Student Publications

Note: This list of publications by Clinical Translational Sciences graduate students is as complete as possible, but may not be comprehensive.

2024 Publications:

** First-Author Publication **

Adams Anngela C, Macy AM, Borden ES, Herrmann LM, Brambley CA, Ma T, Li X, Hughes A, Roe DJ, Mangold AR, Buetow KH, Wilson MA, Baker BM, Hastings KT. Distinct sets of molecular characteristics define tumor-rejecting neoantigens. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Feb 16:2024.02.13.579546.  [PubMed]

Banerjee D, Bagchi Sukriti, Liu Z, Chou HC, Xu M, Sun M, Aloisi S, Vaksman Z, Diskin SJ, Zimmerman M, Khan J, Gryder B, Thiele CJ. Lineage specific transcription factor waves reprogram neuroblastoma from self-renewal to differentiation. Nat Commun. 2024 Apr 23;15(1):3432.  [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Bommena Shoma, Fallon MB. Pulmonary Complications of Portal Hypertension. Clin Liver Dis. 2024 Aug;28(3):467-482.  [PubMed]

Adams AC, Macy AM, Borden Elizabeth S, Herrmann LM, Brambley CA, Ma T, Li X, Hughes A, Roe DJ, Mangold AR, Buetow KH, Wilson MA, Baker BM, Hastings KT. Distinct sets of molecular characteristics define tumor-rejecting neoantigens. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Feb 16:2024.02.13.579546.  [PubMed]

Wong J, Yellamaty R, Gallante Christina, Lawrence E, Martelly W, Sharma S. Examining the capacity of human U1 snRNA variants to facilitate pre-mRNA splicing. RNA. 2024 Feb 16;30(3):271-280.  [PubMed}

Johnson KC, Tien AC, Jiang J, McNamara J, Chang YW, Montgomery C, DeSantis A, Elena-Sanchez L, Fujita Y, Kim S, Spitzer A, Gabriel P, Flynn WF, Courtois ET, Hong A, Harmon Jocelyn, Umemura Y, Tovmasyan A, Li J, Mehta S, Verhaak R, Sanai N. Single nucleus transcriptomics, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of combined CDK4/6 and mTOR inhibition in a phase 0/1 trial of recurrent high-grade glioma. medRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Jun 7:2024.06.07.24308439.  [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Knight William, Margaryan T, Sanai N, Tovmasyan A. A validated LC-MS/MS method for determination of neuro-pharmacokinetic behavior of niraparib in brain tumor patients. J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2024 Aug 1;245:116150.  [PubMed]

Werts-Pelter SJ, Choi BM, Mallahan Stephanie, Person-Rennell N, Allen A. Acceptability of Hormonal Contraceptives as a Smoking Cessation Aid for Women of Reproductive Age: A Web-Based Cross-Sectional Survey. Womens Health Rep (New Rochelle). 2024 Feb 22;5(1):161-169.  [PubMed]

Kim HD, Wei J, Call T, Ma X, Quintus NT, Summers AJ, Carotenuto S, Johnson R, Nguyen A, Cui Y, Park JG, Qiu S, Ferguson D. SIRT1 Coordinates Transcriptional Regulation of Neural Activity and Modulates Depression-Like Behaviors in the Nucleus Accumbens. Biol Psychiatry. 2024 Apr 3:S0006-3223(24)01176-4.  [PubMed]

 

2023 Publications:

Macy AM, Herrmann LM, Adams Anngela C, Hastings KT. Major histocompatibility complex class II in the tumor microenvironment: functions of nonprofessional antigen-presenting cells. Curr Opin Immunol. 2023 Aug;83:102330.  [PubMed]

Glembotski CC, Bagchi Sukriti, Blackwood EA. ER-Specific Autophagy or ER-Phagy in Cardiac Myocytes Protects the Heart Against Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity. JACC CardioOncol. 2023 Oct 17;5(5):671-673  [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Bommena Shoma, Mahmud N, Boike JR, Thornburg BG, Kolli KP, Lai JC, German M, Morelli G, Spengler E, Said A, Desai AP, Junna S, Paul S, Frenette C, Verna EC, Goel A, Gregory D, Padilla C, VanWagner LB, Fallon MB; Advancing Liver Therapeutic Approaches (ALTA) Study Group. The impact of right atrial pressure on outcomes in patients undergoing TIPS, an ALTA group study. Hepatology. 2023 Jun 1;77(6):2041-2051.  [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Bommena Shoma, Goldberg A, Amini M, Alishahi Y. Depression in Women With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Multifaceted Approach for a Multidimensional Problem. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2023 Dec 5;29(12):1957-1970. [PubMed}

** First-Author Publication **

Bommena Shoma, Rangan P, Lee-Iannotti J, Wassef W, Nanda R. Timing and Outcomes of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy After Ischemic Stroke. Gastroenterology Res. 2023 Dec;16(6):281-288.  [PubMed]

Sabetta Z, Krishna G, Curry Tala, Adelson PD, Thomas TC. Aging with TBI vs. Aging: 6-month temporal profiles for neuropathology and astrocyte activation converge in behaviorally relevant thalamocortical circuitry of male and female rats. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2023 Feb 7:2023.02.06.527058  [PubMed]

Roe KL, Giordano Katie R, Ezzell GA, Lifshitz J. Public Awareness of the Fencing Response as an Indicator of Traumatic Brain Injury: Quantitative Study of Twitter and Wikipedia Data. JMIR Form Res. 2023 Mar 17;7:e39061.  [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Giordano Katie R, Saber M, Green Tabitha RF, Rojas-Valencia LM, Ortiz JB, Murphy SM, Lifshitz J, Rowe RK. Colony-Stimulating Factor-1 Receptor Inhibition Transiently Attenuated the Peripheral Immune Response to Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury. Neurotrauma Rep. 2023 Apr 28;4(1):284-296.  [PubMed]

Pull K, Folk R, Kang J, Jackson S, Gusek Brikena, Esfandiarei M, Jadavji NM. Impact of maternal dietary folic acid or choline dietary deficiencies on vascular function in young and middle-aged female mouse offspring after ischemic stroke. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2023 Dec 1;325(6):H1354-H1359.  [PubMed]

Lacombe J, Summers AJ, Khanishayan Ashkan, Khorsandian Y, Hacey I, Blackson W, Zenhausern F. Paper-Based Vertical Flow Immunoassay for the Point-of-Care Multiplex Detection of Radiation Dosimetry Genes. Cytogenet Genome Res. 2023;163(3-4):178-186.  [PubMed]

Lo Cascio C, Margaryan T, Luna-Melendez E, McNamara JB, White CI, Knight William, Ganta S, Opachich Z, Cantoni C, Yoo W, Sanai N, Tovmasyan A, Mehta S. Quisinostat is a brain-penetrant radiosensitizer in glioblastoma. JCI Insight. 2023 Nov 22;8(22):e167081.  [PubMed]

James J, Dekan A, Niihori M, McClain N, Varghese M, Bharti D, Lawal Odunayo Susan, Padilla-Rodrigez M, Yi D, Dai Z, Gusev O, Rafikova O, Rafikov R. Novel Populations of Lung Capillary Endothelial Cells and Their Functional Significance. Res Sq [Preprint]. 2023 May 3:rs.3.rs-2887159.  [PubMed]

Liu CW, Le Hoai Huong T, Denaro P, Dai Z, Shao NY, Ong SG, Lee WH. E-cigarettes Induce Dysregulation of Autophagy Leading to Endothelial Dysfunction in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Stem Cells. 2023 Apr 25;41(4):328-340.  [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Mallahan Stephanie, Armin J, Bueno Y, Huff A, Allen A. A qualitative exploration of the eight dimensions of wellness in opioid use disorder recovery during the postpartum period. Drug Alcohol Depend Rep. 2023 Apr 13;7:100160.  [PubMed]

Block Ngaybe M, Schmitt HJ, Mallahan Stephanie, Sena R, Werts S, Rooney B, Magrath P, Madhivanan P. Qualitative assessment of COVID-19 vaccination acceptance among healthcare workers in Pima County. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2023 Dec 31;19(1):2211464.  [PubMed]

Allen A, Bueno Y, Mallahan Stephanie, MacPherson AH, Armin J. Opportunities to expand postpartum support for those in recovery from opioid use disorder: Results from a qualitative study. Drug Alcohol Depend Rep. 2023 Jun 2;7:100170.  [PubMed]

Kimaru LJ, Habila MA, Mantina NM, Lopez DN, Melton Forest. The impact of COVID-19 on academic performance among college-level students. J Am Coll Health. 2023 Jan 3:1-7. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2022.2155052. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36595581.  [PubMed]

Loving VA, Johnston BS, Reddy DH, Welk LA, Lawther HA, Klein SC, Cranford CM, Reed RC, Rangan Pooja, Morris MF. Antithrombotic Therapy and Hematoma Risk during Image-guided Core-Needle Breast Biopsy. Radiology. 2023 Jan;306(1):79-86.  [PubMed]

Mashaqi S, Rangan Pooja, Saleh AA, Abraham I, Gozal D, Quan SF, Parthasarathy S. Biomarkers of gut barrier dysfunction in obstructive sleep apnea: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Sleep Med Rev. 2023 Jun;69:101774.  [PubMed]

Ahmed M, Casanova NG, Zaghloul N, Gupta A, Rodriguez Marisela, Robbins IR, Kempf CL, Sun X, Song JH, Hernon VR, Sammani S, Camp SM, Moreira A, Hsu CD, Garcia JGN. The eNAMPT/TLR4 inflammatory cascade drives the severity of intra-amniotic inflammation in pregnancy and predicts infant outcomes. Front Physiol. 2023 Jun 20;14:1129413.  [PubMed]

Arce FT, Younger S, Gaber AA, Mascarenhas JB, Rodriguez Marisela, Dudek SM, Garcia JGN. Lamellipodia dynamics and microrheology in endothelial cell paracellular gap closure. Biophys J. 2023 Dec 19;122(24):4730-4747.  [PubMed]

Giordano KR, Saber M, Green TRF, Rojas-Valencia Luisa M, Ortiz JB, Murphy SM, Lifshitz J, Rowe RK. Colony-Stimulating Factor-1 Receptor Inhibition Transiently Attenuated the Peripheral Immune Response to Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury. Neurotrauma Rep. 2023 Apr 28;4(1):284-296  [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Schippel Natascha, Sharma S. Dynamics of human hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell differentiation to the erythroid lineage. Exp Hematol. 2023 Jul;123:1-17.  [PubMed]

Lacombe J, Summers AJ, Khanishayan Ashkan, Khorsandian Y, Hacey I, Blackson W, Zenhausern F. Paper-Based Vertical Flow Immunoassay for the Point-of-Care Multiplex Detection of Radiation Dosimetry Genes. Cytogenet Genome Res. 2023;163(3-4):178-186.  [PubMed]

Devadhasan JP, Summers AJ, Gu J, Smith S, Thomas B, Fattahi A, Helton J, Pandit SG, Gates-Hollingsworth M, Hau D, Pflughoeft KJ, Montgomery DC, Atta S, Vo-Dinh T, AuCoin D, Zenhausern F. Point-of-care vertical flow immunoassay system for ultra-sensitive multiplex biothreat-agent detection in biological fluids. Biosens Bioelectron. 2023 Jan 1;219:114796.  [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Valencia Dora Y, Gorovoy S, Tubbs A, Jean-Louis G, Grandner MA. Sociocultural context of sleep health: modeling change over time. Sleep. 2023 Jan 11;46(1):zsac258.

 

2022 Publications:

** First-Author Publication **

Adams Anngela C, Borden ES, Macy AM, Thomson N, Cui H, Gimbel MI, Wilson MA, Buetow KH, Roe DJ, DiCaudo DJ, Homsi J, Hastings KT. High GILT Expression Is Associated with Improved Survival in Metastatic Melanoma Patients Treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibition. Cancers (Basel). 2022 Apr 28;14(9):2200.  [PubMed]

Montoya L, Adams Anngela C, Popenhagen MP, Russi DC, Singhal NR, Price HN. Intravenous Ketamine Infusion as an Adjunctive Pain Treatment for Erythromelalgia: A Pediatric Case Report. A A Pract. 2022 Apr 13;16(4):e01582.  [PubMed]

Kingery MT, Adams Anngela C, Manjunath AK, Berlinberg EJ, Markus DH, Strauss EJ. Synovial Fluid Cytokine Profile at the Time of Arthroscopy Explains Intermediate-Term Functional Outcomes. Am J Sports Med. 2022 Apr;50(5):1261-1271.  [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Adams Anngela C, Macy AM, Kang P, Castro-Ochoa KF, Wijeratne EMK, Xu YM, Liu MX, Charos A, Bosenberg MW, Gunatilaka AAL, Sertil AR, Hastings KT. Physachenolide C induces complete regression of established murine melanoma tumors via apoptosis and cell cycle arrest. Transl Oncol. 2022 Jan;15(1):101259.  [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Adams Anngela C, Macy AM, Borden ES, Herrmann LM, Brambley CA, Ma T, Li X, Hughes A, Roe DJ, Mangold AR, Buetow KH, Wilson MA, Baker BM, Hastings KT. Distinct sets of molecular characteristics define tumor-rejecting neoantigens. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Feb 16:2024.02.13.579546.  [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Bommena Shoma, Fallon MB, Rangan P, Hirsch K, Mehta S. Risk factors and management of hepatic artery stenosis post liver transplantation. Dig Liver Dis. 2022 Aug;54(8):1052-1059.  [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Borden Elizabeth S, Buetow KH, Wilson MA, Hastings KT. Cancer Neoantigens: Challenges and Future Directions for Prediction, Prioritization, and Validation. Front Oncol. 2022 Mar 3;12:836821.  [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Borden Elizabeth S, Ghafoor S, Buetow KH, LaFleur BJ, Wilson MA, Hastings KT. NeoScore Integrates Characteristics of the Neoantigen:MHC Class I Interaction and Expression to Accurately Prioritize Immunogenic Neoantigens. J Immunol. 2022 Apr 1;208(7):1813-1827.  [PubMed]

Adams AC, Borden Elizabeth S, Macy AM, Thomson N, Cui H, Gimbel MI, Wilson MA, Buetow KH, Roe DJ, DiCaudo DJ, Homsi J, Hastings KT. High GILT Expression Is Associated with Improved Survival in Metastatic Melanoma Patients Treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibition. Cancers (Basel). 2022 Apr 28;14(9):2200.  [PubMed]

Gusek B, Folk R, Curry Tala, Esfandiarei M. Measurement of Endothelium-dependent Vasorelaxation in the Mouse Thoracic Aorta using Tensometric Small Volume Chamber Myography. J Vis Exp. 2022 Aug 12;(186).  [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Curry Tala M, Esfandiarei M, Thomas TC, Rastogi RG. Case report: Lingering post-concussive symptoms in a pediatric patient with presumed Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Front Pediatr. 2022 Nov 4;10:937223.  [PubMed]

Nwagboso CI, Echieh Chidiebere Peter, Eze JN, Ogbudu SO, Njoku CH, Etiuma AU, Bassey OO. Predictors of outcome of chest tube drainage of nonpurulent exudative pleural effusions. ERJ Open Res. 2022 Apr 4;8(2):00604-2021.  [PubMed]

Apostol CR, Bernard K, Tanguturi P, Molnar G, Bartlett MJ, Szabò L, Liu C, Ortiz JB, Saber M, Giordano Katie R, Green TRF, Melvin J, Morrison HW, Madhavan L, Rowe RK, Streicher JM, Heien ML, Falk T, Polt R. Design and Synthesis of Brain Penetrant Glycopeptide Analogues of PACAP With Neuroprotective Potential for Traumatic Brain Injury and Parkinsonism. Front Drug Discov (Lausanne). 2022 Jan;1:818003.  [PubMed]

Rowe RK, Green Tabitha RF, Giordano Katie R, Ortiz JB, Murphy SM, Opp MR. Microglia Are Necessary to Regulate Sleep after an Immune Challenge. Biology (Basel). 2022 Aug 19;11(8):1241.  [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Giordano Katie R, Law LM, Henderson J, Rowe RK, Lifshitz J. Time Course of Remote Neuropathology Following Diffuse Traumatic Brain Injury in the Male Rat. Exp Neurobiol. 2022 Apr 30;31(2):105-115.  [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Gusek Brikena, Folk R, Curry Tala, Esfandiarei M. Measurement of Endothelium-dependent Vasorelaxation in the Mouse Thoracic Aorta using Tensometric Small Volume Chamber Myography. J Vis Exp. 2022 Aug 12;(186).  [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Harris Ashlee F, Lacombe J, Sanchez-Ballester NM, Victor S, Curran KAJ, Nordquist AR, Thomas B, Gu J, Veuthey JL, Soulairol I, Zenhausern F. Decellularized Spinach Biomaterials Support Physiologically Relevant Mechanical Cyclic Strain and Prompt a Stretch-Induced Cellular Response. ACS Appl Bio Mater. 2022 Dec 19;5(12):5682-5692.  [PubMed]

Jousma J, Han Z, Yan G, Nukala SB, Kwon Y, Le Hoai Huong Thi, Li Y, Ong SB, Lee WH, Ong SG. Alteration of the N6-methyladenosine epitranscriptomic profile in synthetic phthalate-treated human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived endothelial cells. Epigenomics. 2022 Oct;14(19):1139-1155.  [PubMed]

Palmer KNB, Okechukwu A, Mantina NM, Melton Forest L, Kram NA, Hatcher J, Marrero DG, Thomson CA, Garcia DO. Hair Stylists as Lay Health Workers: Perspectives of Black Women on Salon-Based Health Promotion. Inquiry. 2022 Jan-Dec;59:469580221093183.  [PubMed]

Godfrey TM, Cordova-Marks FM, Jones D, Melton Forest, Breathett K. Metabolic Syndrome Among American Indian and Alaska Native Populations: Implications for Cardiovascular Health. Curr Hypertens Rep. 2022 May;24(5):107-114.  [PubMed]

Garcia DO, Valdez LA, Aceves B, Bell ML, Rabe BA, Villavicencio EA, Marrero DG, Melton Forest, Hooker SP. mHealth-Supported Gender- and Culturally Sensitive Weight Loss Intervention for Hispanic Men With Overweight and Obesity: Single-Arm Pilot Study. JMIR Form Res. 2022 Sep 21;6(9):e37637.  [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Melton Forest, Palmer K, Solola S, Luy L, Herrera-Theut K, Zabala L, Knapp SM, Yee R, Yee E, Calhoun E, Hebdon MCT, Pool N, Sweitzer N, Breathett K. Race and Gender-Based Perceptions of Older Septuagenarian Adults. Womens Health Rep (New Rochelle). 2022 Nov 14;3(1):944-956.  [PubMed]

Garcia AN, Casanova NG, Kempf CL, Bermudez T, Valera DG, Song JH, Sun X, Cai H, Moreno-Vinasco L, Gregory T, Oita RC, Hernon VR, Camp SM, Rogers C, Kyubwa EM, Menon N, Axtelle J, Rappaport J, Bime C, Sammani Saad, Cress AE, Garcia JGN. eNAMPT Is a Novel Damage-associated Molecular Pattern Protein That Contributes to the Severity of Radiation-induced Lung Fibrosis. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2022 May;66(5):497-509.  [PubMed]

Bermudez T, Sammani Saad, Song JH, Hernon VR, Kempf CL, Garcia AN, Burt J, Hufford M, Camp SM, Cress AE, Desai AA, Natarajan V, Jacobson JR, Dudek SM, Cancio LC, Alvarez J, Rafikov R, Li Y, Zhang DD, Casanova NG, Bime C, Garcia JGN. eNAMPT neutralization reduces preclinical ARDS severity via rectified NFkB and Akt/mTORC2 signaling. Sci Rep. 2022 Jan 13;12(1):696.  [PubMed]

Belvitch P, Casanova N, Sun X, Camp SM, Sammani Saad, Brown ME, Mascarhenas J, Lynn H, Adyshev D, Siegler J, Desai A, Seyed-Saadat L, Rizzo A, Bime C, Shekhawat GS, Dravid VP, Reilly JP, Jones TK, Feng R, Letsiou E, Meyer NJ, Ellis N, Garcia JGN, Dudek SM. A cortactin CTTN coding SNP contributes to lung vascular permeability and inflammatory disease severity in African descent subjects. Transl Res. 2022 Jun;244:56-74.  [PubMed]

Kempf CL, Sammani Saad, Bermudez T, Song JH, Hernon VR, Hufford MK, Burt J, Camp SM, Dudek SM, Garcia JGN. Critical role for the lung endothelial nonmuscle myosin light-chain kinase isoform in the severity of inflammatory murine lung injury. Pulm Circ. 2022 Apr 7;12(2):e12061.  [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Sammani Saad, Bermudez T, Kempf CL, Song JH, Fleming JC, Reyes Hernon V, Hufford M, Tang L, Cai H, Camp SM, Natarajan V, Jacobson JR, Dudek SM, Martin DR, Karmonik C, Sun X, Sun B, Casanova NG, Bime C, Garcia JGN. eNAMPT Neutralization Preserves Lung Fluid Balance and Reduces Acute Renal Injury in Porcine Sepsis/VILI-Induced Inflammatory Lung Injury. Front Physiol. 2022 Jun 22;13:916159.  [PubMed]

Giles JB, Miller EC, Steiner Heidi E, Karnes JH. Elucidation of Cellular Contributions to Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia Using Omic Approaches. Front Pharmacol. 2022 Jan 21;12:812830.  [PubMed]

Karnes JH, Rollin J, Giles JB, Martinez KL, Steiner Heidi E, Shaffer CM, Momozawa Y, Inai C, Bombin A, Shi M, Mosley JD, Stanaway I, Selleng K, Thiele T, Mushiroda T, Pouplard C, Heddle NM, Kubo M, Phillips EJ, Warkentin TE, Gruel Y, Greinacher A, Roden DM. ABO O blood group as a risk factor for platelet reactivity in heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. Blood. 2022 Jul 21;140(3):274-284.  [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Steiner Heidi E, Gee K, Giles J, Knight H, Hurwitz BL, Karnes JH. Role of the gut microbiome in cardiovascular drug response: The potential for clinical application. Pharmacotherapy. 2022 Feb;42(2):165-176.  [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Summers AJ, Devadhasan JP, Gu J, Montgomery DC, Fischer B, Gates-Hollingsworth MA, Pflughoeft KJ, Vo-Dinh T, AuCoin DP, Zenhausern F. Optimization of an Antibody Microarray Printing Process Using a Designed Experiment. ACS Omega. 2022 Aug 30;7(36):32262-32271.  [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Tsutsumi Emily, Stricklin J, Peterson EA, Schroeder JA, Kim S. Cxcl10 Chemokine Induces Migration of ING4-Deficient Breast Cancer Cells via a Novel Cross Talk Mechanism between the Cxcr3 and Egfr Receptors. Mol Cell Biol. 2022 Feb 17;42(2):e0038221.  [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Valencia Dora, Granda P, Pesce V, Di Sibio A, Soliman AS, Gómez J, Ramos I, Gallardo P. Argentina's National Program for Control of Breast Cancer: Time 1, Patient Navigation, and Patient Cancer Education Experience. J Cancer Educ. 2022 Dec;37(6):1669-1676.  [PubMed]

Habila MA, Valencia Dora Y, Khan SM, Heslin KM, Hoskinson J, Ernst KC, Pogreba-Brown K, Jacobs ET, Cordova-Marks FM, Warholak T. A Rasch analysis assessing the reliability and validity of the Arizona CoVHORT COVID-19 vaccine questionnaire. SSM Popul Health. 2022 Mar;17:101040.  [PubMed]

Grandner MA, Valencia Dora Y, Seixas AA, Oliviér K, Gallagher RA, Killgore WDS, Hale L, Branas C, Alfonso-Miller P. Development and Initial Validation of the Assessment of Sleep Environment (ASE): Describing and Quantifying the Impact of Subjective Environmental Factors on Sleep. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Oct 20;19(20):13599. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192013599. PMID: 36294179; PMCID: PMC9602531.  [PubMed]

 

2021 Publications:

** First-Author Publication **

Adams Anngela C, Macy AM, Kang P, Castro-Ochoa KF, Wijeratne EMK, Xu YM, Liu MX, Charos A, Bosenberg MW, Gunatilaka AAL, Sertil AR, Hastings KT. Physachenolide C induces complete regression of established murine melanoma tumors via apoptosis and cell cycle arrest. Transl Oncol. 2022 Jan;15(1):101259. doi: 10.1016/j.tranon.2021.101259. Epub 2021 Nov 1. Erratum in: Transl Oncol. 2022 Jul;21:101446.  [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Adams Anngela C, Macy AM, Saboda K, Dickinson SE, Glembocki DJ, Roe DJ, Hastings KT. Solar Simulated Light Induces Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Inbred Mice: A Clinically Relevant Model to Investigate T-Cell Responses. J Invest Dermatol. 2021 Dec;141(12):2990-2993.e6.  [PubMed]

Borden ES, Adams Anngela C, Buetow KH, Wilson MA, Bauman JE, Curiel-Lewandrowski C, Chow HS, LaFleur BJ, Hastings KT. Shared Gene Expression and Immune Pathway Changes Associated with Progression from Nevi to Melanoma. Cancers (Basel). 2021 Dec 21;14(1):3.  [PubMed]

Willis W, Willis E, Kuzmiak-Glancy S, Kras K, Hudgens J, Barakati Neusha, Stern J, Mandarino L.  Oxidative phosphorylation K0.5ADP in vitro depends on substrate oxidative capacity: Insights from a luciferase-based assay to evaluate ADP kinetic parameters. Biochim Biophys Acta Bioenerg. 2021 Aug 1;1862(8). [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Borden Elizabeth S, Adams AC, Buetow KH, Wilson MA, Bauman JE, Curiel-Lewandrowski C, Chow HS, LaFleur BJ, Hastings KT. Shared Gene Expression and Immune Pathway Changes Associated with Progression from Nevi to Melanoma. Cancers (Basel). 2021 Dec 21;14(1):3.  [PubMed]

Lister A, Froyum J, Credo Jonathan, Ingram JC. Determination of Uranium in Sheep Hearts from the Navajo Nation. Journal of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences.4 (1), Jan 2021. 

** First-Author Publication **

Jonathan Credo, Checinski C, Chandos A, von Hippel F, Ingram, J. Sample preparation method for metal(loid) contaminants quantitation in rodent hair collected in Yuma County, Arizona. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. July 2021. [PubMed]

Feng A, Ma W, Faraj Reem, Kelly GT, Black SM, Fallon MB, Wang T. Identification of S1PR3 gene signature involved in survival of sepsis patients.
BMC Med Genomics. 2021 Feb 6;14(1):43. [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Reem Faraj, Paine D, Black SM, Wang T. Anti-inflammatory Effects of Statins in Lung Vascular Pathology: From Basic Science to Clinical Trials.
Adv Exp Med Biol. 2021;1303:33-56.  [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Katie R Giordano, Denman CR, Dubisch PS, Akhter M, Lifshitz J. An update on the rod microglia variant in experimental and clinical brain injury and disease.
Brain Commun. 2021 Jan 4;3(1):fcaa227. [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Katie R Giordano, Dsouza N, McGhee-Hassrick E, Martinez O, Martinez-Donate AP. Provider Perspectives on Latino Immigrants' Access to Resources for Syndemic Health Issues.
Hisp Health Care Int. 2021 Jan 13;1540415320985590. [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Ashlee F Harris, Lacombe J, Liyanage S, Han MY, Wallace E, Karsunky S, Abidi N, Zenhausern F. Supercritical carbon dioxide decellularization of plant material to generate 3D biocompatible scaffolds.
Sci Rep. 2021 Feb 11;11(1):3643. [PubMed]

Bennet D, Harris Ashlee F, Lacombe J, Brooks C, Bionda N, Strickland AD, Eisenhut T, Zenhausern F. Evaluation of supercritical CO2 sterilization efficacy for sanitizing personal protective equipment from the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
Sci Total Environ. 2021 Aug 1;780:146519. [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Harris Ashlee F, Lacombe J, Zenhausern F. The Emerging Role of Decellularized Plant-Based Scaffolds as a New Biomaterial. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Nov 16;22(22):12347.  [PubMed]

Jang HR, Cho HJ, Zhou Y, Shao NY, Lee K, Le Hoai Huong T, Jeon J, Lee JE, Huh W, Ong SG, Lee WH, Kim YG. Modeling Uremic Vasculopathy With Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Endothelial Cells as a Drug Screening System.
Front Cell Dev Biol. 2021 Jan 12;8:618796. [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Le Hoai Huong T, Liu CW, Denaro P 3rd, Jousma J, Shao NY, Rahman I, Lee WH. Genome-wide differential expression profiling of lncRNAs and mRNAs in human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived endothelial cells exposed to e-cigarette extract. Stem Cell Res Ther. 2021 Dec 4;12(1):593.  [PubMed]

Palmer KNB, Rivers PS, Melton Forest L, McClelland DJ, Hatcher J, Marrero DG, Thomson CA, Garcia DO. Health promotion interventions for African Americans delivered in U.S. barbershops and hair salons- a systematic review. BMC Public Health. 2021 Aug 16;21(1):1553.  [PubMed]

Tapia E, Villa-Guillen DE, Chalasani P, Centuori S, Roe DJ, Guillen-Rodriguez J, Huang C, Galons JP, Thomson CA, Altbach M, Trujillo J, Pinto Liane, Martinez JA, Algotar AM, Chow HS. A randomized controlled trial of metformin in women with components of metabolic syndrome: intervention feasibility and effects on adiposity and breast density. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2021 Nov;190(1):69-78.  [PubMed]

Saber M, Ortiz JB, Rojas-Valencia Luisa M, Ma X, Tallent BR, Adelson PD, Rowe RK, Qiu S, Lifshitz J. Mice born to mothers with gravida traumatic brain injury have distorted brain circuitry and altered immune responses.
J Neurotrauma. 2021 Jun 22. [PubMed]

Sun X, Sun BL, Sammani Saad, Bermudez T, Dudek SM, Camp SM, Garcia JGN. Genetic and epigenetic regulation of the non-muscle myosin light chain kinase isoform by lung inflammatory factors and mechanical stress.
Clin Sci (Lond). 2021 Apr 16;135(7):963-977. [PubMed]

Garcia AN, Casanova NG, Valera DG, Sun X, Song JH, Kempf CL, Moreno-Vinasco L, Burns K, Bermudez T, Valdez M, Cuellar G, Gregory T, Oita RC, Hernon VR, Barber C, Camp SM, Martin D, Liu Z, Bime C, Sammani Saad, Cress AE, Garcia JG. Involvement of eNAMPT/TLR4 signaling in murine radiation pneumonitis: protection by eNAMPT neutralization. Transl Res. 2021 Jun 15;S1931-5244(21)00141-9. [PubMed]

Mitra S, Epshtein Y, Sammani Saad, Quijada H, Chen W, Bandela M, Desai AA, Garcia JGN, Jacobson JR. UCHL1, a deubiquitinating enzyme, regulates lung endothelial cell permeability in vitro and in vivo. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2021 Apr 1;320(4):L497-L507. [PubMed]

Quijada H, Bermudez T, Kempf CL, Valera DG, Garcia AN, Camp SM, Song JH, Franco E, Burt JK, Sun B, Mascarenhas JB, Burns K, Gaber A, Oita RC, Reyes Hernon V, Barber C, Moreno-Vinasco L, Sun X, Cress AE, Martin D, Liu Z, Desai AA, Natarajan V, Jacobson JR, Dudek SM, Bime C, Sammani Saad, Garcia JGN. Endothelial eNAMPT amplifies pre-clinical acute lung injury: efficacy of an eNAMPT-neutralising monoclonal antibody. Eur Respir J. 2021 May 6;57(5):2002536. [PubMed]

Bapat A, Schippel Natascha, Shi X, Jasbi P, Gu H, Kala M, Sertil A, Sharma S. Hypoxia promotes erythroid differentiation through the development of progenitors and proerythroblasts. Exp Hematol. 2021 May;97:32-46.e35. [PubMed]

Karnes JH, Arora A, Feng J, Steiner Heidi E, Sulieman L, Boerwinkle E, Clark C, Cicek M, Cohn E, Gebo K, Loperena-Cortes R, Ohno-Machado L, Mayo K, Mockrin S, Ramirez A, Schully S, Klimentidis YC. Racial, ethnic, and gender differences in obesity and body fat distribution: An All of Us Research Program demonstration project. PLoS One. 2021 Aug 6;16(8):e0255583. [PubMed]

El Rouby N, Rodrigues Marcatto L, Claudio K, Camargo Tavares L, Steiner Heidi E, Botton MR, Lubitz SA, Fallon EN, Yee K, Kaye J, Scott SA, Karnes J, Caleb Junior de Lima Santos P, Duconge J, Cavallari LH. Multi-site Investigation of Genetic Determinants of Warfarin Dose Variability in Latinos. Clin Transl Sci. 2021 Jan;14(1):268-276. [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Steiner Heidi E, Giles JB, Patterson HK, Feng J, El Rouby N, Claudio K, Marcatto LR, Tavares LC, Galvez JM, Calderon-Ospina CA, Sun X, Hutz MH, Scott SA, Cavallari LH, Fonseca-Mendoza DJ, Duconge J, Botton MR, Santos PCJL, Karnes JH. Machine Learning for Prediction of Stable Warfarin Dose in US Latinos and Latin Americans. Front Pharmacol. 2021 Oct 29;12:749786.  [PubMed]

Grace C, Larriva MM, Steiner Heidi E, Marupuru S, Campbell PJ, Patterson H, Cropp CD, Quinn D, Klimecki W, Nix DE, Warholak T, Karnes JH. Efficacy of personal pharmacogenomic testing as an educational tool in the pharmacy curriculum: A nonblinded, randomized controlled trial. Clin Transl Sci. 2021 Nov;14(6):2532-2543.  [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Dora Y Valencia, Habila M, McClelland DJ, Degarege A, Madhivanan P, Krupp K. Infection-associated biofilms and statins: protocol for systematic review. BMJ Open 2021 May 25;11(5):e046290. [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Dora Y Valencia, Granda P, Pesce V, Di Sibio A, Soliman AS, Gómez J, Ramos I, Gallardo P. Argentina's National Program for Control of Breast Cancer: Time 1, Patient Navigation, and Patient Cancer Education Experience. J Cancer Educ 2021 Apr 27;1-8. [PubMed]

Habila MA, Kimaru LJ, Mantina N, Valencia Dora Y, McClelland DJ, Musa J, Madhivanan P, Sagay A, Jacobs ET. Community-Engaged Approaches to Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review. Front Glob Womens Health. 2021 Jul 19;2:697607  [PubMed]

Ghani SB, Taneja K, Wills CCA, Tubbs AS, Delgadillo ME, Valencia Dora, Halane M, Killgore WDS, Grandner MA. Culturally-consistent diet among individuals of Mexican descent at the US-Mexico border is associated with sleep duration and snoring. BMC Nutr. 2021 Aug 23;7(1):53.  [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Trevor S. Wendt, Li YJ, Gonzales RJ.  Ozanimod, an S1PR1 ligand, attenuates hypoxia plus glucose deprivation induced autophagic flux and phenotypic switching in human brain VSM cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2021 Mar 31.  [PubMed]

 

2020 Publications:

Menon H, Patel RR, Cushman TR, Amini A, Seyedin SN, Adams Anngela C, Lin C, Verma V. Management and outcomes of primary anorectal melanoma in the United States. Future Oncol. 2020 Mar;16(8):329-338  [PubMed]

Shende TC, Fisher JM, Perez-Velez CM, Guido A, Sprowl K, Drake T, Adelus Maria L, Bedrick E, Fantry LE. PrEP Knowledge and Attitudes Among Adults Attending Public Health Clinics in Southern Arizona. J Community Health. 2020 Apr; 45(2):400-406. [PubMed]

Giordano KR, Rojas-Valencia LM, Bhargava Vedanshi, Lifshitz J. Beyond Binary: Influence of Sex and Gender on Outcome after Traumatic Brain Injury. J Neurotrauma. 2020 Dec 1;37(23):2454-2459.  [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Benjamin C Conner, Luque J, Lerner ZF. Adaptive Ankle Resistance from a Wearable Robotic Device to Improve Muscle Recruitment in Cerebral Palsy. Ann Biomed Eng. 2020 Apr;48(4):1309-1321. [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Benjamin C Conner, Remec NM, Orum EK, Frank EM, Lerner ZF. Wearable Adaptive Resistance Training Improves Ankle Strength, Walking Efficiency and Mobility in Cerebral Palsy: A Pilot Clinical Trial. IEEE Open J Eng Med Biol. 2020;1:282-289. [PubMed]

Jones L, Credo Jonathan, Ingram JC, Baldwin JA, Trotter RT, Propper CR. Arsenic Concentrations in Ground and Surface Waters across Arizona Including Native Lands. Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education. 169, April 2020. [PubMed]

Hutchins M.; Credo Jonathan, Ingram J, Baldwin J, Trotter R, Propper C. Using multiple, publicly available databases to create a statewide map of arsenic concentrations across Arizona. Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education. 169, April 2020.

Kelly GT, Faraj Reem, Dai Z, Cress AE, Wang T. A mutation found in esophageal cancer alters integrin β4 mRNA splicing.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2020 Aug 27;529(3):726-732. [PubMed]

Saber M, Giordano Katie R, Hur Y, Ortiz JB, Morrison H, Godbout JP, Murphy SM, Lifshitz J, Rowe RK. Acute peripheral inflammation and post-traumatic sleep differ between sexes after experimental diffuse brain injury.
Eur J Neurosci. 2020 Jul;52(1):2791-2814. [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Katie R Giordano, Denman CR, Dollish HK, Fernandez F, Lifshitz J, Akhter M, Rowe RK. Intracerebral hemorrhage in the mouse altered sleep-wake patterns and activated microglia.
Exp Neurol. 2020 May;327:113242. [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Katie R Giordano, Rojas-Valencia Luisa M, Bhargava V, Lifshitz J. Beyond Binary: Influence of Sex and Gender on Outcome after Traumatic Brain Injury.
J Neurotrauma. 2020 Dec 1;37(23):2454-2459. [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Tabitha R F Green, Ortiz JB, Wonnacott S, Williams RJ, Rowe RK. The Bidirectional Relationship Between Sleep and Inflammation Links Traumatic Brain Injury and Alzheimer's Disease.
Front Neurosci. 2020 Aug 25;14:894. [PubMed]

Sayrs LW, Ortiz JB, Notrica DM, Kirsch L, Kelly C, Stottlemyre R, Cohen A, Misra S, Green Tabitha RF, Adelson PD, Lifshitz J, Rowe RK. Intimate Partner Violence, Clinical Indications, and Other Family Risk Factors Associated With Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma. J Interpers Violence. 2020 Oct 22;886260520967151. [PubMed]

Lacombe J, Harris Ashlee F, Zenhausern R, Karsunsky S, Zenhausern F. Plant-Based Scaffolds Modify Cellular Response to Drug and Radiation Exposure Compared to Standard Cell Culture Models.
Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2020 Aug 7;8:932. [PubMed]

Allen A, Mallahan Stephanie, Ortega A, Miller H, Saleh A, Bonny AE. Administration of Exogenous Hormones and the Implications for Cigarette Smoking-Related Behaviors. Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2020 Oct 22;22(12):70.  [PubMed]

Song S, Babicheva A, Zhao T, Ayon RJ, Rodriguez Marisela, Rahimi S, Balistrieri F, Harrington A, Shyy JY, Thistlethwaite PA, Makino A, Yuan JX. Notch enhances Ca2+ entry by activating calcium-sensing receptors and inhibiting voltage-gated K+ channels. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2020 May 1;318(5):C954-C968.  [PubMed]

Wu K, Tang H, Lin R, Carr SG, Wang Z, Babicheva A, Ayon RJ, Jain PP, Xiong M, Rodriguez Marisela, Rahimi S, Balistrieri F, Rahimi S, Valdez-Jasso D, Simonson TS, Desai AA, Garcia JGN, Shyy JY, Thistlethwaite PA, Wang J, Makino A, Yuan JX. Endothelial platelet-derived growth factor-mediated activation of smooth muscle platelet-derived growth factor receptors in pulmonary arterial hypertension. Pulm Circ. 2020 Sep 10;10(3):2045894020948470.  [PubMed]

Jain PP, Hosokawa S, Xiong M, Babicheva A, Zhao T, Rodriguez Marisela, Rahimi S, Pourhashemi K, Balistrieri F, Lai N, Malhotra A, Shyy JY, Valdez-Jasso D, Thistlethwaite PA, Makino A, Yuan JX. Revisiting the mechanism of hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction using isolated perfused/ventilated mouse lung. Pulm Circ. 2020 Nov 25;10(4):2045894020956592.  [PubMed]

Karnes JH, Wiener HW, Schwantes-An TH, Natarajan B, Sweatt AJ, Chaturvedi A, Arora A, Batai K, Nair V, Steiner Heidi E, Giles JB, Yu J, Hosseini M, Pauciulo MW, Lutz KA, Coleman AW, Feldman J, Vanderpool R, Tang H, Garcia JGN, Yuan JX, Kittles R, de Jesus Perez V, Zamanian RT, Rischard F, Tiwari HK, Nichols WC, Benza RL, Desai AA. Genetic Admixture and Survival in Diverse Populations with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 Jun 1;201(11):1407-1415. [PubMed]

 

2019 Publications:

** First-Author Publication **

Elizabeth S Borden, Kang P, Natri HM, Phung TN, Wilson MA, Buetow KH, Hastings KT. Neoantigen Fitness Model Predicts Lower Immune Recognition of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma than Actinic Keratoses. Frontiers in Immunology. 2019 Nov 29;10:2799. [PubMed]

** First-Author Publication **

Jonathan Credo; Torkelson J; Rock T; Ingram JC. Quantification of elemental contaminants in unregulated water across western Navajo Nation. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16(15), July 2019. [PubMed]

Kelly GT, Faraj Reem, Zhang Y, Maltepe E, Fineman JR, Black SM, Wang T. Pulmonary Endothelial Mechanical Sensing and Signaling, a Story of Focal Adhesions and Integrins in Ventilator Induced Lung Injury.
Front Physiol. 2019 Apr 26;10:511. [PubMed]

Morrill KE, Lopez-Pentecost Melissa, Ballesteros G, Pfander JL, Hingle MD, Klimentidis YC, Thomson CA, Garcia DO. Weight loss interventions for Hispanic women in the USA: a protocol for a systematic review.
Syst Rev. 2019 Dec 1;8(1):301. [PubMed]