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Glucocorticoid Receptor Translational Isoforms Contribute to Distinct Glucocorticoid Responses of Neutrophils and Eosinophils by Hsu, J, Cao, Y, Bender, I.K, Avila, P.C, Lu, N.Z

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Cigarette Smoke Impairs Epithelial cell Antiviral Response, Arrests Cell Cycle, and Increases Telomerase Expression by Fiuk, J, Tang, M, Shen, J, Quraishi, J, Avila, P.C, Favoreto, S

“…Primary cultures of bronchial epithelial cells were exposed to cigarette smoke extract (CSE-5%) and rhinovirus (RV)16 (MOI = 2). qPCR was used to quantify…”
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High Plasma Levels of Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 are Associated with Decreased Lung Function in Asthmatic Patients by Cho, S.H, Kumar, R, Lyttle, C.S, Harris, K.E, Avila, P.C, Grammer, L.C, Schleimer, R.P

“…Linear regression assessed the association between PAI-1 and FEV1%-predicted (Hankinson) and FVC %-predicted, controlling for age, gender, race/ethnicity,…”
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Childhood Persistent Asthma after In Utero Tobacco Exposure in Mexican, Puerto Rican, and African Americans by Apte, S, Tcheurekdjian, H, Eng, C, Rodriguez-Santana, J.R, Chapela, R. Rocio, Watson, H.G, Meade, K, LeNoir, M, Rodriguez-Cintron, W, Avila, P.C, Burchard, E. González

“…In utero tobacco exposure on the development of persistent asthma and related clinical outcomes were evaluated by logistic regression with adjustment for…”
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Airway Epithelial Cells From Asthmatic Subjects Produce More Fractalkine (CX3CL1) Than Those Of Healthy Subjects Upon Rhinovirus Infection by Tang, M, Favoreto, S, Fiuk, J, Shen, J, Quraishi, J, Avila, P.C

“…RV infection induced 14 fold more fractalkine gene transcription in nasal epithelial cells from asthmatic subjects than in cells from healthy controls (n = 8,…”
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Airway Epithelial Cell Expression of CXCR3 Ligands in Rhinovirus Infection by Sabin, B, Favoreto, S, Shen, J, Avila, P.C

“…Methods We sought to determine the role of dsRNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR) in CXCR3 ligand expression in undifferentiated human bronchoepithelial cells…”
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Effects of Cigarette Smoke Extract and Rhinovirus on Expression of B7H1 and B7H3 in Human Airway Epithelial Cells by Schafer, E, Favoreto, S, Shen, J, Dave, R, Avila, P.C

“…To determine whether cigarette smoke extract (CSE) and rhinovirus serotype 16 (RV16) exposures to human airway epithelial cells amplify expression of the…”
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Chlorine inhalation produces nasal congestion in allergic rhinitics without mast cell degranulation by Shusterman, D, Balmes, J, Avila, P.C, Murphy, M.A, Matovinovic, E

“…Seasonal allergic rhinitic (SAR) subjects are more sensitive to nasal irritants than nonrhinitic (NR) subjects; however, the mechanism underlying this…”
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Real-time Monitoring of Nasal Mucosal pH During Carbon Dioxide Stimulation: Implications for Stimulus Dynamics by Shusterman, D., Avila, P.C.

“…Carbon dioxide is a commonly employed irritant test compound in nasal chemesthetic studies because it is essentially free of olfactory stimulus properties. CO2…”
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Toll-like receptor response to rhinovirus infection in airway epithelial cells of healthy subjects by Avila, P.C., Donnelly, S., Dolganov, G., Lopez-Souza, N., Xu, A., Ward, T., Boushey, H.

“…Both TLRs known to recognize virus RNA (TLR3, TLR7, and TLR8) and TLRs known to recognize bacterial products (TLR2 and TLR4) were involved. [...]TLR response…”
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Successful culture of human airway epithelial cells in air-liquid interface using cells from nasal scraping by Lopez-Souza, N., Avila, P.C., Choi, H., Widdicombe, J.

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Oral desensitization to rifampin and ethambutol by Lo, R., Avila, P.C., Xu, A., Tevrizian, A.T.

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Transcriptional profiling of nasal epithelium during natural colds in asthmatic subjects by Avila, P.C., Dolganov, G., Donnelly, S., Ward, T., Wong, H., Cadbury, P., Boushey, H.A.

“…Although cold viruses precipitate most asthma exacerbations, the mechanisms leading to exacerbations rather than just colds are poorly understood…”
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Using a short allergen skin test panel to screen for atopy in San Francisco Bay Area by Xu, A., Tevrizian, A.T., Mote-Yates, G., Kishiyama, J.L., Avila, P.C.

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146 Analysis of geographic and demographic patterns of aeroallergen sensitivity using a spreadsheet model by Avila, P.C., McGerity, J.L., Jorgensen, J., Gershman, N.H., Adelman, D.C., Kishiyama, J.L.

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