James H. Dauber

TL;DR: The experiments provide the first evidence for a peripheral blood protein signature in IPF and the two main components, MMP7 and MMP1, are overexpressed in the lung microenvironment and distinguish IPF from other chronic lung diseases.

TL;DR: A subgroup of IPF patients, predominantly smoking males, display an accelerated clinical course and have a gene expression pattern that is different from those with slower progression and longer survival, which may explain the difficulty in obtaining significant and reproducible results in studies of therapeutic interventions in patients with IPF.

TL;DR: Data suggest that the anti-inflammatory and antiapoptotic properties of CO confer potent cytoprotection in a rat model of lung transplantation, which is limited by the high incidence of acute graft rejection.

TL;DR: Solid organ transplant recipients have been reported to be more susceptible to influenza virus, but little is known about the clinical epidemiology and the implications of influenza viral infection among SOT recipients.

TL;DR: Findings suggest that the lung is the site of an immune inflammatory response when involved in sarcoidosis, and many humoral abnormalities (for example, immune complexes) are absent in patients with resolved disease.