Articles tagged "Lipoproteins"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Management of Dyslipidemia after Liver Transplantation
S. S. Patel¹, V. A. Rodriguez², M. B. Siddiqui¹, M. Faridnia³, F. Lin⁴, J. Laurenzano⁴, J. Clinton⁴, A. Chandrakumaran³, T. Reichman⁵, C. Bhati⁵, M. S. Siddiqui¹
¹Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ²Department of Bio-statistics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ⁴Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ⁵Department of Transplant Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a major cause of long-term mortality in liver transplant recipients (LTR). Adequate control of CVD risk factors like hypertension, diabetes,…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Identification of Plasma Protein Biomarkers of Acute Renal Allograft Rejection.
M. Rossetti,¹ C. Fitzpatrick,¹ N. Harre,¹ Y. Zheng,¹ N. Mercer,² G. Sunga,¹ D. Gjertson,¹ E. Reed.¹
¹Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; ²Department of Biostatistics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Background & Aim: Upon presentation of clinical symptoms, renal transplant recipients routinely undergo needle core biopsy to diagnose acute graft rejection. This procedure is invasive…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Outcomes of Kidney Allograft Recipients with Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) Risk Alleles from Living Kidney Donors.
C. Dorr,^1,2,3 A. Hart,^1,2,3 D. Schladt,¹ A. Muthusamy,¹ R. Mannon,⁴ W. Oetting,² A. Matas,² P. Jacobson,² A. Israni.^1,2,3
¹Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis; ²University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; ³Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis; ⁴University of Alabama, Birmingham.
Background:Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) alleles G1 and G2 in deceased donors are associated with poor kidney allograft survival. However, the effect of these alleles in living…