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Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Pre-Formed AT1R Antibodies Are Associated with Rejection After Kidney Transplantation.

    D. Kim, P. Warner, K. Nelson, I. Gimferrer, C. Johnson, C. Blosser, R. Bakthavatsalam, N. Leca.

    Nephrology, University of Washington, Seattle.

    Antibody mediated injury is a significant contributor to rejection and allograft damage. Non-HLA antibodies have been increasingly recognized in association with graft dysfunction. Our goal…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    The Impact of Allograft Rejection on DNA Methylation After Kidney Transplantation.

    K. Boer, E. de Wit, D. Hesselink, L. Hofland, M. Betjes, C. Baan.

    ErasmusMC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

    Introduction DNA methylation is a well-known epigenetic mechanism which plays a critical role in cell function by regulating gene expression. Variations in DNA methylation are…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Arteriolar Hyalinosis on Renal Transplant Protocol Biopsies Is Not Associated with Tacrolimus Exposure.

    S. Yilmaz,1 D. Shaffer,2 Y. Qazi,3 F. Shihab,4 K. McCague,5 D. Patel,5 F. Vincenti.6

    1University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; 2Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN; 3University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; 4University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; 5Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ; 6University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.

    Previous studies have implicated the development of arteriolar hyalinosis (AH) following kidney transplantation to chronic calcineurin inhibitor nephrotoxicity. Here, we examined the association between tacrolimus…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Association Between Pretransplant Body Mass Index and Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Living Kidney Transplantation: A Consideration of Gender Differences.

    M. Okumi,1 K. Unagami,1 M. Furusawa,1 T. Hirai,1 Y. Okabe,2 K. Masutani,3 T. Shimizu,1 K. Omoto,4 H. Ishida,1 T. Kitazono,3 K. Tanabe,1 The Japan Academic Consortium of Kidney Transplantation (JACK).

    1Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan; 2Surgery, Kyusyu University, Fukuoka, Japan; 3Medicine and Clinical Science, Kyusyu University, Fukuoka, Japan; 4Urology, Todachuo General Hospital, Saitama, Japan.

    [lsaquo]Background[rsaquo]There is epidemiologic evidence of an association between elevated body mass index (BMI), the progression of cardiovascular disease (CVD), and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). For…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Social Support on Feelings of Powerlessness and Attitudes Towards the Kidney Transplant in Long-Term Inner City Recipients.

    S. Wu, A. Brar, M. Markell.

    Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.

    Psychosocial factors play an important role in the post-transplant period, affecting adherence and quality of life. We investigated the relationships between social support, attitude towards…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Identifying Social Barriers to Health Literacy in ESRD Patients Undergoing Kidney Transplant Evaluation.

    K. Leick,1 J. Jones,1 S. Witte,2 L. Hunsicker,3 Z. Stewart.1

    1Dept of Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; 2Dept of Social Work, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; 3Dept of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.

    Background: Low health literacy is associated with increased hospitalizations and mortality. ESRD patients have reduced health literacy as ESRD disproportionately affects the elderly and individuals…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Evaluation According to Donor Source: 24-Month Results from Post-Hoc Analysis of the ELEVATE Study in Kidney Transplant Recipients.

    J. de Fijter, H. Holdaas, P. Lopez, P. Bernhardt, D. Gaohong, J. Cruzado, M. van der Giet.

    ELEVATE study group, Leiden, Netherlands.

    Background: Several studies reported that recipients receiving renal allograft from living donors have better efficacy outcomes than the deceased donor counterparts. This post-hoc analysis of…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Renal Dysfunction at 12 Months Is Not Associated with Everolimus Exposure in De Novo Renal Transplant Recipients.

    F. Shihab,1 Y. Qazi,2 S. Mulgaonkar,3 K. McCague,4 D. Patel,4 V. Peddi,5 D. Shaffer.6

    1University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; 2University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; 3Barnabas Health, West Orange, NJ; 4Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ; 5California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA; 6Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.

    Renal dysfunction at 1 year post-transplantation is associated with poor graft outcome. Here, we assess post-transplant renal function associated with everolimus (EVR) and tacrolimus (TAC)…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Dual Kidney Transplants as Policy to Optimize the Allocation of Marginal Donor Kidneys: Analysis of the French Cohort Since 2002.

    E. Savoye,1 R. Snanoudj,2 C. Hiesse,3 M.-N. Peraldi,4 A. Durrbach,5 N. Ouali,6 M. Durand,7 L. Badet,8 M.-A. Macher.1

    1Agence de la Biomédecine, Saint Denis, France; 2Necker hospital, Paris, France; 3Foch hospital, Suresnes, France; 4Saint Louis Hospital, Paris, France; 5Bicêtre Hospital, Kremlin Bicetre, France; 6Tenon hospital, Paris, France; 7Pasteur hospital Nice, Nice, France; 8Department of Chirurgie de la Transplantation Pav V and Department of Immunologie Clinique Transplantation Pav P, Edouard Herriot Hospital Group, Lyon, France.

    The aim of this national multicentre cohort study was to assess the safety of dual kidney transplantation (DKT) in terms of patient and graft survival…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Chronic High Epstein-Barr Viral Load Carriage in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients.

    M. Yamada,1 P. Fadaker,1 C. Nguyen,1 A. Ganoza,2 A. Humar,2 M. Michaels,1,2 M. Green.1,2

    1Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; 2Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

    BackgroundThe development of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection and post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) is normally associated with a high EBV viral load in peripheral blood. Observations…
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