Jorge Masso Silva

Title(s)	Assistant Project Scientist, Medicine
School	Vc-health Sciences-schools
Address	9500 Gilman Drive # La Jolla CA 92093
ORCID	0000-0002-0739-4626
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Biography

Education and Training

Rutgers University, Newark, NJ	PhD	01/2018	Biomedical Sciences - Infection, Immunity and Inflammation
CIBNOR, Mexico	MS	2010	Biotechnology
UABCS, Mexico	BS	2007	Marine Biology

Awards and Honors

Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program	2023 -	2026	Postdoctoral Fellowship
American Thoracic Society	2023		Underrepresented Trainee Development Scholarship Award
American Thoracic Society	2023		Abstract Scholarship, Assembly on Allergy, Immunology & Inflammation
American Thoracic Society	2022		Abstract Scholarship, Assembly on Allergy, Immunology & Inflammation
American Thoracic Society	2021		Minority Trainee Development Scholarship (MTDS) Award
American Thoracic Society	2021		Abstract Scholarship, Assembly on Allergy, Immunology & Inflammation
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia	2019 -	2023	Member of National System of Investigators in Mexico

Overview

Interests

inflammation, immunology, neutrophils, acute respiratory distress syndrome, acute lung injury, electronic cigarettes, respiratory infections

Bibliographic

Publications

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E-cigarette-induced changes in cell stress and mitochondrial function. Free Radic Biol Med. 2025 Feb 16; 228:329-338. Chitteti R, Zuniga-Hertz JP, Masso-Silva JA, Shin J, Niesman I, Bojanowski CM, Kumar AJ, Hepokoski M, Crotty Alexander LE, Patel HH, Roth DM. PMID: 39756490.

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Bio Biochemistry Med Medicine (General)
Editorial: Neutrophil heterogeneity in healing and tissue damage. Front Immunol. 2024; 15:1537469. Masso-Silva JA, Bowlin GL. PMID: 39763656; PMCID: PMC11700804.

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Dual Use of Cannabis with Tobacco Is Associated with Increased Sugary Food and Drink Intake in Young People. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2024 Aug 02; 21(8). Malhotra N, Kasaraneni N, Ahadian Z, Chang H, Advani I, McDermott J, Truong C, Gaboyan S, Mittal A, Perryman A, Masso-Silva JA, Steeger CM, Bowler RP, Castaldi PJ, Sharma S, Crotty Alexander LE. PMID: 39200627; PMCID: PMC11354211.

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Env Environmental Health Pub Public Health
Initiation of ECMO in patients with COVID-19- related ARDS does not increase blood markers of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) or IL-8. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2024 May; 38(5):1288-1289. Odish MF, Masso-Silva JA, Pollema TL, Owens RL, Alexander LEC, Meier A. PMID: 38461035.

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Ane Anesthesiology Car Cardiology Pul Pulmonary Medicine
Translation:Humans Cells
Inflammation biomarkers in OSA, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/OSA overlap syndrome. J Clin Sleep Med. 2023 08 01; 19(8):1447-1456. Sanchez-Azofra A, Gu W, Masso-Silva JA, Sanz-Rubio D, Marin-Oto M, Cubero P, Gil AV, Moya EA, Barnes LA, Mesarwi OA, Marin T, Simonson TS, Crotty Alexander LE, Marin JM, Malhotra A. PMID: 37082823; PMCID: PMC10394367.

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Neu Neurology Psy Psychophysiology
Exploring the arsenal of antimicrobial peptides: Mechanisms, diversity, and applications. Biochimie. 2023 Nov; 214(Pt B):216-227. Savitskaya A, Masso-Silva J, Haddaoui I, Enany S. PMID: 37499896.

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Bio Biochemistry
Translation:Animals Cells
Abrogation of neutrophil inflammatory pathways and potential reduction of neutrophil-related factors in COVID-19 by intravenous immunoglobulin. Front Immunol. 2022; 13:993720. Masso-Silva JA, Sakoulas G, Olay J, Groysberg V, Geriak M, Nizet V, Crotty Alexander LE, Meier A. PMID: 36341409; PMCID: PMC9632428.

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All Allergy and Immunology
Translation:Humans Cells
Effects of mango and mint pod-based e-cigarette aerosol inhalation on inflammatory states of the brain, lung, heart, and colon in mice. Elife. 2022 04 12; 11. Moshensky A, Brand CS, Alhaddad H, Shin J, Masso-Silva JA, Advani I, Gunge D, Sharma A, Mehta S, Jahan A, Nilaad S, Olay J, Gu W, Simonson T, Almarghalani D, Pham J, Perera S, Park K, Al-Kolla R, Moon H, Das S, Byun MK, Shah Z, Sari Y, Heller Brown J, Crotty Alexander LE. PMID: 35411847; PMCID: PMC9005188.

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Bio Biology
Translation:Animals
Dual use of e-cigarettes with conventional tobacco is associated with increased sleep latency in cross-sectional Study. Sci Rep. 2022 02 15; 12(1):2536. Advani I, Gunge D, Boddu S, Mehta S, Park K, Perera S, Pham J, Nilaad S, Olay J, Ma L, Masso-Silva J, Sun X, Jain S, Malhotra A, Crotty Alexander LE. PMID: 35169234; PMCID: PMC8847556.

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Sci Science
Translation:Humans
Increased Peripheral Blood Neutrophil Activation Phenotypes and Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Formation in Critically Ill Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Patients: A Case Series and Review of the Literature. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 02 11; 74(3):479-489. Masso-Silva JA, Moshensky A, Lam MTY, Odish MF, Patel A, Xu L, Hansen E, Trescott S, Nguyen C, Kim R, Perofsky K, Perera S, Ma L, Pham J, Rolfsen M, Olay J, Shin J, Dan JM, Abbott RK, Ramirez S, Alexander TH, Lin GY, Fuentes AL, Advani I, Gunge D, Pretorius V, Malhotra A, Sun X, Duran J, Hepokoski M, Crotty S, Coufal NG, Meier A, Crotty Alexander LE. PMID: 33988226; PMCID: PMC8241438.

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Com Communicable Diseases
Translation:Humans Cells
Just When We Thought Nothing Could Be Worse Than Smoking Tobacco, Vaping e-Hookah Proves Us Wrong. Chest. 2022 01; 161(1):13-15. Masso-Silva JA, Crotty Alexander LE. PMID: 35000699.

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Pul Pulmonary Medicine
Translation:Humans
A census of the lung: CellCards from LungMAP. Dev Cell. 2022 01 10; 57(1):112-145.e2. Sun X, Perl AK, Li R, Bell SM, Sajti E, Kalinichenko VV, Kalin TV, Misra RS, Deshmukh H, Clair G, Kyle J, Crotty Alexander LE, Masso-Silva JA, Kitzmiller JA, Wikenheiser-Brokamp KA, Deutsch G, Guo M, Du Y, Morley MP, Valdez MJ, Yu HV, Jin K, Bardes EE, Zepp JA, Neithamer T, Basil MC, Zacharias WJ, Verheyden J, Young R, Bandyopadhyay G, Lin S, Ansong C, Adkins J, Salomonis N, Aronow BJ, Xu Y, Pryhuber G, Whitsett J, Morrisey EE, NHLBI LungMAP Consortium. PMID: 34936882; PMCID: PMC9202574.

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Cel Cell Biology Emb Embryology
Translation:Humans
Dexmedetomidine does not directly inhibit neutrophil extracellular trap production. Br J Anaesth. 2022 02; 128(2):e51-e54. Corriden R, Schmidt BE, Olson J, Okerblom J, Masso-Silva JA, Nizet V, Meier A. PMID: 34916052; PMCID: PMC8603039.

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Ane Anesthesiology
Translation:Humans Cells
Inflammatory phenotype modulation in the respiratory tract and systemic circulation of e-cigarette users: a pilot study. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2021 12 01; 321(6):L1134-L1146. Sayed IM, Masso-Silva JA, Mittal A, Patel A, Lin E, Moshensky A, Shin J, Bojanowski CM, Das S, Akuthota P, Crotty Alexander LE. PMID: 34704852; PMCID: PMC8715026.

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Cel Cell Biology Mol Molecular Biology Phy Physiology Pul Pulmonary Medicine
Translation:Humans
Acute and chronic effects of vaping electronic devices on lung physiology and inflammation. Curr Opin Physiol. 2021 Aug; 22. Masso-Silva JA, Byun MK, Alexander LEC. PMID: 38550798; PMCID: PMC10978006.

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Chronic E-Cigarette Aerosol Inhalation Alters the Immune State of the Lungs and Increases ACE2 Expression, Raising Concern for Altered Response and Susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2. Front Physiol. 2021; 12:649604. Masso-Silva JA, Moshensky A, Shin J, Olay J, Nilaad S, Advani I, Bojanowski CM, Crotty S, Li WT, Ongkeko WM, Singla S, Crotty Alexander LE. PMID: 34122126; PMCID: PMC8194307.

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Cigarette Smoke Exposure Promotes Virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Induces Resistance to Neutrophil Killing. Infect Immun. 2020 10 19; 88(11). Chien J, Hwang JH, Nilaad S, Masso-Silva JA, Jeong Ahn S, McEachern EK, Moshensky A, Byun MK, Crotty Alexander LE. PMID: 32868344; PMCID: PMC7573448.

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All Allergy and Immunology Com Communicable Diseases
Translation:Humans Animals Cells
The Evolving Landscape of e-Cigarettes: A Systematic Review of Recent Evidence. Chest. 2020 05; 157(5):1362-1390. Bozier J, Chivers EK, Chapman DG, Larcombe AN, Bastian NA, Masso-Silva JA, Byun MK, McDonald CF, Crotty Alexander LE, Ween MP. PMID: 32006591.

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Pul Pulmonary Medicine
Translation:Humans PHPublic Health
A Heat-Killed Cryptococcus Mutant Strain Induces Host Protection against Multiple Invasive Mycoses in a Murine Vaccine Model. mBio. 2019 Nov 26; 10(6). Wang Y, Wang K, Masso-Silva JA, Rivera A, Xue C. PMID: 31772051; PMCID: PMC6879717.

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Mic Microbiology
Translation:Humans Animals
The F-Box Protein Fbp1 Shapes the Immunogenic Potential of Cryptococcus neoformans. mBio. 2018 Jan 09; 9(1). Masso-Silva J, Espinosa V, Liu TB, Wang Y, Xue C, Rivera A. PMID: 29317510; PMCID: PMC5760740.

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Mic Microbiology
Translation:Animals Cells
Host response to pulmonary fungal infections: A highlight on cell-driven immunity to Cryptococcus species and Aspergillus fumigatus. Curr Pharmacol Rep. 2017 Dec; 3(6):335-345. Dutta O, Masso-Silva JA, Wang K, Rivera A. PMID: 29430385; PMCID: PMC5804991.

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Potent in vitro and in vivo antifungal activity of a small molecule host defense peptide mimic through a membrane-active mechanism. Sci Rep. 2017 Jun 28; 7(1):4353. Menzel LP, Chowdhury HM, Masso-Silva JA, Ruddick W, Falkovsky K, Vorona R, Malsbary A, Cherabuddi K, Ryan LK, DiFranco KM, Brice DC, Costanzo MJ, Weaver D, Freeman KB, Scott RW, Diamond G. PMID: 28659617; PMCID: PMC5489528.

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Sci Science
Translation:Humans Animals
Development of protective inflammation and cell-mediated immunity against Cryptococcus neoformans after exposure to hyphal mutants. mBio. 2015 Oct 06; 6(5):e01433-15. Zhai B, Wozniak KL, Masso-Silva J, Upadhyay S, Hole C, Rivera A, Wormley FL, Lin X. PMID: 26443458; PMCID: PMC4611043.

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Mic Microbiology
Translation:Animals
Activity of potent and selective host defense peptide mimetics in mouse models of oral candidiasis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014 Jul; 58(7):3820-7. Ryan LK, Freeman KB, Masso-Silva JA, Falkovsky K, Aloyouny A, Markowitz K, Hise AG, Fatahzadeh M, Scott RW, Diamond G. PMID: 24752272; PMCID: PMC4068575.

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Ant Anti-Infective Agents
Translation:Animals Cells
Antimicrobial peptides from fish. Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2014 Mar 03; 7(3):265-310. Masso-Silva JA, Diamond G. PMID: 24594555; PMCID: PMC3978493.

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Genomic organization and tissue-specific expression of hepcidin in the pacific mutton hamlet, Alphestes immaculatus (Breder, 1936). Fish Shellfish Immunol. 2011 Dec; 31(6):1297-302. Masso-Silva J, Diamond G, Macias-Rodriguez M, Ascencio F. PMID: 22019824.

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All Allergy and Immunology Zoo Zoology
Translation:Animals Cells