Rafael Villicana, MD

Elevations in Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA and Allograft Outcomes in Kidney Transplantation

Klein, J. A., Taber, D., Wojciechowski, D., Mandelbrot, D. A., Glehn-Ponsirenas, R., Olaitan, O., Jain, P., Lu, J., McGrath, M. M., Narayanan, M., Patel, A. M., Merzkani, M., Permpalung, N., Choudhury, R. A., Josephson, M. A., Anand, S., Vaitla, P., Langewisch, E., Ajaimy, M. & Kumar, D. & 98 others, Burke, G. W., Pesavento, T. E., Langone, A. J., Huang, Y., Leeser, D., Fischbach, B., Costa, N., Sureshkumar, K., Qannus, A. A., Fan, C. P. S., Zaky, Z., Shihab, F., Kulkarni, S., Maw, T. T., Tanriover, B., Akalin, E., Cooper, M., Tawhari, I., Weir, M. R., Alhamad, T., Brennan, D. C., Leca, N., Bunnapradist, S., Shen, L., Woodward, R. N., Chuang, P., Anand, P., Poggio, E. D., Guerra, G., Wiseman, A., Paramesh, A., Cibrik, D., Bromberg, J., McGrath, M., Narayanan, M., Jain, P., Patel, A., Merzkani, M., Permpalung, N., Taber, D., Klein, J. A., Choudhury, R., Sood, P., Bayliss, G., Bloom, R., Bromberg, J., Josephson, M. A., Piper, J., Peddi, R., Anand, S., Vaitla, P., Langewisch, E., Olaitan, O., Gilligan, H., Ajaimy, M., Matas, A., Kumar, D., Huang, E., Burke, G., Pavlakis, M., Alicic, R., Soltani, Z., Pesavento, T., Langone, A., Puttarajappa, C., Huang, E., Leeser, D., Paramesh, A., Fischbach, B., Costa, N., Wojciechowski, D., Sureshkumar, K., Jain, D., Villicana, R., Maw, T. T., Markell, M., Zaky, Z., Shihab, F., Knechtle, S., Jagadeesan, M., Mandelbrot, D., Bunnapradist, S., Sharfuddin, A., Kayler, L., Kulkarni, S., Lepere, K., Ahearn, P., Yi, S., Hoffman, M., Wang, X., Di Cocco, P., Gani, I., El-Ghoroury, M., John, D., Leca, N., Tanriover, B., Zhao, K. & Dadhania, D., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

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Promoting Equity in Transplant Research by Addressing the Exclusion of Patients With Glomerular Disease

Hullekes, F., Verhoeff, R., Lee, S. A., de Vries, A. P. J., Seeger, H., David-Neto, E., Lee, H., Malvezzi, P., Loucaidou, M., Verghese, P., Thakur, A., Manfro, R. C., La Manna, G., Akalin, E., Huang, E., Me, H., Villicana, R., Poggio, E., Wadei, H. M. & Mansur, J. & 10 others, Tedesco-Silva, H., Kousios, A., Wang, A. X., Gourishankar, S., Mazzali, M., Biancone, L., Berger, S., Stegall, M. D., Cravedi, P. & Riella, L. V., Dec 2025, In: Kidney International Reports. 10, 12, p. 4277-4280 4 p.

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Spatial transcriptomics reveals distinct role of monocytes/macrophages with high FCGR3A expression in kidney transplant rejections

Chen Wongworawat, Y., Nepal, C., Duhon, M., Chen, W., Nguyen, M. T., Godzik, A., Qiu, X., Li, W. V., Yu, G., Villicana, R., Zuppan, C., De Vera, M., Eadon, M. T., Haas, M. & Wang, C., Sep 14 2025, In: Frontiers in Immunology. 16, 1654741.

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Analysis of post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (Ptld) outcomes with epstein–barr virus (ebv) assessments—a single tertiary referral center experience and review of literature

Lau, E., Moyers, J. T., Wang, B. C., Jeong, I. S. D., Lee, J., Liu, L., Kim, M., Villicana, R., Kim, B., Mitchell, J., Kamal, M. O., Chen, C. S., Liu, Y., Wang, J., Chinnock, R. & Cao, H., Feb 2021, In: Cancers. 13, 4, p. 1-16 16 p., 899.

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Efficacy and safety of once-daily LCP-Tacrolimus versus twice-daily immediate-release tacrolimus in adult Hispanic stable kidney transplant recipients: Sub-group analysis from a phase 3 trial

Faravardeh, A., Akkina, S., Villicana, R., Guerra, G., Moten, M. A., Meier-Kriesche, U., Stevens, D. R., Patel, S. J. & Bunnapradist, S., Apr 16 2021, In: Annals of Transplantation. 26, e929535.

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