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2019-2021

  1. Guerra, J., Hanes, M. A., Rasa, C., Loganathan, N., W., Gutierrez, E., Nair, S. and Banu, J., (2019). Modulation of bone turnover by Cissus quadrangularis after ovariectomy in rats. Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism, 37(5), 780-795.
  2. Vora, N. J., Vatcheva, K., Saldivar, M., Nair, S., Lehker, M., Chew, S. A. (2020). Biomedical Freshman Research Initiative: A Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience at a Hispanic-Serving Institution. Journal of Latinos and Education, 19. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/citedby/10.1080/15348431.2020.1763352
  3. Ding, M. H., Lozoya, E. G., Rico, R., Chew, S. A. (2020). The Role of Angiogenic Inducing microRNAs in Vascular Tissue Engineering. Tissue engineering. Part A.
  4. Rodriguez de Anda, D. A., Ohannesian, N., Martirosyan, K., Chew, S. A. (2019). Effects of solvent used for fabrication on drug loading and release kinetics of electrosprayed temozolomide-loaded PLGA microparticles for the treatment of glioblastoma. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbm.b.34324
  5. Chew, S. A., Moscato, S., George, S., Azimi, B., Danti, S. (2019). Liver Cancer: Current and Future Trends Using Biomaterials. Cancers, 11(12).
  6. Levy, A., Leynes, C., Baig, M., Chew, S. A. (2019). The Application of Biomaterials in the Treatment of Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer. ChemMedChem, 14(21), 1810-1827.
  7. Arriaga, M. A., Ding, M. H., Gutierrez, A. S., Chew, S. A. (2019). The Application of microRNAs in Biomaterial Scaffold-Based Therapies for Bone Tissue Engineering. Biotechnology journal, 14(10), e1900084.
  8. Forman, T. M., David, A. A., Miller, A. (2020). A Review of Clinical Informatics Competencies in Nursing to Inform Best Practices in Education and Nurse Faculty Development. Nursing Education Perspectives, 41(4), E3-7. journals.lww.com/neponline/pages/default.aspx
  9. Forman, T. M., Miller, A., Flores, D. (in press). An Integrative Review of the Use of Electronic Health Records for Clinical Nursing Education. Journal of Informatics Nursing.
  10. Forman, T. M. (2019). Student Perceptions of Online Learning: Discussion Board Assignments. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship. www.degruyter.com/view/j/ijnes
  11. Ghaddar, S. (in press). Medicare for All: A health insurance literacy perspective. Health Literacy Research and Practice.
  12. Ghaddar, S., Vatcheva, K., Alvarado, S. G., Mykyta, L. (2020). Understanding the Intention to Utilize Telehealth Services in Underserved Hispanic Border Communities: Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research.
  13. Asleh, J., Shofty, B., Cohen, N., Kavushansky, A., Lopez-Juarez, A., Constantini, S., Ratner, N., Kahn, I. (2020). Brain-wide structural and functional disruption in mice with oligodendrocyte-specific Nf1 deletion is rescued by inhibition of nitric oxide synthase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, doi/10.1073/pnas.2008391117, 8. https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/08/20/2008391117 
  14. De La Garza, R., Rodrigo, H., Fernandez, F., Roy, U. (2019). The Increase of HIV-1 Infection, Neurocognitive Impairment, and Type 2 Diabetes in The Rio Grande Valley. Current HIV Research, 17, 377-387.
  15. Prashant Malhotra , Patrick Haslett , Barbara Sherry , David H Shepp , Paul Barber , Jonathan Abshier , Upal Roy , Helena Schmidtmayerova (2019) Increased Plasma Levels of the TH2 chemokine CCL18 associated with low CD4+ T cell counts in HIV-1-infected Patients with a Suppressed Viral Load Sci Rep. 9(1):5963.doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-41588-1.
  16. Roy, U. The Membrane-Active Phytopeptide Cycloviolacin O2 Simultaneously Targets HIV-1-infected Cells and Infectious Viral Particles to Potentiate the Efficacy of Antiretroviral Drugs (2019 Feb ed., vol. 6). Medicines (Basel).
  17. Adams, R., Johnson, S., Schwarzbach, A. (2020). Long distance gene flow facilitated by bird-dispersed seeds in wind-pollinated species: A story of hybridization and introgression between Juniperus ashei and J. ovata told by nrDNA and cpDNA. Phytologia, 102(2), 55-74.
  18. Adams, R., Johnson, S., Miller, M., Low, C., Schwarzbach, A. (2019). Inheritance of single copy nuclear genes (SCNGs) in artificial hybrids of Hesperocyparis arizonica x H. macrocarpa: Potential for utilization in the detection of hybridization in natural populations. Phytologia, 101(1), 58-66.
  19. Su, B. B., Villafranca, A., Hernandez, S., Padilla, L., Zarei, M. M., Wang, K., Nair, S., Xu, C. (2019). Updated Genes, Lifestyles, and Their Interactions for Human Longevity. EC Neurology, 11.7, 531-550.

 

 


2017-2018

  1. Banu J and Fernandes G. Effects of fish oil and exercise on postmenopausal bone loss. Journal of Osteoporosis and Physical Activity. 2017. 5:1 DOI: 10.4172/2329-9509.1000188.
  2. Krishnaswami J, Jaini PA, Howard R, Ghaddar S. Community-Engaged Lifestyle Medicine: Building Health Equity through Preventive Medicine Residency Training. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2018;(18)31695-7. Abstract.
  3. Schembri S, Ghaddar S. The Affordable Care Act, the Medicaid Coverage Gap, and Hispanic Consumers: A phenomenology of Obamacare. The Journal of Consumer Affairs. 2018;52(1):138-165. PDF.
  4. Benham G, Ghaddar S, Talavera-Garza L. Short Sleep Duration Is Associated with Obesity in Hispanic Manufacturing Workers. Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved. 2017;28(4): 1304–1313. Abstract.
  5. Boeta‐Lopez*,J. Duran, D. Elizondo*, E. Gonzales*,  A. Rentfro, A. E. Schwarzbach, and S. Nair  Association of interleukin‐6 polymorphisms with obesity or metabolic traits in young Mexican‐Americans: Obesity Science and  Practice 2017 Dec 14;4(1):85-96. doi: 10.1002/osp4.138. eCollection 2018 Feb.
  6. Upal Roy, Drozd V, et al (2017). Characterization of Nanodiamond based anti-HIV drug Delivery to the Brain. Sci Rep. 2018 Jan 25;8(1):1603. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-16703-9.PMID: 29371638
  7. Adams, R.P., A Boratynski, T. Mataraci, A.N. Tashev and E. Schwarzbach. 2017. Discovery of Juniperus sabina var. balkanensis in southwestern Turkey. Phytologia 99(1): 22-31.
  8. Adams, R.P., M. Socorro Gonzalez-Elizondo, M. Gonzalez-Elizondo, D. Ramirez Noya and E. Schwarzbach. 2017. DNA sequencing and taxonomy of unusual serrate Juniperus from Mexico: Chloroplast capture and incomplete lineage sorting in J. coahuilensis and allied taxa. Phytologia 99(1): 62-73.
  9. Adams, R.P., A Boratynski, M.D Dagher-Kharrat, H.V. Leschner, T. Mataraci, and E. Schwarzbach. 2017. Geographic variation in Juniperus drupacea: DNA sequencing and volatile leaf oils: Further evidence of putative Pleistocene genetic isolation between Europe and Asia. Phytologia 99(4): 249-257.
  10. Adams, R.P., M. Socorro Gonzalez-Elizondo, M. Gonzalez-Elizondo, and A. E. Schwarzbach. The Juniperus flaccida-J. poblana complex revisited: Insights from molecular and oil analysis. Phytologia 100(1): 19-26.
  11. Gong S, Su B, Tovar H, Mao CX, Gonzalez V, Wang KS, Xu C*, Polymorphisms within RYR3 gene are associated with risk and age at onset of hypertension, diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease, in press in the American Journal of Hypertension, 2018 (underline indicates the persons who are UTRGV students) Link: https://academic.oup.com/ajh/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ajh/hpy046/4953423
  12. Cho M, Contreras A, Garza A, Olvera S, Castillo D, de Erausquin G and Xu C* The impact of drug and gene interaction on the antipsychotic medication for schizophrenia. Bipolar Disorder 2017, 3(1) 1000117, (underline indicates the persons who are UTRGV students) Link: https://www.omicsonline.org/peer-reviewed/the-impact-of-drug-and-gene-interaction-on-the-antipsychotic-medicationrnfor-schizophrenia-87453.html

 

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