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Articles tagged "Rejection"

  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Immunosuppression and Reoperation After Simultaneous Kidney Pancreas Transplantation Convey Greatest Risk for Rejection

    C. Bratton, V. Rohan, S. Nadig, J. Mcgillicuddy, K. Chavin, P. Baliga, D. Taber.

    MUSC, Charleston, SC.

    Background: Episodes of acute cellular rejection (ACR) convey significant morbidity after simultaneous kidney and pancreas transplantation (SPK). The role of recipient sensitization, immunosuppression (IS) and…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Validation of a Peripheral Blood Gene Expression Profile for SubClinical Acute Rejection in Kidney Transplant Recipients – Findings from the CTOT 08 Study

    J. Friedewald,1 S. Kurian,2 T. Gelbart,2 D. Salomon,2 M. Abecassis.1

    1Northwestern University, Chicago; 2Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla.

    Background: Sub-clinical acute rejection (SCAR) is histologic acute cellular rejection in the presence of a normal/stable serum creatinine, and is associated with worse graft survival.…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Significance of an Isolated Elevated PRA in Renal Transplantation

    S. Kuten, S. Patel, G. Land, T. Eagar, R. Knight, J. Loucks, L. Gaber, A. Gaber.

    Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX.

    Transplant centers have traditionally discerned a patient's immunologic risk based on peak panel reactive antibody (PRA) levels. However, in a given patient, pre-transplant PRA may…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    The Correlation Between Donor Specific Antibodies and Heart Transplant Rejection

    R. Bedard,1 P. Jindra,2 M. Manson,1 M. Moaddab,1 H. Mallidi,3 W. Etheridge,1 A. Civitello,3 R. Kerman.2

    1CHI St. Luke's Health - Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, Houston, TX; 2Immune Evaluation Laboratory, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; 3Texas Heart Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.

    The presence of donor specific HLA antibodies (DSA) has been shown to be detrimental to heart transplant (HTx) survival. Virtual crossmatching (VXM) offers a rapid…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    A New Diagnostic Tool for Antibody Mediated Rejection in Heart and Lung Transplantation: Intragraft Donor Specific Anti-HLA Antibodies Detection

    J. Olagne,1,2,3 A. Parissiadis,2 N. Froelich,2 S. Caillard,1 M.-P. Chenard,3 E. Epailly,4 H. Kremer,4 T. Degot,5 S. Hirschi,5 R. Kessler,5 B. Moulin.1

    1Service de Néphrologie - Transplantation, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Strasbourg, France; 2Laboratoire d'Histocompatibilité, Etablissement Français du Sang, Strasbourg, Alsace, France; 3Département de Pathologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Strasbourg, France; 4Service de Cardiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Strasbourg, France; 5Service de Pneumologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Strasbourg, France.

    INTRODUCTION: Antibody mediated rejection (AMR) is one of the causes of dysfunction and graft loss. The limited histological features, with a weak sensibility of c4d,…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    The Impact of a Desensitization Protocol Using Plasmapheresis and Intravenous Immunoglobulin On Graft Outcome in Kidney Recipients With Donor Specific Anti-HLA Antibodies

    J. Junqueira, T. Leite, A. Junqueira, R. Esmeraldo.

    Hospital Geral de Fortaleza, Fortaleza, Brazil.

    Introduction: Kidney transplantation in patients with donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies (DSA) has been associated with a worse prognosis. The high cost, infectious complications and conflicting results…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Pre-Transplant Donor Specific Antibody With Negative Flow-Crossmatch Was Related to Higher Acute Rejection But Not to Poor Graft Survival

    A. Guichard-Romero, L. Marino-Vazquez, M. Lopez, N. Castelan, A. De-Santiago, N. Uribe-Uribe, J. Alberu, L. Morales-Buenrostro.

    Nephrology, Transplantation, and Pathology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico.

    Background: DSA have been associated to lower graft survival and a higher humoral rejection rate, but there is a concern about the clinical impact of…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    High-Resolution Perfusion Mapping to Detect Heart Transplant Rejection Using Contrast Enhance Ultrasound

    K. Fischer,1,2 S. Ohori,2 F. Meral,1 S. Giannini,2 K. Hoffmeister,2 H. Athar,2 T. Ichimura,2 R. Smith,3 M. Giverts,2 F. Jolesz,1 R. Abdi.2

    1Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston; 2Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston; 3Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

    Background: One of the key unmet needs in heart transplantation is an effective and accurate, non-invasive tool to diagnose acute and chronic heart transplant rejection.…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Improving ABMR Diagnostics Through Advanced Anti-HLA Antibody Screening Techniques

    R. Ponsirenas,1,2 H. Cazarote,1,2 S. Shimakura,3 J. Valdameri,1 F. Contieri,4 C. von Glehn,1,2 M. Susin.1,2

    1Transplant Immunology Laboratory, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil; 2Medicine School, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil; 3Departament of Statistics, Universidade Federal do Parana, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil; 4Kidney Transplant Unit, Hospital Evangélico de Curitiba, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil.

    The identification of low-level antibodies by single antigen bead methodology has brought advancements in risk evaluation of kidney transplants recipients. However, the use of the…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Cyclophosphamide as a Salvage Therapy for Combined Intravenous Immunoglobulins and Plasmapheresis Refractory Antibody-Mediated Rejection

    W. Habhab,1 A. Dada,2 M. Alwassia,1 N. Baz,2 N. Zabani,1 A. Fahmy,1 A. Abdul Malik.1

    1Nephrology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 2Pathlogy, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

    Acute antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) poses a significant risk to graft survival. Current or standard treatment (ST) of AMR currently consists of plasmapheresis (PP), intravenous immunoglobulin…
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