Selected October Publications from BIDMC Faculty

Building on our culture of collaboration and innovation, our researchers are helping to transform medicine and health care delivery. Below are selected academic publications issued in the month of October.

Passive transfer of vaccine-elicited antibodies protects against SIV in rhesus macaques
Cell / Research / October 1, 2020
BIDMC Authors: Abishek Chandrashekar, Erica N. Borducchi, Peter Abbink, Noe B. Mercado, Joseph P. Nkolola, Katherine McMahan, Esther A. Bondzie, Venous Hamza, Lauren Peter, Nicole Kordana, Shant Mahrokhian, Michael S. Seaman, Dan H. Barouch (Center for Virology and Vaccine Research)

Should you recommend direct-to-consumer genetic testing for this patient?
Annals of Internal Medicine / Beyond the Guidelines / October 6, 2020
BIDMC Author: Gerald W. Smetana (Department of Medicine)

Ambulatory follow-up and outcomes among Medicare beneficiaries after emergency department discharge
JAMA Network Open / Research / October 9, 2020
BIDMC Author: Ryan C. Burke, Laura Burke (Department of Emergency Medicine)

Vascular disease and thrombosis in SARS-CoV-2-infected rhesus macaques
Cell / Research / October 9, 2020
BIDMC Authors: Malika Aid, Samuel J. Vidal, Olga R. Brook, Abishek Chandrashekar, Shivani Patel, Kathryn Stephenson, Jonathan L. Hecht, Amanda J. Martinot, Dan H. Barouch (Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Department of Radiology, Department of Pathology)

New U.S. law mandates access to clinical notes: Implications for patients and clinicians
Annals of Internal Medicine / Ideas & Opinions / October 13, 2020
BIDMC Authors: Charlotte Blease, Jan Walker, Catherine M. DesRoches (OpenNotes)

Evaluation of hospital performance using the excess days in acute care measure in the hospital readmissions reduction program
Annals of Internal Medicine / Research / October 13, 2020
BIDMC Authors: Rishi K. Wadhera, Bruce E. Landon, Changyu Shen, Robert W. Yeh (Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology)

Leptin alters energy intake and fat mass but not energy expenditure in lean subjects
Nature Communications / Research / October 13, 2020
BIDMC Authors: Pavlina Chrysafi, Nikolaos Perakakis, Olivia M. Farr, Konstantinos Stefanakis, Natia Peradze, Christos S. Mantzoros (Department of Medicine)

Healthcare’s earthquake: Lessons from complex adaptive systems to develop Covid-19-responsive measures and models
NEJM Catalyst / Commentary / October 23, 2020
BIDMC Authors: Jennifer P. Stevens, Ashley O’Donoghue, Steven Horng (Center for Healthcare Delivery Science) *Co-authors include Manu Tandon and Kevin Tabb of BILH

Origin of rebound virus in chronically SIV-infected rhesus monkeys following treatment discontinuation
Nature Communications / Research / October 27, 2020
BIDMC Authors: Po-Ting Liu, Peter Abbink, Noe B. Mercado, Jinyan Liu, Esther A. Bondzie, Abishek Chandrashekar, Erica N. Borducchi, Dan H. Barouch (Center for Virology and Vaccine Research)

Fine-tuning lipid metabolism by targeting mitochondria-associated Acetyl-CoA-Carboxylase 2 in BRAFV600E papillary thyroid carcinoma
Thyroid / Research / October 27, 2020
BIDMC Authors: Veronica Valvo, Asumi Iesato, Zsuzsanna Zsengeller, Isaac E Stillman, Suzanne D Burke, Xiaowen Liu, Carmelo Nucera (Department of Pathology)