School of Medicine Publications and Presentations
Open access research published by the UTRGV School of Medicine-affiliated faculty, residents, fellows, and students. For all publications, please visit this page.
Submissions from 2021
Bioactive nanotherapeutic trends to combat triple negative breast cancer, Pallabita Chowdhury, Upasana Ghosh, Kamalika Samanta, Meena Jaggi, Subhash C. Chauhan, and Murali M. Yallapu
Cortical and subcortical brain structure in generalized anxiety disorder: findings from 28 research sites in the ENIGMA-Anxiety Working Group, Anita Harrewijn, Elise M. Cardinale, Nynke A. Groenewold, Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam, Moji Aghajani, Kevin Hilbert, Narcis Cardoner, Daniel Porta-Casteràs, Savannah Gosnell, and Anderson M. Winkler
Endovascular thrombectomy in patients with large core ischemic stroke: a cost-effectiveness analysis from the SELECT study, Amrou Sarraj, Elena Pizzo, Kyriakos Lobotesis, James C. Grotta, Ameer E. Hassan, Michael G. Abraham, Spiros Blackburn, Arthur L. Day, Mark J. Dannenbaum, and William Hicks
Interferon gamma release assays for detection of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis in older Hispanic people, Julia M. Scordo, Genesis P. Aguillón-Durán, Doris Ayala, Ana Paulina Quirino-Cerrillo, Eminé Rodriguez-Reyna, Mateo Joya-Ayala, Francisco Mora-Guzmán, Eder Ledezma-Campos, Alejandro Villafañez, Larry S. Schlesinger, and Blanca I. Restrepo
PHARMACEUTICAL POTENTIAL OF LABORATORY GROWN CULTURES OF BLUE-GREEN ALGAE: A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW AND FUTURE POSSIBILITIES, Ritu Chauhan, Abhishek Chauhan, Ashutosh Tripathi, Anuj Ranjan, Subhash C. Chauhan, and Tanu Jindal
Real-Time Mobile Teleophthalmology for the Detection of Eye Disease in Minorities and Low Socioeconomics At-Risk Populations, Lama A. Al-Aswad, Cansu Yuksel Elgin, Vipul Patel, Deborah Popplewell, Kalashree Gopal, Dan Gong, Zach Thomas, Devon Joiner, Cha-Kai Chu, and Gladys E. Maestre
Serial ASPECTS in the DAWN Trial: Infarct Evolution and Clinical Impact, David S. Liebeskind, Hamidreza Saber, Parita Bhuva, Bin Xiang, Albert J. Yoo, Ashutosh P. Jadhav, Diogo C. Haussen, Ronald J. Budzik, Alain Bonafe, and Ameer E. Hassan
Multi-phenotype genome-wide association studies of the Norfolk Island isolate implicate pleiotropic loci involved in chronic kidney disease, Ngan K. Tran, Rodney A. Lea, Samuel Holland, Quan Nguyen, Arti M. Raghubar, Heidi G. Sutherland, Miles C. Benton, Nicholas B. Blackburn, Joanne E. Curran, and John Blangero
APOC3 genetic variation, serum triglycerides, and risk of coronary artery disease in Asian Indians, Europeans, and other ethnic groups, Shiwali Goyal, Yosuke Tanigawa, Weihua Zhang, Jin-Fang Chai, Marcio Almeida, Juan M. Peralta, Donna M. Lehman, Joanne E. Curran, Ravi Duggirala, and John Blangero
Genetic Overlap Profiles of Cognitive Ability in Psychotic and Affective Illnesses: A Multisite Study of Multiplex Pedigrees, Emma Knowles, Juan M. Peralta, Laura Almasy, Vishwajit Nimgaonkar, Francis J. McMahon, Pippa Thomson, Samuel R. Mathias, Joanne E. Curran, and John Blangero
Hearing hoofbeats? Think head and neck trauma: a 10-year NTDB analysis of equestrian-related trauma in the USA, Kevin Mutore, Jiyun Lim, Demba Fofana, Annelyn Torres-Reveron, and Jeffrey Skubic
Frontotemporal Dementias in Latin America: History, Epidemiology, Genetics, and Clinical Research, Jorge J. Llibre-Guerra, Maria Isabel Behrens, Mirna Lie Hosogi, Lucia Montero, Teresa Torralva, Nilton Custodio, Erika Mariana Longoria-Ibarrola, Margarita Giraldo-Chica, David Aguillón, and Gladys E. Maestre
Whole genome sequence analysis of platelet traits in the NHLBI trans-omics for precision medicine initiative, Amarise Little, Yao Hu, Quan Sun, Deepti Jain, Jai G. Broome, Ming-Huei Chen, Florian Thibord, Caitlin McHugh, John Blangero, and Joanne E. Curran
An In-vivo 1H-MRS short-echo time technique at 7T: Quantification of metabolites in chronic multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica brain lesions and normal appearing brain tissue, George Tackley, Yazhuo Kong, Rachel Minne, Silvia Messina, Anderson M. Winkler, Ana Cavey, Rosie Everett, Gabriele C. DeLuca, Andrew Weir, and Matthew Craner
Association between Helicobacter Pylori infection and stroke: a meta-analysis of 273,135 patients, Mohamed Fahmy Doheim, Ahmad Amr Altaweel, Mohamed Gamal Elgendy, Alaa Ahmed Elshanbary, Mahmoud Dibas, Amira Abo Hegil Abo Ali, Toqa Mahmoud Dahy, Atef Khairy Sharaf, and Ameer E. Hassan
Bilingual problem-solving training for caregivers of adults with dementia: A randomized, factorial-design protocol for the CaDeS trial, Shannon B. Juengst, Charlene Supnet, Chung Lin (Novelle) Kew, Valeria Silva, Marlene Vega, Gang Han, Brendan Kelley, Matthew Lee Smith, and Gladys E. Maestre
Circulating Fatty Acids Associated with Advanced Liver Fibrosis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma in South Texas Hispanics, Jingjing Jiao, Suet-Ying Kwan, Caroline M. Sabotta, Honami Tanaka, Lucas Veillon, Marc O. Warmoes, Philip L. Lorenzi, Ying Wang, Peng Wei, Jose Luis Almeda, Joseph B. McCormick, and Susan P. Fisher-Hoch
Emergence of cationic polyamine dendrimersomes: design, stimuli sensitivity and potential biomedical applications, Partha Laskar and Christine Dufès
Hemorrhagic stroke outcomes of KApSR patients with co-morbid diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease, Amanda L. Trout, Christopher J. McLouth, Patrick Kitzman, Michael R. Dobbs, Lisa Bellamy, Kelley Elkins, and Justin F. Fraser
Normal-tension glaucomatous optic neuropathy is related to blood pressure variability in the Maracaibo Aging Study, Jesus D. Melgarejo, Gladys E. Maestre, Luis J. Mena, Joseph H. Lee, Michele Petitto, Carlos A. Chavez, Gustavo Calmon, Egle Silva, Lutgarde Thijs, and Lama A. Al-Aswad
Urinary proteomics combined with home blood pressure telemonitoring for health care reform trial: rational and protocol, Lutgarde Thijs, Kei Asayama, Gladys E. Maestre, Tine W. Hansen, Luk Buyse, Dong-Mei Wei, Jesus D. Melgarejo, Jana Brguljan-Hitij, Hao-Min Cheng, and Fabio de Souza
Multivariate analysis of 1.5 million people identifies genetic associations with traits related to self-regulation and addiction, Richard Karlsson Linnér, Travis T. Mallard, Peter B. Barr, Sandra Sanchez-Roige, James W. Madole, Morgan N. Driver, Holly E. Poore, Ronald de Vlaming, Andrew D. Grotzinger, and Mark Kos
Whole Genome Sequence Data From Captive Baboons Implicate RBFOX1 in Epileptic Seizure Risk, Mark Z. Kos, Melanie A. Carless, Lucy Blondell, M. Michelle Leland, Koyle D. Knape, Harald HH Goring, and Charles A. Szabo
Characterizing and Tuning Perfusion Parameters Within an Innovative, Versatile Oxygenating Perfusion System, Daniel J. Portillo, Lauren M. Bayliss, Stephen Rivas, Gabriela Pineda, Sukhwinder Kaur, Leonid Bunegin, and R. Lyle Hood
Frailty Index in the Colonias on the US-Mexico Border: A Special Report, Eron G. Manusov, Carolina Gomez De Ziegler, Vincent P. Diego, Gerardo Munoz-Monaco, and Sarah Williams-Blangero
Population sequencing data reveal a compendium of mutational processes in human germline, Vladimir B. Seplyarskiy, Ruslan A. Soldatov, Evan Koch, Ryan J. McGinty, Jakob M. Goldmann, Ryan D. Hernandez, Kathleen Barnes, Adolfo Correa, Esteban G. Burchard, and John Blangero
Measurement error and reliability of TMS metrics collected from biceps and triceps in individuals with chronic incomplete tetraplegia, Tarun Arora, Kelsey A. Potter-Baker, Kyle O’Laughlin, Manshi Li, Xiaofeng Wang, David A. Cunningham, Francois Bethoux, Frederick S. Frost, and Ela Bhatt Plow
Cognitive Domains in Low Literacy Populations: The Experience of the Maracaibo Aging Study, Eduardo E. Arteaga-Bracho, Jesus Melgarejo, Carlos A. Chavez, Joseph D. Terwilliger, Joseph H. Lee, Gloria Pino-Ramírez, and Gladys E. Maestre
Milk exosomes: Nature's abundant nanoplatform for theranostic applications, Benilde Adriano, Nycol Cotto, Neeraj Chauhan, Meena Jaggi, Subhash C. Chauhan, and Murali M. Yallapu
Prevalence of dementia in Latin America: a collaborative study of population-based cohorts, Ricardo Nitrini, Cássio M. C. Bottino, Cecilia Albala, Nilton Santos Custodio Capuñay, Carlos Ketzoian, Juan J. Llibre Rodriguez, Gladys E. Maestre, and Ana Teresa A. Ramos-Cerqueira
A prospective cross-sectional study of tuberculosis in elderly Hispanics reveals that BCG vaccination at birth is protective whereas diabetes is not a risk factor, Julia M. Scordo, Genesis P. Aguillón-Durán, Doris Ayala, Ana P. Quirino-Cerrillo, Eminé Rodriguez-Reyna, Francisco Mora-Guzmán Dr, Jose A. Caso, Eder Ledezma-Campos, Larry Schlesinger, Jordi B. Torrelles, and Blanca I. Restrepo
The power of interdependence: Linking health systems, communities, and health professions educational programs to better meet the needs of patients and populations, Richard N. Van Eck, Heidi L. Gullett, Sara M. Lamb, Helene J. Krouse, Lauren Mazzurco, Onelia G. Lage, Joy H. Lewis, and Kimberly D. Lomis
An evidence-based, risk-adapted algorithm for antifungal prophylaxis reduces risk for invasive mold infections in children with hematologic malignancies, Ankhi Dutta, Ashley Ikwuezunma, Maria I. Castellanos, Julienne Brackett, Kiranmye Reddy, Priya Mahajan, Ann M. Marshburn, Kala Kamdar, Hana Paek, and Debra L. Palazzi
Phenotypic and Functional Signatures of Peripheral Blood and Spleen Compartments of Cynomolgus Macaques Infected With T. cruzi: Associations With Cardiac Histopathological Characteristics, Renato Sathler-Avelar, Danielle Marquete Vitelli-Avelar, Armanda Moreira Mattoso-Barbosa, Marcelo Antônio Pascoal-Xavier, Silvana Maria Elói-Santos, Ismael Artur da Costa-Rocha, Andréa Teixeira-Carvalho, Edward J. Dick Jr, Jane F. VandeBerg, John L. VandeBerg, and Olindo Assis Martins-Filho
Stress and Molecular Drivers for Cancer Progression: A Longstanding Hypothesis, Justin Wendel, A. Verma, Vijian Dhevan, Subhash C. Chauhan, and Manish Tripathi
Prevalence and incidence of possible vascular dementia among Mexican older adults: Analysis of the Mexican Health and Aging Study, Sara G. Yeverino-Castro, Silvia Mejía-Arango, Alberto José Mimenza-Alvarado, Carlos Cantú-Brito, José A. Avila-Funes, and Sara G. Aguilar-Navarro
Association of HIV-1 Infection and Antiretroviral Therapy With Type 2 Diabetes in the Hispanic Population of the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, Juan Carlos Lopez Alvarenga, Dora A. Martinez, Alvaro Diaz-Badillo, Liza D. Morales, Rector Arya, Christopher Jenkinson, Joanne E. Curran, John Blangero, Ravi Duggirala, Srinivas Mummidi, and Ruben D. Martinez
A Challenging Case of Refractory Biliary Leak in a Patient With Hydatid Liver Disease, Aws Alameri, Mohammed Alkhero, Alfarooq Alshaikhli, Abbas Alshami, and James Saca
Implications of helminth immunomodulation on COVID-19 co-infections, Nathalie Chacon, Leonor Chacin-Bonilla, and Italo M. Cesar
Printing quality improvement for laser-induced forward transfer bioprinting: Numerical modeling and experimental validation, Jie Qu, Chaoran Dou, Ben Xu, Jianzhi Li, Zhonghao Rao, and Andrew Tsin
A State-of-the-Art Review of Laser-Assisted Bioprinting and its Future Research Trends, Chaoran Dou, Victoria Perez, Jie Qu, Andrew Tsin, Ben Xu, and Jianzhi Li
Endothelial Senescence and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, a COVID-19 Based Hypothesis, Adonis Sfera, Carolina Osorio, Carlos M. Zapata Martín del Campo, Shaniah Pereida, Jose Campo Maldonado, and Zisis Kozlakidis
Neuropsychiatric Symptoms Among Hispanics: Results of the Maracaibo Aging Study, Mario Gil, Ney Alliey-Rodriguez, Juan Carlos Lopez Alvarenga, Vincent P. Diego, Ciro Gaona, Ledys Mata, Rosa V. Pirela, Carlos A. Chavez, Gabriel A. de Erausquin, Jesus D. Melgarejo, and Gladys E. Maestre
Addressing high cervical cancer rates in the Rio Grande Valley along the Texas–Mexico border: a community-based initiative focused on education, patient navigation, and medical provider training/telementoring, M. P. Salcedo, Rose Gowen, A. M. Rodriguez, S. Fisher-Hoch, M. Daheri, L. B. Guerra, P. Toscano, M. Gasca, L. Valdez, V.L.J. Nagle, B. Cavazos, Elena L. Marin, and Tony Ogburn
COVID-19 and Delayed Cerebral Ischemia—More in Common Than First Meets the Eye, Pervinder Bhogal, Levansri Makalanda, Ameer E. Hassan, Dave Fiorella, Tommy Andersson, Muhammad Ahmad, Hansjörg Bäzner, Ounali Jaffer, and Hans Henkes
Genome sequencing unveils a regulatory landscape of platelet reactivity, Ali R. Keramati, Ming-Huei Chen, Lisa R. Yanek, Arunoday Bhan, John Blangero, Benjamin A. T. Rodriguez, Joanne E. Curran, Michael Mahaney, Harald HH Goring, and Ravi Duggirala
4-1BBL as a Mediator of Cross-Talk between Innate, Adaptive, and Regulatory Immunity against Cancer, Alejandra G. Martinez-Perez, Jose J. Perez-Trujillo, Rodolfo Garza-Morales, Maria J. Loera-Arias, Odila Saucedo-Cardenas, Aracely Garcia-Garcia, Humberto Rodriguez-Rocha, and Roberto Montes-de-Oca-Luna
Determinants of penetrance and variable expressivity in monogenic metabolic conditions across 77,184 exomes, Julia K. Goodrich, Moriel Singer-Berk, Rachel Son, Abigail Sveden, Jordan Wood, Eleina England, Joanne B. Cole, John Blangero, Ben Weisburd, and Ravi Duggirala
Overemphasis of USMLE and Its Potential Impact on Diversity in Otolaryngology, Pompeyo R. Quesada; Roberto N. N. Solis; Macaulay A. Ojeaga Jr.; Nuen T. Yang; Sandra L. Taylor; and Rodney C, Diaz
Air pollution exposure and risk of adverse obstetric and neonatal outcomes among women with type 1 diabetes, Andrew D. Williams, Jenna Kanner, Katherine Grantz, Marion Ouidir, Shanshan Sheehy, Seth Sherman, Candace Robledo, and Pauline Mendola
Clinical and Neuroimaging Outcomes of Direct Thrombectomy vs Bridging Therapy in Large Vessel Occlusion: Analysis of the SELECT Cohort Study, Amrou Sarraj, James C. Grotta, Gregory W. Albers, Ameer E. Hassan, Spiros Blackburn, Arthur L. Day, Clark W. Sitton, Michael Abraham, Chunyan Cai, and Wondwossen G. Tekle
Effect of Demographic and Health Dynamics on Cognitive Status in Mexico between 2001 and 2015: Evidence from the Mexican Health and Aging Study, Silvia Mejía-Arango, Jaqueline Avila, Brian Downer, Marc A. Garcia, Alejandra Michaels-Obregon, Joseph L. Saenz, Rafael Samper-Ternent, and Rebeca Wong
Examining the Gap Between Medical School Matriculation and Graduation Rates Amongst Self-Identified Minorities, Vania Nwokolo, Katarina Longoria, Christine E. Loftis, Beatriz Tapia, and Candace Robledo
Examining the Gap Between Medical School Matriculation and Graduation Rates Amongst Self-Identified Minorities, Vania Nwokolo, Katarina Longoria, Christine E. Loftis, Beatriz Tapia, and Candace A. Robledo
Global Impact of Covid-19 on Stroke Care and Iv Thrombolysis, Raul G. Nogueira, Muhammad M. Qureshi, Mohamad Abdalkader, Sheila Ouriques Martins, Hiroshi Yamagami, Zhongming Qiu, Ossama Y. Mansour, Anvitha Sathya, Anna Czlonkowska, and Ameer E. Hassan
Identifying the Lipidomic Effects of a Rare Loss-of-Function Deletion in ANGPTL3, Nicholas B. Blackburn, Peter J. Meikle, Juan M. Peralta, Satish Kumar, Ana C. Leandro, Melissa A. Bellinger, Michael Mahaney, Harald H. H. Goring, John L. VandeBerg, Sarah Williams-Blangero, David C. Glahn, Ravi Duggirala, John Blangero, and Joanne E. Curran
Nanotechnology Synergised Immunoengineering for Cancer, Deepak S. Chauhan, Anupam Dhasmana, Partha Laskar, Rajendra Prasad, Nishant K. Jain, Rohit Srivastava, Meena Jaggi, Subhash C. Chauhan, and Murali M. Yallapu
Variant-specific inflation factors for assessing population stratification at the phenotypic variance level, Tamar Sofer, Xiuwen Zheng, Cecelia A. Laurie, Stephanie M. Gogarten, Jennifer A. Brody, Matthew P. Conomos, Joshua C. Bis, Timothy A. Thornton, Adam Szpiro, Joanne E. Curran, and Michael Mahaney
End of Life Decision-Making Challenges in a Latino Patient with COVID-19: Facing Barriers, Irma Huayanay, Celia Pantoja, and Chelsea Chang
Lactoferrin-Bearing Gold Nanocages for Gene Delivery in Prostate Cancer Cells in vitro, Jamal Almowalad, Sukrut Somani, Partha Laskar, Jitkasem Meewan, Rothwelle J. Tate, Margaret Mullin, and Christine Dufès
Emerging issues in COVID-19 vaccination in Tropical Areas: Impact of the Immune Response against Helminths in Endemic Areas, Leonor Chacin-Bonilla, Nathalie Chacón-Fonseca, and Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales
The epidemiology, evaluation, and assessment of lateral ankle sprains in athletes, G. Javier Cavazos Jr. and Lawrence B. Harkless
Arterial Dissection in Antiphospholipid Syndrome Patients: Two Case Reports and a Literature Review, Kadhim Al-banaa, Alfarooq Alshaikhli, Asal Al-Hareeri, Mohammed Abdelhalim, Alsadiq Al-Hillan, and Tejas Joshi
Clinical Implications of Exosomes: Targeted Drug Delivery for Cancer Treatment, Andrew Massey, Shabnam Malik, Mohammed Sikander, Kyle Doxtater, Manish Tripathi, Sheema Khan, Murali M. Yallapu, Meena Jaggi, Subhash C. Chauhan, and Bilal B. Hafeez
Utilization of the Ballast Long Guiding Sheath for Neuroendovascular Procedures: Institutional Experience in 68 Cases, Ameer E. Hassan, Elizabeth M. Burke, Marlon Monayao, and Wondwossen G. Tekle
Intradural Extramedullary Primary Central Nervous System Melanoma of the Craniovertebral Junction during Pregnancy: Observations and Outcomes, Fabiola Valenzuela and Sohum Desai
Early Postmarket Results with EmboTrap II Stent Retriever for Mechanical Thrombectomy: A Multicenter Experience, A Srivatsan, V M. Srinivasan, E C. Peterson, D R. Yavagal, Ameer E. Hassan, A Alawieh, A M. Spiotta, Y Saleem, K M. Fargen, and S Q. Wolfe
Epidemiological Surveillance of the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Stroke Care Using Artificial Intelligence, Raul G. Nogueira, Jason M. Davies, Rishi Gupta, Ameer E. Hassan, Thomas Devlin, Diogo C. Haussen, Mahmoud H. Mohammaden, Christopher P. Kellner, and Wondwossen G. Tekle
Two-year responses of heart rate and heart rate variability to first occupational lead exposure, Yuling Yu, Lutgarde Thijs, Cai-Guo Yu, Wenyi Yang, Jesus D. Melgarejo, Dongmei Wei, Fangfei Wei, Tim S. Nawrot, Peter Verhamme, and Harry Roels
Urinary total arsenic and arsenic methylation capacity in pregnancy and gestational diabetes mellitus: A case-control study, Wei-Jen Chen, Erin M. Davis, Julie A. Stoner, Candace A. Robledo, Jean R. Goodman, Tabitha Garwe, Amanda E. Janitz, Chao Xu, Jooyeon Hwang, and Jennifer D. Peck
Whole-genome sequencing association analysis of quantitative red blood cell phenotypes: The NHLBI TOPMed program, Yao Hu, Adrienne M. Stilp, Caitlin McHugh, Shuquan Rao, Deepti Jain, Xiuwen Zheng, John Lane, Ravi Duggirala, Joanne E. Curran, and John Blangero
DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A PREDICTIVE MODEL FOR CHILDHOOD MORTALITY AFTER A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY: ANALYSIS OF THE NATIONAL TRAUMA DATA BANK, Jooby Joy, Axel Moreira, Kevin Chorath, Karthik Rajasekaran, and Alvaro Moreira
Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders (NMOSD) and Connective Tissue Disease (CTD): an Update for the Rheumatologist, Roberto A. Cruz, Sana Chaudhary, Myriam Guevara, and Ethan Meltzer
Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders (NMOSD) and Connective Tissue Disease (CTD): an Update for the Rheumatologist, Roberto A. Cruz, Sana Chaudhary, Myriam Guevara, and Ethan Meltzer
Regulation of Apoptosis during Environmental Skin Tumor Initiation, Bilal B. Hafeez, Eunmi Park, Kyung-Soo Chun, Yong-Yeon Cho, and Dae Joon Kim
Social distancing and testing as optimal strategies against the spread of COVID-19 in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, Kristina P. Vatcheva, Josef A. Sifuentes, Tamer Oraby, Jose Campo Maldonado, Timothy Huber, and Cristina Villalobos
Sacubitril/valsartan inhibits obesity-associated diastolic dysfunction through suppression of ventricular-vascular stiffness, Annayya R. Aroor, Srinivas Mummidi, Juan C. Lopez-Alvarenga, Nitin Das, Javad Habibi, Guanghong Jia, Guido Lastra, and Bysani Chandrasekar
Application of an evidence-based, out-patient treatment strategy for COVID-19: Multidisciplinary medical practice principles to prevent severe disease☆, Elliot M. Frohman, Nicole R. Villemarette-Pittman, Adriana Rodriguez, Robert Glanzman, Sarah Rugheimer, Oleg Komogortsev, Scott S. Zamvil, Roberto A. Cruz, Thomas C. Varkey, and Ashley N. Frohman
Propranolol for Treatment of Infantile Hemangioma: Efficacy and Effect on Pediatric Growth and Development, Rachel A. Giese, Merit Turner, Mario Cleves, J. Reed Gardner, and Gresham T. Richter
PLGA Nanoparticle-Based Formulations to Cross the Blood–Brain Barrier for Drug Delivery: From R&D to cGMP, Kaining Zhi, Babatunde Raji, Anantha R. Nookala, Mohammad Moshahid Khan, Xuyen H. Nguyen, Swarna Sakshi, Tayebeh Pourmotabbed, and Murali M. Yallapu
Regression of Melanoma Following Intravenous Injection of Plumbagin Entrapped in Transferrin-Conjugated, Lipid–Polymer Hybrid Nanoparticles, Intouch Sakpakdeejaroen, Sukrut Somani, Partha Laskar, Margaret Mullin, and Christine Dufès
Comparison of Dosing Schemes for Thyroid Hormone Replacement Therapy After Thyroidectomy, Fabiola Valenzuela, Luis Berrios, Candace Robledo, Samuel Snyder, Javier Malcolm Barney, Henry Reinhart, and Minerva Romero Arenas
Education Research: Challenges Faced by Neurology Trainees in a Neuro-Intervention Career Track, Conrad W. Liang, Saurav Das, Santiago Ortega-Gutierrez, David S. Liebeskind, James C. Grotta, Tudor G. Jovin, Thanh N. Nguyen, Raul G. Nogueira, Hesham Masoud, and Ameer E. Hassan
Serotonergic Therapy in Epilepsy, Frank Gilliam, Hrvoje Hećimović, and Matthew S. Gentry
Surveying Obstetrics and Gynecology Residents About Their Residency Applications, Interviews, and Ranking, Karen E. George, Gregory M. Gressel, Tony Ogburn, Mark B. Woodland, and Erika Banks
The next step in balloon assisted endovascular neurosurgical procedures: A case series of initial experience with the Scepter Mini balloon microcatheter, Tapan Tapan Mehta, Ameer E. Hassan, Kamran Masood, Wondwossen G. Tekle, Andrew Grande, Ramachandra Tummala, and Bharathi D. Jagadeesan
Using the Schmahmann Syndrome Scale to Assess Cognitive Impairment in Young Adults with Metabolic Syndrome: A Hypothesis-Generating Report, Eithan Kotkowski, Larry R. Price, Cheasequah J. Blevins, Crystal Franklin, Mary Woolsey, Ralph A. DeFronzo, John Blangero, Ravindranath Duggirala, David C. Glahn, Jeremy Schmahmann, and Peter T. Fox
Genetic influences on externalizing psychopathology overlap with cognitive functioning and show developmental variation, Josephine Mollon, Emma E. M. Knowles, Samuel R. Mathias, Amanda Rodrigue, Tyler M. Moore, Monica E. Calkins, Ruben C. Gur, Juan M. Peralta, Daniel J. Weiner, John Blangero, and Laura Almasy
High variation in immune responses and parasite phenotypes in naturally acquired Trypanosoma cruzi infection in a captive nonhuman primate breeding colony in Texas, USA, Angel M. Padilla, Phil Y. Yao, Tre J. Landry, Gretchen M. Cooley, Susan M. Mahaney, Isabela Ribeiro, John L. VandeBerg, and Rick L. Tarleton
Perspectives on self-managed abortion among providers in hospitals along the Texas– Mexico border, Sarah Raifman, Sarah E. Baum, Kari White, Kristine Hopkins, Tony Ogburn, and Daniel Grossman
New Developments and Insights in the Improvement of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Vaccines and Diagnostics Within the End TB Strategy, Juan Ignacio García, Anna Allué-Guardia, Radhika P. Tampi, Blanca I. Restrepo, and Jordi B. Torrelles
Disease Modeling and Disease Gene Discovery in Cardiomyopathies: A Molecular Study of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Generated Cardiomyocytes, Satish Kumar, Joanne E. Curran, Kashish Kumar, Erica De Leon, Ana C. Leandro, Juan M. Peralta, Sarah Williams-Blangero, and John Blangero
1q21.1 distal copy number variants are associated with cerebral and cognitive alterations in humans, Ida E. Sønderby, Dennis van der Meer, Clara Moreau, Tobias Kaufmann, G. Bragi Walters, Maria Ellegaard, Nicholas B. Blackburn, John Blangero, Joanne E. Curran, and Juan M. Peralta
A molecular modelling approach for identifying antiviral selenium-containing heterocyclic compounds that inhibit the main protease of SARS-CoV-2: an in silico investigation, Ahmed Rakib, Zulkar Nain, Saad Ahmed Sami, Shafi Mahmud, Ashiqul Islam, Shahriar Ahmed, and Asif Shahriar
Genome-Wide Association Studies of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder in a Diverse Cohort of US Veterans, Tim B. Bigdeli, Ayman H. Fanous, Yuli Li, Nallakkandi Rajeevan, Frederick Sayward, Giulio Genovese, Rishab Gupta, Krishnan Radhakrishnan, Anil K. Malhotra, and Michael A. Escamilla
Robust, flexible, and scalable tests for Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium across diverse ancestries, Alan M. Kwong, Thomas W. Blackwell, Jonathon LeFaive, Mariza de Andrade, John Barnard, Kathleen C. Barnes, and John Blangero
Shared and anxiety-specific pediatric psychopathology dimensions manifest distributed neural correlates, Julia O. Linke, Rany Abend, Katharina Kircanski, Michal Clayton, Caitlin Stavish, Brenda E. Benson, Melissa A. Brotman, Olivier Renaud, Stephen M. Smith, and Anderson M. Winkler
Bioactive nanotherapeutic trends to combat triple negative breast cancer, Pallabita Chowdhury, Upasana Ghosh, Kamalika Samanta, Meena Jaggi, Subhash C. Chauhan, and Murali M. Yallapu
Retrospective analysis of bleeding events after central venous catheter placement in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, Waqas Haque, Maria A. Alvarenga, Suchith Vuppala, Manasa Reddy, and Ravi Sarode
Does Mask Usage Worsen Symptoms in Patients With Rhinosinusitis Balloon Sinuplasty Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic?, Arianna Victoria Ramirez, Macaulay A. Ojeaga Jr., Victor Espinoza, Blake Hensler, and Vincent Honrubia