2016 American Transplant Congress
Relationship Between Mean Fluorescence Intensity and C1q/C3d-Fixing Capacities of Anti-HLA Antibodies.
The capacity of anti-HLA antibodies (Abs) to activate complement is thought to be an informative property susceptible to facilitate outcome prediction. Two different tests, C1q-…2016 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Patient-Reported Nonadherence with Tacrolimus Level Variability in Renal Transplant Recipients.
Medication nonadherence (NA) continues to be a major cause of graft loss post-transplant. Several methods for prospective adherence monitoring have been described including patient interview…2016 American Transplant Congress
Detecting Renal Allograft Inflammation Using Quantitative Urine Metabolomics and CXCL10.
Background. We studied urine metabolomics (UM) alone or combined with urine CXCL10 to non-invasively detect cellular infiltrates in renal allograft biopsies.Methods. Urines (n=137) were obtained…2016 American Transplant Congress
Continuous Glucose Monitoring in the First 6 Weeks After Transplantation in Pancreas Transplant Recipients.
Introduction The maturation of Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology enables accurate characterization of daily glucose control. We investigated glucose control using CGM in the first…2016 American Transplant Congress
Vascular Composite Allotransplantation Collaborative Initiative Biobank: Bringing the Power Back to Research.
Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Refining Vascular Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) into a useful therapeutic option for patients in need of tissue reconstruction depends on the availability of biological specimens and…2016 American Transplant Congress
Urinary Exosomal Annexin A1 Is a Predictive Biomarker of Post Kidney Transplant Complications.
IntroductionMonitoring of kidney allograft condition is important. We had exhibited non-invasive diagnostic modality of post-kidney transplant complications using urine exosomal and microvesicule (EMV) mRNA of…2016 American Transplant Congress
NanoString Detection of Gene Signatures in Urine During Acute Cellular Rejection of Kidney Grafts.
1Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland; 2UAB, Birmingham; 3Emory, Atlanta; 4MSSM, New York.
Considerable effort has focused on identification of gene expression patterns that may assist in diagnosis of acute cellular rejection. The NanoString platform offers a novel…2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Ethnicity on Tacrolimus Trough/Dose Ratios Following Solid Organ Transplantation.
Mount Sinai Hospital, New York.
Objective: to assess tacrolimus dosing requirements based upon ethnicity in order to help guide future decisions regarding dosage initiation and titration among Hispanic and African…2016 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Actual versus Goal Tacrolimus Levels Post Cardiothoracic Transplant.
Vanderbilt Transplant Center, Nashville, TN.
BackgroundAlthough target tacrolimus (TAC) trough levels necessary to prevent rejection are established post heart/lung transplant (tx), there is little published literature on the proportion of…2016 American Transplant Congress
Urine IP-10 as the Biomarker for ABMR in Kidney Transplant Recipient with DGF.
Background: In the setting of DGF in kidney transplantation (KT), early acute ABMR, which needs early treatment, has to be differentiated from simple ischemic acute…
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