2020 American Transplant Congress
Decreased Anti-Tumor Activity of Liver-Resident NK Cells via IL-33 Associated with Portal Hypertension after Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Hiroshima Uni., Hiroshima, Japan
*Purpose: It has been reported that increasing portal vein pressure after living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) was associated with a poor prognosis, risk factors for…2020 American Transplant Congress
A Two-Step Cell-Based Assay Predicts Immunosuppression-Related Adverse Events in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Transplantation Unit, Renal Division, Medecine Department, Laval University, Québec, QC, Canada
*Purpose: No clinical tool is available to dynamically access immunosuppression status, which results in serious, often life-threatening adverse effects of immunosuppressants. We recently validated that…2020 American Transplant Congress
A Single Nucleotide Polymorphism of Tweak Predicts Arterio- and Arteriolohyalinosis in Kidney Transplants and is Associated with Allograft Survival
*Purpose: We have recently demonstrated that the TNF superfamily member is critical for the pathogenesis of Calcineurin Inhibitor Toxicity (CNT). CNT is a common side…2019 American Transplant Congress
Donor Management in Donation after Brain Death: A Window of Opportunity – Are Pro-Inflammatory Mediators the Target and What is the Effect of Duration of Brain Death?
*Purpose: Donation after brain death (BD) is a crucial source of transplanted organs - uncertainty remains how duration of BD contributes to outcomes: This study…2019 American Transplant Congress
Phenotypic and Functional Analysis of Non-Activated and Allo-Activated Eomesodermin+ CD8+ T Cells in Humans and Nonhuman Primates
*Purpose: The T-box transcription factors Eomesodermin (Eomes) and T-bet play a critical role in differentiation and function of CD8+ memory T cells (Tmem). We have…2019 American Transplant Congress
Prolonged Cold Ischemic Storage Induces Allograft Necro-Inflammation That Increases Graft Susceptibility to T Cell Mediated Rejection
1Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 2Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Prolonged cold ischemic storage (CIS) of murine cardiac allografts causes complement dependent, CTLA4Ig-resistant rejection that is associated with 48h post-transplant elevations in serum levels…2019 American Transplant Congress
Targeting Syk Signaling in Myeloid Cells Protects against Liver Fibrosis and Hepatocarcinogenesis
Surgery, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
*Purpose: The purpose of our study was to evaluate the mechanistic role of Spleen Tyrosine Kinase (SYK) signaling on the fibrosis - hepatocarcinogenesis axis and…2018 American Transplant Congress
BLyS-/- Rats to Prevent Alloantibody Production
1Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; 2Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
Introduction: Antibody mediated rejection (AMR) is a major cause of kidney allograft failure. APRIL (A Proliferation Inducing Ligand) and BLyS (B Lymphocyte Stimulator) are two…2017 American Transplant Congress
Necroptotic Cellular Death Modulates TNFα Mediated Inflammation and Cardiac Allograft Rejection in Mice.
Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NYC, NY
While graft injury following cold ischemia reperfusion (IR) can accelerate graft rejection, mechanisms are incompletely understood. Evidence indicates that posttransplant IR injury is associated with…2017 American Transplant Congress
Mycophenolic Acid Needs Ca2+ to Exert Its Anti-inflammatory Action via Shedding of Toll-Like Receptor4 and Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor 1.
Background Mycophenolic acid (MPA) has been used for many years to prevent transplantation rejection. Recently, it has been investigated for its anti-inflammatory effects. MPA can…
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