Asuka Tanaka, Japan
B-cell depletion with anti-CD20 mAb exacerbates anti-donor CD4 positive T-Cell responses in highly sensitized transplant model

Liu Feng, People's Republic of China
Noninvasive genotyping of donor’s HLA in kidney transplant patients by target capture sequencing

Dr. Idalia Parra-Avila, Mexico
Clinical significance of pretransplant donor-specific HLA antibodies in kidney transplant recipients of hispanic population

Ms. Bushra Anjum, Canada
Female complexity: High ‘natural’ ABO anti-A antibodies and IgG class switch in female vs male mice

Dr. Igor Stoma, Belarus
Immune reconstitution after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in multiple myeloma patients as a basis for early vaccination with T-cell dependent vaccines

Mr. Alberto Utrero-Rico, Spain
Imbalance favouring follicular helper T cells over IL10+ regulatory B cells is detrimental for the renal allograft

Ms. Ivana Sedej, Slovenia
Extracellular vesicles from urine as biomarkers of kidney allograft injury: optimization of extracellular vesicle isolation and characterization

Prof. Zhankui Jin, People's Republic of China
Establishment of early warning model of acute rejection in combination with HLA-G 14-bp gene polymorphism, serum KIM-1and OPN

Carla C. Baan, Netherlands
Immunosuppression affects circulating follicular regulatory T cells in kidney transplant recipients

Dr. Thierry Viard, United States
The use of dd-cfDNA as a predictive tool for future proteinuria

Dr. Thierry Viard, United States
Characterization of an integrative prognostic score for US patients taken from the DART study

Dr. Thierry Viard, United States
dd-cfDNA as a risk factor for initiating de-novo donor specific antibodies in heart transplantation

Trudy McKanna, United States
Factors influencing background cell-free DNA levels: Implications for donor derived cell-free DNA assessment in transplant patients

Dr. Nicole M. van Besouw, Netherlands
Anti-rejection therapy does not eliminate donor-reactive IFN-γ and IL-21 producing cells

Dr. Thierry Viard, United States
Use of dd-cfDNA as a surrogate marker of injury following hypothermic machine perfusion

Prof. Zhankui Jin, People's Republic of China
Establishment of early diagnostic model of acute rejection in combination with IL-2, IL-6, TNF-α and IFN-γ

Dr. Didem Turgut, Turkey
Incidence and risk factors of new onset diabetes after solid organ transplantation: Baskent University experience

Dr. Thierry Viard, United States
Value of dd-cfDNA when considering recipient ethnicity to further to help risk stratify transplant recipients

Dr. Nicole M. van Besouw, Netherlands
Long-lasting effects of anti-rejection therapy on natural antibodies and alloreactive T cells in kidney transplant patients

Mr. Hien Lau, United States
Podocyte-specific urinary extracellular vesicles: A novel biomarker for recurrent primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis after kidney transplantation

Dr. Rivada Kurabekova, Russian Federation
The relationship between myocardial fibrosis and plasma level of galectin-3 in heart transplant recipients underwent acute rejection

Prof. Ugur Musabak, Turkey
Do the blood groups and HLA types have a role in end stage chronic renal failure pathogenesis? A comparative retrospective single-center study

Dr. Maciej Zieliński, Poland
Immune signs of accommodation in kidney transplant recipients

Miha Arnol, Slovenia
Spot urine protein excretion during the first year after kidney transplantation associates with allograft rejection phenotype at 1-year surveillance biopsies: An observational national-cohort study

Dr. Maisarah Jalalonmuhali, Malaysia
The utility of QuantiFERON monitoring based assay in assessing clinical events among kidney transplant recipients

Dr. Kazuki Sasaki, United States
Early post-transplant infusion of ex vivo-expanded autologous polyclonal regulatory T cells (Treg) prolongs kidney allograft survival in nonlymphodepleted, CTLA4Ig-treated rhesus monkeys

Carla C. Baan, Netherlands
IL-21 as a new target for immunosuppressive therapies

Mr. Rens Kraaijeveld, Netherlands
The small-molecule BCL6-inhibitor 79-6 suppresses follicular T helper cell differentiation and plasma blast formation

Dr. Zahra Habibabady, United States
Intra-lymph node delivery of macroparticles loaded with rapamycin in non-human primates

Dr. Javier Serradilla, Spain
Clinical-experimental experience with rapamycin in visceral transplantation

Dr. Tasuku Kodama, Japan
The effects of a novel drug, PQA 18, on small intestinal transplantation

Cheng Yang, People's Republic of China
Cyclic helix B peptide ameliorates renal fibrosis induced by unilateral ureter obstruction via inhibiting NLRP3 pathway

Ms. Sanem Cimen, Turkey
The preventive effect of sirolimus on ureteral stricture formation

Karina Bruestle, United States
Primate tolerance model demonstrates longer kidney graft survival with the administration of polyclonal ex-vivo expanded Tregs

Mr. Griffith Perkins, Australia
IL-4 regulates the secretion of IL-10 by human B cells

Dr. Esma ESY Yolcu, United States
Immunomodulation with SA-PDL1 protein on pancreatic islets promotes indefinite graft survival in allogeneic recipients

Nuala Mooney, France
Anti-IL-6 antibody reduces endothelial mediated pro-inflammatory responses and after binding of HLA-specific DSA to endothelial cells

Hiroshi Sakai, United States
Preclinical study for tolerance induction to liver allografts with rapid immunosuppression withdrawal in Cynomolgus monkeys

Dr. Sang Jun Park, Korea
Strong engagement of Cd137 suppresses graft-versus-host disease through dendritic cells

Takayuki Hirose, United States
The requirement of thymic irradiation for induction of mixed chimerism and renal allograft tolerance in non-human primates

Pablo Stringa, Argentina
Experimental evidence on the role of the spleen in graft versus host disease after visceral transplantation

Ms. Juhee Hwang, Korea
Comparison between vitamin C-treated induced-regulatory T cells and conventional induced-regulatory T cells in suppressing heart allograft rejection in either vitamin C-sufficient or vitamin C-deficient conditions

Karina Bruestle, United States
Advantages of rhesus macaques in a tolerance model for combined bone marrow and kidney transplantation

Dr. Sebastian O Stead, Australia
siRNA gene knockdown with functionalised porous silicon nanoparticles

Dr. Hiroaki Yamane, Japan
Class II HLA eplet mismatch is related to anti-donor CD4+ T cell response and de novo donor-specific antibody development in kidney transplantation recipient

Dr. Nirupama D Verma, Australia
Changes in phenotype of human CD4+CD25+CD127lo Treg subpopulations after culture with rIL-2 and alloantigen

Manuel Maglione, Austria
Mobilization of mast cells and regulatory t-cells by tetrahydrobiopterin is associated with prolonged allograft survival

Dr. Emilio Canovai, Belgium
INT 767 – A novel dual farnesoid-X receptor (FXR) and takeda G-protein-coupled receptor-5 (TGR5) agonist attenuates intestinal ischemia reperfusion injury

Cheng Yang, People's Republic of China
High-mobility group box 1 protein antagonizes the immunosuppressive capacity and therapeutic effect of mesenchymal stem cells in acute kidney injury

Dr. Wei Nie, People's Republic of China
Mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes suppress of NLRP3 inflammasome activation to enhance anti-anoxic ability of porcine islets

Mr. Ryan Ghita, United Kingdom
A novel rodent model of severe renal ischemia reperfusion injury that better mimics the renal transplant recipient

Prof. Jeongkye Hwang, Korea
Ischemic preconditioning ameliorates renal ischemia-reperfusion injury through activating the Nrf2/HO-1 pathway enhanced autophagy in mice

Dr. Franka Messner, Austria
In-depth assessment of ischemia/reperfusion injury in a murine model of hindlimb transplantation

Prof. Jeongkye Hwang, Korea
Ischemic preconditioning attenuates renal ischemia-reperfusion injury by TLR4 suppression and eNOS activation

Dr. Philipp Tratnig-Frankl, United States
The impact of oxygen free radical scavenger on acute rejection in a histocompatible miniature swine model

Dr. Yvonne Kelly, United States
The tissue Common Response Module (tCRM) score provides a quantitative objective biopsy score to assess the severity of pancreas transplant rejection

Prof. Binnaz Handan Ozdemir, Turkey
Increased level of serum cholesterol and apoptosis together induces the development of liver fibrosis and early allograft loss

Dr. Margaret Connolly, United States
Analyzing interactions between donor endothelium and recipient blood under flow conditions in vitro

Christian Heim, Germany
Influence of β-Catenin on the proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells and the development of cardiac allograft vasculopathy in mice

Amy Prosser, Australia
Recipient bone marrow Treg; major players in transplant tolerance

Dr. Julian Singer, Australia
High-fibre diet reduces transplant-associated dysbiosis and improves renal allograft survival in a murine model of kidney allograft rejection

Dr. Igor Stoma, Belarus
Gut microbiome dynamics over a course of kidney transplantation: Preliminary results of a pilot study

Mrs. Sarah J Dart, Australia
Characterization of donor and recipient myeloid cells following congenic and allogeneic liver transplantation

Prof. Kyungmee Park, Korea
Preparation of transplantable acellular scleral graft using porcine eye

Prof. Kyungmee Park, Korea
Preparation of ultra-thin descemet's membrane graft using decellularized porcine cornea

Mr. Xinxiang Yang, People's Republic of China
NK cell exhaustion facilitates tumor recurrence after liver transplantation via the TLR4 / HLA-E signaling pathway

Dr. Young Jin Kim, Korea
Assessment of HLA typing performance of Korea Biobank Array for transplantation genome-wide association study in Koreans

Dr. Young Jin Kim, Korea
A genome-wide association study identified genetic loci for end-stage renal disease in the Korean population

Dr. Manzoor Parry, India
Vascular endothelial growth factor (vegf) 936 C/T gene polymorphism in renal transplant recipients: Association with graft rejection and final graft outcome

Dr. Vikas Saxena, United States
Lymphotoxin beta receptor regulates Treg stability, migration, and function

Amy Prosser, Australia
Liver tissue-resident lymphocytes are significantly heterogeneous, and the original repertoire is not recreated by infiltrating recipient cells

Mr. Ryan Ghita, United Kingdom
Ischemic and perfused kidney treated with non-cultured adipose-derived regenerative cells increase the immune and regulatory transcriptome