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Articles tagged "Xenotransplantation"

  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Human PDL1+ SLA-DR– Swine Vascular Endothelial Cells Suppress Pig-Human PBMC Xeno-MLR(Mixed Lymphocyte Reaction) by Inducing Human Regulatory IL-10+Tr1(Type 1 Regulatory T Cells) Subset for Suppression of Xenogeneic Reactions.

    Q. Shao, Q. Diag.

    The Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, China.

    Type 1 regulatory T cells(Tr1) are active in transplantation tolerance. The Tr1 cells are inducible in our lab from human CD4 T cells (hCD4 T)…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Porcine Islets Engineered with SA-FasL Protein Induces Robust Tolerance in Mice through CD4+CD25+FoxP3+ Treg Cells.

    K. Woodward,1 H. Zhao,1 H. Shirwan,1 F. Wang,1 M. Graham,2 B. Hering,2 E. Yolcu.1

    1Institute for Cellular Therapeutics and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY; 2Schulze Diabetes Institute and Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

    Introduction: We have shown that porcine islets engineered to transiently display SA-FasL protein on their surface establish tolerance in mice following transplantation under the kidney…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    An Improved Flow Cytometry Based Platelet Counting in Xeno Perfusion Models.

    S. Sendil,1 G. Braileanu,1 W. Sun,1 W. Hassanein,1 D. Parsell,1 H. Crum,2 L. Burdorf,1 R. Pierson,1 A. Azimzadeh.1

    1Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; 2VA Medical Center, Baltimore, MD.

    Aim: Human or baboon platelet sequestration and activation occurs during pig organ xenograft perfusion; its mechanism remains poorly understood. In the context of a regimen…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    aPC Pretreatment of hEPCR-Expressing PAECs Attenuates Endothelial Cell Damage and Thrombosis.

    C. Laird,1 B. French,1 D. Harris,1 X. Chang,1 D. Ayares,2 R. Pierson,1 A. Azimzadeh.1

    1Cardiac Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; 2Revivicor, Inc, Blacksburg, VA.

    IntroductionActivated Protein C (aPC), acting primarily through the human endothelial protein C receptor (hEPCR), mediates anti-thrombotic and anti-inflammatory cytoprotective effects in humans. We hypothesized that…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Cardiac Xenotransplantation: Reconstituted B Cells After Rituxan Treatment Maintain Their Repertoire But Have a Muted Response to Xenoantigens

    A. Singh,1 P. Corcoran,1 B. Lewis,2 M. Thomas,2 D. Ayers,3 K. Horvath,1 M. Mohiuddin.1

    1CSRP/NIH/NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, MD; 2DVR/ORS, NIH, Bethesda, MD; 3Revivicor Inc, Blacksburg, VA.

    Background: Xentoranplantation (XTx) remains an option for end stage organ failure. Recently we have reported cardiac xenograft survival of over one year pig to baboon…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Immunological Evaluation of Acellular Extracellular Matrix Upon Transplantation

    M. Ketaki,1 P. Pradeep,1 N. Nikhil,1 G. Dellgren,3 H. Suchitra, M. Olausson.2

    1Laboratory for Transplantation Regenerative Medicine, Surgery, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden; 2Department of Surgery, SU/Sahlgrenska University Hospital, SE 41345, Gothenburg, Sweden; 3Cardiothoracic Surgery, Transplant Institute, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.

    Background : To mitigate the scanty supply of donor organs, porcine tissues can be utilized since, it embrace the potential to accomplish the task of…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Effects of Immunosuppressives On Porcine Renal Microvascular Endothelial Cell–Activated Human T Cell Proliferation: A Cellular Model of Kidney Xenotransplantation In Vitro

    Z.-Y. Wang, M. Tector, S. Nagai, J. Butler, R. Blankenship, S. Downey, J. Estrada, P. Li, A. Tector.

    Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN.

    Background: The creation of genetically-modified pigs has brought us closer than ever to clinical xenotransplantation. However, the optimal immunosuppressive doses still need to be established…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Activation and Sequestration of Platelets During Xenogeneic GalTKO.hCD46 Pig Lung Perfusion Is Primarily Mediated By GPIb, GPIIb/IIIa, and VWF

    L. Burdorf,1 A. Riner,1 A. Shah,1 E. Schwartz,1 K. Quinn,1 E. Kang,1 E. Sievert,1 E. Rybak,1 D. Harris,1 T. Zhang,1 D. Parsell,1 X. Cheng,1 G. Braileanu,1 S. De Meyer,2 I. Salles,2 H. Deckmyn,2 C. Phelps,3 D. Ayares,3 R. Pierson III,1 A. Azimzadeh.1

    1Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; 2Laboratory for Thrombosis Research, IRF-Ls, Kulak KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; 3Revivicor, Inc., Blacksburg, VA.

    Background: Xenogeneic pig lung perfusion with human blood leads to the initiation of rejection mechanisms that are associated with the immediate sequestration of circulating platelets.…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Human Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Hepatocytes Express TIMP-4 and Follistatin

    J. Li,1 J. Xin,1 W. Ding,2 S. Hao,1 L. Jiang,1 Q. Zhou,1 T. Wu,1 D. Shi,1 L. Li.1

    1State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, HangZhou, China; 2Systems Biology Division, Zhejiang-California International Nanosystems Institute, Zhejiang University, HangZhou, China.

    Human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell (hBMSC) transplantation has been expected to be an alternative regenerative technique for liver diseases. However, the mechanism by which…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Effective Control of Anti-Xenogeneic IL-17 Response for Tolerance Induction in Xenogeneic Islet Cell Transplantation

    H. Kang,1 S. Wang,1,2 X. Zhang,3 L. Zhang,1 S. Miller,4 B. Hering,5 X. Luo.1,3,4

    1Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg school of Medicine, Chicago, IL; 2Tianjin Union Medical Center, Nankai University Affiliated Hospital, Tianjin, China; 3Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; 4Microbiology and Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; 5Schulze Diabetes Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

    We have previously shown that peri-transplant infusion of donor cells treated with 1-ethyl-3-(3'-dimethylaminopropyl)-carbodiimide (ECDI) in combination with peri-transplant anti-CD20 and rapamycin induce permanent porcine islet…
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