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Bioinformatician

Specialty Areas:

Bioinformatics, genetics, molecular biology, high-throughput data analysis, biological databases and data mining, biostatistics, computer system administration.

Chronology:

BM: Peking University Health Science Center, 1987; PhD: University of Louisville School of Medicine, 1991; Post-Doc: Baylor College of Medicine, 1991-1996; Senior Res. Fellow: California Institute of Technology, 1996-2001; Bioinformaticist: Incellico, Inc, Durham, NC 2001-2002; Senior Bioinformatician: Alpha-Gamma Technologies, Inc, Raleigh, NC 2002-2009; Senior Bioinformatician: Almac Diagnostics, Ltd, Durham, NC 2009-2010; Bioinformatician: University of North Carolina, 2010-present.

Research Focus:

Dr. Dang’s research interests focus on utilizing computational advances and data mining technologies to understand high-throughput data from both basic and clinical research studies related to lung diseases such as Cystic Fibrosis, COPD, and Asthma, etc. Dr. Dang provides bioinformatics/biostatistics consultation and data analysis services to collaborating PIs at UNC Marsico Lung Institute Cystic Fibrosis/Pulmonary Research and Treatment Center on gene and microRNA expression data from microarray and next-gen sequencing experiments, help integrate different data types such as genetic variance, mass-spec proteomic and clinical phenotypes through GWAS, expression QTL, and functional gene set enrichment analyses. Dr. Dang is also an expert on biological databases, and is interested in applying machine learning techniques for biological data mining. Other area of Dr. Dang’s interests include de novo sequence assembly of long variable repeat regions of mucin genes, such as MUC5AC, from long read single molecule sequencing data from PacBio platform, gene regulation data mining from ENCODE data and microRNA target predictions, and gene interaction network analysis.

Selected Bibliography:

  1. Asakura T, Okuda K, Chen G, Dang H, Kato T, Mikami Y, Schworer SA, Gilmore RC, Radicioni G, Hawkins P, Barbosa Cardenas SM, Saito M, Cawley AM, De la Cruz G, Chua M, Alexis NE, Masugi Y, Noone PG, Ribeiro CMP, Kesimer M, Olivier KN, Hasegawa N, Randell SH, O’Neal WK, Boucher RC. Proximal and Distal Bronchioles Contribute to the Pathogenesis of Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis (NCFB). Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024 Feb 15;209(4):374-389. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202306-1093OC. PMID: 38016030. PMCID: PMC10878387.
  2. McCullough MJ, Tune MK, Cabrera JC, Torres-Castillo J, He M, Feng Y, Doerschuk CM, Dang H, Beltran AS, Hagan RS, Mock JR. Characterization of the MT-2 Treg-like cell line in the presence and absence of forkhead box P3 (FOXP3). Immunol Cell Biol. 2024 Jan 30. doi: 10.1111/imcb.12725. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38288547.
  3. Castillo Cabrera J, Dang H, Graves A, Zhang Z, Torres-Castillo J, Li K, King Z, Liu P, Aubé J, Bear JE, Damania B, Hagan RS, Baldwin AS. AGC kinase inhibitors regulate STING signaling through SGK-dependent and SGK-independent mechanisms. Cell Chem Biol. 2023 Dec 21;30(12):1601-1616.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2023.10.008. PMID: 37939709. PMCID: PMC10842197.
  4. Ngo D, Pratte KA, Flexeder C, Petersen H, Dang H, Ma Y, Keyes MJ, Gao Y, Deng S, Peterson BD, Farrell LA, Bhambhani VM, Palacios C, Quadir J, Gillenwater L, Xu H, Emson C, Gieger C, Suhre K, Graumann J, Jain D, Conomos MP, Tracy RP, Guo X, Liu Y, Johnson WC, Cornell E, Durda P, Taylor KD, Papanicolaou GJ, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Rennard SI, Curtis JL, Woodruff P, Comellas AP, Silverman EK, Crapo JD, Larson MG, Vasan RS, Wang TJ, Correa A, Sims M, Wilson JG, Gerszten RE, O’Connor GT, Barr RG, Couper D, Dupuis J, Manichaikul A, O’Neal W, Tesfaigzi Y, Schulz H, Bowler R. Systemic Markers of Lung Function and FEV1 Decline across Diverse Cohorts. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2023 Aug;20(8):1124-1135. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202210-857OC. PMID: 37351609. PMCID: PMC10405603.
  5. Van Buren E, Radicioni G, Lester S, O’Neal WK, Dang H, Kasela S, Garudadri S, Curtis JL, Han MK, Krishnan JA, Wan ES, Silverman EK, Hastie A, Ortega VE, Lappalainen T, Nawijn MC, Berge MVD, Christenson SA, Li Y, Cho MH, Kesimer M, Kelada SNP. Genetic regulators of sputum mucin concentration and their associations with COPD phenotypes. PLoS Genet. 2023 Jun 23;19(6):e1010445. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010445. PMID: 37352370; PMCID: PMC10325042.
  6. Mikami Y, Grubb BR, Rogers TD, Dang H, Asakura T, Kota P, Gilmore RC, Okuda K, Morton LC, Sun L, Chen G, Wykoff JA, Ehre C, Vilar J, van Heusden C, Livraghi-Butrico A, Gentzsch M, Button B, Stutts MJ, Randell SH, O’Neal WK, Boucher RC. Chronic airway epithelial hypoxia exacerbates injury in muco-obstructive lung disease through mucus hyperconcentration. Sci Transl Med. 2023 Jun 7;15(699):eabo7728. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abo7728. PMID: 37285404. PMCID: PMC10664029.
  7. Zhou YH, Gallins PJ, Pace RG, Dang H, Aksit MA, Blue EE, Buckingham KJ, Collaco JM, Faino AV, Gordon WW, Hetrick KN, Ling H, Liu W, Onchiri FM, Pagel K, Pugh EW, Raraigh KS, Rosenfeld M, Sun Q, Wen J, Li Y, Corvol H, Strug LJ, Bamshad MJ, Blackman SM, Cutting GR, Gibson RL, O’Neal WK, Wright FA, Knowles MR. Genetic Modifiers of Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease Severity: Whole Genome Analysis of 7,840 Patients. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023 May 15;207(10):1324-1333. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202209-1653OC. PMID: 36921087. PMCID: PMC10595435.
  8. Wu T, Wrennall JA, Dang H, Baines DL, Tarran R. Passaging Primary Human Bronchial Epithelia Reduces CFTR-Mediated Fluid Transport and Alters mRNA Expression. Cells. 2023 Mar 24;12(7):997. doi: 10.3390/cells12070997. PMID: 37048070; PMCID: PMC10092965.
  9. Kato T, Asakura T, Edwards CE, Dang H, Mikami Y, Okuda K, Chen G, Sun L, Gilmore RC, Hawkins P, De la Cruz G, Cooley MR, Bailey AB, Hewitt SM, Chertow DS, Borczuk AC, Salvatore S, Martinez FJ, Thorne LB, Askin FB, Ehre C, Randell SH, O’Neal WK, Baric RS, Boucher RC; NIH COVID-19 Autopsy Consortium. Prevalence and mechanisms of mucus accumulation in COVID-19 lung disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022 Dec 1;206(11):1336-1352. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202111-2606OC. PMID: 35816430. PMCID: PMC9746856.
  10. Dinnon KH§, Leist SR§, Okuda K§, Dang H§, Fritch EJ§, Gully KL, De la Cruz G, Evangelista MD, Asakura T, Gilmore RC, Hawkins P, Nakano S, West A, Schäfer A, Gralinski LE, Everman JL, Sajuthi SP, Zweigart MR, Dong S, McBride J, Cooley MR, Hines JB, Love MK, Groshong SD, VanSchoiack A, Phelan SJ, Liang Y, Hether T, Leon M, Zumwalt RE, Barton LM, Duval EJ, Mukhopadhyay S, Stroberg E, Borczuk A, Thorne LB, Sakthivel MK, Lee YZ, Hagood JS, Mock JR, Seibold MA, O’Neal WK, Montgomery SA, Boucher RC*, Baric RS*. SARS-CoV-2 infection produces chronic pulmonary epithelial and immune cell dysfunction with fibrosis in mice. Sci Transl Med. 2022 Sep 28;14(664):eabo5070. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abo5070. PMID: 35857635. PMCID: PMC9273046. §These authors contributed equally. *Joint senior authorship.
  11. Lee RE, Lewis CA, He L, Bulik-Sullivan EC, Gallant SC, Mascenik TM, Dang H, Cholon DM, Gentzsch M, Morton LC, Minges JT, Theile JW, Castle NA, Knowles MR, Kimple AJ, Randell SH. Small-molecule eRF3a degraders rescue CFTR nonsense mutations by promoting premature termination codon readthrough. J Clin Invest. 2022 Sep 15;132(18):e154571. doi: 10.1172/JCI154571. PMID: 35900863; PMCID: PMC9479597.
  12. Batson B, Zorn B, Radicioni G, Livengood S, Kumagai T, Dang H, Ceppe A, Clapp P, Tunney M, Elborn S, McElvaney G, Muhlebach M, Boucher RC, Tiemeyer M, Wolfgang M, Kesimer M. Cystic Fibrosis Airway Mucus Hyperconcentration Produces a Vicious Cycle of Mucin, Pathogen, and Inflammatory Interactions that Promote Disease Persistence. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2022 Aug;67(2):253-265. doi: 10.1165/rcmb.2021-0359OC. PMID: 35486871. PMCID: PMC9348562.
  13. Parisien M, Lima LV, Dagostino C, El-Hachem N, Drury GL, Grant AV, Huising J, Verma V, Meloto CB, Silva JR, Dutra GGS, Markova T, Dang H, Tessier PA, Slade GD, Nackley AG, Ghasemlou N, Mogil JS, Allegri M, Diatchenko L. Acute inflammatory response via neutrophil activation protects against the development of chronic pain. Sci Transl Med. 2022 May 11;14(644):eabj9954. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abj9954. PMID: 35544595.
  14. Morrison CB, Edwards CE, Shaffer KM, Araba KC, Wykoff JA, Williams DR, Asakura T, Dang H, Morton LC, Gilmore RC, O’Neal WK, Boucher RC, Baric RS, Ehre C. SARS-CoV-2 infection of airway cells causes intense viral and cell shedding, two spreading mechanisms affected by IL-13. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 Apr 19;119(16):e2119680119. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2119680119. PMID: 35353667. PMCID: PMC9169748.
  15. Davis ES, Ghosh A, Coakley RD, Wrennall JA, Lubamba BA, Rowell TR, Dang H, Pawlak EA, Li Q, Alexis NE, Ribeiro CMP, Tarran R. Chronic E-Cigarette Exposure Alters Human Alveolar Macrophage Morphology and Gene Expression. Nicotine Tob Res.2022 Feb 14;24(3):395-399. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntab186. PMID: 34519792. PMCID: PMC8842413.
  16. Ostrowski LE, Yin W, Smith AJ, Sears PR, Bustamante-Marin XM, Dang H, Hildebrandt F, Daniels LA, Capps NA, Sullivan KM, Leigh MW, Zariwala MA, Knowles MR. Expression of a Truncated Form of ODAD1 Associated with an Unusually Mild Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Phenotype. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Feb 3;23(3):1753. doi: 10.3390/ijms23031753. PMID: 35163670; PMCID: PMC8835943.
  17. Sun Q, Liu W, Rosen JD, Huang L, Pace RG, Dang H, Gallins PJ, Blue EE, Ling H, Corvol H, Strug LJ, Bamshad MJ, Gibson RL, Pugh EW, Blackman SM, Cutting GR, O’Neal WK, Zhou YH, Wright FA, Knowles MR, Wen J, Li Y; Cystic Fibrosis Genome Project. Leveraging TOPMed imputation server and constructing a cohort-specific imputation reference panel to enhance genotype imputation among cystic fibrosis patients. HGG Adv. 2022 Jan 11;3(2):100090. doi: 10.1016/j.xhgg.2022.100090. PMID: 35128485; PMCID: PMC8804187.
  18. Eastman AC, Pace RG, Dang H, Aksit MA, Vecchio-Pagán B, Lam AN, O’Neal WK, Blackman SM, Knowles MR, Cutting GR. SLC26A9 SNP rs7512462 is not associated with lung disease severity or lung function response to ivacaftor in cystic fibrosis patients with G551D-CFTR. J Cyst Fibros. 2021 Sep;20(5):851-856. PMID: 33674211. PMCID: PMC8410892.
  19. Okuda K, Dang H, Kobayashi Y, Carraro G, Nakano S, Chen G, Kato T, Asakura T, Gilmore RC, Morton LC, Lee RE, Mascenik T, Yin WN, Barbosa Cardenas SM, O’Neal YK, Minnick CE, Chua M, Quinney NL, Gentzsch M, Anderson CW, Ghio A, Matsui H, Nagase T, Ostrowski LE, Grubb BR, Olsen JC, Randell SH, Stripp BR, Tata PR, O’Neal WK, Boucher RC. Secretory Cells Dominate Airway CFTR Expression and Function in Human Airway Superficial Epithelia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021 May 15;203(10):1275-1289. PMID: 33321047. PMCID: PMC8456462
  20. Dang H, Polineni D, Pace RG, Stonebraker JR, Corvol H, Cutting GR, Drumm ML, Strug LJ, O’Neal WK, Knowles MR. Mining GWAS and eQTL data for CF lung disease modifiers by gene expression imputation. PLoS One. 2020 Nov 30;15(11):e0239189. PMID: 33253230; PMCID: PMC7703903.
  21. Norton DL, Ceppe A, Tune MK, McCravy M, Devlin T, Drummond MB, Carson SS, Vincent BG, Hagan RS, Dang H, Doerschuk CM, Mock JR. Bronchoalveolar Tregs are associated with duration of mechanical ventilation in acute respiratory distress syndrome. J Transl Med. 2020 Nov 11;18(1):427. PMID: 33176790; PMCID: PMC7656499.
  22. Mock JR, Dial CF, Tune MK, Gilmore RC, O’Neal WK, Dang H, Doerschuk CM. Impact of Regulatory T Cells on Type 2 Alveolar Epithelial Cell Transcriptomes during Resolution of Acute Lung Injury and Contributions of IFN-γ. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2020 Oct;63(4):464-477. PMID: 32543909; PMCID: PMC7528916.
  23. Lee RE, Miller SM, Mascenik TM, Lewis CA, Dang H, Boggs ZH, Tarran R, Randell SH. Assessing Human Airway Epithelial Progenitor Cells for Cystic Fibrosis Cell Therapy. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2020 Sep;63(3):374-385. PMID: 32437238; PMCID: PMC7462339.
  24. Hou YJ, Okuda K, Edwards CE, Martinez DR, Asakura T, Dinnon KH 3rd, Kato T, Lee RE, Yount BL, Mascenik TM, Chen G, Olivier KN, Ghio A, Tse LV, Leist SR, Gralinski LE, Schäfer A, Dang H, Gilmore R, Nakano S, Sun L, Fulcher ML, Livraghi-Butrico A, Nicely NI, Cameron M, Cameron C, Kelvin DJ, de Silva A, Margolis DM, Markmann A, Bartelt L, Zumwalt R, Martinez FJ, Salvatore SP, Borczuk A, Tata PR, Sontake V, Kimple A, Jaspers I, O’Neal WK, Randell SH, Boucher RC, Baric RS. SARS-CoV-2 Reverse Genetics Reveals a Variable Infection Gradient in the Respiratory Tract. Cell. 2020 Jul 23;182(2):429-446.e14. PMID: 32526206; PMCID: PMC7250779.
  25. Raffield LM, Dang H, Pratte KA, Jacobson S, Gillenwater LA, Ampleford E, Barjaktarevic I, Basta P, Clish CB, Comellas AP, Cornell E, Curtis JL, Doerschuk C, Durda P, Emson C, Freeman CM, Guo X, Hastie AT, Hawkins GA, Herrera J, Johnson WC, Labaki WW, Liu Y, Masters B, Miller M, Ortega VE, Papanicolaou G, Peters S, Taylor KD, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Auer P, Reiner AP, Tracy RP, Ngo D, Gerszten RE, O’Neal WK, Bowler RP; NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium. Comparison of Proteomic Assessment Methods in Multiple Cohort Studies. Proteomics. 2020 Jun;20(12):e1900278. PMID: 32386347; PMCID: PMC7425176.
  26. van Heusden C, Button B, Anderson WH, Ceppe A, Morton LC, O’Neal WK, Dang H, Alexis NE, Donaldson SH, Stephan H, Boucher RC, Lazarowski ER. Inhibition of ATP hydrolysis restores airway surface liquid production in cystic fibrosis airway epithelia. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2020 Feb 1;318(2):L356-L365. PMID: 31800264; PMCID: PMC7052677.
  27. Chen G, Sun L, Kato T, Okuda K, Martino MB, Abzhanova A, Lin JM, Gilmore RC, Batson BD, Volmer AS, Dang H, Deng Y, Randell SH, Button B, Livraghi-Butrico A, Kesimer M, Ribeiro CMP, O’Neal WK, Boucher RC. IL-1β dominates the promucin secretory cytokine profile in cystic fibrosis. J Clin Invest. 2019 Oct 1;129(10):4433-4450. PMID: 31524632; PMCID: PMC6763234.
  28. Chen G, Ribeiro CMP, Sun L, Okuda K, Kato T, Gilmore RC, Martino MB, Dang H, Abzhanova A, Lin JM, Hull-Ryde EA, Volmer AS, Randell SH, Livraghi-Butrico A, Deng Y, Scherer PE, Stripp BR, O’Neal WK, Boucher RC. XBP1S Regulates MUC5B in a Promoter Variant-Dependent Pathway in IPF Airway Epithelia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019 Jul 15;200(2):220-234. PMID: 30973754; PMCID: PMC6635783.
  29. Mock JR, Dial CF, Tune MK, Norton DL, Martin JR, Gomez JC, Hagan RS, Dang H, Doerschuk CM. Transcriptional analysis of Foxp3+ Tregs and functions of two identified molecules during resolution of ALI. JCI Insight. 2019 Mar 21;4(6). PMID: 30753170; PMCID: PMC6482998.
  30. Okuda K, Chen G, Subramani DB, Wolf M, Gilmore RC, Kato T, Radicioni G, Kesimer M, Chua M, Dang H, Livraghi-Butrico A, Ehre C, Doerschuk CM, Randell SH, Matsui H, Nagase T, O’Neal WK, Boucher RC. Localization of Secretory Mucins MUC5AC and MUC5B in Normal/Healthy Human Airways. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019 Mar 15;199(6):715-727. PMID: 30352166; PMCID: PMC6423099.
  31. Engle ML, Monk JN, Jania CM, Martin JR, Gomez JC, Dang H, Parker JS, Doerschuk CM. Dynamic changes in lung responses after single and repeated exposures to cigarette smoke in mice. PLoS One. 2019 Feb 28;14(2):e0212866. PMID: 30818335; PMCID: PMC6395068.
  32. Gupta R, Radicioni G, Abdelwahab S, Dang H, Carpenter J, Chua M, Mieczkowski PA, Sheridan J, Randell SH, Kesimer M. Intercellular Communication between Airway Epithelial Cells is Mediated by Exosome-Like Vesicles. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2019 Feb;60(2):209-220. PMID: 30230353; PMCID: PMC6376407.
  33. Ghosh A, Coakley RC, Mascenik T, Rowell TR, Davis ES, Rogers K, Webster MJ, Dang H, Herring LE, Sassano MF, Livraghi-Butrico A, Van Buren SK, Graves LM, Herman MA, Randell SH, Alexis NE, Tarran R. Chronic e-cigarette exposure alters the human bronchial epithelial proteome. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018 Jul 1;198(1):67-76. PMID: 29481290; PMCID: PMC6034122.
  34. Saini Y, Lewis B, Yu D, Dang H, Livraghi-Butrico A, Del Piero F, O’Neal W, Boucher R. Effect of LysM+ macrophage depletion on lung pathology in mice with chronic bronchitis. Physiol Rep. 2018 Apr;6(8):e13677. PMID: 29667749; PMCID: PMC5904692.
  35. Polineni D, Dang H, Jones L, Gallins P, Pace R, Stonebraker J, Commander L, Krenicky J, Zhou Y, Corvol H, Cutting G, Drumm M, Strug L, Boyle M, Durie P, Chmiel J, Zou F, Wright F, O’Neal W, Knowles M. Airway mucosal host defense is key to genomic regulation of cystic fibrosis lung disease severity. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018 Jan 1;197(1):79-93. PMID: 28853905; PMCID: PMC5765386.
  36. Yu D, Saini Y, Chen G, Ghio AJ, Dang H, Burns KA, Wang Y, Davis RM, Randell SH, Esther Jr CR, Paulsen F, Boucher RC. Loss of β epithelial sodium channel function in meibomian glands produces pseudohypoaldosteronism 1-like ocular disease in mice. Am J Pathol. 2018 Jan;188(1):95-110. PMID: 29107074; PMCID: PMC5745530.
  37. Gomez JC, Dang H, Kanke M, Hagan RS, Mock JR, Kelada SNP, Sethupathy P, Doerschuk CM. Predicted effects of observed changes in the mRNA and microRNA transcriptome of lung neutrophils during S. pneumoniae pneumonia in mice. Sci Rep. 2017 Sep 12;7(1):11258. PMID: 28900269; PMCID: PMC5595893.
  38. Gentzsch M, Boyles SE, Cheluvaraju C, Chaudhry IG, Quinney NL, Cho C, Dang H, Liu X, Schlegel R, Randell SH. Pharmacological rescue of conditionally reprogrammed cystic fibrosis bronchial epithelial cells. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2017 May;56(5):568-574. PMID: 27983869; PMCID: PMC5449492.
  39. Ghosh A, Abdelwahab SH, Reeber SL, Reidel B, Marklew AJ, Garrison AJ, Lee S, Dang H, Herring AH, Glish GL, Kesimer M, Tarran R. Little cigars are more toxic than cigarettes and uniquely change the airway gene and protein expression. Sci Rep. 2017 Apr 27;7:46239. PMID: 28447619; PMCID: PMC5406835.
  40. Dang H, Gallins PJ, Pace RG, Guo XL, Stonebraker JR, Corvol H, Cutting GR, Drumm ML, Strug LJ, Knowles MR, O’Neal WK. Novel variation at chr11p13 associated with cystic fibrosis lung disease severity. Hum Genome Var. 2016 Jul 7;3:16020. Corrigendum in: Hum Genome Var. 2017 May 25;4:17016. PMID: 27408752; PMCID: PMC4935763.
  41. Corvol H, Blackman SM, Boëlle PY, Gallins PJ, Pace RG, Stonebraker JR, Accurso FJ, Clement A, Collaco JM, Dang H, Dang AT, Franca A, Gong J, Guillot L, Keenan K, Li W, Lin F, Patrone MV, Raraigh KS, Sun L, Zhou YH, O’Neal WK, Sontag MK, Levy H, Durie PR, Rommens JM, Drumm ML, Wright FA, Strug LJ, Cutting GR, Knowles MR. Genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies five modifier loci of lung disease severity in cystic fibrosis. Nat Commun. 2015 Sep 29;6:8382. PMID: 26417704; PMCID: PMC4589222.
  42. O’Neal WK, Gallins PJ, Pace RG, Dang H, Wolf WE, Jones LC, Guo X, Zhou YH, Madar V, Huang J, Liang L, Moffatt MF, Cutting GR, Drumm ML, Rommens JM, Strug LJ, Sun W, Stonebraker JR, Wright FA, Knowles MR. Gene expression in transformed lymphocytes reveals variation in endomembrane and HLA pathways modifying cystic fibrosis pulmonary phenotypes. Am J Hum Genet. 2015 Feb 5;96(2):318-28. PMID: 25640674; PMCID: PMC4320265.
  43. Fossum SL, Mutolo MJ, Yang R, Dang H, O’Neal WK, Knowles MR, Leir SH, Harris A. Ets homologous factor regulates pathways controlling response to injury in airway epithelial cells. Nucleic Acids Res. 2014 Dec 16;42(22):13588-98. PMID: 25414352; PMCID: PMC4267623.
  44. Saini Y, Dang H, Livraghi-Butrico A, Kelly E J, Jones LC, O’Neal WK, Boucher RC. Gene expression in whole lung and pulmonary macrophages reflects the dynamic pathology associated with airway surface dehydration. BMC Genomics. 2014 Sep 10;15(1):726. PMID: 25204199; PMCID: PMC4247008.
  45. Bove PF, Dang H, Cheluvaraju C, Jones LC, Liu X, O’Neal WK, Randell SH, Schlegel R, Boucher RC. Breaking the in vitro alveolar type II cell proliferation barrier while retaining ion transport properties. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2014 Apr;50(4):767-76. PMID: 24191670; PMCID: PMC4068919.
  46. Gomez JC, Yamada M, Martin JR, Dang H, Brickey WJ, Bergmeier W, Dinauer MC, Doerschuk CM. Mechanisms of IFN-γ production by neutrophils and its function during S. pneumoniae pneumonia. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2014 Mar;52(3):349-64. PMID: 25100610; PMCID: PMC4370257.
  47. Guo X, Zheng S, Dang H, Pace RG, Stonebraker JR, Jones CD, Boellmann F, Yuan G, Haridass P, Fedrigo O, Corcoran DL, Seibold MA, Ranade SS, Knowles MR, O’Neal WK, Voynow JA. Genome reference and sequence variation in the large repetitive central exon of human MUC5AC. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2014 Jan;50(1):223-32. PMID: 24010879; PMCID: PMC3930937.
  48. Sesma JI, Kreda SM, Steinckwich-Besancon N, Dang H, García-Mata R, Harden TK, Lazarowski ER. The UDP-sugar-sensing P2Y14 receptor promotes Rho-mediated signaling and chemotaxis in human neutrophils. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2012 Sep 1;303(5):C490-8. PMID: 22673622; PMCID: PMC3468347.
  49. Livraghi-Butrico, A, Kelly EJ, Klem ER, Dang H, Wolfgang MC, Boucher RC, Randell SH, O’Neal WK. Mucus clearance, MyD88-dependent and MyD88-independent immunity modulate lung susceptibility to spontaneous bacterial infection and inflammation. Mucosal Immunol. 2012 Jul;5(4):397-408. PMID: 22419116; PMCID: PMC3377774.
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