2023
Association Between COVID-19 Infection and Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Nested Case-Control Study
Najjar-Debbiny R, Barnett-Griness O, Khoury J, Gronich N, Weber G, Adir Y, Shteinberg M, Shneir S, Sharma L, Saliba W. Association Between COVID-19 Infection and Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Nested Case-Control Study. The American Journal Of Medicine 2023, 136: 1087-1093.e2. PMID: 37598922, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2023.07.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPulmonary fibrosisCase-control studyCOVID-19 severityCOVID-19Multivariable conditional logistic regression modelsNested Case-Control StudyConditional logistic regression modelsSevere COVID-19Prior COVID-19COVID-19 infectionLogistic regression modelsLargest healthcare providerUnderlying cohortCohort entrySignificant morbiditySurveillance biasOdds ratioSevere diseaseFibrosisHealthcare providersCoronavirus diseaseCalendar timePatientsCohortLag time
2022
Case Report: Rare Dynein Axonemal Heavy Chain 9 Mutations in a Han-Chinese Patient With Kartagener Syndrome
Feng J, Li J, Du Y, Shi T, Sharma L, Jie Z. Case Report: Rare Dynein Axonemal Heavy Chain 9 Mutations in a Han-Chinese Patient With Kartagener Syndrome. Frontiers In Medicine 2022, 9: 893968. PMID: 35770021, PMCID: PMC9234165, DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2022.893968.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesPrimary ciliary dyskinesiaKartagener's syndromeShortness of breathHan Chinese patientsHeavy chain 9Compound heterozygous mutationsProductive coughRespiratory symptomsChronic sinusitisBud signPrimary diagnosisCT scanPCD patientsSitus inversusCiliary dyskinesiaPulmonary imagingChinese populationGenetic examinationHeterozygous mutationsPatientsSyndromeRare eventFirst reportMutationsLiterature review
2021
Cutting Edge: Severe SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Humans Is Defined by a Shift in the Serum Lipidome, Resulting in Dysregulation of Eicosanoid Immune Mediators
Schwarz B, Sharma L, Roberts L, Peng X, Bermejo S, Leighton I, Casanovas-Massana A, Minasyan M, Farhadian S, Ko AI, Team Y, Dela Cruz CS, Bosio CM. Cutting Edge: Severe SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Humans Is Defined by a Shift in the Serum Lipidome, Resulting in Dysregulation of Eicosanoid Immune Mediators. The Journal Of Immunology 2021, 206: ji2001025. PMID: 33277388, PMCID: PMC7962598, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2001025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLipid mediatorsRisk factorsSevere diseaseSevere SARS-CoV-2 infectionHospitalized COVID-19 patientsSARS-CoV-2 infectionImportant immune regulatory roleSevere COVID-19COVID-19 patientsImmune regulatory roleProinflammatory lipid mediatorsCOVID-19Immunomodulatory eicosanoidsImmune mediatorsSerum lipidomeAdvanced agePatientsCOVID-19 pandemicCytochrome P450MortalityDiseaseDysregulationMediatorsLMS productsLipidome
2020
Epidemiologic and Clinical Characteristics of Novel Coronavirus Infections Involving 13 Patients Outside Wuhan, China
Chang D, Lin M, Wei L, Xie L, Zhu G, Dela Cruz CS, Sharma L. Epidemiologic and Clinical Characteristics of Novel Coronavirus Infections Involving 13 Patients Outside Wuhan, China. JAMA 2020, 323: 1092-1093. PMID: 32031568, PMCID: PMC7042871, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2020.1623.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Measurement of Chitinase Activity in Biological Samples.
Amick AK, Liu Q, Gautam S, Chupp G, Dela Cruz CS, Sharma L. Measurement of Chitinase Activity in Biological Samples. Journal Of Visualized Experiments 2019 PMID: 31498326, DOI: 10.3791/60159.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisease severityType 2 inflammatory diseasesPulmonary fibrosisAllergic diseasesInflammatory diseasesHost immunityReliable biomarkersTherapeutic effectivenessGaucher diseaseHost defenseSerum samplesDiseaseChitinase-like proteinsGenetic disordersHuman subjectsPrecise roleImportant biomarkerBiomarkersSeverityImportant roleChitinase levelsAsthmaPatientsFibrosisMice
2016
Atypical Pneumonia Updates on Legionella, Chlamydophila, and Mycoplasma Pneumonia
Sharma L, Losier A, Tolbert T, Dela Cruz CS, Marion CR. Atypical Pneumonia Updates on Legionella, Chlamydophila, and Mycoplasma Pneumonia. Clinics In Chest Medicine 2016, 38: 45-58. PMID: 28159161, PMCID: PMC5679202, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2016.11.011.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus Statements