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  1. CYB5R3 T117S tempers fetal hemoglobin induction by hydroxyurea in patients with sickle cell disease
  2. The Hyperinflammatory Subphenotype Is Associated With Code Status De-Escalation in Patients With Acute Respiratory Failure
  3. Platelet Bioenergetics and Associations With Delirium and Coma in Patients With Sepsis
  4. Heme induced loss of renovascular endothelial protein C receptor promotes chronic kidney disease in sickle mice
  5. Non-arterial line cardiac output calculation misclassifies exercise pulmonary hypertension and increases risk of data loss particularly in black, scleroderma and Raynaud's patients during invasive exercise testing
  6. Long-Term Exposure to Particulate Matter <2.5 μm and Lung Function Change in Children with Asthma Receiving Inhaled Corticosteroids
  7. Heart-Brain 346-7 Score: the development and validation of a simple mortality prediction score for carbon monoxide poisoning utilizing deep learning
  8. Single-nucleus chromatin accessibility identifies a critical role for TWIST1 in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis myofibroblast activity
  9. Distinct profiles of host responses between plasma and lower respiratory tract during acute respiratory failure
  10. In vivo evaluation of the effect of sickle cell hemoglobin S, C and therapeutic transfusion on erythrocyte metabolism and cardiorenal dysfunction
  11. Impact of an Extended Telemonitoring and Coaching Program on Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Adherence
  12. Association of Particulate Matter Exposure With Lung Function and Mortality Among Patients With Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease
  13. Pulmonary Function Trajectories in People with HIV: Analysis of the Pittsburgh HIV Lung Cohort
  14. Rare genetic variants explain missing heritability in smoking
  15. Bedside ultrasound to assess acute central venous pressure change during treatment of decompensated heart failure
  16. Resuscitation with epinephrine worsens cerebral capillary no-reflow after experimental pediatric cardiac arrest: An in vivo multiphoton microscopy evaluation
  17. Associations of HIV persistence, cigarette smoking, inflammation, and pulmonary dysfunction in people with HIV on antiretroviral therapy
  18. Role of ERK signaling in bladder urothelium in response to cyclophosphamide injury
  19. Lung Function in Women with and without HIV
  20. Machine learning based algorithms to impute PaO2 from SpO2 values and development of an online calculator
  21. Reversal of Right Ventricular Hypertrophy and Dysfunction by Prostacyclin in a Rat Model of Severe Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
  22. Improved hospitalization rates in a specialty center for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and pulmonary hypertension
  23. Protein arginine N-methyltransferase 4 (PRMT4) contributes to lymphopenia in experimental sepsis
  24. Predoctoral MD-PhD grants as indicators of future NIH funding success
  25. Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide as a Marker of Mucosal Inflammation in Chronic Rhinosinusitis
  26. Elexacaftor-Tezacaftor- Ivacaftor improves sinonasal outcomes in cystic fibrosis
  27. Hyperkalemia and Metabolic Acidosis Occur at a Higher eGFR in Sickle Cell Disease
  28. SOD2 V16A Amplifies Vascular Dysfunction in Sickle Cell Patients by Curtailing Mitochondria Complex IV Activity
  29. Clonal hematopoiesis in sickle cell disease
  30. Genetic determinants of telomere length from 109,122 ancestrally diverse whole-genome sequences in TOPMed
  31. Circulating 1,3-Beta-D-Glucan is Associated with Lung Function, Respiratory Symptoms, and Mediators of Matrix Degradation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  32. SOD2 V16A Amplifies Vascular Dysfunction in Sickle Cell Patients by Curtailing Mitochondria Complex IV Activity
  33. Prediction of Local Recurrence After Oncoplastic Breast Surgery: Analysis of a Large Cohort
  34. CT pectoralis muscle area is associated with DXA lean mass and correlates with emphysema progression in a tobacco-exposed cohort
  35. Restriction of HIV-1 infection in sickle cell trait
  36. Neighborhood-level Disadvantage Impacts on Patients with Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease
  37. Elastase Activity From Pseudomonas aeruginosa Respiratory Isolates and ICU Mortality
  38. Nurse-Led Palliative Care Clinical Trial Improves Knowledge and Preparedness in Caregivers of Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  39. Lung transplantation for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis enriches for individuals with telomere-mediated disease
  40. The Precision Interventions for Severe and/or Exacerbation-Prone (PrecISE) Asthma Network: An overview of Network organization, procedures, and interventions
  41. Olfaction before and after initiation of elexacaftor‐tezacaftor‐ivacaftor in a cystic fibrosis cohort
  42. Exercise‐induced changes of vital signs in adults with sickle cell disease
  43. A Pilot Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Randomized Clinical Trial to Investigate the Effects of Early Enteral Nutrients in Sepsis
  44. INVASIVE AND NONINVASIVE DIAGNOSIS OF CARDIAC SARCOIDOSIS: A CASE SERIES
  45. Early life exposure to house dust mite allergen prevents experimental allergic asthma requiring mitochondrial H2O2
  46. Association of Systemic Inflammation with Depressive Symptoms in Individuals with COPD
  47. Endotoxin stabilizes protein arginine methyltransferase 4 (PRMT4) protein triggering death of lung epithelia
  48. Reply to Spector and Iweala
  49. Brief Report: Association Between Pain, Pulmonary Function, and Respiratory Symptoms in People With HIV
  50. Neighborhoods with Greater Prevalence of Minority Residents Have Lower Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Adherence
  51. Trends in the Incidence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Washington DC: A Single Institutional Cohort Study (1959–2013)
  52. Biomarker-Based Classification of Patients With Acute Respiratory Failure Into Inflammatory Subphenotypes: A Single-Center Exploratory Study
  53. Multiple-ancestry genome-wide association study identifies 27 loci associated with measures of hemolysis following blood storage
  54. High CXCL6 drives matrix expression and correlate with markers of poor outcome in IPF
  55. Clonal hematopoiesis in sickle cell disease
  56. Yes-Associated Protein (Yap) Is Up-Regulated in Heart Failure and Promotes Cardiac Fibroblast Proliferation
  57. Patient Preferences on Initiating Treatment with Positive Airway Pressure
  58. EFFECT OF RACE ON HOSPITALIZATIONS AND MORTALITY IN PH-HFPEF: DISPARITIES PERSIST AFTER ADJUSTMENT FOR NEIGHBORHOOD DEPRIVATION
  59. Neighborhood-Level Disadvantage Impacts Mortality and Lung Transplantation in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  60. Imputation of PaO2 from SpO2 values from the MIMIC-III Critical Care Database Using Machine-Learning Based Algorithms
  61. A System for Phenotype Harmonization in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Program
  62. Long‐term tolerability of phosphodiesterase‐5 inhibitors in pulmonary hypertension of sickle cell disease
  63. Effect of Blood Product Transfusion on Perioperative Outcomes After Heart Transplantation
  64. Loss of Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 2 (FGFR2) Leads to Defective Bladder Urothelial Regeneration after Cyclophosphamide Injury
  65. Association of the systemic host immune response with acute hyperglycemia in mechanically ventilated septic patients
  66. Abstract P726: Cytochrome B5 Reductase 3 Modifies The Brain-Blood Axis Response To Ischemic Stroke In Mice With Sickle Cell Disease
  67. Association of Monocyte Migration Marker CD11b With Pulmonary Function in People Living With HIV
  68. Transcriptional and Proteomic Characterization of Telomere-Induced Senescence in a Human Alveolar Epithelial Cell Line
  69. Elevated plasma level of Pentraxin 3 is associated with emphysema and mortality in smokers
  70. Human ex vivo lung perfusion: a novel model to study human lung diseases
  71. Clinical predictors of poor outcomes in patients with sickle cell disease and COVID-19 infection
  72. Age and Sex Disparities in Adherence to CPAP
  73. Reference Intervals for Total T4 and Free T4 in Cynomolgus Macaques (Macaca fascicularis) and Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta)
  74. Oncoplastic Repair in Breast Conservation: Comprehensive Evaluation of Techniques and Oncologic Outcomes of 937 Patients
  75. Loss-of-function genomic variants highlight potential therapeutic targets for cardiovascular disease
  76. Abstract 15826: SCUBE1 Controls BMPR2-relevant Pulmonary Endothelial Function: Implications for Diagnostic Marker Development in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
  77. Machine‐learning algorithms for predicting hospital re‐admissions in sickle cell disease
  78. Exercise Induced Changes of Vital Signs in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease
  79. Genome Wide Association Analysis of Iron Overload in the Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Sickle Cell Disease Cohorts
  80. The Impact of Hydroxyurea Use on Cognitive Functioning of Children with Sickle Cell Disease in Ghana
  81. The T117S Variant of Cytochrome b5 Reductase 3 Increases the Risk for Ischemic Stroke with Enhanced Anemia in Mice with Sickle Cell Disease
  82. Air Pollution and Interstitial Lung Diseases: Defining Epigenomic Effects
  83. An automated, high-throughput methodology optimized for quantitative cell-free mitochondrial and nuclear DNA isolation from plasma
  84. Bedside ultrasound assessments of jugular venous compliance to track central venous pressure change during the treatment of decompensated heart failure
  85. SCUBE1 Controls BMPR2-Relevant Pulmonary Endothelial Function
  86. BASELINE EXERTIONAL OXYGEN NEEDS IN PATIENTS WITH IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS AT A SPECIALTY REFERRAL CENTER
  87. The CYB5R3 c . 350C >G and G6PD A alleles modify severity of anemi...
  88. Clinical and polysomnographic determinants of REM predominant obstructive sleep apnoea and response to treatment in a revascularized coronary artery disease cohort
  89. The effect of anticoagulant choice on venous thromboembolism recurrence and bleeding in sickle cell disease
  90. Analysis of β-catenin association with obesity in African Americans with premalignant and malignant colorectal lesions
  91. Abstract 2027: Anal cancer among African Americans associate with HPV16 lineage B and HIV
  92. Long Range Endocrine Delivery of Circulating miR-210 to Endothelium Promotes Pulmonary Hypertension
  93. Serum albumin is independently associated with higher mortality in adult sickle cell patients: Results of three independent cohorts
  94. Lung‐Specific Risk Factors Associated With Incident Hip Fracture in Current and Former Smokers
  95. The Effects of Inhaled Sodium Nitrite on Pulmonary Vascular Impedance in Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
  96. An automated, high throughput methodology optimized for quantitative cell-free mitochondrial and nuclear DNA isolation from plasma
  97. Increased Alternative Complement Pathway Function and Improved Survival during Critical Illness
  98. Outcomes of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Are Improved in a Specialty Care Center
  99. A system for phenotype harmonization in the NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Program
  100. Inflammatory polyps occur more frequently in inflammatory bowel disease than other colitis patients
  101. Abstract IA35: Molecular characterization of sessile serrated adenoma/polyps: A risk factor for higher colorectal cancer that further associates with endometrial polyps in female African Americans
  102. A Study on Breast Reconstruction in a Developing Country
  103. A neuroglobin-based high-affinity ligand trap reverses carbon monoxide–induced mitochondrial poisoning
  104. Association Among Levels of HIV-1 Persistence, Systemic Inflammation and Pulmonary Dysfunction in Persons Living with HIV on Antiretroviral Therapy
  105. Association Between Lung and Cognitive Dysfunction in Men with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
  106. Association Between Poor Sleep and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in People Living with HIV Infection
  107. Association of Baseline Cytokines with Acute Hyperglycemia in Mechanically-Ventilated Septic Patients: A Single-Center Cross-Sectional Analysis
  108. Differential Expression of Amino Acid Metabolites in the Plasma of Patients with Pulmonary Sarcoidosis Is Associated with Clinical Behavior
  109. Extracellular Matrix Biomarkers Predict Lung Function and Rate of Decline in Pulmonary Sarcoidosis
  110. Increased Alternative Complement Pathway Function Improves Survival During Critical Illness
  111. Increased Transcription of Proximal Alternative Complement Pathway Regulators Is Associated with Improved Survival in Critical Illness
  112. Influence of Smoking on Intestinal Microbiota Composition and Permeability in COPD
  113. Long-Term Phosphodiesterase 5 Inhibitor Use Is Safe and Improves Symptoms in Patients with Pre-Capillary Pulmonary Hypertension of Sickle Cell Disease
  114. Longitudinal Evolution of Host-Response Subphenotypes in Critical Illness
  115. Outcomes of Pulmonary Hypertension Due to Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction Are Improved in a Specialty Care Center
  116. Patients with Sickle Cell Disease and Venous Thromboembolism Experience Increased Frequency of Vasoocclusive Events
  117. Prevalence of Lung Transplant and Use of Biological Agents in Patients with Sarcoidosis: A Single Center Retrospective Cohort Study
  118. Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Protease and Elastase Activity Are Associated with Increased 30-Day Mortality in ICU Patients
  119. Seasonal Variations in CPAP Adherence
  120. The Role of GDF15 in Pulmonary Fibrosis
  121. Thoracic Aorta Calcifications Are Independent Predictors of Exercise Capacity, Symptom Burden and Mortality in Smokers
  122. Trajectories of Pulmonary Function in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study: A Latent-Class Group Analysis
  123. Relation of the chondromalatia patellae to proximal tibial anatomical parameters, assessed with MRI
  124. Tricuspid regurgitation velocity and other biomarkers of mortality in children, adolescents and young adults with sickle cell disease in the United States: The PUSH study
  125. Lung function in men with and without HIV
  126. Factors influencing treatment outcome in hepatitis C virus minority patients at an inner-city hospital
  127. Pulmonary embolism and risk of pulmonary hypertension in patients with sickle cell disease.
  128. Commercial 4-dimensional echocardiography for murine heart volumetric evaluation after myocardial infarction
  129. Ultrasound-Targeted Microbubble Cavitation with Sodium Nitrite Synergistically Enhances Nitric Oxide Production and Microvascular Perfusion
  130. Comparative Profiling of Serum Protein Biomarkers in Rheumatoid Arthritis–Associated Interstitial Lung Disease and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  131. Age of Asthma Onset, not Severity, Predicts Environmental Allergy Clusters
  132. Association Between Inflammatory Pathways and Phenotypes of Pulmonary Dysfunction Using Cluster Analysis in Persons Living With HIV and HIV-Uninfected Individuals
  133. Zileuton use and phenotypic features in asthma
  134. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis lung transplant recipients are at increased risk for EBV‐associated posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder and worse survival
  135. De novo mutations across 1,465 diverse genomes reveal mutational insights and reductions in the Amish founder population
  136. S100B has pleiotropic effects on vaso‐occlusive manifestations in sickle cell disease
  137. Keratinocyte Growth Factor Reduces Injury and Leads to Early Recovery from Cyclophosphamide Bladder Injury
  138. Clinical Spectrum of Sickle Cell Disease and COVID-19: Laboratory and Clinical Factors Associated with Morbidity and Mortality
  139. Lower DLco% identifies exercise pulmonary hypertension in patients with parenchymal lung disease referred for dyspnea
  140. Prevalence of Sickle Cell Trait and Rare Hemoglobin Variants in the Metropolitan Washington DC Area
  141. Elevated Risk for Sessile Serrated Polyps in African Americans with Endometrial Polyps
  142. Host-Response Subphenotypes Offer Prognostic Enrichment in Patients With or at Risk for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome*
  143. Control of HIV-1 Infection By Ferroportin Q248H Mutation
  144. Patients with Sickle Cell Disease and Venous Thromboembolism Experience Increased Frequency of Vasoocclusive Events
  145. The Role of SOD2 in Maintaining Endothelial Cell Function in SCD
  146. Alterations in Oral Microbiota in HIV are Related to Decreased Pulmonary Function
  147. Selective YAP/TAZ inhibition in fibroblasts via dopamine receptor D1 agonism reverses fibrosis
  148. GDF15 is an epithelial-derived biomarker of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
  149. Allele-specific expression identified rs2509956 as a novel long-distance cis-regulatory SNP for SCGB1A1, an important gene for multiple pulmonary diseases
  150. INCREASED SUSCEPTIBILITY TO HERPESVIRUS COMPLICATIONS IN PULMONARY FIBROSIS LUNG TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS WITH SHORT TELOMERES
  151. Selective YAP/TAZ inhibition in fibroblasts via dopamine receptor D1 agonism reverses fibrosis
  152. Validation of a composite vascular high‐risk profile for adult patients with sickle cell disease
  153. Novel genetic determinants of telomere length from a trans-ethnic analysis of 109,122 whole genome sequences in TOPMed
  154. Characteristics, Trends, and Predictors of Specialty Palliative Care Utilization after Lung Transplantation
  155. Developing a Training Program to Diversify the Biomedical Research Workforce
  156. Mesenchymal stem cells reduce ER stress via PERK‐Nrf2 pathway in an aged mouse model
  157. Splenectomy is not associated with a higher tricuspid regurgitant jet velocity in people with sickle cell anemia
  158. Platelet bioenergetics correlate with muscle energetics and are altered in older adults
  159. Abstract 4003: Colon sessile serrated polyps associate with endometrial polyps
  160. Abstract 3159: Do molecular markers differentiate between sessile serrated adenoma/polyps and hyperplastic polyps
  161. Loss of skin elasticity is associated with pulmonary emphysema, biomarkers of inflammation, and matrix metalloproteinase activity in smokers
  162. PINK1 attenuates mtDNA release in alveolar epithelial cells and TLR9 mediated profibrotic responses
  163. Clinical predictors of cystic fibrosis chronic rhinosinusitis severity
  164. Can the rate and location of sessile serrated polyps be part of colorectal Cancer disparity in African Americans?
  165. A Ferroptosis-Related Gene Signature Predicts Exacerbation-Prone Asthma
  166. A Spirometric Model of Residual Volume Predicts Outcomes in Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
  167. Alterations in Oral and Gut Microbiota in HIV-Infected Individuals Related to Pulmonary Function
  168. Assessing Patterns of Palliative Care Referral and Location of Death in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Sixteen-Year Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study
  169. Association Between Inflammation Pathways and Phenotypes of Pulmonary Dysfunction Using Cluster Analysis in HIV-Infected and Uninfected Individuals
  170. Association of Depressive Symptoms with Systemic Inflammation in Patients with COPD
  171. Effects of Metformin in Lung Function Decline Among Participants of Pittsburgh HIV Lung Cohort: A Retrospective Study
  172. Electronic Cigarette Use and Pulmonary Function in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study
  173. Evaluating the Role of Support Group Participation on Palliative Care Referral and Mortality in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  174. Impact of Pain on Pulmonary Function and Respiratory Symptoms in People Living with HIV
  175. Platelets Limit Apoptotic Lung Epithelial Cell Death and Protect Mice Against Infection-Induced Lung Injury
  176. Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Protease and Elastase Activity Are Common in ICU Respiratory Isolates
  177. Pulmonary Function and Cognitive Impairment in Individuals with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: A Pilot, Cross-Sectional Study
  178. HIV infection is an independent risk factor for decreased 6-minute walk test distance
  179. The impact of bariatric surgery on asthma control differs among obese individuals with reported prior or current asthma, with or without metabolic syndrome
  180. Loss-of-function genomic variants with impact on liver-related blood traits highlight potential therapeutic targets for cardiovascular disease
  181. Platelets inhibit apoptotic lung epithelial cell death and protect mice against infection-induced lung injury
  182. Location of Pulmonary Mast Cells Predicts Asthma Outcomes
  183. Factors Associated With Progression of Lung Function Abnormalities in HIV-Infected Individuals
  184. Clinical and Laboratory Predictors of 30-Day Hospital Readmission Risk in Adult Patients with Sickle Cell Disease
  185. GPNMB methylation: a new marker of potentially carcinogenic colon lesions
  186. Tropheryma whipplei colonization in HIV-infected individuals is not associated with lung function or inflammation
  187. Characteristics of lung cancer among patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and interstitial lung disease – analysis of institutional and population data
  188. Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Cut Point of 50% for Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction—Reply
  189. Senescence of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells from patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
  190. Mesenchymal stem cells reduce ER stress via PERK-Nrf2 pathway in aged mouse model
  191. Lessons learned when recruiting for an early Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) palliative care intervention
  192. Differential Expression of Plasma Metabolites in Patients with Pulmonary Sarcoidosis is Associated with Clinical Behavior
  193. Biomarker signatures of sickle cell disease severity
  194. Obesity and Pancreatic Cysts in African American Patients
  195. The importance of stool DNA methylation in colorectal cancer diagnosis: A meta-analysis
  196. Clinical Outcomes and Mortality Impact of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Patients With Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
  197. Abstract 647: Identification of novel and known hotspot variants in African Americans with colorectal cancer
  198. Abstract 1638: Is short interval colonoscopy at the discretion of the gastroenterologist
  199. Treatment of exercise pulmonary hypertension improves pulmonary vascular distensibility
  200. Association Between Hemodynamic Markers of Pulmonary Hypertension and Outcomes in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
  201. Adiponectin, Leptin, IGF-1, and Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha As Potential Serum Biomarkers for Non-Invasive Diagnosis of Colorectal Adenoma in African Americans
  202. Association of genetic variation in COMT gene with pain related to sickle cell disease in patients from the walk-PHaSST study
  203. Decreased Lung Function and All-Cause Mortality in HIV-infected Individuals
  204. Randomised clinical trial of an early palliative care intervention (SUPPORT) for patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and their caregivers: protocol and key design considerations
  205. Prevalence of relative systemic hypertension in adults with sickle cell disease in Ghana
  206. Gastrointestinal Lesions in African American Patients With Iron Deficiency Anemia
  207. A case series describing common radiographic and pathologic patterns of hard metal pneumoconiosis
  208. IPF lung fibroblasts have a senescent phenotype
  209. Clinical and laboratory findings associated with sleep disordered breathing in sickle cell disease
  210. The matricellular protein TSP1 promotes human and mouse endothelial cell senescence through CD47 and Nox1
  211. Abstract 5273: Detection of sessile serrated adenomas/polyps in African Americans
  212. Abstract 4578: Does poor prognosis in African Americans with MSI-H colorectal cancer associate with altered immune markers
  213. Clinical and Pathological Risk Factors Associated with Liver Fibrosis and Steatosis in African-Americans with Chronic Hepatitis C
  214. Association of circulating transcriptomic profiles with mortality in sickle cell disease
  215. Gastrointestinal Lesions in African American Patients with Iron Deficiency Anemia
  216. IRF5 distinguishes severe asthma in humans and drives Th1 phenotype and airway hyperreactivity in mice
  217. The Ability of Patient-Symptom Questionnaires to Differentiate PVFMD From Asthma
  218. Is the Rate of Sessile Serrated Polyp/Adenoma different in African Americans?
  219. Loss of Twist1 in the Mesenchymal Compartment Promotes Increased Fibrosis in Experimental Lung Injury by Enhanced Expression of CXCL12
  220. Referral to Palliative Care Infrequent in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Admitted to an Intensive Care Unit
  221. Prospective study of thrombosis and thrombospondin-1 expression in Chuvash polycythemia
  222. Risk factors for mortality in adult patients with sickle cell disease: a meta-analysis of studies in North America and Europe
  223. Mediastinal and Subcutaneous Chest Fat Are Differentially Associated with Emphysema Progression and Clinical Outcomes in Smokers
  224. Altered nocifensive behavior in animal models of autism spectrum disorder: The role of the nicotinic cholinergic system
  225. Effects of hydroxyurea on F-cells in sickle cell disease and potential impact of a second fetal globin inducer
  226. Acute hemodynamic effects of inhaled sodium nitrite in pulmonary hypertension associated with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
  227. Clinicopathological Features of Sessile Serrated Polyp/Adenoma: Improving Serration Detection to Adjust Interval Follow-up Colonoscopy
  228. Renal Failure in Sickle Cell Disease: Prevalence, Predictors of Disease, Mortality and Effect on Length of Hospital Stay
  229. A genetic variation associated with plasma erythropoietin and a non-coding transcript ofPRKAR1Ain sickle cell disease
  230. Increased MACC1 levels in tissues and blood identify colon adenoma patients at high risk
  231. Abstract 5013: A meta-analysis of MSI frequency and race in colorectal cancer
  232. Abstract 3130: Adiponectin, Leptin, IGF1 and TNFα serum biomarker as noninvasive diagnosis of colon adenoma
  233. The Relaxin Receptor RXFP1 in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)
  234. Colorectal Cancer in Young African Americans: Is It Time to Revisit Guidelines and Prevention?
  235. Novel relationships of markers of monocyte activation and endothelial dysfunction with pulmonary dysfunction in HIV-infected persons
  236. Sleep-disordered breathing and nocturnal hypoxemia in young adults with sickle cell disease
  237. A meta-analysis of MSI frequency and race in colorectal cancer
  238. Mo1167 Colorectal Cancer in Young African Americans: Is It Time for New Guidelines and Prevention?
  239. Su2037 CD8+ T-Cell Infiltration in Epithelial and Stromal Tissues of MSI Colorectal Cancer Patients
  240. Mo1532 Clinical Factors Affecting NAFLD and NASH Progression in African-American Patients at a Local University Hospital
  241. 600b Clinical and Pathological Risk Factors of Progression to Liver Fibrosis in African Americans With Chronic Hepatitis C
  242. Diabetes Mellitus and Pancreatic Cysts in African Americans
  243. Global Epidemiology of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Perspectives on US Minority Populations
  244. PVR BUT NOT DPG PREDICTS CARDIAC HOSPITALIZATIONS IN LEFT HEART DISEASE-ASSOCIATED PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
  245. PVR Predicts Cardiac Hospitalizations in Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with HFpEF and HFrEF
  246. Can optical diagnosis of small colon polyps be accurate? Comparing standard scope without narrow banding to high definition scope with narrow banding
  247. Novel Inducers of Fetal Globin Identified through High Throughput Screening (HTS) Are Active In Vivo in Anemic Baboons and Transgenic Mice
  248. Kidney Disease among Patients with Sickle Cell Disease, Hemoglobin SS and SC
  249. Hydroxyurea Treatment Is Associated with Elevated Serum Erythropoietin Concentration but Suppressed Global Hypoxic Transcriptional Responses in Sickle Cell Disease
  250. Thrombotic Complications Are Associated with Phlebotomy Therapy in Patients with Chuvash Polycythemia
  251. Lymph nodes’ evaluation in relation to colorectal cancer staging among African Americans
  252. Rapamycin increases fetal hemoglobin and ameliorates the nociception phenotype in sickle cell mice
  253. Subanesthetic ketamine infusions for the treatment of children and adolescents with chronic pain: a longitudinal study
  254. Modulation of social deficits and repetitive behaviors in a mouse model of autism: the role of the nicotinic cholinergic system
  255. Pulmonary hypertension in sickle cell disease
  256. Atrial Fibrillation and Colonic Neoplasia in African Americans
  257. Blood transfusion and 30-day readmission rate in adult patients hospitalized with sickle cell disease crisis
  258. Genetic polymorphism of APOB is associated with diabetes mellitus in sickle cell disease
  259. Dexmedetomidine ameliorates nocifensive behavior in humanized sickle cell mice
  260. Su2019 Colonic Neoplasia and Risk of Atrial Fibrillation in African Americans
  261. Mo1258 Risk Factors of Variceal and Non-Variceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Mortality in Patients With Underlying Liver Disease
  262. Mo1057 Metformin, Insulin Therapy and Risk of Colorectal Neoplasia Among African American With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
  263. Mo1070 Gastrointestinal Lesions in African American Patients With Iron Deficiency Anemia
  264. Sa1189 Colonic Neoplasia in IBD and Non-IBD/Noninfectious Colitis Among Minority Patients
  265. Complications in children and adolescents with Chuvash polycythemia
  266. Association between Diverticular Disease and Pre-Neoplastic Colorectal Lesions in an Urban African-American Population
  267. Prevalence and features of colorectal lesions among Hispanics: A hospital-based study
  268. Cardiopulmonary Functional Status in Children with SCD at Baseline: Pulse Pressure As a Biomarker of Early Compromise
  269. Perceived Discrimination in Health Care Is Associated With a Greater Burden of Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
  270. Abstract 553: Can MACC1 plasma transcripts in colon adenoma patients be used as an early indicator of metastasis potential
  271. Abstract 3854: B-catenin expression and obesity in African Americans with colorectal neoplasia: Is there a relationship
  272. Abstract 3853: Predictive and prognostic analysis of KRAS and MSI markers in treatment of urban African American colorectal cancer patients
  273. Perceived Discrimination, Patient Trust, and Adherence to Medical Recommendations Among Persons with Sickle Cell Disease
  274. Hydroxycarbamide treatment in sickle cell disease: estimates of possible leukaemia risk and of hospitalization survival benefit
  275. An unequal burden: Poor patient–provider communication and sickle cell disease
  276. Risk Factors for Death in 632 Patients with Sickle Cell Disease in the United States and United Kingdom
  277. Sa1938 Plasma MACC1: A Surrogate for Metastatic Potential in Pre-Neoplastic Colonic Lesions
  278. Mo1911 Association of Type 2 Diabetes and Colorectal Polyps and Adenomas
  279. Sa1190 Ulcerative Colitis and Risk of Adenoma in African Americans
  280. Gastric Helicobacter pylori infection associates with an increased risk of colorectal polyps in African Americans
  281. Abnormal Pulmonary Function and Associated Risk Factors in Children and Adolescents With Sickle Cell Anemia
  282. Differences in the clinical and genotypic presentation of sickle cell disease around the world
  283. BMI and the risk of colorectal adenoma in African-Americans
  284. Alpha-thalassaemia and response to hydroxyurea in sickle cell anaemia
  285. An Integrative CGH, MSI and Candidate Genes Methylation Analysis of Colorectal Tumors
  286. Iron deficiency modifies gene expression variation induced by augmented hypoxia sensing
  287. Prevalence of Colorectal Neoplasia Among Young African Americans and Hispanic Americans
  288. Changes of Upper GI Bleeding Mortality Risk in U.S. Population over Three Decades
  289. Decreasing Trend of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Mortality Risk in Patients With Liver Failure in the Last Decade: Presidential Poster
  290. Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Mortality Risk Changes in Patients With Comorbidities Over Three Decades
  291. Lactate dehydrogenase and hemolysis in sickle cell disease
  292. Decreasing Trend of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Mortality Risk Over Three Decades
  293. Role of life events in the presence of colon polyps among African Americans
  294. Clinical correlates of acute pulmonary events in children and adolescents with sickle cell disease
  295. Asynchronous Web-Based Learning, a Practical Method to Enhance Teaching in Emergency Medicine
  296. Genetic determinants of haemolysis in sickle cell anaemia
  297. A Rational Krylov Method Based on Hermite Interpolation for Nonlinear Eigenvalue Problems
  298. Genetic Determinants of Hemolysis in Sickle Cell Anemia.
  299. Renal Disease in Sickle Cell: Clinically Varied and Associated with Increased Mortality
  300. Decreased serum glucose and glycosylated hemoglobin levels in patients with Chuvash polycythemia: a role for HIF in glucose metabolism
  301. Helicobacter pylori Protection Against Reflux Esophagitis
  302. The relationship between the severity of hemolysis, clinical manifestations and risk of death in 415 patients with sickle cell anemia in the US and Europe
  303. Cobalamin status in sickle cell disease
  304. APlasmodium-encoded cytokine suppresses T-cell immunity during malaria
  305. Sickle cell disease is associated with decreased HIV but higher HBV and HCV comorbidities in US hospital discharge records: a cross-sectional study
  306. Is Opium a Real Risk Factor for Esophageal Cancer or Just a Methodological Artifact? Hospital and Neighborhood Controls in Case-Control Studies
  307. SEL1L, an UPR Response Protein, a Potential Marker of Colonic Cell Transformation
  308. Plasma thrombospondin‐1 is increased during acute sickle cell vaso‐occlusive events and associated with acute chest syndrome, hydroxyurea therapy, and lower hemolytic rates
  309. Markers of Severe Vaso-Occlusive Painful Episode Frequency in Children and Adolescents with Sickle Cell Anemia
  310. Clinical and Genetic Variability of Red Blood Cell Hemolysis in Sickle Cell Anemia
  311. Genomic Assessment of Mortality in Sickle Cell Disease- A Novel Association with Cytokine Imbalance and T Cell Dysregulation
  312. Non-Cardiopulmonary Factors Affecting the Six-Minute Walk Distance in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease: Results From the Walk-PHaSST Study
  313. Predictors of Mortality in Children and Adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease: The PUSH Study
  314. Chuvash polycythemia VHLR200W mutation is associated with down-regulation of hepcidin expression
  315. Case-Control Study of Vitamin D, dickkopf homolog 1 (DKK1) Gene Methylation, VDR Gene Polymorphism and the Risk of Colon Adenoma in African Americans
  316. Pulmonary artery pressure and iron deficiency in patients with upregulation of hypoxia sensing due to homozygous VHLR200W mutation (Chuvash polycythemia)
  317. Echocardiographic Markers of Elevated Pulmonary Pressure and Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction Are Associated With Exercise Intolerance in Adults and Adolescents With Homozygous Sickle Cell Anemia in the United States and United Kingdom
  318. Esophageal Carcinoma in African Americans: A Five-Decade Experience
  319. SLC5A8 Gene, A Transporter of Butyrate: A Gut Flora Metabolite, Is Frequently Methylated in African American Colon Adenomas
  320. The heterozygote advantage of the Chuvash polycythemia VHLR200W mutation may be protection against anemia
  321. Predictors of osteoclast activity in patients with sickle cell disease
  322. Colorectal Cancer: African Americans Versus Native Africans
  323. Distinct Clinical and Immunologic Profiles in Severe Malarial Anemia and Cerebral Malaria in Zambia
  324. Cytochrome B5 Reductase T116S Polymorphism Is Associated with Decreased Risk of Severe Anemia Among Zambian Children with Malaria
  325. Evaluation of Exercise Capacity In Children with SCD by Six Minute Walk Test
  326. NT-Probnp as a Marker of Cardiopulmonary Compromise and Exercise Limitation In Adults with Sickle Cell Anemia In the Walk-PHaSST Study
  327. Plasma Level of NT-Pro-BNP In Children with Sickle Cell Disease Is Associated with Degree of Anemia and Left Ventricular Measures: The PUSH Study
  328. Predictors of Six-Minute Walk Distance In Adults with Sickle Cell Anemia In the Walk-PHaSST Study
  329. Abstract B52: Predictor of distinct genetic alterations in African Americans with colon cancer by genomic analysis
  330. Elevated tricuspid regurgitation velocity and decline in exercise capacity over 22 months of follow up in children and adolescents with sickle cell anemia
  331. Seroprevalence of hepatitis C virus: the first population-based study from Iran
  332. Epidemiology of Uninvestigated Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Adolescents: A Population-based Study Applying the Rome II Questionnaire
  333. Verbal Autopsy: Reliability and Validity Estimates for Causes of Death in the Golestan Cohort Study in Iran
  334. T1693 High Nitrate Intake May Be Related to GERD: An Ecologic Study
  335. S1291 Prevalence of Hepatitis and Its Etiologic Changes Over Time in African Americans in a University Teaching Hospital
  336. W1745 Case-Control Study of Vitamin D, Epigenetic, Genetic Factor, and Colon Adenoma in African Americans
  337. Association of G6PD202A,376G with lower haemoglobin concentration but not increased haemolysis in patients with sickle cell anaemia
  338. Complete blood count, measures of iron status and inflammatory markers in inner-city African Americans with undiagnosed hepatitis C seropositivity
  339. Longitudinal Change In Pulmonary Function In Children With Sickle Cell Disease And Associated Factors
  340. Abstract 2798: VDR gene polymorphism and risk of prostate cancer in African-American
  341. Abstract 2713: Helicobacter pylori increases the risk of colorectal polyps in African Americans
  342. Abstract 2714: Colorectal Cancer in young (<50 years old) African Americans, Could race be a risk factor? A 20 years experience in an inner city teaching hospital
  343. Abstract 3445: Helicobacter pylori increases the risk of colorectal polyps in African Americans
  344. NT-proBNP as a marker of cardiopulmonary status in sickle cell anaemia in Africa
  345. Clinicopathological Features of Colon Polyps from African-Americans
  346. Angiogenic and Inflammatory Markers of Cardiopulmonary Changes in Children and Adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease
  347. Relationship of erythropoietin, fetal hemoglobin, and hydroxyurea treatment to tricuspid regurgitation velocity in children with sickle cell disease
  348. Prospective evaluation of haemoglobin oxygen saturation at rest and after exercise in paediatric sickle cell disease patients
  349. Comparison of breast cancer survival in two populations: Ardabil, Iran and British Columbia, Canada
  350. Outcome of Colonoscopy in Elderly African-American Patients
  351. Distinct High-Profile Methylated Genes in Colorectal Cancer
  352. Prospective Echocardiography Assessment of Pulmonary Hypertension and Its Potential Etiologies in Children With Sickle Cell Disease
  353. A 50-Year Review of Colorectal Cancer in African Americans: Implications for Prevention and Treatment
  354. Echocardiographic findings in patients with sickle cell disease
  355. T1891 Prevalence of Columnar Lined Esophagus Among Iranian GERD Patients and the Clinical Correlations
  356. M1033 Colorectal Neoplasia in Young African Americans, Could Race Be a Risk Factor? a 40 Years Experience in An Inner City Teaching Hospital
  357. M1038 Neoplastic Changes in Colonic Mucosa Following Polypectomy, Does Follow Up Make Sense?
  358. Reply
  359. Serum ferritin concentrations in Africans with low dietary iron
  360. Reversible posterior leuko-encephalopathy in children with sickle cell disease
  361. Elevated tricuspid regurgitant jet velocity in children and adolescents with sickle cell disease: association with hemolysis and hemoglobin oxygen desaturation
  362. Distinct BRAF (V600E) and KRAS Mutations in High Microsatellite Instability Sporadic Colorectal Cancer in African Americans
  363. Childhood Hygienic Practice and Family Education Status Determine the Prevalence ofHelicobacter pyloriInfection in Iran
  364. Altered cytokine profiles in patients with Chuvash polycythemia
  365. Pulmonary Hypertension in Sickle Cell Disease
  366. Global Histone H4 Acetylation and HDAC2 Expression in Colon Adenoma and Carcinoma
  367. H. pylori-Induced Apoptosis in Human Gastric Cancer Cells Mediated via the Release of Apoptosis-Inducing Factor from Mitochondria
  368. Association of Hemolysis with Clinical Manifestations of Sickle Cell Disease
  369. THE AUTHORS REPLY
  370. Ferroportin q248h, Dietary Iron, and Serum Ferritin in Community African-Americans With Low to High Alcohol Consumption
  371. Survival rate of gastric and esophageal cancers in Ardabil Province, North-West of Iran
  372. Opium, tobacco, and alcohol use in relation to oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma in a high-risk area of Iran
  373. Epidemiological study of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: reflux in spouse as a risk factor
  374. S1045 Gastric Cancer in African-Americans, Trend in 50 Years Experience of An Inner City Medical Center
  375. S1046 Colorectal Cancer Trend in African-American in 50 Years, Hospital Based Study, a Shift Toward More Advanced Tumor
  376. T2090 CAN1 Gene Methylation Profile in African Americans with Colon Cancer and Adenoma, New Candidate Genes
  377. T2092 Distinct Cin and Min Pattern, CAN1 Gene Methylation Profile in African-Americans (AA) with Colon Cancer and Adenoma
  378. S2030 Opium, Tobacco and Alcohol Use in Relation to Esophageal Cancer in a High-Risk Area of Iran
  379. Impact of BRAF, MLH1 on the incidence of microsatellite instability high colorectal cancer in populations based study
  380. Prospective Acid Reflux Study of Iran (PARSI): Methodology and study design
  381. Response to Dr. Bai et al.
  382. Hygiene Could Affect GERD Prevalence Independently: A Population-Based Study in Tehran
  383. Critical role of Helicobacter pylori in the pattern of gastritis and carditis in residents of an area with high prevalence of gastric cardia cancer
  384. Indomethacin May Reduce the Incidence and Severity of Acute Pancreatitis After ERCP
  385. Surface area: a better predictor of disease severity than the height and volume of the barium column in patients with primary achalasia
  386. Screening of the adult population in Iran for coeliac disease: comparison of the tissue-transglutaminase antibody and anti-endomysial antibody tests
  387. Gateroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in Iran: a population-based study
  388. Clinical, demographic, and habit characteristics of GERD patients with and without erosive esophagitis
  389. Incidence and age distribution of colorectal cancer in Iran: Results of a population-based cancer registry
  390. Validity and reliability of a new food frequency questionnaire compared to 24 h recalls and biochemical measurements: pilot phase of Golestan cohort study of esophageal cancer
  391. Declining incidence of esophageal cancer in the Turkmen Plain, eastern part of the Caspian Littoral of Iran: A retrospective cancer surveillance
  392. Fruits, Vegetables, and Antioxidants and Risk of Gastric Cancer among Male Smokers
  393. Artificial neural networks in prediction of bone density among post-menopausal women
  394. Evaluation of patient-related factors associated with causality, preventability, predictability and severity of hepatotoxicity during antituberclosis treatment
  395. Golestan cohort study of oesophageal cancer: feasibility and first results
  396. Epidemiologic features of upper gastrointestinal tract cancers in Northeastern Iran
  397. Ecologic study of serum selenium and upper gastrointestinal cancers in Iran
  398. Cancer occurrence in Ardabil: Results of a population-based Cancer Registry from Iran
  399. Cancer occurrence in Ardabil: Results of a population-based Cancer Registry from Iran
  400. Endoscopic Findings in End-Stage Renal Disease
  401. Blind separation of instantaneous mixtures of nonstationary sources
  402. Review of Five therapists and one client.
  403. Sex Ratios of Nestling and Fledgling Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) Favor Males
  404. The Shah