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Gary S. Hoffman

Researcher at National Institutes of Health

Publications -  29
Citations -  10005

Gary S. Hoffman is an academic researcher from National Institutes of Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Vasculitis & Immunoreactive trypsinogen. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 28 publications receiving 8728 citations. Previous affiliations of Gary S. Hoffman include Johns Hopkins University & Cleveland Clinic.

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Wegener granulomatosis : an analysis of 158 patients

TL;DR: The course of Wegener granulomatosis has been dramatically improved by daily treatment with cyclophosphamide and glucocorticoids, and has led to increasing concerns about toxicity resulting from prolonged cycloph phosphamide therapy and has encouraged investigation of other therapeutic regimens.
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Endothelins, peptides with potent vasoactive properties, are produced by human macrophages.

TL;DR: The finding that human macrophage produce endothelins suggests an important role for these peptides in the microenvironment of tissue macrophages, which may have an essential function in blood vessel physiology, and aberrant production may contribute to vessel pathology.
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Surgical pathology of the lung in Wegener's granulomatosis. Review of 87 open lung biopsies from 67 patients.

TL;DR: The pulmonary pathologic features in 87 open lung biopsies from 67 patients with Wegener's granulo-matosis who were treated at a single institution from 1968 to 1990 are reported to illustrate the wide variation and broad spectrum of pathologic Features that can occur in pulmonary WG.