Articles tagged "Rat"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Rat Forelimb Allotransplantation: A Novel Microsurgical Model for Optimized Functional Assessment After Reconstructive Transplantation
B. Kern,¹ S. Tuffaha,¹ M. Khusheim,¹ S. Xiang,¹ G. Furtmueller,¹ K. Sarhane,¹ J. Park,² A. Hoke,² W. Lee,¹ G. Brandacher.¹
¹Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; ²Neurology and NeuroSurgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
Background:Functional outcomes following vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) have been promising, but there is still room for improvement. Studies to investigate strategies to overcome this obstacle…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Rat dnIKK2-Treg Derived Exosomes Suppress T Cell Proliferation, Generate T Regulatory Cells and Prolong Kidney Allograft Survival
S. Aiello, F. Rocchetta, N. Azzollini, S. Tomasoni, G. Remuzzi, M. Noris, A. Benigni.
Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Ranica, Italy.
Rat DCs, made immature by adenoviral gene transfer of dnIKK2, generated in MLR a unique population of CD4+ T regulatory cells (dnIKK2-Treg) which potently inhibited…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Proteasome Activation During Renal Cold Storage and Transplantation: A Novel Pathway for Mitochondrial Destruction?
N. Parajuli, L. MacMillan-Crow.
Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR.
Purpose: Renal cold storage (CS) is considered to be an alloantigen-independent risk factor for long-term transplant outcome. The precise molecular mechanisms responsible for CS-related renal…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Complement Inhibition Via the Lectin Pathway Improves Experimental Cardiac Graft Survival
J. Kindermann,^1,2 M. Waechter,^1,2 R. Bruno,¹ M. Langenmayer,³ T. Dudler,⁴ W. Schwaeble,⁵ E. Kleinert,¹ T. Mayr,^1,2 H. Christian,² R. Wanke,³ J.-M. Abicht,⁶ S. Guethoff.¹
¹Transregio Collaborative Research Center 127, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany; ²Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany; ³Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany; ⁴Omeros Corporation, Seattle, WA; ⁵Department of Infection, Immunity, and Inflammation, Leicester University, Leicester, United Kingdom; ⁶Department of Anaesthesiology, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.
Purpose: While complement activation via both the classical as well as the lectin pathway is believed to contribute to allograft loss, their relative contribution is…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Anti-Apoptotic But Not Mitotic Effects of 3,3',5-triiodo-l-thyronine in the Liver of Brain Dead Rats
A. van Erp,¹ R. Rebolledo,² J. Wiersema-Buist,¹ P. Ottens,¹ H. Leuvenink,¹ P. Romanque.²
¹Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; ²Department of Surgery, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Thyroid hormone treatment in brain dead organ donors has been extensively studied and applied in the clinical setting. However, its effectiveness remains controversial due to…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Effects of Mast Cell Stabilization on the Development of Aspiration-Induced Fibrosis in a Rat Model
E. Sapmaz, Z. Sun, J.-C. Chang, N. Sanders, S. Bell, M. Everett, Z. Holzknecht, W. Parker, R. Davis, S. Lin.
Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
Gastric fluid aspiration affects a great number of lung transplant recipients, both before and after the transplant, and can contribute significantly to morbidity and mortality.…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Lifor Organ Preservation Solution Protects Pulmonary Microvasculature in a Rat Model of Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion and Transplantation
T. Okamoto,^1,3 A. Yasuda,^1,2 D. Mathisen,^1,3 H. Ott.^1,3
¹Center for Regenerative Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; ²Department of Anesthesiology, Massachuetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; ³Department of Surgery, Massachuetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
A. Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion (EVLP) has emerged as an innovative method for lung preservation. Microvascular dysfunction and breakdown of endothelial barrier during EVLP are…