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…2016 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Transplant Anti-A Titers in Waitlisted A2 to B Kidney Transplant Candidates.
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.
Introduction:The KAS allocates A2 and A2B donor kidneys to blood type B candidates. Research is limited and variability exists among centers regarding the significance, relevance,…2016 American Transplant Congress
Down-Regulated of Circulating miR-29b, miR-185 and NR_073415.2 in Post-Transplanted Patients with Cytomegalovirus Infection May Serve as Novel Biomarkers for Early Diagnosis.
Aims: Mortality of CMV infection in post-transplanted patients was quite high, which severely influencing the long-term survival of recipients. For giving them early treatment and…2016 American Transplant Congress
CMV Monitoring Reduces Risk of Clinical Complications in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC.
Objective: Review the advantages of CMV viral load monitoring in preventing CMV associated complications in kidney transplant recipientsMethods: All individuals who underwent a kidney transplant…2016 American Transplant Congress
Immune Tolerance Monitoring in Renal Allograft Tolerance Induced by Transient Mixed Chimerism in Nonhuman Primates and Humans.
Center for Transplantation Science, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Background: Successful induction of allograft tolerance in MHC-mismatched kidney transplantation has been achieved after induction of transient chimerism in both nonhuman primates (NHP) and humans.…