From September 13 to 16, the 28th International Congress of The Transplantation Society (2020 TTS Virtual Congress) organized by TTS was successfully held in online pattern due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. At present, TTS Congress is a global academic gathering with the largest scale, widest range and highest number of authoritative experts covering all disciplines in the field of organ transplantation, which has been successfully held for 27 sessions, once every two years.
More than 6,700 organ donation and transplantation experts from prestigious universities and hospitals in 105 countries around the world and scholars in the basic research in transplantation medicine attended 2020 TTS Virtual Congress for in-depth discussions and academic exchanges on scientific research, clinical practice, social and ethical issues of solid organ transplantation. The congress started with a general session and a special workshop on COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on organ transplantation, followed by a 3-day multidisciplinary project consisting of 250 presentations, such as plenary sessions, workshops and best oral abstract sessions. Department of Kidney Transplantation of the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University (XJTU) submitted 12 articles via the E-Poster session. Professor Tian Puxun, Vice President of Kidney Disease Hospital of our hospital, delivered an oral presentation at the sub-forum of “A novel method for renal transplantation-immune monitoring”.
This sub-forum was chaired by Professor Stefan. G. Tullius from Harvard University and Executive Director of TTS. Professor Tian Puxunalong with his team members delivered an oral presentation entitled "Analysis of the difference of the monitoring results of TCR high variable area in renal transplant recipients after treatment" via video connection in the meeting room of Science and Teaching Building of our hospital. Subsequently, they answered questions raised by the audience. By using detailed clinical and experimental data, Professor Tian Puxun elaborated the role of T cell receptor-complementarity-determining region 3 (TCR-CDR3) in monitoring the immune status of living relative renal transplant recipients. On the basis of these experimental results, he proposed a novel idea for monitoring the immune status of kidney transplant recipients, which aroused intensive reactions from experts at home and abroad. After the presentation, relevant experts delivered heated and in-depth discussion on this topic. The team received recognition and encouragement from by Professor Stefan.G. Tullius, the moderator of the sub-forum.