…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Optimal Time Point for Steroid Withdrawal After Kidney Transplantation Is One Year After Engraftment.
The optimal time of steroid withdrawal after kidney transplantation remains elusive, since RCTs can evaluate one predefined time point. Thus we analyzed all first kidney…2016 American Transplant Congress
U.S. Dialysis Facility Characteristics Associated with Racial Disparities in Access to the Kidney Deceased Donor Transplant Waiting List.
BACKGROUND Dialysis facility characteristics have been significantly associated with variation in U.S. transplant rates but facility characteristics associated with disparities in access to the kidney…2016 American Transplant Congress
HLA Antibody in Transplant Recipients During Transition from Paediatrics.
Objective:Adolescent transplant recipients in transition from paediatric to adult units are known to be at high risk of graft failure. Detection of HLA antibody is…2016 American Transplant Congress
Mining the Human Proteome for Monitoring Renal Transplant Injury.
The human urinary proteome reflects systemic and inherent renal injury perturbations and can be harnessed to define biomarkers for different kidney transplant injury states. Through…2016 American Transplant Congress
Accumulation of Highly Sensitized Patients in a KPD Registry.
University of Toledo, Toledo, OH.
Objectives: We analyzed sensitization against HLA among patients in a kidney paired donation (KPD) registry. In particular, three groups of patients were included: 1) all…2016 American Transplant Congress
Angiotensin II Type-1 Receptor Antibodies in Renal Transplant Recipients Associated with Ventricular and Endothelial Dysfunction: Preliminary Results.
Previous studies demonstrated the significance of angiotensin II type-1 receptor antibodies (AT1Rabs) in processes including hypertension, cardiac hypertrophy and renal fibrosis; information regarding ventricular and…2016 American Transplant Congress
End-Stage Renal Disease Does Not Impair the Large-Scale Generation of Potent Alloantigen-Specific Regulatory T Cells for Immunotherapy.
Background Alloantigen-specific natural occurring regulatory T cells (nTregs) have the potential to offer a more targeted approach of immunosuppression and are the cell type of…2016 American Transplant Congress
Donor HLA Specific IgM Antibody Measured on Day 14 Post-Transplantation Predicts Poor Graft Survival in HLA-Incompatible Renal Transplantation.
Introduction: Role of IgG antibodies against donor human leucocyte antigens (HLA) is established in renal transplant monitoring. Role of IgM donor HLA specific antibodies (DSA)…
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