2020-21 Publications

2021 Publications

1. Reckers A, Wu AHB, Ong CM, Gandhi M, Metcalfe J, Gerona R. A combined assay for quantifying remdesivir and its metabolite, along with dexamethasone, in serum. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2021 Apr 17:dkab094. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkab094. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33864090.

2. Bessonneau V, Gerona RR, Trowbridge J, Grashow R, Lin T, Buren H, Morello-Frosch R, Rudel RA. Gaussian graphical modeling of the serum exposome and metabolome reveals interactions between environmental chemicals and endogenous metabolites. Sci Rep. 2021 Apr 7;11(1):7607. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-87070-9. PMID: 33828161; PMCID: PMC8027000.

3. Pike E, Grafinger KE, Cannaert A, Ametovski A, Luo JL, Sparkes E, Cairns EA, Ellison R, Gerona R, Stove CP, Auwärter V, Banister SD. Systematic evaluation of a panel of 30 synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists structurally related to MMB-4en-PICA, MDMB-4en-PINACA, ADB-4en-PINACA and MMB-4CN-BUTINACA using a combination of binding and different CB1 receptor activation assays PART I: Synthesis, analytical characterization, and binding affinity for human CB1 receptors. Drug Test Anal. 2021 Mar 30. doi: 10.1002/dta.3037. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33787091.

4. Varshavsky JR, Robinson JF, Zhou Y, Puckett KA, Kwan E, Buarpung S, Aburajab R, Gaw SL, Sen S, Gao S, Smith SC, Park JS, Zakharevich I, Gerona RR, Fisher SJ, Woodruff TJ. Organophosphate Flame Retardants, Highly Fluorinated Chemicals, and Biomarkers of Placental Development and Disease during Mid-Gestation. Toxicol Sci. 2021 Mar 02.  PMID: 33677611

5.    Metcalfe J, Bacchetti P, Esmail A, Reckers A, Aguilar D, Wen A, Huo S, Muyindike WR, Hahn JA, Dheda K, Gandhi M, Gerona R. Diagnostic accuracy of a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry assay in small hair samples for rifampin-resistant tuberculosis drug concentrations in a routine care setting. BMC Infect Dis. 2021 Jan 22; 21(1): 99. PMID: 33482745.

6.    Mave V, Kadam D, Gaikwad S, Kinikar A, Aguilar D, Chavan A, Paradkar M, Yogendra SVB, Bharadwaj R, Kagal A, Suryavanshi N, Golub J, Kulkarni V, Dooley KE, Gupta A, Bacchetti P, Gerona R, Gupte N, Gandhi M. Measuring TB drug levels in the hair in adults and children to monitor drug exposure and outcomes. 2021. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 25(1): 52-60. PMID: 33384045.

2020 Publications

1.    Reckers A, Huo S, Esmali A, Dheda K, Bacchetti P, Gandhi M, Gerona R. 2020. Development and validation of a liquid chromatography- tandem mass spectrometry method for quantifying delamanid and its metabolite in small hair samples. J Chrom B, in press.

2.    Begum TF, Fujimoto VY, Gerona R, McGough A, Lenhart N, Wong R, Mok-Lin E, Melamed J, Butts CD, Bloom MS. A pilot investigation of couple-level phthalates exposure and in vitro fertilization (IVF) outcomes. Reprod Toxicol. 2020 Nov 30.
PMID: 33271283.

3.    Cannaert A, Sparkes E, Pike E, Luo JL, Fang A, Kevin RC, Ellison R, Gerona R, Banister SD, Stove CP. Synthesis and in Vitro Cannabinoid Receptor 1 Activity of Recently Detected Synthetic Cannabinoids 4F-MDMB-BICA, 5F-MPP-PICA, MMB-4en-PICA, CUMYL-CBMICA, ADB-BINACA, APP-BINACA, 4F-MDMB-BINACA, MDMB-4en-PINACA, A-CHMINACA, 5F-AB-P7AICA, 5F-MDMB-P7AICA, and 5F-AP7AICA. ACS Chem Neurosci. 2020 Nov 30. PMID: 33253529.

4.    Clarity C, Trowbridge J, Gerona R, Ona K, McMaster M, Bessonneau V, Rudel RA, Buren H, Morello-Frosch R. Associations between polyfluoroalkyl substance and organophosphate flame retardant exposures and telomere length in a cohort of women firefighters and office workers in San Francisco. medRxiv. 2020 Nov 07. PMID: 33173912.

5.    Melamed J, Gerona R, Blanc PD, Takamoto P, Conner S, Goodnough R. 2020. Gamma-Butyrolactone overdose potentially complicated by co-ingestion of industrial solvent N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidine. J Anal Toxicol 2020 Jul 16:bkaa076. doi:10.1093/jat/bkaa076

6.    Ametovski A, Macdonald C, Manning JJ, Haneef SAS, Santiago M, Martin L, Sparkes E, Reckers A, Gerona RR, Connor M, Glass M, Banister SD. Exploring Stereochemical and Conformational Requirements at Cannabinoid Receptors for Synthetic Cannabinoids Related to SDB-006, 5F-SDB-006, CUMYL-PICA, and 5F-CUMYL-PICA. ACS Chem Neurosci. 2020 Oct 15. PMID: 33054155

7.    Begum TF, Gerona R, Melamed J, McGough A, Lenhart N, Wong R, Mok-Lin E, Butts CD, Feingold BJ, Romeiko XX, Fujimoto VY, Bloom MS. 2020. Sources of Exposure to Urinary Phthalates Among Couples Undergoing Infertility Treatment. Int’l J Hyg Environ Health. 229:113567

8.    Reckers A, Wen A, Aguilar D, Bacchetti P, Gandhi M, Metcalfe J, Gerona R. Validated LC-MS/MS panel for quantifying 11 drug-resistant TB medications in small hair samples. J Vis Exp. 2020 May 19; (159). doi:10.3791/60681

9.    Blumenberg A, Hughes A, Reckers A, Ellison R, Gerona R. Flualprazolam: Report of an Outbreak of a New Psychoactive Substance in Adolescents. Pediatrics. 2020 Jun 24. PMID: 32581001

10.    Hunt PA, Vom Saal FS, Stahlhut R, Gerona R. 2020. BPA and Risk Assessment - Authors' Reply. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2020 Apr;8(4):271-272. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(20)30071-1

11.    Sajo MEJV, Teves JMY, Corachea AJM, Diaz LA, Chan AFO, Valparaiso AP, Dy Echo AVV, Macalindong SS, Uy GLB, Dofitas RB, Habana MAE, Gerona RR, Irwin JC, Giudice LC, Velarde MC.2020. A Pilot Cancer-Phenome Biobanking System in a Low-Resource Southeast Asian Setting: The Philippine General Hospital Biobank Experience. Biopreserv Biobank 2020 Mar 23. doi: 10.1089/bio.2019.0114.

12.    Trowbridge J, Gerona RR, Lin T, Rudel RA, Bessonneau V, Buren H, Morello-Frosch R. Exposure to Perfluoroalkyl Substances in a Cohort of Women Firefighters and Office Workers in San Francisco. Environ Sci Technol. 2020 Feb 26. PMID: 32100527.

13.    Grashow R, Bessonneau V, Gerona RR, Wang A, Trowbridge J, Lin T, Buren H, Rudel RA, Morello-Frosch R. Integrating exposure knowledge and serum suspect screening as a new approach to biomonitoring: An application in firefighters and office workers. Environ Sci Technol. 2020 Jan 23. PMID: 31971370.

14.    Wasserman S, Huo S, Ky K, Malig YN, Esmail A, Dheda K, Bacchetti P, Gerona R, Maartens G, Gandhi M, Metcalfe J. Correlation of linezolid hair concentration with plasma concentrations in patients with drug-resistant TB. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2020 Jan 13. PMID: 31932382.

15.    Riggan MAA, Perreault G, Wen A, Raco V, Vassallo S, Gerona R, Hoffman RS. Case Report: Analytically Confirmed Severe Albenzadole Overdose Presenting with Alopecia and Pancytopenia. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 Jan; 102(1):177-179. PMID: 31701853.

16.    Musana JW, Cohen CR, Kuppermann M, Gerona R, Wanyoro A, Aguilar D, Santos N, Temmerman M, Weiss SJ. Association of differential symptoms of stress to hair cortisol and cortisone concentrations among pregnant women in Kenya. Stress. 2019 Dec 06; 1-11. PMID: 31747807.

17.    Gerona R, Vom Saal FS, Hunt PA. BPA: have flawed analytical techniques compromised risk assessments? Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2020 Jan; 8(1): 11-13. PMID: 31813841.


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