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Articles tagged "Liver"

  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Ischemia-Induced Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Regulates Autophagy to Determine the Severity of Liver Ischemia Reperfusion Injury

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

    1The Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; 2Liver Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.

    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

    L. Danziger-Isakov, S. Blum, G. Paulsen, M. Lake, R. Rengering, M. Duncan, J. Zigmond, K. Campbell, J. Bucuvalas.

    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

    A. van Erp,1 R. Rebolledo,3 P. Ottens,1 J. Pirenne,2 H. Leuvenink,1 J.-P. Decuypere.2

    1Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; 2Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; 3Department of Surgery, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.

    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

    D. Li, T. Lu, Y. Shan, C. Shen, X. Hua, M. Zhang, Q. Xia.

    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…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Effect of Fully Laparoscopic Left Hepatectomy on Donor Interest in Living Donor Liver Transplantation (LDLT)

    A. Yegiants, D. Santamour, T. Mansour, J. Pisa, J. Emond, B. Samstein.

    Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.

    Purpose: Laparoscopy was extended to liver donation to reduce invasiveness and our center has offered selected patients fully laparoscopic procurement since 8/12. We sought to…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Changing Demographics of HIV+ Liver Transplant Candidates

    C. Durand, S. Gustafson, J. Locke, J. Snyder, B. Shelton, R. Reed, P. MacLennan, S. Mehta, A. Nellore, D. Segev.

    Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR), Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN; University of Alabama, Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.

    Liver transplant (LT) is considered a reasonable therapeutic option for certain HIV+ patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD). As OPTN does not collect HIV status…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Post-Liver Transplant Delirium Is Associated With Increased Mortality and Prolonged Length of Stay

    N. Oliver,1 S. Anders,1 A. Freeman,1 K. Fine,1 A. Cohen,1,2 G. Loss,1,2 H. Bohorquez.1,2

    1Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, LA; 2School of Medicine, The Queensland University, New Orleans, LA.

    Delirium after liver transplantation (LT) has been reported to increase ICU and hospital length of stay, but limited information is available regarding the incidence, potential…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Patients With Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) Experience Survival Benefit After Live Donor Liver Transplantation (LDLT)

    M. Simpson, A. Qamar, F. Gordon, J. Pomposelli, M. Akoad, R. Jenkins, W. Lewis, A. Tien, E. Pomfret.

    Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Diseases, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA.

    Background: SBP is a life threatening complication of end stage liver disease. Reports indicate a 40-50% one year mortality rate in patients who experience SBP…
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