Eva Nozik, MD

Professor, Pediatrics-Critical Care Medicine


FacultyPhoto
Medical School
  • MD, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine (1988)
Undergraduate School
  • BA, University of Colorado - Boulder (CO) (1983)
Residency
  • Duke University Hospital Program, Pediatrics (1991)
Fellowships
  • Duke University Hospital Program, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (1994)
Languages
English
Department
Pediatrics-Critical Care Medicine

Professional Titles

  • Professor

Publications

  • Superoxide Dismutase Mimetic, MnTE-2-PyP, Attenuates Chronic Hypoxia-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension, Pulmonary Vascular Remodeling, and Activation of the NALP3 Inflammasome. Villegas LR, Kluck D, Field C, Oberley-Deegan RE, Woods C, Yeager ME, El Kasmi KC, Savani RC, Bowler RP, Nozik-Grayck E. Antioxid Redox Signal. 2013 Feb 5. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Stenmark KR, Yeager ME, El Kasmi KC, Nozik-Grayck E, Gerasimovskaya EV, Li M, Riddle SR, Frid MG. The Adventitia: Essential Regulator of Vascular Wall Structure and Function. Annu Rev Physiol. 2012 Dec 3. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 23216413
  • Buehler PW, Baek JH, Lisk C, Connor I, Sullivan T, Kominsky D, Majka S, Stenmark KR, Nozik-Grayck E, Bonaventura J, Irwin DC. Free hemoglobin induction of pulmonary vascular disease: evidence for an inflammatory mechanism. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2012 Aug 15;303(4):L312-26. PubMed PMID: 22728465
  • Yeager, M, M. Frid, E. Nozik-Grayck, KR Stenmark. Smooth Muscle in the Normal and Diseased Pulmonary Circulation in Muscle: Fundamental Biology and Mechanisms of Disease 1st Edition. J. Hill and K Griendling (Eds) Elsevier Publishing. 2012 in press
  • Acker SN, Seedorf GJ, Abman SH, Nozik-Grayck E, Partrick DA, Gien J. Pulmonary artery endothelial cell dysfunction and decreased populations of highly proliferative endothelial cells in experimental congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2013 Dec;305(12):L943-52. PubMed PMID: 24124189
  • Lisk C, McCord J, Bose S, Sullivan T, Loomis Z, Nozik-Grayck E, Schroeder T, Hamilton K, Irwin DC. Nrf2 activation: a potential strategy for the prevention of acute mountain sickness. Free Radic Biol Med. 2013 Oct;63:264-73. PubMed PMID: 23722164
  • Lisk C, Kominsky D, Ehrentraut S, Bonaventura J, Nuss R, Hassell K, Nozik-Grayck E, Irwin DC. Hemoglobin-induced endothelial cell permeability is controlled, in part, via a myeloid differentiation primary response gene-88-dependent signaling mechanism. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2013 Oct;49(4):619-26. PubMed PMID: 23713977
  • Chow K, Fessel JP, Kaoriihida-Stansbury, Schmidt EP, Gaskill C, Alvarez D, Graham B, Harrison DG, Wagner DH Jr, Nozik-Grayck E, West JD, Klemm DJ, Majka SM. Dysfunctional resident lung mesenchymal stem cells contribute to pulmonary microvascular remodeling. Pulm Circ. 2013 Jan;3(1):31-49. PubMed PMID: 23662173
  • Gupta V, Gupta N, Shaik IH, Mehvar R, Nozik-Grayck E, McMurtry IF, Oka M, Komatsu M, Ahsan F. Inhaled PLGA particles of prostaglandin E1 ameliorate symptoms and progression of pulmonary hypertension at a reduced dosing frequency. Mol Pharm. 2013 May 6;10(5):1655-67. PubMed PMID: 23485062
  • Tang JR, Michaelis KA, Nozik-Grayck E, Seedorf GJ, Hartman-Filson M, Abman SH, Wright CJ. The NF-?B inhibitory proteins I?Ba and I?Bß mediate disparate responses to inflammation in fetal pulmonary endothelial cells. J Immunol. 2013 Mar 15;190(6):2913-23. PubMed PMID: 23418625
  • Gupta V, Gupta N, Shaik IH, Mehvar R, McMurtry IF, Oka M, Nozik-Grayck E, Komatsu M, Ahsan F. Liposomal fasudil, a rho-kinase inhibitor, for prolonged pulmonary preferential vasodilation in pulmonary arterial hypertension. J Control Release. 2013 Apr 28;167(2):189-99. PubMed PMID: 23353807
  • Villegas LR, Kluck D, Field C, Oberley-Deegan RE, Woods C, Yeager ME, El Kasmi KC, Savani RC, Bowler RP, Nozik-Grayck E. Superoxide dismutase mimetic, MnTE-2-PyP, attenuates chronic hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary vascular remodeling, and activation of the NALP3 inflammasome. Antioxid Redox Signal. 2013 May 10;18(14):1753-64. PubMed PMID: 23240585
  • Stenmark KR, Yeager ME, El Kasmi KC, Nozik-Grayck E, Gerasimovskaya EV, Li M, Riddle SR, Frid MG. The adventitia: essential regulator of vascular wall structure and function. Annu Rev Physiol. 2013;75:23-47. PubMed PMID: 23216413
  • Acker SN, Seedorf GJ, Abman SH, Nozik-Grayck E, Kuhn K, Partrick DA, Gien J. Altered Pulmonary Artery Endothelial-Smooth Muscle Cell Interactions in Experimental Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. Pediatr Res. 2015 Jan 12. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25580737
  • Nahar K, Absar S, Gupta N, Kotamraju VR, McMurtry IF, Oka M, Komatsu M, Nozik-Grayck E, Ahsan F. Peptide-coated liposomal fasudil enhances site specific vasodilation in pulmonary arterial hypertension. Mol Pharm. 2014 Dec 1;11(12):4374-84. PubMed PMID: 25333706
  • Nozik-Grayck E, Woods C, Taylor JM, Benninger RK, Johnson RD, Villegas LR, Stenmark KR, Harrison DG, Majka SM, Irwin D, Farrow KN. Selective depletion of vascular EC-SOD augments chronic hypoxic pulmonary hypertension. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2014 Dec 1;307(11):L868-76. PubMed PMID: 25326578
  • Marriott S, Baskir RS, Gaskill C, Menon S, Carrier EJ, Williams J, Talati M, Helm K, Alford CE, Kropski JA, Loyd J, Wheeler L, Johnson J, Austin E, Nozik-Grayck E, Meyrick B, West JD, Klemm DJ, Majka SM. ABCG2pos lung mesenchymal stem cells are a novel pericyte subpopulation that contributes to fibrotic remodeling. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2014 Oct 15;307(8):C684-98. PubMed PMID: 25122876
  • Delaney C, Wright RH, Tang JR, Woods C, Villegas L, Sherlock L, Savani RC, Abman SH, Nozik-Grayck E. Lack of EC-SOD worsens alveolar and vascular development in a neonatal mouse model of bleomycin-induced bronchopulmonary dysplasia and pulmonary hypertension. Pediatr Res. 2015 Aug 31. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26322414
  • Irwin DC, Baek JH, Hassell K, Nuss R, Eigenberger P, Lisk C, Loomis Z, Maltzahn J, Stenmark KR, Nozik-Grayck E, Buehler PW. Hemoglobin-induced lung vascular oxidation, inflammation, and remodeling contribute to the progression of hypoxic pulmonary hypertension and is attenuated in rats with repeated-dose haptoglobin administration. Free Radic Biol Med. 2015 May;82:50-62. PubMed PMID: 25656991
  • Hartney JM, Stidham T, Goldstrohm DA, Oberley-Deegan RE, Weaver MR, Valnickova-Hansen Z, Scavenius C, Benninger RK, Leahy KF, Johnson R, Gally F, Kosmider B, Zimmermann AK, Enghild JJ, Nozik-Grayck E, Bowler RP. A common polymorphism in extracellular superoxide dismutase affects cardiopulmonary disease risk by altering protein distribution. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2014 Oct;7(5):659-66. PubMed PMID: 25085920
  • Acker SN, Seedorf GJ, Abman SH, Nozik-Grayck E, Kuhn K, Partrick DA, Gien J. Altered pulmonary artery endothelial-smooth muscle cell interactions in experimental congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Pediatr Res. 2015 Apr;77(4):511-9. PubMed PMID: 25580737
  • Nahar K, Absar S, Gupta N, Kotamraju VR, McMurtry IF, Oka M, Komatsu M, Nozik-Grayck E, Ahsan F. Peptide-coated liposomal fasudil enhances site specific vasodilation in pulmonary arterial hypertension. Mol Pharm. 2014 Dec 1;11(12):4374-84. PubMed PMID: 25333706
  • Nozik-Grayck E, Woods C, Taylor JM, Benninger RK, Johnson RD, Villegas LR, Stenmark KR, Harrison DG, Majka SM, Irwin D, Farrow KN. Selective depletion of vascular EC-SOD augments chronic hypoxic pulmonary hypertension. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2014 Dec 1;307(11):L868-76. PubMed PMID: 25326578
  • Marriott S, Baskir RS, Gaskill C, Menon S, Carrier EJ, Williams J, Talati M, Helm K, Alford CE, Kropski JA, Loyd J, Wheeler L, Johnson J, Austin E, Nozik-Grayck E, Meyrick B, West JD, Klemm DJ, Majka SM. ABCG2pos lung mesenchymal stem cells are a novel pericyte subpopulation that contributes to fibrotic remodeling. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2014 Oct 15;307(8):C684-98. PubMed PMID: 25122876
  • Hartney JM, Stidham T, Goldstrohm DA, Oberley-Deegan RE, Weaver MR, Valnickova-Hansen Z, Scavenius C, Benninger RK, Leahy KF, Johnson R, Gally F, Kosmider B, Zimmermann AK, Enghild JJ, Nozik-Grayck E, Bowler RP. A common polymorphism in extracellular superoxide dismutase affects cardiopulmonary disease risk by altering protein distribution. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2014 Oct;7(5):659-66. PubMed PMID: 25085920
  • Mouradian GC Jr, Gaurav R, Pugliese S, El Kasmi K, Hartman B, Hernandez-Lagunas L, Stenmark K, Bowler RP, Nozik-Grayck E. SOD3 R213G SNP Blocks Murine Bleomycin-induced Fibrosis and Promotes Resolution of Inflammation. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2016 Nov 2. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27805412
  • Nozik-Grayck E, Woods C, Stearman RS, Venkataraman S, Ferguson BS, Swain K, Bowler RP, Geraci MW, Ihida-Stansbury K, Stenmark KR, McKinsey TA, Domann FE. Histone deacetylation contributes to low extracellular superoxide dismutase expression in human idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2016 Jul 1;311(1):L124-34. PubMed PMID: 27233998
  • Hernandez-Saavedra D, Swain K, Tuder R, Petersen SV, Nozik-Grayck E. Redox Regulation of the Superoxide Dismutases SOD3 and SOD2 in the Pulmonary Circulation. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2017;967:57-70. PubMed PMID: 29047081
  • Gaurav R, Varasteh JT, Weaver MR, Jacobson SR, Hernandez-Lagunas L, Liu Q, Nozik-Grayck E, Chu HW, Alam R, Nordestgaard BG, Kobylecki CJ, Afzal S, Chupp GL, Bowler RP. The R213G polymorphism in SOD3 protects against allergic airway inflammation. JCI Insight. 2017 Sep 7;2(17). [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28878123
  • D'Alessandro A, Nozik-Grayck E, Stenmark KR. Identification of Infants at Risk for Chronic Lung Disease at Birth. Potential for a Personalized Approach to Disease Prevention. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017 Oct 15;196(8):951-952. PubMed PMID: 28613077
  • Rashid J, Patel B, Nozik-Grayck E, McMurtry IF, Stenmark KR, Ahsan F. Inhaled sildenafil as an alternative to oral sildenafil in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). J Control Release. 2017 Mar 28;250:96-106. PubMed PMID: 28185800
  • Gupta N, Rashid J, Nozik-Grayck E, McMurtry IF, Stenmark KR, Ahsan F. Cocktail of Superoxide Dismutase and Fasudil Encapsulated in Targeted Liposomes Slows PAH Progression at a Reduced Dosing Frequency. Mol Pharm. 2017 Mar 6;14(3):830-841. PubMed PMID: 28165252
  • Delaney C, Wright RH, Tang JR, Woods C, Villegas L, Sherlock L, Savani RC, Abman SH, Nozik-Grayck E. Lack of EC-SOD worsens alveolar and vascular development in a neonatal mouse model of bleomycin-induced bronchopulmonary dysplasia and pulmonary hypertension. Pediatr Res. 2015 Dec;78(6):634-40. PubMed PMID: 26322414
  • Loomis Z, Eigenberger P, Redinius K, Lisk C, Karoor V, Nozik-Grayck E, Ferguson SK, Hassell K, Nuss R, Stenmark K, Buehler P, Irwin DC. Hemoglobin induced cell trauma indirectly influences endothelial TLR9 activity resulting in pulmonary vascular smooth muscle cell activation. PLoS One. 2017;12(2):e0171219. PubMed PMID: 28152051
  • Janssen WJ, Nozik-Grayck E. Power of Place: Intravascular Superoxide Dismutase for Prevention of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2017 Feb;56(2):147-149. PubMed PMID: 28145771
  • Mouradian GC, Gaurav R, Pugliese S, El Kasmi K, Hartman B, Hernandez-Lagunas L, Stenmark KR, Bowler RP, Nozik-Grayck E. Superoxide Dismutase 3 R213G Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Blocks Murine Bleomycin-Induced Fibrosis and Promotes Resolution of Inflammation. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2017 Mar;56(3):362-371. PubMed PMID: 27805412
  • Rashid J, Nozik-Grayck E, McMurtry IF, Stenmark KR, Ahsan F. Inhaled combination of sildenafil and rosiglitazone improves pulmonary hemodynamics, cardiac functions, and arterial remodeling. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2018 Oct 11. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30307312
  • Good RJ, Hernandez-Lagunas L, Allawzi A, Maltzahn JK, Vohwinkel CU, Upadhyay AK, Kompella UB, Birukov KG, Carpenter TC, Sucharov CC, Nozik-Grayck E. MicroRNA dysregulation in lung injury: the role of the miR-26a/EphA2 axis in regulation of endothelial permeability. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2018 Oct 1;315(4):L584-L594. PubMed PMID: 30024304
  • Garcia AM, Allawzi A, Tatman P, Hernandez-Lagunas L, Swain K, Mouradian G, Bowler R, Karimpour-Fard A, Sucharov CC, Nozik-Grayck E. R213G polymorphism in SOD3 protects against bleomycin-induced inflammation and attenuates induction of proinflammatory pathways. Physiol Genomics. 2018 Sep 1;50(9):807-816. PubMed PMID: 30004839
  • Ferguson SK, Redinius K, Yalamanoglu A, Harral JW, Hyen Baek J, Pak D, Loomis Z, Hassell D, Eigenberger P, Nozik-Grayck E, Nuss R, Hassell K, Stenmark KR, Buehler PW, Irwin DC. Effects of living at moderate altitude on pulmonary vascular function and exercise capacity in mice with sickle cell anaemia. J Physiol. 2018 Jun 21. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29931797
  • Ni K, Gill A, Tseng V, Mikosz AM, Koike K, Beatman EL, Xu CY, Cao D, Gally F, Mould KJ, Serban KA, Schweitzer KS, March KL, Janssen WJ, Nozik-Grayck E, Garantziotis S, Petrache I. Rapid clearance of heavy chain-modified hyaluronan during resolving acute lung injury. Respir Res. 2018 May 31;19(1):107. PubMed PMID: 29855321
  • Rashid J, Alobaida A, Al-Hilal TA, Hammouda S, McMurtry IF, Nozik-Grayck E, Stenmark KR, Ahsan F. Repurposing rosiglitazone, a PPAR-? agonist and oral antidiabetic, as an inhaled formulation, for the treatment of PAH. J Control Release. 2018 Jun 28;280:113-123. PubMed PMID: 29723610
  • El Kasmi KC, Vue PM, Anderson AL, Devereaux MW, Ghosh S, Balasubramaniyan N, Fillon SA, Dahrenmoeller C, Allawzi A, Woods C, McKenna S, Wright CJ, Johnson L, D'Alessandro A, Reisz JA, Nozik-Grayck E, Suchy FJ, Sokol RJ. Macrophage-derived IL-1ß/NF-?B signaling mediates parenteral nutrition-associated cholestasis. Nat Commun. 2018 Apr 11;9(1):1393. PubMed PMID: 29643332
  • Haeger SM, Liu X, Han X, McNeil JB, Oshima K, McMurtry SA, Yang Y, Ouyang Y, Zhang F, Nozik-Grayck E, Zemans RL, Tuder RM, Bastarache JA, Linhardt RJ, Schmidt EP. Epithelial Heparan Sulfate Contributes to Alveolar Barrier Function and Is Shed during Lung Injury. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2018 Sep;59(3):363-374. PubMed PMID: 29584451
  • Sherlock LG, Trumpie A, Hernandez-Lagunas L, McKenna S, Fisher S, Bowler R, Wright CJ, Delaney C, Nozik-Grayck E. Redistribution of Extracellular Superoxide Dismutase Causes Neonatal Pulmonary Vascular Remodeling and PH but Protects Against Experimental Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. Antioxidants (Basel). 2018 Mar 14;7(3). PubMed PMID: 29538340
  • Delaney C, Sherlock L, Fisher S, Maltzahn J, Wright C, Nozik-Grayck E. Serotonin 2A receptor inhibition protects against the development of pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary vascular remodeling in neonatal mice. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2018 May 1;314(5):L871-L881. PubMed PMID: 29345193
  • Allawzi A, McDermott I, Delaney C, Nguyen K, Banimostafa L, Trumpie A, Hernandez-Lagunas L, Riemondy K, Gillen A, Hesselberth J, El Kasmi K, Sucharov CC, Janssen WJ, Stenmark K, Bowler R, Nozik-Grayck E. Redistribution of EC-SOD resolves bleomycin-induced inflammation via increased apoptosis of recruited alveolar macrophages. FASEB J. 2019 Dec;33(12):13465-13475. PubMed PMID: 31560857
  • Allawzi A, Nozik-Grayck E. S -nitrosylation of surfactant protein-D: a proinflammatory posttranslational modification. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2019 Nov 1;317(5):L537-L538. PubMed PMID: 31508980
  • Redinus K, Baek JH, Yalamanoglu A, Shin HKH, Moldova R, Harral JW, Swindle D, Pak D, Ferguson SK, Nuss R, Hassell K, Nozik-Grayck E, Palmer AF, Fini MA, Karoor V, Stenmark KR, Buehler PW, Irwin DC. An Hb-mediated circulating macrophage contributing to pulmonary vascular remodeling in sickle cell disease. JCI Insight. 2019 Aug 8;4(15). PubMed PMID: 31391342
  • Davizon-Castillo P, McMahon B, Aguila S, Bark D, Ashworth K, Allawzi A, Campbell RA, Montenont E, Nemkov T, D'Alessandro A, Clendenen N, Shih L, Sanders NA, Higa K, Cox A, Padilla-Romo Z, Hernandez G, Wartchow E, Trahan GD, Nozik-Grayck E, Jones K, Pietras EM, DeGregori J, Rondina MT, Di Paola J. TNF-a-driven inflammation and mitochondrial dysfunction define the platelet hyperreactivity of aging. Blood. 2019 Aug 29;134(9):727-740. PubMed PMID: 31311815
  • Allawzi A, Elajaili H, Redente EF, Nozik-Grayck E. Oxidative Toxicology of Bleomycin: Role of the Extracellular Redox Environment. Curr Opin Toxicol. 2019 Feb;13:68-73. PubMed PMID: 31289762
  • Simenauer A, Assefa B, Rios-Ochoa J, Geraci K, Hybertson B, Gao B, McCord J, Elajaili H, Nozik-Grayck E, Cota-Gomez A. Repression of Nrf2/ARE regulated antioxidant genes and dysregulation of the cellular redox environment by the HIV Transactivator of Transcription. Free Radic Biol Med. 2019 Sep;141:244-252. PubMed PMID: 31238128
  • Black SM, Nozik-Grayck E. Compartmentalization of Redox-Regulated Signaling in the Pulmonary Circulation. Antioxid Redox Signal. 2019 Oct 20;31(12):801-803. PubMed PMID: 31169025
  • Keshavarz A, Alobaida A, McMurtry IF, Nozik-Grayck E, Stenmark KR, Ahsan F. CAR, a Homing Peptide, Prolongs Pulmonary Preferential Vasodilation by Increasing Pulmonary Retention and Reducing Systemic Absorption of Liposomal Fasudil. Mol Pharm. 2019 Aug 5;16(8):3414-3429. PubMed PMID: 31194563
  • Elajaili HB, Hernandez-Lagunas L, Ranguelova K, Dikalov S, Nozik-Grayck E. Use of Electron Paramagnetic Resonance in Biological Samples at Ambient Temperature and 77 K. J Vis Exp. 2019 Jan 11;(143). PubMed PMID: 30688300
  • Suliman HB, Nozik-Grayck E. Mitochondrial Dysfunction: Metabolic Drivers of Pulmonary Hypertension. Antioxid Redox Signal. 2019 Oct 20;31(12):843-857. PubMed PMID: 30604624
  • Ferguson SK, Redinius K, Yalamanoglu A, Harral JW, Hyen Baek J, Pak D, Loomis Z, Hassell D, Eigenberger P, Nozik-Grayck E, Nuss R, Hassell K, Stenmark KR, Buehler PW, Irwin DC. Effects of living at moderate altitude on pulmonary vascular function and exercise capacity in mice with sickle cell anaemia. J Physiol. 2019 Feb;597(4):1073-1085. PubMed PMID: 29931797
  • Rashid J, Nozik-Grayck E, McMurtry IF, Stenmark KR, Ahsan F. Inhaled combination of sildenafil and rosiglitazone improves pulmonary hemodynamics, cardiac function, and arterial remodeling. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2019 Jan 1;316(1):L119-L130. PubMed PMID: 30307312
  • Delaney C, Davizon-Castillo P, Allawzi A, Posey J, Gandjeva A, Neeves K, Tuder RM, Di Paola J, Stenmark KR, Nozik ES. Platelet activation contributes to hypoxia-induced inflammation. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2020 Dec 2. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33264579
  • Sherlock LG, Sjostrom K, Sian L, Delaney C, Tipple TE, Krebs NF, Nozik-Grayck E, Wright CJ. Hepatic-Specific Decrease in the Expression of Selenoenzymes and Factors Essential for Selenium Processing After Endotoxemia. Front Immunol. 2020;11:595282. PubMed PMID: 33224150
  • Joshi M, Kim J, D'Alessandro A, Monk E, Bruce K, Elajaili H, Nozik-Grayck E, Goodspeed A, Costello JC, Schlaepfer IR. CPT1A Over-Expression Increases Reactive Oxygen Species in the Mitochondria and Promotes Antioxidant Defenses in Prostate Cancer. Cancers (Basel). 2020 Nov 18;12(11). PubMed PMID: 33218188
  • Rao S, Kwan BM, Curtis DJ, Swanson A, Bakel LA, Bajaj L, Boguniewicz J, Lockwood JM, Ogawa K, Pemberton K, Fuhlbrigge RC, Brumbaugh D, Givens P, Nozik ES, Sills MR. Implementation of a Rapid Evidence Assessment Infrastructure during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic to Develop Policies, Clinical Pathways, Stimulate Academic Research, and Create Educational Opportunities. J Pediatr. 2020 Oct 20. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33091418
  • Niemiec SM, Hilton SA, Wallbank A, Louiselle AE, Elajaili H, Hu J, Singh S, Seal S, Nozik E, Smith B, Zgheib C, Liechty KW. Lung function improves after delayed treatment with CNP-miR146a following acute lung injury. Nanomedicine. 2021 Nov 25;:102498. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34838994
  • Nozik-Grayck E, Shimoda LA. Heart of the Matter: Divergent Roles of Hypoxia-Inducible Factors in Hypoxia-induced Right Ventricle Hypertrophy. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2020 Nov;63(5):549-550. PubMed PMID: 32790477
  • Ferguson BS, Wennersten SA, Demos-Davies KM, Rubino M, Robinson EL, Cavasin MA, Stratton MS, Kidger AM, Hu T, Keyse SM, McKnight RA, Lane RH, Nozik ES, Weiser-Evans MCM, McKinsey TA. DUSP5-mediated inhibition of smooth muscle cell proliferation suppresses pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular hypertrophy. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2021 Aug 1;321(2):H382-H389. PubMed PMID: 34142888
  • Al-Hilal TA, Hossain MA, Alobaida A, Alam F, Keshavarz A, Nozik-Grayck E, Stenmark KR, German NA, Ahsan F. Design, synthesis and biological evaluations of a long-acting, hypoxia-activated prodrug of fasudil, a ROCK inhibitor, to reduce its systemic side-effects. J Control Release. 2021 Jun 10;334:237-247. PubMed PMID: 33915222
  • Kusuyama J, Alves-Wagner AB, Conlin RH, Makarewicz NS, Albertson BG, Prince NB, Kobayashi S, Kozuka C, Møller M, Bjerre M, Fuglsang J, Miele E, Middelbeek RJW, Xiudong Y, Xia Y, Garneau L, Bhattacharjee J, Aguer C, Patti ME, Hirshman MF, Jessen N, Hatta T, Ovesen PG, Adamo KB, Nozik-Grayck E, Goodyear LJ. Placental superoxide dismutase 3 mediates benefits of maternal exercise on offspring health. Cell Metab. 2021 May 4;33(5):939-956.e8. PubMed PMID: 33770509
  • Al-Hilal TA, Keshavarz A, Kadry H, Lahooti B, Al-Obaida A, Ding Z, Li W, Kamm R, McMurtry IF, Lahm T, Nozik-Grayck E, Stenmark KR, Ahsan F. Pulmonary-arterial-hypertension (PAH)-on-a-chip: fabrication, validation and application. Lab Chip. 2020 Sep 21;20(18):3334-3345. PubMed PMID: 32749432
  • Keller A, Hull SE, Elajaili H, Johnston A, Knaub LA, Chun JH, Walker L, Nozik-Grayck E, Reusch JEB. (-)-Epicatechin Modulates Mitochondrial Redox in Vascular Cell Models of Oxidative Stress. Oxid Med Cell Longev. 2020;2020:6392629. PubMed PMID: 32587663
  • Ohlstrom D, Hernandez-Lagunas L, Garcia AM, Allawzi A, Karimpour-Fard A, Sucharov CC, Nozik-Grayck E. MicroRNA regulation postbleomycin due to the R213G extracellular superoxide dismutase variant is predicted to suppress inflammatory and immune pathways. Physiol Genomics. 2020 Jun 1;52(6):245-254. PubMed PMID: 32421439
  • Simenauer A, Nozik-Grayck E, Cota-Gomez A. The DNA Damage Response and HIV-Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Int J Mol Sci. 2020 May 7;21(9). PubMed PMID: 32392789
  • Petrou CL, D'Ovidio TJ, Bölükbas DA, Tas S, Brown RD, Allawzi A, Lindstedt S, Nozik-Grayck E, Stenmark KR, Wagner DE, Magin CM. Clickable decellularized extracellular matrix as a new tool for building hybrid-hydrogels to model chronic fibrotic diseases in vitro. J Mater Chem B. 2020 Aug 21;8(31):6814-6826. PubMed PMID: 32343292
  • Davizon-Castillo P, Allawzi A, Sorrells M, Fisher S, Baltrunaite K, Neeves K, Nozik-Grayck E, DiPaola J, Delaney C. Platelet activation in experimental murine neonatal pulmonary hypertension. Physiol Rep. 2020 Mar;8(5):e14386. PubMed PMID: 32163236
  • Niemiec SM, Hilton SA, Wallbank A, Azeltine M, Louiselle AE, Elajaili H, Allawzi A, Xu J, Mattson C, Dewberry LC, Hu J, Singh S, Sakthivel TS, Sea S, Nozik-Grayck E, Smith B, Zgheib C, Liechty KW. Cerium oxide nanoparticle delivery of microRNA-146a for local treatment of acute lung injury. Nanomedicine. 2021 Jun;34:102388. PubMed PMID: 33753282
  • Tseng V, Ni K, Allawzi A, Prohaska C, Hernandez-Lagunas L, Elajaili H, Cali V, Midura R, Hascall V, Triggs-Raine B, Petrache I, Hart CM, Nozik-Grayck E. Extracellular Superoxide Dismutase Regulates Early Vascular Hyaluronan Remodeling in Hypoxic Pulmonary Hypertension. Sci Rep. 2020 Jan 14;10(1):280. PubMed PMID: 31937874
  • Hye T, Dwivedi P, Li W, Lahm T, Nozik-Grayck E, Stenmark KR, Ahsan F. Newer insights into the pathobiological and pharmacological basis of the sex disparity in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2021 Jun 1;320(6):L1025-L1037. PubMed PMID: 33719549
  • Vohwinkel CU, Coit EJ, Burns N, Elajaili H, Hernandez-Saavedra D, Yuan X, Eckle T, Nozik E, Tuder RM, Eltzschig HK. Targeting alveolar-specific succinate dehydrogenase A attenuates pulmonary inflammation during acute lung injury. FASEB J. 2021 Apr;35(4):e21468. PubMed PMID: 33687752
  • Sherlock LG, Balasubramaniyan D, Zheng L, Zarate M, Sizemore T, Delaney C, Tipple TE, Wright CJ, Nozik-Grayck E. Neonatal Selenoenzyme Expression Is Variably Susceptible to Duration of Maternal Selenium Deficiency. Antioxidants (Basel). 2021 Feb 14;10(2). PubMed PMID: 33672905
  • Delaney C, Davizon-Castillo P, Allawzi A, Posey J, Gandjeva A, Neeves K, Tuder RM, Di Paola J, Stenmark KR, Nozik ES. Platelet activation contributes to hypoxia-induced inflammation. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2021 Mar 1;320(3):L413-L421. PubMed PMID: 33264579
  • Sul C, Lewis C, Dee N, Burns N, Oshima K, Schmidt E, Vohwinkel C, Nozik E. Release of extracellular superoxide dismutase into alveolar fluid protects against acute lung injury and inflammation in Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2023 Feb 7. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36749572
  • Sherlock LG, McCarthy WC, Grayck MR, Solar M, Hernandez A, Zheng L, Delaney C, Tipple TE, Wright CJ, Nozik ES. Neonatal Selenium Deficiency Decreases Selenoproteins in the Lung and Impairs Pulmonary Alveolar Development. Antioxidants (Basel). 2022 Dec 7;11(12). PubMed PMID: 36552625
  • Vohwinkel CU, Burns N, Coit E, Yuan X, Vladar EK, Sul C, Schmidt EP, Carmeliet P, Stenmark K, Nozik ES, Tuder RM, Eltzschig HK. HIF1A-dependent induction of alveolar epithelial PFKFB3 dampens acute lung injury. JCI Insight. 2022 Dec 22;7(24). PubMed PMID: 36326834
  • Roberts DS, Sherlock LG, Posey JN, Archambault JL, Nozik ES, Delaney CA. Serotonin-deficient neonatal mice are not protected against the development of experimental bronchopulmonary dysplasia or pulmonary hypertension. Physiol Rep. 2022 Oct;10(19):e15482. PubMed PMID: 36200294
  • Sarkar T, Nguyen T, Moinuddin SM, Stenmark KR, Nozik ES, Saha D, Ahsan F. A Protocol for Fabrication and on-Chip Cell Culture to Recreate PAH-Afflicted Pulmonary Artery on a Microfluidic Device. Micromachines (Basel). 2022 Sep 7;13(9). PubMed PMID: 36144106
  • Ohlstrom DJ, Sul C, Vohwinkel CU, Hernandez-Lagunas L, Karimpour-Fard A, Mourani PM, Carpenter TC, Nozik ES, Sucharov CC. Plasma microRNA and metabolic changes associated with pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome: a prospective cohort study. Sci Rep. 2022 Aug 26;12(1):14560. PubMed PMID: 36028738
  • Rangarajan S, Locy ML, Chanda D, Kurundkar A, Kurundkar D, Larson-Casey JL, Londono P, Bagchi RA, Deskin B, Elajaili H, Nozik ES, Deshane JS, Zmijewski JW, Eickelberg O, Thannickal VJ. Mitochondrial uncoupling protein-2 reprograms metabolism to induce oxidative stress and myofibroblast senescence in age-associated lung fibrosis. Aging Cell. 2022 Sep;21(9):e13674. PubMed PMID: 35934931
  • Tseng V, Collum SD, Allawzi A, Crotty K, Yeligar S, Trammell A, Ryan Smith M, Kang BY, Sutliff RL, Ingram JL, Jyothula SSSK, Thandavarayan RA, Huang HJ, Nozik ES, Wagner EJ, Michael Hart C, Karmouty-Quintana H. 3'UTR shortening of HAS2 promotes hyaluronan hyper-synthesis and bioenergetic dysfunction in pulmonary hypertension. Matrix Biol. 2022 Aug;111:53-75. PubMed PMID: 35671866
  • Madhavan K, Balakrishnan I, Lakshmanachetty S, Pierce A, Sanford B, Fosmire S, Elajaili HB, Walker F, Wang D, Nozik ES, Mitra SS, Dahl NA, Vibhakar R, Venkataraman S. Venetoclax Cooperates with Ionizing Radiation to Attenuate Diffuse Midline Glioma Tumor Growth. Clin Cancer Res. 2022 Jun 1;28(11):2409-2424. PubMed PMID: 35344040
  • Kusuyama J, Makarewicz NS, Albertson BG, Alves-Wagner AB, Conlin RH, Prince NB, Alves CRR, Ramachandran K, Kozuka C, Xiudong Y, Xia Y, Hirshman MF, Hatta T, Nagatomi R, Nozik ES, Goodyear LJ. Maternal Exercise-Induced SOD3 Reverses the Deleterious Effects of Maternal High-Fat Diet on Offspring Metabolism Through Stabilization of H3K4me3 and Protection Against WDR82 Carbonylation. Diabetes. 2022 Jun 1;71(6):1170-1181. PubMed PMID: 35290440
  • Colon Hidalgo D, Elajaili H, Suliman H, George MP, Delaney C, Nozik E. Metabolism, Mitochondrial Dysfunction, and Redox Homeostasis in Pulmonary Hypertension. Antioxidants (Basel). 2022 Feb 21;11(2). PubMed PMID: 35204311
  • Soranno DE, Baker P 2nd, Kirkbride-Romeo L, Wennersten SA, Ding K, Keith B, Cavasin MA, Altmann C, Bagchi RA, Haefner KR, Montford J, Gist KM, Vergnes L, Reue K, He Z, Elajaili H, Okamura K, Nozik E, McKinsey TA, Faubel S. Female and male mice have differential longterm cardiorenal outcomes following a matched degree of ischemia-reperfusion acute kidney injury. Sci Rep. 2022 Jan 12;12(1):643. PubMed PMID: 35022484
  • Niemiec SM, Hilton SA, Wallbank A, Louiselle AE, Elajaili H, Hu J, Singh S, Seal S, Nozik E, Smith B, Zgheib C, Liechty KW. Lung function improves after delayed treatment with CNP-miR146a following acute lung injury. Nanomedicine. 2022 Feb;40:102498. PubMed PMID: 34838994
  • Roy RM, Allawzi A, Burns N, Sul C, Rubio V, Graham J, Stenmark K, Nozik ES, Tuder RM, Vohwinkel CU. Lactate produced by alveolar type II cells suppresses inflammatory alveolar macrophages in acute lung injury. FASEB J. 2023 Dec;37(12):e23316. PubMed PMID: 37983890
  • Elajaili HB, Woodcock LB, Hovey TA, Rinard GA, DeGraw S, Canny A, Dee NM, Kao JPY, Nozik ES, Eaton SS, Eaton GR. Imaging Reactive Oxygen Radicals in Excised Mouse Lung Trapped by Reaction with Hydroxylamine Probes Using 1 GHz Rapid Scan Electron Paramagnetic Resonance. Mol Imaging Biol. 2023 Oct 11. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37821714
  • Vaughn AE, Lehmann T, Sul C, Wallbank AM, Lyttle BD, Bardill J, Burns N, Apte A, Nozik ES, Smith B, Vohwinkel CU, Zgheib C, Liechty KW. CNP-miR146a Decreases Inflammation in Murine Acute Infectious Lung Injury. Pharmaceutics. 2023 Aug 26;15(9). PubMed PMID: 37765178
  • Elajaili HB, Dee NM, Dikalov SI, Kao JPY, Nozik ES. Use of Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) to Evaluate Redox Status in a Preclinical Model of Acute Lung Injury. Mol Imaging Biol. 2023 May 16;:1-8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37193807
  • Wallbank AM, Vaughn AE, Niemiec S, Bilodeaux J, Lehmann T, Knudsen L, Kolanthai E, Seal S, Zgheib C, Nozik E, Liechty KW, Smith BJ. CNP-miR146a improves outcomes in a two-hit acute- and ventilator-induced lung injury model. Nanomedicine. 2023 Jun;50:102679. PubMed PMID: 37116556
  • Liang Q, Chan YC, Toscano J, Bjorkman KK, Leinwand LA, Parker R, Nozik ES, Nesbitt DJ, Ye J. Breath analysis by ultra-sensitive broadband laser spectroscopy detects SARS-CoV-2 infection. J Breath Res. 2023 Apr 5;17(3). PubMed PMID: 37016829
  • Sul C, Lewis C, Dee N, Burns N, Oshima K, Schmidt E, Vohwinkel C, Nozik E. Release of extracellular superoxide dismutase into alveolar fluid protects against acute lung injury and inflammation in Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2023 Apr 1;324(4):L445-L455. PubMed PMID: 36749572

Professional Memberships

  • American Thoracic Society (ATS), Member
  • Society of Critical Care Medicine, Member
  • Society of Free Radical Biology and Medicine, Member
  • American Physiologic Society (APS), Member
  • Society of Pediatric Research, Member

Practice Locations

Children's Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
13123 East 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-777-1234

Hospital Affiliation
  • Children's Hospital Colorado

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Board Certification (2004)
  • Pediatrics, Board Certification
Conditions & Treatments
  • Critical Care