Highlighted Publications

de Vries PS, Conomos MP, Singh K, Nicholson CJ, Jain D, Hasbani NR, Jiang W, Lee S, … Miller CL, Malhotra R. Whole-genome sequencing uncovers two loci for coronary artery calcification and identifies ARSE as a regulator of vascular calcification. Nat Cardiovasc Res. 2023 Dec;2(12):1159-1172. doi: 10.1038/s44161-023-00375-y. Epub 2023 Dec 4. PMID: 38817323; PMCID: PMC11138106.

Li JP, Slocum C, Sbarbaro J, Schoenike M, Campain J, Prasad C, Nayor MG, Lewis GD, Malhotra R. Percent Predicted Peak Exercise Oxygen Pulse Provides Insights Into Ventricular-Vascular Response and Prognosticates HFpEF. JACC Adv. 2024 Jul 12;3(8):101101. doi: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2024.101101. PMID: 39105119; PMCID: PMC11299572.

Lee S, Tanaka M, Patel S, Zacharias N, Hedgire S, Malhotra R, Dua A. Clinical Utility of Infrapopliteal Calcium Score for the Evaluation of Severity of Peripheral Artery Disease. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2024 Mar;35(3):370-376.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2023.11.023. Epub 2023 Dec 2. PMID: 38043705; PMCID: PMC11179150.

Lee S, Houstis NE, Cunningham TF, Brooks LC, Chen K, Slocum CL, Ostrom K, Birchenough C, Moore E, Tattersfield H, Sigurslid H, Guo Y, Landsteiner I, Rouvina JN, Lewis GD, Malhotra R. Transferrin Saturation Is a Better Predictor Than Ferritin of Metabolic and Hemodynamic Exercise Responses in HFpEF. JACC Heart Fail. 2025 Jun 10;13(8):102478. 

Kavousi M, Bos MM, Barnes HJ, Cardenas CLL, Wong D, Lu H, Hodonsky CJ, Landsmeer LPL, Turner AW, Kho M, Hasbani NR, de Vries PS, Bowden DW, Chopade S, Deelen J, Benavente ED, Guo X, Hofer E, Hwang SJ, Lutz SM, Lyytikäinen LP, Slenders L, Smith AV, Stanislawski MA, van Setten J, Wong Q, Yanek LR, Becker DM, Beekman M, Budoff MJ, Feitosa MF, Finan C, Hilliard AT, Kardia SLR, Kovacic JC, Kral BG, Langefeld CD, Launer LJ, Malik S, Hoesein FAAM, Mokry M, Schmidt R, Smith JA, Taylor KD, Terry JG, van der Grond J, van Meurs J, Vliegenthart R, Xu J, Young KA, Zilhão NR, Zweiker R, Assimes TL, Becker LC, Bos D, Carr JJ, Cupples LA, de Kleijn DPV, de Winther M, den Ruijter HM, Fornage M, Freedman BI, Gudnason V, Hingorani AD, Hokanson JE, Ikram MA, Išgum I, Jacobs DR Jr, Kähönen M, Lange LA, Lehtimäki T, Pasterkamp G, Raitakari OT, Schmidt H, Slagboom PE, Uitterlinden AG, Vernooij MW, Bis JC, Franceschini N, Psaty BM, Post WS, Rotter JI, Björkegren JLM, O'Donnell CJ, Bielak LF*, Peyser PA*, Malhotra R*, van der Laan SW*, Miller CL*. Multi-ancestry genome-wide study identifies effector genes and druggable pathways for coronary artery calcification. Nature Genetics, 2023 Oct;55(10):1651-1664.

Nicholson CJ, Wooster L, Sigurslid HH, Li RH, Jiang W, Tian W, Lino Cardenas CL, Malhotra R. Estimating Risk of Mechanical Ventilation and In-Hospital Mortality among Adult COVID-19 Patients Admitted to Mass General Brigham: The VICE and DICE Scores. Lancet – Eclinical Medicine. 2021 Mar; 33:100765.

Thayer T, Lino Cardenas CL, Martyn T, Nicholson CJ, Traeger L, Wunderer F, Slocum C, Sigurslid H, Shakartzi HR, O’Rourke C, Shelton G, Buswell MD, Barnes H, Neitzel LR, Ledsky CD, Li JP, Burke MF, Farber-Eger E, Perrien DS, Kumar R, Corey KE, Wells QS, Bloch KD, Hong CC, Bloch DB, Malhotra R. The Role of Bone Morphogenetic Protein Signaling in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Scientific Reports, 2020 Jun 19; 10(1):9831.

Malhotra R, Nicholson CJ, Wang D, Bhambhani V, Paniagua S, Slocum C, Sigurslid HH, Lino Cardenas CL, Li R, Boerboom SL, Chen YC, Hwang SJ, Yao C, Ichinose F, Bloch DB, Lindsay ME, Lewis GD, Aragam JR, Hoffmann U, Mitchell GF, Hamburg NM, Vasan RS, Benjamin EJ, Larson MG, Zapol WM, Cheng S, Roh JD, O'Donnell CJ, Nguyen C, Levy D, Ho JE. Matrix Gla Protein Levels are Associated with Arterial Stiffness and Incident Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction, ATVB 2022 Feb;42(2):e61-e73.

Malhotra R, Mauer AC, Lino-Cardenas CL, Guo X, Yao J, Zhang X, Wunderer F, Smith AV, Wong Q, Pechlivanis S, Hwang S, Wang J, Lu L, Nicholson CJ, Shelton G, Buswell MD, Barnes HJ, Slocum C, Sigurslid H, O'Rourke C, Rhee DK, Bagchi A, Nigwekar S, Buys ES, Campbell CY, Harris T, Budoff M, Criqui MH, Rotter JI, Johnson AD, Song C, Franceschini N, Debette S, Hoffmann U, Kälsch H, Nöthen MM, Sigurdsson S, Freedman BI, Bowden DW, Jöckel K-H, Moebus S, Erbel R, Feitosa M, Gudnason V, Thanassoulis G, Zapol WM, Lindsay ME, Bloch DB, Post WS, and O’Donnell CJ. HDAC9 is Implicated in Atherosclerotic Aortic Calcification and Affects Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Phenotype. Nature Genetics, 2019 Nov;51(11):1580-1587.