Articles tagged "Rejection"

2019 American Transplant Congress
B Cell Derived Exosomes Are Associated with Antibody Mediated Rejection in Kidney Transplant Recipients Desensitized for a Positive Cross-Match
D. Cucchiari¹, V. Tubita², M. J. Ramirez-Bajo², J. Rovira², F. E. Borràs³, L. Carreras-Planella³, A. Hertig⁴, F. Oppenheimer¹, F. Diekmann¹, I. Revuelta¹
¹Renal Transplant Unit, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain, ²Laboratori Experimental de Nefrologia i Trasplantament, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain, ³REMAR-IVECAT group, IGTP, Badalona, Spain, ⁴Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France
*Purpose: Kidney transplant recipients undergoing desensitization for a positive cross-match are at very high risk of developing Antibody-Mediated Rejection (AMR). Because of desensitization, peripheral circulating…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Lack of Response to Tocilizumab in Kidney Transplants with Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection
D. Kumar¹, F. Safavi¹, R. Sandhu¹, P. Halloran², I. Yakubu¹, M. Levy¹, I. Moinuddin¹, P. Kimball¹, L. Kamal¹, A. King¹, H. Massey¹, G. Gupta¹
¹Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ²Alberta Transplant Genomics Applied Centre, Edmonton, AB, Canada
*Purpose: Chronic antibody mediated rejection (cAbMR) is a major cause of long-term kidney transplant (KT) loss. Traditional therapies for cAbMR have unclear efficacy with significant…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Early Rejection Outcomes with IL-2 vs. ATG Induction among Kidney Transplant Recipients Induction Differences with Early Steroid Withdrawal
C. Burelli, A. Szczepanik, K. Yadav, E. Sanchez, M. Debroy, V. Humphreville, J. Rabets, A. Padiyar, N. Sarabu, A. Jittirat, A. Palanisamy, K. Chavin
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Early steroid withdrawal in kidney transplant (Ktx) patients is controversial and has demonstrated an increased risk of acute rejection with similar long-term outcomes. Data…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Rejection, Infectious, and Renal Outcomes with Perioperative Desensitization in Orthotopic Heart Transplant Recipients
M. Plazak, B. Reed, S. Hammad, S. Gale, V. Ton, D. Kaczorowski, T. Trobiano, B. Ravichandran
University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Pre-transplant allosensitization remains a significant barrier to organ allocation and a paucity of evidence exists to demonstrate the efficacy and safety of perioperative desensitization…
2019 American Transplant Congress
No Indication of Increased CMV Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients without Pharmacological Prophylaxis Receiving a Single 3mg/kg Dose of Rabbit Anti-Thymocyte Globulin (ATG) Instead of No-Induction
M. Ivani de Paula, M. Grace Bowring, A. A. Shaffer, J. Garonzik-Wang, A. Barros Bessa, C. Rosso Felipe, M. Pontello Cristelli, A. B. Massie, J. Medina Pestana, H. Silva Junior, D. L. Segev
Hospital do Rim, Nephrology Division, EPM - UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil
*Purpose: Induction therapy with rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) in patients at low immunological risk remains controversial, given increased risk of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection*Methods: To investigate…
2019 American Transplant Congress
In Depth Look at Acute Rejections in LCP-Tacrolimus (LCPT; Envarsus XR) and Immediate-Release Tacrolimus (IR-Tac)-Treated De Novo Kidney Transplant Recipients
A. Condon¹, M. Mujtaba², S. J. Patel³, D. R. Stevens³, U. Meier-Kriesche³
¹University of New Mexico Hospitals, Albuquerque, NM, ²University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, ³Veloxis Pharmaceuticals Inc., Cary, NC
*Purpose: A prospective, randomized controlled trial has shown comparable rates of biopsy-proven rejection (BPAR) between LCPT and IR-Tac treated renal transplant recipients. This analysis aims…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Cytokine Profiles in Children after Pediatric Kidney Transplantation with Acute Cellular Compared to Chronic Active Antibody-Mediated Rejection
N. Borsum, T. Ahlenstiel-Grunow, L. Pape
Pediatric Nephrology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
*Purpose: Until now, no blood biomarkers have been identified to enable early diagnosis of acute cellular or chronic active antibody-mediated rejection (cABMR) after pediatric kidney…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Cluster Analysis of Microvascular Inflammation in Indication Biopsies Unveils Distinct Pathological and Immunological Phenotypes with Prognostic Implications
J. Malheiro¹, A. Silva¹, S. Santos¹, S. Tafulo², L. Martins¹, L. Dias¹, A. Castro-Henriques¹
¹Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal, ²IPST_Porto, Porto, Portugal
*Purpose: We aimed to define distinct pathological and immunological clusters of 80 cases of MVI diagnosed in indication biopsies and evaluate their prognostic implications.*Methods: The…
2019 American Transplant Congress
IFNAR Signaling Augments Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Activation during Costimulation Independent Rejection
J. Habib, D. Mathews, Y. Dong, A. Stephenson, A. Ghosh, C. Breeden, A. Adams
Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Costimulation blockade (CoB) is a promising new transplant immunosuppression strategy offering improved long-term patient and allograft survival without the nephrotoxicity of calcineurin inhibitors. However,…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Role of Innate Allorecognition Pathways in Mouse Renal Allograft Rejection
D. Zhao¹, H. Dai¹, K. Abou-Daya¹, A. Williams¹, M. Oberbarnscheidt¹, X. Li², F. Lakkis¹
¹Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Houston Methodist Hospital Immunobiology & Transplant Science Center, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Allograft rejection is initiated by host immune system distinguishing between self and allogeneic non-self (allorecognition). Paired immunoglobulin-like receptor (PIR) and CD47 are molecules expressed…