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Increased Mortality in Patients Undergoing Inpatient Endoscopy During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic
Ilagan-Ying YC, Almeida MN, Kahler-Quesada A, Ying L, Hughes ML, Do A, Hung KW. Increased Mortality in Patients Undergoing Inpatient Endoscopy During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic. Digestive Diseases And Sciences 2022, 67: 5053-5062. PMID: 35182250, PMCID: PMC8857390, DOI: 10.1007/s10620-022-07414-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInpatient endoscopyCare centerEndoscopic proceduresIntensive care unit admissionAcademic tertiary care centerCare unit admissionProportion of patientsTertiary care centerCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemicHigher mortality riskDisease 2019 pandemicEarly COVID-19 pandemicICU admissionUnit admissionPatient demographicsUrgent indicationsBlood transfusionFirst waveHigher proportionPatient reluctanceMale genderUrgent proceduresProcedural characteristicsHospital careMost healthcare systemsLow real-world eligibility rates for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis patients for phase 3 clinical trial criteria application in a large academic health system.
Ilagan-Ying YC, Xu J, Lim JK, Do A. Low real-world eligibility rates for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis patients for phase 3 clinical trial criteria application in a large academic health system. European Journal Of Gastroenterology & Hepatology 2020, 33: 424-429. PMID: 32433419, PMCID: PMC7674230, DOI: 10.1097/meg.0000000000001758.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUniversity-based cohortNonalcoholic steatohepatitisEnrollment criteriaLiver biopsyClinical trialsHealth system's electronic medical recordDiagnosis of NASHSystem's electronic medical recordGlobal phase 3Obeticholic acid treatmentPivotal phase 3Trial enrollment criteriaLarge academic health systemCommon liver diseaseNonalcoholic steatohepatitis patientsMultiple logistic regressionReal-world populationAcademic health systemPhase 3Electronic medical recordsMedical comorbiditiesReal-world generalizabilitySteatohepatitis patientsLaboratory abnormalitiesNASH patients
2017
Bisphenol-A exposure in utero programs a sexually dimorphic estrogenic state of hepatic metabolic gene expression
Ilagan Y, Mamillapalli R, Goetz L, Kayani J, Taylor HS. Bisphenol-A exposure in utero programs a sexually dimorphic estrogenic state of hepatic metabolic gene expression. Reproductive Toxicology 2017, 71: 84-94. PMID: 28476547, DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2017.05.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBPA exposureGene expressionAdult gene expressionFetal BPA exposureBisphenol A (BPA) exposureMetabolic gene expressionEstrogen receptor alphaExpression of genesBeta gene expressionEstrogenic stateEstrogen treatmentPregnant miceMetabolic disordersE2 stimulationReceptor alphaFetal developmentLipid metabolismDay 9Developmental programmingSexual dimorphismFemale offspringLiverObesityGenesAdult responses