2018 American Transplant Congress
Carfilzomib and Belatacept Reduces DSA and Prolongs Survival in a Highly Sensitized Rhesus Model of Kidney Transplantation
Duke Transplant Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
Purpose:Sensitized kidney transplant (KT) recipients have poor access to transplantation and inferior outcomes when transplanted. Conventional methods of desensitization remove donor specific antibody (DSA) temporarily,…2018 American Transplant Congress
Ultra Low Dose of IL-2 Produces Long-Term Drug-Free Survival of Cynomolgus Islets Allografts
1Medicine and Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; 2Surgery, MGH, Boston, MA.
Therapeutic principles established in non-human transplant models have value for clinical application despite cost related limitations on sample size. We have tested new therapies in…2018 American Transplant Congress
Combination Proteasome Inhibition and Anti-BAFF Therapy Permits Highly Sensitized Rhesus Kidney Transplantation
Duke Transplant Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
Purpose:HLA-sensitization is a significant immunologic barrier to successful kidney transplantation (KT). We have shown that proteasome inhibition (PI) in insolation reduces plasma cells (PCs), but…2018 American Transplant Congress
Mechanisms of Vascularized Bone Marrow Graft Protection of Vascularized Composite Allografts
Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.
Background Co-transplantation of vascularized bone marrow (VBM) promotes vascularized composite allograft (VCA) survival with standard immunosuppression in a non-human primate (NHP) model. We investigated mechanisms…2018 American Transplant Congress
Targeted Donor Complement Blockade after Brain-Death Prevents Delayed Graft Function but Not Progression to Antibody-Mediated Rejection in a Non-Human Primate Model of Kidney Allo-Transplantation
1Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; 2Pharming Group N.V, Leiden, Netherlands.
Introduction: Donor brain death (BD) triggers a complement-mediated inflammatory response linked to renal injury which has been associated to delayed graft function (DGF) and the…2018 American Transplant Congress
Preemptive B Cell Depletion Modulates Pathogenic Alloimmunity Associated with Selective Non-Activating CD28 Blockade
Purpose: Because anti-donor alloantibody (alloAb) elaboration is associated with chronic allograft rejection, peri-transplant B cell depletion is being explored to modulate pathogenic alloimmunity. Here, we…2018 American Transplant Congress
CD8-Expressing Transitional B Cells Dominate B Cell Reconstitution in Transplanted Monkeys Receiving Mixed Chimerism Conditioning
Center for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
IntroductionTolerance of heart or lung allografts have been achieved for the first time in nonhuman primates (NHPs) using a mixed chimerism conditioning regimen. However, the…2018 American Transplant Congress
Humoral Immunity to CMV Remains Intact after Dual Targeting Desensitization in Allosensitized Nonhuman Primates
Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
Desensitization to remove donor specific antibody (DSA) is a way to expand the pool of potential donors for sensitized patients. This study compared the effects…2017 American Transplant Congress
Induction of Delayed Renal Allograft Tolerance Using Only Clinically Available Reagents in Non-Human Primates.
Center for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Background: We have previously reported successful induction of renal allograft tolerance following a period of conventional immunosuppression (Delayed tolerance) using nonmyeloablative conditioning that included anti-CD154…2017 American Transplant Congress
Patterns of Monocyte Differentiation and Activation in a Non-Human Primate Model of Brain Death.
Surgery - Division of Transplantation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Brain-death (BD) induces a systemic inflammatory response known to impair tissue perfusion and promote graft immunogenicity. Monocytes play a significant role in the regulation of…
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