Publications list in last 2 years:
1. Shastri S, Tangri N, Tighiouart H, Beck GJ, Vlagopoulos P, Ornt D, Eknoyan G, Kusek JW, Herzog C, Cheung AK, Sarnak MJ: Risk factors and a prediction model for sudden cardiac in the HEMO Study, Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 7:123-130, 2012 (PMID: 22076880).
2. Brinton, MR, Tagge CA, Stewart RJ, Cheung AK, Shiu YT, Christensen DA: Thermal sensitivity of endothelial cells on synthetic vascular graft material. Int J Hyperthermia 28:163-174, 2012 (PMID: 22335230).
3. Jovanovich A, Chonchol M, Cheung AK, Kaufman JS, Greene T, Roberts WL, Smits G, Kendrick J; and the HOST Investigators: Racial differences in markers of mineral metabolism in advanced chronic kidney disease. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 7:640-647, 2012 (PMID: 22383748).
4. Terry CM, Li L, Li H, Zhuplatov I, Blumenthal DK, Kim SE, Owen SC, Kholmovski EG, Fowers KD, Rathi R, Cheung AK: In vivo evaluation of the delivery and efficacy of a sirolimus-laden polymer gel for inhibition of hyperplasia in a porcine model of arteriovenous hemodialysis graft stenosis. J Control Release 160:459-467, 2012 (PMID: 22465391).
5. Sanders WG, Hogrebe PC, Grainger DW, Cheung AK, Terry CM: A biodegradable perivascular wrap for controlled, local and directed drug delivery. J Control Release 161:81-89, 2012 (PMID: 22561340).
6. Kendrick J, Cheung AK, Kaufman JS, Greene T, Roberts WL, Smits G, Chonchol M, HOST (Homocysteinemia in Kidney and End Stage Renal Disease) Study Investigators: Associations of plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D concentrations with death and progression to maintenance dialysis in patients with advanced kidney disease. Am J Kidney Dis 60:567-575, 2012 (PMID: 22621970).
7. Sanders WG, Morisseau C, Hammock BD, Cheung AK, Terry CM: Soluble epoxide hydrolase expression in a porcine model of arteriovenous graft stenosis and anti-inflammatory effects of a soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibitor. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol, 303:C278-290, 2012 (PMID: 22621785).
8. Seiki S, Chonchol M, Cheung AK, Kaufman JS, Greene T, Roberts WL, Smits G, Kendrick J: 25-hydroxyvitamin D deficiency is associated with an increased risk of metabolic syndrome in patients with non-diabetic chronic kidney disease. Clin Nephrol 78:432-441, 2012 (PMID: 22784560).
9. He Y, Terry CM, Nguyen C, Berceli SA, Shiu YT, Cheung AK: Serial analysis of lumen geometry and hemodynamics in human arteriovenous fistula for hemodialysis using magnetic resonance imaging and computational fluid dynamics. J Biomech 46:165-169, 2012 (PMID: 23122945).
10. Filipowicz R, Greene T, Wei G, Cheung AK, Raphael KL, Baird BC, Beddhu S: Associations of serum skeletal alkaline phosphatase with elevated serum C-reactive protein and mortality. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 8:26-32, 2013 (PMID: 23124780).
11. Montford JR, Chonchol M, Cheung AK, Kaufman JS, Greene T, Roberts WL, Smits G, Kendrick J: Low body mass index and dyslipidemia in dialysis patients linked to elevated plasma fibroblast growth factor 23. Am J Nephrol 37:183-190, 2013 (PMID: 23428834).
12. Raphael KL, Zhang Y, Wei G, Greene T, Cheung AK, Beddhu S, El Nahas M: Serum bicarbonate and mortality in adults in NHANES III. Nephrol Dial Transplant 28:1207-1213, 2013 (PMID: 23348878).
13. Yan G, Cheung AK, Ma JZ, Yu AJ, Greene T, Oliver MN, Yu W, Norris KC: The associations between race and geographic area and quality-of-care indicators in patients approaching ESRD. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 8:610-618, 2013 (PMID: 23493380).
14. Yan G, Norris KC, Yu AJ, Ma JZ, Greene T, Yu W, Cheung AK: The relationship of age, race and ethnicity with survival in dialysis patients. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 8:953-961, 2013 (PMID: 23539227).
15. Sharma S, Joseph J, Chonchol M, Kaufman JS, Cheung AK, Rafeq Z, Smits G, Kendrick J: Higher fibroblast growth factor-23 concentrations associate with left ventricular systolic dysfunction in dialysis patients. Clin Nephrol 80:313-321, 2013 (PMID: 23849306).
16. Yan G, Norris KC, Xin W, Ma JZ, Yu AJ, Greene T, Yu W, Cheung AK: Facility size, race and ethnicity, and mortality for in-center hemodialysis. J Am Soc Nephrol 24:2062-2070, 2013 (PMID: 23970120).
17. Dember LM, Imrey PB, Beck GJ, Cheung AK, Himmelfarb J, Huber TS, Kusek JW, Roy-Chaudhury P, Vazquez MA, Alpers CE, Robbin ML, Vita JA, Greene T, Gassman JJ, Feldman HI; Hemodialysis Fistula Maturation Study Group: Objectives and design of the Hemodialysis Fistula Maturation Study. Am J Kidney Dis 63:104-112, 2014 (PMID: 23992885).
18. Chang, TI, Flythe JE, Brunelli SM, Muntner P, Greene T, Cheung AK, Chertow GM: Visit-to-visit systolic blood pressure variability and outcomes in hemodialysis. J Hum Hypertens 28:18-24, 2014 (PMID: 23803593).
19. Gu C, Zhou G, Noble NA, Border WA, Cheung AK, Huang Y: Targeting reduction of proteinuria in glomerulonephritis: Maximizing the antifibrotic effect of valsartan by protecting podocytes. J Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone Syst, epub ahead of print, 2013 (PMID: 23223090).
20. Zhou G, Cheung AK, Liu X, Huang Y: Valsartan slows the progression of diabetic nephropathy in db/db mice via reduction in podocyte injury and renal oxidative stress and inflammation. Clin Sci (Lond), epub ahead of print, 2013 (PMID: 24195695).
21. Zhang J, Morrell G, Rusinek H, Warner L, Vivier PH, Cheung AK, Lerman LO, Lee VS: Measurement of renal tissue oxygenation with Blood Oxygen Level Dependent (BOLD) MRI and oxygen transit modeling. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol, epub ahead of print, 2014 (PMID 24452640).
22. Zhang J, Gu C, Lawrence DA, Cheung AK, Huang Y: A PAI-1 mutant retards diabetic nephropathy in db/db mice through protecting podocytes. Exp Physiol, epub ahead of print, 2014 (PMID 24443353).
Alfred Cheung, MD
Professor & Chief,
Nephrology & Hypertension
Vice Chair of Research,
Department of Internal Medicine
