Kofi Mensah, MD, PhD

• Abhijeet Danve
• Anjela Galan
• Cristina Brunet
• Erica Herzog
• Gilbert Moeckel
• Isabel Bazan
• Jonathan Leventhal
• Keith Choate
• Lenore Buckley
• Terence Trow

Bone Diseases; Immune System Diseases

• Pulmonary arterial hypertension in the setting of scleroderma is different than in the setting of lupus: A review.Bazan IS, Mensah KA, Rudkovskaia AA, Adonteng-Boateng PK, Herzog EL, Buckley L, Fares WH. Pulmonary arterial hypertension in the setting of scleroderma is different than in the setting of lupus: A review. Respiratory Medicine 2018, 134: 42-46. PMID: 29413506, DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2017.11.020.
• Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis in a Young Adult With Down Syndrome: Therapeutic Challenges and Clues to Immunopathogenesis.Mensah KA, Malek Pascha V, Moeckel G, Danve A. Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis in a Young Adult With Down Syndrome: Therapeutic Challenges and Clues to Immunopathogenesis. Journal Of Clinical Rheumatology : Practical Reports On Rheumatic & Musculoskeletal Diseases 2018, 24: 153-156. PMID: 29200025, DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0000000000000633.
• Cyanosis of the foot.Shi VJ, Leventhal JS, Mensah KA, Galan A, Choate KA. Cyanosis of the foot. Cutis 2017, 100: 206;209;210. PMID: 29136053.
• Lupus-Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Variable Course and Importance of Prompt Recognition.Mensah KA, Yadav R, Trow TK, Brunet CM, Fares WH. Lupus-Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Variable Course and Importance of Prompt Recognition. Case Reports In Medicine 2015, 2015: 328435. PMID: 26229536, PMCID: PMC4503546, DOI: 10.1155/2015/328435.
• Chapter 2. Diagnosis and Imaging of Insufficiency FracturesMensah KA and Schneider R. Insufficiency Fractures. Eds. Lane JM and Saleh A. Rosemont, IL: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2014.
• Chapter 6. Basic Science of Immunology in OrthopaedicsMensah KA and O’Keefe RJ. Orthopaedic Basic Science: Foundations of Clinical Practice, Fourth Edition. Eds. O'Keefe RJ, Jacobs JJ, Chu CR, and Einhorn TA. Rosemont, IL: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2013.
• Atypical femoral fractures: what do we know about them?: AAOS Exhibit Selection.Unnanuntana A, Saleh A, Mensah KA, Kleimeyer JP, Lane JM. Atypical femoral fractures: what do we know about them?: AAOS Exhibit Selection. The Journal Of Bone And Joint Surgery. American Volume 2013, 95: e8 1-13. PMID: 23324969, DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.L.00568.
• Regulation of human osteoclast development by dendritic cell-specific transmembrane protein (DC-STAMP).Chiu YH, Mensah KA, Schwarz EM, Ju Y, Takahata M, Feng C, McMahon LA, Hicks DG, Panepento B, Keng PC, Ritchlin CT. Regulation of human osteoclast development by dendritic cell-specific transmembrane protein (DC-STAMP). Journal Of Bone And Mineral Research : The Official Journal Of The American Society For Bone And Mineral Research 2012, 27: 79-92. PMID: 21987375, PMCID: PMC3304467, DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.531.
• Mediation of nonerosive arthritis in a mouse model of lupus by interferon-alpha-stimulated monocyte differentiation that is nonpermissive of osteoclastogenesis.Mensah KA, Mathian A, Ma L, Xing L, Ritchlin CT, Schwarz EM. Mediation of nonerosive arthritis in a mouse model of lupus by interferon-alpha-stimulated monocyte differentiation that is nonpermissive of osteoclastogenesis. Arthritis And Rheumatism 2010, 62: 1127-37. PMID: 20131244, PMCID: PMC2854832, DOI: 10.1002/art.27312.
• RANKL induces heterogeneous DC-STAMP(lo) and DC-STAMP(hi) osteoclast precursors of which the DC-STAMP(lo) precursors are the master fusogens.Mensah KA, Ritchlin CT, Schwarz EM. RANKL induces heterogeneous DC-STAMP(lo) and DC-STAMP(hi) osteoclast precursors of which the DC-STAMP(lo) precursors are the master fusogens. Journal Of Cellular Physiology 2010, 223: 76-83. PMID: 20039274, PMCID: PMC2814997, DOI: 10.1002/jcp.22012.
• CD16 (FcRgammaIII) as a potential marker of osteoclast precursors in psoriatic arthritis.Chiu YG, Shao T, Feng C, Mensah KA, Thullen M, Schwarz EM, Ritchlin CT. CD16 (FcRgammaIII) as a potential marker of osteoclast precursors in psoriatic arthritis. Arthritis Research & Therapy 2010, 12: R14. PMID: 20102624, PMCID: PMC2875642, DOI: 10.1186/ar2915.
• The emerging field of osteoimmunology.Mensah KA, Li J, Schwarz EM. The emerging field of osteoimmunology. Immunologic Research 2009, 45: 100-13. PMID: 19184540, PMCID: PMC2934875, DOI: 10.1007/s12026-009-8093-x.
• Altered bone remodeling in psoriatic arthritis.Mensah KA, Schwarz EM, Ritchlin CT. Altered bone remodeling in psoriatic arthritis. Current Rheumatology Reports 2008, 10: 311-7. PMID: 18662512, PMCID: PMC2656567, DOI: 10.1007/s11926-008-0050-5.