Articles tagged "Machine preservation"

2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of ELAD C3A Cell Conditioned Medium Enhanced Perfusate Fluid on Functional Recovery of Extended Criteria Donor Livers during Normothermic Machine Perfusion
S. Afford,² L. Wallace,² R. Laing,² Y. Botteon,² D. He,³ S. Soundararajan,⁴ D. Mirza,¹ R. Ashley,³ J. Brotherton,³ H. Mergental,¹ D. Reich.⁴
¹Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom; ²University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; ³Vital Therapies Inc, San Diego, CA; ⁴Drexel University, Philadelphia.
Reconditioning of donor livers by Normothermic Machine Perfusion (NMP) is already increasing the numbers of transplantable organs from the extended criteria donors. The hepatoblastoma-derived cell…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Hypothermic Machine Perfusion Protects Rabbit Kidney Graft through Down Regulation SPP1-MMP7 Signaling Axis
Q. Hu,¹ Z. Zhong,¹ S. Xue,¹ W. Liang,¹ J. Lan,¹ J. Liang,¹ Y. Xiong,¹ Y. Wang,¹ Q. Ye.^1,2
¹Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Transplant Center of Wuhan University, Hubei Key Laboratory of Medical Technology on Transplantation, Wuhan, China; ²The 3rd Xiangya Hospital of Central Sourth University, Changsha, China.
Background: Multicenter studies have indicated that hypothermic machine perfusion(HMP) can be used to prolong cold ischemia time with high-quality preservation and allow utilization of kidney…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Time and Perfusate Dependent Molecular Response in Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion
P. Dromparis,¹ N. Aboelnazar,² S. Wagner,¹ S. Himmat,² C. White,² J. Luc,² D. Freed,² J. Nagendran,² M. Mengel,¹ B. Adam.¹
¹Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; ²Department of Surgery (Cardiac), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Lung transplantation has limited organ utilization and high rates of primary graft dysfunction, in part due to acute lung injury (ALI). Cold static preservation (CSP)…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Gene Silencing with p53 si-RNA Downregulates Inflammatory Markers in the Liver: Potential Utilization during Normothermic Machine Preservation
C. Moore,¹ M. Thijssen,^1,2 X. Wang,³ P. Mandrekar,³ E. Xiaofei,³ R. Abdi,⁴ R. Porte,² A. Bozorgzadeh,¹ H. Leuvenink,² T. Kowalik,³ P. Martins.¹
¹Dept of Surgery, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA; ²Dept of Surgery, Groningen University, Gronigen, Netherlands; ³Dept of Medicine, Univ. of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA; ⁴Transplant Research Institute, Harvard University, Boston, MA.
Background: RNA interference (RNAi) is a process through which RNA induces the activation of endogenous cellular pathways of RNA degradation, resulting in selective and potent…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Continuous Normothermic Ex Vivo Kidney Perfusion to Hypothermic Preservation Methods in Pig Kidneys Donated after Cardiac Death
M. Hamar,^1,2 P. Urbanellis,¹ D. Kollmann,¹ I. Linares,¹ M. Kaths,¹ D. Bagli,³ A. Konvalinka,⁴ I. Mucsi,¹ A. Ghanekar,¹ L. Robinson,² M. Selzner.¹
¹Multi Organ Transplant Program, TGH, Toronto, ON, Canada; ²Division of Nephrology, The Hospital of Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; ³Dept. of Surgery (Urology) & Physiology, The Hospital of Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; ⁴Dept. of Medicine and Institute of Medical Science, UHN and Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Background: Strategies to decrease preservation-related injury in renal grafts donated after circulatory death urgently needed. This highlights the importance of direct comparison of dynamic preservation…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Successful Transplantation of Black Kidneys from Rhabdomyolysis Donors
X-.P. Yuan,¹ C-.B. CHen,¹ Y. Zheng,¹ X. Gu,² Q. Zu,³ C. Wang,¹ X. He.¹
¹Organ Transplant Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; ²Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, China; ³Department of Urology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Background: The kidneys from donors with rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury (AKI) may show discolored appearance. The transplant surgeons may be unwilling to accept a…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Pulsatile Perfusion Machine on Postoperative Outcomes in Standard Criteria Donor Kidney Transplants
S. Costa,^1,2 T. Sandes-Freitas,^1,2 P. Fernandes,² R. Esmeraldo.¹
¹Hospital Geral de Fortaleza, Fortaleza, Brazil; ²Universidade Federal do Ceara, Fortaleza, Brazil.
Introduction: Delayed graft function (DGF) negatively impacts kidney transplant (KT) outcomes. Our aim was to assess the impact of pulsatile machine perfusion (MP) on KT…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Ex Vivo Bloodless Oxygen Carrier for Perfusion of DCD Kidneys during Subnormothermic Storage
P. Luke,^1,2 M. Richard-Mohamed,² A. Haig,³ R. Mayer,² S. Aquil,² A. Sener,² A. Jevnikar,^1,2 R. Bhattacharjee.^1,2
¹Matthew Mailing Centre for Translational Transplant Studies, London, ON, Canada; ²Multi-Organ Transplant Program, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada; ³Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada.
Background: Non-oxygenated static or machine perfusion in cold (4[deg]C) remains the gold standard in transplantation and an optimal method of oxygen delivery to ischemic kidneys…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Biliary pH, Bicarbonate and Glucose Are Suitable Biomarkers of Bile Duct Viability during Normothermic Machine Perfusion of Human Donor Livers
A. Matton,^1,2 Y. de Vries,^1,2 L. Burlage,^1,2 R. van Rijn,^1,2 A. Gouw,³ V. de Meijer,¹ T. Lisman,² R. Porte.¹
¹Department of Surgery, Section Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery & Liver Transplantation, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; ²Surgical Research Laboratory, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; ³Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
Background: Normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) is rapidly making its way into the clinic and can be used for viability assessment of human donor livers prior…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Supercooling of Human Livers to Extend the Preservation Time for Transplantation
R. de Vries,^1,2 S. Tessier,^1,2 P. Banik,^1,2 S. Ozer,^1,2 S. Napgal,^1,2 S. Cronin,^1,2 J. Markmann,^1,2 H. Yeh,^1,2 K. Uygun.^1,2
¹Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; ²Center for Engineering in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Introduction: Extending the maximum preservation time of donor organs could dramatically improve the outcome of organ transplantation. Static cold storage (SCS) at +5[deg]C is the…