Pulmonary Research

Publications

The UCLA Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine is dedicated to advancing the field through impactful scholarship. Keep up with the latest publications here.

October 2026

  1. Cornejo MC, Lee SCS, Nguyen C, Smith S, Taylor C, Damoiseux R, Koehler CM. Yeast-Based High-Throughput Screening Platform for Identifying Modulators of Mitochondrial Protein Import. Assay Drug Dev Technol. 2026 Sep 30:1540658X261490394. doi: 10.1177/1540658X261490394. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42814590.
  2. Kirby-Rivera L, Feldman W, Kim M, Kosmopoulou G, Kesselheim AS, Tu SS. Delisted Patents on Pharmaceuticals, 1998-2024. J Law Med Ethics. 2026 Oct 2:1-4. doi: 10.1017/jme.2026.10292. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42823788.
  3. Breathett K, Contreras J, Lewsey S, Grossi AA, Kim KH, Akilzhanova A, Amubieya O, Avdimiretz N, Boyle A, Duhaney L, Guerrero C, Ilonze O, Keyt H, Kleinmahon J, Moreno JCL, Montes L, Montgomery M, Morley-Smith A, Olm F, Prasad J, Rakhimova S, Seijo L, Potena L. Global strategies to improve equitable access to heart and lung transplantation- ISHLT Consortium Report. JHLT Open. 2026 Aug 11;14:100659. doi: 10.1016/j.jhlto.2026.100659. PMID: 42825096; PMCID: PMC13629225.
  4. Girardi M, Nicolò A, Marcora SM, Bazzucchi I, Felici F, Dickinson J, Sacchetti M. Effects of normobaric hypoxia and hyperthermia on ventilatory responses to high-intensity interval training bouts. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2026 Oct;126(10):5379-5396. doi: 10.1007/s00421-026-06334-2. Epub 2026 Jul 2. PMID: 42390590.
  5. Alburquerque RA, Hernandez JI, Nallapu A, Starick M, Hyun J, Sanchez JM, Etesami N, Mukherjee SK, Ozanturk AN, Vazquez J, Chang A, Zheng A, Garnica L, Lopez A, Gelman AE, Belperio J, Lee JW, Kulkarni DH, Hoffmann A, Kulkarni HS. Kinetics of local C3 production orchestrates neutrophil recruitment in lung injury. Mucosal Immunol. 2026 Oct 5:100412. doi: 10.1016/j.mucimm.2026.100412. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42833592.
  6. Rosovsky RP, Konstantinides SV, Weinberg I, Dohad SY, Rosol Z, Stępniewski J, Moriarty JM, Parikh SA, Holden A, Channick RN, McDonald B, Nagarsheth KH, Matusov Y, Lookstein RA; STORM-PE Trial Investigators and Collaborators. Mechanical Thrombectomy Versus Anticoagulation Alone in Intermediate-High Risk PE: Improved Functional 90-Day Outcomes in STORM-PE RCT. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2026 Oct 5:S1936-8798(26)02391-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2026.07.042. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42836810.
  7. Carlson GC, Gomez G, Carlson KJ, MacCabe CHG, Gold AI, Erickson AJ, Saldaña K, Kelly MR, Song Y, Zeidler MR, Fung CH, Alessi CA, Washington DL, Yano EM, Martin JL. Values expressed by women veterans initiating treatment for sleep apnea. J Clin Sleep Med. 2026 Oct 7;22(1):189. doi: 10.1007/s44470-026-00179-4. PMID: 42844514.
  8. Bouzarif G, Lanks C. A 40-Year-Old Woman With Respiratory Failure: Distinguishing Between Pleural and Parenchymal Fluid Collections With Lung Ultrasound Scanning. Chest. 2026 Oct;170(4):e127-e131. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2026.06.031. PMID: 42850012.
  9. Oberg CL, Ronaghi R, Folch EE, Channick CL, He T, Susanto I, Oh SS. Argon Plasma Coagulation: Elucidation of the Mechanism of Gas Embolism. Respiration. 2021;100(3):510-514. doi: 10.1159/000514928. Epub 2021 Feb 4. PMID: 33540412.
  10. Kolkhorst FW, Cannon DT, Rossiter HB. Exercise intolerance and impaired aerobic capacity in heart transplant recipients. Exp Physiol. 2026 Oct 9:10.1113/EP093964. doi: 10.1113/EP093964. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42852708; PMCID: PMC13651443.
  11. Brownstein AJ, Shaikh F, Xiao GQ, Wilhalme H, Abtin F, Stefanko DP, Liang LL, Hong J, Rahaghi F, Shino M, Samuel Weigt S, Sayah D, Channick R, Wallace D, Kim A, Saggar R. "Interstitial lung disease with associated severe pulmonary hypertension is rarely idiopathic by clinical or pathologic measures". J Heart Lung Transplant. 2026 Oct 10:S1053-2498(26)02135-2. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2026.10.002. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42858771.
  12. Gomez-Arroyo J, Houweling AC, Postma AV, Ganjawala T, Dooijes D, Bogaard HJ, Aman J, Zwart R, Kitzmiller JA, Edel GG, Porollo A, Meijboom LJ, Varghese NP, Hale P, Hong J, Zhu N, Welch CL, Shen Y, McCormack FX, Aldred MA, Weirauch MT, Rottier RJ, Stankiewicz P, Graf S, Rhodes C, Chung WK, Whitsett JA, Zacharias WJ, Martin LJ, Kalinichenko VV, Nichols WC. Rare Coding Variants in FOXF1 are Associated with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2026 Oct 10:aamag550. doi: 10.1093/ajrccm/aamag550. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42858161.
  13. Tu SS, Grossman LA, Feldman WB. The Legal Battle Over Mifepristone and the Future of FDA Regulation. Ann Intern Med. 2026 Oct 13. doi: 10.7326/ANNALS-26-03376. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42863117.
  14. Sanchez A, Parsons A, Fretz A. Reading Between the Lines: An Exercise in Clinical Reasoning. J Gen Intern Med. 2026 Oct 13. doi: 10.1007/s11606-026-10914-5. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42870169.
  15. Abbasi A, Vieira RP, Degobbi T Q S Lopes F. Muscle-lung crosstalk in COPD: how exercise training modulates protein metabolism and inflammation in experimental COPD models. Front Immunol. 2026 Sep 25;17:1870091. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1870091. PMID: 42871624; PMCID: PMC13659097.
  16. Powell M, Choi K, Buhr RG, Wisk LE. Exploring Social Media Use and Anxiety Symptoms in Health Care Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-Sectional Secondary Data Analysis. J Med Internet Res. 2026 Oct 15;28:e102008. doi: 10.2196/102008. PMID: 42879747; PMCID: PMC13671597.
  17. Lari SM, Liang H, Dadfar B, Zhou J, Kim J, Sayah D, Der Hovanessian A, Saggar R, Shino MY, Turner G, Amubieya O, Haddad T, Salehi-Rad R, Watson R, Kulkarni HS, Liao SY, Ardehali A, Belperio J, Weigt SS. The clinical significance of baseline lung allograft dysfunction in single and bilateral lung transplant recipients. JHLT Open. 2026 Sep 18;14:100692. doi: 10.1016/j.jhlto.2026.100692. PMID: 42890017; PMCID: PMC13670653.
  18. Degobbi T Q S Lopes F, Vieira RP, Abbasi A. Editorial: The experimental models as a tool for studying therapeutic targets in COPD: lessons learned. Front Immunol. 2026 Oct 1;17:1988969. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1988969. PMID: 42889149; PMCID: PMC13668545.
  19. Tullis B, Nicolas L, Alt JA, Bodner TE, Chang M, Chowdhury NI, Chung S, Eshaghian P, Gao YA, Getz A, Gill AS, Hwang PH, Khanwalkar A, Kimple AJ, Kingdom T, Lee JT, Li DA, Mace JC, Nayak JV, Norris M, Overdevest JB, Patel ZM, Poch K, Schlosser RJ, Smith KA, Soler ZM, Suh JD, Turner GA, Wang MB, Saavedra MT, Taylor JL, Beswick DM. Environmental Exposures, Chronic Sinusitis, and Olfaction in People With Cystic Fibrosis. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2026 Oct 18. doi: 10.1002/alr.70204. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42893525.
  20. Milinic T, Kelley JG, Whikehart SM, Anand A, Knapp SC, Brandon W, Turner GA, Serna D, Lechtzin N, Tupayachi Ortiz MG, Kapnadak SG, Dunitz JM, Saavedra MT, Taylor-Cousar JL, Brown CE, Goss CH, Ramos KJ. Striving for Equity in Cystic Fibrosis Research: Perspectives from Black and Hispanic/ Latino(a) Individuals with CF. Chest. 2026 Oct 19:S0012-3692(26)06890-X. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2026.09.107. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42896705.
  21. Barjaktarevic I, Dartt M, Chen S, Champion D, Mempin R, Dejsatha Y, Van Vleet J, Chang S, Estrada O, Young T, Buhr R, Tashkin D, Bando JM. Comparison of Nebulized Long-Acting Muscarinic Antagonist Revefenacin to Ipratropium in COPD Patients With Acute Respiratory Failure Requiring Mechanical Ventilation: Results of the RARICO Study. Chronic Obstr Pulm Dis. 2026 Oct 20. doi: 10.15326/jcopdf.2026.0804. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42905895.
  22. Shatagopam V, Pirnazar J, Goldman P, Yamamoto T, Kidwell JA, Dolezal BA. Gamified Augmented Sensorimotor Feedback During Balance Training Improves Postural Control and Nocturnal RMSSD. J Funct Morphol Kinesiol. 2026 Oct 10;11(4):414. doi: 10.3390/jfmk11040414. PMID: 42924693; PMCID: PMC13692322.
  23. Parikh RV, Klomhaus A, Chen JY, Assi A, Bassam K, Channick R, Fearon WF, Aboulhosn J, Saggar R. Pulmonary Index of Microcirculatory Resistance: A Novel Hemodynamic Index for Invasively Assessing the Pulmonary Microvasculature. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2026 Oct 26;19(20):2794-2796. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2026.07.043. PMID: 42933922.
  24. Chaft J, Lee JM, Senan S, Neal JW, Nadal E, Negrao MV, Popat S, Garassino MC, Gray JE, Lee SH, Mazieres J, Thomas M, Benes M, Liu H, Liu J, Ma QL, Segall G, Puri T, Wu YL. SUNRAY-02: a study of olomorasib combined with immunotherapy in stage II-III KRAS G12C-mutant non-small cell lung cancer after definitive therapy. Future Oncol. 2026 Sep;22(22):2673-2682. doi: 10.1080/14796694.2026.2736401. Epub 2026 Oct 1. PMID: 42823821.
  25. Cirulis MM, Auger WR, Benza RL, Channick RN, Chin K, Davis RD, Elliott CG, He F, Jain S, LaCroix AZ, Madani MM, McLaughlin V, Tapson V, Kerr K, Ventetuolo CE. Biological sex differences in the United States CTEPH Registry. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2026 Nov 1;23(11):1640-1651. doi: 10.1093/annalsats/aaoag098. PMID: 41981721.
  26. Boix de Jesus A, Dao HB, Imani A, Rodriguez GA, Shehata MS, Chandran RR, Fine SA, Lim SY, To M, Lofftus SY, Pedroncelli N, Eilber FC, Gomperts BN, McCaw TR, Puig-Saus C, Crompton JG. p53 activation via pharmacologic MDM2 inhibition constrains exhaustion and enhances antitumor function of human CD8+ T cells. Front Immunol. 2026 Oct 16;17:1910235. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1910235. PMID: 42964330; PMCID: PMC13719607.
  27. Ann L, Te T, Mitchell M, Alessi C, Martin J, Dzierzewski JM, Josephson K, Naeem S, Der-Mcleod E, Ghadimi S, Zeidler M, Badr MS, Moore A, Fung CH. Sleep and Cognitive Performance: Exploring Benzodiazepine Receptor Agonist Use, Insomnia Symptoms, and Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Ageing Int. 2026;51(4):48. doi: 10.1007/s12126-026-09684-6. Epub 2026 Oct 29. PMID: 42964273; PMCID: PMC13719709.
  28. Kim GHJ, Song JW, Weigt SS, Kim J, Calais J, Hotta M, Fishbein GA, Rerkpichaisuth V, Teng PY, Oh JH, Chung A, Volkmann ER, Oh A, Goldin JG. Predictive CT Biomarkers for Pulmonary Fibrosis: New Model and Case Example of Pathologic Score. Arch Bronconeumol. 2026 Oct 30:S0300-2896(26)00321-2. English, Spanish. doi: 10.1016/j.arbres.2026.08.010. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42963258.
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