Recent (2005) publications:

Paridon SM, Alpert BS, Boas SR, Cabrera ME, Caldarera LL, Daniels SR, Kimball TR, Knilans TK, Nixon PA, Rhodes J, Yetman AT: Statement on Stress Testing in the Pediatric Age Group – From the Committee on Atherosclerosis, Hypertension, and Obesity in Youth of the Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, the American Heart Association. Circulation, in press.

Collins RT, Alpert BS: Pulse wave velocity in normotensive healthy Southern youth. American Journal of Hypertension. In press.

Brinkmann, KC, Talati, AJ, Akbari, RE, Meals, EA, and English, BK. “Group B streptococci exposed to rifampin or clindamycin (versus ampicillin or cefotaxime) stimulate reduced production of inflammatory mediators by murine macrophages”, Pediatr Res, 57: 419-423, 2005.

Nguyen W, Stewart C, Fisher K, Lew DB, Tolley E, Self T: Maintenance Asthma Treatment with Fluticasone/Salmeterol combination via Diskus: Effect on outcomes in inner city children enrolled in TennCare. Allergy Asthma Proc. 26:129-134, 2005.

Belleau JT, Gandhi RK, McPherson HM, and Lew DB: Up- regulation of CD23 (FceRII) expression inn Human airway smooth muscle cells after exposure to IL-4, GM-CSF, and IL-4/ GM-CSF Clinical and Molecular Allergy 3: article number 6, 2005. [Epub ahead of print].

DeVincenzo JP. Natural infection of infants with respiratory syncytial virus subgroups A and B: a study of frequency, disease severity and viral load. Pediatric Research. 56:914-7, 2004

DeVincenzo JP, Aitken JB, Harrison LG. Opportunities for early therapy of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection: What happens before hospitalization. Antiviral Research. 62(1):47-51, 2004

El Saleeby CCM, Suzich J, Conley ME, DeVincenzo JP. The quantitative effects of palivizumab and donor derived T cells on chronic Respiratory Syncytial Virus infection, lung disease and fusion glycoprotein amino acid sequences before and after bone marrow transplantation. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 39e:17-20, 2004

DeVincenzo JP, Hall CB, Kimberlin DW, Sanchez PJ, Rodriguez WJ, Jantausch BA, Corey L, Khan JS, Englund JA, Suzich JA, Palmer-Hill FJ, Branco L, Johnson S, Patel NK, Piazza FM. Surveillance of Clinical Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Isolates for Palivizumab (Synagis) Resistant Mutants. J Infectious Diseases. 190:975-8, 2004

Mabry SM, Webb DL, Torrance SA, El Saleeby C, Harrison LM, Aitken JA, Patel A, DeVincenzo JP. Development and characteristics of a quantitative real-time reverse transcriptase PCR assay compared to quantitative culture of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in naturally-infected children. J Clin Micro 23(5):2356-62, 2005

DeVincenzo JP, El Saleeby CM, Bush AJ. Respiratory Syncytial Virus Load Predicts Disease Severity in Previously Healthy Infants. J Infectious Diseases. 191:1861-8, 2005

Adkins RM, Campese C, Vaidya R, Boyd TK: Association between fetal growth restriction and polymorphisms at sites -1 and +3 of pituitary growth hormone: a case-control study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 5: 2

Belleau JT, Gandhi RK, McPherson HM, Lew DB: Upregulation of CD23 (FceRII) expression in human airway smooth muscle cells (huASMC) in response to IL-4, GM-CSF, and IL-4/GM-CSF. Clinical and Molecular Allergy 20:6

Chesney RW: Children as clinical research subjects. Journal of Pediatrics 148: 579-580

Dahmer MK, Randolph A, Vitali S, Quasney MW: Genetic polymorphisms in sepsis. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 6: S61-S73

Elbahlawan LM, Stidham GL, Bugnitz MC, Storgion SA, Quasney MW: Severe systemic reaction to Loxosceles reclusa spider bites in a pediatric population. Pediatric Emergency Care 21: 177-180

Hak EB, Crill CM, Bugnitz MC, Mouser JF, Chesney RW: Increased parathyroid hormone and decreased calcitriol during neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Intensive Care Med epub ahead of print

Head AJ, Myers LK, Thompson JD, Buckingham SC, Skinner RB Jr: Disseminated blastomycosis presenting as oligoarticular septic arthritis in a 12-year-old girl. Arthritis and Rheumatism 53: 138-141

Inaba H, Geiger TL, Lasater OE, Wang WC: A case of hemoglobin SC disease with cold agglutinin-induced hemolysis. American Journal of Hematology 78: 37-40

Lau KK, Wyatt RJ: Glomerulonephritis. Adolescent Medicine Clinics 16: 67-85

Lau KK, Weiss AR, Jones DP: Polyuria associated with high-dose methotrexate in two patients with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice 11: 31-33

Lau KK, Gaber LW, Delos Santos NM, Wyatt RJ: C1q nephropathy: features at presentation and outcome. Pediatric Nephrology 20: 744-749.

Liu TT, Lee RE, Barker KS, Lee RE, Wei L, Homayouni R, Rogers PD: Genome-wide expression profiling of the response to azole, polyene, echinocandin, and pyrimidine antifungal agents in Candida albicans. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 49: 2226-2236

Nance S, Cross R, Yi AK, Fitzpatrick EA: IFN-gamma production by innate immune cells is sufficient for development of hypersensitivity pneumonitis. European Journal of Immunology 35: 1928-1938, 2005.

Novak J, Tomana M, Matousovic K, Brown R, Hall S, Novak L, Julian BA, Wyatt RJ, Mestecky J: IgA1-containing immune complexes in IgA nephropathy differentially affect proliferation of mesangial cells. Kidney International 67: 504-513

Paton EA: Nontraumatic pediatric surgical emergencies. An overview of select presentations. Advanced Nursing Practice 13: 22-27

Salim MA, Di Sessa TG: Effectiveness of fludrocortisone and salt in preventing syncope recurrence in children: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 45: 484-488

Barker KS, Liu T, Rogers PD. Analysis of differential gene expression in the human monocytic cell line THP-1 in response to Candida albicans. Journal of Infectious Diseases (in press).

Hooshdaran MZ, Hilliard GM, Rogers PD. Application of proteomic analysis to the study of azole antifungal resistance in Candida albicans. Methods Mol Med. 2005;118:57-70.

Barker KS, Rogers PD. Application of deoxyribonucleic acid microarray analysis to the study of azole antifungal resistance in Candida albicans. Methods Mol Med. 2005;118:45-56.

Liu, TT, Lee REB, Barker KS, Lee RE, Wei L, Homayouni R, Rogers PD. Genome-wide expression profiling of the response to azole, polyene, echinocandin, and pyrimidine antifungal agents in Candida albicans. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 2005;49:2226-36.

Lee REB, Liu TT, Barker KS, Lee RE, Rogers PD. Genome-wide expression profiling of the response to ciclopirox olamine in Candida albicans. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2005;55:655-62.

Recent grants received:

English K. "Mechanisms of Cholangiocyte Activation by Gram-Negative Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)" Morgan Foundation, July 2005 – June 2006

Rogers PD, Barker KS, Beranova S, Chesler E, Hilliard G, Homayouni R, Morschhäuser J.NIH/NIAID: $1,031,060 – 1R01 AI058145A2 Novel Azole Resistance Mechanisms in Candida albicans. July 2004 – June 2007.

Barker KS, Rogers PD. UT Center for Microbial Pathogenesis Grant: $16,000 – Human monocyte response to Candida albicans hyphae and yeast. January 2005 – January 2006.

Rogers PD. UT College of Pharmacy Seed Research Grant: $10,000 - PDR1-mediated transcriptional regulation of azole antifungal resistance in Candida glabrata. February 2005 – June 2005.

Kritchevsky S, Headley S, Meibohm B, Rogers PD, Tolley B, Yates CR, Newman A, Crapo R. NIH/NHLBI: $1,456,084 – R01 HL074104 Predicting Pulmonary Function Decline in the Elderly. January 2004 – December 2006.

Levy M. Promoting Breastfeeding-Friendly Physician Practices, funding from Memphis Area Nutrition Council, $1,500.