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Anika Michelle Lucas

Anika Michelle Lucas

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Nephrology

Scholarly Works - Journal articles

Hybrid Community-Electronic Health Record Approaches to Apolipoprotein L1 Kidney Disease Screening and Clinical Trials among Black Individuals.

Journal article J Am Soc Nephrol · August 1, 2026 KEY POINTS: Community engagement achieved high apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1)-mediated kidney disease screening rates but low yield of trial-eligible participants. Electronic health record and health care professional referrals identified more participants with ... Full text Link to item Cite

Examining Quality-of-Life Priorities of Older Adults Receiving Hemodialysis: A Q-Methodology Study.

Journal article Kidney Med · June 2026 RATIONALE & OBJECTIVE: Older adults represent the fastest-growing demographic group initiating hemodialysis (HD) in the United States. Compared with older adults who do not receive HD, they commonly report a lower quality of life (QOL). However, their pers ... Full text Link to item Cite

Serum BAFF levels in pregnant patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Journal article Lupus · April 2026 Background/PurposeThe B cell Activating Factor (BAFF) signaling pathway influences rheumatic disease through its role in the selection, maturation, and survival of B cells. Increased BAFF also correlates with hypertension and preeclampsia in pregnant women ... Full text Link to item Cite

Women and kidney health: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference.

Journal article Kidney Int · September 2025 The KDIGO (Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes) Controversies Conference on Women and Kidney Health was convened to identify key sex and gender issues in kidney care, practices for optimizing healthcare in women with kidney diseases, and priorities f ... Full text Link to item Cite

Second Trimester Kidney Function and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes among Patients with Lupus.

Journal article Kidney360 · February 14, 2025 KEY POINTS: In our combined cohort, second trimester kidney function was associated with adverse outcomes for patients with lupus. Measurement of kidney function during pregnancy may have potential benefit, especially among patients without kidney disease. ... Full text Link to item Cite

Chicago Neighborhood Context and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Maternal Diabetes.

Journal article J Racial Ethn Health Disparities · February 2025 OBJECTIVES: To determine if rates of maternal diabetes vary by race, ethnicity, and neighborhood hardship. METHODS: We conducted a secondary analysis of live births in Chicago from 2010 to 2017. Our sample was restricted to Non-Hispanic White, Non-Hispanic ... Full text Link to item Cite

Design and Rationale of the Phase 2 Baricitinib Study in Apolipoprotein L1-Mediated Kidney Disease (JUSTICE).

Journal article Kidney Int Rep · September 2024 INTRODUCTION: Individuals of recent West African ancestry develop focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) and hypertension-attributed end-stage kidney disease (HTN-ESKD) at 4 times the rate of White Americans. Two protein-coding variants of the Apolipopr ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pregnancy and Family Planning in Women With Kidney Disease

Journal article Kidney International Reports · May 1, 2024 Introduction: Females with kidney disease are at increased risk for pregnancy complications. Few studies have examined pregnancy perspectives of people with kidney disease. Our objective was to examine kidney patients’ perspectives on family planning. Meth ... Full text Cite

Stakeholder Perspectives on Factors Related to Deprescribing Potentially Inappropriate Medications in Older Adults Receiving Dialysis.

Journal article Clin J Am Soc Nephrol · October 1, 2023 BACKGROUND: Potentially inappropriate medications, or medications that generally carry more risk of harm than benefit in older adults, are commonly prescribed to older adults receiving dialysis. Deprescribing, a systematic approach to reducing or stopping ... Full text Link to item Cite

HIV at 40: kidney disease in HIV treatment, prevention, and cure.

Journal article Kidney Int · October 2022 Four decades after the first cases of HIV were reported, kidney disease remains an important comorbidity in people with HIV (PWH). Both HIV-associated nephropathy and immune complex kidney disease were recognized as complications of HIV infection in the ea ... Full text Link to item Cite

The association of lupus nephritis with adverse pregnancy outcomes among women with lupus in North America.

Journal article Lupus · October 2022 OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the association of lupus nephritis (LN) and adverse pregnancy outcomes in prospective cohorts of pregnant women with SLE (systemic lupus erythematosus). METHODS: We conducted a patient-level pooled analysis of data from three cohor ... Full text Link to item Cite

The management of women with kidney disease.

Journal article J Natl Med Assoc · June 2022 Chronic Kidney disease (CKD) is more prevalent among women than men in the United States. This review highlights the important yet unique considerations that should be made in the care of women with kidney disease including psychosocial issues, preventive ... Full text Link to item Cite

Only Part of the Story.

Journal article Am J Kidney Dis · May 2022 Full text Link to item Cite

Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy With and Without Prepregnancy Hypertension Are Associated With Incident Maternal Kidney Disease Subsequent to Delivery.

Journal article Hypertension · April 2022 BACKGROUND: Maternal morbidity and mortality are related to prepregnancy hypertensive disease and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) including preeclampsia (41.1% of HDP), eclampsia (1.3% of HDP), and gestational hypertension (39.9% of HDP). Less in ... Full text Link to item Cite

Physical activity is a potential measure of physical resilience in older adults receiving hemodialysis.

Journal article Front Nephrol · 2022 BACKGROUND: Physical resilience, or the ability to recover after a physical stressor, declines with aging. Efforts to preserve physical resilience in the older dialysis population are critically needed; however, validated, patient-centered measures that ar ... Full text Link to item Cite

Severe and resistant hypertension in an older woman with claudication.

Journal article J Am Soc Hypertens · August 2017 Coarctation of the aorta is an uncommon cause of treatment-resistant hypertension in adults. It is typically detected and treated in infancy or childhood with surgical or endovascular procedures. Most cases of recurrence of coarctation after repair occur i ... Full text Link to item Cite