Articles tagged "Pregnancy"

2018 American Transplant Congress
Acquired Resistance to Transplantation Tolerance as a Result of Prior Pregnancy Requires B Cells
A. Suah,¹ S. Khiew,¹ J. Young,¹ D. Yin,¹ Q. Wang,¹ M. Alegre,² A. Chong.¹
¹Surgery, Univeristy of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL; ²Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Introduction: Clinical data suggest allogeneic pregnancy is a sensitizing event; yet, recent data from mouse models indicates it induces fetal-specific regulatory T cell (Treg) expansion…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Pregnancies in Female Pancreas Transplant Alone Recipients
P. Patel,¹ D. Kliniewski,² L. Coscia,² D. Armenti,² S. Constantinescu,^2,3 M. Moritz.^1,2,4
¹Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA; ²Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Gift of Life Institute, Philadelphia; ³Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; ⁴Surgery, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL.
This is the first series report of pregnancies after pancreas transplant alone (PTA). Data were collected by the Transplant Pregnancy Registry International (TPR) via questionnaires,…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Subsequent Pregnancies in Female Heart Transplant Recipients
S. Rao,^1,2 D. Armenti,¹ L. Coscia,¹ S. Constantinescu,^1,2 M. Moritz.^1,3,4
¹Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Gift of Life Institute, Philadelphia, PA; ²Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; ³Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA; ⁴Surgery, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL.
The purpose of this study is to analyze the maternal and newborn outcomes in successive pregnancies in female heart transplant recipients (HT) reported to the…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Pregnancy Outcomes in Kidney Recipients with Lupus Nephritis
S. Rao,^1,2 L. Coscia,¹ D. Armenti,¹ M. Moritz,^1,3,4 S. Constantinescu.^1,2
¹Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Gift of Life Institute, Philadelphia, PA; ²Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; ³Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA; ⁴Surgery, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL.
Lupus nephritis (LN) predominately affects females of childbearing age. This study aims to characterize pregnancy outcomes in kidney transplant recipients (KT) with LN compared to…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Social Outcome after Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
Y. Hamasaki,¹ T. Matsuda,¹ M. Kubota,¹ J. Hashimoto,¹ Y. Takahashi,¹ M. Muramatsu,² T. Kawamura,³ K. Sakai,² S. Shishido.^1,2
¹Pediatric Nephrology, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; ²Nephrology, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; ³Nephrology, Sakura Medical Center, Toho University, Sakura, Japan.
BackgroundPatients' and graft survival rates after pediatric kidney transplantation (KTx) were recently improved because of progress in immunosuppressants, perioperative care, and operative procedures. Therefore the…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Demand for Uterine Transplantation in the United States: Initial Recruitment Results of a Trial of Uterine Transplantation in the Northeast U.S.
P. Porrett,¹ N. Latif,² E. Wang,² L. Sortor,³ S. Levin,⁴ A. Shaked,¹ K. Olthoff,¹ C. Coutifaris,² D. Driscoll,² K. O'Neill.²
¹Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ²OB/Gyn, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ³Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ⁴Orthopedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Background Uterine factor infertility (UFI) may affect 7 million women in the United States. Uterine transplantation (UTx) is an emerging treatment for UFI, particularly in…
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Maternal and Fetal Outcomes in Living Kidney Donors in Korea
H. Lee,¹ K. Yoo,² M. Yu,¹ Y. Kim.¹
¹Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea; ²Dongguk University College of Medicine, Gyeongju, Korea.
Background. Mild elevation of blood pressure after unilateral nephrectomy may contribute to elevate gestational hypertension or preeclampsia in women donors. To date, impact of kidney…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Donor Specific Antibodies Increase the Risk of Preeclampsia in Pregnant Kidney Transplant Recipients
M. Lubetzky, T. Muthukumar, J. Lee, J. Lee, C. Hartono, L. Mahla, D. Serur, D. Dadhania.
Weill Cornell-New York Presbyterian, NY, NY.
Kidney transplant recipients are at an increased risk for pregnancy-associated complications including preeclampsia (PEC). Endothelial injury in the placenta is a hallmark of PEC. The…
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Pregnancy Outcomes after Living Liver Donation
G. Lee, E. Sonnenberg, K. Olthoff, D. Goldberg, P. Abt.
Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Introduction: Women who have previously donated a kidney are at increased risk of pre-eclampsia. Nearly half of living liver donors are women of child-bearing age.…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Fate and Function of CD8+ T Cells Primed by Fetal Antigen During Pregnancy.
P. Porrett,¹ R. Xu,¹ E. Wherry.²
¹Surgery, University of Pennyslvania, Philadelphia, PA; ²Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background The long-term fate of maternal T cells primed by fetal antigen during pregnancy has not been well studied but may have significant impact for…