Keck School Faculty

Characteristics and outcomes of reproductive-aged women with early-stage cervical cancer: trachelectomy vs hysterectomyAm J Obstet Gynecol. 2018 11; 219(5):461. e1-461. e18. . View in PubMed

Populational trends and outcomes of postoperative radiotherapy for high-risk early-stage cervical cancer with lymph node metastasis: concurrent chemo-radiotherapy versus radiotherapy aloneAm J Obstet Gynecol. 2020 05; 222(5):484. e1-484. e15. . View in PubMed

Role of Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration in Perceived Stress and Depressive Symptomatology Trends During Pregnancy J Immigr Minor Health. 2022 Jun; 24(3):561-569. . View in PubMed

Activated and nonactivated MSCs increase survival in humanized mice after acute liver injury through alcohol binging Hepatol Commun. 2022 07; 6(7):1549-1560. . View in PubMed

Household pesticide exposures and infant gross motor development in the MADRES cohort Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2022 03; 36(2):220-229. . View in PubMed

Extracellular vesicle microRNA in early versus late pregnancy with birth outcomes in the MADRES study Epigenetics. 2022 03; 17(3):269-285. . View in PubMed

Third trimester cortisol is positively associated with gestational weight gain in pregnant women with class one obesity Int J Obes (Lond). 2022 02; 46(2):366-373. . View in PubMed

Amylase concentration and activity in the amniotic fluid of fetal rats with retinoic acid induced myelomeningocele J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2022 Jan; 35(1):147-154. . View in PubMed

An immature, dedifferentiated, and lineage-deconstrained cone precursor origin of N-Myc-initiated retinoblastoma Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 07 12; 119(28):e2200721119. . View in PubMed

Wnt5a Promotes AT1 and Represses AT2 Lineage-Specific Gene Expression in a Cell-Context-Dependent Manner Stem Cells. 2022 07 27; 40(7):691-703. . View in PubMed

Association of Breastfeeding Duration with 12-Month Postpartum Blood Lipids in a Predominately Lower-Income Hispanic Pregnancy Cohort in Los Angeles Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 03 04; 19(5). . View in PubMed

Clinical perspective on the use of human amniotic epithelial cells to treat congenital metabolic diseases with a focus on maple syrup urine disease Stem Cells Transl Med. 2021 06; 10(6):829-835. . View in PubMed

Prenatal metal mixtures and fetal size in mid-pregnancy in the MADRES study Environ Res. 2021 05; 196:110388. . View in PubMed

Utility of the 3-tier grouping system for survival discriminatory ability in stage IIA cervical cancer Eur J Surg Oncol. 2021 02; 47(2):331-337. . View in PubMed

Spatial transcriptional mapping of the human nephrogenic programDev Cell. 2021 08 23; 56(16):2381-2398. e6. . View in PubMed

Rational Selection of CRISPR-Cas9 Guide RNAs for Homology-Directed Genome Editing Mol Ther. 2021 03 03; 29(3):1057-1069. . View in PubMed

Generation of patterned kidney organoids that recapitulate the adult kidney collecting duct system from expandable ureteric bud progenitors Nat Commun. 2021 06 15; 12(1):3641. . View in PubMed

Abrogation of mesenchyme-specific TGF-ß signaling results in lung malformation with prenatal pulmonary cysts in mice Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2021 06 01; 320(6):L1158-L1168. . View in PubMed

Environ Health. 2021 11 27; 20(1):121. . View in PubMed

Characterization and staging of outer plexiform layer development in human retina and retinal organoids Development. 2021 12 01; 148(23). . View in PubMed

Implementation of multidisciplinary practice change to improve outcomes for women with placenta accreta spectrum Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2020 Mar; 246:194-196. . View in PubMed

Prenatal Metal Mixtures and Birth Weight for Gestational Age in a Predominately Lower-Income Hispanic Pregnancy Cohort in Los Angeles Environ Health Perspect. 2020 11; 128(11):117001. . View in PubMed

Delayed hysterectomy versus continuing conservative management for placenta percreta: which is better? Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2020 08; 223(2):304.. View in PubMed

Minimally invasive radical hysterectomy for early-stage cervical cancer: Volume-outcome relationship in the early experience period Gynecol Oncol. 2020 08; 158(2):390-396. . View in PubMed

Minimally invasive surgery for early-stage ovarian cancer: Association between hospital surgical volume and short-term perioperative outcomes Gynecol Oncol. 2020 07; 158(1):59-65. . View in PubMed

Malignant peritoneal cytology and decreased survival of women with stage I endometrioid endometrial cancer Eur J Cancer. 2020 07; 133:33-46. . View in PubMed

Arsenic and birth outcomes in a predominately lower income Hispanic pregnancy cohort in Los Angeles Environ Res. 2020 05; 184:109294. . View in PubMed

Cesarean radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer in the United States: a national study of surgical outcomesAm J Obstet Gynecol. 2020 05; 222(5):507-511. e2. . View in PubMed

Association between hospital surgical volume and perioperative outcomes of fertility-sparing trachelectomy for cervical cancer: A national study in the United States Gynecol Oncol. 2020 04; 157(1):173-180. . View in PubMed

Diagnosis-shift between low-grade serous ovarian cancer and serous borderline ovarian tumor: A population-based study Gynecol Oncol. 2020 04; 157(1):21-28. . View in PubMed

Evolving population-based statistics for rare epithelial ovarian cancers Gynecol Oncol. 2020 04; 157(1):3-11. . View in PubMed

Management of Stage IIB Cervical Cancer: an Overview of the Current Evidence Curr Oncol Rep. 2020 02 12; 22(3):28. . View in PubMed

Human Fetal Lungs Harbor a Microbiome Signature Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 04 15; 201(8):1002-1006. . View in PubMed

Prenatal Maternal Cortisol Levels and Infant Birth Weight in a Predominately Low-Income Hispanic Cohort Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 09 21; 17(18). . View in PubMed

Reply to de Steenhuijsen Piters and Bogaert: Bacterial DNA in Fetal Lung Samples May Be Explained by Sample Contamination Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 05 15; 201(10):1311-1312. . View in PubMed

Reciprocal Induction of MDM2 and MYCN in Neural and Neuroendocrine Cancers Front Oncol. 2020; 10:563156. . View in PubMed

Percent Absent End-Diastolic Velocity in the Umbilical Artery and Donor Twin Demise after Laser Surgery for Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome Fetal Diagn Ther. 2020; 47(7):572-579. . View in PubMed

Glomerular endothelial cell heterogeneity in Alport syndrome Sci Rep. 2020 07 10; 10(1):11414. . View in PubMed

Robust RNA-Seq of aRNA-amplified single cell material collected by patch clamp Sci Rep. 2020 02 06; 10(1):1979. . View in PubMed

Hospital surgical volume and perioperative mortality of pelvic exenteration for gynecologic malignancies J Surg Oncol. 2019 Nov 19. . View in PubMed

Cellular Recruitment by Podocyte-Derived Pro-migratory Factors in Assembly of the Human Renal Filter iScience. 2019 Oct 25; 20:402-414. . View in PubMed

Study Design, Protocol and Profile of the Maternal And Developmental Risks from Environmental and Social Stressors (MADRES) Pregnancy Cohort: a Prospective Cohort Study in Predominantly Low-Income Hispanic Women in Urban Los Angeles BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2019 May 30; 19(1):189. . View in PubMed

Comprehensive Serum Glycopeptide Spectra Analysis (CSGSA): A Potential New Tool for Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer Cancers (Basel). 2019 Apr 27; 11(5). . View in PubMed

Multidisciplinary perspectives on newly revised 2018 FIGO staging of cancer of the cervix uteri J Gynecol Oncol. 2019 Mar; 30(2):e40. . View in PubMed

SOX9+/PTF1A+ Cells Define the Tip Progenitor Cells of the Human Fetal Pancreas of the Second Trimester Stem Cells Transl Med. 2019 12; 8(12):1249-1264. . View in PubMed

Effectiveness of postoperative chemotherapy for stage IC mucinous ovarian cancer Gynecol Oncol. 2019 09; 154(3):505-515. . View in PubMed

Ultrasound-guided in Utero Transplantation of Placental Stem Cells into the Liver of Crigler-Najjar Syndrome Model Rat Transplantation. 2019 07; 103(7):e182-e187. . View in PubMed

Utero-ovarian preservation and overall survival of young women with early-stage borderline ovarian tumors Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2019 06; 299(6):1651-1658. . View in PubMed

Mucinous borderline ovarian tumor versus invasive well-differentiated mucinous ovarian cancer: Difference in characteristics and outcomes Gynecol Oncol. 2019 05; 153(2):230-237. . View in PubMed

Associations between Maternal Tobacco Smoke Exposure and the Cord Blood [Formula: see text] DNA Methylome Environ Health Perspect. 2019 04; 127(4):47009. . View in PubMed

Discordant roles for FGF ligands in lung branching morphogenesis between human and mouse J Pathol. 2019 02; 247(2):254-265. . View in PubMed

Differential epithelial growth in tissue-engineered larynx and trachea generated from postnatal and fetal progenitor cells Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2019 03 05; 510(2):205-210. . View in PubMed

In Vivo Developmental Trajectories of Human Podocyte Inform In Vitro Differentiation of Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived PodocytesDev Cell. 2019 07 01; 50(1):102-116. e6. . View in PubMed

Construction and Evaluation of a Subcutaneous Splenic Injection Port for Serial Intraportal Vein Cell Delivery in Murine Disease Models Stem Cells Int. 2019; 2019:5419501. . View in PubMed

Association of tumor differentiation grade and survival of women with squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix J Gynecol Oncol. 2018 Nov; 29(6):e91. . View in PubMed

Teenage pregnancy complicated by primary invasive ovarian cancer: association for oncologic outcome J Gynecol Oncol. 2018 Sep; 29(5):e79. . View in PubMed

Middle Cerebral Artery Doppler Changes following Fetal Transfusion Performed with and without Fetal Anesthesia Am J Perinatol. 2018 06; 35(7):682-687. . View in PubMed

Trends in single women with malignancy of the uterine cervix in United States J Gynecol Oncol. 2018 03; 29(2):e24. . View in PubMed

Conserved and Divergent Features of Human and Mouse Kidney Organogenesis J Am Soc Nephrol. 2018 03; 29(3):785-805. . View in PubMed

Conserved and Divergent Molecular and Anatomic Features of Human and Mouse Nephron Patterning J Am Soc Nephrol. 2018 03; 29(3):825-840. . View in PubMed

Conserved and Divergent Features of Mesenchymal Progenitor Cell Types within the Cortical Nephrogenic Niche of the Human and Mouse Kidney J Am Soc Nephrol. 2018 03; 29(3):806-824. . View in PubMed

Quality and quantity metrics of pelvic lymph node metastasis and risk of para-aortic lymph node metastasis in stage IB-IIB cervical cancer J Gynecol Oncol. 2018 01; 29(1):e10. . View in PubMed

Trends of low-grade serous ovarian carcinoma in the United States J Gynecol Oncol. 2018 01; 29(1):e15. . View in PubMed

Developmental stage-specific proliferation and retinoblastoma genesis in RB-deficient human but not mouse cone precursors Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 10 02; 115(40):E9391-E9400. . View in PubMed

Progressive Recruitment of Mesenchymal Progenitors Reveals a Time-Dependent Process of Cell Fate Acquisition in Mouse and Human NephrogenesisDev Cell. 2018 06 04; 45(5):651-660. e4. . View in PubMed

Human lung branching morphogenesis is orchestrated by the spatiotemporal distribution of ACTA2, SOX2, and SOX9 Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2018 01 01; 314(1):L144-L149. . View in PubMed

Malignancy during pregnancy in Japan: an exceptional opportunity for early diagnosis BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2018 02 08; 18(1):50. . View in PubMed

Doppler US in the Evaluation of Fetal Growth and Perinatal Health Radiographics. 2017 Oct; 37(6):1831-1838. . View in PubMed

Predictive model of urinary tract infection after surgical treatment for women with endometrial cancer Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2017 Aug; 296(2):335-343. . View in PubMed

Prolonged Absence of Mechanoluminal Stimulation in Human Intestine Alters the Transcriptome and Intestinal Stem Cell NicheCell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017 May; 3(3):367-388. e1. . View in PubMed

Cartilage rings contribute to the proper embryonic tracheal epithelial differentiation, metabolism, and expression of inflammatory genes Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2017 Feb 01; 312(2):L196-L207. . View in PubMed

Risk factors for fetomaternal bleeding after laser therapy for twin-twin transfusion syndrome Prenat Diagn. 2017 12; 37(12):1232-1237. . View in PubMed

Liver-Directed Human Amniotic Epithelial Cell Transplantation Improves Systemic Disease Phenotype in Hurler Syndrome Mouse Model Stem Cells Transl Med. 2017 07; 6(7):1583-1594. . View in PubMed

Role of hysterectomy and lymphadenectomy in the management of early-stage borderline ovarian tumors Gynecol Oncol. 2017 03; 144(3):496-502. . View in PubMed

Direct Isolation and Characterization of Human Nephron Progenitors Stem Cells Transl Med. 2017 02; 6(2):419-433. . View in PubMed

Short bowel syndrome results in increased gene expression associated with proliferation, inflammation, bile acid synthesis and immune system activation: RNA sequencing a zebrafish SBS model BMC Genomics. 2017 01 25; 18(1):23. . View in PubMed

Zika Virus Infects Intermediate Progenitor Cells and Post-mitotic Committed Neurons in Human Fetal Brain Tissues Sci Rep. 2017 11 01; 7(1):14883. . View in PubMed

Neural Crest Cell Implantation Restores Enteric Nervous System Function and Alters the Gastrointestinal Transcriptome in Human Tissue-Engineered Small Intestine Stem Cell Reports. 2017 09 12; 9(3):883-896. . View in PubMed

Amniotic fluid levels of phospholipase A2 in fetal rats with retinoic acid induced myelomeningocele: the potential "second hit" in neurologic damage J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2016 Sep; 29(18):3003-8. . View in PubMed

Biological impact of xeno-free chemically defined cryopreservation medium on amniotic epithelial cells Stem Cell Res Ther. 2016 Jan 12; 7:8. . View in PubMed

Feto-maternal outcomes of pregnancy complicated by Krukenberg tumor: a systematic review of literature Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2016 09; 294(3):589-98. . View in PubMed

Weight Change Pattern and Survival Outcome of Women with Endometrial Cancer Ann Surg Oncol. 2016 09; 23(9):2988-97. . View in PubMed

Signs and Symptoms of Venous Thromboembolism and Survival Outcome of Endometrial Cancer Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2016 06; 26(5):924-32. . View in PubMed

Rac1 modulates mammalian lung branching morphogenesis in part through canonical Wnt signaling Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2016 12 01; 311(6):L1036-L1049. . View in PubMed

Evidence for the involvement of fibroblast growth factor 10 in lipofibroblast formation during embryonic lung development Development. 2015 Dec 01; 142(23):4139-50. . View in PubMed

Labor induction utilizing the Foley balloon: a randomized trial comparing standard placement versus immediate removal J Perinatol. 2015 Jun; 35(6):390-5. . View in PubMed

Feto-maternal outcomes of pregnancy complicated by epithelial ovarian cancer: a systematic review of literature Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2015 Mar; 186:97-105. . View in PubMed

Feto-maternal outcomes of pregnancy complicated by ovarian malignant germ cell tumor: a systematic review of literature Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2014 Oct; 181:145-56. . View in PubMed

Therapeutic potential of placenta-derived stem cells for liver diseases: current status and perspectives J Obstet Gynaecol Res. 2014 Feb; 40(2):360-8. . View in PubMed

Middle cerebral artery Doppler and hemoglobin changes immediately following fetal transfusion J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2013 Jan; 26(2):155-7. . View in PubMed

Incidental fetoscopy during laparoscopy in pregnancy: management of perforation of the gravid uterus Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2012 Apr; 22(2):e76-8. . View in PubMed

Fetoscopic laser photocoagulation of feeding vessels to a large placental chorioangioma following fetal deterioration after amnioreduction Fetal Diagn Ther. 2012; 31(3):191-5. . View in PubMed

Role of low placental share in twin-twin transfusion syndrome complicated by intrauterine growth restriction Placenta. 2011 Aug; 32(8):616-8. . View in PubMed

Endometriosis in para-aortic lymph nodes during pregnancy: case report and review of literatureFertil Steril. 2011 Jun; 95(7):2429. e9-13. . View in PubMed

Targeted delivery of RNA-cleaving DNA enzyme (DNAzyme) to tumor tissue by transferrin-modified, cyclodextrin-based particles Cancer Biol Ther. 2004 Jul; 3(7):641-50. . View in PubMed