Articles tagged "African-American"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Landscape of Non-Directed Live Donors
K. Kumar, X. Luo, A. Massie, T. Purnell, J. Tonascia, E. King, D. Segev.
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD.
Background: The use of kidneys from Non-directed live donors (NDLD) among transplant centers in the US is unknown and the recipient selection remains varied. We…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Blood Gene Expression Profiling in a Randomized Controlled Trial of rATG Vs. IL2RA Induction Reveals the Differences in Immune Impact and Mechanisms
K. Chavin,¹ D. Taber,¹ S. Kurian,² T. Gelbart,² N. Pilch,¹ S. Nadig,¹ J. McGillicuddy,¹ T. Srinivas,¹ C. Bratton,¹ P. Baliga,¹ D. Salomon.²
¹MUSC, Charleston, SC; ²Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA.
We performed global gene expression profiling using microarrays on samples from a prospective, RCT designed to study the safety & efficacy of induction with antithymocyte…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Identification of Strategies to Facilitate Organ Donation Among African Americans
J. Locke,¹ H. Qu,² R. Shewchuk,² D. Segev,³ M. Martin.⁴
¹Surgery/Transplantation, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; ²Health Services Administration, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; ³Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; ⁴Medicine/Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
Background: African Americans (AA) are disproportionately affected by renal disease, yet few receive a kidney transplant. Surveys assessing attitude toward donation have demonstrated that AAs…