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Recent Research Publications - December 2020

December 16-31, 2020

Morphea following treatment with pembrolizumab for melanoma with metastatic lymph nodes: case report and review of literature. Zafar FS, Richey P, Okereke U, Milhem M, Abid R, Powers JG. Melanoma Res. 2021 Feb 1;31(1):98-100. doi: 10.1097/CMR.0000000000000713. PMID: 33323722

Risk of acute kidney injury and Clostridioides difficile infection with piperacillin/tazobactam, cefepime and meropenem with or without vancomycin. Lee JD, Heintz BH, Mosher HJ, Livorsi DJ, Egge JA, Lund BC. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Dec 31:ciaa1902. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1902. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33382398

mTORC1 (Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1) Signaling in Endothelial and Smooth Muscle Cells Is Required for Vascular Function. Reho JJ, Guo DF, Morgan DA, Rahmouni K. Hypertension. 2020 Dec 28:HYPERTENSIONAHA12014708. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.14708. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33356400

Investigating the relationship between rosacea and use of vasodilatory medications in a hospital-wide population. Abid R, Reid AT, Zafar F, Powers EM, Powers JG. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2020 Dec 23:S0190-9622(20)33243-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2020.11.070. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33359782 No abstract available.

Variability in the Use of Novel Diagnostic Technology in Children With Suspected Encephalitis and in the Management of Emerging Encephalitides by Pediatric Infectious Disease Providers. Dehority W, Janowski AB, Messacar K, Polgreen PM, Beekmann SE. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2020 Dec 21:piaa149. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piaa149. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33347568

Problem alcohol use among rural head and neck cancer patients at diagnosis: Associations with health-related quality of life. Howren MB, Christensen AJ, Adamowicz JL, Seaman A, Wardyn S, Pagedar NA. Psychooncology. 2020 Dec 20. doi: 10.1002/pon.5616. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33345347

Post-COVID-19 Fatigue: Potential Contributing Factors. Rudroff T, Fietsam AC, Deters JR, Bryant AD, Kamholz J. Brain Sci. 2020 Dec 19;10(12):1012. doi: 10.3390/brainsci10121012. PMID: 33352638   

Ceramides are necessary and sufficient for diet-induced impairment of thermogenic adipocytes. Chaurasia B, Ying L, Talbot CL, Maschek JA, Cox J, Schuchman EH, Hirabayashi Y, Holland WL, Summers SA. Mol Metab. 2020 Dec 19:101145. doi: 10.1016/j.molmet.2020.101145. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33352310

Risk for Clostridioides difficile infection among hospitalized patients associated with multiple healthcare exposures prior to admission. Miller AC, Sewell DK, Segre AM, Pemmaraju SV, Polgreen PM; CDC MInD-Healthcare group. J Infect Dis. 2020 Dec 19:jiaa773. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa773. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33340038

TNF-α-induced Sympathetic Excitation Requires EGFR and ERK1/2 Signaling in Cardiovascular Regulatory Regions of the Forebrain. Wei SG, Yu Y, Felder RB. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2020 Dec 18. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00606.2020. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33337962

Impact of Sex and Metabolic Comorbidities on COVID-19 Mortality Risk Across Age Groups: 66,646 Inpatients Across 613 U.S. Hospitals. Goodman KE, Magder LS, Baghdadi JD, Pineles L, Levine AR, Perencevich EN, Harris AD. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Dec 18:ciaa1787. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1787. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33337474

The Impact of Food on Bioavailability of Oxycodone Myristate: A Case Report. Nguyen TP, Hagiwara Y, Pies C, Lockman K. J Palliat Care. 2020 Dec 17:825859720981330. doi: 10.1177/0825859720981330. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33327849

Anticoagulant Selection in Relation to SAMe-TT2R2 Score in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: The GLORIA-AF Registry. Ntaios G, Huisman MV, Diener HC, Halperin JL, Teutsch C, Marler S, Gurusamy VK, Thompson M, Lip GYH, Olshansky B; GLORIA-AF Investigators. Hellenic J Cardiol. 2020 Dec 15:S1109-9666(20)30281-5. doi: 10.1016/j.hjc.2020.11.009. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33338644

Fyn-tau Ablation Modifies PTZ-Induced Seizures and Post-seizure Hallmarks of Early Epileptogenesis. Putra M, Puttachary S, Liu G, Lee G, Thippeswamy T. Front Cell Neurosci. 2020 Dec 8;14:592374. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2020.592374. eCollection 2020. PMID: 33363455   

The Role of iRhom2 in Metabolic and Cardiovascular-Related Disorders. Geesala R, Issuree PD, Maretzky T. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2020 Nov 24;7:612808. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2020.612808. eCollection 2020. PMID: 33330676   Review.

Treatment of Sarcoidosis: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Gerke AK. Front Immunol. 2020 Nov 19;11:545413. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.545413. eCollection 2020. PMID: 33329511   Review.

December 1-15, 2020

Effects of long-term ethanol ingestion on hepatic iron metabolism in two mouse strains. Bloomer SA, Broadhurst KA, Maleah Mathahs M, Brown KE. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol. 2020 Dec 14. doi: 10.1111/1440-1681.13445. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33319364

Evaluation of antibiotic prescribing in emergency departments and urgent care centers across the Veterans' Health Administration. Lowery JL, Alexander B, Nair R, Heintz BH, Livorsi DJ. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Dec 14:1-8. doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.1289. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33308352

Circadian Pattern of Ion Channel Gene Expression in Failing Human Hearts. McTiernan CF, Lemster BH, Bedi KC, Margulies KB, Moravec C, Hsieh PN, Shusterman V, Saba S. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2020 Dec 10. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.120.009254. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33301345

Cellular Fibronectin Promotes Deep Vein Thrombosis in Diet-induced Obese Mice. Dhanesha N, Jain M, Doddapattar P, Undas A, Chauhan AK. J Thromb Haemost. 2020 Dec 10. doi: 10.1111/jth.15206. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33300307

Role of Natural Killer Cells in Uveal Melanoma. Javed A, Milhem M. Cancers (Basel). 2020 Dec 9;12(12):E3694. doi: 10.3390/cancers12123694. PMID: 33317028 Review.

Amphotericin B induces epithelial voltage responses in people with cystic fibrosis. Chorghade RS, Kim BR, Launspach JL, Karp PH, Welsh MJ, Burke MD. J Cyst Fibros. 2020 Dec 8:S1569-1993(20)30928-0. doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2020.11.018. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33309058

Toward a Common Definition of Syncope in Children and Adults. van Dijk JG, Benditt DG, Fanciulli A, Fedorowski A, Olshansky B, Raj SR, Stewart JM, Sutton R. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2020 Dec 2. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000002309. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33273429 No abstract available.

A 55-Year-Old Immunocompetent Man With Chest Discomfort and Night Sweats. Ji J, Wei T, Lu C, Wang Z, Roy SD, Ponnapureddy R, Liu K. Chest. 2020 Dec;158(6):e323-e326. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.07.045. PMID: 33280777

The art of virtual mentoring in the twenty-first century for STEM majors and beyond. McReynolds MR, Termini CM, Hinton AO Jr, Taylor BL, Vue Z, Huang SC, Roby RS, Shuler H, Carter CS. Nat Biotechnol. 2020 Dec;38(12):1477-1482. doi: 10.1038/s41587-020-00758-7. PMID: 33273732 No abstract available.

Communication about medical errors. Kaldjian LC. Patient Educ Couns. 2020 Nov 28:S0738-3991(20)30659-5. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2020.11.035. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33280965

The Reversion of cg05575921 Methylation in Smoking Cessation: A Potential Tool for Incentivizing Healthy Aging. Philibert R, Mills JA, Long JD, Salisbury SE, Comellas A, Gerke A, Dawes K, Vander Weg M, Hoffman EA. Genes (Basel). 2020 Nov 27;11(12):E1415. doi: 10.3390/genes11121415. PMID: 33260961

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of pharmacological ascorbate-induced iron redox state as a biomarker in subjects undergoing radio-chemotherapy. Cushing CM, Petronek MS, Bodeker KL, Vollstedt S, Brown HA, Opat E, Hollenbeck NJ, Shanks T, Berg DJ, Smith BJ, Smith MC, Monga V, Furqan M, Howard MA, Greenlee JD, Mapuskar KA, St-Aubin J, Flynn RT, Cullen JJ, Buettner GR, Spitz DR, Buatti JM, Allen BG, Magnotta VA. Redox Biol. 2020 Nov 19;38:101804. doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2020.101804. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33260088   

Management of Ischemic Stroke Following Left Ventricular Assist Device. Rettenmaier LA, Garg A, Limaye K, Leira EC, Adams HP, Shaban A. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2020 Dec;29(12):105384. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.105384. Epub 2020 Oct 24. PMID: 33254382

Culture of Safety: Impact on Improvement in Infection Prevention Process and Outcomes. Braun BI, Chitavi SO, Suzuki H, Soyemi CA, Puig-Asensio M. Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2020;22(12):34. doi: 10.1007/s11908-020-00741-y. Epub 2020 Dec 2. PMID: 33288982   Review.