2019 American Transplant Congress
Sub-Optimal Renal Recovery and Progressive Chronic Kidney Disease after Living Kidney Donation
*Purpose: Post-operative renal recovery after nephrectomy is a substantial problem to be addressed in living kidney donors. Herein, we explored factors associated with renal recovery…2019 American Transplant Congress
Effect of HLA Mismatch on Recurrence and Graft Loss in Living versus Deceased Kidney Transplant Recipients with IgA Nephropathy
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: A registry based study from Australia and New Zealand reported increased risk of recurrent IgA nephropathy (IgAN) in zero-HLA-mismatched living donor kidney transplant (LDKT)…2019 American Transplant Congress
Identification of Rare Genetic Disorders in Kidney Transplantation Recipients with Un-Diagnosed Nephropathy through NGS Approach
Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
*Purpose: About 10% of end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients have no diagnosis of the primary kidney disease. Patients with unknown renal pathology can access…2019 American Transplant Congress
Prevention of Diabetic Nephropathy after Kidney Transplantation Requires More Than Pursuing Low Levels of Glycated Hemoglobin
*Purpose: Diabetic nephropathy is the leading cause of end-stage renal disease and progresses in five stages. During the second stage, morphologic lesions develop, without signs…2018 American Transplant Congress
Multicentre Epidemiological Study on Prevalence of Recurrent Glomerular Disease Post-Transplantation in the United Kingdom
Introduction: Primary glomerulonephritidies (GN) can recur in the renal allograft and are possibly associated with poorer allograft outcome. The prevalence of recurrence varies widely and…2018 American Transplant Congress
Recurrence of Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy in Related Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients
BackgroundSecondary to an increase in the graft survival rates in patients undergoing successful kidney transplantation, an increase in the occurrence of recurrent glomerulonephritis has been…2018 American Transplant Congress
Multiplexed Immunofluorescence to Investigate the Immune Response to BK Virus in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
Background: BK virus-associated nephropathy (BKVN) is a significant complication in renal transplantation that leads to allograft dysfunction or failure. BKV is thought to reactivate as…2018 American Transplant Congress
Prediction of BK Viremia by Urine BK Viral Load in Renal Transplant Patients: BK Viral Load Results in Paired Urine and Plasma Samples
BK virus (BKV) associated nephropathy (BKVAN) affects up to 10% of renal transplant recipients, causing graft failure without intervention; a presumptive BKVAN diagnosis is made…2017 American Transplant Congress
Full Dose Cyclosporine Permanently Reverses Uncontrolled BK Viremia That Is Refractory to Tacrolimus Minimization.
Medicine, UCSD School of Medicine, San Diego, CA
Latent BK infection is benign and common in transplanted kidneys, but active infection causes viremia and kidney damage. Standard practice is to reduce tacrolimus (TAC)…2017 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for Polyomavirus Infection After Renal Transplantation: Introduction of the Protective Effect of Peritoneal Dialysis.
Medicine, Western University, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada
Objective: To determine the roles of pre and post-transplant variables on the risk of BK virus infection after renal transplantation.Method: This study is a single-…
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