Congratulations to the following individuals for publication of their work in respective
journals from February 1, 2021 - April 30, 2021 as reported to The Pulse.
This list is compiled from submissions by faculty and staff - it is only as complete
as the information we receive! Please let us know about your publication by emailing
Denise at dflock@lsuhsc.edu.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Juncker M, Kim C, Reed R, Schwartzenburg J, and Desai SD (2021). ISG15 attenuates post-translational modifications of mitofusins and congression of
damaged mitochondria in Ataxia Telangiectasia cells. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis. 1867:166102 [PMID: 33617986]
Kim C, Juncker M, Reed R, Haas A, Guidry J, Matunis M, Yang WC, Schwartzenburg J,
and Desai SD (2021) SUMOylation of mitofusins: A potential mechanism for perinuclear mitochondrial congression
in cells treated with mitochondrial stressors. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis. 1867:166104 [PMID: 33617988]
Mohajan S, Jaiswal PJ, Vatanmakain M, Yousefi H, Sankarlingam S, Alahari SK, Koul
S and Koul H (2021) Hippo pathway: Regulation, deregulation and potential therapeutic targets in cancer. Cancer Letters doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2021.03.006. Epub 2021 Mar 15. PMID: 33737002.
Kim C, Juncker M, Reed R, Haas A, Guidry J, Matunis M, Yang WC, Schwartzenburg J,
Desai S. SUMOylation of mitofusins: A potential mechanism for perinuclear mitochondrial congression
in cells treated with mitochondrial stressors. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis. (2021) Feb 19;166104. doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2021.166104.
Chandra PK, Cikic S, Baddoo M, Rutkai I, Guidry JJ, Flemington EK, Katakam PVG, Busija
DW. Transcriptome analysis reveals sexual disparities in gene expression in rat brain
microvessels. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. (2021) March 9th, 2021. DOI: 10.1177/0271678X21999553
Liu L, Downs M, Guidry J, Wojcik EJ. Inter-organelle interactions between the ER and mitotic apparatus facilitates Zika
protease cleavage of human Kinesin-5 and contributes to distinct mitotic defects. ISCIENCE. (2021) March 30th, DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102385.
Cell Biology and Anatomy
The Transcription Factor Shox2 Shapes Neuron Firing Properties and Suppresses Seizures
by Regulation of Key Ion Channels in Thalamocortical Neurons. Diankun Yu, Isabella G Febbo, Matthieu J Maroteaux, Hanyun Wang, Yingnan Song, Xiao
Han, Cheng Sun, Emily E Meyer, Stuart Rowe, Yiping Chen, Carmen C Canavier, Laura
A Schrader. Cerebral Cortex, bhaa414, https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhaa414 Published: 02 March 2021
Anatomy, ontogeny, and evolution of the archosaurian respiratory system: A case study
on Alligator mississippiensis and Struthio camel
us. This recent manuscript authored by Emma R Schachner PhD and fellow CB&A faculty member
Dr. Brandon Hedrick has been featured on the cover of the Journal of Anatomy for the
month of April and includes 3D anatomical models that Dr. Schachner made from CT scans.
The publication can be found here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.13358
Lawson AB, Hedrick BP, Echols MS, Schachner ER. 2021. Anatomy, variation, and asymmetry of the bronchial tree in the African grey parrot
(Psittacus erithacus). Journal of Morphology: 282: 701-719 DOI: 10.1002/jmor.21340. This manuscript also
made the cover of the journal. The publication can be found here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jmor.21340?casa_token=f__B0CN72WEAAAAA%3AuGJhJMd4hGY_6Ka-jecxm4R7IeCUsBOgW0PkRQfxtBQqQG2K1258Mv5OYY8F9TNS9EuxEcddQN5LAAs7
Lieux M, Sabottke C, Schachner ER, Pirtle C, Danrad R, Spieler B. 2021. Online conferencing software in radiology: recent trends and utility. Clinical Imaging. 76: 116-122.
Ophthalmology
J.C. Harman, D.A. Otohinoyi, J.W. Reitnauer III, A.M. Stowe, and J.M. Gidday. Differential regulation of cerebral microvascular transcription by single and repetitive
hypoxic conditioning. Conditioning Medicine 4: 58-68, 2021.
Jayne S. Weiss, MD, authored chapters on Corneal Dystrophy Classification and also Stromal Dystrophies in the book Cornea 5th edition, Eds Krachmer JH, Mannis MJ, Holland EJ 2021.
Adhi, M., Reinoso, M., Rao, A., and Doss, M. Ultra-Widefield Imaging Guides Coats Disease Treatment. Retina Today Vol. 16, No. 2, March 2021.
Chris Or, James A. David, Munraj Singh, H. Sprague Eustis, D. Anthony Mazzulla, Stephen
Hypes & Joseph Benevento (2021) A Rare Case of Congenitally Acquired Ocular Toxocariasis in A Five-Week-Old Infant,
Ocular Immunology and Inflammation, 2021 Mar 4;1-3. doi: 10.1080/09273948.2020.1866619.
Pediatrics
Drs. Ryan Pasternak and Amanda Dumas have co-authored a publication along with a recent
graduate of the residency program, Dr. Elvira Chiccarelli. Louisiana Pharmacies' Availability of Emergency Contraception and Counseling Accuracy
to Adolescent and Physician Callers will be published in The Journal of Pediatrics & Adolescent Gynecology. (link to article)
Joy D. Osofsky, Howard J. Osofsky, Andrew L. Frazer, Margaret A. Fields-Olivieri,
Michele Many, Marian Selby, Stacey Holman, Erich Conrad. The Importance of Adverse
Childhood Experiences During the Perinatal Period. American Psychologist 2021, Vol.
76, No. 2, 350-363. (link to article)
Dr. Isa Ashoor shared several recent publications from LSU Pediatrics trainees and
faculty, two of which are multi-departmental collaborations. First authors below include
Dr. Isa Ashoor, Associate Professor in the Division of Nephrology, Dr. Emma Levenson,
PGY-2 and future chief resident 2022-2023, and Olivia Gilbert, LSU third-year medical
student.
- Ashoor I, Weidemann D, Elenberg, E, Somers M, Brophy PD, on behalf of the ASPN Workforce Summit Action Groups. The Pediatric Nephrology Workforce Crisis: A Call to Action. Published: March 30, 2021. (Link to article)
- Levenson E, Shepherd TN, Aviles D, Craver R, Ehlayel A, Love GL, Simms K, Straatmann C, Ashoor IF. De novo collapsing glomerulopathy in a pediatric kidney transplant recipient with COVID-19 infection. Pediatr Transplant. 2021 Mar 27:e14013. doi: 10.1111/petr.14013. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33773007. (Link to article)
- Gilbert O, Lai M, Zagory J, Craver R, Messer A, Ashoor IF. A 17-year-old boy with progressive abdominal pain: Questions. Pediatr Nephrol. 2021 Mar 17:1-2. doi: 10.1007/s00467-021-05030-x. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33730273; PMCID: PMC7967095. (Link to article)
Pediatric Nephrology also had several publications:
Dr. Isa Ashoor published the following case report with former resident Jonathan Chawla
and radiologist David Manning: Severe Hypertension in a 3-month-old infant. Kidney 360 December 2020, 1 (12) 1464-1465; DOI (link to article)
As part of a collaborative multicenter research study and with support from LaCATs
housing the study REDCap database and providing statistical analysis support, Dr.
Ashoor published the following study on the use of the medication "rabbit anti-thymocyte
globulin" for induction immunosuppression in pediatric kidney transplant recipients:
Ashoor IF, Beyl RA, Gupta C, Jain A, Kiessling SG, Moudgil A, Patel HP, Sherbotie
J, Weaver DJ Jr., Zahr RS, Dharnidharka VR, Low Dose Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Has no Disadvantages to Standard Higher Dose in Pediatric
Kidney Transplant Recipients, Kidney International Reports (2021), doi: (link to article)
Drs. Ehlayel, Simms and Ashoor published an invited review article in the journal
Pediatric Nephrology on emerging monitoring technologies in kidney transplantation
(currently in press):
Abdulla Ehlayel, K'Joy Simms, Isa Ashoor. Emerging monitoring technologies in kidney transplantation Received: 30 August 2020 / Revised: 22 November 2020 / Accepted: 6 January 2021 #
IPNA 2021 Pediatric Nephrology (link to article)
Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Dr. Charles Nichols' lab recently published Structure-Activity Relationship Analysis of Psychedelics in a Rat Model of Asthma
Reveals the Anti-Inflammatory Pharmacophore in the April 9 2021 ACS Pharmacology Translational Science ecollection. (Thomas W.
Flanagan, Gerald B. Billac, Alexus N. Landry, Melaine N. Sebastian, Stephania A. Cormier,
and Charles D. Nichols*)
Dr. Thomas Flanagan's work Eleusis Sheds Light on Psychedelics that Relieve Asthma in Rats with No Mental Effects as an online article on FIERCE BIOTECH.
Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center
Induction of brain tumors by the Archetype strain of human neurotropic JCPyV in a
transgenic mouse model. Del Valle L, and Khalili K. Viruses; 13 (2): 162, January 2nd 2021 PMID: 33499370 Impact Factor: 3.816
Targeting PARP-1 with metronomic therapy modulates MDSC suppressive function and enhances
anti-PD-1 immunotherapy in colon cancer. Ghonim MA, Ibba SV, Tarhuni AF, Errami Y, Luu HH, Dean M, El-Bahrawy AH, Wyczechowska
D, Benslimane IA, Del Valle L, Al-Khami A, Ochoa AC, and Boulares AH. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer; 9 (1): e001643, January 25th 2021 PMID: 33495297 Impact Factor: 10.252
Role of EIF4G1 network in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancers (NSCLC) cell survival and disease
progression. Del Valle L, Dai L, Cao Y, Lin HY, Lin Z, Chen J, Post SR, Xu Z, and Qin Z. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine; E-Pub February 4th 2021 PMID: 33539648 Impact Factor: 4.658