2013
Cytokine Response Signatures in Disease Progression and Development of Severe Clinical Outcomes for Leptospirosis
Reis EA, Hagan JE, Ribeiro GS, Teixeira-Carvalho A, Martins-Filho OA, Montgomery RR, Shaw AC, Ko AI, Reis MG. Cytokine Response Signatures in Disease Progression and Development of Severe Clinical Outcomes for Leptospirosis. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2013, 7: e2457. PMID: 24069500, PMCID: PMC3777885, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002457.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere pulmonary hemorrhage syndromeIL-10IL-6Mild diseaseClinical outcomesIL-8Disease progressionSevere diseaseSerum cytokine responseDays of symptomsHospital-based surveillanceAnti-inflammatory cytokinesIL-6 levelsCase-control study designPulmonary hemorrhage syndromeSevere clinical outcomesMultiplex bead array assayNon-fatal casesLife-threatening outcomesBead array assayImmunopathogenic roleCytokine profileCytokine stormIL-17ANonfatal outcomes
2012
Semaphorin 7a+ Regulatory T Cells Are Associated with Progressive Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Are Implicated in Transforming Growth Factor-β1–induced Pulmonary Fibrosis
Reilkoff RA, Peng H, Murray LA, Peng X, Russell T, Montgomery R, Feghali-Bostwick C, Shaw A, Homer RJ, Gulati M, Mathur A, Elias JA, Herzog EL. Semaphorin 7a+ Regulatory T Cells Are Associated with Progressive Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Are Implicated in Transforming Growth Factor-β1–induced Pulmonary Fibrosis. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2012, 187: 180-188. PMID: 23220917, PMCID: PMC3570653, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201206-1109oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisRegulatory T cellsProgressive idiopathic pulmonary fibrosisSEMA 7ATGF-β1Pulmonary fibrosisLung fibrosisT cellsMurine lungIL-10Bone marrow-derived cellsAdoptive transfer approachT-cell mediatorsMarrow-derived cellsTransforming Growth Factor-β1Murine lung fibrosisGrowth factor-β1Lung CD4Adoptive transferIL-17AIL-4Disease progressionSemaphorin 7ACD4Mouse model