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ArticleAmerican journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons2021

Opinions of African American adults about the use of apolipoprotein L1 (ApoL1) genetic testing in living kidney donation and transplantation.

Margaret Berrigan, Jasmine Austrie, Aaron Fleishman, Kenneth P Tercyak, Martin R Pollak, Martha Pavlakis, Vinayak Rohan, Prabhakar K Baliga, Liise K Kayler, Thomas H Feeley and 1 more

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Article in American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Evaluation and Counseling of Living Kidney Donor Candidates.Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN · 2026
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  5. Kidney medicine · 2022
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  7. Apolipoprotein L1 and mechanisms of kidney disease susceptibility.Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Margaret BerriganDepartment of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Jasmine AustrieDepartment of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Aaron FleishmanDepartment of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Kenneth P TercyakDepartments of Oncology and Pediatrics, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
Martin R PollakHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Martha PavlakisHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Vinayak RohanDepartment of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5975-032X
Prabhakar K BaligaDepartment of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
Liise K KaylerDepartment of Surgery, University at Buffalo (SUNY) Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences and Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, New York, USA.
Thomas H FeeleyDepartment of Communication, University at Buffalo (SUNY), Buffalo, New York, USA.
James R RodrigueDepartment of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5589-4919
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · USMedical University of South Carolina · USErie County Medical Center · USGeorgetown University · USUniversity at Buffalo, State University of New York · US

Funding

Living Donor Wage Reimbursement TrialR01DK114877 · NIDDK · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI RODRIGUE, JAMES R · 2017 to 2021
$1.3M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK114877
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Apolipoprotein L1 (ApoL1) predictive genetic testing for kidney disease, and its emerging role in transplantation, remains controversial as it may exacerbate underlying disparities among African Americans (AAs) at increased risk. We conducted an online simulation among AAs (N = 585) about interest in ApoL1 testing and its cofactors, under 2 scenarios: as a potential living donor (PLD), and as a patient awaiting transplantation. Most respondents (61%) expressed high interest in genetic testing as a PLD: age ≥35 years (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 1.75; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.18, 2.60, P = .01), AA identity (aOR, 1.67; 95% CI, 1.02, 2.72, P = .04), perceived kidney disease risk following donation (aOR, 1.68; 95% CI, 1.03, 2.73, P = .03), interest in genetics (aOR, 2.89; 95% CI, 1.95, 4.29, P = .001), and genetics self-efficacy (aOR, 2.38; 95% CI, 1.54, 3.67, P = .001) were positively associated with ApoL1 test interest. If awaiting transplantation, most (89%) believed that ApoL1 testing should be done on AA deceased donors, and older age (aOR, 1.85; 95% CI, 1.03, 3.32, P = .04) and greater interest in genetics (aOR, 2.61; 95% CI, 1.41, 4.81, P = .002) were associated with interest in testing deceased donors. Findings highlight strong support for ApoL1 testing in AAs and the need to examine such opinions among PLDs and transplant patients to enhance patient education efforts.

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Apolipoprotein L1Kidney TransplantationAdultAgedBlack or African AmericanGenetic TestingHumansKidneyAPOL1 protein, humanApolipoprotein L1clinical research/ practicedisparitiesethics and public policyethnicity/ racegeneticskidney transplantation: living donorkidney transplantation/ nephrologysocial sciencessurvey

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PMID32659871
PMCPMC7854990
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