On June 24, @mgh_transplant team performed the 1st robotic kidney transplant for a kidney tx recipient at Mass General Hospital. Building on our extensive experience with robotic living donor kidney surgery, this milestone expands the use of robotic technology. Congrats team🚀👋
What if transplant recipients could one day need less lifelong immunosuppression?
@MassGenBrigham researchers and colleagues developed an engineered IL-2 therapy that expands the immune system's natural regulatory T cells, helping promote long-term acceptance of transplanted
Excited for #ATC2026!
Our team will contribute to 16 presentations covering transplant tolerance, recurrent glomerular disease, frailty, immune metabolism, immune regulation, and xenotransplantation,including the ATC plenary. Hope to see you there! @mgh_transplant @ThiagoJBorges
Interesting paper @Kidney_Int antigen delisting in highly sensitized kidney transplant candidates. The most important message: persistent DSA >2000 MFI at transplantation was associated with worse outcomes, whereas historical DSA that had resolved before transplant was not.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2026.04.023
Great renal grand rounds @MGBKidneys Ritu Seethapathy discussing rare entity of podocyte infolding glomerulopathy(PIG) after kidney #transplantation in patient w/ lupus. PIG is a morphologic manifestation of chronic podocyte injury &interferon-driven immune dysregulation @AlJurdi
👇Teaching Pearls:
*PIG is primarily an EM diagnosis
*Light microscopy frequently mimics membranous nephropathy
*Strong association with SLE/interferon-mediated disease
*Proteinuria may be severe despite preserved GFR
Great presentation by tx ID fellow Helena Torpy at @MGH_transplant on donor-derived CNS infections in tx.Key points:
• CNS infections often difficult to recognize in donors
• Meningoencephalitis of unknown cause is a contraindication to donation
• CNS-TB may occur w/o lung si
