Articles tagged "Warm ischemia"

2017 American Transplant Congress
Estrogen Receptor Alpha Mediates Female Protection from Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury Through Mechanisms Extrinsic to the Kidney.
D. Aufhauser,¹ D. Murken,¹ Z. Wang,¹ G. Ge,¹ S. Concors,¹ T. Bhatti,² W. Hancock,^2,3 M. Levine.^1,4
¹Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ²Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; ³Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ⁴Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Introduction: Female protection from renal ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is observed in both mouse and human renal transplantation. We wished to assess the role of estrogen…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Normothermic Ex-Vivo Kidney Perfusion Improves Function of Extreme Marginal Renal Grafts Subjected to Prolonged Ischemia.
P. Urbanellis,¹ M. Hamar,¹ I. Linares,¹ D. Kollmann,¹ C. Cassol,² R. John,² P. Yip,¹ I. Mucsi,¹ A. Ghanekar,¹ D. Bagli,³ D. Grant,¹ L. Robinson,⁴ M. Selzner.¹
¹Multi-Organ Transplant Program, Department of Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; ²Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; ³Departments of Surgery (Urology) and Physiology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; ⁴Division of Nephrology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background: Normothermic ex-vivo kidney perfusion (NEVKP) is an emerging technique for renal graft preservation. We investigated whether NEVKP could promote improved marginal graft function compared…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Histone Deacetylase Inhibition Mitigates Liver Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Mice.
D. Murken,¹ D. Aufhauser Jr,¹ S. Concors,¹ Z. Wang,¹ G. Ge,¹ W. Hancock,² M. Levine.¹
¹Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ²Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Introduction: Ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI) causes significant morbidity in liver transplantation and other surgical scenarios. A better understanding of the molecular mechanisms of IRI is required…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Nuclear Co-Repressor Complex Inhibition Reverses Benefit of HDAC2 Deletion in Renal Ischemia.
D. Aufhauser Jr,¹ D. Murken,¹ Z. Wang,¹ A. Samanta,² G. Ge,¹ T. Bhatti,³ P. Cole,⁴ J. Kalin,⁴ W. Hancock,^2,3 M. Levine.^1,5
¹Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ²Pathology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ³Pathology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; ⁴Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; ⁵Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Introduction: Class I histone/protein deacetylases (HDACs) 1 and 2 bear >85% protein sequence homology and conventionally are thought to have similar function via occupancy in…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Longer Anastomotic Time Leads to Delayed Graft Function.
M. Heer,^1,2 P. Trevillian,^1,2,3 A. Hibberd.^1,2,3
¹Newcastle Transplant Unit, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia; ²Newcastle University, Newcastle, NSW, Australia; ³Hunter Transplant Research Foundation, Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Background: Delayed graft function (DGF) occurs at variable rates in renal transplant recipients. It can be deleterious to renal allograft in long term. Various factors…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Lactate Level Immediate Post-Liver Transplantation Is a Predictor of Early Allograft Dysfunction.
K. Takahashi,^1,2 S. Nagai,¹ M. Safwan,¹ K. Putchakayala,¹ K. Collins,¹ M. Rizzari,¹ A. Yoshida,¹ M. Abouljoud,¹ S.-M. Jafri.³
¹Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI; ²Surgery, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; ³Gastroenterology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
Background; Early allograft dysfunction (EAD) after liver transplantation (LT) is defined as a peak values of aminotransferase >2000 IU/mL during the first week or an…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Controlled Donation After Circulatory Death (cDCD) Donors May Become Similar to Brain Death Donors (DBD).
C. Antoine,¹ M. Videcoq,² B. Riou,³ D. Dorez,⁴ G. Cheisson,⁵ L. Martin-Lefèvre,⁶ L. Durand,¹ E. Savoye,¹ G. Karam,² B. Barrou.³
¹Agence de la Biomedecine, Saint Denis La Plaine, France; ²University Hospital, Nantes, France; ³University Hospital La Pitie, Paris, France; ⁴Hospital, Annecy, France; ⁵University Hospital, Kremlin Bicetre, France; ⁶Hospital, La Roche Sur Yon, France
Since 2014 in France, we started a cDCD program characterized by the introduction of normothermia regional perfusion (nRP) and selection criteria as donor age ≤65…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Warm Ischemic Time as an Additive Predictor of Graft Survival in KDPI/KDRI Era of Kidneys from Donors After Cardiac Death: A Single-Center Experience Over Three Decades.
M. Kusaka,¹ Y. Kubota,¹ H. Takahashi,² H. Sasaki,¹ M. Takenaka,¹ N. Fukami,¹ T. Kenmochi,³ R. Shiroki,¹ K. Hoshinaga.¹
¹Urology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan; ²Division of Medical Statistics, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan; ³Organ Transplant Surgery, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan
It is important to predict the outcome of grafts prior to kidney transplantation and establish an appropriate allocation system, particularly to consider expanded criteria donors…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Beneficial Effects of Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) on Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury (IRI) in CLAWN Miniature Swine.
Y. Ariyoshi, M. Sekijima, H. Sahara, T. Murokawa, A. Shimizu, K. Yamada.
Center for Advanced Biomedical Science and Swine Research, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
Objective: The prevention of IRI is important for both early and long-term graft function, especially when using extended-criteria or donation after cardiac donors. H2S has…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Dendritic Cell Expression of Rictor (mTORC2), but Not Raptor (mTORC1), Protects Against Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury.
H. Dai,^1,3 N. Rogers,^1,2 A. Watson,¹ D. Fantus,¹ A. Thomson.¹
¹Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; ²Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Sydney, Australia; ³Urologic Organ Transplantation Department, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
Background: Dendritic cells (DC) are critical initiators of innate immunity in the kidney and orchestrate inflammation subsequent to ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI). The mechanistic target of…