Articles tagged "Renal failure"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Causes of Poor Renal Function of Kidney Transplants from Uncontrolled Donation After Cardiac Death Donors (UDCDD)
M. Molina, E. González, E. Gutiérrez, E. Morales, E. Hernández, A. Sevillano, N. Polanco, J. Cabrera, M. Praga, A. Andres.
Nephrology, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
INTRODUCTION: Kidneys grafts from UDCDD have higher ischemia injury. It develops in higher primary non function, lower graft survival and worst renal function compared to…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Elderly ESRD Patients Have a Significantly Narrowed T-Cell Receptor Repertoire Diversity
L. Huang,¹ A. Langerak,² I. Wolvers - Tettero,² R. Meijers,¹ C. Baan,¹ N. Litjens,¹ M. Betjes.¹
¹Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands; ²Immunology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
IntroductionA diverse T-cell receptor (TCR) repertoire is central to effective T-cell mediated immune responses to foreign antigens. Patients suffering from end stage renal disease (ESRD)…
2015 American Transplant Congress
T Cell Specific Up Regulation of Nrf2 Regulated Antioxidant Response Protects from Kidney Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in Mice
S. Noel,¹ M. Martina,² S. Bandapalle,¹ S. Reddy,³ L. Racusen,² A. Hamad,² H. Rabb.¹
¹Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; ²Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; ³Department of Pediatrics, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL.
Background: T lymphocytes mediate important pathophysiological roles during ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI). Transcription factor Nrf2 is protective during experimental kidney IRI and thought to be…