Research Summary
Dr. Colaco's studies environmental factors that affect clinical outcomes in cystic fibrosis and other pediatric respiratory disorders. He is the recipient of multiple external grants to pursue this research and has published over 90 peer-reviewed articles.
Selected Publications
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Green DM, Collaco JM, McDougal KE, Naughton KM, Blackman SM, Cutting GR. “Heritability of respiratory infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis.”J Pediatr. 2012 Aug;161(2):290-5.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.01.042. Epub 2012 Feb 23.
Collaco JM, Kole AJ, Riekert KA, Eakin MN, Okelo SO, McGrath-Morrow SA. “Respiratory medication adherence in chronic lung disease of prematurity.” Pediatr Pulmonol. 2012 Mar;47(3):283-91. doi: 10.1002/ppul.21547. Epub 2011 Sep 8.
McGrath-Morrow SA, Ryan T, McGinley BM, Okelo SO, Sterni LM, Collaco JM.“Polysomnography in preterm infants and children with chronic lung disease.” Pediatr Pulmonol. 2012 Feb;47(2):172-9. doi: 10.1002/ppul.21522. Epub 2011 Aug 3.
McGrath-Morrow S, Malhotra D, Lauer T, Collaco JM, Mitzner W, Neptune E, Wise R, Biswal S. “Exposure to neonatal cigarette smoke causes durable lung changes but does not potentiate cigarette smoke-induced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adult mice.” Exp Lung Res. 2011 Aug;37(6):354-63. doi: 10.3109/01902148.2011.577268. Epub 2011 Jun 7.
Wright FA, Strug LJ, Doshi VK, Commander CW, Blackman SM, Sun L, Berthiaume Y, Cutler D, Cojocaru A, Collaco JM, Corey M, Dorfman R, Goddard K, Green D, Kent JW Jr, Lange EM, Lee S, Li W, Luo J, Mayhew GM, Naughton KM, Pace RG, Paré P, Rommens JM, Sandford A, Stonebraker JR, Sun W, Taylor C, Vanscoy LL, Zou F, Blangero J, Zielenski J, O'Neal WK, Drumm ML, Durie PR, Knowles MR, Cutting GR. “Genome-wide association and linkage identify modifier loci of lung disease severity in cystic fibrosis at 11p13 and 20q13.2.” Nat Genet. 2011 Jun;43(6):539-46. doi: 10.1038/ng.838. Epub 2011 May 22.
Blackman SM, Hsu S, Vanscoy LL, Collaco JM, Ritter SE, Naughton KM, Cutting GR. Genetic modifiers play a substantial role in diabetes complicating cystic fibrosis. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2009 Apr;94(4):1302-9.
Collaco JM, Vanscoy LL, Bremer LA, McDougal, KE, Blackman SM, Bowers A, Naughton K, Jennings J, Ellen J, Cutting GR. Interactions between secondhand smoke and genes that affect cystic fibrosis lung disease. JAMA. 2008 Jan 30;299(4):417-24.
Collaco JM, Cutting GR. Update on Gene Modifiers in Cystic Fibrosis. Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2008; 14(6):559-66.
Collaco JM, Gower WA, Mogayzel PJ. Pulmonary dysfunction in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients: Overview, diagnostic complications, and infectious complications. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2007; 49(2):117-26.
Gower WA, Collaco JM, Mogayzel PJ. Pulmonary dysfunction in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients: Non-infectious and long-term complications. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2007; 49(3):225-33.
Vanscoy LL, Blackman SM, Collaco JM, Bowers A, Lai T, Naughton K, Algire, M, McWilliams R, Beck S, Hoover-Fong J, Hamosh A, Cutler D, Cutting GR. Heritability of lung disease severity in cystic fibrosis. AJRCCM. 2007; 175(10):1036-43.
Collaco JM, Simpson SW. Human forearm muscle architecture. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2000; Supplement 30:127-8.
Gower WA, Collaco JM, Ellis C, Halbower AC, Mogayzel PJ. What is Your Diagnosis? A previously healthy adolescent with evolving infiltrates and progressive respiratory distress. Thorax: 2009 Apr;64(4):290, 364.