Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Interleukin-17 Deficiency Attenuates Renal Allograft Injury and Prolongs Survival in a Murine Transplantation Model
T. Kwan,^1,2 S. Chadban,^1,2 J. Ma,^1,2 S. Bao,^2,3 S. Alexander,^2,4 H. Wu.^1,2
¹Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; ²Renal Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; ³Discipline of Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; ⁴Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Aim:To investigate the role of IL-17 in allograft rejection using a murine model of fully MHC-mismatched renal transplantation.Methods:Life-sustaining kidney transplants were performed in nephrectomized mice:…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Influence of CYP3A5 and ABCB1 Genotypes on Pharmacokinetics of Immediate and Prolonged Release Tacrolimus Preparations
T. Elnahhas,^1,2 T. Lee,² M. Moreton,² D. McKeown,² J. Popoola,³ R. Ramkhelawon,³ A. Johnston,^1,2 I. MacPhee.³
¹Clinical Pharmacology Department, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom; ²Analytical Services International, St.George's University of London, London, United Kingdom; ³Institute of Medical and Biomedical Education-Renal Medicine, St.George's University of London, London, United Kingdom.
Background. Tacrolimus is available in two formulations, immediate-release, (Prograf®) and prolonged -release formulation of tacrolimus (Advagraf®). Tacrolimus has a narrow therapeutic index with wide variation…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Month 48 Follow-Up Results of HERAKLES Trial on Three Different Treatment Regimen and Switching Off Behaviour in De Novo Renal Transplant Patients
W. Arns,¹ K. Budde,¹ C. Sommerer,¹ O. Witzke,¹ M. Guba,¹ J. Jacobi,¹ B. Vogt,³ P. Reinke,¹ I. Hauser,¹ R. Stahl,¹ T. Rath,¹ D. Baeumer,² M. Porstner,² M. Zeier,¹ F. Lehner,¹ V. Kliem.¹
¹Herakles Study Group, Germany; ²Novartis, Pharma, Germany; ³Herakles Study Group, Switzerland.
Aim: To compare switching off 3 different immunosuppressive (IS) regimen 4years after renal transplantation (Tx).Methods: 802 patients (pts) were included in this prospective, open-label, randomized,…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for Graft Loss in Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients After Transfer of Care
B. Coyne,^1,2 P. Hollen,^1,2 Y. Guofen,³ K. Brayman.⁴
¹Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA; ²School of Nursing, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; ³Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA; ⁴Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA.
Improvements in immunosuppression and transplant surgical technique have increased the survival of children with end-stage renal disease. These patients have complex needs, and the current…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Renal Cell Carcinoma in the Native Kidney in Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation Recipients. Different Entities?
K. Yamaçake, W. Nahas, H. Kanashiro, R. Kato, A. Bull, I. Antonopoulos, R. Falci, A. Piovesan.
Division of Urology, Renal Transplantation Unit, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Purpose: Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) has a high incidence in patients with acquired cystic kidney disease (ACKD) due to hemodialysis. It has been reported that…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Furthering the Link Between Ischemia and Immunity: Development of New Antibody Following Prolonged Delayed Graft Function
A. Gilbert,¹ E. Hall,¹ O. Timofeeva,² M. Awwad,² M. Grafals,¹ P. Weems,¹ D. Li,² S. Rosen-Bronson,² J. Moore,¹ B. Javaid,¹ M. Cooper.¹
¹Department of Surgery, MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC; ²Department of Pathology, MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC.
Introduction The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between prolonged ischemia (delayed graft function - DGF) and the development of de novo…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Antibody-Mediated Rejection of Renal Allografts by CCR5-/- Mice Does Not Require CD8 T Cells
N. Kohei,¹ T. Tanaka,¹ H. Tsuda,¹ N. Dvorina,¹ K. Tanabe,² W. Baldwin,¹ R. Fairchild.¹
¹Immunology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; ²Urology, Kidney Center, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
Antibody-mediated acute and chronic graft injury remains a major cause of renal allograft loss. Mechanisms underlying these injuries remain unclear due in part to the…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Steroid Free Immunosuppression Protocol in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients Using Alemtuzumab: A Retrospective Single Center Study
R. Shah,¹ Z. Kadry,¹ S. Wassner,² D. Kees-Folts,² M. Freeman,² P. Freeman,¹ B. Olenowski,¹ A. Jain.¹
¹Surgery, Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA; ²Pediatric Nephrology, Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA.
Background: Steroid free immunosuppression is attractive in pediatric kidney transplantation (KTx). Aim of the present study is to examine the patient survival, graft survival, rate…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Double Negative TCR αβ + Cells: Newly Described Intra-Renal Kidney Lymphocytes That Respond to Ischemia Reperfusion in Mice
M. Martina,¹ S. Bandapalle,² S. Noel,² A. Saxena,¹ A. Hamad,¹ H. Rabb.²
¹Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; ²Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
Background TCRαβ+CD4-CD8- double negative (DN) T cells with immunoregulatory function are a significant component of T cells residing in the kidney. The exact role of…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Efficacy and Safety of Three Different Treatment Regimen in De Novo Renal Transplant Patients: Month 48 Follow-Up Results of the HERAKLES Trial
C. Sommerer,¹ K. Budde,¹ V. Kliem,¹ O. Witzke,¹ M. Guba,¹ J. Jacobi,¹ B. Vogt,³ I. Hauser,¹ P. Reinke,¹ R. Stahl,¹ T. Rath,¹ M. Porstner,² D. Baeumer,² M. Zeier,¹ W. Arns,¹ F. Lehner.¹
¹Herakles Study Group, Germany; ²Novartis Pharma, Nuremberg, Germany; ³Herakles Study Group, Switzerland.
Aim: To compare safety and efficacy of 3 different immunosuppressive (IS) regimen 4years after renal transplantation (Tx).Methods: 802 patients (pts) were included in this 1year,…