Articles tagged "Renal failure"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Distinct Role of Complement Receptors C5L2 and C5aR in Acute Kidney Injury and Renal Fibrosis
A. Thorenz,¹ R. Chen,¹ K. Hüper,³ B. Hensen,³ C. Klemann,⁵ M. Meier,⁴ A. Klos,² F. Güler.¹
¹Nephrology, Medical School, Hannover, Germany; ²Microbiology, Medical School, Hannover, Germany; ³Radiology, Medical School, Hannover, Germany; ⁴Imaging Center, Medical School, Hannover, Germany; ⁵Pediatric Surgery, Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
ObjectiveAcute kidney injury (AKI) is a relevant complication in solid organ transplantation with incidence rates of ∼50-75 % after lung- and heart transplantation. In addition,…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Immune Response to Kidney and Pancreas Self-Antigens Are Associated With Antibody Mediated Rejection in Simultaneous Kidney Pancreas Transplants
M. Gunasekaran,¹ A. Siddiq,² S. Shenoy,¹ J. Wellen,¹ T. Mohanakumar.¹
¹Surgery, Washington Univ Sch of Med, St. Louis, MO; ²Medicine, Washington Univ Sch of Med, St. Louis, MO.
Background: Simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation (SKP Tx) is performed as treatment option for type-1 diabetes with end stage kidney diseases. Though allograft survival was improved with…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Immune-Mediated Injury in Kidney Transplant Recipients Treated With Alemtuzumab Induction and a Steroid Avoidance Protocol
R. Sapir-Pichhadze, T. Mahbub, C. Saw, D. Baran.
McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada.
Study purpose: We evaluated short-term clinical and immunological outcomes of kidney transplant recipients who received alemtuzumab induction and a steroid-avoidance protocol.Methods: This is a retrospective…