Articles tagged "Renal injury"

2022 American Transplant Congress
DCD and AKI Kidneys Experiencing DGF as a Platform for the Study of Adaptive Repair
B. Bussolati¹, S. Da Sacco², A. Asthana³, L. N. Byers³, L. Perin⁴, M. S. Garner³, B. Sharda³, A. C. Farney³, C. J. Jay³, R. J. Stratta³, S. J. Walker⁵, G. Orlando³
¹University of Turin, Turin, Italy, ²Children Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, NC, ³Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, ⁴Children Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵WFIRM, Winston-Salem, NC
*Purpose: AKI and DCD renal allografts are at high risk for DGF, yet the majority of these kidneys will eventually recover and attain good function…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Diagnosis of Acute Graft Rejection After Kidney Transplantation Using Metabolome Analysis by Liquid Biopsy Approach
H. Iwamoto¹, O. Konno¹, Y. Kihara¹, M. Okihara¹, I. Akashi¹, T. Ueno¹, M. Sugimoto²
¹Department of Kidney Transplantation Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Hachioji Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan, ²Research and Development Center for Minimally Invasive and Preemptive Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
*Purpose: Presently, a definitive diagnosis of organ dysfunction after transplantation (such as acute rejection) is dependent on conventional histopathological evaluation using an invasive biopsy procedure…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA and Gene Expression Profiling for Surveillance of Renal Allograft Injury and Rejection
A. N. Carrier, A. Crane, M. Pinedo, A. Bartosic, A. Haririan, J. R. Scalea, M. R. Weir, J. S. Bromberg
University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Donor derived cell free DNA (dd-cfDNA) and gene expression profiling offer non-invasive methods of early detection of graft injury and rejection in solid organ…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Clusterin Protects Kidney Transplants from Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury by Modulating Neutrophil Infiltration
Y. Shim¹, R. Fan², N. Dvorina², K. McCrae¹, B. William²
¹Cardiovascular and Metabolic Sciences, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, OH, ²Inflammation and Immunity, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is inevitable during organ transplantation. Clusterin (CLU) has shown to be protective in IRI. Supplementation of storage solution with recombinant CLU…
2022 American Transplant Congress
CD38 Knockout Mice Demonstrate Decreased Neutrophil Infiltration Following Renal Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
I. Woelfel¹, A. Ruffing¹, I. El-Ayachi¹, K. Washburn², S. Black¹, A. Schenk¹
¹Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ²The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
*Purpose: Ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) perpetuates inflammation and causes significant organ injury in solid organ transplantation. CD38 is a ectoenzyme widely expressed on lymphocytes with…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Late Subclinical Rejection and Borderline Rejection in Kidney Transplant Patients is Associated with Increased Incidence of Subsequent Clinical Rejections
V. Viswanathan¹, I. Melgarejo², C. Puttarajappa², P. Sood², M. Molinari², S. Hariharan², C. Wu², A. Sharma², N. Shah², R. Mehta²
¹Department of Medicine, Renal-Electrolyte Division, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Department of Surgery, Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: The outcomes of inflammatory changes noted in late surveillance biopsies (1 year) is unclear.*Methods: Patients transplanted (live donor and deceased donor) at our center…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Pathways and Factors That Confer Therapeutic Properties of Adipose Derived Regenerative Cells in Reducing Ischaemia Reperfusion Injury in Kidney Transplantation
R. Lathan, P. Mark, M. Clancy, R. Touyz
Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
*Purpose: Studies in our rat model of ischemic reperfusion injury (IRI) demonstrate improved kidney function post injection of non-cultured autologous adipose-derived regenerative cells (ADRC). The…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Donor Kidney-Resident Macrophages Promote Allograft Inflammation and CD8 T Cell Response Post-Transplantation
A. Dangi¹, S. Yu², I. Husain¹, R. Geesala¹, X. Luo¹
¹Nephrology, Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Division of Organ Transplantation, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
*Purpose: Kidney-resident macrophages play important roles in maintaining normal kidney function and promoting prompt repair following kidney injuries. Nevertheless, their fate and role in kidney…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Combining Oxygenated Cold Perfusion with Normothermic Ex-vivo Perfusion Improves the Outcome of DCD Porcine Kidney Transplantation
L. I. Mazilescu¹, T. Goto¹, R. Rosales¹, Y. Noguchi¹, P. Urbanellis¹, L. A. Robinson², M. Selzner¹
¹Ajmera Transplant Program, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Department of Nephrology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Ex-vivo machine perfusion is a novel preservation technique for the storage and assessment of marginal kidney grafts. Normothermic (NEVKP) as well as hypothermic machine…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Real-time Donor-derived Cell-free Dna Kinetics Indicate Decreased “Molecular Injury” During Treatment of Acute Renal Allograft Rejection
R. Hinojosa¹, K. M. Hitchman², D. J. Ross³, R. C. Hall¹, J. E. Nelson¹, E. L. Kincaide¹, K. Klein¹, A. M. Bell³
¹Pharmacotherapy Education and Research Center | Long School of Medicine, UT Health San Antonio | University Transplant Center, University Health, San Antonio, TX, ²Long School of Medicine, UT Health San Antonio | University Transplant Center, University Health, San Antonio, TX, ³CareDx, Inc., Brisbane, CA
*Purpose: Dd-cfDNA is a validated plasma analyte (t½~30 min) for surveillance of renal transplant (KT) rejection with limited reports characterizing response to acute allograft rejection…