Investigator

Instituition

Email

Cohorts Used

Samples Given

What was Measured?

R. William Vandivier

University of Colorado Anschutz

[email protected]

AUD, Control

Cryopreserved BAL and PBMC Cells

CD8 memory T cell subsets

Hollis Karoly

Colorado State University

[email protected]

AUD, Control, Cannabis

Plasma, Stool Samples

Intestinal permeability markers and inflammatory cytokines to analyze gut microbiome

Leon G. Coleman Jr

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

[email protected]

AUD, Control, Burn, Respiratory Failure

Plasma, PBMCs Cryopreserved

Immune mediators microRNA let-7b and High-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1), peripheral markers of outcome in AUD and Burn critically ill patients

Elizabeth Kovacs

University of Colorado Anschutz

[email protected]

Burn, Cannabis, Controls, AUDs

BAL, Plasma, EBC, RBCs

Inflammatory cytokines and chemokines

Joseph Hippensteel

University of Colorado Anschutz

[email protected]

AUD, Cannabis, Control, and Respiratory Failure

Serum

Neurocognitive biomarkers BDNF, CHI3L1, Neurogranin, TREM2, GFAP, NFL, S100B

Resat Cinar

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

[email protected]

AUD, Control, Respiratory Failure SARS-COV-2 ±

Serum, Lower BAL

Endocannabinoids/CB1R, cytokines IL-6 , CXCL10, TGF-β

Juan-Pablo Idrovo

University of Colorado Anschutz

[email protected]

AUD, Burn

Serum

Methylation-controlled J-protein (MCJ) levels in the instance of liver injury

Kristofer Fritz

Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

[email protected]

AUD, Control, Cannabis, Burn Injury, Respiratory failure

Plasma

Glycoprotein Non-Metastatic Protein B (GPNMB)

Eszter Vladar

University of Colorado Anschutz

[email protected]

AUD, Control, Cannabis

Nasal Cytobrushes

Ciliary dysfunction

Chamindi Seneviratne Daniel Roche         Amol Shetty           

University of Maryland School of Medicine

[email protected]    [email protected]   [email protected]

AUD, Control

Plasma

Transcriptomics of Cell Free RNA

Nalú Navarro Alvarez

University of Colorado Anschutz

[email protected]

Respiratory Failure, SARS-COV-2 ±

Serum

Galectin-3

Ajay P. Nayak

Thomas Jefferson University

[email protected]

AUD, Cannabis

Serum

Serum IgE profile

Jianxin Sun

Thomas Jefferson University

[email protected]

AUD, Control, Burn, and Respiratory Failure

Plasma

Latexin

Radhakrishna Rao

University of Tennessee Health Science Center

[email protected]

AUD, Control, Cannabis

Fecal samples

Antibacterial Peptide Levels

David A. Welsh

Louisiana State University Health Science Center

[email protected]

AUD, Control

PBMCs, BAL Cells, Stool Samples

MAIT Cells

Derrick Samuelson

University of Nebraska Medical Center

[email protected]

AUD, Control

Fecal samples

Alcohol associated intestinal dysbiosis; humanized alcohol-microbiota mouse model created

IIhem Messaoudi

University of California, Irvine

[email protected]

AUD, Control

Cryopreserved BAL Cells

Activation of Alveolar Macrophages, Dendritic and T Cells

Yael Aschner

University of Colorado Anschutz

[email protected]

Respiratory Failure

Tracheal Aspirate, Serum

Aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) isoforms

Masami Yoshimura

School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisianna State University

[email protected]

AUD, Control

PBMC Cell Pellets, Uncultured BAL cell pellets, Cytospins

Adenylyl Cyclase Type 7 (AC7)

Todd Wyatt

University of Nebraska Medical Center

[email protected]

AUD, Control

Serum,BAL, Buffy Coat, Cytospins

AUD and polysubstance use/ enviornmental exposures and how they impact the lung

Ross Summer

Thomas Jefferson University

[email protected]

AUD, Control

Lower BAL, Uncultured BAL Cell Pellets for RNA, cytospins

Palmitate and oleic acid levels in BAL fluid, neutral lipid levels in alveolar macrophages

Erin Lowery

Loyola University Chicago

[email protected]   

AUD, Control

Serum, Cell Free Upper and Lower BAL, and BAL Cell Pellets

Acetaldehyde Derived Advanced Glycated End-Products (AA-AGEs) and Receptor for Advanced Glycation End-Products (RAGE)

Michael L. McCaskill

Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

[email protected]

AUD, Control

Plasma, Cultured BAL Cell Pellets and Media, Cytospins

Cathelicidin Antimicrobial Peptide LL-37

Majid Afshar

Loyola

[email protected]

Burn

Plasma

Inflammatory biomarkers

Susan K. Mathai

University of Colorado Anschutz

[email protected]

AUD, Control

EDTA Buffy Coat from Plasma and Bronchial Cytobrushes

Mucin-5B (MUC5B) genotype

Samantha Yeligar

Emory University

[email protected]

 Control

Cell Free Lower BAL

Exosomes and damaged mitochondrial DNA

S. Vamsee Raju

University of Alabama at Birmingham

[email protected] 

AUD, Control

Cell Free Upper BAL, Uncultured BAL Cell Pellets, Bronchial Brushings, Cytobrush Cytospins

Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) protein

Kristina Bailey

University of Nebraska Medical Center

[email protected]

AUD, Control, Cannabis

Bronchial Cytobrushes, Bronchial Cytospins, Airway Washings

Toll Receptor (TLR2) mRNA expression; Cytokine IL-6 and IL-8 levels