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Trending the evidence on opioid use disorder (OUD) continuum of care among rural American Indian/Alaskan Native (AI/AN) tribes: A systematic scoping review.

Elias Mpofu, Stanley Ingman, Patricia Matthews-Juarez, Solymar Rivera-Torres, Paul D Juarez

Unique method for human villous trophoblasts isolation from placental tissue explants.

Ashley Serjilus, Donald J Alcendor

Dysregulation of Endothelin-1: Implications for Health Disparities in Alzheimer's Disease.

Cytotrophoblasts suppress macrophage-mediated inflammation through a contact-dependent mechanism.

Alison J Eastman, Erin N Vrana, Maria T Grimaldo, Amanda D Jones, Lisa M Rogers, Donald J Alcendor, David M Aronoff

Structural and Social Determinants of Health Factors Associated with County-Level Variation in Non-Adherence to Antihypertensive Medication Treatment.

Macarius M Donneyong, Teng-Jen Chang, John W Jackson, Michael A Langston, Paul D Juarez, Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson, Bo Lu, Wansoo Im, R Burciaga Valdez, Baldwin M Way, Cynthia Colen, Michael A Fischer, Pamela Salsberry, John F P Bridges, Darryl B Hood

Improving HPV Vaccine Coverage in Tennessee: Addressing Barriers and Expanding Access for Mid-Adults.

Alcendor DJ, Matthews-Juarez P, Tabatabai M, Wilus D, Hildreth JEK, Juarez PD.

Pathogens. 2025 Mar 25;14(4):311.

Non-Predictors of Alzheimer's Disease Reveal Age Correlation in African American Women.

Zagol-Ikapitte IA, Tabatabai MA, Wilus DM, Alcendor DJ. Plasma Endothelin-1 Levels: J Clin Med. 2025 Jan 19;14(2):635.

Particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) - associated cognitive impairment and morbidity in humans and animal models: a systematic review.

Chauhan R, Dande S, Hood DB, Chirwa SS, Langston MA, Grady SK, Dojcsak L, Tabatabai M, Wilus D, Valdez RB, Al-Hamdan MZ, Im W, McCallister M, Alcendor DJ, Mouton CP, Ramesh A. J

Toxicol Environ Health B Crit Rev. 2025 May 19;28(4):233-263.

A Scoping Review on the Impact of COVID 19 on Vulnerable Populations: LGBTQ+ Persons, Persons Experiencing Homelessness, and Migrant Farm Workers in the US.

Alcendor DJ, Juarez PD, Ramesh A, Brown KY, Tabatabai M, Matthews-Juarez P. Arch Intern Med Res. 2024;7(3):136-145.

Ending of the COVID-19 Related Public and National Health Emergency Declarations: Implications for Medically Underserved Populations in Tennessee. Arch Intern Med Res.

Alcendor DJ, Matthews-Juarez P, Smoot D, Hildreth JEK, Juarez PD. 2024;7(1):42-52. doi: 10.26502/aimr.0164. Epub 2024 Mar 1. PMID: 38774576; PMCID: PMC11107971.

COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Uptake among Minority Populations in Tennessee.

Alcendor DJ, Matthews-Juarez P, Williams N, Wilus D, Tabatabai M, Hopkins E, George K, Leon AH, Santiago R, Lee A, Smoot D, Hildreth JEK, Juarez PD. Vaccines (Basel). 2023 Jun 7;11(6):1073. doi: 10.3390/vaccines11061073. PMID: 37376464; PMCID: PMC10302928.

The role of histological subtypes in the survival of patients diagnosed with cutaneous or mucosal melanoma in the United States of America.

Tabatabai MA, Bahri N, Matthews-Juarez P, Alcendor D, Cooper R, Juarez P, Ramesh A, Tabatabai N, Singh KP, Wilus D.PLoS One. 2023 Jun 5;18(6):e0286538. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0286538. PMID: 37276224; PMCID: PMC10241359.

Vaccine Confidence and Uptake of the Omicron Bivalent Booster in Tennessee: Implications for Vulnerable Populations.

Alcendor DJ, Matthews-Juarez P, Smoot D, Edwards A, Hildreth JEK, Juarez PD. Vaccines (Basel). 2023 Apr 27;11(5):906. doi: 10.3390/vaccines11050906. PMID: 37243010; PMCID: PMC10222358.

An Analysis of COVID-19 Mortality During the Dominancy of Alpha, Delta, and Omicron in the USA. J Prim Care Community Health.

Tabatabai M, Juarez PD, Matthews-Juarez P, Wilus DM, Ramesh A, Alcendor DJ, Tabatabai N, Singh KP.

2023 Jan-Dec;14:21501319231170164. doi: 10.1177/21501319231170164. PMID: 37083205; PMCID: PMC10125879.

The COVID-19 Vaccine and Pregnant Minority Women in the US: Implications for Improving Vaccine Confidence and Uptake.

Alcendor DJ, Matthews-Juarez P, Smoot D, Hildreth JEK, Tabatabai M, Wilus D, Brown KY, Juarez PD. Vaccines (Basel). 2022 Dec 12;10(12):2122. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10122122. PMID: 36560532; PMCID: PMC9784552.

Breakthrough COVID-19 Infections in the US: Implications for Prolonging the Pandemic. Vaccines

Alcendor DJ, Matthews-Juarez P, Smoot D, Hildreth JEK, Lamar K, Tabatabai M, Wilus D, Juarez PD. (Basel). 2022 May 11;10(5):755. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10050755. PMID: 35632512; PMCID: PMC9146933.

Meharry Medical College Mobile Vaccination Program: Implications for Increasing COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake among Minority Communities in Middle Tennessee

Alcendor DJ, Juarez PD, Matthews-Juarez P, Simon S, Nash C, Lewis K, Smoot D.
Vaccines (Basel). 2022 Jan 29;10(2):211. PMID: 35214670; PMCID: PMC8878662.

The effects of air pollution, meteorological parameters, and climate change on COVID-19 comorbidity and health disparities: a systematic review

Juarez PD, Ramesh A, Hood DB, Alcendor DJ, Valdez RB, Aramandla MP, Tabatabai M, Matthews-Juarez P, Langston MA, Al-Hamdan MZ, Nori-Sarma A, Im W, Mouton CC.
Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology. 2022;4:194–210.

Targeting COVID Vaccine Hesitancy in Rural Communities in Tennessee: Implications for Extending the COVID-19 Pandemic in the South

Alcendor DJ.
Vaccines (Basel). 2021 Nov 4;9(11):1279. PMID: 34835210; PMCID: PMC8621887.

JC Polyomavirus and Transplantation: Implications for Virus Reactivation after Immunosuppression in Transplant Patients and the Occurrence of PML Disease

James EK Hildreth, Donald J Alcendor.
Transplantology. 2021;2:37–48.

Vivo-Morpholino-Based Antiviral for SARS-CoV-2: Implications for Novel Therapies in the Treatment of Acute COVID-19 Disease

Hildreth JEK, Moulton JD, Alcendor DJ.
Biomedicines. 2021 Aug 15;9(8):1018. PMID: 34440222; PMCID: PMC8394971.

Targeting COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Minority Populations in the US: Implications for Herd Immunity

Hildreth JEK, Alcendor DJ.
Vaccines (Basel). 2021 May 11;9(5):489. PMID: 34064726; PMCID: PMC8151325.

Unique method for human villous trophoblasts isolation from placental tissue explants

Serjilus A, Alcendor DJ.
Clin Obstet Gynecol Reprod Med. 2020 Dec;6(6):319. PMID: 33520289; PMCID: PMC7842261.

Dysregulation of Endothelin-1: Implications for Health Disparities in Alzheimer's Disease

Alcendor DJ.
J Pers Med. 2020 Oct 28;10(4):199. PMID: 33126567; PMCID: PMC7712547.

Interactions between Amyloid-Β Proteins and Human Brain Pericytes: Implications for the Pathobiology of Alzheimer's Disease

Alcendor DJ.
J Clin Med. 2020 May 15;9(5):1490. PMID: 32429102; PMCID: PMC7290583.

Cytotrophoblasts suppress macrophage-mediated inflammation through a contact-dependent mechanism

Eastman AJ, Vrana EN, Grimaldo MT, Jones AD, Rogers LM, Alcendor DJ, Aronoff DM.
Am J Reprod Immunol. 2021 Mar;85(3):e13352. PMID: 32969101; PMCID: PMC7897285.

Racial Disparities-Associated COVID-19 Mortality among Minority Populations in the US

Alcendor DJ.
J Clin Med. 2020 Jul 30;9(8):2442. PMID: 32751633; PMCID: PMC7466083.

Books Chapters

Alcendor D.J. (2021) Effects of Cytomegalovirus on Pericytes. In: Birbrair A. (eds) Biology of Pericytes – Recent Advances. Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, vol 68. Humana, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62129-2_4