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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Research

Recent Publications

  1. Guo J, He S, Yan L, Wang L, Shi X, Hu H, Li L  Therapeutic effects of low-intensity transcranial focused ultrasound stimulation on ischemic stroke in rats: An in vivo evaluation using electrical impedance tomography.  Neural Regen Res  2026 Mar 01;21(3):1183-1190. doi:10.4103/NRR.NRR-D-24-00128
  2. Wu S, Chen J  Is age-related myelinodegenerative change an initial risk factor of neurodegenerative diseases?  Neural Regen Res  2026 Feb 01;21(2):648-658. doi:10.4103/NRR.NRR-D-24-00848
  3. Yuasa-Kawada J, Kinoshita-Kawada M, Hiramoto M, Yamagishi S, Mishima T, Yasunaga S, Tsuboi Y, Hattori N, Wu JY  Neuronal guidance signaling in neurodegenerative diseases: Key regulators that function at neuron-glia and neuroimmune interfaces.  Neural Regen Res  2026 Feb 01;21(2):612-635. doi:10.4103/NRR.NRR-D-24-01330
  4. Kushner RF, Shapiro M  Obesity: assessment and treatment across the care continuum.  Ann Med  2025 Dec;57(1):2521433. pii:2521433
  5. Paira S, Borden KLB  Multipurpose RNA maturation factors dysregulate multiple mRNA processing steps simultaneously and provide new therapeutic opportunities.  RNA Biol  2025 Dec;22(1):1-14. doi:10.1080/15476286.2025.2503040
  6. Trivedi SP, Artino AR, Rodman A, Jones RL, Al-Mondhiry J, Rowe T, Larsen T, Ambert-Pompey S, Rai D, Ghoneem A  et al.  How much time do internal medicine residents spend on self-directed learning and on which resources: a multi-center study.  Med Educ Online  2025 Dec;30(1):2501259. pii:2501259
  7. Raeisi Z, Bashiri O, EskandariNasab M, Arshadi M, Golkarieh A, Najafzadeh H  EEG microstate biomarkers for schizophrenia: a novel approach using deep neural networks.  Cogn Neurodyn  2025 Dec;19(1):68. pii:68
  8. Turab A, Nescolarde-Selva JA, Ullah F, Montoyo A, Alfiniyah C, Sintunavarat W, Rizk D, Zaidi SA  Deep neural networks and stochastic methods for cognitive modeling of rat behavioral dynamics in T -mazes.  Cogn Neurodyn  2025 Dec;19(1):66. pii:66
  9. Carroll JN, Myers B, Vaaga CE  Repeated presentation of visual threats drives innate fear habituation and is modulated by threat history and acute stress exposure.  Stress  2025 Dec;28(1):2489942. doi:10.1080/10253890.2025.2489942
  10. Batalha MA, LeCroy MN, Lin J, Peters BA, Qi Q, Wang Z, Wang T, Gallo LC, Talavera GA, McClain AC  et al.  Life-course socioeconomic position and the gut microbiome in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL).  Gut Microbes  2025 Dec;17(1):2479772. doi:10.1080/19490976.2025.2479772
  11. Zhang Y, Pan C, Wang S, Zhou Y, Chen J, Yu X, Peng R, Zhang N, Yang H  Distinctive function of Tetraspanins: Implication in viral infections.  Virulence  2025 Dec;16(1):2474188. pii:2474188
  12. Baker L, Jacobson H, McGrosky A, Hinz E, Wambua F, Sherwood A, Mbeng TC, Nzunza R, Braun DR, Ndiema E  et al.  Ambient temperature and wet bulb globe temperature outperform heat index in predicting hydration status and heat perception in a semi-arid environment.  Ann Hum Biol  2025 Dec;52(1):2456152. doi:10.1080/03014460.2025.2456152
  13. Gao H, Sun M, Li A, Gu Q, Kang D, Feng Z, Li X, Wang X, Chen L, Yang H  et al.  Microbiota-derived IPA alleviates intestinal mucosal inflammation through upregulating Th1/Th17 cell apoptosis in inflammatory bowel disease.  Gut Microbes  2025 Dec;17(1):2467235. pii:2467235
  14. Garofano K, Mariani V, Rashid K, Suwunnakorn S, Sidahmed A, Horvath A, Maggirwar SB, O'Brien TJ, Perera MA, Whalen M  et al.  Transcriptomic and functional characterization of megakaryocytic-derived platelet-like particles: impaired aggregation and prominent anti-tumor effects.  Platelets  2025 Dec;36(1):2449344. doi:10.1080/09537104.2024.2449344
  15. Wang L, Men J, Ren W, Yang Z, Gao Y, Gao T, Liu Y, Ji X  Low-reflection electromagnetic interference shielding composite foams with asymmetric structure towards infrared camouflage and response switching.  J Colloid Interface Sci  2025 Nov;697:137941. doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2025.137941
  16. Scariot DB, Staneviciute A, Machado RRB, Yuk SA, Liu YG, Sharma S, Almunif S, Arona Mbaye EH, Nakamura CV, Engman DM  et al.  Efficacy of benznidazole delivery during Chagas disease nanotherapy is dependent on the nanocarrier morphology.  Biomaterials  2025 Nov;322:123358. doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2025.123358
  17. Grzelak LN, Glazer JE, Klemballa DM, Nabb CB, Mittal VA, Walther S, Shankman SA, Letkiewicz AM  Depressive symptoms are associated with impaired body affect recognition for neutral expressions.  J Affect Disord  2025 Oct 15;387:119531. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2025.119531
  18. Kruzan KP, Ammerman B, Lengel GJ, Griffith JW, Lucas K, Nguyen T, Rushton K, Washburn JJ, Mohr DC  Development and initial test of an online self-assessment of nonsuicidal self-injury severity.  J Affect Disord  2025 Oct 15;387:119506. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2025.119506
  19. Jia M, Wu J, Wu X, Chan DS, Hu B, Wong CY, Leung CH, Yang K, Wang W  A photostable luminescent iridium(III) complex probe for imaging endogenous mitochondrial sulfur dioxide in living cells.  Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc  2025 Oct 05;338:126147. doi:10.1016/j.saa.2025.126147
  20. Qian J, Bai S, Xu X, Zhang D, Xiang G, Zhang Y, Hao W, Chen GH  Mechanistic insights into microbial and functional responses to norfloxacin in a thiosulfate-mediated denitrification granular sludge system.  Bioresour Technol  2025 Oct;434:132829. doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2025.132829
  21. Zhai M, Fu B, Wu Z, Wang J, Wang W, Wang H  Data-driven machine learning improves prediction of sulfonamide antibiotic adsorption by biochar in aqueous phase.  Bioresour Technol  2025 Oct;434:132773. doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2025.132773
  22. Carlson PE, Schwager S, Feldewerd K, Schmidt S, Campbell M, Bergstedt S, Cavalcante J, Traverse JH  The use of supersaturated oxygen therapy in patients with late-presentation anterior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.  Int J Cardiol  2025 Oct 01;436:133429. doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133429
  23. Latscha M, Merks S, Sauer J, Schwaninger A  Detecting bombs in hold baggage: 3D imaging is better than 2D imaging when image quality is the same.  Appl Ergon  2025 Oct;128:104534. doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104534
  24. Kwong K, Ahuvia IL, Schleider JL  Help-seeking at the intersection of race and age: Perceived need and treatment access for depression in the United States.  J Affect Disord  2025 Oct 01;386:119428. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2025.119428
  25. Banu SA, Sharun K  Minimum reporting requirements for platelet-rich plasma in biomaterial research.  Biomater Adv  2025 Oct;175:214314. doi:10.1016/j.bioadv.2025.214314
  26. Mao L, Bi W, Ye J, Wan X, Tang Y, Chen Y, Liu W, Wen D  A smartphone-integrated CuFe aerogel nanozyme for rapid and visual detection of ascorbic acid in real samples.  Talanta  2025 Oct 01;293:128169. doi:10.1016/j.talanta.2025.128169
  27. Bulun SE, Yin P, Wei J, Zuberi A, Iizuka T, Suzuki T, Saini P, Goad J, Parker JB, Adli M  et al.  UTERINE FIBROIDS.  Physiol Rev  2025 Oct 01;105(4):1947-1988. doi:10.1152/physrev.00010.2024
  28. Williamson JN, Yang Y  Sex differences in aging and injured brain.  Neural Regen Res  2025 Oct 01;20(10):2901-2902. doi:10.4103/NRR.NRR-D-24-00753
  29. Blackman DJ, Aktaa S, Pickles D, Abdel-Wahab M, De Backer O, Van Mieghem NM, Treede H, Landes U, Bapat V, Hildick-Smith D  et al.  REdo transcatheter aortic VALVE implantation for the management of transcatheter aortic valve failure: Design and rationale of the REVALVE study.  Int J Cardiol  2025 Sep 15;435:133400. doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133400
  30. Borgonovo F, Matsuo T, Petri F, Amin Alavi SM, Mazudie Ndjonko LC, Gori A, Berbari EF  Battle of the Bots: Solving Clinical Cases in Osteoarticular Infections With Large Language Models.  Mayo Clin Proc Digit Health  2025 Sep;3(3):100230. pii:100230
  31. Narula JG, Wignall SM  PLK-1 suppresses centrosome maturation and microtubule polymerization to ensure faithful oocyte meiosis.  J Cell Biol  2025 Sep 01;224(9). pii:e202503080
  32. Jayabalan P, Darcy R, Darbhe V, Neuville Z, Tjong V, Hargrove L, Welty L, Schnitzer T  A novel mechanosensitive stress test in individuals following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A pilot study.  Osteoarthr Cartil Open  2025 Sep;7(3):100619. pii:100619
  33. Hansen JE, Chickering JA, Sullivan AJ, Stelter ZE  Developing a model renal corpuscle to illustrate concepts in renal physiology.  Adv Physiol Educ  2025 Sep 01;49(3):738-741. doi:10.1152/advan.00133.2024
  34. Zhang S, Cui H, Wang J, Zhou J, Chen H, Wang X, Yang Q, Cao J, Hao K, Fu S  et al.  HydroWrap for T2DM-Related Fractures: A smart H2S-delivery controller modulating Macrophage senescence.  Bioact Mater  2025 Sep;51:257-273. doi:10.1016/j.bioactmat.2025.05.007
  35. Linares N, Pratt DN, Damme KSF, Mittal VA  Cognition as a predictor of social network size and early communication in clinically high risk for psychosis individuals.  Schizophr Res Cogn  2025 Sep;41:100365. pii:100365
  36. He P, Yan Y, Lee J, Han IL, Li G, Sabba F, Jia Z, Wells GF, Gu AZ  Phenotypic prevalence index: Diversity of polyphosphate-accumulating organisms (PAOs) and insights in unknown PAOs revealed by combined fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) and 16S rRNA gene sequencing.  Water Res  2025 Sep 01;283:123897. doi:10.1016/j.watres.2025.123897
  37. Wu R, Yu S, Bi A, Li Y, Tiek D, Yu K, Xiong H, Shi Q, Mo Z, Yu X  et al.  Therapeutic targeting of circTNK2 with nanoparticles restores tamoxifen sensitivity and enhances NK cell-mediated immunity in ER-positive breast cancer.  Cancer Lett  2025 Sep 01;627:217823. doi:10.1016/j.canlet.2025.217823
  38. Frost GB, Liu Y, Kron SJ, Scheidt KA  Telomerase reverse transcriptase degradation via a rationally designed covalent proteolysis targeting chimera.  Bioorg Med Chem Lett  2025 Sep 01;125-126:130286. doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2025.130286
  39. Chen H, Nie F, Ma Y, Wang R  Adaptive fast local discriminant analysis with whitening transform.  Neural Netw  2025 Sep;189:107551. doi:10.1016/j.neunet.2025.107551
  40. Wang Y, Fu H, Cao Q, Wang S, Chen Z, Liang F  S2LIC: Learned image compression with the SwinV2 block, Adaptive Channel-wise and Global-inter attention Context.  Neural Netw  2025 Sep;189:107590. doi:10.1016/j.neunet.2025.107590
  41. Si Y, Zhang H, Du L, Deng Z  Abnormalities of brain dynamics based on large-scale cortical network modeling in autism spectrum disorder.  Neural Netw  2025 Sep;189:107561. doi:10.1016/j.neunet.2025.107561
  42. Li L, Lan Z, Qiao H, Meng X, Shi Z, Zhang W, Wang Y, Sun Z, Cui Q, Wang L  et al.  Design of NanoBiT-Nanobody-based FGL1 biosensors for early assisted diagnosis of esophageal cancer.  Biomaterials  2025 Sep;320:123286. doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2025.123286
  43. Ryu DS, Lee H, Eo SJ, Kim JW, Kim Y, Kang S, Noh JH, Lee S, Park JH, Na K  et al.  Photo-responsive self-expanding catheter with photosensitizer-integrated silicone-covered membrane for minimally invasive local therapy in malignant esophageal cancer.  Biomaterials  2025 Sep;320:123265. doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2025.123265
  44. Park N, Kim KS, Lee S, Choi JH, Na K  Enhanced stem cell-mediated therapeutic immune modulation with zinc oxide nanoparticles in liver regenerative therapy.  Biomaterials  2025 Sep;320:123232. doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2025.123232
  45. Zeng W, Wang B, Chang H, Olegovich LV  Precise detection of the low-quality cooking oil by monodisperse droplet generation in a flow-focusing microdroplet generator.  Anal Chim Acta  2025 Aug 15;1363:344143. doi:10.1016/j.aca.2025.344143
  46. Jing S, Wu X, Wang X, Shiu-Hin Chan D, Li TY, Wong CY, Leung CH, Wang W, Wang J  Sensitive detection of boron-containing drug delanzomib by a luminescence probe in health-related samples.  Anal Chim Acta  2025 Aug 15;1363:344199. doi:10.1016/j.aca.2025.344199
  47. Wu J, Wang J, Qi Y, Zhang Z, Li Y, Chen F, Li P, Wang Y  Self-reinforcing extraction of uranium(VI) from wastewater via uranium-incorporated hematite photoelectrochemical system.  J Hazard Mater  2025 Aug 15;494:138614. doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.138614
  48. Shapiro EF, Lin ZW, Cifuentes ES, Barajas-Rodriguez FJ, Gwinn R, Dichtel WR, Packman AI  Removal of PFAS and pharmaceuticals from municipal wastewater using a novel β-cyclodextrin adsorbent over distinct contact times.  Water Res  2025 Aug 15;282:123631. doi:10.1016/j.watres.2025.123631
  49. Jing S, Wu L, Wu X, Nao SC, Jia Q, Wang J, Leung CH, Wang W  Dual-color and specific luminescence detection of Pd2+ ions using iridium(III) complex-based probes in food samples.  Food Chem  2025 Aug 15;483:144327. doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2025.144327
  50. Ma H, Zhang C, Zhang Z, Zhou Z, Xu Y, Xi M, Zhu K, Jia H  Understanding the structure, distribution, and retention of nanoplastics in montmorillonite nanopore by multi-scale computational simulations.  Water Res  2025 Aug 15;282:123638. doi:10.1016/j.watres.2025.123638