2016
Respiratory Viral Infections in Chronic Lung Diseases
Britto CJ, Brady V, Lee S, Dela Cruz CS. Respiratory Viral Infections in Chronic Lung Diseases. Clinics In Chest Medicine 2016, 38: 87-96. PMID: 28159164, PMCID: PMC5679206, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2016.11.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic lung diseaseChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseInterstitial lung diseaseLung diseaseLung infectionViral infectionCystic fibrosisRespiratory viral infectionsObstructive pulmonary diseaseDifferent lung diseasesDisease exacerbationPulmonary diseaseDisease pathogenesisInfectionDiseaseAsthmaExacerbationPatientsFibrosisPathogenesisProgression
2015
Bactericidal/Permeability-Increasing Protein Fold–Containing Family Member A1 in Airway Host Protection and Respiratory Disease
Britto CJ, Cohn L. Bactericidal/Permeability-Increasing Protein Fold–Containing Family Member A1 in Airway Host Protection and Respiratory Disease. American Journal Of Respiratory Cell And Molecular Biology 2015, 52: 525-534. PMID: 25265466, PMCID: PMC4491141, DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2014-0297rt.BooksConceptsPulmonary diseaseHost protectionChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseObstructive pulmonary diseaseIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisMember A1Immune cell functionMultiple lung diseasesBactericidal/permeability-increasing proteinRespiratory malignanciesPulmonary pathogenesisPulmonary fibrosisPermeability-increasing proteinRespiratory secretionsLung diseaseUpper airwayRespiratory tractRespiratory diseaseProximal tracheaImmunomodulatory propertiesBPIFA1Cystic fibrosisDiseasePotential drug targetsEnvironmental exposures