Articles tagged "Rat"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Circulating Galectin-3 Levels Increase in Syngeneic Rat Recipients of Vascularized Composite Allografts Subjected to Prolonged Ischemia
Z. Wang¹, B. Li¹, Y. Wang¹, D. Yoeli¹, N. Nakra¹, N. Limon De La Rosa¹, A. A. Su¹, A. Jani¹, D. W. Mathes¹, K. M. Washington¹, E. Farkash², C. A. Huang¹
¹University of Colorado, Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: During the process of transplantation, organs and tissue are necessarily subjected to some degree of hypoxic and ischemic injury during procurement, preservation and following…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of UW-Based Solutions Formulated to Be Anti-Apoptotic and Neuroprotective of Retinal Ganglion Cells (RGCs) Following Whole Eye Transplantation (WET) in a Rat Model
N. J. Khatter¹, Y. Wang¹, B. Li¹, C. R. Owens¹, A. H. Jani², C. A. Huang¹, R. W. Nickells³, A. A. Su¹, K. M. Washington¹
¹Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ²Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ³Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: As vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) of an intact optical system to restore vision requires overcoming RGC apoptosis caused by ischemia reperfusion injury, UW and…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Exploration of the Optimal pH in Hypothermic Machine Perfusion for Rat Liver Grafts Retrieved from Circulatory Death
S. Sakamoto¹, M. Fukai¹, K. Shibata¹, H. Bochimoto², N. Mohd Zin², N. Kawamura¹, T. Ishikawa¹, M. Fujiyoshi¹, T. Shimamura³, A. Taketomi¹
¹Department of Gastroenterological Surgery 1, Hokkaido University Graduate School, Sapporo, Japan, ²Department of Cell Physiology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ³Division of Organ Transplantation, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
*Purpose: Although some investigators have reported favorable results of hypothermic machine perfusion (HMP) in liver transplantation, the efficacy to the hepatic graft retrieved from circulatory…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Vasodilators in Dual Vessel Normothermic Ex Vivo Liver Machine Perfusion of Rat Liver Grafts
J. M. Gassner, F. Strobl, J. Michelotto, K. Kristina, V. Muth, M. Zimmer, L. Gilles, S. Moosburner, J. Pratschke, I. Sauer, N. Raschzok
Department of Surgery, Experimental Surgery, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
*Purpose: Small animal models of normothermic ex vivo liver machine perfusion (NEVLP) comparable to clinically used protocols are vital to perform translational studies on organ…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Performance of Aged Liver Grafts in a Rat Model of Normothermic Ex Vivo Liver Machine Perfusion
S. Moosburner¹, M. Zimmer¹, J. M. Gassner¹, N. Roschke¹, N. Berndt², J. Michelotto¹, K. H. Hillebrandt¹, J. Pratschke¹, I. M. Sauer¹, N. Raschzok¹
¹Department of Surgery, Experimental Surgery, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Institute of Biochemistry, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
*Purpose: We aimed to characterize the performance of old vs. young liver grafts in a standardized rat model of normothermic ex vivo liver machine perfusion…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Delivery of Plasmin During Machine Perfusion or Cold Storage Flush Improves Early Transplant Outcomes in aRat Dcd Liver Transplant Model
N. Abraham¹, M. Zhang¹, P. Cray², R. Neill¹, G. Cywinska¹, J. Migaly¹, R. Kahan¹, A. Pontula¹, J. Penaflor¹, Q. Gao¹, K. P. Samy¹, J. J. Pollara², V. Novokhatny³, M. G. Hartwig¹, A. S. Barbas¹
¹Duke Division of Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Duke Ex-Vivo Organ Lab (DEVOL), Durham, NC, ²Duke Division of Surgical Sciences, Pollara lab, Durham, NC, ³Bioscience Industrial Group, Grifols R&D, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Ischemic injury of the peribiliary glands and vascular plexus has been described in DCD livers and correlates with the development of cholangiopathy. Investigators have…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Allogenic Cardiac Progenitor Cells Transplantation with Immune Suppressant Cyclosporine a Recovers Myocardial Infarction in Rodent Model
M. Gunasekaran, R. Mishra, S. Sharma, P. Saha, L. Chen, S. Guru, A. Stefanowicz, A. Bilewska, S. Zarinebaf, G. Zhi-Dong, S. Kaushal
Pediatrics, Lurie Childrens Hospital, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Cardiac progenitor cells (CPCs) are well-characterized stem cell type shown to potentiate cardiac regeneration in myocardial infarct (MI) model. However, auto and allo immune…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Development of a Rat Model of Antibody-Mediated Rejection After Liver Transplantation
T. Tajima, K. Hata, J. Kusakabe, H. Miyauchi, S. Uemoto
Dept. of Surgery, Div. of HBP Surgery & Transplantation, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
*Purpose: Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) is a refractory rejection after donor-specific antibody (DSA)-positive or ABO blood-type incompatible liver transplantation (LT), due at least in part to…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Single Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals a Global Increase in Inflammatory Gene Signature Following Normothermic Ex Vivo Liver Perfusion
K. Carlson, J. Pavan-Guimaraes, B. Verhoven, J. Verhagen, F. Najmabadi, D. P. Al-Adra
Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Normothermic ex vivo liver perfusion (NEVLP) provides an exciting system for improved organ preservation and optimized therapeutic agent delivery to a donor liver prior…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Platelets Stimulate Liver Regeneration After Partial Liver Transplantation
K. Takahashi, C. Liang, K. Furuya, T. Oda
GI and HBP Surgery, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
*Purpose: Living donor liver transplant (LDLT) can sometimes be associated with impaired regeneration and severe ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury in the liver graft, resulting in small-for-size…

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