Adjunct Faculty
Adjunct faculty typically have an academic or research appointment at another institution and contribute or collaborate with one or more School of Medicine faculty members or programs.
Adjunct rank detailsJohad Khoury
Assistant Professor AdjunctAbout
Research
Publications
2026
ERS Congress 2025: highlights from the interstitial lung diseases assembly. The future is ahead
Khoury J, Yüksel A, Bizymi N, Fabozzi A, Garcia-Moyano M, Wijsenbeek M, Kreuter M, Fabbri L. ERS Congress 2025: highlights from the interstitial lung diseases assembly. The future is ahead. ERJ Open Research 2026, 00344-2026. DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00344-2026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe interplay of airway epithelium and biomechanical stress in pulmonary fibrosis
Lin L, Khoury J, Zhang G, Szafron J, Manning E, Ahangari F. The interplay of airway epithelium and biomechanical stress in pulmonary fibrosis. American Journal Of Respiratory Cell And Molecular Biology 2026, 74: 1016-1031. PMID: 42089315, DOI: 10.1093/ajrcmb/aanag066.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsVascular Endothelial Growth Factor-D Improves Lung Vascular Integrity During Acute Lung Injury
Yoon Y, Sharma L, Tang W, Kirk S, Raredon M, Ahangari F, Khoury J, Qian H, Ke Y, Tulapurkar M, Liu R, Luan Y, Yuan Q, Chen L, Birukov K, Simons M, Wu D, Niklason L, Kaminski N, Yuan Y. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-D Improves Lung Vascular Integrity During Acute Lung Injury. Circulation Research 2026, 138: e326094. PMID: 41822962, PMCID: PMC13007730, DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.124.326094.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEpidermal growth factor receptor regulates Beclin-1 in hyperoxic acute lung injury
Harris Z, Korde A, Khoury J, Manning E, Stanley G, Shin Y, Mitchell K, von der Schulenburg A, Sun Y, Hu B, Shin H, Joerns J, Clark B, Placek L, Unutmaz D, Moldobaeva A, Sharma L, Sauler M, Rajagopalan G, Zhang X, Wang H, Ghaedi M, Kang M, Koff J. Epidermal growth factor receptor regulates Beclin-1 in hyperoxic acute lung injury. BMJ Open Respiratory Research 2026, 13: e003323. PMID: 41592865, PMCID: PMC12853440, DOI: 10.1136/bmjresp-2025-003323.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPulmonary hypertension associated with nonparenchymal restrictive lung diseases
Jutant E, Humbert M, Montani D, Khoury J, Adir Y. Pulmonary hypertension associated with nonparenchymal restrictive lung diseases. European Respiratory Review 2026, 35: 250187. PMID: 41813013, PMCID: PMC12976881, DOI: 10.1183/16000617.0187-2025.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus Statements
2025
Dysregulated alveolar type 2 epithelial cell proteostasis promotes fibrogenic macrophage migration inhibitory factor–CD74 signaling
Kim S, Nouws J, Ruwisch J, Woodard G, Cooley J, Khoury J, Sun H, Doherty E, Piecychna M, Manning E, Kang M, Bruscia E, Wei H, Zhang Y, Yarovinsky T, Hwa J, Zacharias W, Ingram J, Lee C, Elias J, Kaminski N, Redente E, Herzog E, Prasse A, Bucala R, Sauler M. Dysregulated alveolar type 2 epithelial cell proteostasis promotes fibrogenic macrophage migration inhibitory factor–CD74 signaling. Science Translational Medicine 2025, 17: eadr2277. PMID: 41337540, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adr2277.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAlveolar Epithelial CellsAnimalsAntigens, Differentiation, B-LymphocyteBleomycinDisease Models, AnimalHistocompatibility Antigens Class IIHumansIdiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisIntramolecular OxidoreductasesLungMacrophage Migration-Inhibitory FactorsMacrophagesMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexProteostasisSignal TransductionUbiquitinSeparation of telomere protection from length regulation by two different point mutations at amino acid 492 of RTEL1
Smoom R, May C, Lichtental D, Bar-Ness K, Rangel R, Khoury J, Nachmani D, Avrahami D, Ahangari F, Skordalakes E, Kaminski N, Kaestner K, Tzfati Y. Separation of telomere protection from length regulation by two different point mutations at amino acid 492 of RTEL1. Nucleic Acids Research 2025, 53: gkaf507. PMID: 40530700, PMCID: PMC12203905, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaf507.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAmino Acid SubstitutionAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalDNA DamageDNA HelicasesDyskeratosis CongenitaFetal Growth RetardationGrowth DisordersHematopoiesisHumansIntellectual DisabilityLimb Deformities, CongenitalLungMiceMicrocephalyPoint MutationTelomereTelomere HomeostasisX-Linked Intellectual DisabilityTicagrelor Versus Prasugrel in Acute Coronary Syndrome: Real-World Treatment and Safety
Bahouth F, Chutko B, Sholy H, Hassanain S, Zaid G, Radzishevsky E, Fahmwai I, Hamoud M, Samnia N, Khoury J, Dobrecky-Mery I. Ticagrelor Versus Prasugrel in Acute Coronary Syndrome: Real-World Treatment and Safety. Medicines 2025, 12: 13. PMID: 40407605, PMCID: PMC12194868, DOI: 10.3390/medicines12020013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchToll-like Receptor 9 Inhibition Mitigates Fibroproliferative Responses in Translational Models of Pulmonary Fibrosis
Trujillo G, Regueiro-Ren A, Liu C, Hu B, Sun Y, Ahangari F, Fiorini V, Ishikawa G, Al Jumaily K, Khoury J, McGovern J, Lee C, Peng X, Pivarnik T, Sun H, Walia A, Woo S, Yu S, Antin-Ozerkis D, Sauler M, Kaminski N, Herzog E, Ryu C. Toll-like Receptor 9 Inhibition Mitigates Fibroproliferative Responses in Translational Models of Pulmonary Fibrosis. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2025, 211: 91-102. PMID: 39189851, PMCID: PMC11755360, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202401-0065oc.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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 Research