The central focus of the Center for Translational Research on Inflammatory Diseases (CTRID) is to promote research by MEDVAMC-based BCM investigators, which represents a shared goal for MEDVAMC and BCM. Inflammatory diseases, defined broadly, provides a unifying theme for collaborative research.
Core Services
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High-Impact Manuscripts

The CTRID Wall of Recognition recognizes center members who published manuscripts in high-impact journals. To date, 62 manuscripts have been acknowledged in this manner.
Recent Publications
The following are some of the manuscripts published by CTRID investigators acknowledging their affiliation with our center; there have been more than 326 publications to date:
Saadatagah, S., Uddin, M. M., Weeks, L. D., Niroula, A., Ru, M., Takahashi, K., Gondek, L., Yu, B., Bick, A. G., Ebert, B. L., Platz, E. A., Natarajan, P., & Ballantyne, C. M. (2024). Clonal Hematopoiesis Risk Score and All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in Older Adults. JAMA network open, 7(1), e2351927. PMID: 38231513 PMCID: PMC10794939.
Ozonoff, A., Jayavelu, N. D., Liu, S., Melamed, E., Milliren, C. E., Qi, J., Geng, L. N., McComsey, G. A., Cairns, C. B., Baden, L. R., Schaenman, J., Shaw, A. C., Samaha, H., Seyfert-Margolis, V., Krammer, F., Rosen, L. B., Steen, H., Syphurs, C., Dandekar, R., Shannon, C. P., … Rouphael, N. (2024). Features of acute COVID-19 associated with post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 phenotypes: results from the IMPACC study. Nature communications, 15(1), 216. PMID: 38172101 PMCID: PMC10764789.
Dasgupta, S. K., Gollamudi, J., Rivera, S., Poche, R. A., Rumbaut, R. E., & Thiagarajan, P. (2024). β2-glycoprotein I promotes the clearance of circulating mitochondria. PloS one, 19(1), e0293304. PMID: 38271349.
Lam, F. W., Brown, C. A., & Ronca, S. E. (2024). Recombinant Rod Domain of Vimentin Reduces SARS-CoV-2 Viral Replication by Blocking Spike Protein-ACE2 Interactions. International journal of molecular sciences, 25(5), 2477. PMID: 38473724.
Batsis J. A., Porter Starr K. N., Villareal D. T. Should the Incretin hype be the same for older adults: Promise + cautions. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Feb 23. doi: 10.1111/jgs.18816. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38393783.
Rufino, K. A., Goli, P., Patriquin, M. A., Kosten, T. R., Nielsen, D. A., & Salas, R. (2024). Val/Met BDNF as a genetic risk for a false sense of security in post-discharge suicide risk. Journal of affective disorders, 354, 98–103. PMID: 38447916.
Zhu, J., Wu, K., Liu, S., Masca, A., Zhong, H., Yang, T., Ghoneim, D. H., Surendran, P., Liu, T., Yao, Q., Liu, T., Fahle, S., Butterworth, A., Alam, M. A., Vadgama, J. V., Deng, Y., Deng, H. W., Wu, C., Wu, Y., & Wu, L. (2024). Proteome-wide association study and functional validation identify novel protein markers for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. GigaScience, 13, giae012. PMID: 38608280.
Batsis, J. A., & Villareal, D. T. (2024). What weight changes really happened during COVID-19 among older adults?. The journal of nutrition, health & aging, 28(4), 100221. PMID: 38593615.
Saadatagah, S., Naderian, M., Uddin, M., Dikilitas, O., Niroula, A., Schuermans, A., Selvin, E., Hoogeveen, R. C., Matsushita, K., Nambi, V., Yu, B., Chen, L. Y., Bick, A. G., Ebert, B. L., Honigberg, M. C., Li, N., Shah, A., Natarajan, P., Kullo, I. J., & Ballantyne, C. M. (2024). Atrial Fibrillation and Clonal Hematopoiesis in TET2 and ASXL1. JAMA cardiology, e240459. Advance online publication. PMID: 38598228.
Gonzalez-Gil, A. M., Barnouin, Y., Celli, A., Viola, V., Villarreal, M. D., Duremdes Nava, M. L., Sciuk, A., Qualls, C., Armamento-Villareal, R., & Villareal, D. T. (2024). Metabolic effects of testosterone added to intensive lifestyle intervention in older men with obesity and hypogonadism. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, dgae249. Advance online publication. PMID: 38606934.
Courson, J. A., Rumbaut, R. E., & Burns, A. R. (2024). Impact of Obesity and Age on Mouse Corneal Innervation at the Epithelial-Stromal Interface. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 65(5), 11. PMID: 38709524.
Erice, P. A., Huang, X., Seasock, M. J., Robertson, M. J., Tung, H. Y., Perez-Negron, M. A., Lotlikar, S. L., Corry, D. B., Kheradmand, F., & Rodriguez, A. (2024). Downregulation of Mirlet7 miRNA family promotes Tc17 differentiation and emphysema via de-repression of RORγt. eLife, 13, RP92879. PMID: 38722677.
Seasock, M. J., Shafiquzzaman, M., Ruiz-Echartea, M. E., Kanchi, R. S., Tran, B. T., Simon, L. M., Meyer, M. D., Erice, P. A., Lotlikar, S. L., Wenlock, S. C., Ochsner, S. A., Enright, A., Carisey, A. F., Romero, F., Rosas, I. O., King, K. Y., McKenna, N. J., Coarfa, C., & Rodriguez, A. (2024). Let-7 restrains an oncogenic epigenetic circuit in AT2 cells to prevent ectopic formation of fibrogenic transitional cell intermediates and pulmonary fibrosis. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2024.05.22.595205. PMID: 38826218.
Bruck, O., & Pandit, L. M. (2024). Pulmonary Hypertension and Hyperglycemia-Not a Sweet Combination. Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 14(11), 1119. PMID: 38893645.
Lin, C. R., Yonce, S. S., Pacini, N. J., Yu, M. M., Bishop, J. S., Pavlik, V. N., & Salas, R. (2024). Cerebello-Parietal Functional Connectivity in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 10.3233/JAD-240368. Advance online publication. PMID: 38905049.
Hudson, C. S., Roy, A., Li, Q., Joshi, A. S., Yin, T., Kumar, A., Sheikh-Hamad, D., & Tam, V. H. (2024). Mechanisms of gelofusine protection in an in vitro model of polymyxin B-associated renal injury. American journal of physiology. Renal physiology, 327(1), F137–F145. PMID: 38779756.
Sun, H., Knight, J. M., Li, Y. D., Ashoori, F., Citardi, M. J., Yao, W. C., Corry, D. B., & Luong, A. U. (2024). Allergic fungal rhinosinusitis linked to other hyper-IgE syndromes through defective TH17 responses. The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, S0091-6749(24)00713-9. Advance online publication. PMID: 39032670.
Li, D., Cho, M. S., Gonzalez-Delgado, R., Liang, X., Dong, J. F., Cruz, M. A., Ma, Q., & Afshar-Kharghan, V. (2024). The effect of ADAMTS13 on graft-versus-host disease. Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 28(13), e18457. PMID: 38963011.
Vonderohe, C., Stoll, B., Didelija, I., Nguyen, T., Mohammad, M., Jones-Hall, Y., Cruz, M. A., Marini, J., & Burrin, D. (2024). Citrulline and ADI-PEG20 reduce inflammation in a juvenile porcine model of acute endotoxemia. Frontiers in immunology, 15, 1400574. PMID: 39176089.
Martinez-Vargas, M., Saini, A., Pradhan, S., Gardea, L., Stoll, B., Didelija, I. C., Vijayan, K. V., Nguyen, T. C., & Cruz, M. A. (2024). Elevated level of extracellular vimentin is associated with an increased fibrin formation potential in sepsis: ex vivo swine study. Intensive care medicine experimental, 12(1), 75. PMID: 39207603.
Uddin, M. M., Saadatagah, S., Niroula, A., Yu, B., Hornsby, W. E., Ganesh, S., Lannery, K., Schuermans, A., Honigberg, M. C., Bick, A. G., Libby, P., Ebert, B. L., Ballantyne, C. M., & Natarajan, P. (2024). Long-term longitudinal analysis of 4,187 participants reveals insights into determinants of clonal hematopoiesis. Nature communications, 15(1), 7858. PMID: 39251642.
Bathini, P., Brai, E., Balin, B. J., Bimler, L., Corry, D. B., Devanand, D. P., Doty, R. L., Ehrlich, G. D., Eimer, W. A., Fulop, T., Hahn, D. L., Hammond, C. J., Infanti, J., Itzhaki, R., Lathe, R., Little, C. S., McLeod, R., Moein, S. T., Nelson, A. R., Perry, G., … Alberi Auber, L. (2024). Sensory Dysfunction, Microbial Infections, and Host Responses in Alzheimer's Disease. The Journal of infectious diseases, 230(Supplement_2), S150–S164. PMID: 39255393.
Castro P, Corredor G, Koyuncu C, Nordstrom LA, Tiji M, Leavitt T, Lewis JS Jr, Madabhushi A, Frederick MJ, Sandulache VC. Recurrent Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinomas Maintain Anti-tumor Immunity and Multinucleation Levels Following Completion of Radiation. Head Neck Pathol. 2023 Dec;17(4):952-960. doi: 10.1007/s12105-023-01597-z. Epub 2023 Nov 23. PMID: 37995073; PMCID: PMC10739687.
Ambrosi E, Curtis KN, Goli P, Patriquin MA, Arciniegas DB, Simonetti A, Spalletta G, Salas R. Resting-State Functional Connectivity of the Anterior Cingulate Cortex Among Persons With Mood Disorders and Suicidal Behaviors. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2023 Nov 20:appineuropsych20220203. doi: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.20220203. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37981779.
Heisey HD, Qualls C, Villareal DT, Segoviano-Escobar MB, Nava MLD, Gatchel JR, Kunik ME. Depressive Symptoms are Associated With C-Reactive Protein in Older Adults With Obesity. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 2023 Nov 11:8919887231215041. doi: 10.1177/08919887231215041. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37950647.
Gregori, G., Paudyal, A., Barnouin, Y., Celli, A., Segoviano-Escobar, M. B., Armamento-Villareal, R., Napoli, N., Qualls, C., & Villareal, D. T. (2023). Indices of sarcopenic obesity are important predictors of finite element analysis-derived bone strength in older adults with obesity. Frontiers in endocrinology, 14, 1279321. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2023.1279321. PMID: 38027147. PMCID: PMC10660264.
Wu Y, Du S, Bimler LH, Mauk KE, Lortal L, Kichik N, Griffiths JS, Osicka R, Song L, Polsky K, Kasper L, Sebo P, Weatherhead J, Knight JM, Kheradmand F, Zheng H, Richardson JP, Hube B, Naglik JR, Corry DB. Toll-like receptor 4 and CD11b expressed on microglia coordinate eradication of Candida albicans cerebral mycosis. Cell Rep. 2023 Oct 31;42(10):113240. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113240. Epub 2023 Oct 17. PMID: 37819761.
Erice PA, Huang X, Seasock MJ, Robertson MJ, Tung HY, Perez-Negron MA, Lotlikar SL, Corry DB, Kheradmand F, Rodriguez A. Downregulation of Let-7 miRNA promotes Tc17 differentiation and emphysema via derepression of RORγt. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2023 Oct 21:2023.10.12.562059. doi: 10.1101/2023.10.12.562059. PMID: 37905101; PMCID: PMC10614797.
Khatlani T, Pradhan S, Langlois K, Subramanyam D, Rumbaut RE, Vijayan KV. Opposing Roles for the α Isoform of the Catalytic Subunit of Protein Phosphatase 1 in Inside-Out and Outside-In Integrin Signaling in Murine Platelets. Cells. 2023 Oct 10;12(20):2424. doi: 10.3390/cells12202424. PMID: 37887268; PMCID: PMC10605409.
Goel R, Tse T, Smith LJ, Floren A, Naylor B, Williams MW, Salas R, Rizzo AS, Ress D. Framework for Accurate Classification of Self-Reported Stress From Multisession Functional MRI Data of Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress. Chronic Stress (Thousand Oaks). 2023 Sep 28;7:24705470231203655. doi: 10.1177/24705470231203655. PMID: 37780807; PMCID: PMC10540591.
Chang CY, Armstrong D, Corry DB, Kheradmand F. Alveolar macrophages in lung cancer: opportunities challenges. Front Immunol. 2023 Sep 26;14:1268939. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1268939. Erratum in: Front Immunol. 2023 Nov 06;14:1328927. PMID: 37822933; PMCID: PMC10562548.
Srivastava S, Arenkiel BR, Salas R. Habenular molecular targets for depression, impulsivity, and addiction. Expert Opin Ther Targets. 2023 Jul-Dec;27(9):757-761. doi: 10.1080/14728222.2023.2257390. Epub 2023 Sep 14. PMID: 37705488; PMCID: PMC10591939.
Celada SI, Lim CX, Carisey AF, Ochsner SA, Arce Deza CF, Rexie P, Poli De Frias F, Cardenas-Castillo R, Polverino F, Hengstschläger M, Tsoyi K, McKenna NJ, Kheradmand F, Weichhart T, Rosas IO, Van Kaer L, Celada LJ. SHP2 promotes sarcoidosis severity by inhibiting SKP2-targeted ubiquitination of TBET in CD8+ T cells. Sci Transl Med. 2023 Sep 13;15(713):eade2581. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.ade2581. Epub 2023 Sep 13. PMID: 37703351.
Uddin MM, Saadatagah S, Niroula A, Yu B, Hornsby W, Ganesh S, Lannery K, Shuermans A, Honigberg MC, Bick AG, Libby P, Ebert BL, Ballantyne CM, Natarajan P. Long-term longitudinal analysis of 4,187 participants reveals new insights into determinants of incident clonal hematopoiesis. medRxiv [Preprint]. 2023 Sep 7:2023.09.05.23295093. doi: 10.1101/2023.09.05.23295093. PMID: 37732181; PMCID: PMC10508802.
Gollamudi J, Dasgupta SK, Thiagarajan P. Erythrophagocytosis in autoimmune immunoglobulin A-mediated hemolysis. Transfusion. 2023 Sep 5. doi: 10.1111/trf.17532. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37668082.
Lichtenberger LM, Vijayan KV. Severe COVID-19 outcomes and hematological cancers: the clot thickens-are platelets the culprit? Transl Cancer Res. 2023 Sep 30;12(9):2425-2428. doi: 10.21037/tcr-23-672. Epub 2023 Aug 11. PMID: 37859735; PMCID: PMC10583002.
Kemnade JO, Florez M, Sabichi A, Zhang J, Jhaveri P, Chen G, Chen A, Miller-Chism C, Shaun B, Hilsenbeck SG, Hernandez DJ, Skinner HD, Sandulache VC. Phase I / II trial of metformin as a chemo-radiosensitizer in a head and neck cancer patient population. Oral Oncol. 2023 Oct;145:106536. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2023.106536. Epub 2023 Aug 8. PMID: 37562095.
Moukaddam N, Lamichhane B, Salas R, Goodman W, Sabharwal A. Modeling Suicidality with Multimodal Impulsivity Characterization in Participants with Mental Health Disorder. Behav Neurol. 2023 Aug 5;2023:8552180. doi: 10.1155/2023/8552180. PMID: 37575401; PMCID: PMC10423091.
Marin-Muller C, Li D, Lü JM, Liang Z, Vega-Martínez O, Crawford SE, Estes MK, Fisher WE, Chen C, Yao Q. Nanoparticle-Mediated Therapy with miR-198 Sensitizes Pancreatic Cancer to Gemcitabine Treatment through Downregulation of VCP-Mediated Autophagy. Pharmaceutics. 2023 Jul 28;15(8):2038. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15082038. PMID: 37631252; PMCID: PMC10457905.
Gao D, Zhou Z, Ma R, Wu H, Nguyen T, Liu L, Dong J. Recombinant ADAMTS-13 Improves Survival of Mice Subjected to Endotoxemia. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Jul 22;24(14):11782. doi: 10.3390/ijms241411782. PMID: 37511541; PMCID: PMC10380474.
Soliman O, Wilde DC, Kemnade JO, Sabichi AL, Chen G, Chen A, Little SN, Huang AT, Hernandez DJ, Sandulache VC. Deployment of cisplatin in Veterans with oropharyngeal cancer: toxicity and impact on oncologic outcomes. Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol. 2023 Jul 14;8(4):895-902. doi: 10.1002/lio2.1115. PMID: 37621289; PMCID: PMC10446265.
Panda S, Maier G, Villareal DT. Targeting Energy Intake and Circadian Biology to Engage Mechanisms of Aging in Older Adults With Obesity: Calorie Restriction and Time-Restricted Eating. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2023 Jun 16;78(Supplement_1):79-85. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glad069. PMID: 37325958; PMCID: PMC10272989.
Lin J, Ding X, Yang P, Liu S, Li Q, Cruz MA, Dong JF, Fang Y, Wu J. Force-induced biphasic regulation of VWF cleavage by ADAMTS13. Thromb Res. 2023 Sep;229:99-106. doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2023.06.024. Epub 2023 Jul 1. PMID: 37421684.
Saadatagah S, Varughese MG, Nambi V. Coronary Artery Disease Risk Prediction in Young Adults: How Can We Overcome the Dominant Effect of Age? Curr Atheroscler Rep. 2023 Jun;25(6):257-265. doi: 10.1007/s11883-023-01106-1. Epub 2023 May 17. PMID: 37195598.
Aloi MS, Poblete GF, Oldham J, Patriquin MA, Nielsen DA, Kosten TR, Salas R. miR-124-3p target genes identify globus pallidus role in suicide ideation recovery in borderline personality disorder. Npj Ment Health Res. 2023;2(1):8. doi: 10.1038/s44184-023-00027-w. Epub 2023 Jun 5. PMID: 37712050; PMCID: PMC10500603.
Saadatagah S, Ballantyne CM. Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential and cardiovascular disease. Transl Res. 2023 May;255:152-158. doi: 10.1016/j.trsl.2022.08.013. Epub 2022 Sep 5. PMID: 36067904.
Kheradmand F, Zhang Y, Corry DB. Contribution of adaptive immunity to human COPD and experimental models of emphysema. Physiol Rev. 2023 Apr 1;103(2):1059-1093. doi: 10.1152/physrev.00036.2021. Epub 2022 Oct 6. PMID: 36201635; PMCID: PMC9886356.
Song J, Kim SJ, Gollamudi J, Thiagarajan P, Prchal JT. Downregulated KLF2 in polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia induces prothrombotic gene expression. Blood Adv. 2023 Mar 14;7(5):712-717. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2022008052. PMID: 36343116; PMCID: PMC9984957.
Gollamudi J, Dasgupta SK, Thiagarajan P. Erythrophagocytosis in autoimmune immunoglobulin A-mediated hemolysis. Transfusion. 2023 Sep 5. doi: 10.1111/trf.17532. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37668082.
Kemnade JO, Florez M, Sabichi A, Zhang J, Jhaveri P, Chen G, Chen A, Miller-Chism C, Shaun B, Hilsenbeck SG, Hernandez DJ, Skinner HD, Sandulache VC. Phase I / II trial of metformin as a chemo-radiosensitizer in a head and neck cancer patient population. Oral Oncol. 2023 Oct;145:106536. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2023.106536. Epub 2023 Aug 8. PMID: 37562095.
Moukaddam N, Lamichhane B, Salas R, Goodman W, Sabharwal A. Modeling Suicidality with Multimodal Impulsivity Characterization in Participants with Mental Health Disorder. Behav Neurol. 2023 Aug 5;2023:8552180. doi: 10.1155/2023/8552180. PMID: 37575401; PMCID: PMC10423091.
Marin-Muller C, Li D, Lü JM, Liang Z, Vega-Martínez O, Crawford SE, Estes MK, Fisher WE, Chen C, Yao Q. Nanoparticle-Mediated Therapy with miR-198 Sensitizes Pancreatic Cancer to Gemcitabine Treatment through Downregulation of VCP-Mediated Autophagy. Pharmaceutics. 2023 Jul 28;15(8):2038. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15082038. PMID: 37631252; PMCID: PMC10457905.
Gao D, Zhou Z, Ma R, Wu H, Nguyen T, Liu L, Dong J. Recombinant ADAMTS-13 Improves Survival of Mice Subjected to Endotoxemia. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Jul 22;24(14):11782. doi: 10.3390/ijms241411782. PMID: 37511541; PMCID: PMC10380474.
Soliman O, Wilde DC, Kemnade JO, Sabichi AL, Chen G, Chen A, Little SN, Huang AT, Hernandez DJ, Sandulache VC. Deployment of cisplatin in Veterans with oropharyngeal cancer: toxicity and impact on oncologic outcomes. Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol. 2023 Jul 14;8(4):895-902. doi: 10.1002/lio2.1115. PMID: 37621289; PMCID: PMC10446265.
Panda S, Maier G, Villareal DT. Targeting Energy Intake and Circadian Biology to Engage Mechanisms of Aging in Older Adults With Obesity: Calorie Restriction and Time-Restricted Eating. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2023 Jun 16;78(Supplement_1):79-85. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glad069. PMID: 37325958; PMCID: PMC10272989.
Lin J, Ding X, Yang P, Liu S, Li Q, Cruz MA, Dong JF, Fang Y, Wu J. Force-induced biphasic regulation of VWF cleavage by ADAMTS13. Thromb Res. 2023 Sep;229:99-106. doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2023.06.024. Epub 2023 Jul 1. PMID: 37421684.
Saadatagah S, Ballantyne CM. Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential and cardiovascular disease. Transl Res. 2023 May;255:152-158. doi: 10.1016/j.trsl.2022.08.013. Epub 2022 Sep 5. PMID: 36067904.
Kheradmand F, Zhang Y, Corry DB. Contribution of adaptive immunity to human COPD and experimental models of emphysema. Physiol Rev. 2023 Apr 1;103(2):1059-1093. doi: 10.1152/physrev.00036.2021. Epub 2022 Oct 6. PMID: 36201635; PMCID: PMC9886356.
Song J, Kim SJ, Gollamudi J, Thiagarajan P, Prchal JT. Downregulated KLF2 in polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia induces prothrombotic gene expression. Blood Adv. 2023 Mar 14;7(5):712-717. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2022008052. PMID: 36343116; PMCID: PMC9984957.
Kakavand H, Saadatagah S, Naderian M, Aghakouchakzadeh M, Jalali A, Sadri F, Amoli AI, Hosseini SH, Jenab Y, Pourhosseini H, Salarifar M, Talasaz AH. Evaluating the role of intravenous pentoxifylline administration on primary percutaneous coronary intervention success rate in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (PENTOS-PCI). Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol. 2023 Mar;396(3):557-565. doi: 10.1007/s00210-022-02368-3. Epub 2023 Mar 1. PMID: 36856810; PMCID: PMC9975441.
Koyuncu CF, Frederick MJ, Thompson LDR, Corredor G, Khalighi S, Zhang Z, Song B, Lu C, Nag R, Sankar Viswanathan V, Gilkey M, Yang K, Koyfman SA, Chute DJ, Castro P, Lewis JS Jr, Madabhushi A, Sandulache VC. Machine learning driven index of tumor multinucleation correlates with survival and suppressed anti-tumor immunity in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients. Oral Oncol. 2023 Jun 10;143:106459. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2023.106459. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37307602.
Nguyen TC, Marini JC, Guillory B, Valladolid-Brown C, Martinez-Vargas M, Subramanyam D, Cohen D, Cirlos SC, Lam F, Stoll B, Didelija IC, Vonderohe C, Orellana R, Saini A, Pradhan S, Bashir D, Desai MS, Flores S, Virk M, Tcharmtchi H, Navaei A, Kaplan S, Lamberth L, Hulten KG, Scull BP, Allen CE, Akcan-Arikan A, Vijayan KV, Cruz MA. Pediatric Swine Model of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusSepsis-Induced Coagulopathy, Disseminated Microvascular Thrombosis, and Organ Injuries. Crit Care Explor. 2023 May 26;5(6):e0916. doi: 10.1097/CCE.0000000000000916. PMID: 37255626; PMCID: PMC10226618.
Yu W, Chen Y, Putluri N, Osman A, Coarfa C, Putluri V, Kamal AHM, Asmussen JK, Katsonis P, Myers JN, Lai SY, Lu W, Stephan CC, Powell RT, Johnson FM, Skinner HD, Kazi J, Ahmed KM, Hu L, Threet A, Meyer MD, Bankson JA, Wang T, Davis J, Parker KR, Harris MA, Baek ML, Echeverria GV, Qi X, Wang J, Frederick AI, Walsh AJ, Lichtarge O, Frederick MJ, Sandulache VC. Evolution of cisplatin resistance through coordinated metabolic reprogramming of the cellular reductive state. Br J Cancer. 2023 Jun;128(11):2013-2024. doi: 10.1038/s41416-023-02253-7. Epub 2023 Apr 3. PMID: 37012319; PMCID: PMC10205814.
Oluyomi AO, Mazul AL, Dong Y, White DL, Hartman CM, Richardson P, Chan W, Garcia JM, Kramer JR, Chiao E. Area deprivation index and segregation on the risk of HIV: a U.S. Veteran case-control study. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2023 Mar 21;20:100468. doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2023.100468. PMID: 36992707; PMCID: PMC10041556.
Elsea SH, Razjouyan J, Lee KM, Lynch JA, Martini S, Pandit LM. Association of Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency with Outcomes in US Veterans With COVID-19. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Mar 1;6(3):e235626. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.5626. PMID: 36988953; PMCID: PMC10061239.
Yanagisawa M, Han H, Pradhan S, Khatlani T, Subramanyam D, Vijayan KV. Protein Phosphatase 1 γ Modulates Steady-State BAD Phosphorylation and Murine Platelet Survival. Thromb Haemost. 2023 Mar 3. doi: 10.1055/a-2031-9709. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36764308.
Chidambaram S, Chang SH, Sandulache VC, Mazul AL, Zevallos JP. Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Prevalence and Disproportionate Cancer Burden Among US Veterans. JAMA Oncol. 2023 Mar 2:e227944. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2022.7944. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36862390; PMCID: PMC9982736.
Herodes M, Anderson LJ, Shober S, Schur EA, Graf SA, Ammer N, Salas R, Marcelli M, Garcia JM. Pilot clinical trial of macimorelin to assess safety and efficacy in patients with cancer cachexia. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle. 2023 Mar 1. doi: 10.1002/jcsm.13191. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36860137.
Deepika F, Bathina S, Armamento-Villareal R. Novel Adipokines and Their Role in Bone Metabolism: A Narrative Review. Biomedicines. 2023 Feb 20;11(2):644. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines11020644. PMID: 36831180; PMCID: PMC9953715.
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Batsis JA and Villareal DT. Sarcopenic obesity in older adults: aetiology, epidemiology and treatment strategies. Nat Rev Endocrinol 14(9): 513-537, 2018. 30065268
Biggerstaff KS, Frankfort BJ, Orengo-Nania S, Garcia J, Chiao S, Kramer JR, and White D. Validity of Code Based Algorithms to Identify Primary Open Angle Glaucoma (POAG) in Veterans Affairs (VA) Administrative Databases. Ophthalmic Epidemiol 25(2): 162-68, Apr 2018. 28945495
Cardenas EI, Breaux K, Da Q, Flores JR, Ramos MA, Tuvim MJ, Burns AR, Rumbaut RE, and Adachi R. Platelet Munc13-4 Regulates Hemostasis, Thrombosis and Airway Inflammation. Haematologica 103(7): 1235-1244, 2018. 29674495
Chang E, Mapakshi SR, Mbang P, El-Mallawany NK, Kramer JR, White DL and Chiao EY. Impact of Protease Inhibitors on HIV-Associated Kaposi Sarcoma Incidence: A Systematic Review. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 79(2): 141-148, 2018. 29985803
Chinn IK, Eckstein OS, Peckham-Gregory EC, Goldberg BR, Forbes LR, Nicholas SK, Mace EM, Vogel TP, Abhyankar HA, Diaz MI, Heslop HE, Krance RA, Martinez CA, Nguyen TC, Bashir DA, Goldman JR, Stray-Pedersen A, Pedroza LA, Poli MC, Aldave-Becerra JC, McGhee SA, Al-Herz W, Chamdin A, Coban-Akdemir ZH, Jhangiani SN, Muzny DM, Cao TN, Hong DN, Gibbs RA, Lupski JR, Orange JS, McClain KL and Allen CE. Genetic and mechanistic diversity in pediatric hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. Blood 132(1): 89-100, 2018. 29632024
Colleluori G, Aguirre LE, Qualls C, Chen R, Napoli N, Villareal DT and Armamento-Villareal R. Adipocytes ESR1 Expression, Body Fat and Response to Testosterone Therapy in Hypogonadal Men Vary According to Estradiol Levels. Nutrients 10(9): E1226, 2018. 30181488
Colleluori G, Chen R, Napoli N, Aguirre LE, Qualls C, Villareal DT and Armamento-Villareal R. Fat Mass Follows a U-Shaped Distribution Based on Estradiol Levels in Postmenopausal Women. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 9: 315, 2018. 30013511
Da Q, Derry PJ, Lam FW, and Rumbaut RE. Fluorescent Labeling of Endogenous Platelets for Intravital Microscopy: Effects on Platelet Function. Microcirculation 25(6): e12457, 2018. 29701894
Dasgupta SK and Thiagarajan P. Wdr-1 is essential for F-actin interaction with focal adhesions in platelets. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis 29(6): 540-545, 2018. 29995657
Fabian RH, Derry PJ, Rea HC, Dalmeida WV, Nilewski LG, Sikkema WKA, Mandava P, Tsai AL, Mendoza K, Berka V, Tour JM, and Kent TA. Efficacy of Novel Carbon Nanoparticle Antioxidant Therapy in a Severe Model of Reversible Middle Cerebral Artery Stroke in Acutely Hyperglycemic Rats. Front Neurol 9: 199, 2018. 26968642
Fasipe TA, Hong SH, Da Q, Valladolid C, Lahey MT, Richards LM, Dunn AK, Cruz MA and Marrelli SP. Extracellular Vimentin/VWF (von Willebrand Factor) Interaction Contributes to VWF String Formation and Stroke Pathology. Stroke 49(10): 2536-2540, 2018. 30355099
Goldman J, Desai MS, McClain KL, Tcharmtchi MH, Kennedy CE, Thompson K, Lam F, Bashir DA, Chinn IK, Goldberg BR, Allen CE and Nguyen TC. Hepatobiliary Dysfunction and Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation Increase Risk of Mortality in Pediatric Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis. Pediatr Crit Care Med 19(10): e522-e530, 2018. 30113519
Gu BH, Madison MC, Corry D and Kheradmand F. Matrix remodeling in chronic lung diseases. Matrix Biol 73: 52-63, 2018. 29559389
Guillory B, Jawanmardi N, Iakova P, Anderson B, Zang P, Timchenko NA, Garcia JM. Ghrelin Deletion Protects against Age-Associated Hepatic Steatosis by Downregulating the C/Ebpalpha-P300/Dgat1 Pathway. Aging Cell 17(1), 2018. 29024407
Hong MJ, Gu BH, Madison MC, Landers C, Tung HY, Kim M, Yuan X, You R, Machado AA, Gilbert BE, Soroosh P, Elloso M, Song L, Chen M, Corry DB, Diehl G and Kheradmand F. Protective role of gammadelta T cells in cigarette smoke and influenza infection. Mucosal Immunol 11(3): 894-908, 2018. 29091081
Jiao L, Chen L, White DL, Tinker L, Chlebowski RT, Van Horn LV, Richardson P, Lane D, Sangi-Haghpeykar H and El-Serag HB. Low-fat Dietary Pattern and Pancreatic Cancer Risk in the Women's Health Initiative Dietary Modification Randomized Controlled Trial. J Natl Cancer Inst 110(1), 2018. 28922784
Knight JM, Mandal P, Morlacchi P, Mak G, Li E, Madison M, Landers C, Saxton B, Felix E, Gilbert B, Sederstrom J, Varadhachary A, Singh MM, Chatterjee D, Corry DB and McMurray JS. Small molecule targeting of the STAT5/6 Src homology 2 (SH2) domains to inhibit allergic airway disease. J Biol Chem 293(26): 10026-10040, 2018. 29739850
Knight JM, Li E, Tung HY, Landers C, Wheeler J, Kheradmand F and Corry DB. A Fungal Protease Model to Interrogate Allergic Lung Immunity. Methods Mol Biol 1799: 1-9, 2018. 29956139
Lam FW, Da Q, Guillory B and Cruz MA. Recombinant Human Vimentin Binds to P-Selectin and Blocks Neutrophil Capture and Rolling on Platelets and Endothelium. J Immunol 200(5): 1718-1726, 2018. 29335256
Lee HS, Jang HJ, Choi JM, Zhang J, de Rosen VL, Wheeler TM, Lee JS, Tu T, Jindra PT, Kerman RH, Jung SY, Kheradmand F, Sugarbaker DJ and Burt BM. Comprehensive immunoproteogenomic analyses of malignant pleural mesothelioma. JCI Insight 3(7), 2018. 29618661
Li E, Landers CT, Tung HY, Knight JM, Marshall Z, Luong AU, Rodriguez A, Kheradmand F, Corry DB. Fungi in Mucoobstructive Airway Diseases. Ann Am Thorac Soc 15(Supplement_3): S198-S204, 2018. 30431347
Li E, Tsai CL, Maskatia ZK, Kakkar E, Porter P, Rossen RD, Perusich S, Knight JM, Kheradmand F and Corry DB. Benefits of antifungal therapy in asthma patients with airway mycosis: A retrospective cohort analysis. Immun Inflamm Dis 6(2): 264-275, 2018. 29575717
Maldonado M, Molfese DL, Viswanath H, Curtis K, Jones A, Hayes TG, Marcelli M, Mediwala S, Baldwin P, Garcia JM and Salas R. The habenula as a novel link between the homeostatic and hedonic pathways in cancer-associated weight loss: a pilot study. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 9: 497-504, 2018. 29575771
Samaha H, Pignata A, Fousek K, Ren J, Lam FW, Stossi F, Dubrulle J, Salsman VS, Krishnan S, Hong SH, Baker ML, Shree A, Gad AZ, Shum T, Fukumura D, Byrd TT, Mukherjee M, Marrelli SP, Orange JS, Joseph SK, Sorensen PH, Taylor MD, Hegde M, Mamonkin M, Jain RK, El- Naggar S and Ahmed N. A homing system targets therapeutic T cells to brain cancer. Nature 561(7723): 331-337, 2018. 30185905
Thrift AP, Liu Y, Tsavachidis S, White DL and El-Serag HB. Ancestry and Risk of Hepatic Fibrosis and Inflammation in Patients with HCV Infection. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol S1542-3565(18)31145-5, 2018. 30342914
Tung HY, Li E, Landers C, Nguyen A, Kheradmand F, Knight JM and Corry DB. Advances and Evolving Concepts in Allergic Asthma. Semin Respir Crit Care Med 39(1): 64-81, 2018. 29427987
Valladolid C, Yee A and Cruz MA. von Willebrand Factor, Free Hemoglobin and Thrombosis in ECMO. Front Med (Lausanne) 5: 228, 2018. 30175099
Wang Y, Jia L, Hu Z, Entman ML, Mitch WE and Wang Y. AMP-activated protein kinase/myocardin-related transcription factor-A signaling regulates fibroblast activation and renal fibrosis. Kidney Int 93(1): 81-94, 2018. 28739141
Wang Z, White DL, Hoogeveen R, Chen L, Whitsel EA, Richardson PA, Virani SS, Garcia JM, El-Serag HB and Jiao L. Anti-Hypertensive Medication Use, Soluble Receptor for Glycation End Products and Risk of Pancreatic Cancer in the Women's Health Initiative Study. J Clin Med 7(8): E197, 2018. 30072610
Weatherhead JE, Porter P, Coffey A, Haydel D, Versteeg L, Zhan B, Gazzinelli Guimaraes AC, Fujiwara R, Jaramillo AM, Bottazzi ME, Hotez PJ, Corry DB and Beaumier CM. Ascaris Larval Infection and Lung Invasion Directly Induce Severe Allergic Airway Disease in Mice. Infect Immun 86(12): e00533-18, 2018. 30249744
White DL, Hoogeveen RC, Chen L, Richardson P, Ravishankar M, Shah P, Tinker L, Rohan T, Whitsel EA, El-Serag HB, Jiao L.. A Prospective Study of Soluble Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products and Adipokines in Association with Pancreatic Cancer in Postmenopausal Women. Cancer Med 7(5): 2180-2191, 2018. 29573228
1. Aguirre LE, Colleluori G, Dorin R, Robbins D, Chen R, Jiang B, Qualls C, Villareal DT, and Armamento-Villareal R. Hypogonadal Men with Higher Body Mass Index have Higher Bone Density and Better Bone Quality but Reduced Muscle Density. Calcif Tissue Int 101(6): 602-611, 2017. 28856390
2. Colleluori G, Aguirre L, Dorin R, Robbins D, Blevins D, Barnouin Y, Chen R, Qualls C, Villareal DT, and Armamento-Villareal R. Hypogonadal men with type 2 diabetes mellitus have smaller bone size and lower bone turnover. Bone 99: 14-19, 2017. 28323146
3. Colleluori G, Napoli N, Phadnis U, Armamento-Villareal R, and Villareal DT. Effect of Weight Loss, Exercise, or Both on Undercarboxylated Osteocalcin and Insulin Secretion in Frail, Obese Older Adults. Oxid Med Cell Longev 2017: 4807046, 2017. 28951766
4. Da Q, Shaw T, Pradhan S, Roche PA, Cruz MA, and Vijayan KV. Disruption of protein complexes containing protein phosphatase 2B and Munc18c dampens the secretion of von Willebrand factor from endothelial cells. J Thromb Haemost 2017. 28294518
5. Dasgupta SK, Le A, Vijayan KV, and Thiagarajan P. Dasatinib inhibits actin fiber reorganization and promotes endothelial cell permeability through RhoA-ROCK pathway. Cancer Med 2017. 28316141
6. Derry PJ, and Kent TA. Correlating quantitative susceptibility mapping with cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease. Brain 140(8): 2069-2072, 2017. 28899022
7. Guillory B, Chen JA, Patel S, Luo J, Splenser A, Mody A, Ding M, Baghaie S, Anderson B, Iankova B, Halder T, Hernandez Y, and Garcia JM. Deletion of ghrelin prevents aging-associated obesity and muscle dysfunction without affecting longevity. Aging Cell 16: 859-869, 2017. 28585250
8. Guillory B, Jawanmardi N, Iakova P, Anderson B, Zang P, Timchenko NA, and Garcia JM. Ghrelin deletion protects against age-associated hepatic steatosis by downregulating the C/EBPalpha-p300/DGAT1 pathway. Aging Cell 2017. 29024407
9. Hong MJ, Gu BH, Madison MC, Landers C, Tung HY, Kim M, Yuan X, You R, Machado AA, Gilbert BE, Soroosh P, Elloso M, Song L, Chen M, Corry DB, Diehl G, and Kheradmand F. Protective role of gammadelta T cells in cigarette smoke and influenza infection. Mucosal Immunol 2017. 29091081
10. Iman M, Rezaei R, Azimzadeh Jamalkandi S, Shariati P, Kheradmand F, and Salimian J. Th17/Treg immunoregulation and implications in treatment of sulfur mustard gas-induced lung diseases. Expert Rev Clin Immunol 13(12): 1173-1188, 2017. 28994328
11. Jalilov AS, Nilewski LG, Berka V, Zhang C, Yakovenko AA, Wu G, Kent TA, Tsai AL, and Tour JM. Perylene Diimide as a Precise Graphene-like Superoxide Dismutase Mimetic. ACS Nano 2017. 28112896
12. Jin F, Thaiparambil J, Donepudi SR, Vantaku V, Piyarathna DWB, Maity S, Krishnapuram R, Putluri V, Gu F, Purwaha P, Bhowmik SK, Ambati CR, von Rundstedt FC, Roghmann F, Berg S, Noldus J, Rajapakshe K, Godde D, Roth S, Storkel S, Degener S, Michailidis G, Kaipparettu BA, Karanam B, Terris MK, Kavuri SM, Lerner SP, Kheradmand F, Coarfa C, Sreekumar A, Lotan Y, El-Zein R, and Putluri N. Tobacco-specific carcinogens induce hypermethylation, DNA adducts, and DNA damage in bladder cancer. Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 10(10): 588-597, 2017. 28851690
13. Karanam B, Terris MK, Kavuri SM, Lerner SP, Kheradmand F, Coarfa C, Sreekumar A, Lotan Y, El-Zein R, and Putluri N. Tobacco-Specific Carcinogens Induce Hypermethylation, DNA Adducts, and DNA Damage in Bladder Cancer. Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 10(10): 588-597, 2017. 28851690
14. Li J, An C, Kang L, Mitch WE, and Wang Y. Recent Advances in Magnetic Resonance Imaging Assessment of Renal Fibrosis. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis 24: 150-153, 2017. 28501077
15. Liang H, Zhang Z, Yan J, Wang Y, Hu Z, Mitch WE, and Wang Y. The IL-4 receptor alpha has a critical role in bone marrow-derived fibroblast activation and renal fibrosis. Kidney Int 2017. 28739140
16. Medrek SK, Sharafkhaneh A, Spiegelman AM, Kak A, and Pandit LM. Admission for COPD Exacerbation Is Associated with the Clinical Diagnosis of Pulmonary Hypertension: Results from a Retrospective Longitudinal Study of a Veteran Population. COPD 1-6, 2017. 28715281
17. Ni Y, Gu WW, Liu ZH, Zhu YM, Rong JG, Kent TA, Li M, Qiao SG, An JZ, and Zhang HL. RIP1K Contributes to Neuronal and Astrocytic Cell Death in Ischemic Stroke via Activating Autophagic-lysosomal Pathway. Neuroscience 371: 60-74, 2017. 29102662
18. Pradhan S, Khatlani T, Nairn AC, and Vijayan KV. The heterotrimeric G protein Gbeta1 interacts with the catalytic subunit of protein phosphatase 1 and modulates G protein coupled receptor signaling in platelets. J Biol Chem 2017. 28615442
19. Royse KE, El-Serag HB, Chen L, White DL, Hale L, Sangi-Haghpeykar H, and Jiao L. Sleep Duration and Risk of Liver Cancer in Postmenopausal Women: The Women's Health Initiative Study. J Womens Health (Larchmt) 26(12): 1270-1277, 2017. 28933583
20. Sims CR, Singh SP, Mu S, Gokden N, Zakaria D, Nguyen TC, and Mayeux PR. Rolipram Improves Outcome in a Rat Model of Infant Sepsis-Induced Cardiorenal Syndrome. Frontiers in Pharmacology 8: 237, 2017. 28515693
21. Villareal DT, Aguirre L, Gurney AB, Waters DL, Sinacore DR, Colombo E, Armamento-Villareal R, and Qualls C. Aerobic or Resistance Exercise, or Both, in Dieting Obese Older Adults. N Engl J Med 376: 1943-1955, 2017. 28514618
22. Wang Y, Jia L, Hu Z, Entman ML, Mitch WE, and Wang Y. AMP-activated protein kinase/myocardin-related transcription factor-A signaling regulates fibroblast activation and renal fibrosis. Kidney Int 2017. 28739141
23. Yao H, He G, Chen C, Yan S, Lu L, Song L, Vijayan KV, Li Q, Xiong L, Miao X, and Deng X. PAI1: a novel PP1-interacting protein that mediates human plasma's anti-apoptotic effect in endothelial cells. J Cell Mol Med 2017. 28296156
24. Zhou J, Jia L, Hu Z, and Wang Y. Pharmacological Inhibition of PTEN Aggravates Acute Kidney Injury. Sci Rep 7: 9503, 2017. 28842716
25. Zhou Y, Cai W, Zhao Z, Hilton T, Wang M, Yeon J, Liu W, Zhang F, Shi FD, Wu X, Thiagarajan P, Li M, Zhang J, and Dong JF. Lactadherin Promotes Microvesicle Clearance to Prevent Coagulopathy and Improves Survival of Severe TBI Mice. Blood 2017. 29162596
26. Zhou XY, Luo Y, Zhu YM, Liu ZH, Kent TA, Rong JG, Li W, Qiao SG, Li M, Ni Y, Ishidoh K, and Zhang HL. Inhibition of autophagy blocks cathepsins-tBid-mitochondrial apoptotic signaling pathway via stabilization of lysosomal membrane in ischemic astrocytes. Cell Death Dis 8: e2618, 2017. 28206988
27. Zhu YM, Gao X, Ni Y, Li W, Kent TA, Qiao SG, Wang C, Xu XX, and Zhang HL. Sevoflurane postconditioning attenuates reactive astrogliosis and glial scar formation after ischemia-reperfusion brain injury. Neuroscience 356: 125-141, 2017. 28501505
1. Armamento-Villareal R, Aguirre LE, Qualls C, and Villareal DT. Effect of Lifestyle Intervention on the Hormonal Profile of Frail, Obese Older Men. J Nutr Health Aging 20: 334-340, 2016. 26892583
2. Braun K, Erickson M, Utech A, List R, and Garcia JM. Evaluation of Veterans MOVE! Program for Weight Loss. J Nutr Educ Behav 48: 299-303 e291, 2016. 27169639
3. Chen L, Duan Z, Tinker L, Sangi-Haghpeykar H, Strickler H, Ho GY, Gunter MJ, Rohan T, Logsdon C, White DL, Royse K, El-Serag HB, and Jiao L. A prospective study of soluble receptor for advanced glycation end-products and colorectal cancer risk in postmenopausal women. Cancer Epidemiol 42: 115-123, 2016. 27100837
4. Dasgupta SK, Le A, Da Q, Cruz M, Rumbaut RE, and Thiagarajan P. Wdr1-Dependent Actin Reorganization in Platelet Activation. PLoS One 11: e0162897, 2016. 27627652
5. De La Rosa I, Munjal IM, Rodriguez-Barradas M, Yu X, Pirofski LA, and Mendoza D. Protease inhibitors do not affect antibody responses to pneumococcal vaccination. Clin Vaccine Immunol 2016. 27074938
6. Erickson M, Braun K, List R, Utech A, Moore C, White DL, and Garcia JM. Evaluation of US Veterans Nutrition Education for Diabetes Prevention. J Nutr Educ Behav 48: 538-543 e531, 2016. 27614279
7. Fontana L, Villareal DT, Das SK, Smith SR, Meydani SN, Pittas AG, Klein S, Bhapkar M, Rochon J, Ravussin E, Holloszy JO, and Group CS. Effects of 2-year calorie restriction on circulating levels of IGF-1, IGF-binding proteins and cortisol in nonobese men and women: a randomized clinical trial. Aging Cell 15: 22-27, 2016. 26443692
8. He B, Nohara K, Park N, Park YS, Guillory B, Zhao Z, Garcia JM, Koike N, Lee CC, Takahashi JS, Yoo SH, and Chen Z. The Small Molecule Nobiletin Targets the Molecular Oscillator to Enhance Circadian Rhythms and Protect against Metabolic Syndrome. Cell Metab 23: 610-621, 2016. 27076076
9. Hu Q, Cho MS, Thiagarajan P, Aung FM, Sood AK, and Afshar-Kharghan V. A small amount of cyclooxygenase 2 (COX2) is constitutively expressed in platelets. Platelets 1-4, 2016. 27534811
10. Hu Q, Wang M, Cho MS, Wang C, Nick AM, Thiagarajan P, Aung FM, Han X, Sood AK, and Afshar-Kharghan V. Lipid profile of platelets and platelet-derived microparticles in ovarian cancer. BBA Clin 6: 76-81, 2016. 27453821
11. Jalilov AS, Zhang C, Samuel EL, Sikkema WK, Wu G, Berka V, Kent TA, Tsai AL, and Tour JM. Mechanistic Study of the Conversion of Superoxide to Oxygen and Hydrogen Peroxide in Carbon Nanoparticles. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 8: 15086-15092, 2016. 27245481
12. Kanwal F, Kramer JR, Duan Z, Yu X, White D, and El-Serag HB. Trends in the Burden of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in a United States Cohort of Veterans. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 14: 301-308 e302, 2016. 26291667
13. Kent TA, and Mandava P. Embracing Biological and Methodological Variance in a New Approach to Pre-Clinical Stroke Testing. Transl Stroke Res 2016. 27018014
14. Khan A, Tansel A, White DL, Kayani WT, Bano S, Lindsay J, El-Serag HB, and Kanwal F. Efficacy of Psychosocial Interventions in Inducing and Maintaining Alcohol Abstinence in Patients With Chronic Liver Disease: A Systematic Review. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 14: 191-202 e194, 2016. 26256464
15. Khatlani T, Pradhan S, Da Q, Shaw T, Buchman VL, Cruz MA, and Vijayan KV. A Novel Interaction of the Catalytic Subunit of Protein Phosphatase 2A with the Adaptor Protein CIN85 Suppresses Phosphatase Activity and Facilitates Platelet Outside-in alphaIIbbeta3 Integrin Signaling. J Biol Chem 291: 17360-17368, 2016 27334924
16. Konduri V, Li D, Halpert MM, Liang D, Liang Z, Chen Y, Fisher WE, Paust S, Levitt JM, Yao QC, and Decker WK. Chemo-immunotherapy mediates durable cure of orthotopic KrasG12D/p53-/- pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Oncoimmunology 5: e1213933, 2016. 27757308
17. Lam FW, Cruz MA, Parikh K, and Rumbaut RE. Histones stimulate von Willebrand factor release in vitro and in vivo. Haematologica 2016. 27013650
18. Liang H, Ma Z, Peng H, He L, Hu Z, and Wang Y. CXCL16 Deficiency Attenuates Renal Injury and Fibrosis in Salt-Sensitive Hypertension. Sci Rep 6: 28715, 2016. 27353044
19. Liang H, Zhang Z, He L, and Wang Y. CXCL16 regulates cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury. Oncotarget 2016. 27191747
20. Lichtenberger LM, Fang D, Bick RJ, Poindexter BJ, Phan T, Bergeron AL, Pradhan S, Dial EJ, and Vijayan KV. Unlocking Aspirin's Chemopreventive Activity: Role of Irreversibly Inhibiting Platelet Cyclooxygenase-1. Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 2016. 27998883
21. Lu JM, Liang Z, Wang X, Gu J, Yao Q, and Chen C. New polymer of lactic-co-glycolic acid-modified polyethylenimine for nucleic acid delivery. Nanomedicine (Lond) 11: 1971-1991, 2016. 27456396
22. Mason MC, Garcia JM, Sansgiry S, Walder A, Berger DH, and Anaya DA. Preoperative cancer cachexia and short-term outcomes following surgery. J Surg Res 205: 398-406, 2016. 27664889
23. Natarajan Y, White DL, El-Serag HB, Ramsey D, Richardson P, Kuzniarek J, Shukla R, Tansel A, and Kanwal F. Role of Non-hepatic Medical Comorbidity and Functional Limitations in Predicting Mortality in Patients with HCV. Dig Dis Sci 2016. 27655101
24. Ntaios G, and Kent TA. Insulin Resistance Intervention After Stroke Trial of Pioglitazone: Is This Perhaps the End of the Beginning? Stroke 47: 1962-1964, 2016. 27222525
25. Palejwala AH, Fridley JS, Mata JA, Samuel EL, Luerssen TG, Perlaky L, Kent TA, Tour JM, and Jea A. Biocompatibility of reduced graphene oxide nanoscaffolds following acute spinal cord injury in rats. Surg Neurol Int 7: 75, 2016. 27625885
26. Poteet E, Lewis P, Chen C, Ho SO, Do T, Chiang S, Labranche C, Montefiori D, Fujii G, and Yao Q. Toll-like receptor 3 adjuvant in combination with virus-like particles elicit a humoral response against HIV. Vaccine 34: 5886-5894, 2016. 27997339
27. Rios A, Potet EC, Siwak EB, Anderson DW, and Yao QC. The Human Immune Response to HIV and Its Impact in the Potential Development of an Inactivated HIV Vaccine. AIDS Rev 18: 2016. 27438575
28. Sever S, White DL, and Garcia JM. Is there an effect of ghrelin/ghrelin analogs on cancer? A systematic review. Endocr Relat Cancer 23: R393-409, 2016. 27552970
29. Sun H, Mediwala SN, Szafran AT, Mancini MA, and Marcelli M. CUDC-101, a Novel Inhibitor of Full-Length Androgen Receptor (flAR) and Androgen Receptor Variant 7 (AR-V7) Activity: Mechanism of Action and In Vivo Efficacy. Horm Cancer 2016. 26957440
30. Tung HY, Landers C, Li E, Porter P, Kheradmand F, and Corry DB. Allergen-encoded signals that control allergic responses. Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 16: 51-58, 2016. 26658015
31. Villareal DT, Fontana L, Das SK, Redman L, Smith SR, Saltzman E, Bales C, Rochon J, Pieper C, Huang M, Lewis M, Schwartz AV, and Group CS. Effect of Two-Year Caloric Restriction on Bone Metabolism and Bone Mineral Density in Non-Obese Younger Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial. J Bone Miner Res 31: 40-51, 2016. 26332798
32. Wang H, Dharmalingam P, Vasquez V, Mitra J, Boldogh I, Rao KS, Kent TA, Mitra S, and Hegde ML. Chronic oxidative damage together with genome repair deficiency in the neurons is a double whammy for neurodegeneration: Is damage response signaling a potential therapeutic target? Mech Ageing Dev 2016. 27663141
33. White DL, Thrift AP, Kanwal F, Davila J, and El-Serag HB. Incidence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in all 50 United States, From 2000 Through 2012. Gastroenterology 2016. 27889576
34. Yong LK, Lai S, Liang Z, Poteet E, Chen F, van Buren G, Fisher W, Mo Q, Chen C, and Yao Q. Overexpression of Semaphorin-3E enhances pancreatic cancer cell growth and associates with poor patient survival. Oncotarget 2016. 27911862
Recent Extramural Awards
The following are some of the recently awarded and currently active extramural grants by CTRID investigators to which CTRID contributed, shown in descending chronological order of start date. Since inception our Center has contributed to the generation of new funding of over $75.3 million in total costs from 140 awarded grants.
- Activation of Immunosupressive Oxidative Stress Response Pathways by Tobacco Exposure in Head and Neck Cancer, VA-ORD BLR&D, Grant # I01BX006380, 01/01/2024-12/31/2027, Sandulache V
- Harnessing Allo-immunity to Enhance Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Responses in Advanced NSCLC, VA-ORD CSR&D, Grant # I01CX002636, 10/01/2023-09/30/2030, Kheradmand F & Sabichi A
- Megalin, and Transition from AKI to CKD, VA-ORD BLR&D, Grant # I01BX002006, 10/01/2023-09/30/2027, Sheikh-Hamad D
- Senior Clinician Scientist Investigator, VA-ORD BLR&D, 10/01/2023-09/30/2031, Sheikh-Hamad D
- Thrombosis and Antiphospholipid Antibodies, VA-ORD BLR&D, Grant # I01BX005939, 10/01/2023-09/30/2027, Thiagarajan P
- Novel Pathogenic Roles and Mechanisms of Fibrinogen in Pancreatic Cancer, VA-ORD BLR&D, Grant # I01BX005806, 10/01/2023-09/30/2027, Yao C
- Delineating the Role of Let-7 microRNA on Lung AT2 Cell Homeostasis, Alveolar Regeneration, and Interstitial Lung Disease, NIH/NHLBI, Grant # R01HL167814, 04/01/2023-03/31/2027, Rodriguez A
- Laboratory Animal Major Equipment, VA-ORD BLR&D, 10/01/2022-09/30/2023, Rumbaut R
- Veterans Affairs Science and Health Initiative to Combat Infections and Emerging Life-Threatening Diseases (VA SHIELD), VA-ORD BLR&D, 10/01/2022-09/30/2023, Rodriguez-Barradas M
- The Protective Role of β2-Glycoprotein I in Sepsis, MEDVAMC Seed Award, 10/01/2022-09/30/2023, Dasgupta S
- Megalin and Transition from AKI to CKD, MEDVAMC Seed Award, 10/01/2022-09/30/2023, Sheikh-Hamad D
- Thrombosis with Antiphospholipid Antibodies, MEDVAMC Seed Award, 10/01/2022-09/30/2023, Thiagarajan P
- Platelet Mitochondria in Suicidal Ideation, MEDVAMC Seed Award, 10/01/2022-09/30/2023, Vijayan V & Salas R
- Clinical Trial of Bacteriophage for UTI in Persons with SCI, Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, Grant # 890593, 10/1/2022-9/30/2025, Traunter B
- Biospecimen Supplement Request for VA CSR&D Clinical Trial Merit, VA CSR&D, 05/27/2022-09/30/2022, Villareal D
- Trauma and Shock-Induced Microvascular Dysregulation and Coagulopathy, NIH/NIGMS, Grant # R01GM140983, 03/01/2022-01/31/2026, Cruz M
- Mesothelin Moduclates Tumor Microenvironment and Mediates Resistance of Human Pancreatic Cancer to FOLFIRINOX Treatment, Roderick D. MacDonald Research Fund, 02/01/2022-01/31/2023, Yao C
- Profiling Tobacco Exposure Effects on Oropharyngeal Cancer Immunity, American Cancer Society Research Scholar Grants, Grant # RSG-21-182-01-CDP, 01/01/2022-12/31/2025, Sandulache V
- von Willebrand Factor Function in Thrombotic Microangiopathy, Mary Rhodes Gibson Foundation, 01/01/2022-12/31/2022, Sartain S