Stavros Garantziotis

Journal Article Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol · December 2006 Featured Publication Endotoxin (LPS), a Gram-negative cell wall component, has potent proinflammatory properties. Acute LPS exposure causes airway inflammation; chronic exposure causes airway hyperreactivity and remodeling. IL-10 is an important antiinflammatory cytokine, whic ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pulmonary fibrosis: thinking outside of the lung.

Journal Article J Clin Invest · August 2004 Featured Publication Pulmonary fibrosis is a devastating condition that leads to progressive lung destruction and scarring. Previous mechanistic research has focused on the local fibroproliferative process in the lung. However, emerging evidence suggests that circulating cells ... Full text Link to item Cite

Fatal re-expansion pulmonary edema associated with increased lung IL-8 levels following high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplant.

Journal Article Respiration · 2002 Featured Publication Re-expansion pulmonary edema (REPE) leading to hypoxic respiratory failure and death occurred following a unilateral low-volume (750 ml) thoracentesis in a young patient 8 days after high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation (HDC/ASCT ... Full text Link to item Cite

Influenza pneumonia in lung transplant recipients: clinical features and association with bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome.

Journal Article Chest · April 2001 Featured Publication Influenza infection is increasingly recognized to cause significant morbidity and mortality in the community, especially in pediatric patients and elderly persons. Influenza infection, however, has not been well described among thoracic organ transplant re ... Full text Link to item Cite