2021
Elevated IL-15 concentrations in the sarcoidosis lung are independent of granuloma burden and disease phenotypes
Minasyan M, Sharma L, Pivarnik T, Liu W, Adams T, Bermejo S, Peng X, Liu A, Ishikawa G, Perry C, Kaminski N, Gulati M, Herzog EL, Dela Cruz CS, Ryu C. Elevated IL-15 concentrations in the sarcoidosis lung are independent of granuloma burden and disease phenotypes. American Journal Of Physiology - Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology 2021, 320: l1137-l1146. PMID: 33851886, PMCID: PMC8285626, DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00575.2020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIL-15 concentrationsIL-15Bronchoalveolar lavageDisease pathogenesisSarcoidosis lungClinical manifestationsLineages of miceIL-15 receptor αHuman cohortsInflammation of sarcoidosisIL-15 levelsOngoing inflammatory processSystemic granulomatous diseaseNumber of granulomasDisease phenotypeSarcoidosis cohortTDM administrationGranuloma numberComorbid conditionsClinical progressionInterleukin-15Granulomatous diseaseInflammatory processGranuloma formationHealthy controls
2008
Diaphragmatic paralysis: a clinical imitator of cardiorespiratory diseases.
Ben-Dov I, Kaminski N, Reichert N, Rosenman J, Shulimzon T. Diaphragmatic paralysis: a clinical imitator of cardiorespiratory diseases. Israel Medical Association Journal 2008, 10: 579-83. PMID: 18847154.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiaphragmatic paralysisLung diseaseCardiorespiratory diseaseChronic obstructive lung diseaseBilateral diaphragmatic weaknessHeart-lung diseaseUpper airway obstructionLife-threatening hypoxemiaUnilateral diaphragmatic paralysisObstructive lung diseaseParenchymal lung diseaseDiaphragmatic weaknessAirway obstructionNocturnal sweatingHeart failureLung functionClinical manifestationsNocturnal wheezingSupine positionStrenuous exerciseFit menClinical imitatorPatientsDiseaseParalysis