2020
A Network of Sputum MicroRNAs is Associated with Neutrophilic Airway Inflammation in Asthma
Gomez JL, Chen A, Diaz MP, Zirn N, Gupta A, Britto C, Sauler M, Yan X, Stewart E, Santerian K, Grant N, Liu Q, Fry R, Rager J, Cohn L, Alexis N, Chupp GL. A Network of Sputum MicroRNAs is Associated with Neutrophilic Airway Inflammation in Asthma. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2020, 0: 51-64. PMID: 32255668, PMCID: PMC7328332, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201912-2360oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndoplasmic reticulum stressAirway inflammationNeutrophil countClinical featuresT-helper cell type 17Neutrophilic airway inflammationReticulum stressSputum of subjectsLung function impairmentHistory of hospitalizationNumber of neutrophilsPeripheral blood neutrophilsSputum of patientsMicroRNA expressionAsthma severityTh17 pathwayFunction impairmentAirway samplesMicroRNA networkBlood neutrophilsOzone exposureAsthmaSputumCellular sourceClinical phenotype
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