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  3. 2021-2022 Publications

2021-2022 Publications

Bioinformatics

Chappell, K., Manna, K., Washam, C. L., Graw, S., Alkam, D., Thompson, M. D., Zafar, M. K., Hazeslip, L., Randolph, C., Gies, A., Bird, J. T., Byrd, A. K., Miah, S., & Byrum, S. D. (2021). Multi-omics data integration reveals correlated regulatory features of triple negative breast cancer. Mol Omics, 17(5), 677-691. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1mo00117e

Manna, K., Dharanipragada, P., Alkam, D., Avaritt, N. L., Washam, C. L., Robeson, M. S., Edmondson, R. D., Mackintosh, S. G., Yang, Z., Wang, Y., Lomeli, S. H., Moriceau, G., Byrum, S. D., Lo, R. S., & Tackett, A. J. (2022). Proteogenomics analysis to identify acquired resistance-specific alterations in melanoma PDXs on MAPKi therapy. bioRxiv, 2022.2002.2015.480454. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.02.15.480454

Robeson, M. S., Manna, K., Randolph, C., Byrum, S., & Hakkak, R. (2022). Short-Term Metformin Treatment Enriches Bacteroides dorei in an Obese Liver Steatosis Zucker Rat Model [Original Research]. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.834776

Biomedical Informatics

Abram, K., Jun, S. R., & Udaondo, Z. (In Press). The pangenome of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In: Ramons, L.J., and Filloux, A. (eds) Pseudomonas. Springer, Nature.  

Bona, J., Kemp, A. S., Cox, C., Nolan, T. S., Pillai, L., Das, A., Galvin, J. E., Larson-Prior, L., Virmani, T., & Prior, F. (2021). Semantic Integration of Multi-Modal Data and Derived Neuroimaging Results Using the Platform for Imaging in Precision Medicine (PRISM) in the Arkansas Imaging Enterprise System (ARIES). Front Artif Intell, 4, 649970. https://doi.org/10.3389/frai.2021.649970

Boyle, E. M., Rosenthal, A., Ghamlouch, H., Wang, Y., Farmer, P., Rutherford, M., Ashby, C., Bauer, M., Johnson, S. K., Wardell, C. P., Wang, Y., Hoering, A., Schinke, C., Thanendrarajan, S., Zangari, M., Barlogie, B., Dhodapkar, M. V., Davies, F. E., Morgan, G. J., van Rhee, F., & Walker, B. A. (2022). Plasma cells expression from smouldering myeloma to myeloma reveals the importance of the PRC2 complex, cell cycle progression, and the divergent evolutionary pathways within the different molecular subgroups. Leukemia, 36(2), 591-595. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41375-021-01379-y

Boyle, E. M., Rosenthal, A., Wang, Y., Farmer, P., Rutherford, M., Ashby, C., Bauer, M., Johnson, S. K., Wardell, C. P., Hoering, A., Schinke, C., Thanendrarajan, S., Zangari, M., Barlogie, B., Davies, F. E., Walker, B. A., van Rhee, F., & Morgan, G. J. (2021). High-risk transcriptional profiles in multiple myeloma are an acquired feature that can occur in any subtype and more frequently with each subsequent relapse. Br J Haematol, 195(2), 283-286. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjh.17670

Faramawi, M. F., Delhey, L., Abouelenein, S., Brown, L. M., & Delongchamp, R. (2021). The Relationship between Insulin Resistance and Spatial QRS-T Angle in American Adults. Acta Cardiol Sin, 37(4), 427-433. https://doi.org/10.6515/ACS.202107_37(4).20210222A

Moon, S. H., Udaondo, Z., Abram, K. Z., Li, X., Yang, X., DiCaprio, E. L., Jun, S. R., & Huang, E. (2022). Isolation of AmpC- and extended spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales from fresh vegetables in the United States. Food Control, 132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108559

Oliveira, C., Shakiba, E., North, D., McGraw, M., Ballard, E., Barrett-D’Amico, M., Glazko, G., & Rahmatallah, Y. (2022). 16S rRNA Gene-Based Metagenomic Analysis of Rhizosphere Soil Bacteria in Arkansas Rice Crop Fields. Agronomy, 12(1), 222. https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/1/222

Rutherford, M., Mun, S. K., Levine, B., Bennett, W., Smith, K., Farmer, P., Jarosz, Q., Wagner, U., Freyman, J., Blake, G., Tarbox, L., Farahani, K., & Prior, F. (2021). A DICOM dataset for evaluation of medical image de-identification. Sci Data, 8(1), 183. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00967-y

Udaondo, Z., Abram, K. Z., Kothari, A., & Jun, S.-R. (2021). Insertion sequences associated with antibiotic resistance genes in <em>Enterococcus</em> isolates from an inpatient with prolonged bacteremia. bioRxiv, 2021.2007.2022.453447. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.07.22.453447

Wassenaar, T. M., Juncos, V. A., & Zimmermann, K. (2021). Interactions between the Gut Microbiome, Lung Conditions, and Coronary Heart Disease and How Probiotics Affect These. Int J Mol Sci, 22(18). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22189700

Wassenaar, T. M., Wanchai, V., Buzard, G., & Ussery, D. W. (2022). The first three waves of the Covid-19 pandemic hint at a limited genetic repertoire for SARS-CoV-2. FEMS Microbiol Rev. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsre/fuac003

Clinical Nutrition

Spencer, S., & Arthur, C. (2021). Findings from a Pilot-Study: Nutrition Education Tele-Visits to Promote Healthy Dietary Habits among Adolescents. Journal of Obesity and Chronic Diseases, 05(02). https://doi.org/doi.org/10.17756/jocd.2021-045

Clinical and Translational Sciences

ElHassan, N. O., Schaefer, E. W., Gonzalez, B., Nienaber, T., Brion, L. P., & Kaiser, J. R. (2021). Early Transient Hypoglycemia and Test Performance in At-Risk Newborns. Am J Perinatol. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1732380

ElHassan, N. O., Sharma, M., Akmyradov, C., Kaiser, J. R., Goudie, A., & Nembhard, W. N. (2022). Childhood Educational Outcomes of Children Born with Gastroschisis. J Pediatr, 240, 110-116 e113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.08.086

Riley, E., Curran, G. M., Peeples, S. E., Williams, M., Nienaber, T., Sartini, R. P., Smith, R. K., & Reeves, N. (2022). Evaluating facilitators, barriers, and provider perceptions of interprofessional bedside rounding practices in a neonatal intensive care unit. Advances in Neonatal Care(In Press).

Ruebel, M. L., Gilley, S. P., Sims, C. R., Zhong, Y., Turner, D., Chintapalli, S. V., Piccolo, B. D., Andres, A., & Shankar, K. (2021). Associations between Maternal Diet, Body Composition and Gut Microbial Ecology in Pregnancy. Nutrients, 13(9). https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13093295

Sharma, M., Callan, E., & Konduri, G. G. (2022). Pulmonary Vasodilator Therapy in Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn. Clin Perinatol, 49(1), 103-125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clp.2021.11.010

Sharma, M., Rana, U., Joshi, C., Michalkiewicz, T., Afolayan, A., Parchur, A., Joshi, A., Teng, R. J., & Konduri, G. G. (2021). Decreased Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate-Protein Kinase G Signaling Impairs Angiogenesis in a Lamb Model of Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol, 65(5), 555-567. https://doi.org/10.1165/rcmb.2020-0434OC

Epidemiology

Bircan, E., Bezirhan, U., Porter, A., Fagan, P., & Orloff, M. S. (2021). Electronic cigarette use and its association with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma-COPD overlap syndrome among never cigarette smokers. Tob Induc Dis, 19, 23. https://doi.org/10.18332/tid/132833

Bircan, E., Bezirhan, U., Porter, A., Fagan, P., & Orloff, M. S. (2021). Electronic cigarette use and its association with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma-COPD overlap syndrome among never cigarette smokers. Tob Induc Dis, 19, 75. https://doi.org/10.18332/tid/142579

Bircan, E., Bezirhan, U., Porter, A., Fagan, P., & Orloff, M. S. (2021). Erratum: Electronic cigarette use and its association with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma-COPD overlap syndrome among never cigarette smokers. Tob Induc Dis, 19, 74. https://doi.org/10.18332/tid/141989

Graduate Program In Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Alkam, D., Wongsurawat, T., Nookaew, I., Richardson, A. R., Ussery, D., Smeltzer, M. S., & Jenjaroenpun, P. (2021). Is amplification bias consequential in transposon sequencing (TnSeq) assays? A case study with a Staphylococcus aureus TnSeq library subjected to PCR-based and amplification-free enrichment methods. Microb Genom, 7(10). https://doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000655

Byrd, A. K., Malone, E. G., Hazeslip, L., Zafar, M. K., Harrison, D. K., Thompson, M. D., Gao, J., Perumal, S. K., Marecki, J. C., & Raney, K. D. (2022). A structural feature of Dda helicase which enhances displacement of streptavidin and trp repressor from DNA. Protein Sci, 31(2), 407-421. https://doi.org/10.1002/pro.4232

Chappell, K., Manna, K., Washam, C. L., Graw, S., Alkam, D., Thompson, M. D., Zafar, M. K., Hazeslip, L., Randolph, C., Gies, A., Bird, J. T., Byrd, A. K., Miah, S., & Byrum, S. D. (2021). Multi-omics data integration reveals correlated regulatory features of triple negative breast cancer. Mol Omics, 17(5), 677-691. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1mo00117e

Cui, H., Carlson, A. S., Schleiff, M. A., Divakaran, A., Johnson, J. A., Buchholz, C. R., Zahid, H., Vail, N. R., Shi, K., Aihara, H., Harki, D. A., Miller, G. P., Topczewski, J. J., & Pomerantz, W. C. K. (2021). 4-Methyl-1,2,3-Triazoles as N-Acetyl-Lysine Mimics Afford Potent BET Bromodomain Inhibitors with Improved Selectivity. J Med Chem, 64(14), 10497-10511. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c00933

Datta, A., Flynn, N. R., Barnette, D. A., Woeltje, K. F., Miller, G. P., & Swamidass, S. J. (2021). Machine learning liver-injuring drug interactions with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) from a retrospective electronic health record (EHR) cohort. PLoS Comput Biol, 17(7), e1009053. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009053

Gao, J., Gao, Z., Putnam, A. A., Byrd, A. K., Venus, S. L., Marecki, J. C., Edwards, A. D., Lowe, H. M., Jankowsky, E., & Raney, K. D. (2021). G-quadruplex DNA inhibits unwinding activity but promotes liquid-liquid phase separation by the DEAD-box helicase Ded1p. Chem Commun (Camb), 57(60), 7445-7448. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cc01479j

Malone, E. G., Thompson, M. D., & Byrd, A. K. (2022). Role and Regulation of Pif1 Family Helicases at the Replication Fork. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23(7), 3736. https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/23/7/3736

Manna, K., Dharanipragada, P., Alkam, D., Avaritt, N. L., Washam, C. L., Robeson, M. S., Edmondson, R. D., Mackintosh, S. G., Yang, Z., Wang, Y., Lomeli, S. H., Moriceau, G., Byrum, S. D., Lo, R. S., & Tackett, A. J. (2022). Proteogenomics analysis to identify acquired resistance-specific alterations in melanoma PDXs on MAPKi therapy. bioRxiv, 2022.2002.2015.480454. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.02.15.480454

Pouncey, D. L., Barnette, D. A., Sinnott, R. W., Phillips, S. J., Flynn, N. R., Hendrickson, H. P., Swamidass, S. J., & Miller, G. P. (2021). Discovery of Novel Reductive Elimination Pathway for 10-Hydroxywarfarin. Front Pharmacol, 12, 805133. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2021.805133

Protacio, R. U., Mukiza, T. O., Davidson, M. K., & Wahls, W. P. (2022). Molecular mechanisms for environmentally induced and evolutionarily rapid redistribution (plasticity) of meiotic recombination. Genetics, 220(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/iyab212

Reed, M. R., Lyle, A. G., De Loose, A., Maddukuri, L., Learned, K., Beale, H. C., Kephart, E. T., Cheney, A., van den Bout, A., Lee, M. P., Hundley, K. N., Smith, A. M., DesRochers, T. M., Vibat, C. R. T., Gokden, M., Salama, S., Wardell, C. P., Eoff, R. L., Vaske, O. M., & Rodriguez, A. (2021). A Functional Precision Medicine Pipeline Combines Comparative Transcriptomics and Tumor Organoid Modeling to Identify Bespoke Treatment Strategies for Glioblastoma. Cells, 10(12). https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10123400

Schleiff, M. A., Crosby, S., Blue, M., Schleiff, B. M., Boysen, G., & Miller, G. P. (2021). CYP2C9 and 3A4 play opposing roles in bioactivation and detoxification of diphenylamine NSAIDs. Biochem Pharmacol, 194, 114824. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcp.2021.114824

Urbaniak, A., Reed, M. R., Fil, D., Moorjani, A., Heflin, S., Antoszczak, M., Sulik, M., Huczynski, A., Kupsik, M., Eoff, R. L., MacNicol, M. C., Chambers, T. C., & MacNicol, A. M. (2021). Single and double modified salinomycin analogs target stem-like cells in 2D and 3D breast cancer models. Biomed Pharmacother, 141, 111815. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopha.2021.111815

Zhang, L., Lakkaniga, N. R., Bharate, J. B., McConnell, N., Wang, X., Kharbanda, A., Leung, Y. K., Frett, B., Shah, N. P., & Li, H. Y. (2021). Discovery of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-thiophene derivatives as FLT3 and FLT3 mutants inhibitors for acute myeloid leukemia through structure-based optimization of an NEK2 inhibitor. Eur J Med Chem, 225, 113776. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113776

Zhang, L., Moccia, M., Briggs, D. C., Bharate, J. B., Lakkaniga, N. R., Knowles, P., Yan, W., Tran, P., Kharbanda, A., Wang, X., Leung, Y. K., Frett, B., Santoro, M., McDonald, N. Q., Carlomagno, F., & Li, H. Y. (2022). Discovery of N-Trisubstituted Pyrimidine Derivatives as Type I RET and RET Gatekeeper Mutant Inhibitors with a Novel Kinase Binding Pose. J Med Chem, 65(2), 1536-1551. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c01280

Cell Biology and Physiology

Alhallak, I., Wolter, K. G., Castro Munoz, A., Simmen, F. A., Ward, R. J., Petty, S. A., Li, L. X., & Simmen, R. C. M. (2021). Breast adipose regulation of premenopausal breast epithelial phenotype involves interleukin 10. J Mol Endocrinol, 67(4), 173-188. https://doi.org/10.1530/JME-21-0100

D’Souza, Z., Sumya, F. T., Khakurel, A., & Lupashin, V. (2021). Getting Sugar Coating Right! The Role of the Golgi Trafficking Machinery in Glycosylation. Cells, 10(12). https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10123275

Ferreira, E., Gatrell, L. B., Childress, L., Wu, H., & Porter, R. M. (2021). A Transgenic Rat for Noninvasive Assessment of Chondrogenesis in Vivo. Cartilage, 13(2_suppl), 1720S-1733S. https://doi.org/10.1177/19476035211057243

Khakurel, A., Kudlyk, T., Bonifacino, J. S., & Lupashin, V. V. (2021). The Golgi-associated retrograde protein (GARP) complex plays an essential role in the maintenance of the Golgi glycosylation machinery. Mol Biol Cell, 32(17), 1594-1610. https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E21-04-0169

MacLeod, R. S., Meyer, M. B., Xiong, J., Cawley, K. M., Liu, Y., Onal, M., Benkusky, N. A., Thostenson, J. D., Pike, J. W., & O’Brien, C. A. (2021). Deletion of a putative promoter-proximal Tnfsf11 regulatory region in mice does not alter bone mass or Tnfsf11 expression in vivo. PLoS One, 16(5), e0250974. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250974

Sabol, H. M., Amorim, T., Ashby, C., Halladay, D., Anderson, J., Cregor, M., Sweet, M., Nookaew, I., Kurihara, N., Roodman, G. D., Bellido, T., & Delgado-Calle, J. (In Press). Notch3 signaling between myeloma cells and osteocytes in the tumor niche promotes tumor growth and bone destruction. Neoplasia.

Sabol, H. M., Ferrari, A. J., Adhikari, M., Amorim, T., McAndrews, K., Anderson, J., Vigolo, M., Lehal, R., Cregor, M., Khan, S., Cuevas, P. L., Helms, J. A., Kurihara, N., Srinivasan, V., Ebetino, F. H., Boeckman, R. K., Jr., Roodman, G. D., Bellido, T., & Delgado-Calle, J. (2021). Targeting Notch Inhibitors to the Myeloma Bone Marrow Niche Decreases Tumor Growth and Bone Destruction without Gut Toxicity. Cancer Res, 81(19), 5102-5114. https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-21-0524

Microbiology and Immunology

Bettadapura, M., Roys, H., Bowlin, A., Venugopal, G., Washam, C. L., Fry, L., Murdock, S., Wanjala, H., Byrum, S. D., & Weinkopff, T. (2021). HIF-alpha Activation Impacts Macrophage Function during Murine Leishmania major Infection. Pathogens, 10(12). https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10121584

Crane, S. D., Banerjee, S. K., & Pechous, R. D. (2022). Treatment with Fluticasone Propionate Increases Antibiotic Efficacy during Treatment of Late-Stage Primary Pneumonic Plague. Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 66(1), e0127521. https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.01275-21

Dina Zita, M., Phillips, M. B., Stuart, J. D., Kumarapeli, A. R., Snyder, A. J., Paredes, A., Sridharan, V., Boerma, M., Danthi, P., & Boehme, K. W. (2022). The M2 Gene Is a Determinant of Reovirus-Induced Myocarditis. J Virol, 96(2), e0187921. https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.01879-21

Ghosh, D., & Stumhofer, J. S. (2021). The spleen: “epicenter” in malaria infection and immunity. J Leukoc Biol, 110(4), 753-769. https://doi.org/10.1002/JLB.4RI1020-713R

Oh, C., Verma, A., Hafeez, M., Hogland, B., & Aachoui, Y. (2021). Shigella OspC3 suppresses murine cytosolic LPS sensing. iScience, 24(8), 102910. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.102910

O’Neal, K. A., Latham, L. E., Ntirandekura, E., Foscue, C. L., & Stumhofer, J. S. (2022). ICOS Expression Is Required for Maintenance but Not the Formation of Germinal Centers in the Spleen in Response to Plasmodium yoelii Infection. Infect Immun, 90(3), e0046821. https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.00468-21

Rom, J. S., Beenken, K. E., Ramirez, A. M., Walker, C. M., Echols, E. J., & Smeltzer, M. S. (2021). Limiting protease production plays a key role in the pathogenesis of the divergent clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus LAC and UAMS-1. Virulence, 12(1), 584-600. https://doi.org/10.1080/21505594.2021.1879550

Neuroscience

Childs, G., Odle, A., MacNicol, M., Allensworth, M., Miles, T., Akhter, N., Syed, M., & MacNicol, A. (2021). Leptin: A Metabolic Signal for the Differentiation of Pituitary Cells. In. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.100922

Kane, C. J. M., Douglas, J. C., Rafferty, T., Johnson, J. W., Niedzwiedz-Massey, V. M., Phelan, K. D., Majewska, A. K., & Drew, P. D. (2021). Ethanol modulation of cerebellar neuroinflammation in a postnatal mouse model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. J Neurosci Res, 99(8), 1986-2007. https://doi.org/10.1002/jnr.24797

Mehdi, S. H., Morris, C. A., Lee, J. A., & Yoon, D. (2021). An Improved Animal Model of Multiple Myeloma Bone Disease. Cancers (Basel), 13(17). https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13174277

Morris, C. A., Mehdi, S., Rahman, J., Rosales, P., Lee, S.-O., Huh, D., & Yoon, D. (2021). Herbal Extracts from Lycii Radicis Corex and Achyranthes japonica Prevent Multiple Myeloma. Blood, 138, 4918. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2021-153673

Niedzwiedz-Massey, V. M., Douglas, J. C., Rafferty, T., Kane, C. J. M., & Drew, P. D. (2021). Ethanol effects on cerebellar myelination in a postnatal mouse model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Alcohol, 96, 43-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.alcohol.2021.07.003

Niedzwiedz-Massey, V. M., Douglas, J. C., Rafferty, T., Wight, P. A., Kane, C. J. M., & Drew, P. D. (2021). Ethanol modulation of hippocampal neuroinflammation, myelination, and neurodevelopment in a postnatal mouse model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Neurotoxicol Teratol, 87, 107015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ntt.2021.107015

Pike, A. R., James, G. A., Drew, P. D., & Archer, R. L. (2022). Neuroimaging predictors of longitudinal disability and cognition outcomes in multiple sclerosis patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Mult Scler Relat Disord, 57, 103452. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msard.2021.103452

Pinson, M. R., Holloway, K. N., Douglas, J. C., Kane, C. J. M., Miranda, R. C., & Drew, P. D. (2021). Divergent and overlapping hippocampal and cerebellar transcriptome responses following developmental ethanol exposure during the secondary neurogenic period. Alcohol Clin Exp Res, 45(7), 1408-1423. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.14633

Pathobiology

Wadley, T. D., Moon, S. H., M.S., D., Wanchai, V., Huang, E., Dedon, P., Boysen, G., & Nookaew, I. (2022). Nanopore Sequencing for Detection and Characterization of Phosphorothioate Modifications in Native DNA Sequences. Frontiers in Microbiology, Accepted. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.871937

Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Experimental Therapeutics

Cabanlong, C. V., Russell, L. N., Fantegrossi, W. E., & Prather, P. L. (2022). Metabolites of Synthetic Cannabinoid 5F-MDMB-PINACA Retain Affinity, Act as High Efficacy Agonists and Exhibit Atypical Pharmacodynamic Properties at CB1 Receptors. Toxicol Sci. https://doi.org/10.1093/toxsci/kfac024

Clemens, M. M., Kennon-McGill, S., Vazquez, J. H., Stephens, O. W., Peterson, E. A., Johann, D. J., Allard, F. D., Yee, E. U., McCullough, S. S., James, L. P., Finck, B. N., & McGill, M. R. (2021). Exogenous phosphatidic acid reduces acetaminophen-induced liver injury in mice by activating hepatic interleukin-6 signaling through inter-organ crosstalk. Acta Pharm Sin B, 11(12), 3836-3846. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsb.2021.08.024

McGill, M. R., James, L. P., McCullough, S. S., Moran, J. H., Mathews, S. E., Peterson, E. C., Fleming, D. P., Tripod, M. E., Vazquez, J. H., Kennon-McGill, S., Spencer, H. J., & Dranoff, J. A. (2022). Short-Term Safety of Repeated Acetaminophen Use in Patients With Compensated Cirrhosis. Hepatol Commun, 6(2), 361-373. https://doi.org/10.1002/hep4.1810

Shoeib, A. M., Benson, L. N., Mu, S., MacMillan-Crow, L. A., & Prather, P. L. (2022). Non-Canonical Cannabinoid Receptors with Distinct Binding and Signaling Properties in Prostate and Other Cancer Cell Types Mediate Cell Death. Int J Mol Sci, 23(6). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23063049

Shoeib, A. M., Yarbrough, A. L., Ford, B. M., Franks, L. N., Urbaniak, A., Hensley, L. L., Benson, L. N., Mu, S., Radominska-Pandya, A., & Prather, P. L. (2021). Characterization of cannabinoid receptors expressed in Ewing sarcoma TC-71 and A-673 cells as potential targets for anti-cancer drug development. Life Sci, 285, 119993. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lfs.2021.119993

Tobacyk, J., Grishma, K.C., & MacMillan-Crow, L. A. (2021,). Overexpression of MnSOD Protects against Cold Storage-Induced Mitochondrial Injury but Not against OMA1-Dependent OPA1 Proteolytic Processing in Rat Renal Proximal Tubular Cells. Antioxidants (Basel), 10(8). https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox10081272

Vazquez, J. H., Kennon-McGill, S., Byrum, S. D., Mackintosh, S. G., Jaeschke, H., Williams, D. K., Lee, W. M., Dranoff, J. A., McGill, M. R., & Acute Liver Failure Study, G. (2022). Proteomics Indicates Lactate Dehydrogenase is Prognostic in Acetaminophen-induced Acute Liver Failure Patients and Reveals Altered Signaling Pathways. Toxicol Sci. https://doi.org/10.1093/toxsci/kfac015

Vazquez, J. H., & McGill, M. R. (2021). Redrawing the map to novel DILI biomarkers in circulation: Where are we, where should we go, and how can we get there? Livers, 1(4), 286-293. https://doi.org/10.3390/livers1040022

Health Promotion and Prevention Research

Allison, M. K., Marshall, S. A., Stewart, G., Joiner, M., Nash, C., & Stewart, M. K. (2021). Experiences of Transgender and Gender Nonbinary Patients in the Emergency Department and Recommendations for Health Care Policy, Education, and Practice. J Emerg Med, 61(4), 396-405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2021.04.013

Allison, M. K., Waliski, A., Haynes, T. F., & Marshall, S. A. (2022, Feb 12). Formative evaluation of Zero Suicide in the emergency department: Identifying strategies to overcome implementation barriers. Eval Program Plann, 92, 102050. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2022.102050

Fawcett, K., Martinez, A., Crimmins, M., Sims, C., Borsheim, E., & Andres, A. (2021). Effect of a dietary and exercise intervention in women with overweight and obesity undergoing fertility treatments: protocol for a randomized controlled trial. BMC Nutr, 7(1), 51.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40795-021-00454-y

Health Systems and Services Research

Fletcher, J., Stewart, M. K., Fountain, S., Davis, A. H., Cottoms, N., Adams, B., Adesoba, T., Felix, H., & Chung, T. (2022). Knowledge and Attitudes of Potential Community Health Worker Employers: Findings from the State of Arkansas, USA. J Community Health, 47(2), 298-305. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-021-01043-7

Schuldt, R. F., Lallier, A., Chen, H. F., & Tilford, J. M. (In Press). Geographic Variation in Medicare Home Health Expenditure. American Journal of Managed Care.

MD/PhD Program

MacLeod, R. S., Meyer, M. B., Xiong, J., Cawley, K. M., Liu, Y., Onal, M., Benkusky, N. A., Thostenson, J. D., Pike, J. W., & O’Brien, C. A. (2021). Deletion of a putative promoter-proximal Tnfsf11 regulatory region in mice does not alter bone mass or Tnfsf11 expression in vivo. PLoS One, 16(5), e0250974. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250974

Nursing Science

Evans, S., Green, A., Roberson, A., Webb, T., & Edwards, C. (2021). Implementing a Watcher Program to Improve Timeliness of Recognition of Deterioration in Hospitalized Children. J Pediatr Nurs, 61, 151-156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2021.05.011

Montgomery, T., Webb, T. R., Grimes, E., Akinradewo, A., & Patton, L. (2022). Diversity Practices for Hiring the New Graduate Nurse. J Nurs Adm, 52(4), 228-233. https://doi.org/10.1097/NNA.0000000000001136

Patton, L. J., Garcia, M., Young, V., Bradfield, C., Gosdin, A., Chen, P., Webb, T., & Tidwell, J. (2022). Exploring nurse beliefs and perceived readiness for system wide integration of evidence based practice in a large pediatric health care system. J Pediatr Nurs, 63, 46-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2021.12.018

Pharmaceutical Evaluation and Policy

Acharya, M., Chopra, D., Smith, A. M., Fritz, J. M., & Martin, B. C. (2022). Associations Between Early Chiropractic Care and Physical Therapy on Subsequent Opioid Use Among Persons with Low Back Pain in Arkansas: A retrospective cohort study   Journal of Chiropractic Medicine(In Press).

Acharya, M., Kim, T., & Li, C. (2021). Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic Use and Disease Progression in Early-Stage Melanoma Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Cancers (Basel), 13(17). https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13174367

Callaway, K., Lakkad, M., Painter, J. T., Dayer, L., & Oswalt, A. K. (2021). The Impact of Continuous Infusion Compared to Intravenous Bolus Administration of Pantoprazole on Length of Intensive Care Unit Stay in Critically Ill Patients. J Pharm Pract, 8971900211036096. https://doi.org/10.1177/08971900211036096

Chopra, D., Li, C., Painter, J. T., Bona, J. P., Nookaew, I., & Martin, B. C. (2021). Characteristics and Network Influence of Providers Involved in the Treatment of Patients With Chronic Back, Neck or Joint Pain in Arkansas. J Pain, 22(12), 1681-1695. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2021.06.002

Hayes, C. J., Krebs, E. E., Brown, J., Li, C., Hudson, T., & Martin, B. C. (2021). Association Between Pain Intensity and Discontinuing Opioid Therapy or Transitioning to Intermittent Opioid Therapy After Initial Long-Term Opioid Therapy: A Retrospective Cohort Study. J Pain, 22(12), 1709-1721. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2021.05.008

Hayes, C. J., Krebs, E. E., Brown, J., Li, C., Hudson, T., & Martin, B. C. (2022). Impact of transitioning from long-term to intermittent opioid therapy on the development of opioid-related adverse outcomes: A retrospective cohort study. Drug Alcohol Depend, 231, 109236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.109236

Li, C., Najarian, M., & Halpern, M. T. (2022). Impact of Medicaid expansion and state-level racial diversity on breast cancer endocrine therapy prescriptions: A quasi-experimental, comparative interrupted time series study. Journal of Cancer Policy, 31, 100317. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpo.2021.100317

Mahashabde, R., & Li, C. (2021). Nonelderly Adult Cancer Survivors in High Deductible Health Plan: Healthcare Expenditure, Utilization and Access. Healthcare (Basel), 9(9). https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9091090

Pandit, A. A., Bhandari, N. R., Khalil, M. I., Kamel, M. H., Davis, R., & Payakachat, N. (2022). Evaluating health-related quality of life as a prognostic tool for overall survival in routine cancer care for older patients with bladder cancer: A US based study. Urol Oncol, 40(1), 11 e11-11 e18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urolonc.2021.09.012

Pharmaceutical Sciences

Ntagwabira, F., Trujillo, M., McElroy, T., Brown, T., Simmons, P., Sykes, D., & Allen, A. R. (2022). Piperlongumine as a Neuro-Protectant in Chemotherapy Induced Cognitive Impairment. Int J Mol Sci, 23(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23042008

Pal, S., Rahman, J., Mu, S., Rusch, N. J., & Stolarz, A. J. (2022). Drug-Related Lymphedema: Mysteries, Mechanisms, and Potential Therapies. Front Pharmacol, 13, 850586. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2022.850586

Saha, D., Ryan, K. R., Lakkaniga, N. R., Acharya, B., Garcia, N. G., Smith, E. L., & Frett, B. (2021). Targeting Rearranged during Transfection in Cancer: A Perspective on Small-Molecule Inhibitors and Their Clinical Development. J Med Chem, 64(16), 11747-11773. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c02167 Trujillo, M., McElroy, T., Brown, T., Simmons, P., Ntagwabira, F., & Allen, A. R. (2021). Combined Mechanical and Enzymatic Dissociation of Mouse Brain Hippocampal Tissue. J Vis Exp(176). https://doi.org/10.3791/63007

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