2020
Does inflammation help during COVID-19?
Sharma L, Chang D, Dela Cruz CS. Does inflammation help during COVID-19? ERJ Open Research 2020, 6: 00557-2020. PMID: 33083436, PMCID: PMC7553107, DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00557-2020.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Measurement of Chitinase Activity in Biological Samples.
Amick AK, Liu Q, Gautam S, Chupp G, Dela Cruz CS, Sharma L. Measurement of Chitinase Activity in Biological Samples. Journal Of Visualized Experiments 2019 PMID: 31498326, DOI: 10.3791/60159.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisease severityType 2 inflammatory diseasesPulmonary fibrosisAllergic diseasesInflammatory diseasesHost immunityReliable biomarkersTherapeutic effectivenessGaucher diseaseHost defenseSerum samplesDiseaseChitinase-like proteinsGenetic disordersHuman subjectsPrecise roleImportant biomarkerBiomarkersSeverityImportant roleChitinase levelsAsthmaPatientsFibrosisMice