Articles tagged "Renal injury"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Trends in the Recovery and Discard of Kidneys from Deceased Donors with Acute Kidney Injury from 2010-2018
C. Liu¹, S. Alasfar², P. P. Reese³, S. Mohan⁴, M. D. Doshi⁵, I. E. Hall⁶, H. R. Thiessen-Philbrook², Y. Jia², D. E. Stewart⁷, C. Parikh²
¹Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ²Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁵University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁷United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Since the donor KDPI score used in KAS is restricted to a single terminal serum creatinine (SCr) measurement, kidneys from donors with transient acute…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Gasdermin-D Mutation is Protective against Renal Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
J. Li, N. Rogers, S. Alexander
Centre for Transplant and Renal Research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Westmead, Australia
*Purpose: Pyroptosis, a pro-inflammatory form of cell death, is dependent on membrane pore formation through the assembly of cleaved Gasdermin-D molecules. We hypothesized that this…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Zoledronate Induced AKI with Nephrotic Range Proteinuria in a Transplant Kidney
S. Reddy, H. Khamash
Nephrology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: An unusual presentation of acute kidney injury with nephrotic range proteinuria following zoledronate in a normal functioning transplant kidney.*Methods: 61-year-old lady with history of…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Kidneys from AKI Donors with Poor Long-Term Outcomes Present an Impaired Protein Expression for Cellular Stress and Repair
F. Neri¹, M. Lo Faro¹, C. Boffa¹, T. Surik¹, M. Kaisar¹, E. J. Sharples², J. P. Hunter¹, J. Lindeman³, R. Ploeg¹
¹Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom, ²Oxford Transplant Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom, ³Department of Vascular Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden, Netherlands
*Purpose: The utilization of kidneys from donors with acute kidney injury (AKI) is often limited by unpredictable post-transplantation outcomes. The aim of our study was…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Urinary APOA4 as a Biomarker for Chronic Renal Allograft Injury and Rapid Renal Function Decline in Kidney Transplant Recipients
H. Jeon¹, D. Shin¹, J. Oh¹, J. Park², K. Ko³, J. Kim³, S. Lee³
¹Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³Department of Surgery, Hallym University College of Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Chronic renal allograft injury (CRAI) remains a major cause of allograft loss in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). The aim of this study was to…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Establishment of Spontaneous Tolerance of Kidney Allografts is Dependent on Mitigation of Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury via the BLTA-HVEM Pathway
Q. Yuan¹, S. Hong¹, E. Szuter¹, Y. Zhao¹, E. Acheampong¹, I. Rosales¹, M. Kronenberg², P. Russell¹, J. Madsen¹, R. Colvin¹, A. Alessandrini¹
¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology, La Jolla, CA
*Purpose: Kidney allografts transplanted across certain mouse strain combinations (e.g. DBA/2 to B6) develop tolerance while other combinations do not (e.g. B6 to DBA/2). We…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Cordycepin Protects Renal Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury Through Regulating Inflammation, Apoptosis and Oxidative Stress
C. Ding, W. Xue
Department of Renal Transplantation, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
*Purpose: Cordycepin (3’-deoxyadenosine) is a naturally occurring adenosine analogue and onem of the bioactive constituents isolated from Cordyceps militaris/Cordyceps sinensis, species of the fungal genus…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Cyclo(His-Pro) Prevents Against Renal Injury Through Activating Nrf2-Mediated Pathway
J. Moon¹, Y. Kim¹, H. Jung², J. Kim¹, W. Ju³, H. Lee¹, J. Lee⁴, C. Lee⁵, D. Kim¹, Y. Kim¹, S. Yang⁶
¹Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²R&D Center, NovMetaPharma Co., Ltd, Pohang, Gyeongbuk, Korea, Republic of, ³Seoul National University Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Nephrology Clinic, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea, Republic of, ⁵Cheju Halla General Hospital, Jeju-do, Korea, Republic of, ⁶Kidney Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Cyclic(His-Pro) (CHP) is an endogenous cyclic dipeptide that has antioxidative, anti-inflammatory effect via Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor (Nrf2) pathway. Endogenous CHP is distributed…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Renal Immunoproteasome Function: A Possible Cause for Macrophage Associated Organ Damage During Renal Transplantation?
N. Parajuli, A. Khakurel
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
*Purpose: A major hurdle in the field of renal transplantation is the shortage of suitable donor kidneys. Renal transplantation using living-donor organs perform better when…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Predictive Role of the Vitamin B12 in Acute Kidney Injury after Living Donor Liver Transplantation: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study
J. Park, M. Chae
St.Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: The aim of our study is to examine the association between serum vitamin B12 level and development of postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI) in…