2019
Peripheral blood proteomic profiling of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis biomarkers in the multicentre IPF-PRO Registry
Todd JL, Neely ML, Overton R, Durham K, Gulati M, Huang H, Roman J, Newby LK, Flaherty KR, Vinisko R, Liu Y, Roy J, Schmid R, Strobel B, Hesslinger C, Leonard TB, Noth I, Belperio JA, Palmer SM. Peripheral blood proteomic profiling of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis biomarkers in the multicentre IPF-PRO Registry. Respiratory Research 2019, 20: 227. PMID: 31640794, PMCID: PMC6805665, DOI: 10.1186/s12931-019-1190-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisease severity measuresIPF-PRO RegistryProtein expressionLung diseaseC motif chemokine ligand 17Disease severitySeverity measuresBackgroundIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisProgressive lung diseaseChemokine ligand 17Differential protein expressionVon Willebrand factorPulmonary fibrosisImmune activationPermeability-increasing proteinFibrosis biomarkersMultivariable modelHaemostatic responseLigand 17Control statusGlycoprotein thrombospondin-1IPFBiomarker candidatesThrombospondin-1Protein CPlasma mitochondrial DNA is associated with extrapulmonary sarcoidosis
Ryu C, Brandsdorfer C, Adams T, Hu B, Kelleher DW, Yaggi M, Manning EP, Walia A, Reeves B, Pan H, Winkler J, Minasyan M, Dela Cruz CS, Kaminski N, Gulati M, Herzog EL. Plasma mitochondrial DNA is associated with extrapulmonary sarcoidosis. European Respiratory Journal 2019, 54: 1801762. PMID: 31273041, PMCID: PMC8088542, DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01762-2018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExtrapulmonary diseaseMitochondrial DNAExtracellular mtDNABAL fluidAlpha-1 antitrypsin deficiencyPlasma mitochondrial DNAPlasma of patientsAfrican AmericansExtrapulmonary sarcoidosisSarcoidosis cohortSarcoidosis subjectsScadding stageAfrican American descentClinical featuresClinical findingsGranulomatous diseaseHealthy controlsAntitrypsin deficiencyGenomic researchHigher oddsSarcoidosisAggressive phenotypeMechanistic basisDiseaseTherapeutic insights
2016
Validation of the prognostic value of MMP‐7 in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Tzouvelekis A, Herazo‐Maya J, Slade M, Chu J, Deiuliis G, Ryu C, Li Q, Sakamoto K, Ibarra G, Pan H, Gulati M, Antin‐Ozerkis D, Herzog EL, Kaminski N. Validation of the prognostic value of MMP‐7 in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Respirology 2016, 22: 486-493. PMID: 27761978, PMCID: PMC5352520, DOI: 10.1111/resp.12920.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransplant-free survivalIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisMMP-7 concentrationsMatrix metalloproteinase-7IPF patientsCause mortalityPulmonary fibrosisHealthy controlsMultivariate Cox proportional hazards modelCox proportional hazards modelPulmonary function parametersVariable clinical courseBaseline pulmonary function parametersProportional hazards modelIPF biomarkersProgressive diseaseClinical coursePoor prognosisPrognostic valueVital capacityIndependent biomarkerLung capacityPrognostic thresholdPlasma concentrationsMortality risk
2015
Chitinase 3–like–1 and its receptors in Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome–associated lung disease
Zhou Y, He CH, Herzog EL, Peng X, Lee CM, Nguyen TH, Gulati M, Gochuico BR, Gahl WA, Slade ML, Lee CG, Elias JA. Chitinase 3–like–1 and its receptors in Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome–associated lung disease. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2015, 125: 3178-3192. PMID: 26121745, PMCID: PMC4563747, DOI: 10.1172/jci79792.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdipokinesAdultAnimalsApoptosisBiomarkersChitinase-3-Like Protein 1Disease Models, AnimalFemaleGlycoproteinsHermanski-Pudlak SyndromeHumansInterleukin-13 Receptor alpha2 SubunitLectinsMaleMiceMice, KnockoutPulmonary FibrosisReceptors, ImmunologicReceptors, ProstaglandinRespiratory MucosaConceptsHermansky-Pudlak syndromePulmonary fibrosisChitinase 3Pulmonary fibrosis progressionFibroproliferative repairCHI3L1 levelsFibrosis progressionLung diseaseHPS-4HPS patientsIL-13Rα2Effector functionsReceptor CRTH2Epithelial apoptosisFibrosisProtective roleDisease severityPotential biomarkersCHI3L1Major causeHPS-1Abnormal localizationPatientsCell deathSeverity