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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

2017

Vasquez MM, Zhou M, Hu C, Martinez FD, Guerra S. "Low Lung Function in Young Adult Life Is Associated with Early Mortality." Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med.. 2017;195(10):1399-1401. PMCID: PMC5443902 PMID: 28504596

Melén E, Guerra S. "Recent advances in understanding lung function development." F1000Res. 2017;6:726. PMCID: PMC5461903

DeVries A, Wlasiuk G, Miller SJ, et al. "Epigenome-wide analysis links SMAD3 methylation at birth to asthma in children of asthmatic mothers." J. Allergy Clin. Immunol.. 2017;140(2):534-542. PMCID: PMC5479765 PMID: 28011059

Diaz AA, Rahaghi FN, Doyle TJ, et al. "Differences in Respiratory Symptoms and Lung Structure Between Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White Smokers: A Comparative Study." Chronic Obstr Pulm Dis. 2017;4(4):297-304. PMCID: PMC5764843 PMID: 29354674

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