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Publications 2011

Dr. Jasmine Ahmed-Bentley:
  • Gisele Peirano, Jasmine Ahmed-Bentley, Neil Woodford, and Johann D. Pitout. 2011.New Delhi Metallo-Beta-Lactamase from Traveler Returning to Canada”.  Emerging Infectious Disease Feb. Vol 17 (2) 240-242.
 Dr. Fiona Bamforth:
  • M Lilley, S Christian, S Bleoo, P Scott, M Montgomery, L Semple, P Zuberbuhler, J Tabak, F Bamforth, M Somerville.  “Newborn screening for cystic fibrosis in Alberta:  Two years of experience”. The Journal of the Canadian Paediatric Society 201; Nov. Vol 15, Issue 9:590-594. 
Dr. Linda Chui:
  • Chui, L, Lee, M-C, Malejczyk, K., Lim, L., Fok, D., Kwong, P. Prevalence of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli as Detected by Enzyme-Linked Immunoassays and Real-Time PCR during the Summer Months in Northern Alberta, Canada”.  J. Clin. Microbiol. 2011 December 49:12 4307-4310
  • Pepperell CS, Granka JM, Alexander DC, Behr MA, Chui L, Gordon J, Guthrie JL, Jamieson FB, Langlois-Klassen D, Long R, Nguyen D, Wobeser W, Feldman MW. “ Dispersal of Mycobacterium tuberculosis via the Canadian fur trade”. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA  2011 Apr 4. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Couturier M. R., Lee, B., Zelyas, N., and L.Chui. “Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) detection in stool samples screened for viral gastroenteritis in Alberta, Canada”. J. Clin Microbiol.  2011 Feb;49(2):574-8. Epub 2010 Dec 8.
Dr. Jeff Fuller:
  • A. Espinel-Ingroff, A. Fothergill, J. Fuller, E. Johnson, T. Pelaez, and J. Turnidge.  “Wild-type MIC distributions and epidemiological cutoff values for caspofungin and Aspergillus spp. for the CLSI broth microdilution method (M38-A2 document)”.  Antimicrob Agent Chemother. Mar 21, 2011. In Press. epub ahead of print.  
Mr. Trefor Higgins:
  • Higgins T, Cembrowski G, Tran D, Shalapy C, Steele P and Wiley C. “Is HbA1c a good screening test for diabetes mellitus?”  Clinical Biochemistry 2011;44:1469-72.
  • Higgins T, Kulkarni K, Rrowe P, Christensen CL. “Homozygous bisalbunemia or homozygous mutant albumin variant?”  Clinical Biochemistry 2012;45:181-3. 
  • Cembrowski GS, Tran DV, Higgins TN. “The use of serial patient blood gas, electrolyte and glucose results to derive biologic variation: a new tool to assess the acceptability of intensive care unit testing”. Clin Chem Lab Med 2010;48:1447-54. 
Dr. Jelena Holovati:
  • Stadnick H, R.Onell, J.P.Acker, J.L.Holovati. “The effect of liposome treatment on the quality of hypothermically stored red blood cells”. Biopreservation and Biobanking 2011;9(4)335-342. 
  • J.L.Holovati and J.P.Acker. “Emerging role for use of liposomes in the biopreservation of red blood cells”. Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy 2011;38:99–106.
  • Stadnick H, R.Onell, J.P.Ackera, J.L.Holovati. Eadie-Hofstee analysis of red blood cell deformability”. Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation 2010;47:1–11. 
Dr. Roger Leng:
  • Wu, H., Rami Abou, Z., Flores, E.R., and  Leng, R.* (2011).   “Pirh2, a Ubiquitin E3 Ligase, Inhibits p73 Transcriptional Activity by Promoting its Ubiquitination”. Molecular Cancer Research. 9 (12): 1780-1790.  
  • Wu, H., Pomeroy, S.L., Ferreira, M., Teider, N., Mariani,J., Nakayama, K.I., Hatakeyama, S., Tron, V.A., Saltibus, L.F., Spyracopoulos, L., and Leng, R.*. “UBE4B promotes Hdm2-mediated degradation of the tumor suppressor p53”. Nature Medicine 17:347-356 (2011).
  • (2) Wu, H., and Leng, R*. (2011). “UBE4B, a Ubiquitin Chain Assembly Factor, is Required for MDM2-Mediated p53 Polyubiquitination and Degradation”. Cell Cycle in press. 
Locksley McGann:
  • Prickett RC, Elliott JA, McGann LE. “Application of the Multisolute Osmotic Virial Equation to Solutions Containing Electrolytes”. J Phys Chem B. 2011 Nov 14. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 22004311
  • Rosskopf K, Ragg SJ, Worel N, Grommé M, Preijers FW, Braakman E, Schuurhuis GJ, van Riet I, Wendel S, Fontão-Wendel R, Lazar A, Goldman M, Halpenny M, Giulivi A, Letcher B, McGann L, Korhonen M, Arvola A, Humpe A, Buwitt-Beckmann U, Wiesneth M, Schauwecker P, Schrezenmeier H, Bönig H, Henschler R, Seifried E, Accorsi P, Bonfini T, Takanashi M, van Beckhoven JM, Brand A, Gounder D, Wong A, Dooccey R, Forrest E, Galea G, Smythe J, Pawson R, Reems JA, Oh J, Reesink HW, Panzer S. “Quality controls of cryopreserved haematopoietic progenitor cells (peripheral blood, cord blood, bone marrow)”. Vox Sang. 2011 Oct;101(3):255-75. doi: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2011.01471.x. PMID: 21923889 [PubMed - in process] 
  • Ross-Rodriguez LU, Elliott JAW, McGann LE“Characterization of cryobiological responses in TF-1 cells using interrupted freezing procedures”. Cryobiology 60(2): 110-116, 2010.
  • Ross-Rodriguez LU, Elliott JAW, McGann LE. “Investigating cryoinjury using simulations and experiments: 1. TF-1 cells during the two-step freezing (rapid cooling interrupted with a hold time) procedure”. Cryobiology 61(1):38-45, 2010.
  • Ross-Rodriguez LU, Elliott JAW, McGann LE. “Investigating cryoinjury using simulations and experiments: 2. TF-1 cells the graded freezing (interrupted slow cooling without hold time) procedure”. Cryobiology 61(1):46-51, 2010. 
Dr. Michael Mengel:
  • Erdbruegger U, Scheffner I, Mengel M, Schwarz A, Verhagen W, Haller H, Gwinner W. 2011 “Impact of CMV infection on acute rejection and long-term renal allograft function: a systematic analysis in patients with protocol biopsies and indicated biopsies”. Nephrol Dial Transplant. In press
  • Mengel M, Mihatsch M, Halloran P. 2011 “Histological Characteristics of Calcineurin Inhibitor Toxicity-There Is No Such Thing as Specificity!” Am J Transplant. In press
  • de Freitas D, Sellarés J, Mengel M, Chang J, Hidalgo L, Famulski K, Sis B, Einecke G, Halloran PF. 2011 “The nature of biopsies with “Borderline Rejection” and prospects for eliminating this category”. Am J Transplant. In press
  • Sellarés J, de Freitas D, Mengel M, Reeve J, Einecke G , Sis B, Hidalgo L, Famulski K, Matas A, Halloran PF 2011 “Understanding the causes of kidney transplant failure: the dominant role of antibody-mediated rejection and non-adherence”. Am J Transplant. In press
  • Sis B, Jhangri G, Riopel J, Chang J, de Freitas D, Hidalgo L, Mengel M, Matas A, Halloran PF. 2011 “A new scoring system and algorithm for antibody-mediated microcirculation inflammation in kidney transplants”. Am J Transplant. In press
  • Ozluk Y, Blanco PL, Mengel M, Solez K, Halloran PF, Sis B. 2011 “Superiority of virtual microscopy versus light microscopy in transplantation pathology”. Clin Transplant. In press
  • M Mengel, B Sis, M Haas, R.B. Colvin, P.F. Halloran, L.C. Racusen, K Solez, L Cendales, A.J. Demetris, C.B. Drachenberg, C. Farver, E.R Rodriguez, W.D Wallace, D Glotz. “2012 Banff 2011 Meeting Report: New Concepts in Antibody-Mediated Rejection”. Am J Transplant. In press 
  • M Mengel, J Chang, D Kayser, W Gwinner, A Schwarz, G Einecke, V Broecker, K Famulski, DG de Freitas, L Guembes-Hidalgo, B Sis, H Haller, PF Halloran. 2010 “The molecular phenotype of six-week protocol biopsies from human renal allografts: Reflections of prior injury but not future course”. Am J Transplant. Apr;11(4):708-18
  • Sellarés J, de Freitas DG, Mengel M, Sis B, Hidalgo LG, Matas AJ, Kaplan B, Halloran PF. 2011 “Inflammation lesions in kidney transplant biopsies: association with survival is due to the underlying diseases”. Am J Transplant. Mar;11(3):489-99
  • D Jonigk, M Merk, K Hussein, L Maegel, K Theophile, M Muth, U Lehmann, C Bockmeyer, M Mengel, J Gottlieb, A Haverich, H Golpon, H Kreipe, F Laenger. 2010 Obliterative airway remodeling: molecular evidence for shared pathways in transplanted and native lungs”. Am J Pathol. In Press
  • M Mengel, J Chang, D Kayser, W Gwinner, A Schwarz, G Einecke, V Broecker, K Famulski, DG de Freitas, L Guembes-Hidalgo, B Sis, H Haller, PF Halloran. 2010 “The molecular phenotype of six-week protocol biopsies from human renal allografts: Reflections of prior injury but not future course”. Am J Transplant. In Press
  • G. Einecke, D. Kayser, J. M. Vanslambrouck, B. Sis, J. Reeve, M. Mengel, K. S. Famulski, C. G. Bailey, J. E. J. Rasko and P. F. Halloran. 2010 “Loss of Solute Carriers in T Cell-Mediated Rejection in Mouse and Human Kidneys: An Active Epithelial Injury–Repair Response” Am J Transplant. Oct;10(10):2241–2251
  • Book Chapter: Liapis H, Koch M, Mengel M.  Transplant Pathology of Solid Organ Systems, The Kidney in Pathology of Solid Organ Transplantation, 1st edition, Chapter 6. edit.  by Helen Liapis, Hanlin L. Wan, 2010, pp 77-170
Dr. Lilly Pang:
  • Mattison K, Grudeski E, Auk B, Brassard J, Charest H, Dust K, Gubbay J, Hatchette TF, Houde A, Jean J, Jones T, Lee BE, Mamiya H, McDonald R, Mykytczuk O, Pang X, Petrich A, Plante D, Ritchie G, Wong J, Booth TF. “Analytical performance of norovirus real-time RT-PCR detection protocols in Canadian laboratories”.  J Clin Virol. 2010 Nov 9. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Pang XL, Preiksaitis JK, Wong S, Li V and Lee BE. “Influence of Novel Norovirus GII.4 Variants on Gastroenteritis Outbreak Dynamics in Alberta and the Northern Territories, Canada between 2000 and 2008”. PLoS One, 2010.5(7):e11599.
  • Lisboa LF, Asberg A, Kumar D, Pang XL, Hartmann A, Preiksaitis JK, Pescovitz MD, Rollag H, Jardine AG, Humar A.  “The Clinical Utility of Whole Blood Versus Plasma Cytomegalovirus Viral Load Assays for Monitoring Therapeutic Response”. Transplantation. 2010 Nov 2. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Pang XL, Cao M, Zhang M and Lee BE. “Increased sensitivity for various rotavirus genotypes in stool specimens by amending three mismatched nucleotides in the forward primer of a real- time RT-PCR assay”. Journal Virological Methods. 2011. In press. 
Dr. Robert Rennie:
  • Berendt AE, Turnbull L, Spady D, Rennie R, Forgie SE. “Three swipes and you're out: How many swipes are needed to decontaminate plastic with disposable wipes?” 2011.   Am J Infect Control. Feb 8. (E pub ahead of print).
  •  Adam HJ, DeCorby M, Rennie R, Karlowsky JA, Hoban DJ, Zhanel GG.  “Prevalence of antimicrobial resistant pathogens from blood cultures from Canadian hospitals: results of the CANWARD 2007-2009 study”. 2011.  Canadian Antimicrobial Resistance Alliance (CARA). Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 69: 307-313.  CARA participant in 5 other publications from the CANWARD study. 
Dr. Anny Sauvageau:
  • Tambuscio S (*), Boghossian E (*), Sauvageau A (2010). “From abstract to publication: the fate of research presented at an annual forensic meeting”. J Forensic Sci; 55(6):1494-8.
  • Sauvageau A, Viner S, Davies J. (2010) “Muscle stiffness in critical illness is not a form of rigor mortis”. Am J Forensic Med Pathol; 31(4):e5.
  • Sauvageau A. (2010) “The choking game: a misnomer”. Pediatr Emerg Care; 26(12):965.
  • Sauvageau A. (2011) “A revisitation of the most common methods of autoerotic activity leading to death based on the new standardized classification of asphyxia”. J Forensic Sci. 56(1):261.
  • Sauvageau A. (2011) J Forensic Sci 2011; 56(1):270. Commentary on: “Iino M, O’Donnell C. Postmortem computed tomography findings of upper airway obstruction by food”. J Forensic Sci 2010; 55(5):1251-8. Sauvageau A. (2011) Author’s response [letter]. J Forensic Sci; 56(1):265
Dr. Consolato Sergi:
  • Turner JM, Wales PW, Nation PN, Wizzard P, Pendlebury C, Sergi C, Ball RO, Pencharz PB. “Novel neonatal piglet models of surgical short bowel syndrome with intestinal failure”. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2011 Jan;52(1):9-16.
  • Yu TW, Mochida GH, Tischfield DJ, Sgaier SK, Flores-Sarnat L, Sergi CM, Topçu  M, McDonald MT, Barry BJ, Felie JM, Sunu C, Dobyns WB, Folkerth RD, Barkovich AJ, Walsh CA. “Mutations in WDR62, encoding a centrosome-associated protein, cause microcephaly with simplified gyri and abnormal cortical architecture”. Nat Genet. 2010 Nov;42(11):1015-20.
Dr. Banu Sis:
  •  Mengel M, Sis B, Haas M, Colvin RB, Halloran PF, Racusen LC, Solez K, Cendales L, Demetris AJ, Drachenberg CB, Farver CF, Rodriguez ER, Wallace WD, Glotz D. “Banff 2011 Meeting Report: New Concepts in Antibody-Mediated Rejection”. Am J Transplant 2011. In Press.
  • Hidalgo LG, Sellares J, Sis B, Mengel M,  Chang J, Halloran PF. Interpreting NK cell transcripts versus T cell transcripts in renal transplant biopsies”. Am J Transplant 2011. In Press.
  •  Famulski KS, de Freitas DG, Kreepala C, Chang J, Sellares J, Sis B, Einecke G, Mengel M, Reeve J, Halloran PF. “Molecular phenotype of acute kidney injury in human kidney transplants”. J Am Soc Nephrol 2011. In Press. 
  • Sellarés J, de Freitas DG, Mengel M, Sis B, Hidalgo LG, Matas A, Kaplan B, Halloran PF.  Inflammation lesions in kidney transplant biopsies: Association with survival is due to the underlying diseases”.  Am J Transplant 2011;11(3):489-99.
  •  Halloran PF, de Freitas DG, Einecke G, Famulski KS, Hidalgo LG, Mengel M, Reeve J, Sellares J, Sis B. “The molecular phenotype of kidney transplants”. Am J Transplant 2010; 10(10): 2215-22.
  • Halloran PF, de Freitas DG, Einecke G, Famulski KS, Hidalgo LG, Mengel M, Reeve J, Sellares J, Sis B.An integrated view of molecular changes, histopathology, and outcomes in kidney transplants”. Am J Transplant 2010; 10(10): 2223-30.
  • Mengel M, Chang J, Kayser D, Gwinner W, Schwarz A, Einecke G, Broecker V, Famulski K, de Freitas DG, Guembes-Hidalgo L, Sis B, Haller H, Halloran PF. The molecular phenotype of six-week protocol biopsies from human renal allografts: Reflections of prior injury but not future course”. Am J Transplant 2010. In press.
  • Morgan C, Sis B, Pinsk M,Yiu V. “Renal Interstitial Fibrosis in Children Treated With Tacrolimus for Nephrotic Syndrome.” Pediatric Nephrology 2011. In press
Dr. Artur Szkotak:
  • Loree, J. M., M. Rojas-Vasquez, and A.J. Szkotak. A case of pediatric Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma with Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis mimicking Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia”. J.Hematop. Mar. 2011. 4(1):21-29.

Dr. Greg Tyrrell:
  • Boone, T.J., C.D. Burnham and G.J. Tyrrell. 2011. “Binding of Group B Streptococcal Phosphoglycerate Kinase to Plasminogen and Actin”. Microbial Pathogenesis. 51(4):255-261.
  • Talavlikar, R., B. Meatherill, S. Desai, J. Carson, S. Kuhn, M. Sharma, C. Shandro and G.J. Tyrrell. 2011. “Mycobacterium senegalense tissue infection in a child related to fish tank exposure”. Canadian Journal of Infectious Disease and Medical Microbiology. 22(3):101-103.
  • Johnstone, J., G.J. Tyrrell, T.J. Marrie, S. Garg, J. Kellner and the SPAT Group. 2011. “Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis in a large Canadian population pre and post introduction of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine”. Canadian Journal of Infectious Disease and Medical Microbiology. 22(4):137-141.
  • Sharma, M., L. Thibert, P. Chedore, C. Shandro, F. Jamieson, G.J. Tyrrell, S. Christianson, H. Soualhine and J. Wolfe. 2011. “A Canadian multicentre laboratory study for standardized second-line antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.” Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 49(12):4112-4116.