#WTC2014: New weapons in the fight against antibodies? Maybe…
Anyone who takes care of kidney transplant patients knows how frustrating it is dealing with HLA antibodies. This includes pre-transplant HLA antibodies, which can make it [...]
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#WTC2014: Recurrent Membranous Nephropathy
Membranous nephropathy (MN) is a relatively common glomerular disease. Recent advances point to PLA2 antibodies playing a role in its pathophysiology. There were a few [...]
#WTC2014: Recurrent GN After Renal Transplantation, Cont.: Soluble CASK
2. Soluble CASK – a new factor implicated in recurrent FSGS The last post left us back to square one in finding the elusive circulating factor responsible for recurrent [...]
#WTC2014: Recurrent GN After Renal Transplantation
Recurrent GN after transplant can be difficult to deal with. I mean if someone is already going to be on a CNI, mycophenolate mofetil, and prednisone what more can you do? [...]
#WTC2014 Late Breaking Oral Session: 1000 Kidney Paired Donation Transplants Through the National Kidney Registry
Kidney paired donation or kidney “swaps” not only receive a lot of media, but are quickly becoming the “treatment” of choice for incompatible donor [...]
#WTC2014: Inducible Knockdown of SHROOM3 Reduces Renal Fibrosis in Mice: From Bedside to Bench
In the last plenary session of the day, Dr. Madhav Menon from Mt. Sinai, NY, presented an interesting study that really exemplifies translational research. The story of the [...]
#WTC2014: Detection of C3d binding donor specific antibodies at diagnosis of humoral rejection predicts renal graft loss
In kidney transplantation one of the largest challenges is in understanding antibody-mediated injury. During the first plenary session at the World Transplant Congress, Dr. [...]
World Transplant Congress 2014
The 2014 World Transplant Congress (WTC), taking place in San Francisco from July 26-31, is the 2nd joint meeting of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS), The [...]
GFR Estimating Equations in Solid Organ Transplants: Where Do We Stand?
In a recent study published in AJKD, Shaffi et al evaluated the efficacy of different GFR estimating equations in a large cohort of solid organ transplant recipients. First [...]
Organ Donor Status: Results of eAJKD Poll
Transplantation is widely felt to be the best treatment for end stage kidney disease. Unfortunately, as the transplant wait list increases, the number of kidney transplants [...]