Yang, Haopu
Hensley, Matthew K.
Nguyen, Vi D.-B.
Al-Yousif, Nameer S.
Britton, Noel
Haidar, Ghady
Yang, Libing
Shah, Faraaz
Bain, William
Wang, Xiaohong
Qin, Shulin
Ahmed, Asim A.
Blauwkamp, Tim
Bercovici, Sivan
Kaufman, Brett A.
Redding, Kevin M.
Fitch, Adam
Methé, Barbara
Benos, Panayiotis V.
McVerry, Bryan J.
Morris, Alison
Kitsios, Georgios D. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1018-948X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Karius Inc
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL176668)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (P01 HL 114453)
American Lung Association
Article History
Received: 17 September 2025
Accepted: 20 January 2026
First Online: 3 February 2026
Declarations
:
: The study was approved by the University of Pittsburgh Institutional Review Board (protocol STUDY19050099).
: Written informed consent for participation in the study was obtained from all participants or their surrogates in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki . This manuscript does not include any sensitive information from any participants.
: GDK received research funding from Karius, Inc. AAA, TB, SB were/are employed by Karius, Inc. Outside of the submitted work, GDK received research funding from Pfizer, Inc., and Genentech, Inc., and received consulting fees from InflaRx, Inc., and serves on the advisory board of KeepBio, Inc. BJM received funding from Genentech, Inc. AM received research funding from Pfizer, Inc. All other authors declare no competing interest.