2015 American Transplant Congress
Erythropoietin (EPO) Has Treg Sparing Immunosuppressive Effects On Human Alloreactive T Cells
Translational Transplant Research Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
Extending previous work showing that EPO inhibits alloreactive effector T cell proliferation by uncoupling IL2 receptor signaling (JASN 2014), we tested the effects of EPO…2015 American Transplant Congress
BK Virus-Specific Polyfunctional CD8+ T Cells Predicts Successful Control of BK Viremia After Kidney Transplantation
Introduction: BK Virus associated nephropathy (BKN) remains an important cause of graft loss after kidney transplantation. We hypothesized that analysis of the anti-BK virus immune…2015 American Transplant Congress
Aldosterone Acts Directly On T Cells, and Promotes Production of Inflammatory Cytokines
Department of Developmental, Molecular and Chemical Biolgy, Tufts University Medical School, Boston.
Aldosterone is a mineralocorticoid hormone involved in the regulation of blood electrolyte concentration, blood pressure and blood volume. The primary receptor for aldosterone is the…2015 American Transplant Congress
B7-H1 Deficiency in Liver Allografts Leads to CD8-Mediated Acute Vascular Rejection
The liver is a unique organ in that it is accepted across complete MHC mismatch in allotransplantation in a number of species. The mechanisms behind…2015 American Transplant Congress
Concerted T-Cell Activity Against Early and Late BKV-Antigens Is Necessary for Viral Clearance
Polyomavirus-BK (BKV) associated nephropathy is a known cause of graft failure. No specific therapy is established so far and viral load monitoring accompanied by adjustment…2015 American Transplant Congress
Immune Phenotyping of Peripheral Blood Samples from the CTOT-10 Belatacept Study
The purpose of the CTOT-10 study is to evaluate belatacept as maintenance therapy, while minimizing calcineurin inhibitors and corticosteroids in renal transplantation. We designed mechanistic…2015 American Transplant Congress
Alloimmune Regulation and Long-Term Allograft Survival Induced by Short-Term Administration of Chinese Medicine Cornus Officinalis and Cuscuta Sinensis Lam
Guangdong Provincial Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Achieving long-term allograft survival or tolerance without continuously global immunosuppression is a highly desirable goal. This study is to induce long-term allograft survival without long-term…2015 American Transplant Congress
Activated T Regulatory Cells Escape Death by Increasing Cytoplasmic Serine Protease Inhibitor 6 (SPI6)
Renal/ Transplantation Research Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) can employ a granzyme B (GrB)-dependent mechanism to mediate suppression of effector cells by inducing their apoptosis. In this study we…2015 American Transplant Congress
Allogeneic Mature Human Monocyte-Derived Dendritic Cells Generate Superior Alloreactive Regulatory T Cells in an IL-2-Independent Manner
IntroductionExpansion of antigen (Ag)-specific natural occurring regulatory T cells (nTregs) is required to obtain sufficient numbers of cells for cellular immunotherapy. In this study, different…2015 American Transplant Congress
CMV-Specific CD154+T-Cells and CMV Disease Status After Liver Or Intestine Transplantation (LTx, ITx)
Background: Preliminary data suggest that measuring host cellular immunity using CMV-specific IFNg+T-cells can potentially enhance decision making about discontinuation of antiviral therapy and secondary prophylaxis…
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