2022
COVID-19 & differential effects in twins: Insights from Placenta Pathology
Moriarty K, Yu M, Hussain N, Zgutka K, Sanders MM, Harigopal M, Wang J, Wang X, Hui P, Liu C, Sink D, Shields A. COVID-19 & differential effects in twins: Insights from Placenta Pathology. Placenta 2022, 124: 62-66. PMID: 35640456, PMCID: PMC9121647, DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2022.05.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2Perinatal lossCOVID-19Adverse pregnancy outcomesMaternal-fetal interfaceTime of infectionDifferential effectsPregnancy outcomesPremature deliveryFetal interfaceGestational agePlacenta pathologyTwin pregnanciesMembranous expressionFemale fetusesFetal sexViral detection methodsViral receptorsFemale twinsTissue resultsPregnancyPlacentaTask ForceSuccumbedFetusesSaliVISION: a rapid saliva-based COVID-19 screening and diagnostic test with high sensitivity and specificity
DeFina SM, Wang J, Yang L, Zhou H, Adams J, Cushing W, Tuohy B, Hui P, Liu C, Pham K. SaliVISION: a rapid saliva-based COVID-19 screening and diagnostic test with high sensitivity and specificity. Scientific Reports 2022, 12: 5729. PMID: 35388102, PMCID: PMC8986854, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-09718-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Diagnostic testingRespiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplificationTranscription loop-mediated isothermal amplificationTranscription-quantitative polymerase chain reactionSyndrome coronavirus 2COVID-19 diagnostic testingCoronavirus disease 2019Public health challengeRapid diagnostic testingCOVID-19 screeningQuantitative polymerase chain reactionLoop-mediated isothermal amplificationCoronavirus 2Polymerase chain reactionLaboratory testingRapid diagnostic assaysDisease 2019RT-LAMPInvasive sample collectionDiagnostic testsChain reaction
2021
SARS-CoV-2 expresses a microRNA-like small RNA able to selectively repress host genes
Pawlica P, Yario TA, White S, Wang J, Moss WN, Hui P, Vinetz JM, Steitz JA. SARS-CoV-2 expresses a microRNA-like small RNA able to selectively repress host genes. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2021, 118: e2116668118. PMID: 34903581, PMCID: PMC8719879, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2116668118.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBasic leucine zipper ATF-like transcription factor 2Small RNAsHuman lung-derived cell linesSARS-CoV-2 infectionLung-derived cell linesRNA interference (RNAi) pathwayHost miRNA levelsTranscription factor 2Cellular machineryInterference pathwayDrosha proteinSARS-CoV-2-infected individualsHost genesSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Host miRNAsPutative targetsSyndrome coronavirus 2SARS-CoV-2MiRNA levelsFactor 2Cell linesNasopharyngeal swabsCoronavirus 2