Lael Yonker, M.D.

Chief, Division of Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine

Associate Professor & Division Chief

Endowed Title: Pogue Distinguished Chair in Pediatric Pulmonology Medicine
Schools: Medical School
Departments: Pediatrics

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Publications

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Viral spike antigen clearance and augmented recovery in children with post-COVID multisystem inflammatory syndrome treated with larazotide.: Yonker LM, Kane AS, Swank Z, Papadakis L, Kenyon V, Han S, Lima R, Guthrie LB, Alvarez-Carcamo B, Lahoud-Rahme M, Balaguru D, Carroll RW, Lok J, El Saleeby C, Walt DR, Fasano A, Sci Transl Med 2025 Jul 17 809 eadu4284
Vanzacaftor-tezacaftor-deutivacaftor versus elexacaftor-tezacaftor-ivacaftor in individuals with cystic fibrosis aged 12 years and older (SKYLINE Trials VX20-121-102 and VX20-121-103): results from two randomised, active-controlled, phase 3 trials.: Keating C, Yonker LM, Vermeulen F, Prais D, Linnemann RW, Trimble A, Kotsimbos T, Mermis J, Braun AT, O'Carroll M, Sutharsan S, Ramsey B, Mall MA, Taylor-Cousar JL, McKone EF, Tullis E, Floreth T, Michelson P, Sosnay PR, Nair N, Zahigian R, Martin H, Ahluwalia N, Lam A, Horsley A, Lancet Respir Med 2025 Mar 13 3 256-271
SARS-CoV-2 reservoir in post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC).: Proal AD, VanElzakker MB, Aleman S, Bach K, Boribong BP, Buggert M, Cherry S, Chertow DS, Davies HE, Dupont CL, Deeks SG, Eimer W, Ely EW, Fasano A, Freire M, Geng LN, Griffin DE, Henrich TJ, Iwasaki A, Izquierdo-Garcia D, Locci M, Mehandru S, Painter MM, Peluso MJ, Pretorius E, Price DA, Putrino D, Scheuermann RH, Tan GS, Tanzi RE, VanBrocklin HF, Yonker LM, Wherry EJ, Nat Immunol 2023 Oct 24 10 1616-1627
Circulating Spike Protein Detected in Post-COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Myocarditis.: Yonker LM, Swank Z, Bartsch YC, Burns MD, Kane A, Boribong BP, Davis JP, Loiselle M, Novak T, Senussi Y, Cheng CA, Burgess E, Edlow AG, Chou J, Dionne A, Balaguru D, Lahoud-Rahme M, Arditi M, Julg B, Randolph AG, Alter G, Fasano A, Walt DR, Circulation 2023 Mar 147 11 867-876
Neutrophil profiles of pediatric COVID-19 and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children.: Boribong BP, LaSalle TJ, Bartsch YC, Ellett F, Loiselle ME, Davis JP, Gonye ALK, Sykes DB, Hajizadeh S, Kreuzer J, Pillai S, Haas W, Edlow AG, Fasano A, Alter G, Irimia D, Sade-Feldman M, Yonker LM, Cell Rep Med 2022 Dec 3 12 100848
Durability of Anti-Spike Antibodies in Infants After Maternal COVID-19 Vaccination or Natural Infection.: Shook LL, Atyeo CG, Yonker LM, Fasano A, Gray KJ, Alter G, Edlow AG, JAMA 2022 Mar 327 11 1087-1089
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children is driven by zonulin-dependent loss of gut mucosal barrier.: Yonker LM, Gilboa T, Ogata AF, Senussi Y, Lazarovits R, Boribong BP, Bartsch YC, Loiselle M, Rivas MN, Porritt RA, Lima R, Davis JP, Farkas EJ, Burns MD, Young N, Mahajan VS, Hajizadeh S, Lopez XIH, Kreuzer J, Morris R, Martinez EE, Han I, Griswold K, Barry NC, Thompson DB, Church G, Edlow AG, Haas W, Pillai S, Arditi M, Alter G, Walt DR, Fasano A, J Clin Invest 2021 Jul 131 14
Pediatric Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2): Clinical Presentation, Infectivity, and Immune Responses.: Yonker LM, Neilan AM, Bartsch Y, Patel AB, Regan J, Arya P, Gootkind E, Park G, Hardcastle M, St John A, Appleman L, Chiu ML, Fialkowski A, De la Flor D, Lima R, Bordt EA, Yockey LJ, D'Avino P, Fischinger S, Shui JE, Lerou PH, Bonventre JV, Yu XG, Ryan ET, Bassett IV, Irimia D, Edlow AG, Alter G, Li JZ, Fasano A, J Pediatr 2020 Dec 227 45-52.e5
Recognizing genetic disease: A key aspect of pediatric pulmonary care.: Yonker LM, Hawley MH, Moschovis PP, Lu M, Kinane TB, Pediatr Pulmonol 2020 Jul 55 7 1794-1809