2015 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of HIV+ Liver Transplant Recipients Compared to HCV+ or HIV+/HCV+ Co-Infected Recipients: The “Real World” Experience
End stage liver disease is a frequent cause of mortality in patients with HIV. Though demonstrated in the NIH observational trial, the effectiveness of LT…2015 American Transplant Congress
Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin Is Associated With Improved Patient and Graft Survival in Liver Transplantation. Experience With 595 Patients
BACKGROUND: Use of induction therapy in liver transplantation is debatable. We aimed to compare clinical outcomes of different induction protocols in liver transplant recipients.METHODS: Retrospective…2015 American Transplant Congress
Normothemic Machine Perfusion of Liver Grafts Promotes Liver Regeneration and Inhibits Tissue Inflammation
Background & aim: liver transplantation I/R injury is associated with inflammation, affecting graft outcome. Ex-vivo normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) to donor livers before transplantation reduces…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Preformed and De Novo Donor-Specific Antibodies (DSA) in Acute Rejection (AR) After Liver Transplantation (LTX)
BACKGROUND: The role of preformed and den novo formed DSA in LTX is not fully revealed. The aim of our study was to determine if…2015 American Transplant Congress
Financial Impact of an Advanced Liver Disease Service on a Tertiary Health System
Regional disparities in liver transplantation motivated revision of national organ-sharing policies towards critically ill patients. Liver transplantation of high MELD patients incorporates significant institutional commitment…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Product of Donor Age and Preoperative MELD, D-MELD, Predicts Surgical Outcomes After LDLT, When Using Small Graft
Background:Donor-recipient match is recognized as the factor well predicting recipient outcome in deceased donor liver transplantation. The aim of the present study is to evaluate…2015 American Transplant Congress
Historical Comparison of Projected and Observed Liver Transplants
We aimed to compare liver transplant simulation projections to observed data before and after a major policy update. The current liver simulated allocation model (LSAM…2015 American Transplant Congress
U.S. National Experience of Liver Transplantation Using Allografts from Octogenarian Donors
Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.
IntroductionA continuous worsening of donor organ shortage has led to expand organ acceptance criteria. It is still theoretically possible to utilize hepatic allografts from donors…2015 American Transplant Congress
Mechanisms Underlying Treg Dysfunction in DAIH- Role for PD-L1?
Background: we have previously shown that ex vivo Tregs from patients with DAIH demonstrate differentiation plasticity towards TH17. To understand the mechanisms underlying this we…2015 American Transplant Congress
Association Between Polymorphisms of PPM1E Gene and Tumor Size of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients
The protein phosphatase, Mg2+/Mn2+ dependent, 1E (PPM1E) inactivates multiple substrates including 5'-AMP activate protein kinases (AMPK) which inhibits the growth and survival of cancer cells.…
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