Publications by authors named "Jonathan Liang"

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  • Mepolizumab is effective for eosinophil-associated disorders like eosinophilic asthma and chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP), but traditional treatments often fall short and have side effects.
  • The study aimed to analyze adverse reactions related to mepolizumab in CRSwNP patients by using data from the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System between Q1 2021 and Q1 2023.
  • Results indicated that CRSwNP patients experienced significantly fewer adverse reactions compared to asthma patients, with common issues being pulmonary, generalized, neurologic, and hematologic, and concurrent asthma treatment raised the risk for serious reactions in CRSwNP cases.
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Objectives: To evaluate otologic adverse reactions (OARs), including hearing loss (OARs-HL) among patients taking teprotumumab, a new biologic approved for the treatment of active thyroid eye disease, using publicly available pharmacovigilance reporting data.

Study Design: Retrospective database review.

Methods: The Food and Drug Administration Adverse Events Reporting System (FAERS) was queried for cases involving teprotumumab from 2020Q1 to 2023Q1.

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  • Allergic fungal rhinosinusitis (AFRS) is a type of chronic rhinosinusitis that appears more commonly in younger individuals, particularly among Black patients.
  • A study conducted from 2010 to 2019 in Northern California aimed to explore the influence of demographic and socioeconomic factors on the incidence and severity of AFRS, finding significant racial disparities.
  • Results indicated that Black patients constituted a higher percentage of those with AFRS compared to other groups, and they also had a higher likelihood of having severe AFRS, suggesting a need for targeted healthcare strategies.
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Elevated interleukin (IL)-1β levels, NLRP3 inflammasome activity, and systemic inflammation are hallmarks of chronic metabolic inflammatory syndromes, but the mechanistic basis for this is unclear. Here, we show that levels of plasma IL-1β are lower in fasting compared to fed subjects, while the lipid arachidonic acid (AA) is elevated. Lipid profiling of NLRP3-stimulated mouse macrophages shows enhanced AA production and an NLRP3-dependent eicosanoid signature.

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Evolving individual, contextual, organizational, interactional and sociocultural factors have complicated efforts to shape the professional identity formation (PIF) of medical students or how they feel, act and think as professionals. However, an almost exclusive reliance on online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic offers a unique opportunity to study the elemental structures that shape PIF and the environmental factors nurturing it. We propose two independent Systematic Evidence-Based Approach guided systematic scoping reviews (SSR in SEBA)s to map accounts of online learning environment and netiquette that structure online programs.

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Introduction: There is a paucity of studies evaluating vaccine uptake in adults with neurological and musculoskeletal medical conditions. We sought to evaluate the rates of COVID-19 vaccine uptake in patients seen in an outpatient rehabilitation clinic.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective, single center study of adults seen at an outpatient rehabilitation clinic from December 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021, with an active Wisconsin Immunization Registry record.

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Objectives: Ocular surface reactions (OSR) have been associated with dupilumab for atopic dermatitis (AD) treatment. However, the association of dupilumab-associated OSR (DA-OSR) for nasal polyps (CRSwNP) treatment has not been studied. We evaluated DA-OSR for CRSwNP treatment using the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS).

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Topics of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are an integral component of post-graduate medical education. However, it is currently unclear the extent to which physical medicine and rehabilitation residency programs have incorporated a DEI curriculum into their training programs. Here, a novel, multi-institutional DEI journal club is described.

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A 60-year-old woman with a ∼450 cm 2 right cervicofacial defect following successful treatment of necrotizing fasciitis was consulted for reconstruction. She had complete orbital, malar, buccal, labial, submental, and anterolateral neck skin and soft tissue defects and near complete defects of the forehead and nasal sidewall. She underwent reconstruction with a large 24 cm×11 cm supraclavicular, deltopectoral, forehead rotational, and labial advancement flaps with skin grafting of the orbit.

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Objective: There is anecdotal evidence SARS-CoV-2 (COVID) RT-PCR screening nasal swabs confer an elevated epistaxis risk. We aimed to assess the association between epistaxis and exposure to a COVID nasal swab.

Study Design: A matched pairs design was used.

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  • * The analysis included 5 studies with 247 participants and found a significant reduction in the reflective total nasal symptom score (rTNSS) both at 1 month (-3.48 points) and 3 months (-3.50 points) after the procedure, indicating a positive outcome for patients.
  • * Common side effects reported were pain at the surgical site, headaches, oral numbness, and sinusitis, suggesting that while ClariFix is effective, patients should be aware of potential adverse effects.
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Objectives: With the COVID-19 pandemic, there is growing interest and research in olfactory and gustatory dysfunction (OGD). Drug-induced dysfunction is an often overlooked etiology. While several medications include smell or taste disturbance as a side effect, there are no publications describing which medications are most frequently implicated.

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Kinase signaling in the tiered activation of inflammasomes and associated pyroptosis is a prime therapeutic target for inflammatory diseases. While MAPKs subsume pivotal roles during inflammasome priming, specifically the MAP3K7/JNK1/NLRP3 licensing axis, their involvement in successive steps of inflammasome activation is poorly defined. Using live-cell MAPK biosensors to focus on the inflammasome triggering event allowed us to identify a subsequent process of biphasic JNK activation.

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Objective: Image-guided surgery (IGS) devices have become widely used for anatomic localization during functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS). However, there are no studies that analyze the post-market complications associated with IGS device use during FESS. The objective of this study was to better characterize post-market complications associated with the use of IGS devices during sinus surgery.

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  • Communication skills training (CST) is crucial for medical education but is often neglected in curricula; a systematic scoping review was proposed to evaluate its current state and inform future improvements.
  • The review analyzed 52,300 papers, included 150 articles, and identified four key domains related to CST: Indications, Design, Assessment, and Barriers/Enablers, highlighting its benefits for both physicians and patients.
  • CST frameworks typically follow a staged, competency-based approach that combines didactic teaching with experiential learning to enhance medical students' communication abilities over time.
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Background: Six percent of practicing otolaryngologists identified by the American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) are rhinologists This is the first study to investigate both the distribution of rhinologists in the United States and the sociodemographic characteristics that may predict their practice locations.

Objective: We aim to describe the geospatial distribution of the rhinology workforce and analyze sociodemographic characteristics associated with practice distribution.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of 662 rhinologists queried from the 2020 American Rhinologic Society (ARS) database.

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Objectives: Dupilumab was the first biologic approved to treat chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP). While the risk of adverse events in phase-III clinical trials was low, dupilumab-associated adverse reactions (DAR) with real-world use is unknown and potentially under-reported. We aimed to evaluate DAR for CRSwNP treatment (CRSwNP-tx) using the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS).

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Noncanonical inflammasome activation by cytosolic lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a critical component of the host response to Gram-negative bacteria. Cytosolic LPS recognition in macrophages is preceded by a Toll-like receptor (TLR) priming signal required to induce transcription of inflammasome components and facilitate the metabolic reprograming that fuels the inflammatory response. Using a genome-scale arrayed siRNA screen to find inflammasome regulators in mouse macrophages, we identified the mitochondrial enzyme nucleoside diphosphate kinase D (NDPK-D) as a regulator of both noncanonical and canonical inflammasomes.

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Inflammation driven by the NLRP3 inflammasome in macrophages is an important contributor to chronic metabolic diseases that affect growing numbers of individuals. Many of these diseases involve the pathologic accumulation of endogenous lipids or their oxidation products, which can activate NLRP3. Other endogenous lipids, however, can inhibit the activation of NLRP3.

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Introduction: Nasal/sinus endoscopy with biopsy/polypectomy/debridement, or Current Procedure Terminology code 31237, is one of the top 10 most frequent and highest billed otolaryngology procedures among Medicare patients. We analyzed temporal and geographic trends in endoscopic debridement, and correlated them with sinus surgery and balloon sinuplasty trends.

Methods: Medicare Part-B National Summary Data Files were analyzed from 2000 to 2016 for temporal trends of endoscopic debridement.

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Objectives: The popularity of mountain biking (MTB) in the United States has risen in recent years. We sought to identify the prevalence and distribution of MTB associated head and neck injuries presenting to emergency departments across the U.S.

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Purpose: Upper airway resistance syndrome (UARS) is a sleep related breathing disorder that was first described in 1993. This goal of this study is to determine the efficacy of surgical intervention for UARS.

Materials And Methods: Systematic review of the literature and a case series of UARS patients at a large integrated healthcare system.

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The mammalian immune system is constantly challenged by signals from both pathogenic and non-pathogenic microbes. Many of these non-pathogenic microbes have pathogenic potential if the immune system is compromised. The importance of type I interferons (IFNs) in orchestrating innate immune responses to pathogenic microbes has become clear in recent years.

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Background: There has been a steady decrease in the number of physician-scientists and a lack of diversity and inclusion of underrepresented minorities (URMs) in medicine.

Objective: To assess the research productivity, interest, and experience of medical students, including URMs, and resident and faculty mentors of the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center's 8-week, intensive, mentored Summer Clinical Otolaryngology and Obstetrics/Gynecology Research (SCORE) Program for second-year medical students.

Methods: A database of SCORE Program research projects was generated from 2016, when the program was launched, through 2018.

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