2019
BAL Cell Gene Expression Is Indicative of Outcome and Airway Basal Cell Involvement in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Prasse A, Binder H, Schupp JC, Kayser G, Bargagli E, Jaeger B, Hess M, Rittinghausen S, Vuga L, Lynn H, Violette S, Jung B, Quast K, Vanaudenaerde B, Xu Y, Hohlfeld JM, Krug N, Herazo-Maya JD, Rottoli P, Wuyts WA, Kaminski N. BAL Cell Gene Expression Is Indicative of Outcome and Airway Basal Cell Involvement in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2019, 199: 622-630. PMID: 30141961, PMCID: PMC6396865, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201712-2551oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisAirway basal cellsChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseObstructive pulmonary diseasePulmonary diseaseBAL cellsBasal cellsPulmonary fibrosisControl subjectsCell gene expressionIndependent IPF cohortsNine-gene signatureIPF cohortDerivation cohortClinical parametersRetrospective studyUnivariate analysisUnpredictable courseCell involvementDiscovery cohortGene expressionHealthy volunteersCox modelStage IIIFatal disease
2013
Association Between the MUC5B Promoter Polymorphism and Survival in Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Peljto AL, Zhang Y, Fingerlin TE, Ma SF, Garcia JG, Richards TJ, Silveira LJ, Lindell KO, Steele MP, Loyd JE, Gibson KF, Seibold MA, Brown KK, Talbert JL, Markin C, Kossen K, Seiwert SD, Murphy E, Noth I, Schwarz MI, Kaminski N, Schwartz DA. Association Between the MUC5B Promoter Polymorphism and Survival in Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. JAMA 2013, 309: 2232-2239. PMID: 23695349, PMCID: PMC4545271, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.5827.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisChicago cohortPulmonary fibrosisImproved survivalPromoter polymorphismInterstitial lung disease clinicMUC5B Promoter PolymorphismPrimary end pointNumber of patientsTT genotype groupCommon risk polymorphismsChicago patientsIPF mortalityMedian followCause mortalityCumulative incidenceMechanisms of diseaseDisease clinicRetrospective studyVital capacityClinical trialsBlood concentrationsClinical covariatesMAIN OUTCOMETreatment status