Search Results - "Lee, Chun G."
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Chitin recognition via chitotriosidase promotes pathologic type-2 helper T cell responses to cryptococcal infection
Published in PLoS pathogens (01-03-2015)“…Pulmonary mycoses are often associated with type-2 helper T (Th2) cell responses. However, mechanisms of Th2 cell accumulation are multifactorial and…”
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TLR-2 and IL-17A in Chitin-Induced Macrophage Activation and Acute Inflammation
Published in The Journal of immunology (1950) (15-09-2008)“…Chitin is a ubiquitous polysaccharide in fungi, insects, and parasites. To test the hypothesis that chitin is an important immune modulator, we characterized…”
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Chitin Is a Size-Dependent Regulator of Macrophage TNF and IL-10 Production
Published in The Journal of immunology (1950) (15-03-2009)“…Chitin is a ubiquitous polysaccharide in fungi, insects, and parasites. We hypothesized that chitin is a size-dependent regulator of innate immunity. To test…”
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Hyperoxia causes angiopoietin 2-mediated acute lung injury and necrotic cell death
Published in Nature medicine (01-11-2006)“…The angiogenic growth factor angiopoietin 2 (Ang2) destabilizes blood vessels, enhances vascular leak and induces vascular regression and endothelial cell…”
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Chitinase 3-like 1 synergistically activates IL6-mediated STAT3 phosphorylation in intestinal epithelial cells in murine models of infectious colitis
Published in Inflammatory bowel diseases (01-05-2014)“…Chitinase 3-like 1 (CHI3L1) is an inducible molecule on intestinal epithelial cells during the development of inflammatory bowel disease. To investigate the…”
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Antifibrotic role of vascular endothelial growth factor in pulmonary fibrosis
Published in JCI insight (17-08-2017)“…The chronic progressive decline in lung function observed in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) appears to result from persistent nonresolving injury to the…”
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Essential Role of Nitric Oxide in VEGF-Induced, Asthma-like Angiogenic, Inflammatory, Mucus, and Physiologic Responses in the Lung
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (18-07-2006)“…VEGF, nitric oxide (NO), inflammation, and vascular- and extravascular remodeling coexist in asthma and other disorders. In these responses, VEGF regulates…”
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Acidic Mammalian Chitinase Is Secreted via an ADAM17/Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-dependent Pathway and Stimulates Chemokine Production by Pulmonary Epithelial Cells
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (28-11-2008)“…Acidic mammalian chitinase (AMCase) is expressed in an exaggerated fashion in epithelial cells at sites of pulmonary T helper cell type 2 inflammation and…”
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Vascular endothelial growth factor enhances macrophage clearance of apoptotic cells
Published in American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology (01-04-2012)“…Efficient clearance of apoptotic cells from the lung by alveolar macrophages is important for the maintenance of tissue structure and function. Lung tissue…”
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Fatty Acid Binding Protein 4 Regulates VEGF-Induced Airway Angiogenesis and Inflammation in a Transgenic Mouse Model
Published in The American journal of pathology (01-04-2013)“…Neovascularization of the airways occurs in several inflammatory lung diseases, including asthma. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) plays an important…”
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Cloning and Characterization of a Cell Surface Receptor for Xenotropic and Polytropic Murine Leukemia Viruses
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (02-02-1999)“…Xenotropic and polytropic murine leukemia viruses (X-MLVs and P-MLVs) cross-interfere to various extents in non-mouse species and in wild Asian mice,…”
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Chitinase 3-like-1 regulates both visceral fat accumulation and asthma-like Th2 inflammation
Published in American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine (01-04-2015)“…Obesity, especially truncal obesity, is a risk factor for asthma incidence, prevalence, and severity. Chitinase 3-like-1 (Chi3l1) is an evolutionarily…”
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Fatty acid binding protein 4 regulates VEGF-induced airway angiogenesis and inflammation in a transgenic mouse model: implications for asthma
Published in The American journal of pathology (01-04-2013)“…Neovascularization of the airways occurs in several inflammatory lung diseases, including asthma. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) plays an important…”
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Developmental Regulation of NO-Mediated VEGF-Induced Effects in the Lung
Published in American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology (01-10-2008)“…Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is known to have a pivotal role in lung development and in a variety of pathologic conditions in the adult lung. Our…”
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Adenosine mediates IL-13-induced inflammation and remodeling in the lung and interacts in an IL-13-adenosine amplification pathway
Published in The Journal of clinical investigation (01-08-2003)“…IL-13 is an important mediator of inflammation and remodeling. We hypothesized that adenosine accumulation, alterations in adenosine receptors, and…”
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Genetic Control of a Mouse Serum Lipoprotein Factor That Inactivates Murine Leukemia Viruses: Evaluation of Apolipoprotein F as a Candidate
Published in Journal of Virology (01-03-2002)“…Article Usage Stats Services JVI Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley…”
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Partially adenosine deaminase-deficient mice develop pulmonary fibrosis in association with adenosine elevations
Published in American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology (01-03-2006)“…Adenosine, a signaling nucleoside, exhibits tissue-protective and tissue-destructive effects. Adenosine levels in tissues are controlled in part by the enzyme…”
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Novel biomarkers in asthma: chemokines and chitinase-like proteins
Published in Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology (01-02-2009)“…PURPOSE OF REVIEWAllergic asthma is a frequent lung disease in Western civilizations and is characterized by airway inflammation and tissue remodeling. Without…”
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Tetracycline-controlled transcriptional regulation systems: advances and application in transgenic animal modeling
Published in Seminars in cell & developmental biology (01-04-2002)“…Since the first tetracycline-controlled transcriptional activation system was designed nearly a decade ago, new variants, modifications, and improvements have…”
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Role of 5-Lipoxygenase in IL-13-Induced Pulmonary Inflammation and Remodeling
Published in Journal of Immunology (01-08-2006)“…Exaggerated levels of IL-13 and leukotriene (LT) pathway activation frequently coexist at sites of Th2 inflammation and in tissue fibrotic responses. However,…”
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