The pulmonary vasculitidesStephen K Frankel
National Jewish Health, Denver, CO 80206, USA
Clin Chest Med 31:519-36. 2010
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Update in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosisStephen K Frankel
Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA
Curr Opin Pulm Med 15:463-9. 2009
..This review aims to highlight and place in context recent advances in and insights into the natural history, diagnosis, and management of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)...
A detailed evaluation of acute respiratory decline in patients with fibrotic lung disease: aetiology and outcomesTristan J Huie
University of Colorado Denver, Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA
Respirology 15:909-17. 2010
..A comprehensive diagnostic evaluation is recommended for all patients with fibrotic lung disease and acute respiratory decompensation. However, the effect on clinical outcomes of this evaluation remains unknown...
Anti-synthetase syndrome in ANA and anti-Jo-1 negative patients presenting with idiopathic interstitial pneumoniaAryeh Fischer
National Jewish Health, Interstitial and Autoimmune Lung Disease Program, Denver, CO 80206, United States
Respir Med 103:1719-24. 2009
..To describe the clinical features of patients presenting with "idiopathic" interstitial pneumonia that were diagnosed with anti-synthetase syndrome based on clinical features and positive anti-PL-7 or PL-12 antibodies...
Increased cell surface Fas expression is necessary and sufficient to sensitize lung fibroblasts to Fas ligation-induced apoptosis: implications for fibroblast accumulation in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosisMurry W Wynes
Program in Cell Biology, Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO 80206, USA
J Immunol 187:527-37. 2011
..Our findings also suggest that approaches aimed at increasing Fas expression by lung fibroblasts and myofibroblasts may be therapeutically relevant in IPF...
Acute exacerbations of fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis: a case seriesAmy L Olson
Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 East Ninth Ave, C272, Denver, CO 80262, USA
Chest 134:844-50. 2008
..While best described in patients with IPF, they have also been reported in patients with other forms of interstitial lung disease. We sought to determine if this same phenomenon occurs in patients with hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP)...
Compartmentalized expression of c-FLIP in lung tissues of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosisSeung Ick Cha
Program in Cell Biology, Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO 80206, USA
Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 42:140-8. 2010
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Heart rate recovery after 6-min walk test predicts survival in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosisJeffrey J Swigris
Interstitial Lung Disease Program and Autoimmune Lung Center, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO 80206, USA
Chest 136:841-8. 2009
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Challenges in pulmonary fibrosis. 3: Cystic lung diseaseGregory P Cosgrove
National Jewish Medical and Research Center, 1400 Jackson Street, F107, Denver, Colorado 80206, USA
Thorax 62:820-29. 2007
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Eosinophilic lung diseasesEvans R Fernandez Perez
Interstitial Lung Disease Program, Autoimmune Lung Center, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO 80206, USA
Med Clin North Am 95:1163-87. 2011
..This review focuses on the clinical features, general diagnostic workup, and management of the eosinophilic lung diseases...
A rare presentation of ischemic pseudomembranous colitis due to Escherichia coli O157:H7Jessica B Kendrick
Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA
Clin Infect Dis 45:217-9. 2007
..Herein, we report a sporadic case of ischemic E. coli Ol57:H7 pseudomembranous colitis in an adult that occurred during a national outbreak of E. coli Ol57:H7 in the United States...
Pericardial abnormalities predict the presence of echocardiographically defined pulmonary arterial hypertension in systemic sclerosis-related interstitial lung diseaseAryeh Fischer
Division of Rheumatology, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, 1400 Jackson St, Denver, CO 80206
Chest 131:988-92. 2007
..To determine the prevalence and significance of pericardial abnormalities in systemic sclerosis (SSc)-related interstitial lung disease (ILD)...