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Amanda Elyssa Ruiz

PhD Candidate, Brown University
Verified email at brown.edu
Cited by 50

The relationship between crime and drugs: What we have learned in recent decades

D Deitch, I Koutsenok, A Ruiz - Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 2000 - Taylor & Francis
The focus of this article is criminal drug users and their changing behavior. Two important
considerations are addressed within this topic. First, an overview of drug use is given, …

Multidisciplinary care of children with repaired esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula

EM DeBoer, JD Prager, AG Ruiz… - Pediatric …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Children with congenital esophageal atresia with tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF)
require complex medical and surgical care, but few guidelines exist to guide the long term …

Targeting dual signalling pathways in concert with immune checkpoints for the treatment of pancreatic cancer

ES Knudsen, V Kumarasamy, S Chung, A Ruiz, P Vail… - Gut, 2021 - gut.bmj.com
Objective This study exploits the intersection between molecular-targeted therapies and
immune-checkpoint inhibition to define new means to treat pancreatic cancer. Design Patient-…

The current state of pediatric drug‐induced sleep endoscopy

…, SR Parikh, SL Ishman, AG Ruiz… - The …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives/Hypothesis The purpose of this investigation was to assess current drug‐induced
sleep endoscopy (DISE) practice patterns at centers that have published on the technique, …

Success of tonsillectomy for obstructive sleep apnea in children with Down syndrome

DG Ingram, AG Ruiz, D Gao… - Journal of Clinical Sleep …, 2017 - jcsm.aasm.org
Study Objectives: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is common in children with Down
syndrome (DS) and associated with significant morbidity. In the current study we examined …

Cell cycle plasticity driven by MTOR signaling: integral resistance to CDK4/6 inhibition in patient-derived models of pancreatic cancer

ES Knudsen, V Kumarasamy, A Ruiz, J Sivinski… - Oncogene, 2019 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), like many KRAS-driven tumors, preferentially
loses CDKN2A that encodes an endogenous CDK4/6 inhibitor to bypass the RB-mediated cell …

[HTML][HTML] Composite analysis of immunological and metabolic markers defines novel subtypes of triple negative breast cancer

TA Adams, PJ Vail, A Ruiz, M Mollaee, PA McCue… - Modern …, 2018 - nature.com
Cancer biology is influenced by the tumor microenvironment, which impacts disease prognosis
and therapeutic interventions. The inter-relationship of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, …

[HTML][HTML] Vaccination status and long COVID symptoms in patients discharged from hospital

TCDC Nascimento, L do Valle Costa, AD Ruiz… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Effective vaccination against coronavirus mitigates the risk of hospitalisation and mortality;
however, it is unclear whether vaccination status influences long COVID symptoms in patients …

[PDF][PDF] FUT2 variants confer susceptibility to familial otitis media

…, TM Wine, PJ Labra, J Benoit, AG Ruiz… - The American Journal of …, 2018 - cell.com
Non-secretor status due to homozygosity for the common FUT2 variant c.461G>A (p.Trp154
∗ ) is associated with either risk for autoimmune diseases or protection against viral diarrhea …

Demonstrating the benefits of a multidisciplinary aerodigestive program

AG Ruiz, JM Bhatt, EM DeBoer, J Friedlander… - The …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives/Hypothesis The Aerodigestive Program (the Aero Program) at Children's Hospital
Colorado is a multidisciplinary program focused on airway, digestive, and lung disorders in …