2016 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Delayed Kidney Graft Function with Gene Expression in Preimplantation Biopsies.
Aiming to further the investigation of markers in pre-implantation biopsies (PIB) for the prediction of delayed graft function (DGF), we analyzed, in a different cohort…2016 American Transplant Congress
Preimplant Donor Histology Does Not Improve Discrimination of 5 Year Kidney Allograft Outcomes.
1Nephrology, Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC; 2Nephrology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Kidney transplantation remains the best treatment option for End-Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) and the most cost efficient method of renal replacement therapy. However, there is…2016 American Transplant Congress
Early Hospital Readmission After Kidney Transplantation: Seasonality, Causes and Prognosis.
Background: In the general population, 30-day hospital readmission rate is a well-accepted quality metric and a predictor of mortality. A growing body of data suggests…2016 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for the Development of CMV Viremia in a Cohort of Morbidly Obese Kidney Transplant Recipients Under Low Dose Valganciclovir Prophylaxis.
Background: The rate of Cytomegalovirus infections in kidney transplant recipients drastically diminished with the advent of oral ganciclovir and subsequently valganciclovir. However it continues to…2016 American Transplant Congress
Enhanced Natural Killer Responsiveness Is a Potent Cytotoxic Mechanism Associating to Kidney Allograft Dysfunction and Pathogenic Effects of Donor-Specific Antibodies (DSA).
While antibody mediated rejection (ABMR) is a major cause of kidney transplant loss, the role of Natural Killer cells (NK) as immune effectors of complement-independent…2016 American Transplant Congress
Chemokine Receptor CXCR4 Antagonist, a Novel Pathway to Prevent Chronic Allograft Nephropathy.
Department of Urology, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Beijing, China.
BackgroundChronic allograft nephropathy (CAN) remains a major problem for long term graft survival and different pathways participate in its development. CXC chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4)…2016 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplants from Anuric Deceased Donors on Renal Replacement Therapy.
Transplantation, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA.
Transplantation of deceased donor kidneys with Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) has become a generally well accepted practice with excellent results documented in the literature. The…2016 American Transplant Congress
Belatacept Conversion in Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients for Cause: A Single Center Observational Cohort.
Background: Calcineurin inhibition (CNI) is the single most effective strategy to prevent allograft rejection however tolerability is limited by toxicity. To date, alternate strategies have…2016 American Transplant Congress
A Visualization Software Platform for Managing a Kidney Paired-Donation Program.
A kidney paired-donation (KPD) program's aim is typically to maximize the number of transplants achieved via cycles among incompatible donor-candidate pairs, as well as chains…2016 American Transplant Congress
Factors Associated with Response to Plasmapheresis in Patients with Recurrent FSGS.
Background:Idiopathic focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is one of the primary glomerular diseases that commonly recurs in renal allograft and is known to be associated with…
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