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February 2017

Week of February 28

  • Isolation and Patch-Clamp of Primary Adipocytes. Zhang Y, Tong D, Mishra A, Xie L, Samuel I, Smith JK, Sah R. Methods Mol Biol. 2017;1566:145-150. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6820-6_14. PMID: 28244048

  • 2016 The Year That Was: Bone Strength. Janz KF. Pediatr Exerc Sci. 2017 Feb;29(1):23-25. doi: 10.1123/pes.2016-0279. PMID: 28271807

  • Obesity Challenges the Hepatoprotective Function of the Integrated Stress Response to Asparaginase Exposure in Mice. Nikonorova IA, Al-Baghdadi RJ, Mirek ET, Wang Y, Goudie MP, Wetstein BB, Dixon JL, Hine C, Mitchell JR, Adams CM, Wek RC, Anthony TG. J Biol Chem. 2017 Feb 27. pii: jbc.M116.768408. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M116.768408. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 28242759

  • The cellular and molecular bases of leptin and ghrelin resistance in obesity. Cui H, López M, Rahmouni K. Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2017 Feb 24. doi: 10.1038/nrendo.2016.222. [Epub ahead of print] Review. PMID: 28232667

  • Gastrointestinal Manifestations in X-linked Agammaglobulinemia. Barmettler S, Otani IM, Minhas J, Abraham RS, Chang Y, Dorsey MJ, Ballas ZK, Bonilla FA, Ochs HD, Walter JE. J Clin Immunol. 2017 Feb 24. doi: 10.1007/s10875-017-0374-x. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 28236219

  • The Increase in Hospitalizations for Urinary Tract Infections and the Associated Costs in the United States, 1998-2011. Simmering JE, Tang F, Cavanaugh JE, Polgreen LA, Polgreen PM. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2017 Feb 24;4(1):ofw281. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofw281. eCollection 2017 Winter. PMID: 28480273

  • Treatment of Lateral Skull Base and Posterior Cranial Fossa Lesions Utilizing the Extended Middle Cranial Fossa Approach. Roche JP, Goates AJ, Hasan DM, Howard MA, Menezes AH, Hansen MR, Gantz BJ. Otol Neurotol. 2017 Feb 23. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000001356. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 28234787

Week of February 23rd

  • Restoring CFTR Function Reduces Airway Bacteria and Inflammation in People With Cystic Fibrosis and Chronic Lung Infections. Hisert KB, Heltshe SL, Pope C, Jorth P, Wu X, Edwards RM, Radey M, Accurso FJ, Wolter DJ, Cooke G, Adam RJ, Carter S, Grogan B, Launspach JL, Donnelly SC, Gallagher C, Bruce JE, Stoltz D, Welsh MJ, Hoffman LR, McKone EF, Singh PK. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017 Feb 21. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201609-1954OC. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 28222269

  • Gene Therapeutic Reversal of Peripheral Olfactory Impairment in Bardet-Biedl Syndrome. Williams CL, Uytingco CR, Green WW, McIntyre JC, Ukhanov K, Zimmerman AD, Shively DT, Zhang L, Nishimura DY, Sheffield VC, Martens JR. Mol Ther. 2017 Feb 22. pii: S1525-0016(17)30059-X. doi: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2017.02.006. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 28237838

  • Pulmonary arterial strain- and remodeling-induced stiffening are differentiated in a chronic model of pulmonary hypertension. Golob MJ, Tabima DM, Wolf GD, Johnston JL, Forouzan O, Mulchrone AM, Kellihan HB, Bates ML, Chesler NC. J Biomech. 2017 Feb 21. pii: S0021-9290(17)30099-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2017.02.003. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 28262286

  • Ejection Fraction: Misunderstood and Overrated (Changing the Paradigm in Categorizing Heart Failure). Konstam MA, Abboud FM. Circulation. 2017 Feb 21;135(8):717-719. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.025795. PMID: 28223323

  • Maternal Gestational Hypertension-Induced Sensitization of Angiotensin II Hypertension Is Reversed by Renal Denervation or Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibition in Rat Offspring. Xue B, Yin H, Guo F, Beltz TG, Thunhorst RL, Johnson AK. Hypertension. 2017 Feb 21. pii: HYPERTENSIONAHA.116.08597. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.116.08597. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 28223469

  • Antibody deficiency in patients with frequent exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). McCullagh BN, Comellas AP, Ballas ZK, Newell JD Jr, Zimmerman MB, Azar AE. PLoS One. 2017 Feb 17;12(2):e0172437. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172437. PMID: 28212436

  • Multi-site quality and variability analysis of 3D FDG PET segmentations based on phantom and clinical image data. Beichel RR, Smith BJ, Bauer C, Ulrich EJ, Ahmadvand P, Budzevich MM, Gillies RJ, Goldgof D, Grkovski M, Hamarneh G, Huang Q, Kinahan PE, Laymon CM, Mountz JM, Muzi JP, Muzi M, Nehmeh S, Oborski MJ, Tan Y, Zhao B, Sunderland JJ, Buatti JM. Med Phys. 2017 Feb;44(2):479-496. doi: 10.1002/mp.12041. PMID: 28205306

Week of February 16th

  • Multi-site quality and variability analysis of 3D FDG PET segmentations based on phantom and clinical image data. Beichel RR, Smith BJ, Bauer C, Ulrich EJ, Ahmadvand P, Budzevich MM, Gillies RJ, Goldgof D, Grkovski M, Hamarneh G, Huang Q, Kinahan PE, Laymon CM, Mountz JM, Muzi JP, Muzi M, Nehmeh S, Oborski MJ, Tan Y, Zhao B, Sunderland JJ, Buatti JM. Med Phys. 2017 Feb;44(2):479-496. doi: 10.1002/mp.12041. PMID: 28205306

  • Angiotensin Converting Inhibitors and Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers and Longitudinal Change in Percent Emphysema on Computed Tomography: The MESA Lung Study. Parikh MA, Aaron CP, Hoffman EA, Schwartz JE, Madrigano J, Austin JH, Kalhan R, Lovasi G, Watson K, Hinckley Stukovsky K, Barr RG. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2017 Feb 16. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201604-317OC. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 28207279 

  • Septic transfusion case caused by a platelet pool with visible clotting due to contamination with Staphylococcus aureus. Loza-Correa M, Kou Y, Taha M, Kalab M, Ronholm J, Schlievert PM, Cahill MP, Skeate R, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Ramirez-Arcos S. Transfusion. 2017 Feb 16. doi: 10.1111/trf.14049. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 28205241

  • Epigenetic clock analysis of diet, exercise, education, and lifestyle factors. Quach A, Levine ME, Tanaka T, Lu AT, Chen BH, Ferrucci L, Ritz B, Bandinelli S, Neuhouser ML, Beasley JM, Snetselaar L, Wallace RB, Tsao PS, Absher D, Assimes TL, Stewart JD, Li Y, Hou L, Baccarelli AA, Whitsel EA, Horvath S. Aging (Albany NY). 2017 Feb 14. doi: 10.18632/aging.101168. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 28198702

  • Enhancing VTA Cav1.3 L-type Ca2+ channel activity promotes cocaine and mood-related behaviors via overlapping AMPA receptor mechanisms in the nucleus accumbens. Martínez-Rivera A, Hao J, Tropea TF, Giordano TP, Kosovsky M, Rice RC, Lee A, Huganir RL, Striessnig J, Addy NA, Han S, Rajadhyaksha AM.Mol Psychiatry. 2017 Feb 14. doi: 10.1038/mp.2017.9. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 28194001

  • Potential for Net Benefit Should Guide Preventive Therapy. Stone NJ, Robinson JG. Circulation. 2017 Feb 14;135(7):630-632. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.022147. PMID: 28193796

  • Sirtuin 1 regulates cardiac electrical activity by deacetylating the cardiac sodium channel. Vikram A, Lewarchik CM, Yoon JY, Naqvi A, Kumar S, Morgan GM, Jacobs JS, Li Q, Kim YR, Kassan M, Liu J, Gabani M, Kumar A, Mehdi H, Zhu X, Guan X, Kutschke W, Zhang X, Boudreau RL, Dai S, Matasic DS, Jung SB, Margulies KB, Kumar V, Bachschmid MM, London B, Irani K. Nat Med. 2017 Feb 13. doi: 10.1038/nm.4284. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 28191886

  • Nanoemulsion Thermoreversible Pluronic F127-Based Hydrogel Containing Hyptis pectinata (Lamiaceae) Leaf Essential Oil Produced a Lasting Anti-hyperalgesic Effect in Chronic Noninflammatory Widespread Pain in Mice. Quintans-Júnior LJ, Brito RG, Quintans JS, Santos PL, Camargo ZT, Barreto PA, Arrigoni-Blank MF, Lucca-Júnior W, Scotti L, Scotti MT, Kolker SJ, Sluka KA. Mol Neurobiol. 2017 Feb 13. doi: 10.1007/s12035-017-0438-1. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 28194646

  • FGF21 and metabolic disease in 2016: A new frontier in FGF21 biology. Potthoff MJ. Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2017 Feb;13(2):74-76. doi: 10.1038/nrendo.2016.206. No abstract available. PMID: 27983736

  • iPS Cell-Derived Gamete-Associated Proteins (GAPs) Incite Rejection of iPSCs in Syngeneic Mice. Kim EM, Manzar G, Zavazava N. Immunology. 2017 Feb 10. doi: 10.1111/imm.12722. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 28185259

  • Culture, Transfection, and Immunocytochemical Analysis of Primary Macrophages. Warwick CA, Usachev YM. Methods Mol Biol. 2017;1554:161-173. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6759-9_9. PMID: 28185189

Week of February 9

  • Sirtuin1 protects endothelial Caveolin-1 expression and preserves endothelial function via suppressing miR-204 and endoplasmic reticulum stress. Kassan M, Vikram A, Kim YR, Li Q, Kassan A, Patel HH, Kumar S, Gabani M, Liu J, Jacobs JS, Irani K. Sci Rep. 2017 Feb 9;7:42265. doi: 10.1038/srep42265. PMID: 28181559

  • Mitochondrial CaMKII inhibition in airway epithelium protects against allergic asthma. Sebag SC, Koval OM, Paschke JD, Winters CJ, Jaffer OA, Dworski R, Sutterwala FS, Anderson ME, Grumbach IM. JCI Insight. 2017 Feb 9;2(3):e88297. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.88297. PMID: 28194433

  • Increasing Incidence, Cost, and Seasonality in Patients Hospitalized for Cellulitis. Peterson RA, Polgreen LA, Cavanaugh JE, Polgreen PM. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2017 Feb 8;4(1):ofx008. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofx008. eCollection 2017 Winter. PMID: 28480281

  • PTSD, Psychotropic Medication Use, and the Risk of Dementia Among US Veterans: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Mawanda F, Wallace RB, McCoy K, Abrams TE. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 Feb 8. doi: 10.1111/jgs.14756. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 28176297

  • Coronary artery calcium score as a predictor for incident stroke: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Chaikriangkrai K, Jhun HY, Palamaner Subash Shantha G, Bin Abdulhak A, Sigurdsson G, Nabi F, Mahmarian JJ, Chang SM. Int J Cardiol. 2017 Feb 8. pii: S0167-5273(17)30060-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.01.132. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 28202259

  • Safety of Very Low Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels With Alirocumab: Pooled Data From Randomized Trials. Robinson JG, Rosenson RS, Farnier M, Chaudhari U, Sasiela WJ, Merlet L, Miller K, Kastelein JJ. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017 Feb 7;69(5):471-482. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.11.037. PMID: 28153102

  • Efficacy of Flow monitoring during ECMO. Badheka A, Stucker SE, Turek JW, Raghavan ML. ASAIO J. 2017 Feb 6. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000000538. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 28169848

Week of February 3

  • Cardiac Med1 deletion promotes early lethality, cardiac remodeling and transcriptional reprogramming. Spitler KM, Ponce JM, Oudit GY, Hall DD, Grueter CE. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2017 Feb 3:ajpheart.00728.2016. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00728.2016. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 28159809

  • Cerebral Vascular Disease and Neurovascular Injury in Ischemic Stroke. Hu X, De Silva TM, Chen J, Faraci FM. Circ Res. 2017 Feb 3;120(3):449-471. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.116.308427. PMID: 28154097

  • Surface-modified particles loaded with CaMKII inhibitor protect cardiac cells against mitochondrial injury. Wongrakpanich A, Morris AS, Geary SM, Joiner MA, Salem AK. Int J Pharm. 2017 Feb 3. pii: S0378-5173(17)30070-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2017.01.061. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 28167264

  • Mitochondrial dynamics in neuronal injury, development and plasticity. Flippo KH, Strack S. J Cell Sci. 2017 Feb 2. pii: jcs.171017. doi: 10.1242/jcs.171017. [Epub ahead of print] Review. PMID: 28154157

  • β-arrestin-2 is an essential regulator of pancreatic β-cell function under physiological and pathophysiological conditions. Zhu L, Almaça J, Dadi PK, Hong H, Sakamoto W, Rossi M, Lee RJ, Vierra NC, Lu H, Cui Y, McMillin SM, Perry NA, Gurevich VV, Lee A, Kuo B, Leapman RD, Matschinsky FM, Doliba NM, Urs NM, Caron MG, Jacobson DA, Caicedo A, Wess J. Nat Commun.2017 Feb 1;8:14295. doi: 10.1038/ncomms14295. PMID: 28145434

  • Substance abuse may hasten motor onset of Huntington disease: Evaluating the Enroll-HD database. Schultz JL, Kamholz JA, Moser DJ, Feely SM, Paulsen JS, Nopoulos PC. Neurology. 2017 Feb 1. pii: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000003661. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000003661. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 28148631

  • Unexpected Death of a Child with Complex Febrile Seizures-Pathophysiology Similar to Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy? Dlouhy BJ, Ciliberto MA, Cifra CL, Kirby PA, Shrock DL, Nashelsky M, Richerson GB. Front Neurol. 2017 Feb 1;8:21. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2017.00021. PMID: 28203222

  • Lung function, percent emphysema, and QT duration: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) lung study. Armstrong HF, Lovasi GS, Soliman EZ, Heckbert SR, Psaty BM, Austin JH, Krishnan JA, Hoffman EA, Johnson C, Budoff MJ, Watson KE, Barr RG. Respir Med. 2017 Feb;123:1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2016.12.003. PMID: 28137484