Stephanie Christenson, MD

Associate Professor

Dr. Christenson is an Associate Professor at the University of California, San Francisco in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine. She serves as an attending physician on the Pulmonary Consult Service and in the Pulmonary Clinic. Dr. Christenson obtained her undergraduate degree at University of Wisconsin, Madison and her medical degree at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She completed her residency training as well as a year of research training in computational biology at Boston Medical Center. She then came to UCSF for fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine where she also obtained a Master’s in Clinical Research, after which she joined faculty.

Dr. Christenson’s research program integrates her expertise in genomics/bioinformatics and clinical research to study chronic airway disease and the associated risk factors. Her research emphasizes innovative computational tools, systems biology approaches, and ‘omics biomarkers to better inform our understanding of the biology underlying clinical traits and outcomes in asthma, smoking, and COPD. Dr. Christenson also serves in multiple leadership roles for multi-center studies and advises industry on trials of biologic and inhaled therapies for COPD. Leadership roles include co-director of the Genetics and Genomics Subcommittee for the multi-center SPIROMICS and SOURCE studies, the UCSF site PI for the American Lung Association (ALA) Airway Clinical Research Consortium, and Disease Study Site PI for the NHGRI-funded Multi-Omics in Health and Disease (MOHD) Consortium.

Education
M.A.S., 05/2015 - Clinical Research, University of California, San Francisco
M.D., 05/2006 - , Medical College of Wisconsin
B.S., 05/2002 - , University of Wisconsin, Madison
Publications

  1. Opron K, Begley LA, Erb-Downward JR, Li G, Alexis NE, Barjaktarevic I, Barr RG, Bleecker ER, Boucher R, Bowler RP, Christenson SA, Comellas AP, Criner G, Cooper CB, Couper D, Galban CJ, Han MK, Hastie A, Hatt C, Hoffman EA, Kaner RJ, Kesimer M, Krishnan JA, LaFon DC, Martinez FJ, Ortega VE, Peters SP, Paine Iii R, Putcha N, Woodruff PG, Huffnagle GB, Kozik AJ, Curtis JL, Huang YJ, SPIROMICS Investigators. Loss of Airway Phylogenetic Diversity Is Associated with Clinical and Pathobiological Markers of Disease Development in COPD. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2024. PMID: 38261629


  2. Karp T, Faiz A, van Nijnatten J, Kerstjens HAM, Boudewijn I, Kraft M, Vonk JM, Nawijn MC, Heijink IH, Beghé B, Rabe KF, Papi A, Brightling C, Singh D, van der Molen T, Siddiqui S, Christenson S, Guryev V, van den Berge M. Nasal epithelial gene expression identifies relevant asthma endotypes in the ATLANTIS study. Thorax 2024. PMID: 39009441


  3. Debban CL, Ambalavanan A, Ghosh A, Li Z, Buschur KL, Ma Y, George E, Pistenmaa C, Bertoni AG, Oelsner EC, Michos ED, Moraes TJ, Jacobs DR, Christenson S, Bhatt SP, Kaner RJ, Simons E, Turvey SE, Vameghestahbanati M, Engert JC, Kirby M, Bourbeau J, Tan WC, Gabriel SB, Gupta N, Woodruff PG, Subbarao P, Ortega VE, Bleecker ER, Meyers DA, Rich SS, Hoffman EA, Barr RG, Cho MH, Bossé Y, Duan Q, Manichaikul A, Smith BM. Dysanapsis Genetic Risk Predicts Lung Function Across the Lifespan. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2024. PMID: 38935874


  4. Boomer J, Choi J, Alsup A, McGregor MC, Lieu J, Johnson C, Hall C, Shi X, Kim T, Goss C, Lew D, Christenson S, Woodruff PG, Hastie A, Mauger D, Wenzel SE, Hoffman EA, Schechtman KB, Castro M. Increased Muc5AC and Decreased Ciliated Cells in Severe Asthma Partially Restored by Inhibition of IL-4Rα Receptor. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2024. PMID: 38935626


  5. Liegeois MA, Braunreuther M, Charbit AR, Raymond WW, Tang M, Woodruff PG, Christenson SA, Castro M, Erzurum SC, Israel E, Jarjour NN, Levy BD, Moore WC, Wenzel SE, Fuller GG, Fahy JV. Peroxidase-mediated mucin cross-linking drives pathologic mucus gel formation in IL-13-stimulated airway epithelial cells. JCI insight 2024. PMID: 38889046


  6. Li NC, Iannuzo N, Christenson SA, Langlais PR, Kraft M, Ledford JG, Li X. Investigation of LTF mRNA expression levels as an anti-T2 asthma biomarker. The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2024. PMID: 38797239


  7. Bhatt SP, Rabe KF, Hanania NA, Vogelmeier CF, Bafadhel M, Christenson SA, Papi A, Singh D, Laws E, Patel N, Yancopoulos GD, Akinlade B, Maloney J, Lu X, Bauer D, Bansal A, Abdulai RM, Robinson LB, NOTUS Study Investigators. Dupilumab for COPD with Blood Eosinophil Evidence of Type 2 Inflammation. The New England journal of medicine 2024. PMID: 38767614


  8. Yeung-Luk BH, Wally A, Swaby C, Jauregui S, Lee E, Zhang R, Chen D, Luk SH, Upadya N, Tieng E, Wilmsen K, Sherman E, Sudhakar D, Luk M, Shrivastav AK, Cao S, Ghosh B, Christenson SA, Huang YJ, Ortega VE, Biswal S, Tang WY, Sidhaye VK. Epigenetic Reprogramming Drives Epithelial Disruption in COPD. American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology 2023. PMID: 37976469


  9. Byanova KL, Abelman R, North CM, Christenson SA, Huang L. COPD in People with HIV: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Management, and Prevention Strategies. International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2023. PMID: 38050482


  10. Bhatt SP, Agusti A, Bafadhel M, Christenson SA, Bon J, Donaldson GC, Sin DD, Wedzicha JA, Martinez FJ. Phenotypes, Etiotypes, and Endotypes of Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2023. PMID: 37560988


  11. Ryu MH, Yun JH, Morrow JD, Saferali A, Castaldi P, Chase R, Stav M, Xu Z, Barjaktarevic I, Han M, Labaki W, Huang YJ, Christenson S, O'Neal W, Bowler R, Sin DD, Freeman CM, Curtis JL, Hersh CP. Blood Gene Expression and Immune Cell Subtypes Associated with COPD Exacerbations. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2023. PMID: 37286295


  12. Izquierdo M, Marion CR, Genese F, Newell JD, O'Neal WK, Li X, Hawkins GA, Barjaktarevic I, Barr RG, Christenson S, Cooper CB, Couper D, Curtis J, Han MK, Hansel NN, Kanner RE, Martinez FJ, Paine R, Tejwani V, Woodruff PG, Zein JG, Hoffman EA, Peters SP, Meyers DA, Bleecker ER, Ortega VE, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute’s SubPopulations and InteRmediate Outcome Measures In COPD. Impact of Bronchiectasis on COPD Severity and Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency as a Risk Factor in Individuals with a Heavy Smoking History. Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (Miami, Fla.) 2023. PMID: 37199731


  13. Christenson SA. COPD Phenotyping. Respiratory care 2023. PMID: 37353326


  14. Van Buren E, Radicioni G, Lester S, O'Neal WK, Dang H, Kasela S, Garudadri S, Curtis JL, Han MK, Krishnan JA, Wan ES, Silverman EK, Hastie A, Ortega VE, Lappalainen T, Nawijn MC, Berge MVD, Christenson SA, Li Y, Cho MH, Kesimer M, Kelada SNP. Genetic regulators of sputum mucin concentration and their associations with COPD phenotypes. PLoS genetics 2023. PMID: 37352370


  15. DiLillo KM, Norman KC, Freeman CM, Christenson SA, Alexis NE, Anderson WH, Barjaktarevic IZ, Barr RG, Comellas AP, Bleecker ER, Boucher RC, Couper DJ, Criner GJ, Doerschuk CM, Wells JM, Han MK, Hoffman EA, Hansel NN, Hastie AT, Kaner RJ, Krishnan JA, Labaki WW, Martinez FJ, Meyers DA, O'Neal WK, Ortega VE, Paine R, Peters SP, Woodruff PG, Cooper CB, Bowler RP, Curtis JL, Arnold KB, SPIROMICS investigators. A blood and bronchoalveolar lavage protein signature of rapid FEV1 decline in smoking-associated COPD. Scientific Reports 2023. PMID: 37217548


  16. Bhatt SP, Rabe KF, Hanania NA, Vogelmeier CF, Cole J, Bafadhel M, Christenson SA, Papi A, Singh D, Laws E, Mannent LP, Patel N, Staudinger HW, Yancopoulos GD, Mortensen ER, Akinlade B, Maloney J, Lu X, Bauer D, Bansal A, Robinson LB, Abdulai RM, BOREAS Investigators. Dupilumab for COPD with Type 2 Inflammation Indicated by Eosinophil Counts. The New England journal of medicine 2023. PMID: 37272521


  17. Li X, Li H, Christenson SA, Castro M, Denlinger LC, Erzurum SC, Fahy JV, Gaston BM, Israel E, Jarjour NN, Levy BD, Mauger DT, Moore WC, Zein J, Kaminski N, Wenzel SE, Woodruff PG, Bleecker ER, Meyers DA, NHLBI Severe Asthma Research Program (SARP). Genetic analyses of chr11p15.5 region identify MUC5AC-MUC5B associated with asthma-related phenotypes. The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma 2023. PMID: 36946148


  18. Maishan M, Sarma A, Chun LF, Caldera S, Fang X, Abbott J, Christenson SA, Langelier CR, Calfee CS, Gotts JE, Matthay MA. Aerosolized nicotine from e-cigarettes alters gene expression, increases lung protein permeability, and impairs viral clearance in murine influenza infection. Frontiers in immunology 2023. PMID: 36999019


  19. Ginebaugh SP, Hagner M, Ray A, Erzurum SC, Comhair SAA, Denlinger LC, Jarjour NN, Castro M, Woodruff PG, Christenson SA, Bleecker ER, Meyers DA, Hastie AT, Moore WC, Mauger DT, Israel E, Levy BD, Wenzel SE, Camiolo MJ. Bronchial Epithelial Cell Transcriptional Responses to Inhaled Corticosteroids Dictate Severe Asthmatic Outcomes. The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2023. PMID: 36796454


  20. Calabrese DR, Tsao T, Magnen M, Valet C, Gao Y, Mallavia B, Tian JJ, Aminian EA, Wang KM, Shemesh A, Punzalan EB, Sarma A, Calfee CS, Christenson SA, Langelier CR, Hays SR, Golden JA, Leard LE, Kleinhenz ME, Kolaitis NA, Shah RJ, Venado A, Lanier LL, Greenland JR, Sayah DM, Ardehali A, Kukreja J, Weigt SS, Belperio JA, Singer JP, Looney MR. NKG2D receptor activation drives primary graft dysfunction severity and poor lung transplantation outcomes. JCI insight 2022. PMID: 36346670


  21. Kalantar KL, Neyton L, Abdelghany M, Mick E, Jauregui A, Caldera S, Serpa PH, Ghale R, Albright J, Sarma A, Tsitsiklis A, Leligdowicz A, Christenson SA, Liu K, Kangelaris KN, Hendrickson C, Sinha P, Gomez A, Neff N, Pisco A, Doernberg SB, Derisi JL, Matthay MA, Calfee CS, Langelier CR. Integrated host-microbe plasma metagenomics for sepsis diagnosis in a prospective cohort of critically ill adults. Nature microbiology 2022. PMID: 36266337


  22. Christenson SA, Smith BM, Bafadhel M, Putcha N. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 2022. PMID: 35533707


  23. Krishnan JK, Ancy KM, Oromendia C, Hoffman KL, Easthausen I, Leidy NK, Han MK, Bowler RP, Christenson SA, Couper DJ, Criner GJ, Curtis JL, Dransfield MT, Hansel NN, Iyer AS, Paine Iii R, Peters SP, Wedzicha JA, Woodruff PG, Ballman KV, Martinez FJ, SPIROMICS Investigators. Characterizing COPD Symptom Variability in the Stable State Utilizing the Evaluating Respiratory Symptoms in COPD Instrument. 2022. PMID: 35403414


  24. Bonser LR, Eckalbar WL, Rodriguez L, Shen J, Koh KD, Ghias K, Zlock LT, Christenson S, Woodruff PG, Finkbeiner WE, Erle DJ. The Type 2 Asthma Mediator IL-13 Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 Infection of Bronchial Epithelium. 2022. PMID: 34982656


  25. Nagasaki T, Schuyler AJ, Zhao J, Samovich SN, Yamada K, Deng Y, Ginebaugh SP, Christenson SA, Woodruff PG, Fahy JV, Trudeau JB, Stoyanovsky D, Ray A, Tyurina YY, Kagan VE, Wenzel SE. 15LO1 dictates glutathione redox changes in asthmatic airway epithelium to worsen type-2 inflammation. 2021. PMID: 34762602


  26. Dy ABC, Langlais PR, Barker NK, Addison KJ, Tanyaratsrisakul S, Boitano S, Christenson SA, Kraft M, Meyers D, Bleecker ER, Li X, Ledford JG. Myeloid-associated differentiation marker is a novel SP-A-associated transmembrane protein whose expression on airway epithelial cells correlates with asthma severity. 2021. PMID: 34862427


  27. Tsitsiklis A, Zha BS, Byrne A, Devoe C, Levan S, Rackaityte E, Sunshine S, Mick E, Ghale R, Jauregui A, Sarma A, Neff N, Serpa PH, Deiss TJ, Kistler A, Carrillo S, Ansel KM, Leligdowicz A, Christenson S, Jones N, Wu B, Darmanis S, Matthay MA, Lynch SV, DeRisi JL, COMET Consortium+ , Hendrickson CM, Kangelaris KN, Krummel MF, Woodruff PG, Erle DJ, Rosenberg O, Calfee CS, Langelier CR. Impaired antibacterial immune signaling and changes in the lung microbiome precede secondary bacterial pneumonia in COVID-19. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2021. PMID: 33791731


  28. Lee S, Islam MN, Boostanpour K, Aran D, Jin G, Christenson S, Matthay MA, Eckalbar WL, DePianto DJ, Arron JR, Magee L, Bhattacharya S, Matsumoto R, Kubota M, Farber DL, Bhattacharya J, Wolters PJ, Bhattacharya M. Molecular programs of fibrotic change in aging human lung. 2021. PMID: 34728633


  29. Oh AL, Mularski RA, Barjaktarevic I, Barr RG, Bowler RP, Comellas AP, Cooper CB, Criner GJ, Han MK, Hansel NN, Hoffman EA, Kanner RE, Krishnan JA, Paine R, Parekh TM, Peters SP, Christenson SA, Woodruff PG, SPIROMICS Investigators. Defining Resilience to Smoking Related Lung Disease: A Modified Delphi Approach from SPIROMICS. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2021. PMID: 33631079


  30. Lakshman Kumar P, Wilson AC, Rocco A, Cho MH, Wan E, Hobbs BD, Washko GR, Ortega VE, Christenson SA, Li X, Wells JM, Bhatt SP, DeMeo DL, Lutz SM, Rossiter H, Casaburi R, Rennard SI, Lomas DA, Labaki WW, Tal-Singer R, Bowler RP, Hersh CP, Tiwari HK, Dransfield M, Thalacker-Mercer A, Meyers DA, Silverman EK, McDonald MN, COPDGene, ECLIPSE and SPIROMICS investigators. Genetic variation in genes regulating skeletal muscle regeneration and tissue remodelling associated with weight loss in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle 2021. PMID: 34523824


  31. Woo H, Brigham EP, Allbright K, Ejike C, Galiatsatos P, Jones MR, Oates GR, Krishnan JA, Cooper CB, Kanner RE, Bowler RP, Hoffman EA, Comellas AP, Criner G, Barr RG, Martinez FJ, Han M, Ortega VE, Parekh TM, Christenson S, Belz D, Raju S, Gassett A, Paulin LM, Putcha N, Kaufman JD, Hansel NN. Racial Segregation and Respiratory Outcomes among Urban Black Residents with and at Risk of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2021. PMID: 33971109


  32. Sarma A, Christenson SA, Byrne A, Mick E, Pisco AO, DeVoe C, Deiss T, Ghale R, Zha BS, Tsitsiklis A, Jauregui A, Moazed F, Detweiler AM, Spottiswoode N, Sinha P, Neff N, Tan M, Serpa PH, Willmore A, Ansel KM, Wilson JG, Leligdowicz A, Siegel ER, Sirota M, DeRisi JL, Matthay MA, COMET Consortium , Hendrickson CM, Kangelaris KN, Krummel MF, Woodruff PG, Erle DJ, Calfee CS, Langelier CR. Tracheal aspirate RNA sequencing identifies distinct immunological features of COVID-19 ARDS. Nature communications 2021. PMID: 34446707


  33. Chakrabarti A, Mar JS, Choy DF, Cao Y, Rathore N, Yang X, Tew GW, Li O, Woodruff PG, Brightling CE, Grimbaldeston M, Christenson SA, Bafadhel M, Rosenberger CM. High serum granulocyte-colony stimulating factor characterises neutrophilic COPD exacerbations associated with dysbiosis. ERJ open research 2021. PMID: 34350278


  34. Ditz B, Sarma A, Kerstjens HAM, Liesker JJW, Bathoorn E, Vonk JM, Bernal V, Horvatovich P, Guryev V, Caldera S, Langelier C, Faiz A, Christenson SA, van den Berge M. The sputum transcriptome better predicts COPD exacerbations after the withdrawal of inhaled corticosteroids than sputum eosinophils. ERJ open research 2021. PMID: 34235210


  35. Radicioni G, Ceppe A, Ford AA, Alexis NE, Barr RG, Bleecker ER, Christenson SA, Cooper CB, Han MK, Hansel NN, Hastie AT, Hoffman EA, Kanner RE, Martinez FJ, Ozkan E, Paine R, Woodruff PG, O'Neal WK, Boucher RC, Kesimer M. Airway mucin MUC5AC and MUC5B concentrations and the initiation and progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an analysis of the SPIROMICS cohort. The Lancet. Respiratory medicine 2021. PMID: 34058148


  36. Tsitsiklis A, Zha B, Byrne A, DeVoe C, Levan S, Rackaityte E, Sunshine S, Mick E, Ghale R, Jauregui A, Neff N, Sarma A, Serpa P, Deiss T, Kistler A, Carrillo S, Ansel KM, Leligdowicz A, Christenson S, Jones N, Wu B, Darmanis S, Matthay M, Lynch S, DeRisi J, Consortium C, Hendrickson C, Kangelaris K, Krummel M, Woodruff P, Erle D, Rosenberg O, Calfee C, Langelier C. Impaired immune signaling and changes in the lung microbiome precede secondary bacterial pneumonia in COVID-19. Research square 2021. PMID: 34013247


  37. Kasela S, Ortega VE, Martorella M, Garudadri S, Nguyen J, Ampleford E, Pasanen A, Nerella S, Buschur KL, Barjaktarevic IZ, Barr RG, Bleecker ER, Bowler RP, Comellas AP, Cooper CB, Couper DJ, Criner GJ, Curtis JL, Han MK, Hansel NN, Hoffman EA, Kaner RJ, Krishnan JA, Martinez FJ, McDonald MN, Meyers DA, Paine R, Peters SP, Castro M, Denlinger LC, Erzurum SC, Fahy JV, Israel E, Jarjour NN, Levy BD, Li X, Moore WC, Wenzel SE, Zein J, NHLBI SubPopulations and InteRmediate Outcome Measures In COPD Study (SPIROMICS) , NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium , Langelier C, Woodruff PG, Lappalainen T, Christenson SA. Genetic and non-genetic factors affecting the expression of COVID-19-relevant genes in the large airway epithelium. Genome medicine 2021. PMID: 33883027


  38. Ejike CO, Woo H, Galiatsatos P, Paulin LM, Krishnan JA, Cooper CB, Couper DJ, Kanner RE, Bowler RP, Hoffman EA, Comellas AP, Criner GJ, Barr RG, Martinez FJ, Han MK, Martinez CH, Ortega VE, Parekh TM, Christenson SA, Thakur N, Baugh A, Belz DC, Raju S, Gassett AJ, Kaufman JD, Putcha N, Hansel NN. Contribution of Individual and Neighborhood Factors to Racial Disparities in Respiratory Outcomes. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2020. PMID: 33007162


  39. Dunican EM, Elicker BM, Henry T, Gierada DS, Schiebler ML, Anderson W, Barjaktarevic I, Barr RG, Bleecker ER, Boucher RC, Bowler RP, Christenson SA, Comellas A, Cooper CB, Couper D, Criner GJ, Dransfield M, Doerschuk CM, Drummond MB, Hansel NN, Han MK, Hastie AT, Hoffman EA, Krishnan JA, Lazarus SC, Martinez FJ, McCulloch CE, O'Neal WK, Ortega VE, Paine R, Peters S, Schroeder JD, Woodruff PG, Fahy JV. Mucus Plugs and Emphysema in the Pathophysiology of Airflow Obstruction and Hypoxemia in Smokers. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2020. PMID: 33180550


  40. Bonser LR, Eckalbar WL, Rodriguez L, Shen J, Koh KD, Zlock LT, Christenson S, Woodruff PG, Finkbeiner WE, Erle DJ. The type 2 asthma mediator IL-13 inhibits SARS-CoV-2 infection of bronchial epithelium. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2021. PMID: 33655249


  41. Opron K, Begley LA, Erb-Downward JR, Freeman C, Madapoosi S, Alexis NE, Barjaktarevic I, Graham Barr R, Bleecker ER, Bowler RP, Christenson SA, Comellas AP, Cooper CB, Couper DJ, Doerschuk CM, Dransfield MT, Han MK, Hansel NN, Hastie AT, Hoffman EA, Kaner RJ, Krishnan J, O'Neal WK, Ortega VE, Paine R, Peters SP, Michael Wells J, Woodruff PG, Martinez FJ, Curtis JL, Huffnagle GB, Huang YJ. Lung microbiota associations with clinical features of COPD in the SPIROMICS cohort. NPJ biofilms and microbiomes 2021. PMID: 33547327


  42. Sarma A, Christenson S, Mick E, Deiss T, DeVoe C, Pisco A, Ghale R, Jauregui A, Byrne A, Moazed F, Spottiswoode N, Sinha P, Zha B, Neff N, Tan M, Serpa PH, Ansel KM, Wilson J, Leligdowicz A, Seigel E, Sirota M, DeRisi J, Matthay M, Consortium C, Hendrickson C, Kangelaris K, Krummel M, Woodruff P, Erle D, Calfee C, Langelier C. COVID-19 ARDS is characterized by a dysregulated host response that differs from cytokine storm and is modified by dexamethasone. Research square 2021. PMID: 33469573


  43. Kim V, Jeong S, Zhao H, Kesimer M, Boucher RC, Wells JM, Christenson SA, Han MK, Dransfield M, Paine R, Cooper CB, Barjaktarevic I, Bowler R, Curtis JL, Kaner RJ, O'Beirne SL, O'Neal WK, Rennard SI, Martinez FJ, Woodruff PG. Current smoking with or without chronic bronchitis is independently associated with goblet cell hyperplasia in healthy smokers and COPD subjects. Scientific Reports 2020. PMID: 33208859


  44. Mick E, Kamm J, Pisco AO, Ratnasiri K, Babik JM, Castañeda G, DeRisi JL, Detweiler AM, Hao SL, Kangelaris KN, Kumar GR, Li LM, Mann SA, Neff N, Prasad PA, Serpa PH, Shah SJ, Spottiswoode N, Tan M, Calfee CS, Christenson SA, Kistler A, Langelier C. Upper airway gene expression reveals suppressed immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 compared with other respiratory viruses. Nature communications 2020. PMID: 33203890


  45. Burkes RM, Ceppe AS, Couper DJ, Comellas AP, Wells JM, Peters SP, Criner GJ, Kanner RE, Paine R, Christenson SA, Cooper CB, Barjaktarevic IZ, Krishnan JA, Labaki WW, Han MK, Curtis JL, Hansel NN, Wise RA, Drummond MB, SPIROMICS collaborators. Plasma Cathelicidin is Independently Associated with Reduced Lung Function in COPD: Analysis of the Subpopulations and Intermediate Outcome Measures in COPD Study Cohort. Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (Miami, Fla.) 2020. PMID: 33108110


  46. Alsamman S, Christenson SA, Yu A, Ayad NME, Mooring MS, Segal JM, Hu JK, Schaub JR, Ho SS, Rao V, Marlow MM, Turner SM, Sedki M, Pantano L, Ghoshal S, Ferreira DDS, Ma HY, Duwaerts CC, Espanol-Suner R, Wei L, Newcomb B, Mileva I, Canals D, Hannun YA, Chung RT, Mattis AN, Fuchs BC, Tager AM, Yimlamai D, Weaver VM, Mullen AC, Sheppard D, Chen JY. Targeting acid ceramidase inhibits YAP/TAZ signaling to reduce fibrosis in mice. Science translational medicine 2020. PMID: 32817366


  47. Li X, Christenson SA, Modena B, Li H, Busse WW, Castro M, Denlinger LC, Erzurum SC, Fahy JV, Gaston B, Hastie AT, Israel E, Jarjour NN, Levy BD, Moore WC, Woodruff PG, Kaminski N, Wenzel SE, Bleecker ER, Meyers DA. Genetic analyses identify GSDMB associated with asthma severity, exacerbations, and antiviral pathways. The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2020. PMID: 32795586


  48. Jolliffe DA, Stefanidis C, Wang Z, Kermani NZ, Dimitrov V, White JH, McDonough JE, Janssens W, Pfeffer P, Griffiths CJ, Bush A, Guo Y, Christenson S, Adcock IM, Chung KF, Thummel KE, Martineau AR. Vitamin D Metabolism is Dysregulated in Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2020. PMID: 32186892


  49. Peters MC, Sajuthi S, Deford P, Christenson S, Rios CL, Montgomery MT, Woodruff PG, Mauger DT, Erzurum SC, Johansson MW, Denlinger LC, Jarjour NN, Castro M, Hastie AT, Moore W, Ortega VE, Bleecker ER, Wenzel SE, Israel E, Levy BD, Seibold MA, Fahy JV. COVID-19 Related Genes in Sputum Cells in Asthma: Relationship to Demographic Features and Corticosteroids. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2020. PMID: 32348692


  50. Zhang WZ, Oromendia C, Kikkers SA, Butler JJ, O'Beirne S, Kim K, O'Neal WK, Freeman CM, Christenson SA, Peters SP, Wells JM, Doerschuk C, Putcha N, Barjaktarevic I, Woodruff PG, Cooper CB, Bowler RP, Comellas AP, Criner GJ, Paine R, Hansel NN, Han MK, Crystal RG, Kaner RJ, Ballman KV, Curtis JL, Martinez FJ, Cloonan SM. Increased airway iron parameters and risk for exacerbation in COPD: an analysis from SPIROMICS. Scientific Reports 2020. PMID: 32601308


  51. Mick E, Kamm J, Pisco AO, Ratnasiri K, Babik JM, Calfee CS, Castaneda G, DeRisi JL, Detweiler AM, Hao S, Kangelaris KN, Kumar GR, Li LM, Mann SA, Neff N, Prasad PA, Serpa PH, Shah SJ, Spottiswoode N, Tan M, Christenson SA, Kistler A, Langelier C. Upper airway gene expression differentiates COVID-19 from other acute respiratory illnesses and reveals suppression of innate immune responses by SARS-CoV-2. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2020. PMID: 32511476


  52. Ditz B, Christenson S, Rossen J, Brightling C, Kerstjens HAM, van den Berge M, Faiz A. Sputum microbiome profiling in COPD: beyond singular pathogen detection. Thorax 2020. PMID: 31996401


  53. Christenson SA. The role of genomic profiling in identifying molecular phenotypes in obstructive lung diseases. Current opinion in pulmonary medicine 2019. PMID: 31714272


  54. Barjaktarevic IZ, Buhr RG, Wang X, Hu S, Couper D, Anderson W, Kanner RE, Paine Iii R, Bhatt SP, Bhakta NR, Arjomandi M, Kaner RJ, Pirozzi CS, Curtis JL, O'Neal WK, Woodruff PG, Han MK, Martinez FJ, Hansel N, Wells JM, Ortega VE, Hoffman EA, Doerschuk CM, Kim V, Dransfield MT, Drummond MB, Bowler R, Criner G, Christenson SA, Ronish B, Peters SP, Krishnan JA, Tashkin DP, Cooper CB. Clinical Significance of Bronchodilator Responsiveness Evaluated by Forced Vital Capacity in COPD: SPIROMICS Cohort Analysis. International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2019. PMID: 31908441


  55. Christenson S, Hersh CP. Found in Translation: Multi-omics Assessment of the COPD-Lung Cancer Interaction. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2019. PMID: 30753788


  56. Boudewijn IM, Lan A, Faiz A, Cox CA, Brouwer S, Schokker S, Vroegop SJ, Nawijn MC, Woodruff PG, Christenson SA, Hagedoorn P, Frijlink HW, Choy DF, Brouwer U, Wisman M, Postma DS, Fingleton J, Beasley R, van den Berge M, Guryev V. Nasal gene expression changes with inhaled corticosteroid treatment in asthma. Allergy 2019. PMID: 31230369


  57. Wells JM, Arenberg DA, Barjaktarevic I, Bhatt SP, Bowler RP, Christenson SA, Couper DJ, Dransfield MT, Han MK, Hoffman EA, Kaner RJ, Kim V, Kleerup E, Martinez FJ, Moore WC, O'Beirne SL, Paine R, Putcha N, Raman SM, Barr RG, Rennard SI, Woodruff PG, Curtis JL. Safety and Tolerability of Comprehensive Research Bronchoscopy in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Results from the SPIROMICS Bronchoscopy Substudy. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2019. PMID: 30653926


  58. Garudadri S, Woodruff PG, Han MK, Curtis JL, Barr RG, Bleecker ER, Bowler RP, Comellas A, Cooper CB, Criner G, Dransfield MT, Hansel NN, Paine R, Krishnan JA, Peters SP, Hastie AT, Martinez FJ, O'Neal WK, Couper DJ, Alexis NE, Christenson SA. Systemic Markers of Inflammation in Smokers With Symptoms Despite Preserved Spirometry in SPIROMICS. Chest 2019. PMID: 30684474


  59. Langelier C, Kalantar KL, Moazed F, Wilson MR, Crawford ED, Deiss T, Belzer A, Bolourchi S, Caldera S, Fung M, Jauregui A, Malcolm K, Lyden A, Khan L, Vessel K, Quan J, Zinter M, Chiu CY, Chow ED, Wilson J, Miller S, Matthay MA, Pollard KS, Christenson S, Calfee CS, DeRisi JL. Integrating host response and unbiased microbe detection for lower respiratory tract infection diagnosis in critically ill adults. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2018. PMID: 30482864


  60. Christenson SA, van den Berge M, Faiz A, Imkamp K, Bhakta N, Bonser LR, Zlock LT, Barjaktarevic IZ, Barr RG, Bleecker ER, Boucher RC, Bowler RP, Comellas AP, Curtis JL, Han MK, Hansel NN, Hiemstra PS, Kaner RJ, Krishnan JA, Martinez FJ, O'Neal WK, Paine Iii R, Timens W, Wells JM, Spira A, Erle DJ, Woodruff PG. An airway epithelial IL-17A response signature identifies a steroid-unresponsive COPD patient subgroup. The Journal of clinical investigation 2018. PMID: 30383540


  61. Pirozzi CS, Gu T, Quibrera PM, Carretta EE, Han MK, Murray S, Cooper CB, Tashkin DP, Kleerup EC, Barjaktarevic I, Hoffman EA, Martinez CH, Christenson SA, Hansel NN, Graham Barr R, Bleecker ER, Ortega VE, Martinez FJ, Kanner RE, Paine R. Heterogeneous burden of lung disease in smokers with borderline airflow obstruction. Respiratory research 2018. PMID: 30454050


  62. Maselli DJ, Hardin M, Christenson SA, Hanania NA, Hersh CP, Adams SG, Anzueto A, Peters JI, Han MK, Martinez FJ. Clinical Approach to the Therapy of Asthma-COPD Overlap. Chest 2018. PMID: 30077690


  63. Li X, Ortega VE, Ampleford EJ, Graham Barr R, Christenson SA, Cooper CB, Couper D, Dransfield MT, Han MLK, Hansel NN, Hoffman EA, Kanner RE, Kleerup EC, Martinez FJ, Paine R, Woodruff PG, Hawkins GA, Bleecker ER, Meyers DA. Genome-wide association study of lung function and clinical implication in heavy smokers. BMC medical genetics 2018. PMID: 30068317


  64. Wang C, de Mochel NSR, Christenson SA, Cassandras M, Moon R, Brumwell AN, Byrnes LE, Li A, Yokosaki Y, Shan P, Sneddon JB, Jablons D, Lee PJ, Matthay MA, Chapman HA, Peng T. Expansion of hedgehog disrupts mesenchymal identity and induces emphysema phenotype. The Journal of clinical investigation 2018. PMID: 29999500


  65. Martinez FJ, Han MK, Allinson JP, Barr RG, Boucher RC, Calverley PMA, Celli BR, Christenson SA, Crystal RG, Fagerås M, Freeman CM, Groenke L, Hoffman EA, Kesimer M, Kostikas K, Paine R, Rafii S, Rennard SI, Segal LN, Shaykhiev R, Stevenson C, Tal-Singer R, Vestbo J, Woodruff PG, Curtis JL, Wedzicha JA. At the Root: Defining and Halting Progression of Early Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2018. PMID: 29406779


  66. Langelier C, Zinter MS, Kalantar K, Yanik GA, Christenson S, O'Donovan B, White C, Wilson M, Sapru A, Dvorak CC, Miller S, Chiu CY, DeRisi JL. Metagenomic Sequencing Detects Respiratory Pathogens in Hematopoietic Cellular Transplant Patients. Volume 197 of Issue 4. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2018. PMID: 28686513


  67. Mangul S, Yang HT, Strauli N, Gruhl F, Porath HT, Hsieh K, Chen L, Daley T, Christenson S, Wesolowska-Andersen A, Spreafico R, Rios C, Eng C, Smith AD, Hernandez RD, Ophoff RA, Santana JR, Levanon EY, Woodruff PG, Burchard E, Seibold MA, Shifman S, Eskin E, Zaitlen N. ROP: dumpster diving in RNA-sequencing to find the source of 1 trillion reads across diverse adult human tissues. Genome biology 2018. PMID: 29548336


  68. Bhakta NR, Christenson SA, Nerella S, Solberg OD, Nguyen CP, Choy DF, Jung KL, Garudadri S, Bonser LR, Pollack JL, Zlock LT, Erle DJ, Langelier C, Derisi JL, Arron JR, Fahy JV, Woodruff PG. IFN-stimulated Gene Expression, Type 2 Inflammation, and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Asthma. Volume 197 of Issue 3. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2018. PMID: 29064281


  69. Hastie AT, Martinez FJ, Curtis JL, Doerschuk CM, Hansel NN, Christenson S, Putcha N, Ortega VE, Li X, Barr RG, Carretta EE, Couper DJ, Cooper CB, Hoffman EA, Kanner RE, Kleerup E, O'Neal WK, Paine R, Peters SP, Alexis NE, Woodruff PG, Han MK, Meyers DA, Bleecker ER. Association of sputum and blood eosinophil concentrations with clinical measures of COPD severity: an analysis of the SPIROMICS cohort. The Lancet. Respiratory medicine 2017. PMID: 29146301


  70. Martinez CH, Li SX, Hirzel AJ, Stolberg VR, Alexis NE, Barr RG, Bleecker ER, Carretta EE, Christenson SA, Cooper CB, Couper DJ, Doerschuk CM, Han MK, Hansel NN, Hastie AT, Hoffman EA, Kaner RJ, Martinez FJ, Meyers DA, O'Neal WK, Paine R, Putcha N, Rennard SI, Woodruff PG, Zeidler M, Curtis JL, Freeman CM. Alveolar eosinophilia in current smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the SPIROMICS cohort. The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2017. PMID: 28916185


  71. Kesimer M, Ford AA, Ceppe A, Radicioni G, Cao R, Davis CW, Doerschuk CM, Alexis NE, Anderson WH, Henderson AG, Barr RG, Bleecker ER, Christenson SA, Cooper CB, Han MK, Hansel NN, Hastie AT, Hoffman EA, Kanner RE, Martinez F, Paine R, Woodruff PG, O'Neal WK, Boucher RC. Airway Mucin Concentration as a Marker of Chronic Bronchitis. The New England journal of medicine 2017. PMID: 28877023


  72. Woodruff PG, van den Berge M, Boucher RC, Brightling C, Burchard EG, Christenson SA, Han MK, Holtzman MJ, Kraft M, Lynch DA, Martinez FD, Reddel HK, Sin DD, Washko GR, Wenzel SE, Punturieri A, Freemer MM, Wise RA. American Thoracic Society/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Asthma-Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Overlap Workshop Report. Volume 196 of Issue 3. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2017. PMID: 28636425


  73. Bartel S, Bhakta N, Christenson S. More Than Meets the Eye: Cigarette Smoke Induces Genomic Changes in the Small Airway Epithelium Independent of Histologic Changes. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2017. PMID: 28762786


  74. Christenson SA. Flipping the kill switch. Science translational medicine 2017. PMID: 28637925


  75. Christenson SA. The path of least antibiotic resistance. Science translational medicine 2017. PMID: 28490666


  76. Martinez CH, Murray S, Barr RG, Bleecker E, Bowler RP, Christenson SA, Comellas AP, Cooper CB, Couper D, Criner GJ, Curtis JL, Dransfield MT, Hansel NN, Hoffman EA, Kanner RE, Kleerup E, Krishnan JA, Lazarus SC, Leidy NK, O'Neal W, Martinez FJ, Paine R, Rennard SI, Tashkin DP, Woodruff PG, Han MK. Respiratory Symptoms Items from the COPD Assessment Test Identify Ever-Smokers with Preserved Lung Function at Higher Risk for Poor Respiratory Outcomes. An Analysis of the Subpopulations and Intermediate Outcome Measures in COPD Study Cohort. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2017. PMID: 28459622


  77. Christenson SA. Target practice in severe asthma. Science translational medicine 2017. PMID: 28356505


  78. Christenson SA, Steiling K. Shifting from Correlation to Causation: Challenges for the Future of Unbiased Molecular Studies in Inflammatory Lung Disease. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2017. PMID: 28035851


  79. Christenson SA. The Reemergence of the Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome: Characterizing a Syndrome in the Precision Medicine Era. Current allergy and asthma reports 2016. PMID: 27796796


  80. Sun W, Kechris K, Jacobson S, Drummond MB, Hawkins GA, Yang J, Chen TH, Quibrera PM, Anderson W, Barr RG, Basta PV, Bleecker ER, Beaty T, Casaburi R, Castaldi P, Cho MH, Comellas A, Crapo JD, Criner G, Demeo D, Christenson SA, Couper DJ, Curtis JL, Doerschuk CM, Freeman CM, Gouskova NA, Han MK, Hanania NA, Hansel NN, Hersh CP, Hoffman EA, Kaner RJ, Kanner RE, Kleerup EC, Lutz S, Martinez FJ, Meyers DA, Peters SP, Regan EA, Rennard SI, Scholand MB, Silverman EK, Woodruff PG, O'Neal WK, Bowler RP. Common Genetic Polymorphisms Influence Blood Biomarker Measurements in COPD. PLoS genetics 2016. PMID: 27532455


  81. Woodruff PG, Barr RG, Bleecker E, Christenson SA, Couper D, Curtis JL, Gouskova NA, Hansel NN, Hoffman EA, Kanner RE, Kleerup E, Lazarus SC, Martinez FJ, Paine R, Rennard S, Tashkin DP, Han MK. Clinical Significance of Symptoms in Smokers with Preserved Pulmonary Function. The New England journal of medicine 2016. PMID: 27168432


  82. Langelier C, Christenson SA. An Expression of Clinical Significance: Exploring the Human Genome to Understand the Variable Response to Rhinovirus. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2016. PMID: 27035780


  83. Gelb AF, Christenson SA, Nadel JA. Understanding the pathophysiology of the asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap syndrome. Volume 22 of Issue 2. Current opinion in pulmonary medicine 2016. PMID: 26717511


  84. Steiling K, Christenson SA. Targeting 'types: Precision Medicine in Pulmonary Disease. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2015. PMID: 25978565


  85. Christenson SA, Steiling K, van den Berge M, Hijazi K, Hiemstra PS, Postma DS, Lenburg ME, Spira A, Woodruff PG. Asthma-COPD overlap. Clinical relevance of genomic signatures of type 2 inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2015. PMID: 25611785


  86. Paulin LM, Diette GB, Blanc PD, Putcha N, Eisner MD, Kanner RE, Belli AJ, Christenson S, Tashkin DP, Han M, Barr RG, Hansel NN. Occupational exposures are associated with worse morbidity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Volume 191 of Issue 5. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2015. PMID: 25562375


  87. Smith BM, Hoffman EA, Rabinowitz D, Bleecker E, Christenson S, Couper D, Donohue KM, Han MK, Hansel NN, Kanner RE, Kleerup E, Rennard S, Barr RG. Comparison of spatially matched airways reveals thinner airway walls in COPD. The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) COPD Study and the Subpopulations and Intermediate Outcomes in COPD Study (SPIROMICS). Thorax 2014. PMID: 24928812


  88. O'Neal WK, Anderson W, Basta PV, Carretta EE, Doerschuk CM, Barr RG, Bleecker ER, Christenson SA, Curtis JL, Han MK, Hansel NN, Kanner RE, Kleerup EC, Martinez FJ, Miller BE, Peters SP, Rennard SI, Scholand MB, Tal-Singer R, Woodruff PG, Couper DJ, Davis SM. Comparison of serum, EDTA plasma and P100 plasma for luminex-based biomarker multiplex assays in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the SPIROMICS study. Journal of translational medicine 2014. PMID: 24397870


  89. Christenson SA, Brandsma CA, Campbell JD, Knight DA, Pechkovsky DV, Hogg JC, Timens W, Postma DS, Lenburg M, Spira A. miR-638 regulates gene expression networks associated with emphysematous lung destruction. Genome medicine 2013. PMID: 24380442