Section of Pulmonary Diseases, Critical Care
and Environmental Medicine
July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2021
RAMSY ABDELGHANI, MD
1. Majid A, Ayala A, Uribe JP, Abdelghani R, Patel P, Chee A, Parikh M, Kheir F. Protective Strategies in a Simulated
Model When Performing Percutaneous Tracheostomies in the COVID-19 Era. Ann Am Thoracic Soc. 2020 Nov
17(11):1486-1488. PMID: 32609553.
2. Using Bronchoscopic Lung Cryobiopsy and a Genomic Classifier in the Multidisciplinary Diagnosis of Diffuse
Interstitial Lung Diseases. Kheir F, Alkhatib A, Berry GJ, Daroca P, Diethelm L, Rampolla R, Saito S, Smith DL, Weill D,
Bateman M, Abdelghani R, Lasky JA.Chest. 2020 Nov;158(5):2015-2025. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.05.532. Epub
2020 May 25.PMID: 32464189
3. Becnel D, Abdelghani R, Nanbo A, Avilala J, Li L, Lin Z. Pathogenic Role of Epstein-Barr Virus in Lung Cancers. Viruses.
2021. May 11;13(5): 877. PMID: 34064727.
4. Avilala J, Becnel D, Abdelghani R, Nanbo A, Kahn J, Li L, Lin Z. Role of Virally Encoded Circular RNAs in the
Pathogenicity of Human Oncogenic Viruses. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2021 Apr 20;12:PMID: 33959113.
5. Cone-Beam Computed Tomography-Guided Electromagnetic Navigation for Peripheral Lung Nodules. Fayez Kheir,
Sanket R Thakore, Juan Pablo Uribe Becerra, Mohammad Tahboub, Rahul Kamat, Ramsy Abdelghani, Sebastian
Fernandez-Bussy, Upendra R Kaphle, AdnanMajid. Respiration. 2021; 100(1):44-51. Epub 2021 Jan 5. PMID:
33401270.
DAVID BECNEL, MD
1. Becnel D, Abdelghani R, Nanbo A, Avilala J, Li L, Lin Z. Pathogenic Role of Epstein-Barr Virus in Lung Cancers. Viruses.
2021, 13(5): 877.
2. Avilala J, Becnel D, Abdelghani R, Nanbo A, Kahn J, Li L, Lin Z. Role of Virally Encoded Circular RNAs in the
Pathogenicity of Human Oncogenic Viruses. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2021;12:668.
3. Zhao M, Nanbo A, Becnel D, Qin Z, Morris GF, Li L, Lin Z. Ubiquitin Modification of the Epstein-Barr Virus Immediate
Early Transactivator Zta. Journal of Virology. 2020 Aug 26. PMID: 32847852.
CHRISTINE BOJANOWSKI,MD
1. Ning B, Xiao Y, Huang Z, Youngquist BM, Scott JW, Niu A, Bojanowski CM, Zwezdaryk KJ, Saba NS, Fan J, Yin X, Cao J,
Lyon CJ, Li C, Roy CJ, Hu TY. Liposome-mediated detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA-positive extracellular vesicles in
plasma. Nature Nanotechnology. 2021. In Press
2. Moshensky A, Du M, Shin J, Advani I, Gunge D, Mathew D, Alkolla R, Du A, Javier C, Ma L, Tran A, Nguyen N, Olay J,
Nilaad S, Ding J, NajhawanM, Watrous JD, Bojanowski CM, Jain M, Christiani DC, and Crotty Alexander LE. Vaping
induced metabolomic signatures in the circulation of mice are driven by device type, e-liquid, exposure duration and
sex. European Respiratory Journal Open Research. Accepted on April 24, 2021
3. Chopyk J, Bojanowski CM, Shin J, Moshensky A, Fuentes AL, Bonde SS, Chuki D, Pride DT, Crotty Alexander LE.
Compositional differences in the oral microbiome of e-cigarette users. Front Microbiol. 2021 May 31; 12:599664.doi:
10.3389/fmicb.2021.599664. eCollection 2021. PMID 34135868.
4. Masso-Silva J, Moshensky A, Shin J, Olay J, Nilaad S, Advani I, Bojanowski CM, Crotty S, Li WT, Ongkeko WM, Singla
S, Crotty Alexander LE. Chronic e-cigarette aerosol inhalation alters the immune state of the lungs and increases
ACE2 expression, raising concern for altered response and susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2. Front Physiol. 2021May 31;
12:649604. Doi:10.3389/fphys.2021.649604. eCollection 2021. PMID: 34122126
5. Cypro A, McGuire C, Rolfsen M, Jones N, Shah N, Cribbs SK, Kaul V, Bojanowski CM, Pedraza I, Lynch L, Guzman L,
Larsson E, Crotty Alexander LE. Creation of a Virtual Critical Care Training Forum for International and Local
HealthcareWorkers Taking Care of Patients with COVID-19. ATS Scholar. 2021 Accepted February 28, 2021
6. Bojanowski CM, Wilson S, Klingsberg RC. CFTR Modulator Therapy Improves Cystic Fibrosis-Related Diabetes. But
How? J Diabetes Complications. 2021 Feb 25; 107887. doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2021.107887. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 33775536. (Invited)
7. Ween MP, Moshensky A, Thredgold L, Bastian N, Hamon R, Badiei A, Nguyen PT, Herewane K, JErsmann, Bojanowski
CM, Shin J, Reynolds PN, Crotty Alexander LE, Hodge SJ. E-cigarettes and health risks: more to the flavour than just
the name. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2021; 320 (4): L600-L614. PMID: 33295836
8. Xie J, Zu Y, Alkhatib A, Pham TT, Gill F, Jang A, Radosta S, Chaaya G, Myers L, Zifodya JS, Bojanowski CM, Marrouche
NF, Mauvais-Jarvis F, Denon JLMetabolic Syndrome and COVID-19 Mortality Among Adult Black Patients in New
Orleans. Diabetes Care. 2020 Aug 25; 44 (1): 188-193. dc20-1714. PMID: 32843337; PMCID: PMC7783937
9. Alkhatib AL, Kreniske J, Zifodya JS, Fonseca V, Tahboub M, Khatib J, Denson JL, Lasky JA, Lefante JJ, Bojanowski CM.
Body Mass Index is Associated with COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit Admission in African Americans. Obesity. 2020
Oct; 28 (10): 1798-1801. Epub 2020 Aug 4. PMID: 32748568; PMCID: PMC7436599
JOSHUA DENSON, MD
1. Hardeman A,* Wong T,* Denson JL, Postelnicu R, Rojas JC. U.S. National Evaluation of Health Equity in COVID-19
Vaccine Distribution Plans. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 (Accepted, In Press).
2. Heath JK, Wang T, Santhosh L, Denson JL, Holmboe E, Yamakazi K, Clay AS, Carlos WG. Longitudinal Milestone
Assessment Extending through Subspecialty Training: The Relationship between ACGME Internal Medicine
Residency Milestones and Subsequent Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Milestones. Academic Medicine 2021
May 18. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000004165. PMID: 34010863
3. Dagher L, Shi H, Zhao Y, Wetherbie A, Johnsen E, Sangani D, Nedunchezhian S, Brown M, Miller P, Denson J,
Schieffelin J, Marrouche N. New-Onset Atrial Arrhythmias Associated WithMortality in Black and White Patients
Hospitalized with COVID-19. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2021 Mar 20. doi: 10.1111/pace.14226. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 33742724.
4. Domecq JP, Lal A, Sheldrick CR, Kumar VK, Boman K, Bolesta S, Bansal V, HarhayMO, Garcia MA, KaufmanM,
Danesh V, Cheruku S, Banner-Goodspeed VM, Anderson HL 3rd, Milligan PS, Denson JL, St Hill CA, Dodd KW, Martin
GS, Gajic O, Walkey AJ, Kashyap R. Outcomes of Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 Receiving Organ Support
Therapies: The International Viral Infection and Respiratory Illness Universal Study Registry. Crit Care Med. 2021 Jan
28. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004879. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33555777.
5. Manka L, Guntur VP, Denson JL, Dunn RM, Dollin YT, Strand M, Wechsler ME. Efficacy and Safety of Reslizumab in
the Treatment of Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA). Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2021 Feb
3:S1081-1206(21)00097-1. doi: 10.1016/j.anai.2021.01.035. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33548468.
6. Yoshida Y, Gillet SA, BrownMI, Zu Y, Wilson SM, Ahmed SJ, Tirumalasetty S, Lovre D, Krousel-WoodM, Denson JL,
Mauvais-Jarvis F. Clinical characteristics and outcomes in women and men hospitalized for coronavirus disease 2019
in New Orleans. Biol Sex Differ. 2021 Feb 5;12(1):20. doi: 10.1186/s13293-021-00359-2. PMID: 33546750; PMCID:
PMC7863061.
7. Bateman ME, Hammer R, Byrne A, Ravindran N, Chiurco J, Lasky S, Denson R, Brown M, Myers L, Zu Y, Denson JL.
Death Cafes for Prevention of Burnout in Intensive Care Unit Employees: Study Protocol for a Randomized
Controlled Trial (STOPTHEBURN). Trials. 2020 Dec 11;21(1):1019. doi: 10.1186/s13063-020-04929-4. PMID:
33308290.
8. Guntur VP, Manka L, Denson JL, Dunn RM, Dollin YT, Gill M, Kolakowski C, Strand M, Wechsler ME. Benralizumab as
a steroid-sparing treatment option in eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract.
2020 Oct 13:S2213-2198(20)31104-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2020.09.054. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33065367.
9. Pal P, Ibrahim M, Niu A, Zwezdaryk KJ, Tatje E, Robinson WR, Ko L, Satyavarapu I, Jones WE, Nachabe A, Luk A,
Mushatt DM, Halvorson K, Denson JL, Smith CC, Simeone F, Davis G, Gill SK, McDougal A, Vigh AS, Peterson TG, Ning
B, Hu T, Socola F, Robinson J, Safah H, Saba NS. Safety and efficacy of COVID-19 convalescent plasma in severe
pulmonary disease: A report of 17 patients. Transfusion Medicine. 2020 Oct 19. doi: 10.1111/tme.12729. Epub
ahead of print. PMID: 33073895.
10. Brady AK, Brown W, Denson JL, Winter G, Niroula A, Santhosh L, Carlos WG. Variation in Intensive Care Unit
Intubation Practices in Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine Fellowship. ATS Sch. 2020 Dec;1(4):395-405. doi:
10.34197/ats-scholar.2020-0004OC. Epub 2020 Oct 21. PMID: 33728421; PMCID: PMC7959255.
11. Xie J, Zu Y, Alkhatib A, Pham TT, Gill F, Jang A, Radosta S, Chaaya G, Myers L, Zifodya JS, Bojanowski CM, Marrouche
NF, Mauvais-Jarvis F, Denson JL. Metabolic Syndrome and COVID-19 Mortality among Adult Black Patients in New
Orleans. [published online ahead of print, 2020 Aug 25]. Diabetes Care. 2020;dc201714. doi:10.2337/dc20-1714.
PMID: 32843337.
12. Brown W, Santhosh L, Brady AK, Denson JL, Niroula A, Pugh ME, Self WH, Joffe AM, O'Neal Maynord P, Carlos WG. A
call for collaboration and consensus on training for endotracheal intubation in the medical intensive care unit. Crit
Care. 2020 Oct 22;24(1):621. doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-03317-3. PMID: 33092615; PMCID: PMC7583182.
13. Alkhatib AL, Kreniske J, Zifodya JS, Fonseca V, TahboubM, Khatib J, Denson JL, Lasky JA, Lefante J, Bojanowski CM.
Body Mass Index is Associated with COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit Admission in African Americans. [published online
ahead of print, 2020 Aug 4]. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2020;10.1002/oby.22937. doi:10.1002/oby.22937. PMID:
32748568.
FRANCESCO SIMEONE, MD
1. Pal P, Ibrahim M, Niu A, Zwezdaryk KJ, Tatje E, Robinson WR, Ko L, Satyavarapu I, Jones WE, Nachabe A, Luk A,
Mushatt DM, Halvorson K, Denson JL, Smith CC, Simeone F, Davis G, Gill SK, McDougal A, Vigh AS, Peterson TG, Ning
B, Hu T, Socola F, Robinson J, Safah H, Saba NS. Safety and efficacy of COVID-19 convalescent plasma in severe
pulmonary disease: A report of 17 patients. Transfusion Medicine. 2020 Oct 19. doi: 10.1111/tme.12729. Epub
ahead of print. PMID: 33073895.
JAY KOLLS, MD
1. Hoffmann JP, Kolls JK, McCombs JE. Regulation and Function of ILC3s in Pulmonary Infections. Front Immunol. 2021
Apr 23;12:672523.
2. Schieffelin JS, Norton EB, Kolls JK. What should define a SARS-CoV-2 "breakthrough" infection? J Clin Invest. 2021
Jun 15;131(12):e151186. doi: 10.1172/JCI151186.
3. Das S, St Croix C, Good M, Chen J, Zhao J, Hu S, Ross M, Myerburg MM, Pilewski JM, Williams J, Wenzel SE, Kolls JK,
Ray A, Ray P. Interleukin-22 Inhibits Respiratory Syncytial Virus Production by Blocking Virus-Mediated Subversion of
Cellular Autophagy. iScience. 2020 Jul 24;23(7):101256.
4. Han K, Blair RV, Iwanaga N, Liu F, Russell-Lodrigue KE, Qin Z, Midkiff CC, Golden NA, Doyle-Meyers LA, Kabir ME,
Chandler KE, Cutrera KL, Ren M, Monjure CJ, Lehmicke G, Fischer T, Beddingfield B, Wanek AG, Birnbaum A,Maness
NJ, Roy CJ, Datta PK, Rappaport J, Kolls JK, Qin X. Lung Expression of Human ACE2 Sensitizes the Mouse to SARS-CoV-
2 Infection. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2020 Sep 29. doi: 10.1165/rcmb.2020-0354OC
5. Aarts J, Roeleveld DM, Helsen MM, Walgreen B, Vitters EL, Kolls J, van de Loo FA, van Lent PL, van der Kraan PM,
Koenders MI. Systemic overexpression of interleukin-22 induces the negative immune-regulator SOCS3 and potently
reduces experimental arthritis in mice. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2020 Nov 16
6. Beddingfield BJ, Iwanaga N, Chapagain PP, Zheng W, Roy CJ, Hu TY, Kolls JK, Bix GJ. The Integrin Binding Peptide,
ATN-161, as a Novel Therapy for SARS-CoV-2 Infection. JACC Basic Transl Sci. 2020 Oct 16.
7. Henkel M, Dutta JA, Partyka J, Eddens T, Hirsch R, Kolls JK, Campfield BT. Regulation of Pulmonary Bacterial
Immunity by Follistatin-like 1. Infect Immun. 2020 Oct 19:IAI.00298-20.
8. Matsunaga Y, Clark T, Wanek AG, Bitoun JP, Gong Q, GoodM, Kolls JK. Intestinal IL-17R Signaling Controls Secretory
IgA and Oxidase Balance in Citrobacter rodentium Infection. J Immunol. 2021 Jan 11:ji2000591.
9. Dai G, Wanek A, Eddens T, Volden P, Kolls JK. Toward a humanized mouse model of Pneumocystis pneumonia. JCI
Insight. 2021 Jan 25;6(2):139573.
10. Taghavi S, Abdullah S, Duchesne J, Pociask D, Kolls J, Jackson-Weaver O. Interleukin 22 mitigates endothelial
glycocalyx shedding after lipopolysaccharide injury. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 Feb 1;90(2):337-345.
11. Lin X, Tawch S, Wong HT, Roy S, Gaudino S, Castillo P, Elsegeiny W, Wakabayashi N, Oury TD, Pociask D, Chen K,
McLinskey N, Melville P, Syritsyna O, Coyle P, Good M, Awasthi A, Kolls JK, Kumar P. Nrf2 through Aryl Hydrocarbon
Receptor Regulates IL-22 Response in CD4+ T Cells. J Immunol. 2021 Apr 1;206(7):1540-1548.
12. Taghavi S, Jackson-Weaver O, Abdullah S, Goldberg A, Lawicki S, Killackey M, Duchesne J, Pociask D, Steele C, Kolls J.
A Comparison of Growth Factors and Cytokines in Fresh Frozen Plasma and Never Frozen Plasma. J Surg Res. 2021
Mar 24;264:51-57.
13. Mulay A, Konda B, Garcia G Jr, Yao C, Beil S, Villalba JM, Koziol C, Sen C, Purkayastha A, Kolls JK, Pociask DA, Pessina
P, de Aja JS, Garcia-de-Alba C, Kim CF, Gomperts B, Arumugaswami V, Stripp BR. SARS-CoV-2 infection of primary
human lung epithelium for COVID-19 modeling and drug discovery. Cell Rep. 2021 Apr 13:109055.
14. Camiolo MJ, Zhou X, Oriss TB, Yan Q, Gorry M, Horne W, Trudeau JB, Scholl K, Chen W, Kolls JK, Ray P, Weisel FJ,
Weisel NM, Aghaeepour N, Nadeau K, Wenzel SE, Ray A. High-dimensional profiling clusters asthma severity by
lymphoid and non-lymphoid status. Cell Rep. 2021 Apr 13;35(2):108974.
15. Dai G, Noell K, Weckbecker G, Kolls JK Effect of Subcutaneous Anti-CD20. Antibody-Mediated B Cell Depletion on
Susceptibility to Pneumocystis Infection inMice. mSphere. 2021 May 5;6(3):e01144-20. doi:
10.1128/mSphere.01144-20.
ROSS KLINGSBERG, MD
1. Bojanowski CM, Wilson SM, Klingsberg RC. CFTR modulator therapy improves cystic fibrosis-related diabetes. But
how? J Diabetes Complications. 2021 Jun;35(6):107887. doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2021.107887. Epub 2021 Feb 25.
PMID: 33775536.
JOSEPH LASKY, MD
1. Raahe F, Belperio JA, Fitzgerald J, Gulati M, Hallowell R, Highland KB, Huie TJ, Kim HJ, KolbM, Lasky JA, Southern
BD, Swigris JJ, de Andrade JA. Delphi Consensus Recommendations on Management of Dosing, Adverse Events,
and Comorbidities in the Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis with Nintedanib. Clin Med Insights Circ
Respir Pulm Med. 2021 Mar 30;15:11795484211006050. doi: 10.1177/11795484211006050. eCollection 2021.
PMID: 33854398.
2. Podolanczuk AJ, Wong AW, Saito S, Lasky JA, Ryerson CJ, Eickelberg O.Am J Respir Crit Care Med. Update in
Interstitial Lung Disease 2020. 2021 Jun 1;203(11):1343-1352. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202103-0559UP.PMID:
33835899. No abstract available.
3. Lasky JA, Fuloria J, Morrison ME, Lanier R, Naderer O, Brundage T, Melemed A.Adv Ther. Design and Rationale of
a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 2/3 Study Evaluating Dociparstat in Acute Lung Injury
Associated with Severe COVID-19. 2021 Jan;38(1):782-791. doi: 10.1007/s12325-020-01539-z. Epub 2020 Oct 27.
PMID: 33108622 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.
4. Long SA, Tahboub MY, Palomino J, Alkhatib AL, Kennedy TP, Caridi J, Lasky JA. Hypercoagulability in ICU Patients
With Coronavirus Disease 2019 With Respiratory Failure Results in Increased Prevalence of Venous
Thromboembolic Disease. Chest. 2021 Mar;159(3):1208-1211. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.09.081. Epub 2020 Sep
14.PMID: 32941863 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
5. Cosgrove GP, Lasky JA. A New Piece to Help Solve the Interstitial Lung Disease Diagnostic Puzzle. Am J Respir Crit
Care Med. 2021 Jan 15;203(2):158-160. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202008-3189ED.PMID: 32926641 Free PMC article.
No abstract available.
6. Lasky JA, Criner GJ, Lazarus HM, Kohlbrenner V, Bender S, Richeldi L. Safety of Nintedanib in Patients with
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Global Pharmacovigilance Data. Adv Ther. 2020 Oct;37(10):4209-4219. doi:
10.1007/s12325-020-01452-5. Epub 2020 Aug 7.PMID: 32767182
7. Alkhatib AL, Kreniske J, Zifodya JS, Fonseca V, Tahboub M, Khatib J, Denson JL, Lasky JA, Lefante JJ, Bojanowski
CM. BMI is Associated with Coronavirus Disease 2019 Intensive Care Unit Admission in African Americans.
Obesity. (Silver Spring). 2020 Oct;28(10):1798-1801. doi: 10.1002/oby.22937. Epub 2020 Aug 4.PMID: 32748568
Free PMC article.
8. Salisbury ML, Conoscenti CS, Culver DA, Yow E, Neely ML, Bender S, Hartmann N, Palmer SM, Leonard TB; IPFPRO
Registry principal investigators as follows. Antifibrotic Drug Use in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary
Fibrosis. Data from the IPF-PRO Registry. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2020 Nov;17(11):1413-1423. doi:
10.1513/AnnalsATS.201912-880OC.PMID: 32574517 Free PMC article.
9. Kheir F, Alkhatib A, Berry GJ, Daroca P, Diethelm L, Rampolla R, Saito S, Smith DL, Weill D, BatemanM,
Abdelghani R, Lasky JA. Using Bronchoscopic Lung Cryobiopsy and a Genomic Classifier in the Multidisciplinary
Diagnosis of Diffuse Interstitial Lung Diseases. Chest. 2020 Nov;158(5):2015-2025. doi:
10.1016/j.chest.2020.05.532. Epub 2020 May 25.PMID: 32464189
ANIL MISHRA, PhD & Sathisha Upparahalli Venkateshaiah, PhD & Hemanth Kumar Kandikattu PhD
1. Hemanth Kumar Kandikattu, Murli Manohar, Sathisha Upparahalli Venkateshaiah, Chandrasekhar Yadavalli,
Anil Mishra. Chronic inflammation promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition-mediated malignant
phenotypes and lung injury in experimentally induced pancreatitis. Life Sciences, 278, 2021, 119640. PMID:
34048812
2. Sathisha Upparahalli Venkateshaiah, Madhavi Rayapudi, Hemanth Kumar Kandikattu, Chandra Sekhar
Yadavalli, Anil Mishra. Blood mRNA levels of T cells and IgE receptors are novel non-invasive biomarkers for
eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). Clinical Immunology, 227, 2021, 108752 PMID: 33945873
3. Hemanth Kumar Kandikattu, Sathisha Upparahalli Venkateshaiah, Alok Kumar Verma, Anil Mishra. Tacrolimus
(FK506) treatment protects allergen, IL-5, and IL-13-induced mucosal eosinophilia. Immunology,
2021;163(2):220-235. PMID: 33512727
4. Sathisha Upparahalli Venkateshaiah, Hemanth Kumar Kandikattu, Anil Mishra. Possible novel non-invasive
biomarker for inflammation mediated pancreatic malignancy. Int. J. Basic Clin. Immonol. 2020: 3 (1-4), 1-8.
PMID: 34136883
5. Murli Manohar, Hemanth Kumar Kandikattu, Sathisha Upparahalli Venkateshaiah, Chandra Sekhar Yadavalli &
Anil Mishra. Eosinophils in the pathogenesis of pancreatic disorders. Seminars in Semin Immunopathol, 1-12,
(2021). PMID: 33783592
6. Hemanth Kumar Kandikattu, Sathisha Upparahalli Venkateshaiah, Sandeep Kumar, Anil Mishra. IL-15
immunotherapy is a viable strategy for COVID-19. Cytokine and Growth Factor Reviews 54 (2020) 24–31. PMID:
32536564
7. Anil Mishra, Interleukin (IL)-15 significance in aging associated asthma pathogenesis. Int. J cell Biol. Physiol. 3, 1-
3, 2020. PMID: 34027517
8. Anil Mishra, Prevalence of food allergen-induced diseases in developing countries. Int. J Pub. Health Awa. 2020:
3 (1-2),16-34
9. Anil Mishra, Hemanth Kumar Kandikattu, Sandeep Kumar, Sathisha Upparahalli Venkateshaiah. An update on
available traditional and convalescent plasma (CP) therapies for COVID-19. Int J. Pub. Health Awa. 2021: 4 (1-2)
1-6.
Chapter:
Sathisha Upparahalli Venkateshaiah, MurliManohar, Hemanth Kumar Kandikattu, Anil Mishra. Experimental
Modeling of Eosinophil-Associated Diseases. Methods Mol Biol. 2021;2241:275-291. PMID: 33486743
JAIME PALOMINO, MD
1. Bateman M, Kaphle U, Palomino J, Falk N, Kheir F. 54-Year-OldMan With Cough, Chest Pain, and Dyspnea on
Exertion. Chest. 2020 Dec;158(6):e299-e303. Doi 10.1016/j.chest.2020.07.047.
PMID: 33280773
2. Long SA, TahboubMY, Palomino J, Alkhatib AL, Kennedy TP, Caridi J, Lasky JA. Hypercoagulability in ICU Patients
With Coronavirus Disease 2019 With Respiratory Failure Results in Increased Prevalence of Venous
Thromboembolic Disease.
Chest. 2021 Mar;159(3):1208-1211. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.09.081. Epub 2020 Sep 14. PMID: 32941863
NEREIDA PARADA, MD
Manuscript:
1. Moore, M *, Duncan, CD *, Gonis, A *, Chaiklin, C*, Eckles, D*, Parada NA. Uncontrolled Asthma is Associated with
Comorbid Stress and Somatoform Symptoms Annals of Pulmonology 2020. 4(1):45-49.
Chapter:
1. Parada NA, Hollingsworth H, Crolomes in Asthma UpToDate 2021
DEREK POCIASK, PhD
1. Mulay A, Konda B, Garcia G Jr, Yao C, Beil S, Villalba JM, Koziol C, Sen C, Purkayastha A, Kolls JK, Pociask DA, Pessina
P, de Aja JS, Garcia-de-Alba C, Kim CF, Gomperts B, Arumugaswami V, Stripp BR. SARS-CoV-2 infection of primary
human lung epithelium for COVID-19 modeling and drug discovery. Cell Rep. 2021 May 4;35(5):109055. doi:
10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109055. Epub 2021 Apr
13.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124721003715?via…
2. Taghavi S, Jackson-Weaver O, Abdullah S, Goldberg A, Lawicki S, Killackey M, Duchesne J, Pociask D, Steele C, Kolls J.
A Comparison of Growth Factors and Cytokines in Fresh Frozen Plasma and Never Frozen Plasma. J Surg Res. 2021
Aug;264:51-57. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.02.002. Epub 2021 Mar 24.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022480421000871?via…
3. Lin X, Tawch S, Wong HT, Roy S, Gaudino S, Castillo P, Elsegeiny W, Wakabayashi N, Oury TD, Pociask D, Chen K,
McLinskey N, Melville P, Syritsyna O, Coyle P, GoodM, Awasthi A, Kolls JK, Kumar P. Nrf2 through Aryl Hydrocarbon
Receptor Regulates IL-22 Response in CD4+ T Cells. J Immunol. 2021 Apr 1;206(7):1540-1548. doi:
10.4049/jimmunol.1900656. Epub 2021 Mar 1.https://www.jimmunol.org/content/206/7/1540.long
4. Taghavi S, Abdullah S, Duchesne J, Pociask D, Kolls J, Jackson-Weaver O. Interleukin 22 mitigates endothelial
glycocalyx shedding after lipopolysaccharide injury. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 Feb 1;90(2):337-345. doi:
10.1097/TA.0000000000003019.
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SHIGEKI SAITO, MD
1. Liu YZ, Miller CA, Zhuang Y, Mukhopadhyay SS, Saito S, Overton EB, Morris GF. The impact of the Deepwater
Horizon oil spill upon lung health –mouse model-based RNA-seq analyses. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health..
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CHAD STEELE, PhD
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VICTOR THANNICKAL, MD
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JERRY ZIFODYA, MD
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33222591
8. Masyuko SJ, Page ST, Polyak SJ, Kinuthia J, Osoti AO, Otieno FC, Kibachio JM, Mogaka JN, Chohan B, Wogner J,
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Systemic Inflammation among Kenyan Adults despite Viral Suppression, Clinical Infectious Diseases ciaa1650,
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9. Zifodya JS, Kreniske J, Schiller I, Kohli M, Dendukuri N, Schumacher SG, Ochodo EA, Haraka F, Pai M, Steingart
KR, Horne DJ, Xpert Ultra versus Xpert MTB/RIF for pulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in adults
with presumptive pulmonary tuberculosis, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2021, Issue 2. Art. No.:
CD009593. PMID: 33616229
10. Temu TM, Wagoner J, Masyuko S, O'Connor A, Zifodya JS, Macharia P, Wanjalla CN, Mogaka JN, Chohan B,
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Inflammation and Monocyte Activation in Virally Suppressed Adults with Chronic HIV in Kenya, AIDS, 2021 Jun 3.
doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002956. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34033591, Accepted
11. Zifodya JS, Temu TM, Masyuko S, Nyale G, Nyabiage JM, Nyale G, Kinuthia J, Page S, LaCourse S, Kolls J, Farquhar
C, Crothers K, HIV, Pulmonary Infections, and Risk of Chronic Lung Disease among Kenyan Adults, Annals of the
American Thoracic Society, Accepted
