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
2020
Summary and Future Applications of Precision Medicine in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
Gomez J, Kaminski N, Himes B. Summary and Future Applications of Precision Medicine in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. Respiratory Medicine 2020, 417-428. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-31507-8_28.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCritical careSleep medicinePrecision medicine strategiesNovel biomarker candidatesDisease endotypesClinical studiesDisease pathogenesisHealthcare providersNovel interventionsBiomarker candidatesMedicine strategiesPrecision medicineDrug targetsCareMolecular underpinningsWidespread implementationMedicineEndotypesPulmonaryPathogenesisCohortInitial discoveryBiomarkers
2014
Pneumocystis jirovecii colonization is associated with enhanced Th1 inflammatory gene expression in lungs of humans with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Fitzpatrick ME, Tedrow JR, Hillenbrand ME, Lucht L, Richards T, Norris KA, Zhang Y, Sciurba FC, Kaminski N, Morris A. Pneumocystis jirovecii colonization is associated with enhanced Th1 inflammatory gene expression in lungs of humans with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Microbiology And Immunology 2014, 58: 202-211. PMID: 24438206, PMCID: PMC4106795, DOI: 10.1111/1348-0421.12135.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseObstructive pulmonary diseaseLung Tissue Research ConsortiumPneumocystis colonizationPulmonary diseaseCOPD pathogenesisLung gene expression profilesChemokine ligands CXCL9Cognate receptor CXCR3Finding of upregulationLungs of humansInflammatory gene expressionLung tissue samplesPotential key pathwaysGene expression profilesPneumocystis jirovecii colonizationReceptor CXCR3Ligands CXCL9Lymphocyte traffickingT lymphocytesInflammatory genesPneumocystis jiroveciiDisease pathogenesisExpression profilesLigand expression
2004
The mechanisms of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: can we see the elephant?
Gibson K, Kaminski N. The mechanisms of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: can we see the elephant? Drug Discovery Today Disease Mechanisms 2004, 1: 117-122. DOI: 10.1016/j.ddmec.2004.08.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisPulmonary fibrosisNew therapeutic interventionsTherapeutic interventionsPathogenesis of IPFEarly-stage diseaseChronic respiratory illnessColorado Health Sciences CenterPotential new therapiesNew vessel formationNovel disease mechanismsHealth Sciences CenterMatrix metalloprotease activationStage diseaseRespiratory illnessEffective therapyLung tissueNew therapiesAnimal modelsDisease pathogenesisFibrosisPathogenesisMetalloprotease activationDisease mechanismsVessel formationBlood transcriptional signatures of multiple sclerosis: Unique gene expression of disease activity
Achiron A, Gurevich M, Friedman N, Kaminski N, Mandel M. Blood transcriptional signatures of multiple sclerosis: Unique gene expression of disease activity. Annals Of Neurology 2004, 55: 410-417. PMID: 14991819, DOI: 10.1002/ana.20008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsMultiple sclerosisMS patientsTranscriptional signatureCentral nervous system diseaseBlood transcriptional signaturesBlood mononuclear cellsNervous system diseasesT cell activationAcute relapseDisease activityImmunomodulatory treatmentMS pathogenesisActive demyelinationMononuclear cellsUnpredictable courseImmune surveillanceCellular recruitmentSystem diseasesTherapeutic strategiesDisease processDisease pathogenesisUnique gene expressionSclerosisPatients