2023
A survey of transplant providers regarding attitudes, barriers, and facilitators to living donor liver transplantation in the United States
Liapakis A, Agbim U, Bittermann T, Dew M, Deng Y, Gan G, Emre S, Hunt H, Olthoff K, Locke J, Jesse M, Kumar V, Pillai A, Verna E, Lentine K, Group T. A survey of transplant providers regarding attitudes, barriers, and facilitators to living donor liver transplantation in the United States. Clinical Transplantation 2023, 37: e14967. PMID: 36938716, DOI: 10.1111/ctr.14967.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDonor liver transplantDonor liver transplantationLiver transplant centersGood first optionLDLT centersLiver transplantLiver transplantationWaitlist candidatesTransplant centersDonor factorsLDLTTransplant providersConsensus conferenceSurgical expertiseElectronic surveyAmerican SocietyImportant barriersFirst optionExclusion rateKey barriersHigh levelsTransplantationTransplantFacilitatorsCenter
2019
HLA, Non-HLA Antibodies, and Eplet Mismatches in Pediatric Liver Transplantation: Observations From a Small, Single-Center Cohort.
Ekong UD, Antala S, Bow L, Sese D, Morotti R, Rodriguez-Davalos M, Gan G, Deng Y, Emre SH. HLA, Non-HLA Antibodies, and Eplet Mismatches in Pediatric Liver Transplantation: Observations From a Small, Single-Center Cohort. Experimental And Clinical Transplantation 2019, 17: 6-17. PMID: 30777518, PMCID: PMC11165937, DOI: 10.6002/ect.mesot2018.l30.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAge FactorsChildChild, PreschoolConnecticutFemaleGraft RejectionGraft SurvivalHistocompatibilityHistocompatibility TestingHLA AntigensHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsInfantIsoantibodiesLiver TransplantationMaleRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeYoung AdultConceptsDonor-specific antibodiesEpitope mismatchesMismatch loadAcute rejectionClass II donor-specific antibodiesDQ lociDQ Donor-Specific AntibodiesNon-HLA antibodiesAntibody-mediated rejectionPediatric liver transplantationSingle-center cohortHLAMatchmaker softwareImmunosuppression strategiesLiver transplantLiver transplantationAllograft fibrosisEplet mismatchesLiver biopsyPediatric patientsFibrosis scoreHLA-DRRetrospective reviewTransplant physiciansHLA-DQHLA-DQB1