Articles tagged "Monitoring"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Non-Invasive Near Infrared Fluorescence Based Monitoring of Macrophage Mediated Inflammation
H. Karagoz¹, N. Vettikattu¹, F. Selek¹, H. Kapucu¹, E. Goktas¹, L. Liu², Y. Kulahci¹, F. Zor¹, J. M. Janjic², V. S. Gorantla¹
¹Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, ²Department of Pharmaceuticals, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Clinical assessments for inflammation and acute rejection (AR) require regular, invasive biopsies followed by staining protocols that provide static images of tissue. Despite such…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Validity and Utility of Urinary CXCL10/Cr Monitoring in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
T. Blydt-Hansen¹, A. Sharma², I. Gibson², C. Weibe², A. Sharma³, V. Langlois⁴, C. Teoh⁴, D. Rush², P. Nickerson², D. Wishart⁵, J. Ho²
¹University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ³University of Western Ontaria, London, ON, Canada, ⁴University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
*Purpose: Effective post-transplant monitoring is hampered by a lack of effective biomarkers. We sought to validate the utility of urinary CXCL10/Cr monitoring of rejection in…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Membrane Expression of CD163 and CD206 by Blood Monocytes is Upregulated in Kidney Allograft Recipients
I. Striz, L. Curnova, V. Svachova, M. Fialova, M. Novotny, O. Viklicky
Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
*Purpose: Blood monocytes differentiating into tissue macrophages or dendritic cells are involved in multiple immune responses including reactions to the transplanted allograft. Peripheral monocytes can…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Torque Teno Virus Level for Risk Stratification of Subclinical Graft Rejection at 12 Months after Kidney Transplantation – An Prospective Observational Cohort Study
K. Doberer, E. Puchhammer, G. Böhmig, G. Bond
Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
*Purpose: Non-invasive monitoring strategies are insufficient to detect patients at risk for subclinical graft rejection after kidney transplantation. The highly prevalent and non-pathogenic Torque Teno…
2020 American Transplant Congress
A Novel Immunoresponse Monitoring System to Predict Chronic Antibody- Mediated Rejection in Kidney Transplant Recipients
N. Iwahara¹, K. Hotta¹, D. Iwami¹, Y. Takada¹, H. Higuchi², H. Sasaki², T. Tanabe², N. Shinohara¹
¹Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, ²Sapporo City General Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
*Purpose: Chronic active antibody mediated rejection (CAAMR) induced by de novo donor specific antibodies (DSA) is the main cause of graft loss in the long-term.…
2020 American Transplant Congress
T-cell Receptor Deep Sequencing to Distinguish Autoimmune Recurrence from Allograft Rejection in Liver Transplant Patients with Autoimmune Liver Disease
K. J. Yang¹, M. Martinez², B. Shonts¹, C. A. Parks¹, A. Z. Obradovic¹, T. M. Savage¹, E. Spyrou¹, S. Lau¹, M. I. Colquhoun¹, K. Rodgers¹, E. Verna³, S. M. Coley⁴, S. Yang¹, Y. Shen⁵, M. Sykes¹
¹Columbia Center for Translational Immunology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, ²Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, NY, ³Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, ⁴Department of Pathology, Columbia University, New York, NY, ⁵Center for Computational Biology & Bioinformatics, Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY
*Purpose: Patients who undergo liver transplantation for autoimmune liver disease (ALD) experience high rates of graft failure. The relative roles of recurrent ALD and rejection…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Patients Evaluated, Listed and Managed Using A Distant Transplant Outreach Care Model (DTrOM)
M. Mujtaba, M. Kueht, S. Hussain, A. Rizvi, S. Shah, R. Kulkarni, S. N. Merwat, A. Gamilla-Crudo, K. Gugliuzza, J. Fair
UTMB, Galveston, TX
*Purpose: All advanced kidney disease and post-transplant patients are not always fortunate enough to be living close to a transplant care center. To this end,…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Is it Time for Immune Screening for Belatacept-Treated Stable Kidney Transplant Patients for Adjust the Immunosuppression?
M. C. Rial¹, F. Caro², N. Ambrosi², D. Guerrieri², A. Calleri¹, E. Chuluyan¹, D. Casadei¹
¹ITAC, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²CEFYBO, UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
*Purpose: Belatacept is a co-stimulation blocker for primary maintenance immunosuppression in kidney transplant recipients. The goal of this work was to study the immunological status…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Lost to Follow-Up in Kidney Transplant Recipients – A QI Project
M. R. D'Costa, H. S. Ohl, S. Iyengar, K. C. Kolbet, C. L. Williams, K. A. Larson, M. S. Ward, H. M. Shriver, W. K. Kremers, M. El Ters
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: Our center actively follows kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) from across the USA and many other countries for the life of the allograft with recommended…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Two Novel Methods to Establish Rat Kidney Transplantation Model
M. Zheng, Z. Gui, Z. Wang, J. Wei, X. Ju, R. Tan, M. Gu
Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China
*Purpose: Rat kidney transplantation model is a standard animal model for the anti-rejection research of kidney transplantation. However, the current methods of the model require…

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