2012
Interstitial Lung Disease in the Connective Tissue Diseases
Antin-Ozerkis D, Rubinowitz A, Evans J, Homer RJ, Matthay RA. Interstitial Lung Disease in the Connective Tissue Diseases. Clinics In Chest Medicine 2012, 33: 123-149. PMID: 22365251, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2012.01.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConnective tissue diseaseInterstitial lung diseaseLung diseaseTissue diseaseIdiopathic interstitial lung diseaseFulminant respiratory failureCTD-ILDRespiratory failureImmunosuppressive agentsHealthy patientsDrug reactionsFirst manifestationGradual onsetDiseaseCareful searchSubtle evidenceDyspneaCorticosteroidsCoughPatientsInfectionDiagnosis
2010
Circulating monocytes from systemic sclerosis patients with interstitial lung disease show an enhanced profibrotic phenotype
Mathai SK, Gulati M, Peng X, Russell TR, Shaw AC, Rubinowitz AN, Murray LA, Siner JM, Antin-Ozerkis DE, Montgomery RR, Reilkoff RA, Bucala RJ, Herzog EL. Circulating monocytes from systemic sclerosis patients with interstitial lung disease show an enhanced profibrotic phenotype. Laboratory Investigation 2010, 90: 812-823. PMID: 20404807, PMCID: PMC3682419, DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.2010.73.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInterstitial lung diseaseSSc-ILD patientsSSc-ILDIL-10Normal controlsProfibrotic cellsSystemic sclerosisLung diseaseCollagen-producing cellsMCP-1Profibrotic phenotypeSSc-related interstitial lung diseaseFlow cytometryPeripheral blood profilesSSc-ILD cohortsIL-10 secretionSystemic sclerosis patientsExpression of CD163Blood of patientsHealthy aged controlsCultured CD14Profibrotic characteristicsProfibrotic mediatorsTNF levelsSclerosis patients
2009
Of Lungs, Lipids, and Lollipops
Mathai SK, Rubinowitz AN, Homer RJ, Detterbeck F, Herzog EL. Of Lungs, Lipids, and Lollipops. CHEST Journal 2009, 136: 1420-1423. PMID: 19892683, DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-2133.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical Notes
2008
A 34-Year-Old Man Presenting With Gradual Onset of Shortness of Breath and Interstitial Lung Disease
Rubinowitz AN, Moon M, Homer R. A 34-Year-Old Man Presenting With Gradual Onset of Shortness of Breath and Interstitial Lung Disease. CHEST Journal 2008, 133: 1041-1047. PMID: 18398129, DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-2235.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdultBiopsyDisease ProgressionDyspneaHumansLungLung Diseases, InterstitialMaleRespiratory Function TestsTomography, X-Ray Computed