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  1. Soluble Thrombomodulin Links Viremia and Mortality During COVID‐19: Results From the ACTIV‐4a Trial
  2. Circulating erythropoietin concentration associates with thromboembolism in sickle cell disease
  3. Heart rate phase is an indicator of chronotype‐relevant circadian shifts associated with human disease: an All of Us Research Program analysis
  4. Pulmonary artery compliance is associated with mortality but lacks predictive utility
  5. Reply to Ronsmans et al. : Occupational and environmental exposures contribute to lung function heterogeneity in sarcoidosis
  6. Association of Matrix Metalloproteinase-7 (MMP-7) with Clinical Outcomes in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc)
  7. Identifying racial inequalities in long-term outcomes among survivors of critical illness with sepsis in a US cohort: a retrospective cohort study
  8. Variability in continuous positive airway pressure adherence across the United States: evidence for a quality metric
  9. Sickle Cell Diastolic Cardiomyopathy and Mortality Risk: A Novel Echocardiographic Framework for Prognostic Stratification
  10. Deep learning predicts cardiac output from seismocardiographic signals in heart failure
  11. Reply to Archontakis Barakakis and Fortis: Oxygen Supplementation Goals Beyond Correcting Ambulatory Oxygen Saturation
  12. Chronic kidney disease in adults with sickle cell trait: A systematic review and meta-analysis
  13. A Ramped Treadmill Protocol Exercise Test Identifies Higher Ambulatory Oxygen Needs in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  14. Gaseous Air Pollutants and Lung Function in Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease (fILD): Evaluation of Different Spatial Analysis Approaches
  15. Effect of Human Immunodeficiency Virus on Lung Function and Structure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  16. Trends in All-cause Mortality among U.S. Veterans with Sarcoidosis, 2004–2022
  17. CT-Derived Features as Predictors of Clot Burden and Resolution
  18. CYB5R3 T117S tempers fetal hemoglobin induction by hydroxyurea in patients with sickle cell disease
  19. The Hyperinflammatory Subphenotype Is Associated With Code Status De-Escalation in Patients With Acute Respiratory Failure
  20. Platelet Bioenergetics and Associations With Delirium and Coma in Patients With Sepsis
  21. Heme induced loss of renovascular endothelial protein C receptor promotes chronic kidney disease in sickle mice
  22. Non-arterial line cardiac output calculation misclassifies exercise pulmonary hypertension and increases risk of data loss particularly in black, scleroderma and Raynaud's patients during invasive exercise testing
  23. Long-Term Exposure to Particulate Matter <2.5 μm and Lung Function Change in Children with Asthma Receiving Inhaled Corticosteroids
  24. Heart-Brain 346-7 Score: the development and validation of a simple mortality prediction score for carbon monoxide poisoning utilizing deep learning
  25. Single-nucleus chromatin accessibility identifies a critical role for TWIST1 in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis myofibroblast activity
  26. Distinct profiles of host responses between plasma and lower respiratory tract during acute respiratory failure
  27. In vivo evaluation of the effect of sickle cell hemoglobin S, C and therapeutic transfusion on erythrocyte metabolism and cardiorenal dysfunction
  28. Impact of an Extended Telemonitoring and Coaching Program on Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Adherence
  29. Association of Particulate Matter Exposure With Lung Function and Mortality Among Patients With Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease
  30. Pulmonary Function Trajectories in People with HIV: Analysis of the Pittsburgh HIV Lung Cohort
  31. Rare genetic variants explain missing heritability in smoking
  32. Bedside ultrasound to assess acute central venous pressure change during treatment of decompensated heart failure
  33. Resuscitation with epinephrine worsens cerebral capillary no-reflow after experimental pediatric cardiac arrest: An in vivo multiphoton microscopy evaluation
  34. Associations of HIV persistence, cigarette smoking, inflammation, and pulmonary dysfunction in people with HIV on antiretroviral therapy
  35. Role of ERK signaling in bladder urothelium in response to cyclophosphamide injury
  36. Lung Function in Women with and without HIV
  37. Machine learning based algorithms to impute PaO2 from SpO2 values and development of an online calculator
  38. Reversal of Right Ventricular Hypertrophy and Dysfunction by Prostacyclin in a Rat Model of Severe Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
  39. Improved hospitalization rates in a specialty center for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and pulmonary hypertension
  40. Protein arginine N-methyltransferase 4 (PRMT4) contributes to lymphopenia in experimental sepsis
  41. Predoctoral MD-PhD grants as indicators of future NIH funding success
  42. Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide as a Marker of Mucosal Inflammation in Chronic Rhinosinusitis
  43. Elexacaftor-Tezacaftor- Ivacaftor improves sinonasal outcomes in cystic fibrosis
  44. Hyperkalemia and Metabolic Acidosis Occur at a Higher eGFR in Sickle Cell Disease
  45. SOD2 V16A Amplifies Vascular Dysfunction in Sickle Cell Patients by Curtailing Mitochondria Complex IV Activity
  46. Clonal hematopoiesis in sickle cell disease
  47. Genetic determinants of telomere length from 109,122 ancestrally diverse whole-genome sequences in TOPMed
  48. Circulating 1,3-Beta-D-Glucan is Associated with Lung Function, Respiratory Symptoms, and Mediators of Matrix Degradation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  49. SOD2 V16A Amplifies Vascular Dysfunction in Sickle Cell Patients by Curtailing Mitochondria Complex IV Activity
  50. Prediction of Local Recurrence After Oncoplastic Breast Surgery: Analysis of a Large Cohort
  51. CT pectoralis muscle area is associated with DXA lean mass and correlates with emphysema progression in a tobacco-exposed cohort
  52. Restriction of HIV-1 infection in sickle cell trait
  53. Neighborhood-level Disadvantage Impacts on Patients with Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease
  54. Elastase Activity From Pseudomonas aeruginosa Respiratory Isolates and ICU Mortality
  55. Nurse-Led Palliative Care Clinical Trial Improves Knowledge and Preparedness in Caregivers of Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  56. Lung transplantation for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis enriches for individuals with telomere-mediated disease
  57. The Precision Interventions for Severe and/or Exacerbation-Prone (PrecISE) Asthma Network: An overview of Network organization, procedures, and interventions
  58. Olfaction before and after initiation of elexacaftor‐tezacaftor‐ivacaftor in a cystic fibrosis cohort
  59. Exercise‐induced changes of vital signs in adults with sickle cell disease
  60. A Pilot Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Randomized Clinical Trial to Investigate the Effects of Early Enteral Nutrients in Sepsis
  61. INVASIVE AND NONINVASIVE DIAGNOSIS OF CARDIAC SARCOIDOSIS: A CASE SERIES
  62. Early life exposure to house dust mite allergen prevents experimental allergic asthma requiring mitochondrial H2O2
  63. Association of Systemic Inflammation with Depressive Symptoms in Individuals with COPD
  64. Endotoxin stabilizes protein arginine methyltransferase 4 (PRMT4) protein triggering death of lung epithelia
  65. Reply to Spector and Iweala
  66. Brief Report: Association Between Pain, Pulmonary Function, and Respiratory Symptoms in People With HIV
  67. Neighborhoods with Greater Prevalence of Minority Residents Have Lower Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Adherence
  68. Trends in the Incidence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Washington DC: A Single Institutional Cohort Study (1959–2013)
  69. Biomarker-Based Classification of Patients With Acute Respiratory Failure Into Inflammatory Subphenotypes: A Single-Center Exploratory Study
  70. Multiple-ancestry genome-wide association study identifies 27 loci associated with measures of hemolysis following blood storage
  71. High CXCL6 drives matrix expression and correlate with markers of poor outcome in IPF
  72. Clonal hematopoiesis in sickle cell disease
  73. Yes-Associated Protein (Yap) Is Up-Regulated in Heart Failure and Promotes Cardiac Fibroblast Proliferation
  74. Patient Preferences on Initiating Treatment with Positive Airway Pressure
  75. EFFECT OF RACE ON HOSPITALIZATIONS AND MORTALITY IN PH-HFPEF: DISPARITIES PERSIST AFTER ADJUSTMENT FOR NEIGHBORHOOD DEPRIVATION
  76. Neighborhood-Level Disadvantage Impacts Mortality and Lung Transplantation in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  77. Imputation of PaO2 from SpO2 values from the MIMIC-III Critical Care Database Using Machine-Learning Based Algorithms
  78. A System for Phenotype Harmonization in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Program
  79. Long‐term tolerability of phosphodiesterase‐5 inhibitors in pulmonary hypertension of sickle cell disease
  80. Effect of Blood Product Transfusion on Perioperative Outcomes After Heart Transplantation
  81. Loss of Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 2 (FGFR2) Leads to Defective Bladder Urothelial Regeneration after Cyclophosphamide Injury
  82. Association of the systemic host immune response with acute hyperglycemia in mechanically ventilated septic patients
  83. Abstract P726: Cytochrome B5 Reductase 3 Modifies The Brain-Blood Axis Response To Ischemic Stroke In Mice With Sickle Cell Disease
  84. Association of Monocyte Migration Marker CD11b With Pulmonary Function in People Living With HIV
  85. Transcriptional and Proteomic Characterization of Telomere-Induced Senescence in a Human Alveolar Epithelial Cell Line
  86. Elevated plasma level of Pentraxin 3 is associated with emphysema and mortality in smokers
  87. Human ex vivo lung perfusion: a novel model to study human lung diseases
  88. Clinical predictors of poor outcomes in patients with sickle cell disease and COVID-19 infection
  89. Age and Sex Disparities in Adherence to CPAP
  90. Reference Intervals for Total T4 and Free T4 in Cynomolgus Macaques (Macaca fascicularis) and Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta)
  91. Oncoplastic Repair in Breast Conservation: Comprehensive Evaluation of Techniques and Oncologic Outcomes of 937 Patients
  92. Loss-of-function genomic variants highlight potential therapeutic targets for cardiovascular disease
  93. Abstract 15826: SCUBE1 Controls BMPR2-relevant Pulmonary Endothelial Function: Implications for Diagnostic Marker Development in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
  94. Machine‐learning algorithms for predicting hospital re‐admissions in sickle cell disease
  95. Exercise Induced Changes of Vital Signs in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease
  96. Genome Wide Association Analysis of Iron Overload in the Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Sickle Cell Disease Cohorts
  97. The Impact of Hydroxyurea Use on Cognitive Functioning of Children with Sickle Cell Disease in Ghana
  98. The T117S Variant of Cytochrome b5 Reductase 3 Increases the Risk for Ischemic Stroke with Enhanced Anemia in Mice with Sickle Cell Disease
  99. Air Pollution and Interstitial Lung Diseases: Defining Epigenomic Effects
  100. An automated, high-throughput methodology optimized for quantitative cell-free mitochondrial and nuclear DNA isolation from plasma
  101. Bedside ultrasound assessments of jugular venous compliance to track central venous pressure change during the treatment of decompensated heart failure
  102. SCUBE1 Controls BMPR2-Relevant Pulmonary Endothelial Function
  103. BASELINE EXERTIONAL OXYGEN NEEDS IN PATIENTS WITH IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS AT A SPECIALTY REFERRAL CENTER
  104. The CYB5R3 c . 350C >G and G6PD A alleles modify severity of anemi...
  105. Clinical and polysomnographic determinants of REM predominant obstructive sleep apnoea and response to treatment in a revascularized coronary artery disease cohort
  106. The effect of anticoagulant choice on venous thromboembolism recurrence and bleeding in sickle cell disease
  107. Analysis of β-catenin association with obesity in African Americans with premalignant and malignant colorectal lesions
  108. Abstract 2027: Anal cancer among African Americans associate with HPV16 lineage B and HIV
  109. Long Range Endocrine Delivery of Circulating miR-210 to Endothelium Promotes Pulmonary Hypertension
  110. Serum albumin is independently associated with higher mortality in adult sickle cell patients: Results of three independent cohorts
  111. Lung‐Specific Risk Factors Associated With Incident Hip Fracture in Current and Former Smokers
  112. The Effects of Inhaled Sodium Nitrite on Pulmonary Vascular Impedance in Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
  113. An automated, high throughput methodology optimized for quantitative cell-free mitochondrial and nuclear DNA isolation from plasma
  114. Increased Alternative Complement Pathway Function and Improved Survival during Critical Illness
  115. Outcomes of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Are Improved in a Specialty Care Center
  116. A system for phenotype harmonization in the NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Program
  117. Inflammatory polyps occur more frequently in inflammatory bowel disease than other colitis patients
  118. Abstract IA35: Molecular characterization of sessile serrated adenoma/polyps: A risk factor for higher colorectal cancer that further associates with endometrial polyps in female African Americans
  119. A Study on Breast Reconstruction in a Developing Country
  120. A neuroglobin-based high-affinity ligand trap reverses carbon monoxide–induced mitochondrial poisoning
  121. Association Among Levels of HIV-1 Persistence, Systemic Inflammation and Pulmonary Dysfunction in Persons Living with HIV on Antiretroviral Therapy
  122. Association Between Lung and Cognitive Dysfunction in Men with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
  123. Association Between Poor Sleep and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in People Living with HIV Infection
  124. Association of Baseline Cytokines with Acute Hyperglycemia in Mechanically-Ventilated Septic Patients: A Single-Center Cross-Sectional Analysis
  125. Differential Expression of Amino Acid Metabolites in the Plasma of Patients with Pulmonary Sarcoidosis Is Associated with Clinical Behavior
  126. Extracellular Matrix Biomarkers Predict Lung Function and Rate of Decline in Pulmonary Sarcoidosis
  127. Increased Alternative Complement Pathway Function Improves Survival During Critical Illness
  128. Increased Transcription of Proximal Alternative Complement Pathway Regulators Is Associated with Improved Survival in Critical Illness
  129. Influence of Smoking on Intestinal Microbiota Composition and Permeability in COPD
  130. Long-Term Phosphodiesterase 5 Inhibitor Use Is Safe and Improves Symptoms in Patients with Pre-Capillary Pulmonary Hypertension of Sickle Cell Disease
  131. Longitudinal Evolution of Host-Response Subphenotypes in Critical Illness
  132. Outcomes of Pulmonary Hypertension Due to Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction Are Improved in a Specialty Care Center
  133. Patients with Sickle Cell Disease and Venous Thromboembolism Experience Increased Frequency of Vasoocclusive Events
  134. Prevalence of Lung Transplant and Use of Biological Agents in Patients with Sarcoidosis: A Single Center Retrospective Cohort Study
  135. Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Protease and Elastase Activity Are Associated with Increased 30-Day Mortality in ICU Patients
  136. Seasonal Variations in CPAP Adherence
  137. The Role of GDF15 in Pulmonary Fibrosis
  138. Thoracic Aorta Calcifications Are Independent Predictors of Exercise Capacity, Symptom Burden and Mortality in Smokers
  139. Trajectories of Pulmonary Function in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study: A Latent-Class Group Analysis
  140. Relation of the chondromalatia patellae to proximal tibial anatomical parameters, assessed with MRI
  141. Tricuspid regurgitation velocity and other biomarkers of mortality in children, adolescents and young adults with sickle cell disease in the United States: The PUSH study
  142. Lung function in men with and without HIV
  143. Factors influencing treatment outcome in hepatitis C virus minority patients at an inner-city hospital
  144. Pulmonary embolism and risk of pulmonary hypertension in patients with sickle cell disease.
  145. Commercial 4-dimensional echocardiography for murine heart volumetric evaluation after myocardial infarction
  146. Ultrasound-Targeted Microbubble Cavitation with Sodium Nitrite Synergistically Enhances Nitric Oxide Production and Microvascular Perfusion
  147. Comparative Profiling of Serum Protein Biomarkers in Rheumatoid Arthritis–Associated Interstitial Lung Disease and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  148. Age of Asthma Onset, not Severity, Predicts Environmental Allergy Clusters
  149. Association Between Inflammatory Pathways and Phenotypes of Pulmonary Dysfunction Using Cluster Analysis in Persons Living With HIV and HIV-Uninfected Individuals
  150. Zileuton use and phenotypic features in asthma
  151. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis lung transplant recipients are at increased risk for EBV‐associated posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder and worse survival
  152. De novo mutations across 1,465 diverse genomes reveal mutational insights and reductions in the Amish founder population
  153. S100B has pleiotropic effects on vaso‐occlusive manifestations in sickle cell disease
  154. Keratinocyte Growth Factor Reduces Injury and Leads to Early Recovery from Cyclophosphamide Bladder Injury
  155. Clinical Spectrum of Sickle Cell Disease and COVID-19: Laboratory and Clinical Factors Associated with Morbidity and Mortality
  156. Lower DLco% identifies exercise pulmonary hypertension in patients with parenchymal lung disease referred for dyspnea
  157. Prevalence of Sickle Cell Trait and Rare Hemoglobin Variants in the Metropolitan Washington DC Area
  158. Elevated Risk for Sessile Serrated Polyps in African Americans with Endometrial Polyps
  159. Host-Response Subphenotypes Offer Prognostic Enrichment in Patients With or at Risk for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome*
  160. Control of HIV-1 Infection By Ferroportin Q248H Mutation
  161. Patients with Sickle Cell Disease and Venous Thromboembolism Experience Increased Frequency of Vasoocclusive Events
  162. The Role of SOD2 in Maintaining Endothelial Cell Function in SCD
  163. Alterations in Oral Microbiota in HIV are Related to Decreased Pulmonary Function
  164. Selective YAP/TAZ inhibition in fibroblasts via dopamine receptor D1 agonism reverses fibrosis
  165. GDF15 is an epithelial-derived biomarker of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
  166. Allele-specific expression identified rs2509956 as a novel long-distance cis-regulatory SNP for SCGB1A1, an important gene for multiple pulmonary diseases
  167. INCREASED SUSCEPTIBILITY TO HERPESVIRUS COMPLICATIONS IN PULMONARY FIBROSIS LUNG TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS WITH SHORT TELOMERES
  168. Selective YAP/TAZ inhibition in fibroblasts via dopamine receptor D1 agonism reverses fibrosis
  169. Validation of a composite vascular high‐risk profile for adult patients with sickle cell disease
  170. Novel genetic determinants of telomere length from a trans-ethnic analysis of 109,122 whole genome sequences in TOPMed
  171. Characteristics, Trends, and Predictors of Specialty Palliative Care Utilization after Lung Transplantation
  172. Developing a Training Program to Diversify the Biomedical Research Workforce
  173. Mesenchymal stem cells reduce ER stress via PERK‐Nrf2 pathway in an aged mouse model
  174. Splenectomy is not associated with a higher tricuspid regurgitant jet velocity in people with sickle cell anemia
  175. Platelet bioenergetics correlate with muscle energetics and are altered in older adults
  176. Abstract 4003: Colon sessile serrated polyps associate with endometrial polyps
  177. Abstract 3159: Do molecular markers differentiate between sessile serrated adenoma/polyps and hyperplastic polyps
  178. Loss of skin elasticity is associated with pulmonary emphysema, biomarkers of inflammation, and matrix metalloproteinase activity in smokers
  179. PINK1 attenuates mtDNA release in alveolar epithelial cells and TLR9 mediated profibrotic responses
  180. Clinical predictors of cystic fibrosis chronic rhinosinusitis severity
  181. Can the rate and location of sessile serrated polyps be part of colorectal Cancer disparity in African Americans?
  182. A Ferroptosis-Related Gene Signature Predicts Exacerbation-Prone Asthma
  183. A Spirometric Model of Residual Volume Predicts Outcomes in Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
  184. Alterations in Oral and Gut Microbiota in HIV-Infected Individuals Related to Pulmonary Function
  185. Assessing Patterns of Palliative Care Referral and Location of Death in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Sixteen-Year Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study
  186. Association Between Inflammation Pathways and Phenotypes of Pulmonary Dysfunction Using Cluster Analysis in HIV-Infected and Uninfected Individuals
  187. Association of Depressive Symptoms with Systemic Inflammation in Patients with COPD
  188. Effects of Metformin in Lung Function Decline Among Participants of Pittsburgh HIV Lung Cohort: A Retrospective Study
  189. Electronic Cigarette Use and Pulmonary Function in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study
  190. Evaluating the Role of Support Group Participation on Palliative Care Referral and Mortality in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  191. Impact of Pain on Pulmonary Function and Respiratory Symptoms in People Living with HIV
  192. Platelets Limit Apoptotic Lung Epithelial Cell Death and Protect Mice Against Infection-Induced Lung Injury
  193. Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Protease and Elastase Activity Are Common in ICU Respiratory Isolates
  194. Pulmonary Function and Cognitive Impairment in Individuals with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: A Pilot, Cross-Sectional Study
  195. HIV infection is an independent risk factor for decreased 6-minute walk test distance
  196. The impact of bariatric surgery on asthma control differs among obese individuals with reported prior or current asthma, with or without metabolic syndrome
  197. Loss-of-function genomic variants with impact on liver-related blood traits highlight potential therapeutic targets for cardiovascular disease
  198. Platelets inhibit apoptotic lung epithelial cell death and protect mice against infection-induced lung injury
  199. Location of Pulmonary Mast Cells Predicts Asthma Outcomes
  200. Factors Associated With Progression of Lung Function Abnormalities in HIV-Infected Individuals
  201. Clinical and Laboratory Predictors of 30-Day Hospital Readmission Risk in Adult Patients with Sickle Cell Disease
  202. GPNMB methylation: a new marker of potentially carcinogenic colon lesions
  203. Tropheryma whipplei colonization in HIV-infected individuals is not associated with lung function or inflammation
  204. Characteristics of lung cancer among patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and interstitial lung disease – analysis of institutional and population data
  205. Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Cut Point of 50% for Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction—Reply
  206. Senescence of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells from patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
  207. Mesenchymal stem cells reduce ER stress via PERK-Nrf2 pathway in aged mouse model
  208. Lessons learned when recruiting for an early Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) palliative care intervention
  209. Differential Expression of Plasma Metabolites in Patients with Pulmonary Sarcoidosis is Associated with Clinical Behavior
  210. Biomarker signatures of sickle cell disease severity
  211. Obesity and Pancreatic Cysts in African American Patients
  212. The importance of stool DNA methylation in colorectal cancer diagnosis: A meta-analysis
  213. Clinical Outcomes and Mortality Impact of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Patients With Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
  214. Abstract 647: Identification of novel and known hotspot variants in African Americans with colorectal cancer
  215. Abstract 1638: Is short interval colonoscopy at the discretion of the gastroenterologist
  216. Treatment of exercise pulmonary hypertension improves pulmonary vascular distensibility
  217. Association Between Hemodynamic Markers of Pulmonary Hypertension and Outcomes in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
  218. Adiponectin, Leptin, IGF-1, and Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha As Potential Serum Biomarkers for Non-Invasive Diagnosis of Colorectal Adenoma in African Americans
  219. Association of genetic variation in COMT gene with pain related to sickle cell disease in patients from the walk-PHaSST study
  220. Decreased Lung Function and All-Cause Mortality in HIV-infected Individuals
  221. Randomised clinical trial of an early palliative care intervention (SUPPORT) for patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and their caregivers: protocol and key design considerations
  222. Prevalence of relative systemic hypertension in adults with sickle cell disease in Ghana
  223. Gastrointestinal Lesions in African American Patients With Iron Deficiency Anemia
  224. A case series describing common radiographic and pathologic patterns of hard metal pneumoconiosis
  225. IPF lung fibroblasts have a senescent phenotype
  226. Clinical and laboratory findings associated with sleep disordered breathing in sickle cell disease
  227. The matricellular protein TSP1 promotes human and mouse endothelial cell senescence through CD47 and Nox1
  228. Abstract 5273: Detection of sessile serrated adenomas/polyps in African Americans
  229. Abstract 4578: Does poor prognosis in African Americans with MSI-H colorectal cancer associate with altered immune markers
  230. Clinical and Pathological Risk Factors Associated with Liver Fibrosis and Steatosis in African-Americans with Chronic Hepatitis C
  231. Association of circulating transcriptomic profiles with mortality in sickle cell disease
  232. Gastrointestinal Lesions in African American Patients with Iron Deficiency Anemia
  233. IRF5 distinguishes severe asthma in humans and drives Th1 phenotype and airway hyperreactivity in mice
  234. The Ability of Patient-Symptom Questionnaires to Differentiate PVFMD From Asthma
  235. Is the Rate of Sessile Serrated Polyp/Adenoma different in African Americans?
  236. Loss of Twist1 in the Mesenchymal Compartment Promotes Increased Fibrosis in Experimental Lung Injury by Enhanced Expression of CXCL12
  237. Referral to Palliative Care Infrequent in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Admitted to an Intensive Care Unit
  238. Prospective study of thrombosis and thrombospondin-1 expression in Chuvash polycythemia
  239. Risk factors for mortality in adult patients with sickle cell disease: a meta-analysis of studies in North America and Europe
  240. Mediastinal and Subcutaneous Chest Fat Are Differentially Associated with Emphysema Progression and Clinical Outcomes in Smokers
  241. Altered nocifensive behavior in animal models of autism spectrum disorder: The role of the nicotinic cholinergic system
  242. Effects of hydroxyurea on F-cells in sickle cell disease and potential impact of a second fetal globin inducer
  243. Acute hemodynamic effects of inhaled sodium nitrite in pulmonary hypertension associated with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
  244. Clinicopathological Features of Sessile Serrated Polyp/Adenoma: Improving Serration Detection to Adjust Interval Follow-up Colonoscopy
  245. Renal Failure in Sickle Cell Disease: Prevalence, Predictors of Disease, Mortality and Effect on Length of Hospital Stay
  246. A genetic variation associated with plasma erythropoietin and a non-coding transcript ofPRKAR1Ain sickle cell disease
  247. Increased MACC1 levels in tissues and blood identify colon adenoma patients at high risk
  248. Abstract 5013: A meta-analysis of MSI frequency and race in colorectal cancer
  249. Abstract 3130: Adiponectin, Leptin, IGF1 and TNFα serum biomarker as noninvasive diagnosis of colon adenoma
  250. The Relaxin Receptor RXFP1 in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)
  251. Colorectal Cancer in Young African Americans: Is It Time to Revisit Guidelines and Prevention?
  252. Novel relationships of markers of monocyte activation and endothelial dysfunction with pulmonary dysfunction in HIV-infected persons
  253. Sleep-disordered breathing and nocturnal hypoxemia in young adults with sickle cell disease
  254. A meta-analysis of MSI frequency and race in colorectal cancer
  255. Mo1167 Colorectal Cancer in Young African Americans: Is It Time for New Guidelines and Prevention?
  256. Su2037 CD8+ T-Cell Infiltration in Epithelial and Stromal Tissues of MSI Colorectal Cancer Patients
  257. Mo1532 Clinical Factors Affecting NAFLD and NASH Progression in African-American Patients at a Local University Hospital
  258. 600b Clinical and Pathological Risk Factors of Progression to Liver Fibrosis in African Americans With Chronic Hepatitis C
  259. Diabetes Mellitus and Pancreatic Cysts in African Americans
  260. Global Epidemiology of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Perspectives on US Minority Populations
  261. PVR BUT NOT DPG PREDICTS CARDIAC HOSPITALIZATIONS IN LEFT HEART DISEASE-ASSOCIATED PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
  262. PVR Predicts Cardiac Hospitalizations in Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with HFpEF and HFrEF
  263. Can optical diagnosis of small colon polyps be accurate? Comparing standard scope without narrow banding to high definition scope with narrow banding
  264. Novel Inducers of Fetal Globin Identified through High Throughput Screening (HTS) Are Active In Vivo in Anemic Baboons and Transgenic Mice
  265. Kidney Disease among Patients with Sickle Cell Disease, Hemoglobin SS and SC
  266. Hydroxyurea Treatment Is Associated with Elevated Serum Erythropoietin Concentration but Suppressed Global Hypoxic Transcriptional Responses in Sickle Cell Disease
  267. Thrombotic Complications Are Associated with Phlebotomy Therapy in Patients with Chuvash Polycythemia
  268. Lymph nodes’ evaluation in relation to colorectal cancer staging among African Americans
  269. Rapamycin increases fetal hemoglobin and ameliorates the nociception phenotype in sickle cell mice
  270. Subanesthetic ketamine infusions for the treatment of children and adolescents with chronic pain: a longitudinal study
  271. Modulation of social deficits and repetitive behaviors in a mouse model of autism: the role of the nicotinic cholinergic system
  272. Pulmonary hypertension in sickle cell disease
  273. Atrial Fibrillation and Colonic Neoplasia in African Americans
  274. Blood transfusion and 30-day readmission rate in adult patients hospitalized with sickle cell disease crisis
  275. Genetic polymorphism of APOB is associated with diabetes mellitus in sickle cell disease
  276. Dexmedetomidine ameliorates nocifensive behavior in humanized sickle cell mice
  277. Su2019 Colonic Neoplasia and Risk of Atrial Fibrillation in African Americans
  278. Mo1258 Risk Factors of Variceal and Non-Variceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Mortality in Patients With Underlying Liver Disease
  279. Mo1057 Metformin, Insulin Therapy and Risk of Colorectal Neoplasia Among African American With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
  280. Mo1070 Gastrointestinal Lesions in African American Patients With Iron Deficiency Anemia
  281. Sa1189 Colonic Neoplasia in IBD and Non-IBD/Noninfectious Colitis Among Minority Patients
  282. Complications in children and adolescents with Chuvash polycythemia
  283. Association between Diverticular Disease and Pre-Neoplastic Colorectal Lesions in an Urban African-American Population
  284. Prevalence and features of colorectal lesions among Hispanics: A hospital-based study
  285. Cardiopulmonary Functional Status in Children with SCD at Baseline: Pulse Pressure As a Biomarker of Early Compromise
  286. Perceived Discrimination in Health Care Is Associated With a Greater Burden of Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
  287. Abstract 553: Can MACC1 plasma transcripts in colon adenoma patients be used as an early indicator of metastasis potential
  288. Abstract 3854: B-catenin expression and obesity in African Americans with colorectal neoplasia: Is there a relationship
  289. Abstract 3853: Predictive and prognostic analysis of KRAS and MSI markers in treatment of urban African American colorectal cancer patients
  290. Perceived Discrimination, Patient Trust, and Adherence to Medical Recommendations Among Persons with Sickle Cell Disease
  291. Hydroxycarbamide treatment in sickle cell disease: estimates of possible leukaemia risk and of hospitalization survival benefit
  292. An unequal burden: Poor patient–provider communication and sickle cell disease
  293. Risk Factors for Death in 632 Patients with Sickle Cell Disease in the United States and United Kingdom
  294. Sa1938 Plasma MACC1: A Surrogate for Metastatic Potential in Pre-Neoplastic Colonic Lesions
  295. Mo1911 Association of Type 2 Diabetes and Colorectal Polyps and Adenomas
  296. Sa1190 Ulcerative Colitis and Risk of Adenoma in African Americans
  297. Gastric Helicobacter pylori infection associates with an increased risk of colorectal polyps in African Americans
  298. Abnormal Pulmonary Function and Associated Risk Factors in Children and Adolescents With Sickle Cell Anemia
  299. Differences in the clinical and genotypic presentation of sickle cell disease around the world
  300. BMI and the risk of colorectal adenoma in African-Americans
  301. Alpha-thalassaemia and response to hydroxyurea in sickle cell anaemia
  302. An Integrative CGH, MSI and Candidate Genes Methylation Analysis of Colorectal Tumors
  303. Iron deficiency modifies gene expression variation induced by augmented hypoxia sensing
  304. Prevalence of Colorectal Neoplasia Among Young African Americans and Hispanic Americans
  305. Changes of Upper GI Bleeding Mortality Risk in U.S. Population over Three Decades
  306. Decreasing Trend of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Mortality Risk in Patients With Liver Failure in the Last Decade: Presidential Poster
  307. Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Mortality Risk Changes in Patients With Comorbidities Over Three Decades
  308. Lactate dehydrogenase and hemolysis in sickle cell disease
  309. Decreasing Trend of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Mortality Risk Over Three Decades
  310. Role of life events in the presence of colon polyps among African Americans
  311. Clinical correlates of acute pulmonary events in children and adolescents with sickle cell disease
  312. Asynchronous Web-Based Learning, a Practical Method to Enhance Teaching in Emergency Medicine
  313. Genetic determinants of haemolysis in sickle cell anaemia
  314. A Rational Krylov Method Based on Hermite Interpolation for Nonlinear Eigenvalue Problems
  315. Genetic Determinants of Hemolysis in Sickle Cell Anemia.
  316. Renal Disease in Sickle Cell: Clinically Varied and Associated with Increased Mortality
  317. Decreased serum glucose and glycosylated hemoglobin levels in patients with Chuvash polycythemia: a role for HIF in glucose metabolism
  318. Helicobacter pylori Protection Against Reflux Esophagitis
  319. The relationship between the severity of hemolysis, clinical manifestations and risk of death in 415 patients with sickle cell anemia in the US and Europe
  320. Cobalamin status in sickle cell disease
  321. APlasmodium-encoded cytokine suppresses T-cell immunity during malaria
  322. Sickle cell disease is associated with decreased HIV but higher HBV and HCV comorbidities in US hospital discharge records: a cross-sectional study
  323. Is Opium a Real Risk Factor for Esophageal Cancer or Just a Methodological Artifact? Hospital and Neighborhood Controls in Case-Control Studies
  324. SEL1L, an UPR Response Protein, a Potential Marker of Colonic Cell Transformation
  325. Plasma thrombospondin‐1 is increased during acute sickle cell vaso‐occlusive events and associated with acute chest syndrome, hydroxyurea therapy, and lower hemolytic rates
  326. Markers of Severe Vaso-Occlusive Painful Episode Frequency in Children and Adolescents with Sickle Cell Anemia
  327. Clinical and Genetic Variability of Red Blood Cell Hemolysis in Sickle Cell Anemia
  328. Genomic Assessment of Mortality in Sickle Cell Disease- A Novel Association with Cytokine Imbalance and T Cell Dysregulation
  329. Non-Cardiopulmonary Factors Affecting the Six-Minute Walk Distance in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease: Results From the Walk-PHaSST Study
  330. Predictors of Mortality in Children and Adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease: The PUSH Study
  331. Chuvash polycythemia VHLR200W mutation is associated with down-regulation of hepcidin expression
  332. Case-Control Study of Vitamin D, dickkopf homolog 1 (DKK1) Gene Methylation, VDR Gene Polymorphism and the Risk of Colon Adenoma in African Americans
  333. Pulmonary artery pressure and iron deficiency in patients with upregulation of hypoxia sensing due to homozygous VHLR200W mutation (Chuvash polycythemia)
  334. Echocardiographic Markers of Elevated Pulmonary Pressure and Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction Are Associated With Exercise Intolerance in Adults and Adolescents With Homozygous Sickle Cell Anemia in the United States and United Kingdom
  335. Esophageal Carcinoma in African Americans: A Five-Decade Experience
  336. SLC5A8 Gene, A Transporter of Butyrate: A Gut Flora Metabolite, Is Frequently Methylated in African American Colon Adenomas
  337. The heterozygote advantage of the Chuvash polycythemia VHLR200W mutation may be protection against anemia
  338. Predictors of osteoclast activity in patients with sickle cell disease
  339. Colorectal Cancer: African Americans Versus Native Africans
  340. Distinct Clinical and Immunologic Profiles in Severe Malarial Anemia and Cerebral Malaria in Zambia
  341. Cytochrome B5 Reductase T116S Polymorphism Is Associated with Decreased Risk of Severe Anemia Among Zambian Children with Malaria
  342. Evaluation of Exercise Capacity In Children with SCD by Six Minute Walk Test
  343. NT-Probnp as a Marker of Cardiopulmonary Compromise and Exercise Limitation In Adults with Sickle Cell Anemia In the Walk-PHaSST Study
  344. Plasma Level of NT-Pro-BNP In Children with Sickle Cell Disease Is Associated with Degree of Anemia and Left Ventricular Measures: The PUSH Study
  345. Predictors of Six-Minute Walk Distance In Adults with Sickle Cell Anemia In the Walk-PHaSST Study
  346. Abstract B52: Predictor of distinct genetic alterations in African Americans with colon cancer by genomic analysis
  347. Elevated tricuspid regurgitation velocity and decline in exercise capacity over 22 months of follow up in children and adolescents with sickle cell anemia
  348. Seroprevalence of hepatitis C virus: the first population-based study from Iran
  349. Epidemiology of Uninvestigated Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Adolescents: A Population-based Study Applying the Rome II Questionnaire
  350. Verbal Autopsy: Reliability and Validity Estimates for Causes of Death in the Golestan Cohort Study in Iran
  351. T1693 High Nitrate Intake May Be Related to GERD: An Ecologic Study
  352. S1291 Prevalence of Hepatitis and Its Etiologic Changes Over Time in African Americans in a University Teaching Hospital
  353. W1745 Case-Control Study of Vitamin D, Epigenetic, Genetic Factor, and Colon Adenoma in African Americans
  354. Association of G6PD202A,376G with lower haemoglobin concentration but not increased haemolysis in patients with sickle cell anaemia
  355. Complete blood count, measures of iron status and inflammatory markers in inner-city African Americans with undiagnosed hepatitis C seropositivity
  356. Longitudinal Change In Pulmonary Function In Children With Sickle Cell Disease And Associated Factors
  357. Abstract 2798: VDR gene polymorphism and risk of prostate cancer in African-American
  358. Abstract 2713: Helicobacter pylori increases the risk of colorectal polyps in African Americans
  359. Abstract 2714: Colorectal Cancer in young (<50 years old) African Americans, Could race be a risk factor? A 20 years experience in an inner city teaching hospital
  360. Abstract 3445: Helicobacter pylori increases the risk of colorectal polyps in African Americans
  361. NT-proBNP as a marker of cardiopulmonary status in sickle cell anaemia in Africa
  362. Clinicopathological Features of Colon Polyps from African-Americans
  363. Angiogenic and Inflammatory Markers of Cardiopulmonary Changes in Children and Adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease
  364. Relationship of erythropoietin, fetal hemoglobin, and hydroxyurea treatment to tricuspid regurgitation velocity in children with sickle cell disease
  365. Prospective evaluation of haemoglobin oxygen saturation at rest and after exercise in paediatric sickle cell disease patients
  366. Comparison of breast cancer survival in two populations: Ardabil, Iran and British Columbia, Canada
  367. Outcome of Colonoscopy in Elderly African-American Patients
  368. Distinct High-Profile Methylated Genes in Colorectal Cancer
  369. Prospective Echocardiography Assessment of Pulmonary Hypertension and Its Potential Etiologies in Children With Sickle Cell Disease
  370. A 50-Year Review of Colorectal Cancer in African Americans: Implications for Prevention and Treatment
  371. Echocardiographic findings in patients with sickle cell disease
  372. T1891 Prevalence of Columnar Lined Esophagus Among Iranian GERD Patients and the Clinical Correlations
  373. M1033 Colorectal Neoplasia in Young African Americans, Could Race Be a Risk Factor? a 40 Years Experience in An Inner City Teaching Hospital
  374. M1038 Neoplastic Changes in Colonic Mucosa Following Polypectomy, Does Follow Up Make Sense?
  375. Reply
  376. Serum ferritin concentrations in Africans with low dietary iron
  377. Reversible posterior leuko-encephalopathy in children with sickle cell disease
  378. Elevated tricuspid regurgitant jet velocity in children and adolescents with sickle cell disease: association with hemolysis and hemoglobin oxygen desaturation
  379. Distinct BRAF (V600E) and KRAS Mutations in High Microsatellite Instability Sporadic Colorectal Cancer in African Americans
  380. Childhood Hygienic Practice and Family Education Status Determine the Prevalence ofHelicobacter pyloriInfection in Iran
  381. Altered cytokine profiles in patients with Chuvash polycythemia
  382. Pulmonary Hypertension in Sickle Cell Disease
  383. Global Histone H4 Acetylation and HDAC2 Expression in Colon Adenoma and Carcinoma
  384. H. pylori-Induced Apoptosis in Human Gastric Cancer Cells Mediated via the Release of Apoptosis-Inducing Factor from Mitochondria
  385. Association of Hemolysis with Clinical Manifestations of Sickle Cell Disease
  386. THE AUTHORS REPLY
  387. Ferroportin q248h, Dietary Iron, and Serum Ferritin in Community African-Americans With Low to High Alcohol Consumption
  388. Survival rate of gastric and esophageal cancers in Ardabil Province, North-West of Iran
  389. Opium, tobacco, and alcohol use in relation to oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma in a high-risk area of Iran
  390. Epidemiological study of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: reflux in spouse as a risk factor
  391. S1045 Gastric Cancer in African-Americans, Trend in 50 Years Experience of An Inner City Medical Center
  392. S1046 Colorectal Cancer Trend in African-American in 50 Years, Hospital Based Study, a Shift Toward More Advanced Tumor
  393. T2090 CAN1 Gene Methylation Profile in African Americans with Colon Cancer and Adenoma, New Candidate Genes
  394. T2092 Distinct Cin and Min Pattern, CAN1 Gene Methylation Profile in African-Americans (AA) with Colon Cancer and Adenoma
  395. S2030 Opium, Tobacco and Alcohol Use in Relation to Esophageal Cancer in a High-Risk Area of Iran
  396. Impact of BRAF, MLH1 on the incidence of microsatellite instability high colorectal cancer in populations based study
  397. Prospective Acid Reflux Study of Iran (PARSI): Methodology and study design
  398. Response to Dr. Bai et al.
  399. Hygiene Could Affect GERD Prevalence Independently: A Population-Based Study in Tehran
  400. Critical role of Helicobacter pylori in the pattern of gastritis and carditis in residents of an area with high prevalence of gastric cardia cancer
  401. Indomethacin May Reduce the Incidence and Severity of Acute Pancreatitis After ERCP
  402. Surface area: a better predictor of disease severity than the height and volume of the barium column in patients with primary achalasia
  403. Screening of the adult population in Iran for coeliac disease: comparison of the tissue-transglutaminase antibody and anti-endomysial antibody tests
  404. Gateroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in Iran: a population-based study
  405. Clinical, demographic, and habit characteristics of GERD patients with and without erosive esophagitis
  406. Incidence and age distribution of colorectal cancer in Iran: Results of a population-based cancer registry
  407. Validity and reliability of a new food frequency questionnaire compared to 24 h recalls and biochemical measurements: pilot phase of Golestan cohort study of esophageal cancer
  408. Declining incidence of esophageal cancer in the Turkmen Plain, eastern part of the Caspian Littoral of Iran: A retrospective cancer surveillance
  409. Fruits, Vegetables, and Antioxidants and Risk of Gastric Cancer among Male Smokers
  410. Artificial neural networks in prediction of bone density among post-menopausal women
  411. Evaluation of patient-related factors associated with causality, preventability, predictability and severity of hepatotoxicity during antituberclosis treatment
  412. Golestan cohort study of oesophageal cancer: feasibility and first results
  413. Epidemiologic features of upper gastrointestinal tract cancers in Northeastern Iran
  414. Ecologic study of serum selenium and upper gastrointestinal cancers in Iran
  415. Cancer occurrence in Ardabil: Results of a population-based Cancer Registry from Iran
  416. Cancer occurrence in Ardabil: Results of a population-based Cancer Registry from Iran
  417. Endoscopic Findings in End-Stage Renal Disease
  418. Blind separation of instantaneous mixtures of nonstationary sources
  419. Review of Five therapists and one client.
  420. Sex Ratios of Nestling and Fledgling Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) Favor Males
  421. The Shah