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
2017
The microbiome of the lung and its extracellular vesicles in nonsmokers, healthy smokers and COPD patients
Kim HJ, Kim YS, Kim KH, Choi JP, Kim YK, Yun S, Sharma L, Dela Cruz CS, Lee JS, Oh YM, Lee SD, Lee SW. The microbiome of the lung and its extracellular vesicles in nonsmokers, healthy smokers and COPD patients. Experimental & Molecular Medicine 2017, 49: e316-e316. PMID: 28408748, PMCID: PMC5420800, DOI: 10.1038/emm.2017.7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseCOPD groupLung tissueClinical characteristicsHealthy smokersNormal spirometryPresence of COPDExtracellular vesiclesHealthy smoker groupParticipants' clinical characteristicsSurgical lung tissueObstructive pulmonary diseaseChronic inflammatory diseaseSame mean ageRibosomal RNA gene sequencingRNA gene sequencingCOPD patientsSmoker groupImmune dysfunctionPulmonary diseaseSmoking statusMean ageNanometer-sized extracellular vesiclesLung microbiomeInflammatory diseases