2015 American Transplant Congress
De Novo Donor Specific Antibody (DSA) After Treatment of BK Infection With Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG)
Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Introduction: The primary treatment for polyomavirus BK viral infection (BKV) is a reduction in immunosuppression exposure. However this can lead to rejection and development of…2015 American Transplant Congress
Not Only CD28null But Also CD28pos T Cells Contribute to Rejection During Belatacept Treatment
To explain the underlying immunological mechanisms for rejection under belatacept treatment, the phenotypical and functional characteristics of graft infiltrating lymphocytes were studied during rejection under…2015 American Transplant Congress
A New Diagnostic and Pronostic Tool for Antibody Mediated Rejection in Kidney Transplantation: Intragraft Donor Specific Anti-HLA Antibodies Detection
INTRODUCTION: Antibody mediated rejection (AMR) is one of the main cause of loss of the kidney transplant. Despite the new BANFF classification, diagnostic difficulties and…2015 American Transplant Congress
Alemtuzumab Dose Adjusted for Weight Reduces Infection Post-Renal Transplantation
Imperial College Kidney and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Alemtuzumab [AL] has been increasingly used as an induction agent in renal transplantation. It causes potent lymphocyte depletion and as has been shown to reduce…2015 American Transplant Congress
Induction of HO-1 High Expression Enhances the Capacity of Immature Dendritic Cells to Modulate Alloimmune Responses
Background: It has been reported that HO-1 is critical for tolerogenic dendritic cells (tolDCs) to suppress T cell responses and tolDCs will lost their immunoregulatory…2015 American Transplant Congress
High Within-Patient Variability in Tacrolimus Levels Is a Predictor of Late Rejection in Young Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients
Introduction: Non-adherence is an important risk factor for late rejection (rejection > 3 months post-transplant) and is the main reason why 17-29 year old kidney…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Role of Skin-Specific Immunobiology and Major Histocompatibility Complex Sharing in Vascularized Composite Allograft Tolerance
Transplantation Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Background: We have developed a reproducible model for induction of tolerance of all components of VCAs across haploidentical MHC barriers in miniature swine. The purpose…2015 American Transplant Congress
DNA Methylation of the IFNγ Promoter in CD8+ T Cell Subsets Is Modulated by CMV Infection but not by Alloreactivity in Kidney Transplantation Patients
Introduction DNA methylation plays a critical role in the function of cells, including cells of the immune system. Little is known about the methylation status…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Value of Surveillance Testing for De Novo Donor Specific Antibodies Following Renal Transplantation
1Medicine, SUNY at Buffalo/ECMC, Buffalo, NY; 2Surgery, SUNY at Buffalo/ECMC, Buffalo, NY.
The development of de novo donor specific antibodies (dnDSA) usually leads to a reduction in renal graft survival. The deleterious influence of dnDSA is most…2015 American Transplant Congress
Tacrolimus for the Treatment of Refractory Biopsy-Proven Acute Cellular Rejection in Patients on Belatacept-Based, CNI- and Steroid-Free Immunosuppression Regimens
1Univ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati; 2The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati.
Background: Tacrolimus (TAC) is effective as rescue treatment (tx) in renal transplant patients (pts) on cyclosporine-based immunosuppression (IS) who have recurrent or resistant acute rejection…
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