Selected June and July 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 June and July 2021.

Thioesterase superfamily member 1 undergoes stimulus-coupled conformational reorganization to regulate metabolism in mice
Nature Communications / Research / June 9, 2021
BIDMC Authors: Yue Li, Samaksh Goyal, Lay-Hong Ang, Mahnoor Baqai, Susan J. Hagen (Department of Surgery)

Immunogenicity of Ad26.COV2.S vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 variants in humans
Nature / Research / June 9, 2021
BIDMC Authors: Galit Alter, Jingyou Yu, Jinyan Liu, Abishek Chandrashekar, Erica N. Borducchi, Lisa H. Tostanoski, Katherine McMahan, Catherine Jacob-Dolan, Aiquan Chang, Tochi Anioke, Michelle Lifton, Joseph Nkolola, Kathryn E. Stephenson, Dan H. Barouch (Center for Virology and Vaccine Research)

Evaluating meaningful levels of financial toxicity in gynecologic cancers
International Journal of Gynecological Cancer / Research / June 10, 2021
BIDMC Authors: Katharine McKinley Esselen, Annika Gompers, Michele R Hacker, Meghan Shea (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Medicine)

Scaling up pharmacist-led blood pressure control programs in Black barbershops: projected population health impact and value
Circulation / Research / June 15, 2021
BIDMC Author: Dhruv S. Kazi (Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology)

Protective efficacy of Ad26.COV2.S against SARS-CoV-2 B.1.351 in macaques
Nature / Research / June 23, 2021
BIDMC Authors: Jingyou Yu, Lisa H. Tostanoski, Noe B. Mercado, Katherine McMahan, Jinyan Liu, Catherine Jacob-Dolan, Abishek Chandrashekar, Tochi Anioke, Esther A. Bondzie, Aiquan Chang, Sarah Gardner, Victoria M. Giffin, David L. Hope, Felix Nampanya, Joseph Nkolola, Shivani Patel, Owen Sanborn, Daniel Sellers, Huahua Wan, Dan H. Barouch (Center for Virology and Vaccine Research)

Highly selective brain-to-gut communication via genetically-defined vagus neurons
Neuron / Research / July 7, 2021
BIDMC Authors: Jenkang Tao, John N. Campbell, Linus T. Tsai, Chen Wu, Bradford B. Lowell (Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism)

Food cue regulation of AGRP hunger neurons guides learning
Nature / Research / July 14, 2021
BIDMC Authors: Janet Berrios, Joseph C. Madara, Alastair S. Garfield, Jennifer S. Steger, Bradford B. Lowell (Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism)

Durable humoral and cellular immune responses 8 months after Ad26.COV2.S vaccination
New England Journal of Medicine / Correspondence / July 14, 2021
BIDMC Authors: Dan H. Barouch, Kathryn E. Stephenson (Center for Virology and Vaccine Research)

Associations of lead concentrations in drinking water with hemoglobin concentrations and erythropoietin stimulating agent use among patients with advanced chronic kidney disease
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology / Research / July 15, 2021
BIDMC Authors: John Danziger, Kenneth J. Mukamal (Department of Medicine)

A subset of localized prostate cancer displays an immunogenic phenotype associated with losses of key tumor suppressor genes
Clinical Cancer Research / Research / July 20, 2021
BIDMC Authors: Carla Calagua, Olga Voznesensky, Steven P. Balk and David J. Einstein (Division of Medical Oncology)

Lenvatinib targets PDGFR-β pericytes and inhibits synergy with thyroid carcinoma cells: novel translational insights
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism / Research / July 24, 2021
BIDMC Authors: Asumi Iesato, Stephanie Li, Michele R Hacker, Carmelo Nucera (Department of Pathology, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology)