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Publication

Complete List of Published Work in My Bibliography:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Min-ae+Song

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=373MrJUAAAAJ&hl=en

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† Equal contributors

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Peer-Reviewed Research Articles

  • Singh A, McElroy JP, Weng DY, Reisinger SA, Freudenheim JL, Shields PG, Song MA. Associations of breast DNA methylation-based measures of biological ageing with obesity-related breast cancer risk markers. Epigenetics. 2026, PMID: 41778393 PMCID: PMC12962683

  • Song MA†, Gupta A†, Park SY, Kim J, Archer KJ, Tiirikainen M, Wilkens LR, Le Marchand L, Chung D, Lim U. Differential blood DNA methylation loci between Native Hawaiian and White women are associated with dietary patterns and metabolic biomarkers. Scientific Reports. 2025, PMID: 41315584 PMCID: PMC12680776

  • Khan A†, Richardson C†, McElroy JP, Singh A, Weng DY, Reisinger SA, Wewers MD, Shields PG, Song MA. Associations of Volatile Organic Compounds with Accelerated Epigenetic Aging in the Lungs of Smokers and Electronic Cigarette Users. Science of the Total Environment. 2025, PMID: 40449353

  • McElroy JP†, Song MA†, Barr JR, Gardner MS, Kinnebrew G, Kuklenyik Z, Kusovschi JD, Rees JC, Blount BC, Tsai M, Wewers MD, Kamel S, Reisinger SA, Singh A, Weng DY, Shields PG. Lung Lipids Associated with Smoking and ECIG Use In a Cross-Sectional Study and Clinical Trial. Respiratory Research. 2025, PMID: 40394619 PMCID: PMC12093903

  • Patel D, McElroy JP, Weng DY, Sahar K, Reisinger SA, Freudenheim JL, Wewers MD, Shields PG, Song MA. Sex-related DNA methylation is associated with inflammation and gene expression in the lungs of healthy individuals. Scientific Reports. 2024, PMID: 38902313 PMCID: PMC11190195

  • Song MA†, Mori KM†, McElroy JP, Freudenheim JL, Weng DY, Reisinger SA, Brasky TM, Wewers MD, Shields PG. Accelerated epigenetic age, inflammation, and gene expression in lung: comparisons of smokers and vapers with non-smokers. Clinical Epigenetics. 2023, PMID: 37821974 PMCID: PMC10568901

  • Song MA, Kim JY, Gorr MW, Miller RA, Karpurapu M, Nguyen J, Patel D, Archer KJ, Pabla N, Shields PG, Wold LE, Christman JW, Chung S. Sex-specific lung inflammation and mitochondrial damage in a model of electronic cigarette exposure in asthma. American Journal of Physiology Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 2023, PMID: 37697923 PMCID: PMC11068405

  • Singh A, Kinnebrew G, Hsu PC, Weng DY, Song MA, Reisinger SA, McElroy JP, Keller-Hamilton B, Ferketich AK, Freudenheim JL, Shields PG. Untargeted Metabolomics and Body Mass in Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Analysis. Metabolites. 2023, PMID: 37623843 PMCID: PMC10456720. Note: This paper was selected by the editors as the cover of the issue (Volume 13, Issue 8, August 2023)

  • Shields PG†, Ying YL†, Brasky TM, Freudenheim JL, Li Z, McElroy JP, Reisinger SA, Song MA, Weng DY, Wewers MD, Whiteman NB, Yang Y, Mathé EA. A Pilot Cross-Sectional Study of Immunological and Microbiome Profiling Reveals Distinct Inflammatory Profiles for Smokers, Electronic Cigarette Users, and Never-Smokers. Microorganisms. 2023, 11(6):1405, PMID: 37374908 PMCID: PMC10303504

  • Mori KM, McElroy JP, Weng DY, Chung S, Fadda P, Reisinger SA, Ying KL, Brasky TM, Wewers MD, Freudenheim JL, Shields PG, Song MA. Lung mitochondrial DNA copy number, inflammatory biomarkers, gene transcription and gene methylation in vapers and smokers. eBioMedicine. 2022,85:104301 PMID: 36215783

  • Ying YL, Brasky TM, Freudenheim JL, McElroy JP, Nickerson QA, Song MA, Weng DY, Wewers MD, Whiteman NB, Mathé EA, Shields PG. Saliva and Lung Microbiome Associations with Electronic Cigarette Use and Smoking. Cancer Prevention Research. 2022,15(7):435-446. PMID: 35667088 PMCID: PMC9256774. Note; Highlighted to support tobacco cessation on World Lung Cancer Day by the AACR journal editors (Aug/2022)

  • Song MA†, Seffernick AE†, Archer KJ, Mori KM, Park SY, Chang L, Ernst T, Tiirikainen M, Peplowska K, Wilkens LR, Le Marchand L, Lim U. Race/ethnicity-associated blood DNA methylation differences between Japanese and European American women: an exploratory study. Clinical Epigenetics, 2021, 13:188. PMID: 34635168 PMCID: PMC8507376

  • Shields PG†, Song MA†, Freudenheim JL, Brasky TM, McElroy JP, Reisinger SA, Weng DY, Ren R, Eissenberg T, Wewers MD, Shilo K. Lipid Laden Macrophages and Electronic Cigarettes in Healthy Adults, eBioMedicine, 2020, 60: 102892 PMID: 32919101 PMCID: PMC7494450

  • Kim JY, Bai Y, Jayne LA, Abdulkader F, Gandhi M, Perreau T, Parikh SV, Gardner DS, Davidson AJ, Sander V, Song MA, Bajwa A, Pabla NS. SOX9 promotes stress-responsive transcription of VGF nerve growth factor inducible gene in renal tubular epithelial cells, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2020, 295(48): 16328-41. PMID: 32887795 PMCID: PMC7705303

  • Gavrilin MA, McAndrew CC, Prather ER, Tsai M, Spitzer CR, Song MA, Mitra S, Sarkar A, Shields PG, Diaz PT, Wewers MD. Inflammasome Adaptor ASC Is Highly Elevated in Lung Over Plasma and Relates to Inflammation and Lung Diffusion in the Absence of Speck Formation, Frontiers in Immunology. 2020, 11. PMID: 32265920 PMCID: PMC7096349

  • Blount BC†, Karwowski MP†, Shields PG, Morel-Espinosa M, Valentin-Blasini L, Gardner M, Braselton M, Brosius CR, Caron KT, Chambers D, Corstvet J, Cowan E, De Jesús VR, Espinosa P, Fernandez C, Holder C, Kuklenyik Z, Kusovschi JD, Newman C, Reis GB, Rees J, Reese C, Silva L, Seyler T, Song MA, Sosnoff C, Spitzer CR, Tevis D, Wang L, Watson C, Wewers MD, Xia B, Heitkemper DT, Ghinai I, Layden J, Briss P, King BA, Delaney LJ, Jones CM, Baldwin GT, Patel A, Meaney-Delman D, Rose D, Krishnasamy V, Barr JR, Thomas J, Pirkle JL; Lung Injury Response Laboratory Working Group. Vitamin E Acetate in Bronchoalveolar-Lavage Fluid Associated with EVALI. New England Journal of Medicine, 2020, 382(8): 697-705. PMID: 31860793 PMCID: PMC7032996. Note: Nominated for demonstrating excellence in science as a candidate for the Charles C. Shepard Science Award-Laboratory Science by The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 09-15-2020)

  • Song MA, Freudenheim JL, Brasky TM, Mathé EA, McElroy JP, Nickerson QA, Reisinger SA, Smiraglia DJ, Weng DY, Ying KL, Wewers MD, Shields PG. Biomarkers of Exposure and Effect in the Lungs of Smokers, Non-Smokers and Electronic Cigarette Users. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. 2020, 29(4): 443-451. PMID: 31848205 PMCID: PMC7064803. Note: One of the figures was featured on the cover of the journal. Highlighted to support tobacco cessation on World Lung Cancer Day by the AACR journal editors (Aug/2022)

  • Song MA, Reisinger SA, Freudenheim JL, Brasky TM, Mathé EA, McElroy JP, Nickerson QA, Weng DY, Wewers MD, Shields PG. Effects of Electronic Cigarette Constituents on the Human Lung: A Pilot Clinical Trial. Cancer Prevention Research. 2020, 13(2): 142-152. PMID: 31619441PMCID: PMC7007320. Note: Selected to be among the most highly cited articles, known as The Best of the American Association for Cancer Research Journals, in May 2021. Highlighted to support tobacco cessation on World Lung Cancer Day by the AACR journal editors (Aug/2022), https://aacrjournals.org/collection/2070/E-Cigarettes

  • Chung S, Kim JY, Song MA, Park GY, Lee YG, Karpurapu M, Englert JA, Ballinger MN, Pabla N, Chung HY, Christman JW. FoxO1 is a critical regulator of M2-like macrophages activation in allergic asthma. Allergy. 2019, 74(3): 535-548. PMID: 30288751 PMCID: PMC6393185

  • Song MA, Ernst T, Tiirikainen M, Tost J, Wilkens LR, Chang L, Kolonel LN, Le Marchand L, Lim U. Methylation of imprinted IGF2 regions is associated with total, visceral, and hepatic adiposity in postmenopausal women. Epigenetics. 2018, 13(8): 858-865. PMID: 30277114 PMCID: PMC6224210

  • Song MA, Brasky TM, Weng DY, McElroy JP, Marian C, Higgins MJ, Ambrosone C, Spear SL, Llanos AA, Kallakury BVS, Freudenheim JL, Shields PG. Landscape of genome-wide age-related DNA methylation in breast tissue. Oncotarget. 2017, 8(70): 114648-62. PMID: 29383109 PMCID: PMC5777721

  • Song MA, Kwee SA, Tiirikainen M, Hernandez BY, Okimoto G, Tsai NC, Wong LL, Yu H. Comparison of genome-scale DNA methylation profiles in hepatocellular carcinoma by viral status. Epigenetics. 2016, 11(6): 464-474. PMID: 27248055 PMCID: PMC4939927

  • Song MA, Brasky TM, Marian C, Weng DY, Taslim C, Llanos AA, Dumitrescu RG, Liu Z, Mason JB, Spear SL, Kallakury BV, Freudenheim JL, Shields PG. Genetic variation in one-carbon metabolism in relation to genome-wide DNA methylation in breast tissue from healthy women. Carcinogenesis. 2016, 37(5): 471-480. PMID: 26961134

  • Song MA, Marian C, Brasky TM, Reisinger S, Djordjevic M, Shields PG. Chemical and Toxicological Characteristics of Conventional and Low-TSNA Moist Snuff Tobacco Products. Toxicology Letters. 2016, 245, 68-77. PMID: 26802282 PMCID: PMC4910161

  • Song MA, Brasky TM, Marian C, Weng DY, Taslim C, Dumitrescu RG, Llanos AA, Freudenheim JL, Shields PG. Racial differences in genome-wide methylation profiling and gene expression in breast tissues from healthy women. Epigenetics. 2015, 10(12): 1177-87. PMID: 26680018 PMCID: PMC4844220

  • Ching T†, Ha J†, Song MA, Tiirikainen M, Molnar J, Berry MJ, Towner D, Garmire LX. Genome-scale hypomethylation in the cord blood DNAs associated with early-onset preeclampsia. Clinical Epigenetics. PMID: 25806090 PMCID: PMC4371797

  • Shvetsov YB, Song MA, Cai Q, Tiirikainen M, Xiang YB, Shu XO, Yu H. Intraindividual variation and short-term temporal trend in DNA methylation of human blood. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. 2015, 24(3):490-7. PMID: 25538225 PMCID: PMC4355238

  • Ching T, Song MA, Tiirikainen M, Molnar J, Berry M, Towner D, Garmire LX. Genome-wide hypermethylation coupled with promoter hypomethylation in the chorioamniotic membranes of early onset pre-eclampsia. Molecular Human Reproduction. 2014, 20(9): 885-904. PMID: 24944161, PMCID: PMC4131767

  • Ling H, Spizzo R, Atlasi Y, Nicoloso M, Shimizu M, Redis RS, Nishida N, Gafà R, Song J, Guo Z, Ivan C, Barbarotto E, De Vries I, Zhang X, Ferracin M, Churchman M, van Galen JF, Beverloo BH, Shariati M, Haderk F, Estecio MR, Garcia-Manero G, Patijn GA, Gotley DC, Bhardwaj V, Shureiqi I, Sen S, Multani AS, Welsh J, Yamamoto K, Taniguchi I, Song MA, Gallinger S, Casey G, Thibodeau SN, Le Marchand L, Tiirikainen M, Mani SA, Zhang W, Davuluri RV, Mimori K, Mori M, Sieuwerts AM, Martens JW, Tomlinson I, Negrini M, Berindan-Neagoe I, Foekens JA, Hamilton SR, Lanza G, Kopetz S, Fodde R, Calin GA. CCAT2, a novel non-coding RNA mapping to 8q24, underlies metastatic progression and chromosomal instability in colon cancer. Genome Research. 2013, 23(9): 1446-61. PMID: 23796952 PMCID: PMC3759721

  • Song MA, Tiirikainen M, Kwee S, Okimoto G, Yu H, Wong LL. Elucidating the Landscape of Aberrant DNA Methylation in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. PLoS One. 2013, 8(2): e55761. PMID: 23437062 PMCID: PMC3577824

  • Kwee S, Song MA, Cheng I, Loo L, Tiirikainen M. Measurement of Circulating Cell-free DNA in Relation to 18F-fluorocholine PET/CT Imaging in Chemotherapy-Treated Advanced Prostate Cancer. Clinical and Translational Science. 2012, 5(1): 65-70. MID: 22376260 PMCID: PMC3500883

  • Song MA, Park JH, Jeong KS, Park DS, Kang MS, Lee S. Quantification of CpG methylation at the 5’-region of XIST by pyrosequencing from human serum. Electrophoresis. 2007, 28(14): 2379-84. PMID: 17578842

 

Review Articles (Peer-reviewed)

  • Gillespie J, Pietrzak M, Song MA, Chung DJ. A Meta-Review of Spatial Transcriptomics Analysis Software. Cells (Impact factor: 5.1, Q1), 2025, PMID: 40710313 PMCID: PMC12293887

  • Wright EE, Tewolde E, El-Hellani A, Song MA. Tobacco use behaviors in response to menthol restriction: A scoping review. Tobacco Induced Diseases. 2025, Feb 28:23. PMID: 40026696 PMCID: PMC11869210

  • Ghazi S, Song MA, El-Hellani A. A scoping review of the toxicity and health impact of IQOS. Tobacco Induced Diseases. 2024, PMID: 38832049 PMCID: PMC11145630

  • Juarez PD, Hood DB, Song MA, Ramesh A. Use of an exposome approach to understand the effects of exposures from the natural, built, and social environments on cardio-vascular disease onset, progression, and outcomes. Frontiers in Public Health. 2020, PMID: 32903514 PMCID: PMC7437454

  • Shields PG, Berman M. Brasky TM, Freudenheim JL, Mathe E, McElroy JP, Song MA, Wewers MD. A Review of Pulmonary Toxicity of Electronic Cigarettes in the Context of Smoking: A Focus On Inflammation. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. 2017, 26(8): 1175-91. PMID: 28642230 PMCID: PMC5614602

  • Song MA, Benowitz NL, Berman M, Brasky TM, Cummings KM, Hatsukami DK, Marian C, O'Connor R, Rees VW, Woroszylo C, Shields PG. Cigarette filter ventilation and its relationship to increasing rates of lung adenocarcinoma. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 2017, 109(12): djx075. PMID: 28525914

 

Brief Communications/Reports, Editorials

  • Song MA, Wold LE, Aslaner DM, Archer KJ, Patel D, Jeon H, Chung D, Shields PG, Christman JW, Chung S. Long-term impact of daily E-cigarette exposure on the lungs of asthmatic mice. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 2023, doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntad100. PMID: 37349133 (Peer-Reviewed Brief Reports)

  • Tsai M, Song MA, McAndrew C, Brasky TM, Freudenheim JL, Mathe E, McElroy J, Reisinger SA, Shields PG, Wewers MD. Electronic vs. Combustible Cigarette Effects on Inflammasome Component Release into Human Lung, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2019, 199(7). PMID: 30608866 (Peer-Reviewed Brief Communications)

  • Shields PG, Song MA, Freudenheim JL, Brasky TM, Mathe E, McElroy JP, Hummon AB, Wewers MD. Electronic Cigarettes and the Lung Proteome. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2018, 198(10). PMID: 30153045 (Editorial-Reviewed)

 

Book  Chapters

  • Juarez PD, Hood DB, Song MA, Ramesh A. Applying an Exposome-Wide Association Study (ExWAS) Approach to Latino Cancer Disparities. In: Ramirez AG, Trapido EJ (Eds.). Advancing the Science of Cancer in Latinos: Building Collaboration for Action. Springer Nature, Cham, Switzerland. doi: 1007/978-3-031-14436-3_2, 2022, PMID: 37816105

  • Freudenheim JL, Shields PG, Song MA, Smiraglia, D. DNA Methylation and Smoking: Implications for Understanding Effects of Electronic Cigarettes. Current Epidemiology Reports (pp. 148-161). Springer International Publishing. 2019, doi: 10.1007/s40471-019-00191-8

  • Lim U, Song, MA. DNA Methylation as a Biomarker of Aging in Epidemiologic Studies. In Dumitrescu, R.; Verma, M. (Eds.), Methods in Molecular Biology (pp. 219-231). Humana Press, 2018, Totowa, NJ, United States. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8751-1_12, PMID: 30178254

  • Lim U, Song, MA. Dietary and Lifestyle Factors of DNA Methylation. In Dumitrescu, R.; Verma, M. (Eds.), Cancer Epigenetics. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 863. Humana Press, 2012, Totowa, NJ, United States. doi: 10.1007/978-1-61779-612-8_23

 

Conference Proceedings

  • Reader BF, Rosas L, Knopf BA, Liu Y, Alzate-Correa D, Bhat A, Carey A, Cuervo AM, Dayal S, Demarco RS, Elliehausen CJ, Englund DA, Hamilton HL, Johnston M, Kang P, Konopka AR, Lepola N, Presley CJ, Schafer MJ, Serrano J, Singer BD, Song MA, Stanford KI, Taylor J, Wei W, Yeh CY, Zhang L, Zhang L, Anderson RM, Bai H, Robbins PD, Lamming DW, Mihaylova MM, Rojas M, Mora AL. The Fifth Annual Symposium of the Midwest Aging Consortium. The Journals of Gerontology. 2025. PMID: 39704343 PMCID: PMC11772560

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