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  1. Collazo BJ, Morales-Vázquez D, Álvarez-Del Valle J, Sierra-Pagan JE, Medina JC, Méndez-Álvarez J, Gerena Y. Angiotensin II Induces Differentiation of Human Neuroblastoma Cells by Increasing MAP2 and ROS Levels. J Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone Syst. 2021 Jun 14;2021:6191417. doi: 10.1155/2021/6191417. PMID: 34285710; PMCID: PMC8265025.
     
  2. Heredia FL, Roche-Lima A, Parés-Matos EI. A novel artificial intelligence-based approach for identification of deoxynucleotide aptamers. PLoS Comput Biol. 2021 Aug 3;17(8):e1009247. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009247. PMID: 34343165; PMCID: PMC8362955.
     
  3. Reyes-González JM, Vivas-Mejía PE. c-MYC and Epithelial Ovarian Cancer. Front Oncol. 2021 Feb 26;11:601512. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.601512. PMID: 33718147; PMCID: PMC7952744.
     
  4. Valdés-Fernández BN, Duconge J, Espino AM, Ruaño G. Personalized health and the coronavirus vaccines-Do individual genetics matter? Bioessays. 2021 Sep;43(9):e2100087. doi: 10.1002/bies.202100087. Epub 2021 Jul 26. PMID: 34309055; PMCID: PMC8390434.
     
  5. Santiago-Sánchez GS, Noriega-Rivera R, Hernández-O'Farrill E, Valiyeva F, Quiñones-Diaz B, Villodre ES, Debeb BG, Rosado-Albacarys A, Vivas-Mejía PE. Targeting Lipocalin-2 in Inflammatory Breast Cancer Cells with Small Interference RNA and Small Molecule Inhibitors. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Aug 10;22(16):8581. doi: 10.3390/ijms22168581. PMID: 34445288; PMCID: PMC8395282.
     
  6. Lacourt-Ventura MY, Vilanova-Cuevas B, Rivera-Rodríguez D, Rosario-Acevedo R, Miranda C, Maldonado-Martínez G, Maysonet J, Vargas D, Ruiz Y, Hunter-Mellado R, Cubano LA, Dharmawardhane S, Lampe JW, Baerga-Ortiz A, Godoy-Vitorino F, Martínez-Montemayor MM. Soy and Frequent Dairy Consumption with Subsequent Equol Production Reveals Decreased Gut Health in a Cohort of Healthy Puerto Rican Women. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Aug 4;18(16):8254. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18168254. PMID: 34444002; PMCID: PMC8391519.
     
  7. Ashrap P, Watkins DJ, Mukherjee B, Rosario-Pabón Z, Vélez-Vega CM, Alshawabkeh A, Cordero JF, Meeker JD. Performance of urine, blood, and integrated metal biomarkers in relation to birth outcomes in a mixture setting. Environ Res. 2021 Sep;200:111435. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111435. Epub 2021 Jun 10. PMID: 34097892; PMCID: PMC8403638.
     
  8. López-Cepero A, Cameron S, Negrón LE, Colón-López V, Colón-Ramos U, Mattei J, Fernández-Repollet E, Pérez CM. Uncertainty and unwillingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in adults residing in Puerto Rico: Assessment of perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2021 Oct 3;17(10):3441-3449. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2021.1938921. Epub 2021 Aug 17. PMID: 34402409; PMCID: PMC8437450.
     
  9. Ayala-Marín AM, Colón-López V, Vélez-Álamo C, Fernández-Espada N, Pattatucci A, Fernández ME. Never Screened: Understanding Breast Cancer Nonadherence in Puerto Rico. Health Educ Behav. 2021 Oct;48(5):559-566. doi: 10.1177/1090198120988248. Epub 2021 Mar 5. PMID: 33666106; PMCID: PMC8418629.
     
  10. Rodriguez M, López-Cepero A, Ortiz-Martínez AP, Fernández-Repollet E, Pérez CM. Influence of Health Beliefs on COVID-19 Vaccination among Individuals with Cancer and Other Comorbidities in Puerto Rico. Vaccines (Basel). 2021 Sep 6;9(9):994. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9090994. PMID: 34579231; PMCID: PMC8473277.
     
  11. Bosque-Cordero KY, Vazquez-Torres R, Calo-Guadalupe C, Consuegra-Garcia D, Fois GR, Georges F, Jimenez-Rivera CA. Ih blockade reduces cocaine-induced firing patterns of putative dopaminergic neurons of the ventral tegmental area in the anesthetized rat. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2022 Jan 10;112:110431. doi: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2021.110431. Epub 2021 Aug 27. PMID: 34454991; PMCID: PMC8489561.
     
  12. Vecchini Rodríguez CM, Escalona Meléndez Y, Flores-Otero J. Cannabinoid Receptors and Ligands: Lessons from CNS Disorders and the Quest for Novel Treatment Venues. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2021;1297:43-64. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-61663-2_4. PMID: 33537936; PMCID: PMC8502072.
     
  13. De la Rosa MVG, Báez JPF, Romañach RJ, López-Mejías V, Stelzer T. Real-time concentration monitoring using a compact composite sensor array for in situ quality control of aqueous formulations. J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2021 Nov 30;206:114386. doi: 10.1016/j.jpba.2021.114386. Epub 2021 Sep 20. PMID: 34607202; PMCID: PMC8570044.
     
  14. De La Rosa-Reyes V, Duprey-Díaz MV, Blagburn JM, Blanco RE. Retinoic acid treatment recruits macrophages and increases axonal regeneration after optic nerve injury in the frog Rana pipiens. PLoS One. 2021 Nov 5;16(11):e0255196. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255196. PMID: 34739478; PMCID: PMC8570512.
     
  15. Duconge J, Santiago E, Hernandez-Suarez DF, Moneró M, López-Reyes A, Rosario M, Renta JY, González P, Ileana Fernández-Morales L, Antonio Vélez-Figueroa L, Arce O, Marín-Maldonado F, Nuñez H, Melin K, Scott SA, Ruaño G. Pharmacogenomic polygenic risk score for clopidogrel responsiveness among Caribbean Hispanics: A candidate gene approach. Clin Transl Sci. 2021 Nov;14(6):2254-2266. doi: 10.1111/cts.13124. Epub 2021 Aug 20. PMID: 34415683; PMCID: PMC8604227.
     
  16. Sangkuhl K, Claudio-Campos K, Cavallari LH, Agundez JAG, Whirl-Carrillo M, Duconge J, Del Tredici AL, Wadelius M, Rodrigues Botton M, Woodahl EL, Scott SA, Klein TE, Pratt VM, Daly AK, Gaedigk A. PharmVar GeneFocus: CYP2C9. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2021 Sep;110(3):662-676. doi: 10.1002/cpt.2333. Epub 2021 Jul 12. PMID: 34109627; PMCID: PMC8607432.
     
  17. Maldonado-Díaz C, Vazquez M, Marie B. A comparison of three different methods of eliciting rapid activity-dependent synaptic plasticity at the Drosophila NMJ. PLoS One. 2021 Nov 30;16(11):e0260553. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260553. PMID: 34847197; PMCID: PMC8631638.
     
  18. Zimmerman E, Watkins DJ, Huerta-Montanez G, Rosario Pabon Z, Feric Z, Manjourides J, Velez-Vega CM, Figueroa A, Hines M, Martens A, Cordero J, Alshwabekah A, Meeker JD. Associations of gestational phthalate exposure and non-nutritive suck among infants from the Puerto Rico Testsite for Exploring Contamination Threats (PROTECT) birth cohort study. Environ Int. 2021 Jul;152:106480. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2021.106480. Epub 2021 Mar 16. PMID: 33740674; PMCID: PMC8713051.
     
  19. Rosado-Franco JJ, Armina-Rodriguez A, Marzan-Rivera N, Burgos AG, Spiliopoulos N, Dorta-Estremera SM, Mendez LB, Espino AM. Recombinant Fasciola hepatica Fatty Acid Binding Protein as a Novel Anti-Inflammatory Biotherapeutic Drug in an Acute Gram-Negative Nonhuman Primate Sepsis Model. Microbiol Spectr. 2021 Dec 22;9(3):e0191021. doi: 10.1128/Spectrum.01910-21. Epub 2021 Dec 22. PMID: 34937173; PMCID: PMC8694124.
     
  20. Rabelo-Fernández RJ, Santiago-Sánchez GS, Sharma RK, Roche-Lima A, Carrion KC, Rivera RAN, Quiñones-Díaz BI, Rajasekaran S, Siddiqui J, Miles W, Rivera YS, Valiyeva F, Vivas-Mejia PE. Reduced RBPMS Levels Promote Cell Proliferation and Decrease Cisplatin Sensitivity in Ovarian Cancer Cells. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Jan 4;23(1):535. doi: 10.3390/ijms23010535. PMID: 35008958; PMCID: PMC8745614.
     
  21. Rosario-Rodríguez LJ, Gerena Y, García-Requena LA, Cartagena-Isern LJ, Cuadrado-Ruiz JC, Borges-Vélez G, Meléndez LM. Cannabinoid receptor type 2 agonist JWH-133 decreases cathepsin B secretion and neurotoxicity from HIV-infected macrophages. Sci Rep. 2022 Jan 7;12(1):233. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-03896-3. PMID: 34996989; PMCID: PMC8741953.
     
  22. Borges-Vélez G, Rosado-Philippi J, Cantres-Rosario YM, Carrasquillo-Carrion K, Roche-Lima A, Pérez-Vargas J, González-Martínez A, Correa-Rivas MS, Meléndez LM. Zika virus infection of the placenta alters extracellular matrix proteome. J Mol Histol. 2021 Jul 15:10.1007/s10735-021-09994-w. doi: 10.1007/s10735-021-09994-w. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34264436; PMCID: PMC8760362.
     
  23. Joshipura KJ, Martínez-Lozano M, Ríos-Jiménez PI, Camacho-Monclova DM, Noboa-Ramos C, Alvarado-González GA, Lowe SR. Preparedness, Hurricanes Irma and Maria, and Impact on Health in Puerto Rico. Int J Disaster Risk Reduct. 2022 Jan;67:102657. doi: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102657. Epub 2021 Oct 28. PMID: 35036300; PMCID: PMC8754401.
     
  24. Thangarajh M, Bello L, Gordish-Dressman H; CINRG-DNHS Investigators. Longitudinal motor function in proximal versus distal DMD pathogenic variants. Muscle Nerve. 2021 Oct;64(4):467-473. doi: 10.1002/mus.27371. Epub 2021 Jul 23. PMID: 34255858; PMCID: PMC8780240.
     
  25. Andriankaja OM, Joshipura K, Muñoz F, Dye BA, Hu FB, Pérez CM. Impact of Impaired Glucose Metabolism on Periodontitis Progression over Three Years. Dent J (Basel). 2022 Jan 7;10(1):10. doi: 10.3390/dj10010010. PMID: 35049608; PMCID: PMC8774522.
     
  26. McDonald CM, Muntoni F, Penematsa V, Jiang J, Kristensen A, Bibbiani F, Goodwin E, Gordish-Dressman H, Morgenroth L, Werner C, Li J, Able R, Trifillis P, Tulinius M; Study 019 investigators. Ataluren delays loss of ambulation and respiratory decline in nonsense mutation Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients. J Comp Eff Res. 2022 Feb;11(3):139-155. doi: 10.2217/cer-2021-0196. Epub 2021 Nov 18. PMID: 34791888; PMCID: PMC8787621.
     
  27. Johnson BJ, Hunter KE, Golley RK, Chadwick P, Barba A, Aberoumand M, Libesman S, Askie L, Taylor RW, Robledo KP, Mihrshahi S, O'Connor DA, Hayes AJ, Wolfenden L, Wood CT, Baur LA, Rissel C, Staub LP, Taki S, Smith W, Sue-See M, Marschner IC, Espinoza D, Thomson JL, Larsen JK, Verbestel V, Odar Stough C, Salvy SJ, O'Reilly SL, Karssen LT, Rasmussen FE, Messito MJ, Gross RS, Bryant M, Paul IM, Wen LM, Hesketh KD, González Acero C, Campbell K, Øverby NC, Linares AM, Wasser HM, Joshipura KJ, Palacios C, Maffeis C, Thompson AL, Ghaderi A, Lakshman R, Banna JC, Oken E, Campos Rivera M, Pérez-Expósito AB, Taylor BJ, Savage JS, Røed M, Goran M, de la Haye K, Anzman-Frasca S, Seidler AL; Transforming Obesity Prevention for CHILDren (TOPCHILD) Collaboration. Unpacking the behavioural components and delivery features of early childhood obesity prevention interventions in the TOPCHILD Collaboration: a systematic review and intervention coding protocol. BMJ Open. 2022 Jan 20;12(1):e048165. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048165. PMID: 35058255; PMCID: PMC8783827.
     
  28. Hunter KE, Johnson BJ, Askie L, Golley RK, Baur LA, Marschner IC, Taylor RW, Wolfenden L, Wood CT, Mihrshahi S, Hayes AJ, Rissel C, Robledo KP, O'Connor DA, Espinoza D, Staub LP, Chadwick P, Taki S, Barba A, Libesman S, Aberoumand M, Smith WA, Sue-See M, Hesketh KD, Thomson JL, Bryant M, Paul IM, Verbestel V, Stough CO, Wen LM, Larsen JK, O'Reilly SL, Wasser HM, Savage JS, Ong KK, Salvy SJ, Messito MJ, Gross RS, Karssen LT, Rasmussen FE, Campbell K, Linares AM, Øverby NC, Palacios C, Joshipura KJ, González Acero C, Lakshman R, Thompson AL, Maffeis C, Oken E, Ghaderi A, Campos Rivera M, Pérez-Expósito AB, Banna JC, de la Haye K, Goran M, Røed M, Anzman-Frasca S, Taylor BJ, Seidler AL; Transforming Obesity Prevention for CHILDren (TOPCHILD) Collaboration. Transforming Obesity Prevention for CHILDren (TOPCHILD) Collaboration: protocol for a systematic review with individual participant data meta-analysis of behavioural interventions for the prevention of early childhood obesity. BMJ Open. 2022 Jan 20;12(1):e048166. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048166. PMID: 35058256; PMCID: PMC8783820.
     
  29. Vélez-Torres LN, Bolaños-Rosero B, Godoy-Vitorino F, Rivera-Mariani FE, Maestre JP, Kinney K, Cavallin H. Hurricane María drives increased indoor proliferation of filamentous fungi in San Juan, Puerto Rico: a two-year culture-based approach. PeerJ. 2022 Mar 3;10:e12730. doi: 10.7717/peerj.12730. PMID: 35261816; PMCID: PMC8898552.
     
  30. Lafarga-Previdi I, Velez-Vega CM, Santiago-Rodriguez EI, Lasalle Y. Assessment of Academic-Community Partnerships in Translational Research. P R Health Sci J. 2021 Dec;40(4):157-161. PMID: 35077073; PMCID: PMC8981519.
     
  31. Vera-Urbina F, Dos Santos-Torres MF, Godoy-Vitorino F, Torres-Hernández BA. The Gut Microbiome May Help Address Mental Health Disparities in Hispanics: A Narrative Review. Microorganisms. 2022 Mar 31;10(4):763. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms10040763. PMID: 35456813; PMCID: PMC9029366.
     
  32. Fontánez R, Ramos-Guasp W, Ramírez H, De Jesús K, Conde JG, González J, Frontera WR. Musculoskeletal Conditions in the Emergency Room: A Teaching Opportunity for Medical Students and Residents. P R Health Sci J. 2021 Jun;40(2):68-74. PMID: 34543564; PMCID: PMC9119411.
     
  33. Landfeldt E, Iff J, Henricson E; Cooperative International Neuromuscular Research Group Investigators. Rasch Analysis of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0 Generic Core Scales Administered to Patients With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Value Health. 2021 Oct;24(10):1490-1498. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2021.05.016. Epub 2021 Sep 9. PMID: 34593173; PMCID: PMC9132346.
     
  34. Zenón-Meléndez CN, Carrasquillo Carrión K, Cantres Rosario Y, Roche Lima A, Meléndez LM. Inhibition of Cathepsin B and SAPC Secreted by HIV-Infected Macrophages Reverses Common and Unique Apoptosis Pathways. J Proteome Res. 2022 Feb 4;21(2):301-312. doi: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.1c00187. Epub 2022 Jan 7. PMID: 34994563; PMCID: PMC9169015.
     
  35. Rebello BC, Ramirez ARG, Heredia-Negron F, Roche-Lima A. A MACHINE LEARNING-BASED APPROACH TO EPILEPTIC SEIZURE PREDICTION USING ELECTRO-ENCEPHALOGRAPHIC SIGNALS. J Eng Res (Ponta Grossa). 2022;2(8). doi: 10.22533/at.ed.317282219056. PMID: 35711293; PMCID: PMC9199360.
     
  36. Webb TJ, Guerau-de-Arellano M, Jones HP, Butts CL, Sanchez-Perez L, Montaner LJ. The Minority Scientists' Experience: Challenging and Overcoming Barriers to Enhancing Diversity and Career Advancement. J Immunol. 2022 Jan 15;208(2):197-202. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.2101077. PMID: 35017208; PMCID: PMC9206815.
     
  37. De Jesús K, Ramos-Guasp W, Fontánez R, Ramírez H, Conde JG, González J, Frontera WR. Musculoskeletal Conditions in Older Men and Women: An Emergency Room Study. P R Health Sci J. 2022 Jun;41(2):56-62. PMID: 35704522; PMCID: PMC9228770.
     
  38. Santiago D, Rosario Y, Melin K, Duconge J, Roman L, Gonzalez A, Venkataramanan R. Brand-to-Generic Substitution of Buprenorphine/Naloxone Sublingual Film in Puerto Rico: A Case Study. P R Health Sci J. 2021 Dec;40(4):192-194. PMID: 35077080; PMCID: PMC9252576.
     
  39. Lafarga Previdi I, Welton M, Díaz Rivera J, Watkins DJ, Díaz Z, Torres HR, Galán C, Guilloty NI, Agosto LD, Cordero JF, Alshawabkeh A, Vélez Vega CM. The Impact of Natural Disasters on Maternal Health: Hurricanes Irma and María in Puerto Rico. Children (Basel). 2022 Jun 23;9(7):940. doi: 10.3390/children9070940. PMID: 35883924; PMCID: PMC9315789.
     
  40. Cedeño E, Cruz A, Cortés J, Melin K, Roman L, Gonzalez A, Duconge J, Santiago D. Experiences and Preferences of Opioid-Use-Disorder Patients Who Switched from Brand to Generic Buprenorphine/Naloxone Films: A Case Series. Patient Prefer Adherence. 2022 Jan 11;16:69-78. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S336155. PMID: 35046643; PMCID: PMC8761029.