Investigator

Instituition

Email

Cohorts Used

Samples Given

What was Measured?

R. William Vandivier

University of Colorado Anschutz

Bill.Vandivier@cuanschutz.edu

AUD, Control

Cryopreserved BAL and PBMC Cells

CD8 memory T cell subsets

Hollis Karoly

Colorado State University

Hollis.karoly@colostate.edu

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

leon_coleman@med.unc.edu

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

elizabeth.kovacs@cuanschutz.edu

Burn, Cannabis, Controls, AUDs

BAL, Plasma, EBC, RBCs

Inflammatory cytokines and chemokines

Joseph Hippensteel

University of Colorado Anschutz

joseph.hippensteel@cuanschutz.edu

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

resat.cinar@nih.gov

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

Juan.idrovo@cuanschutz.edu

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

Kristofer.fritz@cuanschutz.edu

AUD, Control, Cannabis, Burn Injury, Respiratory failure

Plasma

Glycoprotein Non-Metastatic Protein B (GPNMB)

Eszter Vladar

University of Colorado Anschutz

eszter.vladar@cuanschutz.edu

AUD, Control, Cannabis

Nasal Cytobrushes

Ciliary dysfunction

Chamindi Seneviratne Daniel Roche         Amol Shetty           

University of Maryland School of Medicine

Csenevi@som.umaryland.edu    Droche@som.umaryland.edu   Ashetty@som.umaryland.edu

AUD, Control

Plasma

Transcriptomics of Cell Free RNA

Nalú Navarro Alvarez

University of Colorado Anschutz

nalu.navarroalvarez@cuanschutz.edu

Respiratory Failure, SARS-COV-2 ±

Serum

Galectin-3

Ajay P. Nayak

Thomas Jefferson University

Ajay.nayak@jefferson.edu

AUD, Cannabis

Serum

Serum IgE profile

Jianxin Sun

Thomas Jefferson University

Jianxin.sun@jefferson.edu

AUD, Control, Burn, and Respiratory Failure

Plasma

Latexin

Radhakrishna Rao

University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Rrao2@uthsc.edu

AUD, Control, Cannabis

Fecal samples

Antibacterial Peptide Levels

David A. Welsh

Louisiana State University Health Science Center

dwelsh@lsuhsc.edu

AUD, Control

PBMCs, BAL Cells, Stool Samples

MAIT Cells

Derrick Samuelson

University of Nebraska Medical Center

derrick.samuelson@unmc.edu

AUD, Control

Fecal samples

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

IIhem Messaoudi

University of California, Irvine

sloanal@uci.edu

AUD, Control

Cryopreserved BAL Cells

Activation of Alveolar Macrophages, Dendritic and T Cells

Yael Aschner

University of Colorado Anschutz

yael.aschner@cuanschutz.edu

Respiratory Failure

Tracheal Aspirate, Serum

Aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) isoforms

Masami Yoshimura

School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisianna State University

fukugawa@lsu.edu

AUD, Control

PBMC Cell Pellets, Uncultured BAL cell pellets, Cytospins

Adenylyl Cyclase Type 7 (AC7)

Todd Wyatt

University of Nebraska Medical Center

twyatt@unmc.edu

AUD, Control

Serum,BAL, Buffy Coat, Cytospins

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

Ross Summer

Thomas Jefferson University

Ross.summer@jefferson.edu

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

elowery@lumc.edu   

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

mmccaski@tulane.edu

AUD, Control

Plasma, Cultured BAL Cell Pellets and Media, Cytospins

Cathelicidin Antimicrobial Peptide LL-37

Majid Afshar

Loyola

Majid.afshar@lumc.edu

Burn

Plasma

Inflammatory biomarkers

Susan K. Mathai

University of Colorado Anschutz

yael.aschner@cuanschutz.edu

AUD, Control

EDTA Buffy Coat from Plasma and Bronchial Cytobrushes

Mucin-5B (MUC5B) genotype

Samantha Yeligar

Emory University

syeliga@emory.edu

 Control

Cell Free Lower BAL

Exosomes and damaged mitochondrial DNA

S. Vamsee Raju

University of Alabama at Birmingham

svamseeraju@uabmc.edu 

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

kbailey@unmc.edu

AUD, Control, Cannabis

Bronchial Cytobrushes, Bronchial Cytospins, Airway Washings

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