Faculty Publications Dec. 19-Jan. 2

This week’s edition of Faculty Publications includes Cedars-Sinai studies that were published Dec. 19, 2024 to Jan. 2, 2025. If you have a published paper from this period that does not appear on this list, please contact Sue Marone.

Cedars-Sinai in the News

What to Eat For an Upset Stomach | Consumer Reports
Mark Pimentel, MD 

Report Says 15M Americans Face Increased Risk of Heart Failure—Here are the Factors to Look out For | Health 
Michele Hamilton, MD 

Managing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome if You Have ATTR-CM | Everyday Health
Michelle Kittleson, MD, PhD

Study Finds Women Gain More From Exercise Than Men | CBS News Chicago
Martha Gulati, MD

Is There a 9-Month Sleep Regression? | What to Expect
Kyle Monk, MD

Cedars-Sinai to Receive $6M for Eye Research | Beverly Press/Park LaBrea News
Curtis L. Cetrulo Jr., MD; and Cristina Ferrone, MD

Mail-Order Stool Testing for IBD Favorable to Patients | MedPage Today 
Ali Rezaie, MD

Novel Therapies And Combinations Augment Melanoma Treatment Arsenal | Oncology Live 
Omid Hamid, MD

Proteins in Plasma Linked to MI, Especially for Women | Medscape
Martha Gulati, MD

Telehealth Pathway for IBD Surgery Expanded Access to Care in Small Study | MedPage Today
Ali Rezaie, MD

Faculty Publications

Biomedical Sciences

Problematic Smartphone Use in a Representative Sample of US Adults: Prevalence and Predictors. Rochat, Lucien, Germano Vera Cruz, Elias Aboujaoude, Robert Courtois, Farah Ben Brahim, Riaz Khan, and Yasser Khazaal. Addictive Behaviors 162 (December): 108228.

Relationship Between Coronary Artery Calcium Score and Vulnerability of Culprit Plaque Assessed by OCT in Patients With Established Coronary Artery Disease. Fujimoto, Daichi, Eisuke Usui, Rocco Vergallo, Daisuke Kinoshita, Keishi Suzuki, Takayuki Niida, Marco Covani, Iris McNulty, Hang Lee, Hiromasa Otake, Junya Shite, Maros Ferencik, Damini Dey, Tsunekazu Kakuta, and Ik-Kyung Jang. Circulation. Cardiovascular Imaging, December, e017099.

Patterns of Diuretic Titration During Inpatient Management of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure. Bullock, Griffin, Joshua A. Jacobs, Jessica R. Carey, Irene Z. Pan, M. Shea Kinsey, Konstantinos Sideris, Chris J. Kapelios, Josef Stehlik, James C. Fang, Sandeep Das, and Spencer J. Carter. American Heart Journal, December, S0002-8703(24)00339-9.

Altered Chromatin Landscape and 3D Interactions Associated With Primary Constitutional MLH1 Epimutations. Climent-Cantó, Paula, Marc Subirana-Granés, Mireia Ramos-Rodríguez, Estela Dámaso, Fátima Marín, Covadonga Vara, Beatriz Pérez-González, Helena Raurell, Elisabet Munté, José Luis Soto, Ángel Alonso, GiWon Shin, Hanlee Ji, Megan Hitchins, Gabriel Capellá, Lorenzo Pasquali, and Marta Pineda. Clinical Epigenetics 16 (1): 193.

Phenotyping Atherosclerotic Plaque and Perivascular Adipose Tissue: Signalling Pathways and Clinical Biomarkers in Atherosclerosis. Grodecki, Kajetan, Jolien Geers, Jacek Kwiecinski, Andrew Lin, Leandro Slipczuk, Piotr J. Slomka, Marc R. Dweck, Nitesh Nerlekar, Michelle C. Williams, Daniel Berman, Thomas Marwick, David E. Newby, and Damini Dey. Nature Reviews. Cardiology, January.

A Truncated Isoform of Connexin43 Caps Actin to Organize Forward Delivery of Full-Length Connexin43. Baum, Rachel, Vu D. Nguyen, Mario Maalouf, Daisuke Shimura, Miriam Waghalter, Sargis Srapyan, Qianru Jin, Lucas Kuzmanovich, Adelaide T. Gaffney, Bridger R. Bell, Shaohua Xiao, Joseph A. Palatinus, André G. Kléber, Elena E. Grintsevich, TingTing Hong, and Robin M. Shaw. The Journal of Cell Biology 224 (3): e202402112.

A Framework for Sharing of Clinical and Genetic Data for Precision Medicine Applications. Elhussein, Ahmed, Ulugbek Baymuradov, NYGC ALS Consortium, Noémie Elhadad, Karthik Natarajan, and Gamze Gürsoy. Nature Medicine 30 (12): 3578–89.

Cardiac Surgery

Making a Konno Even Easier. Emerson, Dominic, and Richard W. Kim. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, December, S0003-4975(24)01109-3. h

Mixed Cardiogenic-Vasodilatory Shock: Current Insights and Future Directions. Jentzer, Jacob C., David D. Berg, Meshe D. Chonde, Garima Dahiya, Andrea Elliott, Penelope Rampersad, Shashank S. Sinha, Alexander G. Truesdell, Seife Yohannes, and Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula. JACC. Advances 4 (1): 101432.

Adopting Robotic Mitral Repair: For Whom by Who? Tam, Derrick Y., Shruthi Nammalwar, and Alfredo Trento. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, December, S0003-4975(24)01123-8.

Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting is Overutilized. Razavi, Allen A., Jad Malas, Aminah Salam, Dominic A. Emerson, and Michael E. Bowdish. Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, December, S1043-0679(24)00121-7

Alcohol-Induced Gut Microbial Reorganization and Associated Overproduction of Phenylacetylglutamine Promotes Cardiovascular Disease. Li, Zhen, Min Gu, Aline Zaparte, Xiaoming Fu, Kala Mahen, Marko Mrdjen, Xinmin S. Li, Zhihong Yang, Jing Ma, Themis Thoudam, Kristina Chandler, Maggie Hesler, Laura Heathers, Kiersten Gorse, Thanh Trung Van, David Wong, Aaron M. Gibson, Zeneng Wang, Christopher M. Taylor, Pearl Quijada, Catherine A. Makarewich, Stanley L. Hazen, Suthat Liangpunsakul, J. Mark Brown, David J. Lefer, David A. Welsh, and Thomas E. Sharp. Nature Communications 15 (1): 10788.

Cardiology

Impact of Valve Sizing and Positioning on Expansion and Hemodynamics in Redo TAVR With SAPIEN 3. Travieso, Alejandro, Syed Zaid, Bjarne Linde Nørgaard, Matjaz Bunc, Hasan Jilaihawi, Vinayak N. Bapat, Gilbert H. L. Tang, and Ole De Backer. JACC. Cardiovascular Interventions, November, S1936-8798(24)01530-9.

Performance of Clinical Scoring Systems in the Diagnosis of Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy in a Diverse Patient Cohort. Greenberg, Garred S., Chinwendu Onuegbu, Carlos Espiche, Andrea Scotti, Paul Ippolito, Henry Dwaah, Jake Gilman, James Tauras, Aldo L. Schenone, Piotr J. Slomka, Michelle M. Kittleson, Marcelo F. Di Carli, Mario J. Garcia, Mark Travin, and Leandro Slipczuk. Journal of Cardiac Failure, December, S1071-9164(24)00973-4.

Silencing PADI-2 Induces Antitumor Effects by Downregulating NF-κB, Nrf2/HO-1 and AKT1 in A549 Lung Cancer Cells. Sadiq, Alia, Peter Chen, and Justyna Fert-Bober. International Immunopharmacology 146 (December): 113830.

First Comparison Between Artificial Intelligence-Guided Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography Versus Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography Testing for Ischemia in Clinical Practice. Cho, Geoffrey W., Sammy Sayed, Zoee D’Costa, Daniel W. Karlsberg, and Ronald P. Karlsberg. Coronary Artery Disease, December.

Accurate Diagnosis of Ischemic Heart Disease Without Exposure to Radiation Using Non-Stress Unshielded Magnetocardiography. Tolstrup, Kirsten, Massoud Akhtari, Donatella Brisinda, Anna M. Meloni, Robert J. Siegel, and Riccardo Fenici. American Heart Journal Plus: Cardiology Research and Practice 49 (January): 100483.

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approach to the Major Secondary Causes of Arterial Hypertension in Young Adults: A Narrative Review. Munoz-Moreno, Juan Manuel, Norma Nicole Gamarra-Valverde, Gabriela Muedas-Porras, Milagros Nombera-Aznarán, Fabián Aguilar-Figueroa, and Martha Gulati. Cardiology in Review, October.

Impact of Baseline Hypoalbuminemia on Long-Term Survival Following Acute Myocardial Infarction According to Body Mass Index. Shechter, Alon, Shani Dahan, Arthur Shiyovich, Harel Gilutz, and Ygal Plakht. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease 11 (12): 378.

Causes of Death Following Coronary Revascularization in Patients With Diabetes. Godoy, Lucas C., Valentin Fuster, Louai Razzouk, George Dangas, Sanjum S. Sethi, Mandeep S. Sidhu, Alfredo E. Rodriguez, Scott D. Solomon, and Michael E. Farkouh. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, December, S0003-4975(24)01119-6.

Intravenous and Oral Administration of the Synthetic RNA Drug, TY1, Reverses Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction in Mice. Miyamoto, Kazutaka, Xaviar M. Jones, Shukuro Yamaguchi, Alessandra Ciullo, Chang Li, Joshua Godoy Coto, Kara Tsi, Jessica Anderson, Ashley Morris, Eduardo Marbán, and Ahmed Gamal-Eldin Ibrahim. Basic Research in Cardiology, December.

K+ Currents in Ventricular Cardiomyocytes of p.N98S-Calmodulin Mutant Mice. Guo, Shuai, Andy Hudmon, Firoj K. Sahoo, Madeleine R. Motes, Wen-Chin Tsai, Peng-Sheng Chen, and Michael Rubart. American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology, December.

Optimal Medical Therapy Versus Septal Reduction Therapy: Progress, Limitations, and Need for RCT. Beloy, Francis Joshua, Jillian Reeze Medina, Ralf Martz Sulague, and Jacques Kpodonu. JACC. Advances 4 (1): 101412.

Computational Biomedicine

Named Entity Recognition for De-Identifying Spanish Electronic Health Records. Moreno-Barea, Francisco J., Guillermo López-García, Héctor Mesa, Nuria Ribelles, Emilio Alba, José M. Jerez, and Francisco J. Veredas. Computers in Biology and Medicine 185 (December): 109576.

Distinct Network Patterns Emerge From Cartesian and XOR Epistasis Models: A Comparative Network Science Analysis. Sha, Zhendong, Philip J. Freda, Priyanka Bhandary, Attri Ghosh, Nicholas Matsumoto, Jason H. Moore, and Ting Hu. BioData Mining 17 (1): 61.

Polygenic Score Distribution Differences Across European Ancestry Populations: Implications for Breast Cancer Risk Prediction. Yiangou, Kristia, Nasim Mavaddat, Joe Dennis, Maria Zanti, Qin Wang, Manjeet K. Bolla, Mustapha Abubakar, Thomas U. Ahearn, Irene L. Andrulis, Hoda Anton-Culver, Natalia N. Antonenkova, Volker Arndt, Kyriaki Michailidou, et al. Breast Cancer Research: BCR 26 (1): 189.

Rapid Identification and Phenotyping of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Patients Using a Machine-Based Approach in Diverse Healthcare Systems. Basile, Anna O., Anurag Verma, Leigh Anne Tang, Marina Serper, Andrew Scanga, Ava Farrell, Brittney Destin, Rotonya M. Carr, Anuli Anyanwu-Ofili, Gunaretnam Rajagopal, Abraham Krikhely, Marc Bessler, Muredach P. Reilly, Marylyn D. Ritchie, Nicholas P. Tatonetti, and Julia Wattacheril. Clinical and Translational Science 18 (1): e70105.

Imaging

Conventional Radiography for the Assessment of Focal Bone Lesions of the Appendicular Skeleton: Fundamental Concepts in the Modern Imaging Era. Matcuk, George R., Leah E. Waldman, Brandon K. K. Fields, Marco Colangeli, Marco Palmas, Alberto Righi, Giacomo Filonzi, Amandine Crombé, and Paolo Spinnato. Skeletal Radiology, December.

Editorial: Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Applications for the Imaging of Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors. Fields, Brandon K. K., Bino A. Varghese, and George R. Matcuk. Frontiers in Radiology 4: 1523389.

Two-Year Outcomes From the Cook IVC Filter (CIVC) Study. Van Allan, Richard J., Bob Smouse, Richard G. McWilliams, Jennifer A. Brown, John A. Kaufman, Edem Segbefia, and Robert J. Feezor. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology: JVIR, December, S1051-0443(24)01375-7.

Medicine

Progress and Gaps in Respiratory Disease Research and Treatment: Highlights of the IRM 2024 in Shanghai. Zhang, Jin-San, Qhaweni Dhlamini, Qiang Guo, Meiyu Quan, Jin Wu, Handeng Lyu, Lei Chong, Yuqing Lv, Yuting Lin, Bin Zhou, Yuru Liu, Honglong Ji, Xinhua Lin, Wen Ning, Pengfei Sui, Huaiyong Chen, Peisong Gao, Wei Chen, Xiaobo Zhou, Yuanlin Song, Chaoqun Wang, Xiao Su, Jinfu Xu, Jie Sun, Yin Chen, Yan Geng, Hai Song, Hongbin Ji, Yuanpu Peter Di, Hao Tang, Chao Lu, Jinghong Li, Ke Cheng, Mengshu Cao, Jiurong Liang, Yingze Zhang, Yang Zhou, Ying Xi, Weining Xiong, Bin Cao, Jianwen Que, and Dianhua Jiang. Journal of Respiratory Biology and Translational Medicine 1 (4): 10021.

Approaching Hypercalcemia in Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance: Insights From the iStopMM Study. Jónsdóttir, Ástrún Helga, Helga Ágústa Sigurjónsdóttir, Sigrun Thorsteinsdottir, Thorir Einarsson Long, Ingigerður Sólveig Sverrisdóttir, Elias Eythorsson, Jon Thorir Oskarsson, Runólfur Pálsson, Olafur Skuli Indridason, Bryjnar Vidarsson, Pall T. Onundarson, Isleifur Olafsson, Ingunn Þorsteinsdóttir, Bjarni A. Agnarsson, Margret Sigurdardottir, Asbjorn Jonsson, Malin L. Hultcrantz, Brian G. M. Durie, Stephen Harding, Carl Ola Landgren, Thorvardur Jon Love, Sigurdur Yngvi Kristinsson, and Sæmundur Rögnvaldsson. Blood, December, blood.2024025624.

Eleven Grand Challenges for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics and Genomics. Gibson, Greg, John D. Rioux, Judy H. Cho, Talin Haritunians, Akshaya Thoutam, Maria T. Abreu, Steven R. Brant, Subra Kugathasan, Jacob L. McCauley, Mark Silverberg, and Dermot McGovern. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, December, izae269.

Increased Mortality From Alcohol Use Disorder, Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease, and Liver Cancer From Alcohol Among Older Adults in the United States: 2000 to 2021. Danpanichkul, Pojsakorn, Kwanjit Duangsonk, Ethan Kai Jun Tham, Primrose Tothanarungroj, Thanida Auttapracha, Vitchapong Prasitsumrit, Benedix Sim, Daniel Tung, Romelia Barba, Robert J. Wong, Lorenzo Leggio, Ju Dong Yang, Vincent L. Chen, Mazen Noureddin, Luis Antonio Díaz, Juan Pablo Arab, Karn Wijarnpreecha, and Suthat Liangpunsakul. Alcohol, Clinical & Experimental Research, December.

SARS-CoV-2 ORF8 Drives Osteoclastogenesis in Preexisting Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases. Melano, Ivonne, Tamiris Azamor, Camila Cs Caetano, Nikki M. Meyer, Chineme Onwubueke, Anabelle Visperas, Débora Familiar-Macedo, Gielenny M. Salem, Brandy-Lee Soos, Cassandra M. Calabrese, Youn Jung Choi, Shuyang Chen, Younho Choi, Xianfang Wu, Zilton Vasconcelos, Suzy Aa Comhair, Karin Nielsen-Saines, Leonard H. Calabrese, M. Elaine Husni, Jae U. Jung, Nicolas S. Piuzzi, Suan-Sin Foo, and Weiqiang Chen. JCI Insight 9 (24): e178820.

Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance and the Risk of Thrombotic Events: Results From iStopMM, a Prospective Population-Based Screening Study. Rögnvaldsson, Sæmundur, Alessandro Gasparini, Sigrun Thorsteinsdottir, Ingigerdur Sverrisdottir, Elias Eythorsson, Thorir Einarsson Long, Robert Palmason, Brynjar Vidarsson, Pall Torfi Onundarson, Bjarni A. Agnarsson, Margret Sigurdardottir, Isleifur Olafsson, Ingunn Thorsteinsdottir, Jon Thorir Oskarsson, Asbjorn Jonsson, Runolfur Palsson, Olafur Skuli Indriðason, Andri Olafsson, Malin Hultcrantz, Brian G. M. Durie, Stephen Harding, Ola Landgren, Thorvardur Jon Love, and Sigurdur Yngvi Kristinsson. British Journal of Haematology, December.

Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Updates on Epidemiology, Surveillance, Diagnosis and Treatment. Hwang, Soo Young, Pojsakorn Danpanichkul, Vatche Agopian, Neil Mehta, Neehar D. Parikh, Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, Amit G. Singal, and Ju Dong Yang. Clinical and Molecular Hepatology, December.

Vibration-Controlled Transient Elastography in Shaping the Epidemiology and Management of Steatotic Liver Disease. Zhou, Xiao-Dong, Terry Cheuk-Fung Yip, Daniel Q. Huang, Mark Dhinesh Muthiah, Mazen Noureddin, and Ming-Hua Zheng. Clinical and Molecular Hepatology, December.

The Role of Exercise in Steatotic Liver Diseases: An Updated Perspective. Alabdul Razzak, Iyiad, Ahmed Fares, Jonathan G. Stine, and Hirsh D. Trivedi. Liver International, 45 (1): e16220.

Alzheimers Association Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnostic Evaluation, Testing, Counseling, and Disclosure of Suspected Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders (DETeCD-ADRD): Executive Summary of Recommendations for Primary Care. Atri, Alireza, Bradford C. Dickerson, Carolyn Clevenger, Jason Karlawish, David Knopman, Pei-Jung Lin, Mary Norman, Chiadi Onyike, Mary Sano, Susan Scanland, and Maria Carrillo. Alzheimers & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimers Association, December.

The Alzheimers Association Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnostic Evaluation, Testing, Counseling, and Disclosure of Suspected Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders (DETeCD-ADRD): Validated Clinical Assessment Instruments. Atri, Alireza, Bradford C. Dickerson, Carolyn Clevenger, Jason Karlawish, David Knopman, Pei-Jung Lin, Mary Norman, Chiadi Onyike, Mary Sano, Susan Scanland, and Maria Carrillo. Alzheimers & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimers Association, December.

The Alzheimer’s Association Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnostic Evaluation, Testing, Counseling, and Disclosure of Suspected Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders (DETeCD-ADRD): Executive Summary of Recommendations for Specialty Care. Dickerson, Bradford C., Alireza Atri, Carolyn Clevenger, Jason Karlawish, David Knopman, Pei-Jung Lin, Mary Norman, Chiadi Onyike, Mary Sano, Susan Scanland, and Maria Carrillo. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, December.

Intermittent Fasting as a Treatment for Obesity in Young People: A Scoping Review. Bakhsh, Jomanah, Sarah-Jeanne Salvy, and Alaina P. Vidmar. Npj Metabolic Health and Disease 2 (1): 39.

NRF-1 Transcription Factor Regulates Expression of an Innate Immunity Checkpoint, CD47, During Melanomagenesis. Makwana, Kuldeep, Edwin J. Velazquez, Diego M. Marzese, Bethany Smith, Neil A. Bhowmick, Mark B. Faries, Omid Hamid, and Alexander D. Boiko. Frontiers in Immunology 15: 1495032.

PEG-Polymeric Nanocarriers Alleviate the Immunosuppressive Effects of Free 4-Thiazolidinone-Based Chemotherapeutics on T Lymphocyte Function and Cytokine Production. Tulinska, Jana, Lesya Kobylinska, Miroslava Lehotska Mikusova, Julia Babincova, Natalia Mitina, Eva Rollerova, Aurelia Liskova, Nikola Madrova, Radka Alacova, Alexander Zaichenko, Roman Lesyk, Mira Horvathova, Michaela Szabova, Norbert Lukan, and Sandor Vari. International Journal of Nanomedicine 19: 14021–41.

The Human Zinc-Binding Cysteine Proteome. Burger, Nils, Melanie J. Mittenbühler, Haopeng Xiao, Sanghee Shin, Shelley M. Wei, Erik K. Henze, Sebastian Schindler, Sepideh Mehravar, David M. Wood, Jonathan J. Petrocelli, Yizhi Sun, Hans-Georg Sprenger, Pedro Latorre-Muro, Amanda L. Smythers, Luiz H. M. Bozi, Narek Darabedian, Yingde Zhu, Hyuk-Soo Seo, Sirano Dhe-Paganon, Jianwei Che, and Edward T. Chouchani. Cell, December, S0092-8674(24)01341-2.

Targeting Senescent Cells for the Treatment of Age-Associated Diseases. Suda, Masayoshi, Tamar Tchkonia, James L. Kirkland, and Tohru Minamino. Journal of Biochemistry, December, mvae091.

Operation Polypharmacy: A Pharmacist-Led Ambulatory Care Clinic Design and Evaluation for Older Patients. Tantipinichwong, Nicha, and Michelle S. Keller. Scientific Reports 14 (1): 31719.

Lipid-Delivery System Could Treat Life-Threatening Pregnancy Complication. Thadhani, Ravi, and S. Ananth Karumanchi. Nature, December.

Neurology

Chronic Active Lesions in Multiple Sclerosis: Classification, Terminology, and Clinical Significance. Dal-Bianco, Assunta, Jiwon Oh, Pascal Sati, and Martina Absinta. Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders 17: 17562864241306684.

Unraveling the Clinical-Pathological Correlations of Subjects With Isolated and Mixed Neurodegenerative Processes in the National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center Dataset. Hiya, Satomi, Carolina Maldonado-Díaz, Susan K. Rohde, Mitzi M. Gonzales, Leyla Canbeldek, Lakshmi S. Kulumani Mahadevan, Raquel T. Yokoda, A. Campbell Sullivan, Alicia S. Parker, Charles L. White, Elena V. Daoud, Victoria Flores-Almazan, John F. Crary, Kurt Farrell, Jamie M. Walker, and Timothy E. Richardson. Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology, December, nlae134.

Orthopaedics

Collagen Scaffold-Seeded iTenocytes Accelerate the Healing and Functional Recovery of Achilles Tendon Defects in a Rat Model. Später, Thomas, Patricia Del Rio, Oksana Shelest, Jacob T. Wechsler, Giselle Kaneda, Melissa Chavez, Julia Sheyn, Victoria Yu, Wolfgang Metzger, Dave Huang, Melodie Metzger, Wafa Tawackoli, and Dmitriy Sheyn. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 12: 1407729.

Comparison of Software-Assisted and Freehand Methods of Rotational Assessment for Diaphyseal Femur Fractures. Blough, Christian, Kevin Huang, John Garlich, Milton Little, Charles Moon, and Geoffrey Marecek. European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology: Orthopedie Traumatologie 35 (1): 43.

Fascia Lata Allograft Superior Capsule Reconstruction Restores Glenohumeral Translation but Alters Glenohumeral Kinematics at Low Abduction Angles. Fretes, Nickolas F., James E. Tibone, Victor Hung, Michelle H. McGarry, Gregory J. Adamson, and Thay Q. Lee. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, December, S1058-2746(24)00945-5.

Weightbearing Computed Tomography Evaluation of Acute SER4a Ankle Fractures. Michalski, Max P., Giselle M. Porter, Zachary A. Rockov, Milton T. M. Little, Charles N. Moon, John M. Garlich, and Timothy P. Charlton. Foot & Ankle International, December, 10711007241298669.

Pointe Assessment Screen Shah Edison (PASSE) for Pointe Readiness: A Pilot Study. Shah, Selina, Jacquelyn Valenzuela-Moss, Dana Sheng, Tishya A. L. Wren, Tracy Zaslow, and Bianca Edison. Journal of Dance Medicine & Science, December, 1089313X241307736.

Maintaining Stability at the Lumbosacral-Pelvic Region in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery Without Sacroiliac Joint Fusion: Are 4 Pelvic Screws Superior to 2 Pelvic Screws? Mohanty, Sarthak, Stephen R. Stephan, Christopher Mikhail, Andrew Platt, Joshua Bakhsheshian, Fthimnir M. Hassan, Erik Lewerenz, Joseph M. Lombardi, Zeeshan M. Sardar, Ronald A. Lehman, and Lawrence G. Lenke. Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine, December, 1–11.

A Novel Concept of an Acoustic Ultrasound Wearable for Early Detection of Implant Failure. Yazdkhasti, Amirhossein, Elizabeth Hughes, Joshua S. Norton, Gage L. Olson, Casey Lam, Sophie Lloyd, Miao Yu, Joseph H. Schwab, and Hamid Ghaednia. Scientific Reports 14 (1): 31326.

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Association Between Arterial Stiffness, Carbamylation, and Mortality in Patients Undergoing Coronary Angiography With no or Mild Chronic Kidney Disease. Daschner, Clara, Marcus E. Kleber, Ksenija Stach, Goekhan Yuecel, Faeq Husain-Syed, Niklas Ayasse, Anders H. Berg, Winfried März, Bernhard K. Krämer, and Babak Yazdani. Cardiorenal Medicine, December, 1–21.

Pediatrics

Synthetic Organizer Cells Guide Development via Spatial and Biochemical Instructions. Yamada, Toshimichi, Coralie Trentesaux, Jonathan M. Brunger, Yini Xiao, Adam J. Stevens, Iain Martyn, Petr Kasparek, Neha P. Shroff, Angelica Aguilar, Benoit G. Bruneau, Dario Boffelli, Ophir D. Klein, and Wendell A. Lim. Cell, December, S0092-8674(24)01323-0.

Heterozygous UBR5 Variants Result in a Neurodevelopmental Syndrome With Developmental Delay, Autism, and Intellectual Disability. Sabeh, Pascale, Samantha A. Dumas, Claudia Maios, Hiba Daghar, Marek Korzeniowski, Justine Rousseau, Matthew Lines, Andrea Guerin, John J. Millichap, Megan Landsverk, Theresa Grebe, Kristin Lindstrom, Philippe M. Campeau, et al. American Journal of Human Genetics, December, S0002-9297(24)00418-X.

Comparing Adolescent Glomerular Disease Clinical Outcomes to the Clinical Outcomes in Childhood, Young Adult, and Adult-Onset Glomerular Disease in the CureGN Database. Garrity, Kelly, Nathaniel Putnam, Elaine S. Kamil, Susan Massengill, Myda Khalid, Rachana Srivastava, Jaya Isaacs, and Eloise Salmon. Pediatric Nephrology (Berlin, Germany), December.

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 

Impact of Race on Discharge Location for Stroke Survivors: Associations With Home Discharge From a Retrospective Analysis. Bright, Lindsay, Carolyn M. Baum, and Pamela Roberts. PM & R: The Journal of Injury, Function, and Rehabilitation, December.

Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences

Systematic Review of Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotic Medications Approved From 2008 to October 2024 and Agents in Phase 3. Meyer, Ashley, Kyla Truman, Jayant Totlani, Catherine William, Haze Brown, Shaishav Shah, Drew Hirsch, Mohamed Salem, Tiffany Chang, Rasha Abdelsalam, Sabrina Renteria, Nathalie Murphy, Rebecca Hedrick, Itai Danovitch, Robert N. Pechnick, and Waguih William IsHak. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, December, 912174241310091.

Radiation Oncology

Surface Mold Brachytherapy for Head and Neck Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer - Local Control Rates and Survival: A Retrospective Analysis. Esmati, Ebrahim, Romina Abyaneh, Ramin Jaberi, Sahar Naderinasab, Soraya Gholami, Milad Payandeh, Fereshteh Salarvand, Alireza Khalilian, Mahnaz Seiri, Marzieh Lashkari, Mohammad Babaei, Mahdi Aghili, Ali Kazemian, Mitchell Kamrava, and Reza Ghalehtaki. Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy 16 (5): 323–34.

Cardiac Events and Dynamic Echocardiographic and Electrocardiogram Changes Following Osimertinib Treatment in Lung Cancer. Le, Jonathan N., Jordan O. Gasho, Olivia Peony, Asneh Singh, Katrina D. Silos, Sungjin Kim, Anthony T. Nguyen, Mitchell Kamrava, Amin Mirhadi, Behrooz Hakimian, Karen L. Reckamp, Kamya Sankar, Raymond H. Mak, Andriana P. Nikolova, and Katelyn M. Atkins. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine 11: 1485033.

Surgery

Computational Modeling of Superparamagnetic Nanoparticle-Based (Affinity) Diagnostics. Van Dieren, Loïc, Vlad Tereshenko, Haïzam Oubari, Yanis Berkane, Jonathan Cornacchini, Filip Thiessen Ef, Curtis L. Cetrulo, Korkut Uygun, and Alexandre G. Lellouch. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 12: 1500756.

Association of Residency Application Data With Subsequent General Surgery Residency Graduate Performance. Purdy, Amanda C., Farin Amersi, Kristine E. Calhoun, Juliana Tolles, Christine Dauphine, Angela L. Neville, Edgardo S. Salcedo, Karen J. Dickinson, Amy Y. Han, Brian R. Smith, Mayank Roy, Keaton T. Joppru, Edgar Shields Frey, V. Prasad Poola, Ross J. Fleischman, Ross Mudgway, Steven D. Wexner, and Christian de Virgilio. Surgery 180 (December): 109057.

How to Predict Recurrence After Resection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Petruch, Natalie, Louisa Bolm, Martina Nebbia, Shahrzad Arya, Marco Ventin, Motaz Qadan, Nahel Elias, Jannis Duhn, Dirk Rades, Leigh A. Dageforde, Kenneth T. Tanabe, Joseph Franses, Vikram Deshpande, Ulrich F. Wellner, Tobias Keck, Onofrio Catalano, and Cristina R. Ferrone. Anticancer Research 45 (1): 189–99.

Urology

Impact of Race and Payor Status on Patterns of Utilization of Partial and Radical Nephrectomy in Patients With Renal Cell Carcinoma in California. Barragan-Carrillo, Regina, Nicholas Salgia, Karyn S. Eilber, Sumanta K. Pal, Kai Dallas, and Maria T. Bourlon. Urologic Oncology, December, S1078-1439(24)00778-6.

Human AI Collaboration for Unsupervised Categorization of Live Surgical Feedback. Kocielnik, Rafal, Cherine H. Yang, Runzhuo Ma, Steven Y. Cen, Elyssa Y. Wong, Timothy N. Chu, J. Everett Knudsen, Peter Wager, John Heard, Umar Ghaffar, Anima Anandkumar, and Andrew J. Hung. NPJ Digital Medicine 7 (1): 372.

Association Between Low Testosterone and Perioperative Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Transurethral Prostate Surgery. Lin, Jasmine S., Evan J. Panken, Sai Kumar, Xinlei Mi, Edward Schaeffer, Robert E. Brannigan, Joshua A. Halpern, and Daniel R. Greenberg. Cureus 16 (11): e74751.

Novel Force Feedback Technology Improves Suturing in Robotic-Assisted Surgery: A Pre-Clinical Study. Servais, Elliot L., Laila Rashidi, Priyanshi Porwal, Mark Garibaldi, and Andrew J. Hung. Surgical Endoscopy, December.