Articles tagged "Nephropathy"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Prevention of Diabetic Nephropathy after Kidney Transplantation Requires More Than Pursuing Low Levels of Glycated Hemoglobin
M. Coemans, E. Van Loon, E. Lerut, D. Kuypers, B. Sprangers, P. Gillard, C. Mathieu, G. Verbeke, M. Naesens
KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
*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…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Recurrent Diabetic Nephropathy Despite Intensive Glycemic Control: An Observational Cohort Study
M. Coemans, E. Van Loon, E. Lerut, D. Kuypers, B. Sprangers, P. Gillard, C. Mathieu, G. Verbeke, M. Naesens
KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
*Purpose: After kidney transplantation, recurrence of diabetic nephropathy has been reported. The presentation and kinetics of recurrent diabetic nephropathy and its risk factors remain however…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Sub-Optimal Renal Recovery and Progressive Chronic Kidney Disease after Living Kidney Donation
Y. Kim¹, C. Jeong², H. Kim², J. Ha³, C. Ahn¹, Y. Kim¹, H. Lee¹
¹Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Department of Urology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*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
T. Ishaque, F. A. Ammary, K. Jackson, D. L. Segev, A. B. Massie
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)…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Multicentre Epidemiological Study on Prevalence of Recurrent Glomerular Disease Post-Transplantation in the United Kingdom
R. Aguiar.
On Behalf of NIHR Health Informatics Collaborative (HIC)- Transplantation Theme, London, 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
M. Okumi,¹ D. Okada,¹ K. Unagami,² Y. Kakuta,¹ H. Shirakawa,³ T. Shimizu,⁴ K. Omoto,⁴ H. Ishida,¹ K. Tanabe.¹
¹Urology, Toyko Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan; ²Nephrology, Toyko Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan; ³Urology, Ohkubo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan; ⁴Urology, Toda Chuo General Hospital, Saitama, Japan.
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
C. Fajardo,¹ P. Grimm,¹ N. Kambham,² G. Nolan,³ N. Samusik,³ J. Maltzman.³
¹Pediatrics, Stanford, Stanford, CA; ²Pathology, Stanford, Stanford, CA; ³Immunology, Stanford, Stanford, CA.
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
K. Madden,¹ C. Janitell,² S. Yang.²
¹Pathology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM; ²Microbiology, Tricore Reference Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM.
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
Genomic Analysis of Gene Expression in Human Kidney Transplants Identifies Moxd1 as a Key Driver for Renal Fibrosis.
C. Wei,¹ M. Menon,¹ W. Zhang,¹ C. Woytovich,¹ N. Philippe,¹ J. He,^1,2 B. Murphy,¹ C. Wei.
¹Division of Nephrology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY; ²Renal Section, James J Peter Veterans Affairs Medical Center, New York, NY
Chronic allograft injury (CAI), characterized histologically by high chronic allograft dysfunction index (CADI) score on biopsy, is known to be a major determinant of graft…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Hepatitis B Virus Infection Is Associated with Recurrent Nephropathy After Kidney Transplantation.
G. Chen, C. Wang, Z. Wu, C. Wang, J. Qiu, L. Chen.
Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Background Hepatitis B virus(HBV) infection can cause HBV associated nephropathy, and is one of the major reasons for secondary nephropathy. We carried out a retrospective…