Stefano Guerra , MD, PhD, MPH

2023

Carr TF, Stern DA, Morgan W, Guerra S, Martinez FD. "Elevated Childhood Insulin-related Asthma Is a Risk Factor for Reduced Lung Function." Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023;207(6):790-792. PMCID: PMC10037476 PMID: 36521027

Guerra S, Ledford JG, Melén E, et al. "Creatine Kinase Is Decreased in Childhood Asthma." Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023;207(5):544-552. PMCID: PMC10870915 PMID: 35876143

2022

Voraphani N, Stern DA, Zhai J, et al. "The role of growth and nutrition in the early origins of spirometric restriction in adult life: a longitudinal, multicohort, population-based study." Lancet Respir Med. 2022;10(1):59-71. PMID: 34843665

2021

Johnson MDL, Younis US, Menghani SV, et al. "CC16 Binding to αβ Integrin Protects against Infection." Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021;203(11):1410-1418. PMCID: PMC8456541 PMID: 33326355

Wang G, Kull I, Bergström A, et al. "Early-life risk factors for reversible and irreversible airflow limitation in young adults: findings from the BAMSE birth cohort." Thorax. 2021;76(5):503-507. PMCID: PMC8070638 PMID: 33184098

2020

Zhou JJ, Zhai J, Zhou H, et al. "Supraglottic Lung Microbiome Taxa Are Associated with Pulmonary Abnormalities in an HIV Longitudinal Cohort." Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020;202(12):1727-1731. PMCID: PMC7737582 PMID: 32783620

Guerra S, Lombardi E, Stern DA, et al. "Fetal Origins of Asthma: A Longitudinal Study from Birth to Age 36 Years." Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med.. 2020. PMID: 32649838

Polverino F, Stern DA, Ruocco G, et al. "Comorbidities, Cardiovascular Therapies, and COVID-19 Mortality: A Nationwide, Italian Observational Study (ItaliCO)." Front Cardiovasc Med. 2020;7:585866. PMCID: PMC7583635

2019

Beamer PI, Furlong M, Lothrop N, et al. "CC16 Levels into Adult Life are Associated with Nitrogen Dioxide Exposure at Birth." Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med.. 2019. PMID: 30789752

Zhai J, Insel M, Addison KJ, et al. "Club Cell Secretory Protein Deficiency Leads to Altered Lung Function." Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med.. 2019;199(3):302-312. PMCID: PMC6363971 PMID: 30543455

2018

Xu C-J, Söderhäll C, Bustamante M, et al. "DNA methylation in childhood asthma: an epigenome-wide meta-analysis." Lancet Respir Med. 2018;6(5):379-388.

Vasquez MM, Zhou M, Hu C, Martinez FD, Guerra S. "Reply to Bush: Low Lung Function in Young Adult Life Is Associated with Early Mortality." Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med.. 2018;197(4):539. PMCID: PMC5821910 PMID: 28925717

Hiranrattana A, Stern DA, Guerra S, et al. "sensitisation at age 6 years is associated with subsequent airway hyper-responsiveness in non-asthmatics." Thorax. 2018;73(12):1170-1173.

Guerra S, Melén E, Sunyer J, et al. "Genetic and epigenetic regulation of YKL-40 in childhood." J. Allergy Clin. Immunol.. 2018;141(3):1105-1114.

Vasquez MM, Sherrill DL, LeVan TD, Morgan WJ, Sisson JH, Guerra S. "Persistent light to moderate alcohol intake and lung function: A longitudinal study." Alcohol. 2018;67:65-71. PMCID: PMC5826814 PMID: 29396309

Gerhart KD, Stern DA, Guerra S, Morgan WJ, Martinez FD, Wright AL. "Protective effect of breastfeeding on recurrent cough in adulthood." Thorax. 2018;73(9):833-839.

Zhai J, Stern DA, Sherrill DL, et al. "Trajectories and Early Determinants of Circulating CC16 from Birth to Age 32 Years." Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med.. 2018;198(2):267-270. PMCID: PMC6058982 PMID: 29485918

Huang S, Hu C, Bell ML, et al. "Regularized continuous-time Markov Model via elastic net." Biometrics. 2018;74(3):1045-1054.

Chang EH, Stern DA, Willis AL, Guerra S, Wright AL, Martinez FD. "Early life risk factors for chronic sinusitis: A longitudinal birth cohort study." J. Allergy Clin. Immunol.. 2018;141(4):1291-1297.e2. PMCID: PMC5937937 PMID: 29355680

F Dijk N, Xu C, Melén E, et al. "Genetic regulation of methylation and IL1RL1-a protein levels in asthma." Eur. Respir. J.. 2018;51(3).

Martinez FD, Guerra S. "Early Origins of Asthma. Role of Microbial Dysbiosis and Metabolic Dysfunction." Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med.. 2018;197(5):573-579. PMCID: PMC6005239 PMID: 29048927

2017

Chen Y, Vasquez MM, Zhu L, et al. "Effects of Retinoids on Augmentation of Club Cell Secretory Protein." Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med.. 2017;196(7):928-931. PMCID: PMC5649971 PMID: 28231434

Chang EH, Willis AL, McCrary HC, et al. "Association between the CDHR3 rs6967330 risk allele and chronic rhinosinusitis." J. Allergy Clin. Immunol.. 2017;139(6):1990-1992.e2. PMCID: PMC5457723 PMID: 27923563

Akiki Z, Rava M, Gil ODiaz, et al. "Serum cytokine profiles as predictors of asthma control in adults from the EGEA study." Respir Med. 2017;125:57-64.

Vasquez MM, McClure LA, Sherrill DL, et al. "Positive Airway Pressure Therapies and Hospitalization in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease." Am. J. Med.. 2017;130(7):809-818. PMCID: PMC5474150 PMID: 28089799

Study Title (link to more info on this site)	Link to Study	Trial Status	Principal Investigator
CC16 COVID Pilot	view	Current Trial - Enrolling	Stefano Guerra , MD, PhD, MPH
Tucson Children's Respiratory Study (TCRS)	view	Current Trial - Enrollment Complete	Stefano Guerra , MD, PhD, MPH, Fernando Martinez, MD
Tucson Epidemiological Study of Airway Obstructive Disease (TESAOD)	view	Current Trial - Enrollment Complete	Stefano Guerra , MD, PhD, MPH, Fernando Martinez, MD

Selected Publications