Rationale and Design of the Genomic Research in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency and Sarcoidosis (GRADS) Study. Sarcoidosis Protocol
Moller DR, Koth LL, Maier LA, Morris A, Drake W, Rossman M, Leader JK, Collman RG, Hamzeh N, Sweiss NJ, Zhang Y, O’Neal S, Senior RM, Becich M, Hochheiser HS, Kaminski N, Wisniewski SR, Gibson KF, Group* F. Rationale and Design of the Genomic Research in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency and Sarcoidosis (GRADS) Study. Sarcoidosis Protocol. Annals Of The American Thoracic Society 2015, 12: 1561-1571. PMID: 26193069, PMCID: PMC4627423, DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.201503-172ot.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlpha-1 antitrypsin deficiencyClinical courseLung microbiomeAntitrypsin deficiencyClinical heterogeneityPathobiology of sarcoidosisTremendous clinical heterogeneityObservational cohort studyPulmonary function testsSystemic inflammatory responsePeripheral blood changesDiagnosis of sarcoidosisSelf-administered questionnaireCohort studyBaseline visitBronchoalveolar lavageFunction testsGranulomatous inflammationSystemic diseaseSarcoidosis phenotypesUrine testingClinical bronchoscopyInflammatory responseSarcoidosis StudyPrognostic biomarker