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Articles tagged "African-American"

  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Variation in Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation in the United States: Identifying Opportunities for Increased Utilization

    K. Lentine1, D. Axelrod2, M. Schnitzler1, R. Li1, M. Dew3, T. Bitterman4, K. Olthoff4, J. Locke5, S. Emre6, H. Hunt7, T. Tanaka2, A. Liapakis6

    1Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, 2U Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 3U Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 4U Penn, Philadelphia, PA, 5UAB, Birmingham, AL, 6Yale, New Haven, CT, 7UNOS, Richmond, VA

    *Purpose: To assess barriers to living donor liver transplant (LDLT) access in light of convincing evidence of survival benefits for patients with end-stage liver disease.*Methods:…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Does Black Race Modify the Risk of Transplant Failure Associated with HLA Mismatch in First Adult Kidney Allografts from Deceased Donors?

    K. Atiemo

    Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

    *Purpose: Current US- based data suggests Black patients awaiting kidney re-transplantation are more likely to be highly sensitized compared to other races. Degree of HLA…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Ethnic Variation in Adult and Pediatric Liver Transplantation

    N. Kemmer1, M. Malespin1, S. Agrawal1, R. Syed1, K. Alkhalloufi1, B. Alkurdi1, C. Albers1, J. Buggs2

    1Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, 2Transplant Surgery, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL

    *Purpose: Despite several policy reforms over the years, disparities in the access to solid organ transplantation continues to exist remains a significant barrier to liver…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    HLA-DQ Mismatches Are More Likely to Be Listed as Unacceptable Antigens After Renal Graft Failure in African American Recipients as Compared to Other Racial/Ethnic Groups

    D. Isaacson1, M. W. Gmeiner2, V. Kosmoliaptsis3, J. D. Schold4, A. R. Tambur1

    1Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 2London School of Economics, London, United Kingdom, 3Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 4Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

    *Purpose: Growing evidence suggests that donor-recipient mismatches at the HLA-DQ locus are the most immunogenic and pathogenic, evidenced by generation of DQ donor-specific antibodies (DSA).…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    The Learning Curve Associated with De Novo Tacrolimus XR Use in a Racially Diverse Kidney Transplant Population

    F. Bartlett, T. Carcella, N. Patel, V. Rohan, D. Taber

    Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

    *Purpose: Tacrolimus XR (LCP-Tac) was approved for de novo dosing in kidney transplant recipients in 2018. In 2020, our center was challenged with a nationwide…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Removal of Race Factor in Egfr Decreases Disparities in Preemptive Listing for Kidney Transplantation

    Y. Al-Salmay, N. Jandovitz, M. Abate, A. Baez, E. Molmenti, A. Fahmy, N. Breslin, L. Teperman, V. Nair

    Organ Transplantation, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY

    *Purpose: GFR < 20 is required for kidney transplant listing. The Chronic Kidney Disease-Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) and the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD)…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Effect of HLA Class II Polymorphism on Predicted Cellular Immunity Against SARS-CoV-2 at the Individual Level and Within Twenty Five Race/ethnic Groups

    H. C. Copley1, L. Gragert2, A. R. Leach3, V. Kosmoliaptsis1

    1Department of Surgery, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2Department of Pathology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 3European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Hinxton, United Kingdom

    *Purpose: Development of adaptive immunity after COVID-19 and after vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 is predicated on recognition of viral peptides, presented on HLA class II molecules,…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Racial/ethnic and Sex Disparities in Renal Transplant Waitlisting Accounting for Pre-Waitlist Mortality

    R. Hamoda1, R. Patzer2, M. Saunders1

    1University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2Emory University, Atlanta, GA

    *Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess racial/ethnic and sex differences in access to the renal transplant deceased donor waiting list among incident…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Low Socio-economic Status is Associated with Lower Kidney Graft Survival and Increased Risk of Graft Failure Due to Acute Rejection

    W. Xie1, G. Vrakas1, S. H. Gray1, A. Haririan2, J. R. Scalea1, J. S. Bromberg1, D. G. Maluf1, R. P. Meier1

    1Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 2Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

    *Purpose: Low socio-economic status (SES) has been shown to be associated with poor kidney graft outcomes. We aimed to characterize differences in high and low…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Black Transplant Recipients Reside in the Most Socially Vulnerable Communities

    A. C. Killian1, M. C. McLeod1, B. Shelton1, R. D. Reed1, P. MacLennan1, H. Qu1, B. J. Orandi1, D. Sawinski2, J. E. Locke1

    1University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital, Birmingham, AL, 2Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

    *Purpose: Racial and socioeconomic disparities in post-transplant outcomes have been described for all solid organ recipients. While the importance of the social determinants of health…
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