Nicholas Gregory Jendzjowsky

Title(s)Assistant Professor-in-Residence, Medicine
SchoolMedicine
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    University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta CanadaPh.D.07/2013Vascular Physiology
    University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta CanadaMS.c.09/2007Cardiovascular Physiology
    University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta CanadaBS.c.05/2005Kinesiology
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    University of Calgary2020David Proud Award for Research Excellence

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    Dr. Jendzjowsky’s laboratory is part of a collaborative effort investigating how the sensory neurons form a part of the immune landscape to sense pathogenic infiltration and influence the immune system to mitigate disease. His multidisciplinary research program incorporates immunology, neuroscience and respiratory physiology, investigating bacterial infection (pneumonia) and allergic (asthma) diseases in the lung.
    The lung is tasked to be the organ where oxygen is taken into the body and bloodstream. However, this unique ability renders this organ susceptible to pathogenic infiltration and allergic disease. The focus on pulmonary bacterial pathogenic infiltration is of the utmost importance, given the increasing strains of multi-drug resistant bacteria. In the same vein, asthma is ever-increasing in children causing a severe impact on the quality of life.
    The Jendzjowsky Laboratory takes an innovative approach to investigate neural reflexes and how they form a first line of defence alongside the immune system to mitigate harmful pathogens and allergens to improve health outcomes.

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    Unravelling lung interoception and its functional consequence in the developing ovine lung
    NIH/NCCIH R01AT011691Sep 1, 2022 - Aug 30, 2027
    Role: Co-Investigator
    Description: This project will gather crucial foundational information to advance our understanding of pulmonary diseases that originate during fetal and newborn life.
    Investigating neural mechanisms of asthma induced by perinatal E-cigarette smoke exposure
    UCOP TRDRP T32KT478Jul 1, 2022 - Jun 30, 2025
    Role: Primary Investigator
    Description: The major goals of this project is to investigate how e-cigarette sensitize neural clusters to stimulate airway hypersensitivity and induce lifelong asthma when exposed during fetal development.
    Investigating neural origins of hypertension by perinatal nicotine exposure
    UCOP TRDRP T32IP4707Jul 1, 2022 - Jun 30, 2024
    Role: Primary Investigator
    Description: The major goals of this project is to investigate development of cardiovascular disease, specifically hypertension, induced by fetal and childhood exposure to nicotine.
    Unraveling transcriptomic and functional changes to immune sensing neuronal ganglia in response to allergy and bacteria
    NIH/NIAID R21AI159221May 1, 2022 - Apr 30, 2024
    Role: Primary Investigator
    Description: The major goals of this project are to discern phenotypic and physiologic differences to neuronal ganglia posed by systemic allergy and bacteria.
    UL1TR001881
    NIH/NCATS UL1TR001881Sep 1, 2021 - Jul 1, 2022
    Role: Co-Investigator
    Description: This project explores the hypothesis that complementary neuroendocrine-neuron clusters become sensitized with allergic asthma and exacerbate asthmatic inflammation and reflex mediated bronchoconstriction.
    A novel neuronal mechanism of asthmatic bronchoconstriction
    Francis Family Foundation Jul 1, 2019 - Jun 30, 2022
    Role: Primary Investigator
    Description: This is a fellowship award for investigators in pulmonary research. The proposed project is to determine a novel neuronal mechanism of airway hyperresponsiveness.

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    1. Epigenetic Upregulation of Carotid Body Angiotensin Signaling Increases Blood Pressure. Hypertension. 2024 Dec 05. Zhu F, Wang Z, Davis K, McSwiggin H, Zyuzin J, Liu J, Yan W, Rehan VK, Jendzjowsky N. PMID: 39633580.
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    2. Sensory neurons regulate stimulus-dependent humoral immunity in mouse models of bacterial infection and asthma. Nat Commun. 2024 Oct 16; 15(1):8914. Aguilar D, Zhu F, Millet A, Millet N, Germano P, Pisegna J, Akbari O, Doherty TA, Swidergall M, Jendzjowsky N. PMID: 39414787; PMCID: PMC11484968.
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    3. Epigenetic upregulation of carotid body angiotensin signaling increases blood pressure. bioRxiv. 2024 Sep 25. Zhu F, Wang Z, Davis K, McSwiggin H, Zyuzin J, Liu J, Yan W, Rehan VK, Jendzjowsky N. PMID: 38798667; PMCID: PMC11118542.
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    4. Non-canonical IL-22 receptor signaling remodels the mucosal barrier during fungal immunosurveillance. bioRxiv. 2024 Sep 13. Millet N, Sekar J, Solis NV, Millet A, Aggor FEY, Wildeman A, Lionakis MS, Gaffen SL, Jendzjowsky N, Filler SG, Swidergall M. PMID: 39314368; PMCID: PMC11419061.
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    5. Sensory neurons regulate stimulus-dependent humoral immunity. bioRxiv. 2024 Aug 13. Aguilar D, Zhu F, Millet A, Millet N, Germano P, Pisegna J, Akbari O, Doherty TA, Swidergall M, Jendzjowsky N. PMID: 38260709; PMCID: PMC10802321.
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    6. Hemorrhage at high altitude: impact of sustained hypobaric hypoxia on cerebral blood flow, tissue oxygenation, and tolerance to simulated hemorrhage in humans. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2024 Aug; 124(8):2365-2378. Rosenberg AJ, Anderson GK, McKeefer HJ, Bird J, Pentz B, Byman BRM, Jendzjowsky N, Wilson RJ, Day TA, Rickards CA. PMID: 38489034; PMCID: PMC11321930.
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    7. Sex-related Differences in Loop Gain during High-Altitude Sleep-disordered Breathing. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2023 08; 20(8):1192-1200. Bird JD, Sands SA, Alex RM, Shing CLH, Shafer BM, Jendzjowsky NG, Wilson RJA, Day TA, Foster GE. PMID: 37000675; PMCID: PMC10405604.
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    8. Pathogen recognition by sensory neurons: hypotheses on the specificity of sensory neuron signaling. Front Immunol. 2023; 14:1184000. Millet A, Jendzjowsky N. PMID: 37207232; PMCID: PMC10189129.
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    9. Editorial: Mitochondrial sensitivity of sensory neurons controlling breathing. Front Physiol. 2022; 13:1068341. Jendzjowsky N, Coney AM. PMID: 36388093; PMCID: PMC9650655.
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    10. IL-23 signaling prevents ferroptosis-driven renal immunopathology during candidiasis. Nat Commun. 2022 09 22; 13(1):5545. Millet N, Solis NV, Aguilar D, Lionakis MS, Wheeler RT, Jendzjowsky N, Swidergall M. PMID: 36138043; PMCID: PMC9500047.
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    11. Functional optical coherence tomography at altitude: retinal microvascular perfusion and retinal thickness at 3,800 meters. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2022 09 01; 133(3):534-545. Baker J, Safarzadeh MA, Incognito AV, Jendzjowsky NG, Foster GE, Bird JD, Raj SR, Day TA, Rickards CA, Zubieta-DeUrioste N, Alim U, Wilson RJA. PMID: 35771223; PMCID: PMC9744644.
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    12. Neuroanatomical and neurophysiological evidence of pulmonary nociceptor and carotid chemoreceptor convergence in the nucleus tractus solitarius and nucleus ambiguus. J Neurophysiol. 2022 06 01; 127(6):1511-1518. Zyuzin J, Jendzjowsky N. PMID: 35443145; PMCID: PMC9142158.
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    13. Long-term modulation of airway remodelling in severe asthma following bronchial thermoplasty. Eur Respir J. 2022 01; 59(1). Jendzjowsky N, Laing A, Malig M, Matyas J, de Heuvel E, Dumonceaux C, Dumoulin E, Tremblay A, Leigh R, Chee A, Kelly MM. PMID: 34049950.
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    14. Duration at high altitude influences the onset of arrhythmogenesis during apnea. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2022 Feb; 122(2):475-487. Berthelsen LF, van Diepen S, Steele AR, Vanden Berg ER, Bird J, Thrall S, Skalk A, Byman B, Pentz B, Wilson RJA, Jendzjowsky NG, Day TA, Steinback CD. PMID: 34800158.
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    15. Interleukin-4 Programmed Macrophages Suppress Colitis and Do Not Enhance Infectious-Colitis, Inflammation-Associated Colon Cancer or Airway Hypersensitivity. Front Immunol. 2021; 12:744738. Callejas BE, Blyth GAD, Jendzjowsky N, Wang A, Babbar A, Koro K, Wilson RJA, Kelly MM, Cobo ER, McKay DM. PMID: 34691050; PMCID: PMC8527087.
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    16. Identifying a Heart Rate Recovery Criterion After a 6-Minute Walk Test in COPD. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2021; 16:2545-2560. Zhao D, Abbasi A, Casaburi R, Adami A, Tiller NB, Yuan W, Yee C, Jendzjowsky NG, MacDonald DM, Kunisaki KM, Stringer WW, Porszasz J, Make BJ, Bowler RP, Rossiter HB, COPDGene Investigators. PMID: 34511898; PMCID: PMC8427685.
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    17. Asthmatic allergen inhalation sensitises carotid bodies to lysophosphatidic acid. J Neuroinflammation. 2021 Aug 31; 18(1):191. Jendzjowsky NG, Roy A, Wilson RJA. PMID: 34465362; PMCID: PMC8408927.
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    18. Severity of central sleep apnea does not affect sleeping oxygen saturation during ascent to high altitude. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2021 11 01; 131(5):1432-1443. Bird JD, Kalker A, Rimke AN, Chan JS, Chan G, Saran G, Jendzjowsky NG, Wilson RJA, Brutsaert TD, Sherpa MT, Day TA. PMID: 34435507.
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    19. The effects of acute incremental hypocapnia on the magnitude of neurovascular coupling in healthy participants. Physiol Rep. 2021 08; 9(15):e14952. Bader TJ, Leacy JK, Keough JRG, Ciorogariu-Ivan AM, Donald JR, Marullo AL, O'Halloran KD, Jendzjowsky NG, Wilson RJA, Day TA. PMID: 34350726; PMCID: PMC8339533.
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    20. Peaks and valleys: oscillatory cerebral blood flow at high altitude protects cerebral tissue oxygenation. Physiol Meas. 2021 06 29; 42(6). Anderson GK, Rosenberg AJ, Barnes HJ, Bird J, Pentz B, Byman BRM, Jendzjowsky N, Wilson RJA, Day TA, Rickards CA. PMID: 34038879; PMCID: PMC11046575.
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    21. Time course and magnitude of ventilatory and renal acid-base acclimatization following rapid ascent to and residence at 3,800 m over nine days. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2021 06 01; 130(6):1705-1715. Bird JD, Leacy JK, Foster GE, Rickards CA, Wilson RJA, O'Halloran KD, Jendzjowsky NG, Pentz BA, Byman BRM, Thrall SF, Skalk AL, Hewitt SA, Steinback CD, Burns D, Ondrus P, Day TA. PMID: 33703943; PMCID: PMC11025293.
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    22. PKCε stimulation of TRPV1 orchestrates carotid body responses to asthmakines. J Physiol. 2021 02; 599(4):1335-1354. Jendzjowsky NG, Roy A, Iftinca M, Barioni NO, Kelly MM, Herrington BA, Visser F, Altier C, Wilson RJA. PMID: 33180962; PMCID: PMC7898719.
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    23. Intestinal fungi are causally implicated in microbiome assembly and immune development in mice. Nat Commun. 2020 05 22; 11(1):2577. van Tilburg Bernardes E, Pettersen VK, Gutierrez MW, Laforest-Lapointe I, Jendzjowsky NG, Cavin JB, Vicentini FA, Keenan CM, Ramay HR, Samara J, MacNaughton WK, Wilson RJA, Kelly MM, McCoy KD, Sharkey KA, Arrieta MC. PMID: 32444671; PMCID: PMC7244730.
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    24. The organization of the sympathetic nervous system: shining new light on historic views. J Physiol. 2019 11; 597(22):5327-5329. Incognito AV, Jendzjowsky NG. PMID: 31535387.
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    25. Functional-Optical Coherence Tomography: A Non-invasive Approach to Assess the Sympathetic Nervous System and Intrinsic Vascular Regulation. Front Physiol. 2019; 10:1146. Jendzjowsky NG, Steinback CD, Herman RJ, Tsai WH, Costello FE, Wilson RJA. PMID: 31572206; PMCID: PMC6751282.
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    26. The Role of Airway Myofibroblasts in Asthma. Chest. 2019 12; 156(6):1254-1267. Jendzjowsky NG, Kelly MM. PMID: 31472157.
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    27. Preventing acute asthmatic symptoms by targeting a neuronal mechanism involving carotid body lysophosphatidic acid receptors. Nat Commun. 2018 10 02; 9(1):4030. Jendzjowsky NG, Roy A, Barioni NO, Kelly MM, Green FHY, Wyatt CN, Pye RL, Tenorio-Lopes L, Wilson RJA. PMID: 30279412; PMCID: PMC6168495.
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    28. Hindlimb unweighting does not alter vasoconstrictor responsiveness and nitric oxide-mediated inhibition of sympathetic vasoconstriction. J Physiol. 2015 May 01; 593(9):2213-24. Just TP, Jendzjowsky NG, DeLorey DS. PMID: 25752721; PMCID: PMC4422573.
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    29. Acute tetrahydrobiopterin supplementation attenuates sympathetic vasoconstrictor responsiveness in resting and contracting skeletal muscle of healthy rats. Physiol Rep. 2014 Oct 01; 2(10). Jendzjowsky NG, Just TP, Jones KE, DeLorey DS. PMID: 25318748; PMCID: PMC4254091.
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    30. Exercise training augments neuronal nitric oxide synthase-mediated inhibition of sympathetic vasoconstriction in contracting skeletal muscle of rats. J Physiol. 2014 Nov 01; 592(21):4789-802. Jendzjowsky NG, Just TP, DeLorey DS. PMID: 25194041; PMCID: PMC4253477.
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    31. Short-term exercise training augments 2-adrenoreceptor-mediated sympathetic vasoconstriction in resting and contracting skeletal muscle. J Physiol. 2013 Oct 15; 591(20):5221-33. Jendzjowsky NG, DeLorey DS. PMID: 23940382; PMCID: PMC3810820.
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    32. Role of neuronal nitric oxide in the inhibition of sympathetic vasoconstriction in resting and contracting skeletal muscle of healthy rats. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2013 Jul 01; 115(1):97-106. Jendzjowsky NG, DeLorey DS. PMID: 23640592.
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    33. Acute superoxide scavenging reduces sympathetic vasoconstrictor responsiveness in short-term exercise-trained rats. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2013 Jun; 114(11):1511-8. Jendzjowsky NG, Delorey DS. PMID: 23558386.
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    34. Short-term exercise training enhances functional sympatholysis through a nitric oxide-dependent mechanism. J Physiol. 2013 Mar 15; 591(6):1535-49. Jendzjowsky NG, Delorey DS. PMID: 23297301; PMCID: PMC3607171.
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    35. Short-term exercise training augments sympathetic vasoconstrictor responsiveness and endothelium-dependent vasodilation in resting skeletal muscle. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2012 Aug 01; 303(3):R332-9. Jendzjowsky NG, DeLorey DS. PMID: 22696575.
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    36. A prospective evaluation of non-interval- and interval-based exercise training progressions in rodents. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2011 Oct; 36(5):723-9. Jendzjowsky NG, DeLorey DS. PMID: 21999294.
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    37. Using Telehealth technology to deliver pulmonary rehabilitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients. Can Respir J. 2011 Jul-Aug; 18(4):216-20. Stickland M, Jourdain T, Wong EY, Rodgers WM, Jendzjowsky NG, Macdonald GF. PMID: 22059179; PMCID: PMC3205102.
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    38. Pulmonary oxygen uptake and heart rate kinetics during the six-minute walk test in transplant recipients. Transplantation. 2008 Jan 15; 85(1):29-35. Tomczak CR, Warburton DE, Riess KJ, Jendzjowsky NG, Esch BT, Liang Y, Haennel RG, Haykowsky MJ. PMID: 18192908.
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    39. A prediction model for estimating pulmonary oxygen uptake during the 6-minute walk test in organ transplant recipients. Transplant Proc. 2007 Dec; 39(10):3313-6. Tomczak CR, Warburton DE, Riess KJ, Jendzjowsky NG, Liang Y, Bhambhani Y, Haennel RG, Haykowsky MJ. PMID: 18089378.
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    40. Impaired pulmonary oxygen uptake kinetics and reduced peak aerobic power during small muscle mass exercise in heart transplant recipients. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2007 Nov; 103(5):1722-7. Jendzjowsky NG, Tomczak CR, Lawrance R, Taylor DA, Tymchak WJ, Riess KJ, Warburton DE, Haykowsky MJ. PMID: 17717113.
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    41. Relation of etiology of heart failure (ischemic versus nonischemic) before transplantation to delayed pulmonary oxygen uptake kinetics after heart transplantation. Am J Cardiol. 2007 Jun 15; 99(12):1745-9. Tomczak CR, Jendzjowsky NG, Riess KJ, Tymchak W, Kim D, Haennel R, Haykowsky MJ. PMID: 17560887.
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