Superfund Research Program

Crystal T. Stephens

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
1900 University Blvd
Tinsley Harrison Tower, Suite 422
Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0006
Phone: (205) 996-1769
Email: ctstephe@uab.edu

Publications

2024

• Singh P, Li FJ, Dsouza K, Stephens CT, Zheng H, Kumar A, Dransfield MT, Antony V. 2024. Low dose cadmium exposure regulates miR-381-ANO1 interaction in airway epithelial cells. Sci Rep 14(1):246. doi:10.1038/s41598-023-50471-z PMID:38168913 PMCID:PMC10762153

2023

• Dsouza K, Surolia R, Kulkarni T, Li FJ, Singh P, Zeng H, Stephens CT, Kumar A, Wang Z, Antony V. 2023. Use of a pulmosphere model to evaluate drug antifibrotic responses in interstitial lung diseases. Respir Res 24(1):96. doi:10.1186/s12931-023-02404-7 PMID:36978076 PMCID:10045174
• Surolia R, Li FJ, Dsouza K, Zeng H, Singh P, Stephens CT, Guo Y, Wang Z, Kashyap M, Srivastava RK, Gonzalez ML, Benson P, Kumar A, Kim H, Kim Y, Ahmad A, Athar M, Antony V. 2023. Cutaneous exposure to arsenicals is associated with development of constrictive bronchitis in mice. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 68(5):485-497. doi:10.1165/rcmb.2022-0321MA PMID:36780670 PMCID:PMC10174172

2022

• Li FJ, Surolia R, Singh P, Dsouza K, Stephens CT, Wang Z, Liu R, Bae S, Kim Y, Athar M, Dransfield MT, Antony V. 2022. Fibrinogen mediates cadmium-induced macrophage activation and serves as a predictor of cadmium exposure in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol doi:10.1152/ajplung.00475.2021 PMID:35200041
• Stephens CT, Kim Y, Ramachandran R, Baskin ML, Antony V, Bae S. 2022. Disparities in healthcare utilization: Superfund site vs. neighboring comparison site. Int J Environ Res Public Health 19(15):9271. doi:10.3390/ijerph19159271 PMID:35954629 PMCID:PMC9367949