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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics

Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Publications

Below are recent publications by faculty members in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition in the Department of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

  1. Wechsler JB, Berken JA, Keeley K, Singer W, Jhaveri R, Katz BZ, Fortunato JE, Saps M  Somatic, emotional, and gastrointestinal symptom severity are increased among children and adolescents with COVID-19.  Neurogastroenterol Motil  2024 Nov;36(11):e14909. doi:10.1111/nmo.14909
  2. Johnson P, Phillips VL, Lamb N, Guo K, Zhao L, Brennan KM, Prozialeck JD, Cohran VC  Effect of parenteral lipids on essential fatty acid deficiency in pediatric intestinal failure: A retrospective cohort study.  JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr  2024 Oct;48(7):793-801. doi:10.1002/jpen.2678
  3. Kessler L, Koo C, Richter CP, Tan X  Hearing loss during chemotherapy: prevalence, mechanisms, and protection.  Am J Cancer Res  2024;14(9):4597-4632. doi:10.62347/OKGQ4382
  4. Porto A, Lebowitz J, Byrd R, Morgan E, Prozialeck JD  Malakoplakia: A rare cause of hematochezia in pediatric patients.  JPGN Rep  2024 Aug;5(3):360-362. doi:10.1002/jpr3.12075
  5. Chapin CA, Diamond T, Perez A, Kreiger PA, Loomes KM, Behrens EM, Alonso EM  Identification of pediatric activated T-cell hepatitis using clinical immune studies.  Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol  2024 Aug;48(7):102407. doi:10.1016/j.clinre.2024.102407
  6. Koo C, Richter CP, Tan X  Roles of Sirtuins in Hearing Protection.  Pharmaceuticals (Basel)  2024 Jul 28;17(8). pii:998
  7. Zheng J, Zhou Y, Fuentes RJ, Tan X  Verification of Outer Hair Cell Motor Protein, Prestin, as a Serological Biomarker for Mouse Cochlear Damage.  Int J Mol Sci  2024 Jul 02;25(13). pii:7285
  8. Chapin CA, Whitehead B, Shakhin V, Taylor SA, Kriegermeier A, Mohammad S, Alonso EM  Immunosuppression minimization is safe and associated with good long-term success in pediatric recipients of liver transplant.  Liver Transpl  2024 Jul 01;30(7):707-716. doi:10.1097/LVT.0000000000000300
  9. Chapin CA, Squires JE, Horslen SP, Alonso EM  Equipoise in pediatric acute liver failure.  J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr  2024 May;78(5):1001-1004. doi:10.1002/jpn3.12166
  10. Sauer CG, Barnard JA, Vinci RJ, Strople JA  Child Health Needs and the Pediatric Gastroenterology Workforce: 2020-2040.  Pediatrics  2024 Feb 01;153(Suppl 2). pii:e2023063678K
  11. Janarthanam R, Kuang FL, Zalewski A, Amsden K, Wang MY, Ostilla L, Keeley K, Hirano I, Kagalwalla A, Wershil BK  et al.  Bulk T-cell receptor sequencing confirms clonality in pediatric eosinophilic esophagitis and identifies a food-specific repertoire.  Allergy  2023 Sep;78(9):2487-2496. doi:10.1111/all.15773
  12. Antala S, Gromer KD, Gadhvi G, Kriegermeier A, Wang JJ, Abdala-Valencia H, Wechsler JB, Perlman H, Winter DR, Zhang ZJ  et al.  Single-cell sequencing of a novel model of neonatal bile duct ligation in mice identifies macrophage heterogeneity in obstructive cholestasis.  Sci Rep  2023 Aug 29;13(1):14104. pii:14104
  13. Toaz EE, Cheon EC, Hoffmann NV, Pandolfino JE, Carlson DA, Wechsler JB  The effect of dexmedetomidine administration on esophageal contractility in two pediatric patients with eosinophilic esophagitis.  Neurogastroenterol Motil  2023 Aug;35(8):e14609. doi:10.1111/nmo.14609
  14. McKay S, Cohran V, Bass LM  Anastomotic Ulcers: Current Understanding of the Pathogenesis and Management.  Curr Gastroenterol Rep  2023 Jul;25(7):169-173. doi:10.1007/s11894-023-00873-w
  15. Fishbein MH, Kronberg J, Alvarado S, Bohm D, Ideran P, Scarborough DR  A Multidisciplinary Approach to Infants With GERD-Like Symptoms: A New Paradigm.  J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr  2023 Jul 01;77(1):39-46. doi:10.1097/MPG.0000000000003802
  16. Banc-Husu AM, Hall M, Thurm C, Whitehead BA, Godown JA, Alonso EM  Acute-on-chronic liver failure before liver transplantation does not impact post-transplant survival in children with biliary atresia.  Liver Transpl  2023 May 01;29(5):485-496. doi:10.1097/LVT.0000000000000077
  17. Novak I, Bass LM  Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Children: Current Management, Controversies, and Advances.  Gastrointest Endosc Clin N Am  2023 Apr;33(2):401-421. doi:10.1016/j.giec.2022.11.003
  18. Cohran VC, Gold BD, Spencer DJ, Cole CR  Health Care Disparities in Gastroenterology: The Pediatric Gastroenterology Perspective.  J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr  2022 Dec 01;75(6):689-691. doi:10.1097/MPG.0000000000003611
  19. Bass LM, Ye W, Hawthorne K, Leung DH, Murray KF, Molleston JP, Romero R, Karpen S, Rosenthal P, Loomes KM  et al.  Risk of variceal hemorrhage and pretransplant mortality in children with biliary atresia.  Hepatology  2022 Sep;76(3):712-726. doi:10.1002/hep.32451
  20. Wechsler JB, Bolton SM, Gray E, Kim KY, Kagalwalla AF  Defining the Patchy Landscape of Esophageal Eosinophilia in Children With Eosinophilic Esophagitis.  Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol  2022 Sep;20(9):1971-1976.e2. doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2021.12.023
  21. Wechsler JB, Schwartz S, Arva NC, Kim KA, Chen L, Makhija M, Amsden K, Keeley K, Mohammed S, Dellon ES  et al.  A Single-Food Milk Elimination Diet Is Effective for Treatment of Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Children.  Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol  2022 Aug;20(8):1748-1756.e11. doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2021.03.049
  22. Wechsler JB, Butuci M, Wong A, Kamboj AP, Youngblood BA  Mast cell activation is associated with post-acute COVID-19 syndrome.  Allergy  2022 Apr;77(4):1288-1291. doi:10.1111/all.15188
  23. Wenzel AA, Wadhwani N, Wechsler JB  Continued Basal Zone Expansion After Resolution of Eosinophilia in a Child With Eosinophilic Esophagitis on Benralizumab.  J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr  2022 Feb 01;74(2):e31-e34. doi:10.1097/MPG.0000000000003319
  24. Lemoine CP, Superina R, Mohammad S  Normal long-term neurologic and graft outcome after liver transplantation in an infant with Neimann-Pick type C disease.  Am J Transplant  2022 Feb;22(2):646-648. doi:10.1111/ajt.16819

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