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Lung function in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis--extended analyses of the IFIGENIA trialJurgen Behr
Medizinische Klinik I, Klinikum Grosshadern der Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munchen, Germany
Respir Res 10:101. 2009..To better understand the clinical implications of these findings we performed additional, explorative analyses of the IFGENIA data set...
Gene expression profiling reveals novel TGFbeta targets in adult lung fibroblastsElisabetta A Renzoni
Interstitial Lung Disease Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Emmanuel Kaye Building, 1B Manresa Road, SW3 6LR, London, UK
Respir Res 5:24. 2004..Even though the effects of TGFbeta on the gene expression of several proteins have been investigated in several lung fibroblast cell lines, the global pattern of response to this cytokine in adult lung fibroblasts is still unknown...
Malignant myxoid endobronchial tumour: a report of two cases with a unique histological patternA G Nicholson
Department of Histopathology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Histopathology 35:313-8. 1999..To present two cases of malignant endobronchial myxoid tumours with a highly distinctive sarcomatoid pattern not previously described at this site, and discuss their histogenesis in relation to previously documented endobronchial neoplasms...
Inter-observer variation between pathologists in diffuse parenchymal lung diseaseA G Nicholson
Department of Histopathology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Thorax 59:500-5. 2004..There have been few inter-observer studies of diffuse parenchymal lung disease (DPLD), but the recent ATS/ERS consensus classification provides a basis for such a study...
An assessment of the expanded classification of congenital cystic adenomatoid malformations and their relationship to malignant transformationFergus Macsweeney
Department of Histopathology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Am J Surg Pathol 27:1139-46. 2003..However, stromal cellularity in a type 4 CCAM should raise the possibility of blastomatous transformation...
Unusual sclerosing haemangiomas and sclerosing haemangioma-like lesions, and the value of TTF-1 in making the diagnosisA G Nicholson
Department of Histopathology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Histopathology 41:404-13. 2002..This study presents and discusses the histogenesis of four cases where difficulties in diagnosis were encountered, and reports the value of the antibody TTF-1 in making the diagnosis...
Classification of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias: making sense of the alphabet soupA G Nicholson
Department of Histopathology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Histopathology 41:381-91. 2002....
The relationship between individual histologic features and disease progression in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosisAndrew G Nicholson
Department of Histopathology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 166:173-7. 2002..These data suggest a reproducible method on biopsy for predicting rate of disease progression in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis...
Histopathological approach to patterns of interstitial pneumonia in patient with connective tissue disordersAndrew G Nicholson
Department of Histopathology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis 19:10-7. 2002..Finally, the recently published prognostic data relating to these histological patterns in idiopathic disease should not be extrapolated to patients with connective tissue disorders...
Successful treatment of endogenous lipoid pneumonia due to Niemann-Pick Type B disease with whole-lung lavageAndrew G Nicholson
Department of Histopathology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 165:128-31. 2002..3 kPa from 8.4 kPa. Whole-lung lavage may be a potentially useful modality of treatment for patients with pulmonary involvement by Niemann-Pick Type B disease...
The prognostic significance of the histologic pattern of interstitial pneumonia in patients presenting with the clinical entity of cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitisA G Nicholson
Department of Histopathology, Interstitial Lung Disease Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 162:2213-7. 2000..However, in patients with clinically typical CFA, a histologic diagnosis of fibrotic NSIP needs to be interpreted with caution and does not necessarily denote a good outcome...
Cystic fibrohistiocytic tumours presenting in the lung: primary or metastatic disease?M Osborn
Department of Histopathology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Histopathology 43:556-62. 2003..This study presents four cases and reviews the literature concerning this pattern of disease and its aetiology...
Corticosteroid responsiveness and clinical characteristics in childhood difficult asthmaC J Bossley
Dept of Respiratory Paediatrics, Royal Brompton Hospital, London SW3 6NP, UK
Eur Respir J 34:1052-9. 2009..93, 95% CI 0.90-0.97). Only 11% of DA children exhibited complete corticosteroid responsiveness. The rarity of complete corticosteroid responsiveness suggests alternative therapies are needed for children with DA...
Investigation of young children with severe recurrent wheeze: any clinical benefit?S Saglani
Dept of Respiratory Paediatrics, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, UK
Eur Respir J 27:29-35. 2006..This hypothesis-generating work should form the basis of future interventional studies...
Marginal decline in forced vital capacity is associated with a poor outcome in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosisC J Zappala
Royal Brompton Hospital and National Heart and Lung Institute, London, UK
Eur Respir J 35:830-6. 2010..Marginal change in FVC in IPF denotes a poor outcome. These findings are applicable to clinical practice and to the selection of patients with more progressive disease for therapeutic studies...
Use of intravenous cyclophosphamide in known or suspected, advanced non-specific interstitial pneumoniaT J Corte
Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis 26:132-8. 2009..This study reviews the tolerability and efficacy of i.v. cyclophosphamide in known or suspected non-specific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) following the introduction of an i.v. cyclophosphamide protocol...
Elevated nocturnal desaturation index predicts mortality in interstitial lung diseaseT J Corte
Royal Brompton Hospital and National Heart and Lung Institute, London, UK
Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis 29:41-50. 2012..Nocturnal desaturation may contribute to long-term pulmonary vascular stress in interstitial lung disease (ILD). We study the prevalence, severity and prognostic utility of nocturnal desaturation across ILD...
Desquamative interstitial pneumonia, respiratory bronchiolitis and their relationship to smokingP J Craig
Department of Histopathology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Histopathology 45:275-82. 2004..Furthermore, they may evolve into a pattern resembling fibrotic NSIP. Therefore, whilst SR-ILD is appropriate in the correct clinical setting, the distinction between the histological patterns of RB and DIP remains appropriate...
CT and histopathological correlation of congenital cystic pulmonary lesions: a common pathogenesis?N Griffin
Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, London, UK
Clin Radiol 63:995-1005. 2008..To determine whether similarities exist in both the imaging and histopathological features of congenital cystic lung lesions and whether a more appropriate classification would be to adopt the theory of "malinosculation"...
Variations in histological patterns of interstitial pneumonia between connective tissue disorders and their relationship to prognosisD Tansey
Department of Histopathology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Histopathology 44:585-96. 2004..Mortality is similar to that seen in idiopathic NSIP and, coupled with pulmonary presentation occurring prior to the systemic manifestation of disease, this may have a bearing on the origin of some cases of putative idiopathic NSIP...
BAL findings in idiopathic nonspecific interstitial pneumonia and usual interstitial pneumoniaS Veeraraghavan
Interstitial Lung Disease Unit, Dept of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, London, UK
Eur Respir J 22:239-44. 2003....
Pulmonary fibrosis and lung cancer: risk and benefit analysis of pulmonary resectionP Kumar
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 125:1321-7. 2003..Resection of non-small cell lung cancer is appropriate in pulmonary fibrosis, provided that the level of functional impairment is carefully factored into patient selection...
Pulmonary involvement by Niemann-Pick disease. A report of six casesA G Nicholson
Department of Histopathology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Histopathology 48:596-603. 2006..The purpose of this study is to document the histological features seen in pulmonary involvement by types B and C Niemann-Pick disease and to correlate them with clinical and imaging data...
HRCT diagnosis of diffuse parenchymal lung disease: inter-observer variationZ A Aziz
Department of Radiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Thorax 59:506-11. 2004..However, cases diagnosed with low confidence, particularly where NSIP is considered as a differential diagnosis, may benefit from the expertise of a reference panel...
Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation presenting as in-flight systemic air embolisationE Belcher
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Eur Respir J 30:801-4. 2007..The patient later underwent elective excision of the pulmonary malformation. Since the overall mortality of in-flight cerebral air embolisation is high, patients with such asymptomatic cysts should be considered for elective surgery...
Lesson of the month: Necrotizing sarcoid granulomatosis with skin involvementC C Shirodaria
Host Defence Unit, Department of Histopathology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Histopathology 43:91-3. 2003
Leukotriene B4 release by human lung macrophages via receptor- not voltage-operated Ca2+ channelsT K Finney-Hayward
Department of Airways Disease, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
Eur Respir J 33:1105-12. 2009..These data suggest that platelet-activating factor-stimulated leukotriene B(4) release from human lung macrophages is mediated, in part, by Ca(2+) influx through receptor- but not voltage-operated Ca(2+) channels...
Extracellular thioredoxin levels are increased in patients with acute lung injuryM E Callister
Unit of Critical Care, National Heart and Lung Institute Division, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, UK
Thorax 61:521-7. 2006..Extracellular thioredoxin levels could provide a useful indication of inflammation in ALI...
Interstitial lung disease--the new synergy between radiology and pathologyM Quigley
Department of Radiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Histopathology 49:334-42. 2006..This latter process is now accepted as providing the highest levels of diagnostic accuracy in patients with DPLD and lung biopsy is primarily reserved for cases with atypical clinical or radiological presentations...
Inhibition of adherence of Mycobacterium avium complex and Mycobacterium tuberculosis to fibronectin on the respiratory mucosaA M Middleton
Royal Brompton Hospital, London SW3 6NP, UK
Respir Med 98:1203-6. 2004..01) and not at later timepoints. We conclude that M. avium complex and M. tuberculosis infection of the mucosa proceeds by different mechanisms, since M. tuberculosis infection is independent of fibronectin adherence...
Thoracic metastasectomy in thyroid malignanciesA D Protopapas
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, England
Ann Thorac Surg 72:1906-8. 2001..Further follow-up and more observations will be required for evaluating these preliminary findings...
Immunohistochemical markers in the differentiation of thymic and pulmonary neoplasmsS Pomplun
Department of Histopathology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Histopathology 40:152-8. 2002..Staining for CK7 and CD10 did not aid in differentiating between a pulmonary or thymic origin of the tumour. CONCLUSION: Staining for TTF-1, CD5 and CD1a have potential use in distinguishing between pulmonary and thymic neoplasms...
Inflammatory endobronchial polyps in childhood: clinical spectrum and possible link to mechanical ventilationD McShane
Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, London, UK
Pediatr Pulmonol 34:79-84. 2002..The small caliber of the main airways in neonates may also be a contributory factor in presentation...
Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinomas of the bronchusL G Fulford
Department of Histopathology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Am J Surg Pathol 25:1508-14. 2001..Nevertheless, the term epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma is preferred because of their malignant potential. A high mitotic rate, tumoral necrosis, and nuclear pleomorphism appear to be adverse prognostic factors...
Lung fibrosis: new classifications and therapyS Veeraraghavan
Department of Interstitial Lung Disease, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Curr Opin Rheumatol 13:500-4. 2001..Strong circumstantial evidence of a therapeutic benefit justifies the continued use of cyclophosphamide in progressive lung fibrosis in systemic sclerosis...
Inhibitory effect of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibitors on cytokine release from human macrophagesS J Smith
Airway Disease Section, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
Br J Pharmacol 149:393-404. 2006..These effects are not due to lack of p38 activation or p38alpha expression in macrophages but may reflect differential effects on the stability of cytokine mRNA...
Reproducibility of the WHO/IASLC grading system for pre-invasive squamous lesions of the bronchus: a study of inter-observer and intra-observer variationA G Nicholson
Department of Histopathology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Histopathology 38:202-8. 2001..The WHO/IASLC system is therefore recommended for future use in both clinical and research fields...
The value of 'mesothelium-associated' antibodies in distinguishing between metastatic renal cell carcinomas and mesotheliomasM Osborn
Department of Histopathology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Histopathology 41:301-7. 2002..In cases where doubt remains over distinguishing metastatic renal cell carcinoma from mesothelioma, data from such a panel should be viewed with caution and assessed in association with clinical, imaging and morphological features...
Capillary apposition and density in the diagnosis of alveolar capillary dysplasiaL Melly
Department of Histopathology, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK
Histopathology 53:450-7. 2008..The aim was to characterise further the histological features of patients suspected of having ACD and to correlate histopathological features with outcome...
The safety and quality of endobronchial biopsy in children under five years oldS Saglani
Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, London SW3, UK
Thorax 58:1053-7. 2003..The quality of biopsies obtained was usually sufficient to allow an assessment of remodelling and inflammation...
Adenocarcinoma arising in a retained esophageal remnantO Genc
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Ann Thorac Surg 72:2117-9. 2001..We present such a case in which there was also malignant transformation in the cyst wall, manifested by invasive adenocarcinoma and widespread high-grade glandular dysplasia...
Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease presenting with recurrent pulmonary oedema and the use of nitric oxide to predict response to sildenafilB C Creagh-Brown
Adult Intensive Care Unit corrected Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Thorax 63:933-4. 2008..Concern over the risk of precipitating pulmonary oedema led us to use inhaled nitric oxide to predict the safety and efficacy of sildenafil...
Computed tomography findings in fibrosing mediastinitisA Devaraj
Department of Radiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Clin Radiol 62:781-6. 2007..To describe the CT features of fibrosing mediastinitis...
Concurrent cysts of the mediastinum, pleura and neckW I Awad
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, UK
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 20:861-3. 2001..We know of no other report of concurrent multicystic lesions in the chest and neck and hypothesize that these cysts may have a common embryonic origin...
Interaction between mycobacteria and mucus on a human respiratory tissue organ culture model with an air interfaceA M Middleton
Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Exp Lung Res 30:17-29. 2004....
Variable tissue expression of transferrin receptors: relevance to acute respiratory distress syndromeR L Upton
Dept of Critical Care, Royal Brompton Hospital, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, London, UK
Eur Respir J 22:335-41. 2003..These findings have implications for the pathogenesis of acute respiratory distress syndrome, especially in relation to the role of iron as a mediator of oxidative stress...
Rupture of pulmonary aneurysms in association with long-standing Waterston shuntsD A Hull
Department of Histopathology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Cardiol Young 11:123-7. 2001..Rupture should, therefore, be recognized as a late complication of this procedure, and be considered in the long-term follow-up of such patients, especially when the shunted lung is hypertensive...
Progressive dyspnoea, pleural effusions and lytic bone lesionsA G Nicholson
Department of Histopathology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Thorax 63:492, 554. 2008
Expression of MUC5AC and MUC5B mucins in normal and cystic fibrosis lungD A Groneberg
Thoracic Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, London, UK
Respir Med 96:81-6. 2002..MUC5AC and MUC5B are expressed in the same histological pattern in CF compared to normal tissues with an increase of MUC5AC-positive cells due to goblet cell hyper- and metaplasia...
Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma in congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation of lungDouglas West
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Dalnair Street, Glasgow, UK
Ann Thorac Surg 83:687-9. 2007..This case demonstrates the indolent nature of malignancies seen in association with type 1 CCAMs and also that complete excision, probably by lobectomy, is the treatment of choice to avoid recurrence...
Airway eosinophilia in children with severe asthma: predictive values of noninvasive testsChristiane Lex
Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine at the Royal Brompton Hospital and National Heart and Lung Institute, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, UK
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 174:1286-91. 2006..4%. CONCLUSIONS: There was moderate agreement between both Fe(NO) and sputum eosinophils and BAL eosinophils. There was good NPV, but only poor PPV for these markers for mucosal eosinophilia...
Pulmonary capillaritis and its relationship to development of emphysema in hypocomplementaemic urticarial vasculitis syndromeDavid P J Hunt
Interstitial Lung Disease Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, Emmanuel Kaye Building, Manresa Rd, London, UK
Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis 23:70-2. 2006..We suggest that there is a role for ongoing immunosuppressive therapy in these patients...
Expression of renal cell carcinoma-associated markers erythropoietin, CD10, and renal cell carcinoma marker in diffuse malignant mesothelioma and metastatic renal cell carcinomaKelly J Butnor
Department of Pathology, University of Vermont Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, VT 05401, USA
Arch Pathol Lab Med 130:823-7. 2006..Standard panels of immunohistochemical markers are of limited benefit...
Challenges in pulmonary fibrosis . 4: smoking-induced diffuse interstitial lung diseasesAthol U Wells
Interstitial Lung Disease Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, Emmanuel Kaye Building, Manresa Road, London SW3 6LR, UK
Thorax 62:904-10. 2007..Possible relationships between smoking and other diffuse lung diseases are explored briefly...
Diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia: an under-recognised spectrum of diseaseSusan J Davies
Department of Histopathology, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, UK
Thorax 62:248-52. 2007..A review was undertaken of 19 patients diagnosed with diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia (DIPNECH) between 1992 and 2006...
Prognosis of fibrotic interstitial pneumonia: idiopathic versus collagen vascular disease-related subtypesJoo Hun Park
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, 388 1, Poongnap dong, Songpa Gu, Seoul, South Korea
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 175:705-11. 2007....
Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma and lung adenocarcinoma: the clinical importance and research relevance of the 2004 World Health Organization pathologic criteriaWilliam D Travis
Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
J Thorac Oncol 1:S13-9. 2006..Advances in the pathology and computed tomography (CT) of lung adenocarcinoma and bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (BAC) have demonstrated important new prognostic features that have led to changes in classification and diagnostic criteria...
Thyroid transcription factor 1 immunohistochemistry as an intraoperative diagnostic tool at frozen section for distinction between primary and secondary lung tumorsDavid N Butcher
Department of Histopathology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London SW3 6NP, United Kingdom
Arch Pathol Lab Med 131:582-7. 2007..Intraoperative distinction between primary and metastatic carcinomas in the lung at frozen section remains problematic...
Idiopathic nonspecific interstitial pneumonia: report of an American Thoracic Society projectWilliam D Travis
Attending Thoracic Pathologist, Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 177:1338-47. 2008..Concern was expressed that NSIP was a "wastebasket" category, difficult to distinguish from other idiopathic interstitial pneumonias...
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: outcome in relation to smoking statusKaterina M Antoniou
Interstitial Lung Disease Unit, c o Emmanuel Kaye Building, Manresa Road, London SW3 6LR, UK
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 177:190-4. 2008..However, better survival has been reported for current smokers with IPF, although this might reflect less severe disease at presentation (a "healthy smoker effect")...
Airway remodelling in children with cystic fibrosisTom N Hilliard
Department of Gene Therapy, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK
Thorax 62:1074-80. 2007..A study was undertaken to determine changes in airway remodelling in children with CF compared with appropriate disease and healthy controls...
Nonspecific interstitial pneumonia and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: changes in pattern and distribution of disease over timeC Isabela S Silva
Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, 3350 950 W 10th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada V5Z 4E3
Radiology 247:251-9. 2008....
High-dose acetylcysteine in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosisMaurits Demedts
University Hospital, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
N Engl J Med 353:2229-42. 2005..Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic progressive disorder with a poor prognosis...
The impact of stage and cell type on the prognosis of pulmonary neuroendocrine tumorsEric Lim
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 130:969-72. 2005..Conservative resection is feasible for typical carcinoids, but the effects of adjuvant chemotherapy need to be evaluated for the other subgroups...
Interstitial vascularity in fibrosing alveolitisElisabetta A Renzoni
Department of Pathology, Interstitial Lung Disease Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 167:438-43. 2003..006). In conclusion, there is net vascular ablation and redistribution of blood vessels in areas of interstitial thickening in both CFA and FASSc, which may contribute to gas exchange impairment...
Asbestosis and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: comparison of thin-section CT featuresSusan J Copley
Department of Radiology, Hammersmith Hospital, London, England
Radiology 229:731-6. 2003..01 to.001) with asbestosis than with UIP or NSIP. CONCLUSION: The thin-section CT pattern of asbestosis closely resembles that of biopsy-proved UIP and differs markedly from that of biopsy-proved NSIP...
CT features of lung disease in patients with systemic sclerosis: comparison with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and nonspecific interstitial pneumoniaSujal R Desai
Department of Radiology, King s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, England
Radiology 232:560-7. 2004....
Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma and large cell carcinomas with neuroendocrine morphology of the lung: prognosis after complete resection and systematic nodal dissectionJoseph Zacharias
Department of Thoracic Surgery and Histopathology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Ann Thorac Surg 75:348-52. 2003..Patients with more advanced disease have a poor prognosis...
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a composite physiologic index derived from disease extent observed by computed tomographyAthol U Wells
Department of Radiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, Interstitial Lung Disease Unit, Emmanuel Kaye Building, Manresa Road, Chelsea, London SW6 LR6, UK
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 167:962-9. 2003..002; PO2, p = 0.002). In conclusion, a new CPI, derived against CT and validated using split sample testing, is a more accurate prognostic determinant in usual interstitial pneumonia than an individual pulmonary function test...
TTF-1 expression is specific for lung primary in typical and atypical carcinoids: TTF-1-positive carcinoids are predominantly in peripheral locationEmma Z Du
Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA 92103-8720, USA
Hum Pathol 35:825-31. 2004..Prevalent TTF-1 positivity in TLs and peripheral carcinoids suggest that they may be histogenetically distinct from the central carcinoids, which are typically composed of TTF-1-negative, more rounded cells...
Lung heme oxygenase-1 is elevated in acute respiratory distress syndromeSharon Mumby
Unit of Critical Care, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London, UK
Crit Care Med 32:1130-5. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Heme oxygenase protein is elevated in the lungs of patients with ARDS and may contribute to the changes in iron mobilization, signaling, and regulation seen in this condition...
Terminal diffuse alveolar damage in relation to interstitial pneumonias. An autopsy studyAlexandra J Rice
Department of Histopathology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, England
Am J Clin Pathol 119:709-14. 2003..Acute exacerbations of IPF/CFA may be a more common terminal event than previously thought...
Fibrotic idiopathic interstitial pneumonia: the prognostic value of longitudinal functional trendsPanagiota I Latsi
Interstitial Lung Disease Unit, Emmanuel Kaye Building, Manresa Road, Chelsea, London SW6 LR6, UK
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 168:531-7. 2003..Their histologic distinction provides no additional prognostic information when pulmonary function trends are clear cut or when functional impairment is severe...
Prognostic implications of histologic patterns in multiple surgical lung biopsies from patients with idiopathic interstitial pneumoniasHannah Monaghan
Department of Pathology, Edinburgh University Medical School, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Chest 125:522-6. 2004..Multiple biopsies should be considered in all patients in order to improve the prognostic information provided by lung biopsy...
LIM domains-containing protein 1 (LIMD1), a tumor suppressor encoded at chromosome 3p21.3, binds pRB and represses E2F-driven transcriptionTyson V Sharp
Cancer Research UK, Viral Oncology Group, Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, Cruciform Building, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101:16531-6. 2004..Our data indicate that LIMD1 is a tumor-suppressor gene, the protein product of which functionally interacts with pRB and the loss of which promotes lung carcinogenesis...
Pulmonary manifestations of primary Sjogren's syndrome: a clinical, radiologic, and pathologic studyIsao Ito
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kyoto University Hospital, 54 Shogoin-Kawaharacho, Sakyo, Kyoto, Japan
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 171:632-8. 2005..5 +/- 16.6%pred) than patients without NSIP (92.5 +/- 18.6%pred; p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Among a diversity of pulmonary lesions in primary Sjogren's syndrome, NSIP was the commonest histologic pattern and had a favorable prognosis...
Gene expression signature for angiogenic and nonangiogenic non-small-cell lung cancerJiangting Hu
Cancer Research UK Tumour Pathology Group, Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington OX3 9DU, Oxford, UK
Oncogene 24:1212-9. 2005..We raise the hypothesis that in nonangiogenic tumours, hypoxia leads to a higher activation of the mitochondrial respiratory chain, which allows tumour growth without triggering angiogenesis...
Cystic lung lesions in the pediatric and adult population: surgical experience at the Brompton HospitalKonstantinos Papagiannopoulos
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Ann Thorac Surg 73:1594-8. 2002..Conservative anatomic resections should be attempted to salvage functional lung tissue. Careful histologic examination of the resection specimen is mandatory to identify occult malignancy...
Factor XII auto-antibodies present in a patient with a B-cell lymphomaSimon J Davidson
Department of Haematology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis 16:365-7. 2005..Factor XII was 9 U/dl and results were unaffected by increasing dilution, suggesting specific antibodies to factor XII. The factor XII antigen was 40 U/dl. The patient had immunoglobulin M auto-antibodies to factor XII...
Evolving concepts in the pathology and computed tomography imaging of lung adenocarcinoma and bronchioloalveolar carcinomaWilliam D Travis
Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave, New York, NY 10021, USA
J Clin Oncol 23:3279-87. 2005..To review recent advances in pathology and computed tomography (CT) of lung adenocarcinoma and bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (BAC)...
Induction of epithelial-mesenchymal transition in alveolar epithelial cells by transforming growth factor-beta1: potential role in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosisBrigham C Willis
Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, California, USA
Am J Pathol 166:1321-32. 2005..These results suggest that AECs undergo EMT when chronically exposed to TGF-beta1, raising the possibility that epithelial cells may serve as a novel source of myofibroblasts in IPF...
Histopathologic subsets of fibrosing alveolitis in patients with systemic sclerosis and their relationship to outcomeDemosthenes Bouros
Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 165:1581-6. 2002..005). We conclude that NSIP is the histopathologic pattern in most patients with FASSc. However, outcome is linked more strongly to disease severity at presentation and serial DL(CO) trends than to histopathologic findings...
The importance of complete screening for amyloid fibril type and systemic disease in patients with amyloidosis in the respiratory tractPallav L Shah
Department of Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis 19:134-42. 2002....
Is a two-week trial of oral prednisolone predictive of target lung function in pediatric asthma?Christiane Lex
Department of Respiratory Paediatrics, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine at the Royal Brompton Hospital and National Heart and Lung Institute, London, UK
Pediatr Pulmonol 39:521-7. 2005..5-39.9) vs. 1.4 (0.0-4.8) cells/mm2, P = 0.018). In conclusion, a 2-week course of prednisolone is not necessarily predictive of "target" lung function. Definitions such as PAL should be regularly reviewed on individual basis...
Mediastinal hemangioma: successful treatment by alpha-2a interferon and postchemotherapy resectionPankaj Kumar
Departments of Thoracic Surgery and Histopathology, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, United Kingdom
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 124:404-6. 2002
Feasibility of the detection of the sentinel lymph node in peripheral non-small cell lung cancer with radio isotopic and blue dye techniquesOlivier Tiffet
FRCS, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London, SW3 6NP, UK
Chest 127:443-8. 2005....
Intraoperative pleural lavage cytology is an independent prognostic indicator for staging non-small cell lung cancerEric Lim
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 127:1113-8. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Intraoperative pleural lavage cytology is a simple addition to intrathoracic staging and an independent predictor of prognosis. Positive results potentially affect survival by upstaging patients to stage IIIB or greater...
High tidal volume upregulates intrapulmonary cytokines in an in vivo mouse model of ventilator-induced lung injuryMichael R Wilson
Dept of Anaesthetics and Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Road, London SW10 9NH, UK
J Appl Physiol 95:1385-93. 2003..The apparently transient nature of TNF-alpha upregulation may help explain previous controversy regarding the involvement of cytokines in ventilator-induced lung injury...
Nature of airway inflammation and remodeling in chronic coughAkio Niimi
Thoracic Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK
J Allergy Clin Immunol 116:565-70. 2005..These are linked to chronic cough rather than to asthma. Mast cell hyperplasia rather than eosinophilia is distinctive for non-asthmatic cough...
A clinicopathologic study of 12 neuroendocrine tumors arising in the thymusOlivier Tiffet
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Chest 124:141-6. 2003..Adjuvant chemotherapy also should be considered, since the incidence of distant relapse is high...
Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma and other vascular mediastinal tumors: a role for alpha-2a interferon?Pankaj Kumar
Ann Thorac Surg 76:653; author reply 653. 2003
Different mitogen-activated protein kinase-dependent cytokine responses in cells of the monocyte lineageSusan J Tudhope
Airway Disease Section, Guy Scadding Building, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Dovehouse St, London SW3 6LY, UK
J Pharmacol Exp Ther 324:306-12. 2008..The pattern of GM-CSF, IL-6, and IL-8 release was comparable with that of TNF-alpha. These data suggest a differential involvement for each of these MAPK pathways in macrophage cytokine production compared with monocytes...
Somatic mutations of the protein kinase gene family in human lung cancerHelen Davies
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, United Kingdom
Cancer Res 65:7591-5. 2005..The results suggest that several mutated protein kinases may be contributing to lung cancer development, but that mutations in each one are infrequent...
Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease and pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis: a clinicopathologic study of 35 casesSylvie Lantuejoul
Department of Histopathology, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, London, UK
Am J Surg Pathol 30:850-7. 2006..The cause of the venous obliteration was not identified but the occasional identification of phlebitis suggests this plays a role in venous damage in some cases...
Surveillance for the detection of early lung cancer in patients with bronchial dysplasiaPhilip Jeremy George
Centre for Respiratory Research, Department of Medicine, University College London, London UK
Thorax 62:43-50. 2007..Previous studies have treated severe dysplasia and carcinoma in situ (CIS) on the assumption that most will progress to invasive carcinoma...
Nuclear overexpression of the E2F3 transcription factor in human lung cancerColin S Cooper
Section of Molecular Carcinogenesis, Male Urological Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, 15 Cotswold Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5NG, UK
Lung Cancer 54:155-62. 2006....
Lung cancer: intragenic ERBB2 kinase mutations in tumoursPhilip Stephens
Cancer Genome Project, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton CB10 1SA, UK
Nature 431:525-6. 2004..ERBB2 inhibitors, which have so far proved to be ineffective in treating lung cancer, should now be clinically re-evaluated in the specific subset of patients with lung cancer whose tumours carry ERBB2 mutations...
3q26 Amplification and polysomy of chromosome 3 in squamous cell lesions of the lung: a fluorescence in situ hybridization studyGiuseppe Pelosi
Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, European Institute of Oncology, University of Milan School of Medicine and Cancer Genetic Unit, IFOM Foundation FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology Foundation, Milan, Italy
Clin Cancer Res 13:1995-2004. 2007....
The role of transbronchial fine needle aspiration in an integrated care pathway for the assessment of patients with suspected lung cancerPallav L Shah
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, England, UK
J Thorac Oncol 1:324-7. 2006..TBNA improves the diagnostic yield and staging of patients with lung cancer. Moreover, it is a simple, low-cost, and safe test, which should be incorporated into the diagnostic pathway of patients with suspected lung cancer...
Atypical goblet cell hyperplasia in congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation as a possible preneoplasia for pulmonary adenocarcinoma in childhood: A genetic analysisElvira Stacher
Institute of Pathology, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Hum Pathol 35:565-70. 2004..This likely reflects an association with goblet cell differentiation, but it also drives proliferation in AGCH...
Mucinous cells in type 1 pulmonary congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation as mucinous bronchioloalveolar carcinoma precursorsSylvie Lantuejoul
Department of Pathology and Lung Cancer Research Group, INSERM U578, CHU A Michallon, Grenoble, France
Am J Surg Pathol 31:961-9. 2007..Moreover, the high frequency of K-ras mutation and LOH and/or microsatellite alterations at p16(INK4) locus presented by these mucinous cells justifies their consideration as BAC precursors...
