2015 American Transplant Congress
Six Year Follow-Up of a Phase 2 Clinical Trial to Induce Tolerance in Mismatched Living Donor Renal Transplant Recipients
27 subjects have been transplanted in a phase 2 protocol (IDE 13947) based upon tolerogenic CD8+/TCR- facilitating cells (FCRx) and 200 cGy TBI-based nonmyeloablative conditioning…2015 American Transplant Congress
Orthotopic Transplantation of a Tissue Engineered Skin Graft in Athymic Mice
Surgery, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden.
Background: Tissue engineered (TE) skin offers promising alternative treatment in wound healing of acute and chronic skin injuries. Limited autografts from donor skin and risks…2015 American Transplant Congress
A Novel Humanized Mouse Model for the Study of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Tissue Transplantation Tolerance and Function
Surgery/Transplant Division, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.
Patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) hold great promise for regenerative medicine therapies, theoretically allowing for the creation of autologous replacement tissues devoid of many…2015 American Transplant Congress
Pancreas-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Chronic Pancreatitis Patients Enhance Islet Graft Function
PURPOSE: Islet transplantation represents a promising procedure to reverse or prevent diabetes. However, significant mass of islet graft is lost within hours of transplantation due…2015 American Transplant Congress
Ex Vivo Stem Cell-Mediated Regeneration of Ischemically Damaged Renal Allografts
BREONICS, Inc., Watervliet, NY.
This project attempted to accelerate repair of ischemically damaged human kidney allografts using Exsanguinous Metabolic Support (EMS) technology that is warm (32C) and acellular. While…2015 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Trasplant Perfusion With Mesenchymal Stromal Cells of Renal Graft Prevents Ischemia Injury Upregulating Gene Involved in Energy Saving
Background. Kidney ischemia from Donation after Circulatory Death shifts cells to anaerobic metabolism. Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSC) have immunomodulatory properties that are mediated by soluble…2015 American Transplant Congress
Mesenchymal Stem Cells Enhance Rejection Free and Overall Islet Allograft Survival
The purpose of this study was 1) to assess the effect of mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) on intrahepatic, allogeneic islet survival in a cynomolgus monkey…2015 American Transplant Congress
Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells Attenuate Immune Rejection in Murine Lung Allograft
Objectives:The inherent immunosuppressive properties and low immunogenicity of mesenchymal stems cells (MSCs) suggested their therapeutic potential in transplantation. In this study we investigated if systematic…2015 American Transplant Congress
Stem Cell and Novel Biologic Therapies to Enhance Functional Recovery in Limb Transplantation
Surgery/Clinical Investigation, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA.
Introduction: Unlike visceral organ transplants, vascular composite allotransplantation such as limb and face require successful nerve regeneration and reinnervation of graft motor and sensory targets…2015 American Transplant Congress
MDSC Derived from iPS Cells Regulate the CD8 T Cell Response In Vivo
Myeloid derived suppressor cells (MDSC) may represent a therapeutic tool for inducing tolerance in transplantation and autoimmune disorders. MDSC propagated from bone marrow (BM) can…