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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics

Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine Publications

Below are recent PubMed publications by faculty members in the Division of Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

  1. Heffernan ME, Barrera L, Jones M, Hayes A, Roldan M, Wright M, McGarry ME, Ross LF, McColley SA  The Newborn Screening Experience of Caregivers of Children With Cystic Fibrosis in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Survey.  Pediatr Pulmonol  2025 May;60(5):e71110. doi:10.1002/ppul.71110
  2. Zhang X, Yin X, Yap ML, Li Q, Huang L, Liu Y, Zhou B, Li Z, Zhao Y, Sun J  et al.  Effect of sodium-reduced potassium-enriched salt substitutes on stomach cancer: the Salt Substitute and Stroke Study (SSaSS).  BMC Med  2025 Apr 23;23(1):236. pii:236
  3. Zhang X, Brody JA, Graff M, Highland HM, Chami N, Xu H, Wang Z, Ferrier KR, Chittoor G, Josyula NS  et al.  Whole genome sequencing analysis of body mass index identifies novel African ancestry-specific risk allele.  Nat Commun  2025 Apr 11;16(1):3470. pii:3470
  4. Zhang X, Scadden AW, Marthi A, Buchanan VL, Qu Y, Ferrier KR, Chen BD, Graff M, Avila J, Boerwinkle E  et al.  Alterations in DNA Methylation, Proteomic, and Metabolomic Profiles in African Ancestry Populations with APOL1 Risk Alleles.  J Am Soc Nephrol  2025 Apr 07;36(8):1490-1504. doi:10.1681/ASN.0000000688
  5. McGarry ME, Raraigh KS, Farrell P, Shropshire F, Padding K, White C, Dorley MC, Hicks S, Ren CL, Tullis K  et al.  Cystic Fibrosis Newborn Screening: A Systematic Review-Driven Consensus Guideline from the United States Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.  Int J Neonatal Screen  2025 Apr 02;11(2). pii:24
  6. McColley SA  Global Representation Matters: Publishing Innovations to Support Authors From Less Resourced Environments.  Pediatr Pulmonol  2025 Mar;60 Suppl 1:S111-S113. doi:10.1002/ppul.27445
  7. Campos MA, Riha IA, Zhang C, Mozes C, Scheidt KA, Zhang X  Discovery of DCAF16 Binders for Targeted Protein Degradation.  ACS Chem Biol  2025 Feb 21;20(2):479-488. doi:10.1021/acschembio.4c00799
  8. Riha IA, Campos MA, Jin X, Wang FY, Zhang C, Dunne SF, Cravatt BF, Zhang X  Exploiting the DCAF16-SPIN4 interaction to identify DCAF16 ligands for PROTAC development.  RSC Med Chem  2025 Feb 19;16(2):892-906. doi:10.1039/d4md00681j
  9. Zhang C, Zhou C, Magassa A, Jin X, Fang D, Zhang X  A platform for mapping reactive cysteines within the immunopeptidome.  Nat Commun  2024 Nov 08;15(1):9698. pii:9698
  10. Foster C, Võ HH, Shah AV  A call to action: An urgent need for national efforts to expand access to pediatric home healthcare.  Pediatr Pulmonol  2024 Nov;59(11):2724-2725. doi:10.1002/ppul.27127
  11. Zhang X, Duan S, Apostolou PE, Wu X, Watanabe J, Gallitto M, Barron T, Taylor KR, Woo PJ, Hua X  et al.  CHD2 Regulates Neuron-Glioma Interactions in Pediatric Glioma.  Cancer Discov  2024 Sep 04;14(9):1732-1754. doi:10.1158/2159-8290.CD-23-0012
  12. Zhang X, Blackwell CK, Moore J, Liu SH, Liu C, Forrest CB, Ganiban J, Stroustrup A, Aschner JL, Trasande L  et al.  Associations between neighborhood characteristics and child well-being before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A repeated cross-sectional study in the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program.  Environ Res  2024 Jul 01;252(Pt 1):118765. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2024.118765
  13. Foster CC, Kaat AJ, Shah AV, Hodgson CA, Hird-McCorry LP, Janus A, Swanson P, Massey LF, De Sonia A, Cella D  et al.  Codesign of remote data collection for chronic management of pediatric home mechanical ventilation.  Pediatr Pulmonol  2023 Dec;58(12):3416-3427. doi:10.1002/ppul.26665
  14. Palla JB, Laguna TA  Health inequities in the modulator era.  Curr Opin Pulm Med  2023 Nov 01;29(6):626-633. doi:10.1097/MCP.0000000000001005
  15. Martiniano SL, Wu R, Farrell PM, Ren CL, Sontag MK, Elbert A, McColley SA  Late Diagnosis in the Era of Universal Newborn Screening Negatively Affects Short- and Long-Term Growth and Health Outcomes in Infants with Cystic Fibrosis.  J Pediatr  2023 Nov;262:113595. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113595
  16. Zhou Z, Zhang Y, Tan C, Zhang J, Yi G, Wang B, Li Y, Lu H, Lu W, Zhang X  The long non-coding RNA BBOX1 antisense RNA 1 is upregulated in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and suppresses the role of microRNA-19b in the proliferation of ovarian granulose cells : Short title: BBOX1 antisense RNA 1 in cell proliferation.  BMC Womens Health  2023 Sep 21;23(1):508. pii:508
  17. Zhang X, Brody JA, Graff M, Highland HM, Chami N, Xu H, Wang Z, Ferrier K, Chittoor G, Josyula NS  et al.  WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING ANALYSIS OF BODY MASS INDEX IDENTIFIES NOVEL AFRICAN ANCESTRY-SPECIFIC RISK ALLELE.  medRxiv  2023 Aug 22;. pii:2023.08.21.23293271
  18. Heffernan ME, Barrera L, Guzman ZR, Golbeck E, Jedraszko AM, Hays PT, Herzog KA, D'Aquila RT, Ison MG, McColley SA  Barriers and facilitators to recruitment of underrepresented research participants: Perspectives of clinical research coordinators.  J Clin Transl Sci  2023;7(1):e193. pii:e193
  19. Ingram DG, Sheldon SH  Pediatric sleep medicine: growing up as a field.  Sleep  2023 Jul 11;46(7). pii:zsad066
  20. Zhang X, Young C, Liao XH, Refetoff S, Torres M, Tomer Y, Stefan-Lifshitz M, Zhang H, Larkin D, Fang D  et al.  Perturbation of endoplasmic reticulum proteostasis triggers tissue injury in the thyroid gland.  JCI Insight  2023 Jun 22;8(12). pii:e169937
  21. Savant AP, McColley SA  Cystic fibrosis year in review 2019: Section 3 multisystem-based care and research.  Pediatr Pulmonol  2023 Mar;58(3):697-703. doi:10.1002/ppul.25158
  22. Savant AP, McColley SA  Cystic fibrosis year in review 2019: Section 2 pulmonary disease and infections.  Pediatr Pulmonol  2023 Mar;58(3):672-682. doi:10.1002/ppul.25091
  23. O'Connor JB, Wagner BD, Harris JK, Frank DN, Clabots DE, Laguna TA  Detection and identification of fungi in the lower airway of children with and without cystic fibrosis.  Front Microbiol  2023;14:1119703. pii:1119703
  24. McGarry ME, Ren CL, Wu R, Farrell PM, McColley SA  Detection of disease-causing CFTR variants in state newborn screening programs.  Pediatr Pulmonol  2023 Feb;58(2):465-474. doi:10.1002/ppul.26209
  25. LeCroy MN, Potter LN, Bandeen-Roche K, Bianco ME, Cappola AR, Carter EB, Dayan PS, Eckstrom E, Edwards DF, Farabi SS  et al.  Barriers to and solutions for representative inclusion across the lifespan and in life course research: The need for structural competency highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic.  J Clin Transl Sci  2023;7(1):e38. pii:e38
  26. Heard-Garris NJ, Brown JF, Ewulonu UC, Goel MS, Gordon AS, Henley C, Khan SS, Smith SM, McColley SA  Anti-racist strategies for clinical and translational research: Design, implementation, and lessons learned from a new course.  J Clin Transl Sci  2023;7(1):e26. pii:e26
  27. McColley SA, Martiniano SL, Ren CL, Sontag MK, Rychlik K, Balmert L, Elbert A, Wu R, Farrell PM  Disparities in first evaluation of infants with cystic fibrosis since implementation of newborn screening.  J Cyst Fibros  2023 Jan;22(1):89-97. doi:10.1016/j.jcf.2022.07.010

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