Browsing Pulmonary , Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine by Author "Huizar, Isham"
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Carbon Nanotube-Induced Pulmonary Granulomatous Disease: 1 and Alveolar Macrophage M1 Activation
Barna, Barbara P.; Huizar, Isham; Malur, Anagha; McPeek, Matthew; Marshall, Irene; Jacob, Mark; Dobbs, Larry; Kavuru, Mani S.; Thomassen, Mary Jane (2013-12)Sarcoidosis, a chronic granulomatous disease of unknown cause, has been linked to several environmental risk factors, among which are some that may favor carbon nanotube formation. Using gene array data, we initially ... -
Rituximab therapy in pulmonary alveolar proteinosis improves alveolar macrophage lipid homeostasis
Malur, Anagha; Kavuru, Mani S.; Marshall, Irene; Barna, Barbara P.; Huizar, Isham; Karnekar, Reema; Thomassen, Mary Jane (2012)Rationale Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis (PAP) patients exhibit an acquired deficiency of biologically active granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) attributable to GM-CSF specific autoantibodies. PAP ...