Publications

The UCLA Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine is dedicated to advancing the field through impactful scholarship. Keep up with the latest publications here.

September 2026

1. Baden LR, Shah NS, Liu STH, Cohen J, Moy J, Kumar A, McComsey GA, Chen P, Floris-Moore M, Singer NG, Fernandez I, Slandzicki AJ, Wiley Z, Kadl A, Kaminsky DA, Hsu H, Walker TA, Hope AA, Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Goldman JD, Peluso MJ, Patterson TF, Parthasarathy S, Mullington JM, Bolin P Jr, Jolley SE, Krishnan JA, Castro M, Hodder SL, Pemu P, Chu HY, Risbano MG, Jerath MR, Mylonakis E, Hurt RT, Alicic R, Azad NS, Sala MA, Harkins MS, Parsonnet J, Stafford N, Robinson P, Hussain S, Qiao X, Hawk ST, Lillestol M, Erdmann N, Gebo KA, Sudhindra P, Sassine J, Marshall GD, Chatterjee T, Morse CG, Kedar E, Stringer WW, Frontera JA, Jordan M, Blaskewicz C, Santana JL, Foot RA, Wongtrakool C, McCarthy MW, Mehari A, Amon A, Cohen AK, Jain N, Maughan C, Lindsay D, Olson R, Broderick S, Rowe P, O'Brien SM, Walt DR, Levy BD, Jason LA, Low PA, Shibao CA, Make B, Bateman L, Redline S, Knopman D, Hernandez AF, Nolen TL, Reist C, Berdan L, Whitley R, Zimmerman KO; RECOVER-VITAL Clinical Trial Group. Nirmatrelvir-ritonavir targeting viral persistence in post-COVID-19 condition (long COVID) in the USA (RECOVER-VITAL): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial. Lancet Infect Dis. 2026 Aug 31:S1473-3099(26)00406-8. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(26)00406-8. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42673984.
2. Tashkin DP. Inhaled Cannabis, Asthma, and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: a Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study of n = 379,049: Letter to the Editor. J Gen Intern Med. 2026 Aug 31. doi: 10.1007/s11606-026-10745-4. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42671737.
3. Mak SS, Thomas AP, Alessi CA, Martin JL, Ulmer C, Kaufmann CN, Smith JP, Fung CH. Eliciting participant perspectives about a mailed brochure on sleeping pills and cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia to inform future implementation of deprescribing interventions. Int J Pharm Pract. 2026 Sep 1:riag120. doi: 10.1093/ijpp/riag120. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42680147.
4. Ward LM, Baddour NA, Buhr RG. Supplemental Oxygen in COPD: A Signal to Start the Conversation. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2026 Sep 4:aaoag277. doi: 10.1093/annalsats/aaoag277. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42695330.
5. Tripsas CK, Tsai AY, Hsu JJ. Lipids in endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition. Curr Opin Lipidol. 2026 Oct 1;37(5):177-184. doi: 10.1097/MOL.0000000000001051. Epub 2026 Aug 12. PMID: 42592967.
6. Sallee CJ, Taylor CS, Zinter MS, Markovic D, Lim MJ, Costa Monteiro A, Cortado R, Schwingshackl A, Agus M, Matthay M, Sapru A. Evaluation of a Rapid Immunoassay for Molecular Subphenotype Classification in Pediatric Acute Cardiorespiratory Failure. Crit Care Med. 2026 Sep 7. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000007339. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42704284.
7. Rahaghi FN, Brownstein AJ, Saggar R. Towards a multi-scale model of vascular remodelling in pulmonary arterial hypertension: the role of quantitative micro-CT. Eur Respir J. 2026 Sep 8;68(3):2601236. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01236-2026. PMID: 42710914.
8. Raymakers AJN, Kesselheim AS, Feldman WB. Budget Impact Analysis of Gene Therapies for Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa. JAMA Dermatol. 2026 Sep 9:e263240. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2026.3240. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42714920; PMCID: PMC13559720.
9. Hong A, Eng K, Betancourt J. A Case of Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome: A Rare but Essential Diagnosis to Consider. Fed Pract. 2026 Apr;43(4):155-159. doi: 10.12788/fp.0705. Epub 2026 Apr 14. PMID: 42713334; PMCID: PMC13552684.
10. Nardelli P, Estépar RSJ, Cuttica M, Mylvaganam R, Rahaghi FN, Estépar RSJ. Automated CT Pulmonary Angiography-Derived Periclot Radiomics for CTEPH Detection. Pulm Circ. 2026 Sep 8;16(3):e70406. doi: 10.1002/pul2.70406. PMID: 42713297; PMCID: PMC13551595.
11. Feldman WB, Teng TW, Kotrannavar S, Tu SS. Pharmaceutical products with device-only patents: a cross-sectional analysis. Nat Biotechnol. 2026 Sep;44(9):1441-1446. doi: 10.1038/s41587-026-03280-4. PMID: 42722816.
12. Earhart AP, Lopez AE, Hernandez JI, Nallapu A, Chavez D, Suthakaran S, Yang B, Hyun J, Aponte Alburquerque R, Starick M, Garnica L, Ozanturk AN, Maurya RK, Wu X, Haspel J, Lee JW, Hook J, Kulkarni HS. The C3-C3aR axis modulates trained immunity in alveolar macrophages. Elife. 2026 Sep 10;14:RP104977. doi: 10.7554/eLife.104977. PMID: 42720115; PMCID: PMC13561512.
13. Murphy NR, Triplette M, Adams SV, Rustagi AS, Sigel K, Butt AA, Soo Hoo GW, Kim JW, Akgün KM, Crothers K. Outcomes of lung cancer screening in a nation-wide cohort of people with HIV compared to without HIV. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2026 Sep 10:aamag448. doi: 10.1093/ajrccm/aamag448. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42723608.
14. Lee E, Little IJ, Dantas L, Tarling EJ. Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis: Rethinking Surfactant Homeostasis Through Alveolar Macrophage Lipid-Handling Dysfunction. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2026 Sep 17. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.126.322488. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42751788.
15. Jones AE, Rios A, Ibrahimovic N, Ball AB, Chavez C, Bayley NA, Falta NA, Mekkittikul M, Carrillo C, Hsieh WY, Sammarco A, Reyes AB, Cortez AA, Graeber TG, Watson RL, Hoffmann A, Bensinger SJ, Divakaruni AS. Coenzyme A activates TLR4 and enhances alternative macrophage activation in line with MyD88 agonism. EMBO Rep. 2026 Sep 18. doi: 10.1038/s44319-026-00925-y. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42760443.
16. Channick CL, Ali MS, Benenson DM, Bhadra K, Phan AT, Schwalk AJ, Wong C, Chrissian AA. American Association of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology Essential Knowledge in Interventional Pulmonology Series: Advanced Diagnostic Bronchoscopy in Lung Cancer: Closing the Diagnostic Gap and Beyond. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2026 Sep 18;33(4):e01090. doi: 10.1097/LBR.0000000000001090. PMID: 42755264.
17. Barjaktarevic I, Goldin J. Not All Emphysema Behaves the Same: Emptying Emphysema as a Novel Imaging Phenotype. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2026 Sep 21:aaoag298. doi: 10.1093/annalsats/aaoag298. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42768434.
18. Cho JL, Camac E, Bernardo RJ, Carmona H, Del Valle KT, Forbes LM, Kolaitis NA, Mathai SK, Maximous SI, Melamed KH, Peck TJ, Soffler M, Steinbach TC, Yang JZ, Kelm DJ, Garrison GW. ATS Core Curriculum 2026 Adult Pulmonary Medicine: Pulmonary Hypertension Diagnosis and Management. ATS Sch. 2026 Sep 21:aapag062. doi: 10.1093/atsscholar/aapag062. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42765479.
19. Alcaraz M Jr, Pandey A, Santiago M, Dumitras C, Pradis L, Gomez E, Soto A, Saggese P, Krall AS, Liu B, Christofk HR, Dubinett SM, Li X, Scafoglio C. Dietary α-ketoglutarate modulates lung adenocarcinoma growth and epigenetic remodeling in a sex-dependent fashion. Cell Rep. 2026 Sep 23;45(10):118052. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2026.118052. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42776841.
20. Synn AJ, Tsao CW, Manning WJ, Foppa M, Chuang ML, Nassikas NJ, Dao ND, Rahaghi FN, Washko GR, San José Estépar R, O'Connor GT, Mittleman MA, Rice MB. Pulmonary Vascular Volumes, Right Heart Function, and Survival in the Framingham Heart Study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2026 Sep 24:aamag488. doi: 10.1093/ajrccm/aamag488. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42786615.
21. Moy ML, Casaburi R, Nici L. Initial Results Do Not Support That Fully Virtual Pulmonary Rehabilitation Widens Reach to Underserved Patients With COPD. Chronic Obstr Pulm Dis. 2026 Sep 25;13(5):433-435. doi: 10.15326/jcopdf.2026.0877. PMID: 42786523.
22. Couch TJ, Beck GJ, Rosenzweig EB, Carr JJ, de Andrade JA, Erzurum SC, Frantz RP, Hassoun PM, Hill NS, Horn EM, Leb JS, Lempel JK, Leopold JA, Lin CT, Mathai SC, Mukherjee M, Nian H, Palmer GM, Rahagi FN, Ray DN, Rischard FP, Schwalbach KT, Terry JG, Washko GR, Hemnes AR; PVDOMICS Study Group. Pulmonary Artery Dilation on Chest CT Across the Spectrum of Chronic Lung Disease. Chest. 2026 Sep 24:S0012-3692(26)06706-1. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2026.08.053. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42785424.
23. Korn AR, Gandhi P, R Dopp A, Barron J, Casillas-Salazar R, Durant C, G Morales M, Norwood-Scott E, L Carson S, Casillas A, B Hamilton A, S Mittman B, Park N, Polzin R, Sadia A, Sandesara U, Takada S, Wali S, R Weldon A, F Brown A. Getting to best practice: a practice-oriented checklist for monitoring clinic-level fidelity to hypertension interventions in a large safety-net healthcare system. BMC Health Serv Res. 2026 Aug 17;26(1):1302. doi: 10.1186/s12913-026-15344-x. PMID: 42778922; PMCID: PMC13602680.
24. Lewis NM, Cleary S, Harker EJ, Safdar B, Ginde AA, Peltan ID, Gaglani M, Columbus C, Martin ET, Lauring AS, Steingrub JS, Hager DN, Mohamed A, Johnson NJ, Khan A, Duggal A, Wilson JG, Qadir N, Busse LW, Kwon JH, Exline MC, Vaughn IA, Mosier JM, Harris ES, Zhu Y, Grijalva CG, Halasa NB, Chappell J, Surie D, Dawood FS, Ellington S, Self WH; Investigating Viruses in the Acutely Ill (IVY) Network. Influenza vaccine effectiveness against influenza A-associated hospitalization and severe in-hospital outcomes among adults in the United States, 2024-2025. Clin Infect Dis. 2026 Sep 26:ciag540. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciag540. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42790883.
25. Kidane B, Bott M, Spicer J, Backhus L, Chaft J, Chudgar N, Colson Y, D'Amico TA, David EA, Lee JM, Najmeh S, Sepesi B, Shu C, Yang J, Lee P, Fiset PO, Stiles B. 2026 Revised Recommendations of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) 2023 Expert Consensus Document: Staging and multidisciplinary management of patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2026 Sep 25:S0022-5223(26)01243-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2026.08.024. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42790620.
26. Hermann EA, Hoffman EA, Angelini ED, Barjaktarevic I, Bon J, Comellas A, Cooper CB, Couper D, Curtis JL, Criner G, Wells JM, Paine R 3rd, Krishnan JA, Labaki W, Laine AF, Lynch DA, Han MK, Hansel NN, Martinez FJ, Ortega V, Smith B, Sun Y, Woodruff P, Barr RG. One-year progression of CT emphysema subtypes predict lung function decline: SPIROMICS. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2026 Sep 25:aamag497. doi: 10.1093/ajrccm/aamag497. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42788667.
27. Sadreameli SC, Radbel JM, Feldman WB. Low greenhouse gas emitting propellants: a new era for metered-dose inhalers. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2026 Sep 26:aamag513. doi: 10.1093/ajrccm/aamag513. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42799695.
28. Feldman WB. Climate Impact of Inhaler Formularies. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Sep 1;9(9):e2634309. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.34309. PMID: 42804213.
29. Tu SS, Freeman N, Teng TW, Feldman WB, Kesselheim AS, Parton J, Wouters OJ. Patents on Small-Molecule Drugs Approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, 1990-2019. JAMA. 2026 Sep 28. doi: 10.1001/jama.2026.16139. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42804178.
30. Devaraj A, George PM, Joly O, Goldin J, White ES, Ittrich C, Stowasser S, Risse F. Quantitative Computed Tomography in Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis: Data from a Sub-Study of the Double Blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled INBUILD Trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2026 Sep 29:aamag526. doi: 10.1093/ajrccm/aamag526. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42809243.