Articles tagged "Kidney/liver transplantation"

2020 American Transplant Congress
ANG-3777, A Hepatic Growth Factor Mimetic, Attenuates Post-Transplant Renal Dysfunction in Rats
P. Narayan, I. D. Goldberg
Angion Biomedica, Uniondale, NY
*Purpose: ANG-3777, a small-molecule mimetic of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), has the potential to exert antifibrotic and nephroprotective effects. A rat model of renal transplantation…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Preformed Donor Specific Antibody and Mfi-Dependent Effects in Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation
V. Fleetwood, C. Papageorge, D. Aufhauser, G. Leverson, B. Welch, L. Hidalgo, D. Foley, Y. Yankol, A. D'Alessandro, D. Al-Adra, R. Redfield, J. Mezrich
Department of Transplantation, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Preformed donor specific antibody to HLA Class II (pDSA) is suggested to be an independent risk factor for mortality in simultaneous liver and kidney…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Sleep Quality and Psychosocial Factors in Liver Transplant Recipients from an Outpatient Follow-Up Clinic in China
X. Zhu, J. Liu, L. Liu, P. Mao
Transplantation Center, Third Xiangya Hospital, Changsha, China
*Purpose: Sleep disturbance is a severe problem in liver transplant recipients; few studies have confirmed the psychosocial factors associated with sleep quality in patients after…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Perspectives of Nephrologists and Urologists on Financial Incentives for Altruistic Non-Directed Living Kidney Donors
F. Aziz¹, B. Hafeeq¹, J. C. Gopinathan¹, R. Narayanan¹, A. Krishnakumar¹, N. A. Uvais.²
¹Nephrology, Iqraa International Hospital and Research Centre, Calicut, India, ²Psychiatry, Iqraa International Hospital and Research Centre, Calicut, India
*Purpose: Several strategies have been suggested to remove financial barriers that can arise from donating a kidney, including payment in the form of incentives, rewards…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Socio-Demographic Disparities in Access to Organs from HCV-Viremic Donors among HCV-Negative Patients
T. Nguyen¹, W. Williams², M. Sise², P. Reese³, D. Goldberg¹
¹Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: The success of pilot trials of transplanting organs from hepatitis C virus (HCV) viremic donors into HCV-negative recipients (HCV D+/R-) has led to an…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Comparing Early Kidney after Liver Transplant (KALT) and Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplant (SLK): Evaluating Racial Disparities. Will Everyone Have the Same “Safety Net”?
C. Jay¹, R. Stratta¹, W. Washburn², J. Rogers¹, S. Rudnick¹, A. Reeves-Daniel¹, J. Heimbach³
¹Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, NC, ²The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ³Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, MN
*Purpose: In 2017, UNOS implemented simultaneous liver-kidney transplant (SLK) guidelines that included medical eligibility criteria and a “safety net” providing prioritization on the kidney transplant…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Belatacept in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Previous Non-Renal Solid Organ Transplants
O. Cristea, C. Larsen, I. Badell
Emory Transplant Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Selective co-stimulatory blockade with belatacept has demonstrated long-term benefits in renal transplantation, with improved glomerular filtration rate and decreased risk of death and graft…
2020 American Transplant Congress
New Strategy to Maximize Nanomedicine Delivery During Ex Vivo Organ Perfusion
C. Albert¹, L. Bracaglia¹, A. Koide², C. M. Edwards³, T. Lysyy³, J. S. Pober⁴, M. Saltzman¹, S. Koide², G. Tietjen³
¹Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT, ²Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, ³Surgery, Yale University, New Haven, CT, ⁴Immunobiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT
*Purpose: Organ transplant is a highly successful therapy for patients facing end stage organ failure. However, there is a severe lack of transplantable organs which…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Successful Liver-Kidney Transplantation in a Highly Sensitized Pediatric Patient
M. Bock, M. Chandran, J. Goebel, E. Blanchette, M. Wachs, M. Adams, S. Sundaram
Children's Hospital Colorado, Denver, CO
*Purpose: While immunologically challenging and controversial, we report a successful case of same donor staged simultaneous liver-kidney transplant (SLK) in a highly sensitized child against…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Effect of JC Virus on Polyomavirus Nephropathy in Renal Transplant Recipients
G. Huang, Y. Huang, X. Chen, J. Qiu, J. Li, C. Wang, L. Chen
The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
*Purpose: To investigate the effect of JC virus (JCV) on the development and prognosis of BK virus (BKV) infection and polyomavirus nephropathy (PVN) in renal…

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