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Articles tagged "Liver"

  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Increased Frequency of Post-Recovery Liver Reallocation: The Law of Unintended Consequences?

    J. Orlowski, C. Muse, J. Whaley, R. Squires.

    LifeShare of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK.

    Background: In June 2013, U.S. liver allocation changed from a local-regional-national model to “Share 35”, broadening sharing to a regional level based upon recipient listed…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Outcomes Following Inguinal Hernia Repair in Liver Transplant Recipients.

    N. Dagher, S. DiBrito, I. Olorundare, C. Landazabal, D. Segev.

    Surgery, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore.

    Liver transplant (LT) recipients are assumed to have poor outcomes following general surgical procedures, which may be a reason why most are directed to transplant…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Initial Experience Treating Hepatitis C Positive Kidney Transplant Recipients with Non-Interferon-Containing Regimens: Successes and Challenges.

    M. Aull, A. Watkins, J. Kim, K. Rhee, D. Dadhania, J. Lee, S. Kapur.

    Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY.

    Historically, treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with interferon-based regimens after kidney transplantation has been associated with risk of rejection & graft loss. Direct…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    The Role of Obesity in Survival Outcomes of Liver Transplant Recipients with High MELD Score.

    S.-H. Chang,1 N. Carlsson,1 X. Liu,2 J. Wellen,3 J. Hagopian,4 T. Horwedel,4 T. Alhamad.5

    1Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis; 2Division of Biostatistics, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis; 3Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis; 4Department of Pharmacy, Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis; 5Renal Division, Washington University, St. Louis.

    Background:Obesity has become an epidemic in the United States. More than one third of adults are obese, defined as having body mass index (BMI) greater…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Evaluation of the Impact of the Implementation of a Specialty Pharmacy Program in the Treatment of Hepatitis C (HCV).

    E. Aldag, T. Pedone, R. Pedersen, S. Besur, K. Safdar, A. Sahajpal.

    Aurora St Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI.

    Background: Current guidelines recommend newer therapies over previous interferon-based treatments. The creation of a specialty pharmacy program within our institution that provides managed care for…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Gsk3β Regulates Macrophage Pro-Inflammatory Immune Activation via AMPK-Mediated Induction of Small Heterodimer Partner (SHP).

    H. Zhou,1,2 J. Zhu,1,3 S. Yue,1 R. Busuttil,1 J. Kupiec-Weglinski,1 X. Wang,2 Y. Zhai.1

    1Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine-University of California-Los Angeles, LA, CA; 2Liver Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China; 3Liver Surgery, Renji Hospital, Shanghai, China.

    Background & AimsAlthough glycogen synthase kinase 3 β (Gsk3β) has been found to play key roles in ischemia and reperfusion injuries (IRI) of different organs,…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Outcomes Following Inguinal Hernia Repair in Patients with End Stage Liver Disease.

    N. Dagher, S. DiBrito, I. Olorundare, C. Landazabal, D. Segev.

    Transplant Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore.

    Increased abdominal pressure and girth from ascites puts patients with end stage liver disease (ESLD) at high risk for inguinal hernia as well as challenges…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Novel Effect of miR-26a:Mdm2:p53 Pathway on Mouse Liver Regeneration.

    J. Zhou, W. Ju, X. Yuan, X. Jiao, D. Wang, X. Zhu, X. He.

    Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

    BACKGROUND: The deficiency of liver regeneration needs to be addressed in the fields of liver surgery, split liver transplantation and living donor liver transplantation. Researches…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Some DCD Livers Function as Well as DBD Livers: The Implications of Discarding Usable Livers.

    J. Scalea, R. Redfield, D. Foley.

    Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.

    Background: Multiple single center and national database reports in the liver transplant literature have demonstrated that liver transplantation following donation after circulatory death (DCD) is…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    ESM1 Gene Promotes Hepatocyte Proliferation Through NF-κB Signal Pathway.

    J. Zhou, W. Ju, X. Jiao, X. Zhu, X. He.

    Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

    BACKGROUND: Effective and timely liver regeneration is pivotal in the prevention of fetal small-for-size syndrome after living donor liver transplantation or split liver transplantation. Our…
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