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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAttitudeDonor SelectionHumansLiver TransplantationLiving DonorsSurveys and QuestionnairesTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsDonor liver transplantDonor liver transplantationLiver transplant centersGood first optionLDLT centersLiver transplantLiver transplantationWaitlist candidatesTransplant centersDonor factorsLDLTTransplant providersConsensus conferenceSurgical expertiseElectronic surveyAmerican SocietyImportant barriersFirst optionExclusion rateKey barriersHigh levelsTransplantationTransplantFacilitatorsCenter
2021
Inactive status is an independent predictor of liver transplant waitlist mortality and is associated with a transplant centers median meld at transplant
Merola J, Gan G, Stewart D, Noreen S, Mulligan D, Batra R, Haakinson D, Deng Y, Kulkarni S. Inactive status is an independent predictor of liver transplant waitlist mortality and is associated with a transplant centers median meld at transplant. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0260000. PMID: 34793524, PMCID: PMC8601542, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260000.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsEligibility DeterminationForecastingHumansLiverLiver TransplantationModels, TheoreticalPrognosisTissue DonorsTransplantsWaiting ListsConceptsDonor service areasWaitlist mortalityTransplant centersMedian MELDHigh mortalityStatus changesLiver transplant waitlist mortalityDeceased donor transplantsInactive statusTransplant probabilityInactive patientsMELD scoreDonor transplantsHazard ratioIndependent predictorsTransplant ratesCare coordinationMortalityPatientsTransplantLevel cohortsTertileSignificant differencesCohortMELD
2019
Body Image in Liver Transplantation Recipients
Zimbrean PC, Gan G, Deng Y, Emre S. Body Image in Liver Transplantation Recipients. Liver Transplantation 2019, 25: 712-723. PMID: 30746848, DOI: 10.1002/lt.25432.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLiver transplant recipientsTransplant recipientsQuality of lifeBI concernsLiver transplantation recipientsChronic liver diseaseAcute liver failureCross-sectional studyMental health carePaucity of dataLiver transplantationTransplantation recipientsYounger patientsLiver failureLiver diseaseQOL scoresOrgan transplantationPatientsRecipientsHealth careBody image concernsTransplantationLow incomeBody imageDepressionHLA, 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