Faculty Publications Feb. 12-19

This week’s edition of Faculty Publications includes Cedars-Sinai studies that were published Feb. 12-19. 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

Air Pollution Emerges as a Direct Risk Factor for Alzheimer’s Disease: Study | ABC News
Zaldy Tan, MD, MPH

Early Detection and Prevention Put Cancer Survival Within Reach | Spectrum News
Arsen Osipov, MD

Common Respiratory Bacteria Detected in Eyes of Alzheimer’s Patients | Fox News
Maya Koronyo-Hamaoui, PhD

How AI-Powered ‘Smart Homes’ Could Transform Care for People With Dementia | Scientific American/Science Quickly
Tiffani J. Bright, PhD

Could Singing Aid in Pulmonary Rehab? | Medscape
Derek Corpus, MD; Samuel Cohen, MD

Are Olympic Athletes Using GLP-1s? | Everyday Health
Bert Mandelbaum, MD

How to Stay Active Beyond Exercise: 3 Medical Experts Advise | Medical News Today
Bert Mandelbaum, MD

Do You Suffer From IBS? This Doctor Says 'Gravity Intolerance' May Be to Blame | Space
Brennan Spiegel, MD

Faculty Publications

Biomedical Sciences

RABEP1 Regulates Neutrophil Migration via Endosomal Recycling and Actin Polymerization. Kim, Daniel H., Ramizah Syahirah, Conwy Zheng, Chang Ding, Alan Y. Hsu, Tyler Pikes, Zhaolun Liang, Sheng Liu, Linlin Li, Xiaoping Bao, David Umulis, Jun Wan, and Qing Deng. Journal of Leukocyte Biology 118 (2): qiaf174.

Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Reporting Variability and Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Reproducibility: A Multicenter Analysis. Le, Yinghui, Jiali Zhou, Shuna Yang, Jing An, Zhiqiang Li, Yimin Li, Ting Zhang, Jianying Zhang, Jixin Zhang, Zhiguo Ju, Guang Li, Jinchen Li, Xiantao Song, Yi He, and Debiao Li. The Canadian Journal of Cardiology, February, S0828-282X(26)00116-9.

Disulfiram Metabolite Cu(DDC)2 Enhances Radionuclide Uptake in Vivo Revealing Insights Into Tumoural Ablation Resistance. Brookes, Katie, Jessica S. Fear, Caitlin E. M. Thornton, Ling Zha, Jana Kim, Benjamin Small, Sarinya Wongsanit, Hannah R. Nieto, Holly Adcock, Adam Jones, Truc T. Pham, Giovanni Bottegoni, Liam R. Cox, Vinodh Kannappan, Weiguang Wang, Caroline M. Gorvin, Daniel G. Stover, Christine Spitzweg, Sissy Jhiang, Matthew D. Ringel, Moray J. Campbell, Kavitha Sunassee, Philip J. Blower, Kristien Boelaert, Vicki E. Smith, Martin L. Read, and Christopher J. McCabe. EBioMedicine 125 (February): 106165.

Process Evaluation of a Parish-Based Intervention to Reduce Mental Health-Related Stigma. Whitley, Margaret D., Maria Rosa Alvarado, Isabel Sierra, Brenda Scott, Vanessa N. Torres, Mario Orlando Martinez, Gabriela Castro, Yoselin Mayoral, Kathryn P. Derose, and Eunice Wong. Community Mental Health Journal, February.

Cardiac Surgery

Conduit Choice and Volume-Outcome Relationships in Multi-Arterial Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Among Medicare Beneficiaries in the US. Tam, Derrick Y., Aminah Sallam, Adham Elsherbini, Qiudong Chen, Stephen E. Fremes, Allen Razavi, Betemariam Sharew, Mario Gaudino, Michael E. Bowdish, Natalia Egorova, and Joanna Chikwe. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, February, S0003-4975(26)00124-4.

Mortality and Reintervention After Robotic Mitral Repair in the United States. Tam, Derrick Y., Allen A. Razavi, Aminah Sallam, Qiudong Chen, Dominic Emerson, Michael E. Bowdish, Alfredo Trento, and Joanna Chikwe. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, February, S0003-4975(26)00134-7.

Mitral Valve Repair for Degenerative MR With Moderate or Less Tricuspid Regurgitation: 2-Year Outcomes From a Multicenter Echocardiographic Core Laboratory-Adjudicated Cohort. Chu, Michael W. A., Samantha Raymond, Annetine C. Gelijns, Alan J. Moskowitz, Michael A. Borger, Michael Mack, Judy Hung, Pierre Voisine, James S. Gammie, Markus Krane, Babatunde A. Yerokun, Michael E. Bowdish, Lenard Conradi, Steven F. Bolling, Wendy C. Taddei-Peters, Neal O. Jeffries, Mary E. Marks, Lopa Gupta, Alexander Iribarne, Friedhelm Beyersdorf, Emilia Bagiella, Arnar Geirsson, Jessica R. Overbey, Marc Gillinov, Patrick T. O’Gara, Gorav Ailawadi, and Volkmar Falk. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, February, S0735-1097(25)10598-6.

Young Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Shifting Risk and Outcomes. Mehaffey, J. Hunter, Vikrant Jagadeesan, Michael Bowdish, Dhaval Chauhan, J. W. Awori Hayanga, Christopher E. Mascio, Bradley S. Price, Ramesh Daggubati, and Vinay Badhwar. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, February, ezag103.

Cardiology

Due to Increased Immune Therapies, Are Sensitized Heart Transplant Recipients at Increased Risk for Malignancies? Tsuji, Masaki, Michelle M. Kittleson, David H. Chang, Evan P. Kransdorf, Andriana P. Nikolova, Lily K. Stern, Mason Lee, and Jon A. Kobashigawa. Transplant International, 39: 15593.

Comparison of Heart Failure Hospitalizations With and Without Respiratory Syncytial Virus: A Nationwide Administrative Data Analysis. Patil, Nikita, Shubhadarshini Pawar, Lakshmi Menon, Prasad Jogu, Sagar Bathija, Mahita Bellamkonda, Muskan Joshi, Swathi Nimmala, and Arun R. Sridhar. Journal of Clinical Medicine 15 (3): 990.

Cardiac Rehabilitation After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: A Narrative Review. Gravino, Rita, Luigi Falco, Dario Catapano, Cristiano Amarelli, Fabio Valente, Marina Verrengia, Claudio Marra, Emilio Di Lorenzo, Pierino Di Silverio, Michelle Kittleson, and Daniele Masarone. Journal of Clinical Medicine 15 (3): 1089.

Patterns and Outcomes of Completeness of Revascularization in Patients With Diabetes and Non-ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction in Ontario, Canada. Godoy, Lucas C., Michael E. Farkouh, Peter C. Austin, Baiju R. Shah, Feng Qiu, Maneesh Sud, José C. Nicolau, Louai Razzouk, Stephen E. Fremes, Patrick R. Lawler, Mario F. L. Gaudino, and Dennis T. Ko. Circulation. Population Health and Outcomes 19 (2): e012310.

A New Approach to an Old Foe: Letermovir for CMV Prophylaxis in Transplant Recipients. Jain, Rashmi, Kevin Lor, Laura Dichiacchio, and Evan P. Kransdorf. Journal of Cardiac Failure, February, S1071-9164(26)00040-0.

Adverse Events During Catheter Ablation in Patients With Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices. Sison, Shiloh, Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, and Charles D. Swerdlow. Heart Rhythm, February, S1547-5271(26)00126-8.

Timing of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy in Nulliparous Individuals and Risk of Incident Chronic Hypertension 2-7 Years Postpartum. Hauspurg, Alisse, William Grobman, McKenzie K. Jancsura, Lynn M. Yee, Ashten Waks, Hyagriv Simhan, Lisa D. Levine, Lauren Theilen, Philip Greenland, Rebecca McNeil, C. Noel Bairey Merz, Nikka Shahrokni, David Haas, Sadiya S. Khan, Kartik K. Venkatesh, and Janet Catov. Obstetrics and Gynecology, February.

A Novel Electrocardiographic Risk Score for Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: The SCAAF-ERS. Truyen, Thien Tan Tri Tai, Elizabeth Heckard, Kotoka Nakamura, Audrey Uy-Evanado, Harpriya Chugh, Ali A. Sovari, Jacob Tfelt-Hansen, Kyndaron Reinier, and Sumeet S. Chugh. Heart Rhythm, February, S1547-5271(26)00127-X.

Impact of Iron Deficiency Anemia on Outcomes After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Insights From the Nationwide Readmission Database From 2016 to 2021. Agrawal, Siddharth P., Shubhadarshini Pawar, Debankur Dey, Dhruvi K. Joshi, Maharshi Raval, Hritvik Jain, and Sajid Siddiq. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, February.

Investigating Endogenous Hypercortisolism Prevalence in a U.S. Population With Resistant Hypertension: MOMENTUM Rationale and Design. Plutzky, Jorge, Pam R. Taub, Deepak L. Bhatt, Omar Al Dhaybi, Vanita R. Aroda, Jan N. Basile, Michael J. Bloch, Matthew Budoff, Robert S. Busch, John B. Buse, Dianne Cheung, Elena A. Christofides, Ralph A. DeFronzo, Rodolfo J. Galindo, Yehuda Handelsman, Luke Laffin, John C. Parker, Florian Rader, Julio Rosenstock, Lance A. Sloan, Iulia Cristina Tudor, and Daniel Einhorn. JACC. Advances 5 (3): 102596.

Development and Multicentre Validation of an Artificial Intelligence Electrocardiogram Model for Ventricular Remodeling in Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot. Duong, Son Q., Akhil Vaid, Pengfei Jiang, Yuval Bitterman, Yamini Krishnamurthy, I. Min Chiu, Joshua Finer, Brian Cleary, Benjamin S. Glicksberg, Ruchira Garg, Michael DiLorenzo, Mark Friedberg, Evan Zahn, Matthew Lewis, Michael Satzer, David Ouyang, Pierre Elias, Tal Geva, Sunil Ghelani, Brett R. Anderson, Ali Zaidi, Rachel M. Wald, Girish N. Nadkarni, and Joshua Mayourian. European Heart Journal. Digital Health 7 (2): ztag015.

Computational Biomedicine

Methods for Randomized, Blinded, Controlled Evaluation of Putative Disease Interventions in Multilaboratory, Preclinical Assessment Networks. Lamb, Jessica, Karisma Nagarkatti, Marcio A. Diniz, Ryan Cabeen, Monica Estrada, Karen L. Crawford, Andre Rogatko, Sungjin Kim, Cenk Ayata, David C. Hess, Mohammad Badruzzaman Khan, Rakesh B. Patel, Mariia Kumskova, Enrique C. Leira, Anil K. Chauhan, SPAN Consortium, and Patrick Lyden. Lab Animal, February.

Medicine

Impact of Primary Care Visit Frequency on Non-Urgent Emergency Department Visits in a Large Urban Medical Center. Chandekar, Akhil, Olutola Akande, Christian Makar, Kyrillos Grace, Suha Abduselam, Omotoluwafe Balogun, Marisa Nwoke, Chika Okeke, Meron Gebreyes, Joni Ricks-Oddie, Soheil Sadaat, Bharath Chakravarthy, and Candice Taylor Lucas. Journal of Primary Care & Community Health 17: 21501319261420566.

Nutrition and Its Impact on Quality of Life in Patients With Brain Tumors: A Scoping Review. Banihani, Jude, Stephanie Cramer, and Jethro Hu. Cancers 18 (3): 392.

Integrated Chromatin and Transcriptomic Profiling Reveals Sex-Specific Mechanisms of Gene Regulation in Hepatic Nutrient Responses. Zhang, Zhengyi, Vivien Su, Carrie B. Wiese, Lijing Cheng, Dan Wang, Ya Cui, Aneesh Kallapur, Jason Kim, Xiaohui Wu, Peter H. Tran, Zhenqi Zhou, David Casero, Wei Li, Andrea L. Hevener, Karen Reue, and Tamer Sallam. PLoS Biology 24 (2): e3003601.

Pockets of Trouble: Diffuse Jejunal Diverticulosis Causing Refractory Intestinal Microbial Overgrowth. Cruz, Eduardo, Richard Sukov, and Jane Lim. ACG Case Reports Journal 13 (2): e02003.

Quorum Sensing Molecules Are Elevated in Long-Standing Ulcerative Colitis and Are Linked to the Development of Colitis-Associated Cancer. O’Connor, Gregory, Hajar Hazime, Juan F. Burgueño, Irina Fernández, Ana M. Santander, Nivis Brito, Katerina M. Faust, Yuguang Ban, Maria A. Quintero, Sapna K. Deo, Maria T. Abreu, and Sylvia Daunert. Gastroenterology, February, S0016-5085(26)00090-9.

Antibiotic Use Linked to Worse Outcomes in Gastrointestinal and Liver Cancer Patients on Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: A Meta-Analysis. Rezaee-Zavareh, Mohammad Saeid, Hamidreza Karimi-Sari, Peyvand Parhizkar Roudsari, Osama Khattab, Abdelrahman M. Attia, Pojsakorn Danpanichkul, Soo Young Hwang, Jessica S. Liu, Tamar Yalda, Pin-Jung Chen, Jun Gong, Cristina R. Ferrone, Nicole E. Rich, Neehar D. Parikh, David J. Pinato, Amit G. Singal, and Ju Dong Yang. The American Journal of Gastroenterology, February.

Association of Germline Variants With KRAS-Mutation Status in Colorectal Cancer. Tjader, Nijole Pollock, Johnny Ramroop, Tanish Gandhi, Cara Dauch, Owen Meadows, Patrick Stevens, Rachel Pearlman, Heather Hampel, Elom K. Aglago, Sonja I. Berndt, Amanda Bloomer, Hermann Brenner, Amanda Ewart Toland, et al. Scientific Reports, February.

Plasma Biomarkers of Senescence in Cholestatic Liver Disease: A Signature of Risk Stratification and Progression. O’Hara, Steven P., Pamela Tietz Bogert, Stephanie Dickinson, Xiwei Chen, David B. Allison, Jair Machado Espindola Netto, James L. Kirkland, Tamara Tchkonia, Humza M. Ashraf, Olivia Morgenthaler, Ahmad H. Ali, Konstantinos N. Lazaridis, Gregory J. Gores, and Nicholas LaRusso. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, February.

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis for JCS 2026 Guideline on Management of Large-Vessel Vasculitis. Shirai, Tsuyoshi, Tsuneyasu Yoshida, Eri Sugano, Ryosuke Hiwa, Ryuhei Ishihara, Ryo Yanai, Nobuyuki Yajima, Takashi Kida, Norihiro Nishioka, Ryota Sakai, Takaya Handa, Manabu Honda, Jun Ishizaki, Keiichiro Kadoba, Yuji Kamiyama, Genki Kidoguchi, Takatoyo Kiko, Daisuke Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Shun Nakagama, Yu Nakano, Hajime Sanada, Shin-Ya Tamechika, Jin Ueda, Kenji Nagasaka, Takahiko Sugihara, Naoto Tamura, and Yoshikazu Nakaoka. Circulation Journal, February.

‘Build Better Bones’: Development, Launch, and Future Directions of a Multilingual, User-Centered Website for Osteoporosis Management. Pinto, Daniel, Olivier Bruyère, Mitali Sharma, Sydney Blomme, Robert D. Blank, Bjoern Buehring, Bruno Muzzi Camargos, Roland Chapurlat, Thierry Chevalley, Elaine M. Dennison, Jean-François Kaux, Nancy E. Lane, Osvaldo Daniel Messina, René Rizzoli, Jorge Morales Torres, Julien Paccou, Alexandra Papaioannou, Jean-Yves Reginster, David Scott, Şansin Tüzün, and Stuart Silverman. Osteoporosis International: A Journal Established as Result of Cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA, February.

Fetal Sex-Specific Differences in the Placental Transcriptome of Gestational Diabetes. Shook, Lydia L., Frédérique White, Kalpana D. Acharya, Sofía Torres-Bigio, Laura Ibanez-Pintor, Daehee Han, François Aguet, Kristin G. Ardlie, Jose C. Florez, Luigi Bouchard, Pierre-Étienne Jacques, S. Ananth Karumanchi, Camille E. Powe, Marie-France Hivert, and Andrea G. Edlow. Scientific Reports, February.

LOAd703-Induced Tumor Microenvironment Gene Engineering in Combination With Atezolizumab in Metastatic Malignant Melanoma: A Phase I/II Trial. Hamid, O., V. Ekström-Rydén, I. Mehmi, D. Wang, M. Patel, S. Alsaqal, S. Irenaeus, C. Nordström, L. C. Sandin, H. Grauers Wiktorin, T. Lövgren, E. Eriksson, J. Leja-Jarblad, A. Loskog, and G. J. Ullenhag. Nature Communications 17 (1): 1760.

Randomized-Controlled Trial of Skills-Based VR vs. Distraction VR vs. Sham VR for Chronic Low Back Pain. Spiegel, Brennan M. R., Samuel A. Eberlein, Susan Persky, Mariko L. Ishimori, Swamy Venuturupalli, Joseph Tu, Fadi Alhatem, Mary A. Vijjeswarapu, Zoe Krut, Tom Norris, So Yung Choi, Mourad Tighiouart, Lindsey Ross, Mark Vrahas, Omer Liran, Itai Danovitch, Tinh Vuong, and Joshua Fouladian. NPJ Digital Medicine, February.

A CD57+ CD8 T Cell Subset Links Cytotoxic T Cell Cytotoxicity to Fibrotic Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis. Sasaki, Takanori, Ye Cao, John M. Sowerby, Kazuhiko Higashioka, Kathryne E. Marks, Mehreen Elahee, Mari Kamiya, Paul F. Dellaripa, Richard I. Ainsworth, Kimberly E. Taylor, Nunzio Bottini, Paul Wolters, Edy Y. Kim, Francesco Boin, and Deepak A. Rao. The Journal of Clinical Investigation, February, e194288.

Combining Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication and Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty (F-ESG): An Endoscopic Approach to Treat Pathologic Gastroesophageal Reflux in Obesity. Alkhatry, Maryam, Jamil Samaan, and Barham Abu Dayyeh. Obesity Surgery, February.

Liver-Pancreas Fat Deposition: Impact on Cardiometabolic Multimorbidity and Cardiac Dysfunction. Lian, Li-You, Tianyi Xia, Zhong-Wei Chen, Cai-Yun Wen, Xiao-Dong Zhou, Tie Xiao, Giovanni Targher, Christopher D. Byrne, Yee Hui Yeo, Shenghong Ju, Wen-Yue Liu, and Ming-Hua Zheng. Liver International, 46 (3): e70548.

Neurology

Guidelines in Action: Blood Pressure Management in the Setting of an Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Venkataraman, Prashanth, Chitra Venkatasubramanian, Maranatha Ayodele, and Alexis N. Simpkins. Stroke, February.

Guidelines in Action: Cognitive Outcomes and Blood Pressure Control. Sheibani, Nazanin, Golnaz Yadollahikhales, and Alexis N. Simpkins. Stroke, February.

Neurosurgery

Imaging of CSF-Venous Fistulas at the High and Low Ends of the Spine: Techniques and Case Examples. Madhavan, Ajay A., Michelle L. Kodet, Marcel M. Maya, Wouter I. Schievink, and Thien Huynh. AJNR. American Journal of Neuroradiology, February.

Maternal Mortality Rates for Indigenous and Afro/Colombian Groups in Colombia: An Ecological Study. Cuestas, J. Andrés, Sergio Moreno, Maria Paula Aguilera-Pena, and Mónica Pinilla-Roncancio. International Journal for Equity in Health, February.

Patient-Specific Rods Reduce the Rate of Mechanical Complications Following Adult Thoracolumbar Spinal Deformity Surgery. Mikula, Anthony L., Sarah Hellwig, Zach Pennington, Alexa M. Semonche, Thomas A. Wozny, Justin K. Scheer, Aaron J. Clark, Vedat Deviren, and Christopher P. Ames. Operative Neurosurgery, February.

Nursing

Assessing the Impact of ANCC Magnet Designation: Insights From a Chief Nursing Officer and a Magnet Program Director. Marshall, David, and Jill Whade. The Journal of Nursing Administration 56 (3): 109–11.

OBGYN

PCOS: The Canary in the Coal Mine for Discrimination in Healthcare. Kosturakis, Alyssa, Margareta D. Pisarska, and Jessica L. Chan. Fertility and Sterility, February, S0015-0282(26)00069-5.

Contraception and Amenorrhea: An Exploratory Cross-Sectional Study on Acceptability in Filipino/Filipino-American Women. De Guzman, Roseanne, Irene Masini, Thiel de Bocanegra H, and Jasmine Patel. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, February, 10436596261418638.

Fragility Index Assessment of Randomised Trials Informing Endometriosis Management Guidance. Yagur, Yael, Nir Horesh, Gabriel Levin, and Raanan Meyer. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, February.

Plan Do Study Act Quality Improvement Model in Maternity Care. Saeb, Samia, and Kimberly D. Gregory. Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America 53 (1): 1–9.

Quality Improvement in Obstetrics and Gynecology-The Future Is Now. Gregory, Kimberly D. Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America 53 (1): xv–xvi.

Orthopaedics

Depression and Resilience in Youth Mixed Martial Arts Athletes: A Cross-Sectional Analysis. Fujimoto, Jeffrey, Alexandra Y. Boyd, Karen Ladnier, and Carlos Uquillas. Cureus 18 (1): e101625.

Letter to the Editor Regarding ‘Clinical Efficacy of Dual Growing Rods Technique With Preoperative Halo-Femoral Traction in the Treatment of Early Onset Scoliosis’ by Li et al. Caruso, James, Jalen Dansby, Kenneth Illingworth, and David Skaggs. Spine Deformity, February.

Radiation Oncology

High-Risk Prostate Cancer Treated With Radiation Therapy: Favorable Outcomes in Men With PSA > 20 as the Sole High-Risk Factor. Shimomura, Aoi, Abed R. Kawakibi, Muzamil Arshad, and Stanley L. Liauw. Journal of Clinical Medicine 15 (3): 1119.

Surgery

Artificial Intelligence Performance in Generating Colorectal Surgery Board Questions. Zuo, Jonathan, Makenna Marty, Seija Maniskas, Gabriel Akopian, Karen Zaghiyan, Phillip Fleshner, and Adam Truong. American Journal of Surgery, February, 116860.

Proposed Version Nine of the AJCC and UICC TNM Classification for Salivary Gland Carcinoma. Huang, Shao Hui, Joseph Cotler, Bryan Palis, Raja R. Seethala, Ali Hosni, Brian O’Sullivan, Vincent Vander Poorten, Justin A. Bishop, Christine M. Glastonbury, Beth Beadle, Patrick Ha, Kiran Kakarala, Cristina P. Rodriguez, Jie Su, Wei Xu, Fatimah Alfaraj, Osama Souied, Gustavo Nader Marta, Luiz P. Kowalski, Michelle L. Mierzwa, Allen S. Ho, Alana Eagan, Martin Madera, William Lydiatt, Snehal G. Patel, and Ian Ganly. JAMA Otolaryngology-- Head & Neck Surgery, February, e255396.

Three-Year Outcomes of Proximal Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation in Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Schwartz, Alan R., Ofer Jacobowitz, Samuel A. Mickelson, Mitchell B. Miller, Arie Oliven, Victor Certal, Martin L. Hopp, David H. Winslow, Tod C. Huntley, Nathan E. Nachlas, Luu V. Pham, David W. Eisele, M. Boyd Gillespie, Brian H. Weeks, Eric G. Lovett, John Shen, Atul Malhotra, and Joachim T. Maurer. Chest, February, S0012-3692(26)00148-0.

Thyroid Eye Disease (TED) Monocytes Express a Functional Thyrotropin Receptor and Express Increased IL-6 and IL-8: Possible Mechanistic Implications. Douglas, Raymond S., Shoaib Ugradar, Tünde Mester, Emanuil Parunakian, and Terry J. Smith. Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, February.

Utilization of Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Trauma Patients: A Multi-Institutional Study of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma. Karamchandani, Manish M., Jeffry Nahmias, Claudia Alvarez, Rachael A. Callcut, Kathryn M. Stadeli, Caroline Park, Melissa Kost, Nolan Bruce, Walter L. Biffl, Hiba Al-Dulaimi, Frank C. Wood, Jonathan D. Gushing, Nikolay Bugaev, et al. The American Surgeon, February, 31348261425181.

Robotics in Facial Plastic Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Latest Trends and Innovations. Bensimon, Gabriel, Tobias Niederegger, Cosima C. Hoch, Murtaja Satea, Emre Karakas, Howan Ari, Victor Chien, Philip Brazio, Gabriel Hundeshagen, Robert Gaudin, Iman Ghanad, Curtis L. Cetrulo, Leonard Knoedler, and Alexandre G. Lellouch. Journal of Robotic Surgery 20 (1): 258.

Say My Name: Personal Recognition and Psychological Safety in the Operating Room. Cohen, Tara N., Bruce L. Gewertz, Maurice M. Garcia, and Michael Nurok. Anesthesia and Analgesia, February.

Historical Perspectives on Choledocholithiasis: The Pioneering Contribution of Dr. George Berci. Barbera, Elizabeth L., Jane Wang, Chaya G. Shwaartz, L. Michael Brunt, Adnan Alseidi, George Berci, and Kevin El-Hayek. Surgical Endoscopy, February.

Urology

Optical Photothermal Infrared Spectroscopic Assessment of Microplastics in Tissue Models and Non-Digested Human Tissue Sections. HassanMazandarani, Azita, John M. Masterson, William Querido, Andrzej Steplewski, Yi Zhang, Carissa Huynh, Maurice M. Garcia, Andrzej Fertala, and Nancy Pleshko. The Analyst, February.

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