2015 American Transplant Congress
Mesenchymal Stem Cells Suppress Cytotoxicity of Activated Natural Killer Cells in Liver Via the TRAIL-TRAIL Receptor Pathway in Islet Transplantation
Department of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Introduction: Innate immune reactions against islet grafts are considered a major obstacle for intraportal islet transplantation. We have previously reported that liver natural killer (NK)…2015 American Transplant Congress
Hepatic Stellate Cells Inhibit T Cells Through Active TGFβ1 from a Cell-Surface-Bound Latent TGFβ1/GARP Complex
Nonparenchymal cells appear to be critical to maintain the immunoprivileged status of liver as whole liver allografts are well-tolerated in mice, but allo-hepatocytes are rapidly…2015 American Transplant Congress
Bioengineering Liver Allografts through Organ Scaffold Recellularization
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore.
Bioengineering livers using organ scaffolds offers an approach to increasing allograft availability for end stage liver disease. Recellularized liver scaffolds will require multiple differentiated cell…2015 American Transplant Congress
CD52-Negative NK Cells Are Abundant in the Liver and Less Susceptible to Alemtuzumab Treatment
Background: T-cell depleting strategies have become an integral part of immunosuppressive regimens in organ transplantation. Alemtuzumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody against CD52, a cell-surface…2015 American Transplant Congress
Delivery of Heme Oxygenase-1-Cell Penetrating Peptide (HO-1-CPP) Into Hepatocytes, Kupffer and Islet Cells in In Vitro and Ex Vivo Models of Cold Ischemia
In an attempt to increase the number of donor organs available to transplantation extended criteria donor (ECD) organs are more frequently considered. Unfortunately, ECD organs…2015 American Transplant Congress
Activated Protein C Treatment Protects Steatotic and Non-Steatotic Livers Under Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury in Different Manner
Activated protein C (APC) is known to have the cytoprotective effect on liver ischemia–reperfusion injury (IRI) in rat models. However, it is unclear that whether…2015 American Transplant Congress
Ischemia-Induced Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Regulates Autophagy to Determine the Severity of Liver Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
Both endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and autophagy have been implicated in the pathogenesis of ischemia and reperfusion injury (IRI). As essential cellular stress responses against…2015 American Transplant Congress
Suboptimal Vaccination Coverage After Liver Transplantation: Opportunity for Improvement
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.
Elimination of vaccine-preventable disease after solid organ transplantation (SOT) has the potential to improve outcomes. We evaluated immunization rates and the impact of directed recommendations…2015 American Transplant Congress
Down-Regulation of Autophagy Correlates With Increased Apoptosis in the Kidney, But Not in the Liver, of Brain Dead Rats
Organs from brain dead donors have inferior quality and show higher rejection rates after transplantation compared to living donors. Brain death (BD) in the donor…2015 American Transplant Congress
Increased Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 Levels in Biliary Atresia Patients
Renji Hospital, Shanghai, China.
Background: Fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-21, a hormone predominantly secreted by the liver, has recently been reported as a key circulating adipokine involving in metabolic disorders…
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