Articles tagged "Preservation solutions"

2019 American Transplant Congress
New Reactive Oxygen Species Scavenger Prevents Injury in Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury Model
N. Bath, W. Fahl, R. Redfield III
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Despite the success of preservation solutions, Ischemia-Reperfusion (IR) injury remains a significant problem for all solid organ transplants. As a result, an important, unmet…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Significance and Impact of Screening Preservation Fluid Cultures in Renal Transplant Recipients
A. Reticker, A. Lichvar, A. Gross, E. Benedetti, S. Patel
University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Preservation fluid (PF) is necessary to maintain organ viability but serves as a vector for infection. The utility of routine PF screening and impact…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of the Beneficial Activity of α-Lipoic Acid Treatment Depend on the Quality of the Graft Kidneys
F. Osella¹, N. Ambrosi², G. Werber¹, F. Caro², S. Beltramino¹, I. Cabrera¹, G. Hilchenbach¹, L. Diaz Alvarez¹, C. Incardona³, E. Chuluyan², D. Casadei¹
¹Instituto de Trasplante y Alta Complejidad, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²CEFYBO, UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³GADOR S.A., Buenos Aires, Argentina
*Purpose: In a previous preliminary study, with a small number of patients, we observed that the treatment of the donor and the recipient with the…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Involvement of Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) in Fatty Liver Graft Protection Mechanisms against Cold Ischemic Injury
A. Panisello-Rosello,¹ A. Lopez,² C. Castro,² S. Bellogi,¹ E. Folch-Puy,¹ A. Rolo,³ C. Palmeira,³ R. Adam, J. Roselló-Catafau.
¹Experimental Pathology, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; ²INSERM U935, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Paris, France; ³Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Aldehyde dehydogenase (ALDH2) is a mitochondrial enzyme that recently has been involved in the cardioprotection against ischemia injury. No data are reported on the potential…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Ex-Vivo Subnormothermic Oxygenated Machine Perfusion of Rodent Hindlimb: Feasibility Study to Elongate Preservation Time of Vascularized Composite Allograft
L. Burlage,^1,2 A. Lellouch,^3,4 S. Tessier,¹ C. Pendexter,¹ S. Cronin,¹ M. Schol,³ M. Randolph,³ R. Porte,² L. Lantieri,⁴ C. Cetrulo,³ K. Uygun.¹
¹Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston; ²Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; ³Plastic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston; ⁴Plastic Surgery, European George Pompidou Hospital, Paris, France.
PURPOSE: A pressing challenge in the field of VCA is adequate tissue preservation. Static cold preservation, successfully used in field of solid organ transplantation, greatly…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Ex Vivo Bloodless Oxygen Carrier for Perfusion of DCD Kidneys during Subnormothermic Storage
P. Luke,^1,2 M. Richard-Mohamed,² A. Haig,³ R. Mayer,² S. Aquil,² A. Sener,² A. Jevnikar,^1,2 R. Bhattacharjee.^1,2
¹Matthew Mailing Centre for Translational Transplant Studies, London, ON, Canada; ²Multi-Organ Transplant Program, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada; ³Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada.
Background: Non-oxygenated static or machine perfusion in cold (4[deg]C) remains the gold standard in transplantation and an optimal method of oxygen delivery to ischemic kidneys…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Graft Perfusion with Alvespimycin, an HSP90 Inhibitor, Suppresses Acute Allograft Rejection and Prolongs Graft Survival in Murine Heart Transplantation
T. Tanaka, T. Maehana, N. Masumori.
Department of Urology, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan.
Purpose: We have previously demonstrated that administration of a heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) inhibitor to recipients prolonged the allograft survival in murine skin and…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Supercooling of Human Livers to Extend the Preservation Time for Transplantation
R. de Vries,^1,2 S. Tessier,^1,2 P. Banik,^1,2 S. Ozer,^1,2 S. Napgal,^1,2 S. Cronin,^1,2 J. Markmann,^1,2 H. Yeh,^1,2 K. Uygun.^1,2
¹Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; ²Center for Engineering in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Introduction: Extending the maximum preservation time of donor organs could dramatically improve the outcome of organ transplantation. Static cold storage (SCS) at +5[deg]C is the…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Steatotic Human Livers Show Inferior Function Compared to Non-Steatotic Livers During Ex-Situ Viability Assessment by Oxygenated Machine Perfusion.
N. Karimian,¹ V. Huang,¹ F. Fontan,¹ M. Aburawi,¹ S. Geerts,¹ S. Mert,¹ I. Beijert,² R. Porte,² M. Yarmush,¹ K. Uygun,¹ J. Markmann,¹ H. Yeh.¹
¹Division of Transplantation, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; ²Division of Transplantation, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Fatty livers are frequently declined for transplantation due to high risk of primary non-function. Ex-situ oxygenated machine perfusion (MP) is superior to static cold storage…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Modulating Ischemia-Reperfusion Injuries with Pharmacological Agents: A Bench-to-Bedside Approach.
M. Thomas, G. Tardif, A. Melanger, P. Berna.
Balmes Transplantation, Marseille, France
Ischemia–reperfusion (IR) is a complex pathophysiological process encompassing activation of inflammatory responses and cell death programs, the severity of which critically influences both the short…