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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. Chen Y, Zheng Y, Zhao L, Gao T, Qu Y, Carr JJ, Terry JG, Ning H, Kim K, Long MT  et al.  Cumulative lipid exposure in young adulthood and risk of midlife MASLD.  JHEP Rep  2026 Mar;8(3):101679. pii:101679
  2. Zhang X, Zhao L, Zhang K, Vlahov D, Chen Y, Hsing A, Nguyen MH, McGlynn KA, Taddei T, Hou L  et al.  Social determinants disadvantage score and liver health in the All of Us Research Program.  Eur J Epidemiol  2026 Feb;41(2):207-216. doi:10.1007/s10654-025-01358-y
  3. Chen Y, Zhao L, Mezzacappa C, Steffen LM, Carr JJ, Gao T, Terry JG, Qu Y, Bae S, Taddei T  et al.  Association of Change in Healthy Lifestyle in Early Adulthood With Steatotic Liver Disease Risk in Midlife.  Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol  2026 Jan 29;. pii:S1542-3565(26)00047-9
  4. Zhang X, Vasan S, Zheng C, Prentice RL, Navarro SL, Tinker L, Raftery D, Gowda GAN, Van Horn L, Sun Y  et al.  Calibrated Dietary Patterns and Cancer Risk in the Women's Health Initiative Cohorts.  Am J Epidemiol  2025 Dec 02;. pii:kwaf259
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. Sheldon SH, Owens J  Sleep in the first 1,800 days of life: a critical factor in health and development that deserves more attention.  Front Sleep  2024;3:1440677. pii:1440677
  16. 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
  17. 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

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