Session: Cutting Edge of Transplantation

Paradoxical Effects of Prior Pregnancy on Subsequent Transplantation

Friday, June 23, 2023

3:20 PM – 3:45 PM

Location: Salon F-G

Speaker(s)

Anita S. Chong, Ph.D.

Professor
The University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Disclosure(s):

Anita S. Chong, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose

Understanding the immunological effects of pregnancy on subsequent transplantation.
Understand that pregnancy sensitizes humoral responses but tolerizes T cell responses.
Humoral sensitization over-rides T cell tolerance induced by pregnancy in the setting of organ transplantation.