2001
Airway Inflammation and Remodeling in Asthma
ZHU Z, LEE C, ZHENG T, CHUPP G, WANG J, HOMER R, NOBLE P, HAMID Q, ELIAS J. Airway Inflammation and Remodeling in Asthma. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2001, 164: s67-s70. PMID: 11734470, DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.164.supplement_2.2106070.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAirway fibrosisAsthmatic airwaysIL-11IL-13Asthma-like inflammationExaggerated cytokine productionImportance of airwayMucin gene expressionHyaluronic acid accumulationAirway healingAsthmatic tissuesSevere airwayAirway inflammationAirway remodelingAsthmatic subjectsSubepithelial fibrosisAsthma phenotypesCytokine productionMurine airwaysMucous metaplasiaAirwayTransgenic miceNatural historyInterleukin-11Fibrosis
2000
Morphometry Explains Variation in Airway Responsiveness in Transgenic Mice Overexpressing Interleukin-6 and Interleukin-11 in the Lung
Kuhn C, Homer R, Zhu Z, Ward N, Elias J. Morphometry Explains Variation in Airway Responsiveness in Transgenic Mice Overexpressing Interleukin-6 and Interleukin-11 in the Lung. CHEST Journal 2000, 117: 260s-262s. PMID: 10843940, DOI: 10.1016/s0012-3692(15)51023-4.Peer-Reviewed Original Research