2022 American Transplant Congress
Impact of African American Race on Lcp-Tac Dosing and Clinical Outcomes
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: The goal of this study was to assess the impact of African American (AA) race on the conversion ratio from Tac-IR to LCP-Tac, while…2022 American Transplant Congress
Functional Recellularized Patient Derived Endothelium; A Human Vascular Graft Approach
*Purpose: In transplantation, the endothelial lining is the first barrier between the donor organ and recipient immune system. Damaged endothelium exposes extracellular matrix (ECM) molecules…2022 American Transplant Congress
Covid19 in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients: Incidence, Outcomes, and Response to Vaccine
Nephrology, Children's National Med. Ctr., Washington, DC
*Purpose: At the onset of pandemic, no information was available on response of pediatric kidney transplant (PKTX) recipients to COVID19. When COVID19 vaccines became available,…2022 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Rates Increased with Broader Distribution of Deceased Donor Kidneys
*Purpose: The OPTN Kidney Transplantation Committee implemented a policy removing donation service area (DSA) and OPTN region from kidney allocation on 3/15/2021. In addition to…2022 American Transplant Congress
RNA-Sequencing Analysis of Kidney Allografts Reveal Heightened NK Cell Activity in Chronic Active Antibody-Mediated Rejection
Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
*Purpose: The role of NK cells is increasingly recognized in chronic active antibody mediated rejection (caABMR) of the kidney allograft. Treatment of caABMR is challenging…2022 American Transplant Congress
Reasons for Kidney Transplant Patients to Have Outpatient Urine Cultures in the First Year Post-Transplant: An Analysis of the USRDS
*Purpose: Urine cultures are frequently sent in the first year after kidney transplant, but the reasons that testing is done post-transplant is not well understood.…2022 American Transplant Congress
Antibody Response to Sars-CoV-2 Vaccine Among Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Retrospective Cohort Study
*Purpose: We examined a positivity of corona virus antibody in kidney transplant recipients who received two-doses BNT162B2 (mRNA) vaccination during the beginning 6 months in…2022 American Transplant Congress
Abdominal Incision Technique Tailored to Patient’s Age May Reduce the Rate of Surgical Wound Complication After Unilateral Kidney Transplantation- A Preliminary Report
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Previously, we compared the risk of abdominal wound complications after lateral rectus incision sheath (LRS) versus traditional Gibson incision in a retrospective analysis of…2022 American Transplant Congress
Long Term Follow-Up of a Phase 2 Clinical Trial to Induce Tolerance in Living Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: 37 subjects were transplanted in a phase 2 protocol based upon tolerogenic CD8+/TCR-facilitating cells (FCR001) to induce tolerance in recipients of living donor kidney…2022 American Transplant Congress
Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA Across the Spectrum of Solid Organ Transplantation
1Baylor Scott & White Health, Temple, TX, 2CareDx, Inc, Brisbane, CA
*Purpose: Donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) is a robust and clinically useful analyte initially validated for kidney allograft surveillance. Emerging data support the utility of dd-cfDNA…
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