Selected Publications

Puvvula, J.; Chen, A.; Simmons, R.A.; Leite, R.; Lien, Y.C.: Mediating role of placental transcriptome and metabolome in the association between early pregnancy fine particulate matter exposure and spontaneous preterm birth. Annual Meeting of the International Society of Exposure Science and the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, Atlanta, GA. Poster August 2025.

Lien, Y.C.; Kan, M.; Leite, R.; Garifallou, J.P.; Himes, B.E.; Winn, V.D.; Parry, S.; Strauss III, J.F.; Simmons, R.A.: Race and sex differences in placental lipid metabolism are associated with spontaneous early preterm birth. Biology of Reproduction April 2025.

Albetawi, S.N.; Meakin, A.S.; Lien, Y.C.; Wiese, M.D.; Simmons, R.A.; Morrison, J.L.: Gestational age-dependent changes in gene expression and activity of drug-metabolizing cytochrome P450 enzymes in human placenta. Endocrine Society of Australia – Society for Reproductive Biology Annual Scientific Meeting, Adelaide, Australia. Poster November 2024.

Ntomb, F.M.; Lien, Y.C.; Simmons, R.A.: Assessing the effects of maternal exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemical mixture on placenta. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists, Pittsburgh, PA. Poster November 2024.

Lien, Y.C.; Garifallou, J.P.; Cantu, A.; Winn, V.D.; Parry, S.; Strauss III, J.F.; Lingappan, K.; Simmons, R.A.: Ancestry and fetal sex differences in Hofbauer cell gene expression and cell communications in mid-gestation human placenta. International Federation of Placenta Associations Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada. Poster September 2024.

Meakin, A.S.; Gatford, K.L.; Lien, Y.C.; Wiese, M.D.; Simmons, R.A.; Morrison, J.L.: Characterisation of ciclesonide metabolism in human placentae across gestation. Placenta 154(2): 41-48, Sep 2024.

Abney, K.; Golden, T.; Lien, Y.C.; Schwartz, N.; Simmons, R.A. : Characterizing plasma-derived EVs from pregnant Black women as a potential tool to predict adverse pregnancy outcomes. International Society for Extracellular Vesicles Annual Meeting, Melbourne, Australia.Poster May 2024.

Lien, Y.C.; Garifallou, J.P.; Leite, R.; Winn, V.D.; Parry, S.; Strauss III, J.F.; Simmons, R.A. : Single nuclei RNA-seq analysis reveals race and sex differences in the function of mid-gestation human placenta. 71th Annual Scientific Meeting, Society for Reproductive Investigation, Vancouver, Canada. Poster March 2024.

Lien, Y.C.; Kan, M.; Leite, R.; Himes, B.E.; Winn, V.D.; Parry, S.; Strauss III, J.F.; Simmons, R.A.: Race differences in energy metabolism and inflammatory status of mid-gestation human placenta. 71th Annual Scientific Meeting, Society for Reproductive Investigation, Vancouver, Canada. Podium March 2024.

Meakin, A.S.; Gatford, K.L.; Lien, Y.C.; Wiese, M.D.; Simmons, R.A.; Morrison, J.L. : Placental-specific ciclesonide to des-ciclesonide conversion is not impacted by gestational age or placental sex. Endocrine Society of Australia – Society for Reproductive Biology Annual Scientific Meeting, Brisbane, Australia. Poster November 2023.