Gastroenterology
Volume 135, Issue 3 , Pages 830-839.e10, September 2008

Genetic Variants in Major Histocompatibility Complex-Linked Genes Associate With Pediatric Liver Transplant Rejection

Presented in part at the American Transplant Congress, May 7, 2007, San Francisco, CA.

  • Rakesh Sindhi

      Affiliations

    • Hillman Center for Pediatric Transplantation, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Rakesh Sindhi, MD, FACS, Hillman Center for Pediatric Transplantation, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 3705 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213. fax: (412) 692-6116
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  • Brandon W. Higgs

      Affiliations

    • Hillman Center for Pediatric Transplantation, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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  • Daniel E. Weeks

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Human Genetics and Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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  • Chethan AshokKumar

      Affiliations

    • Hillman Center for Pediatric Transplantation, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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  • Ronald Jaffe

      Affiliations

    • Hillman Center for Pediatric Transplantation, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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  • Cecilia Kim

      Affiliations

    • Center for Applied Genomics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  • Patrick Wilson

      Affiliations

    • Hillman Center for Pediatric Transplantation, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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  • Nydia Chien

      Affiliations

    • Hillman Center for Pediatric Transplantation, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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  • Joseph Glessner

      Affiliations

    • Center for Applied Genomics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  • Anjan Talukdar

      Affiliations

    • Hillman Center for Pediatric Transplantation, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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  • George Mazariegos

      Affiliations

    • Hillman Center for Pediatric Transplantation, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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  • M. Michael Barmada

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Human Genetics and Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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  • Edward Frackleton

      Affiliations

    • Center for Applied Genomics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  • Nancy Petro

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Human Genetics and Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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  • Andrew Eckert

      Affiliations

    • Center for Applied Genomics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  • Hakon Hakonarson

      Affiliations

    • Center for Applied Genomics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  • Robert Ferrell

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Human Genetics and Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Received 21 August 2007; accepted 21 May 2008. published online 04 June 2008.

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 Supported by NIH grant 5RO1AI073895-01, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Research Foundation, and Hillman Foundation of Pittsburgh.

 Conflicts of interest: None. Study subjects informed.

PII: S0016-5085(08)00955-4

doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2008.05.080

Gastroenterology
Volume 135, Issue 3 , Pages 830-839.e10, September 2008

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