Pneumocystis pneumonia

CF Thomas Jr, AH Limper - New England Journal of Medicine, 2004 - Mass Medical Soc
Pneumocystis pneumonia remains the most prevalent opportunistic infection in patients
infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. Molecular techniques have provided new …

Transforming growth factor beta 1 is present at sites of extracellular matrix gene expression in human pulmonary fibrosis.

TJ Broekelmann, AH Limper… - Proceedings of the …, 1991 - National Acad Sciences
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is an inexorably fatal disorder characterized by connective
tissue deposition within the terminal air spaces resulting in loss of lung function and eventual …

An official American Thoracic Society statement: treatment of fungal infections in adult pulmonary and critical care patients

AH Limper, KS Knox, GA Sarosi, NM Ampel… - American journal of …, 2011 - atsjournals.org
With increasing numbers of immune-compromised patients with malignancy, hematologic
disease, and HIV, as well as those receiving immunosupressive drug regimens for the …

Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in patients without acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: associated illnesses and prior corticosteroid therapy

SH Yale, AH Limper - Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 1996 - Elsevier
Objective To determine the clinical spectrum of immunosuppressive conditions and systemic
corticosteroid therapy associated with the development of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia …

[HTML][HTML] Imatinib mesylate inhibits the profibrogenic activity of TGF-β and prevents bleomycin-mediated lung fibrosis

…, TJ Kottom, SJ Murphy, AH Limper… - The Journal of …, 2004 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a progressive and fatal fibrotic disease of the lungs with
unclear etiology. Prior efforts to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis that focused on anti-…

Tracheobronchial foreign bodies in adults

AH Limper, UBS Prakash - Annals of internal medicine, 1990 - acpjournals.org
Study Objective: To define the clinical spectrum of tracheobronchial foreign body aspiration
in adults, assess predisposing conditions, evaluate the efficacy of bronchoscopy, and …

Pulmonary Langerhans'-cell histiocytosis

…, TV Colby, T Hartman, AH Limper - New England Journal …, 2000 - Mass Medical Soc
Pulmonary Langerhans'-cell histiocytosis forms part of a spectrum of diseases characterized
by monoclonal proliferation and infiltration of organs by Langerhans' cells (Table 1). Several …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical outcomes of pulmonary Langerhans'-cell histiocytosis in adults

…, DR Schroeder, PA Decker, AH Limper - … England Journal of …, 2002 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Pulmonary Langerhans'-cell histiocytosis is an uncommon interstitial lung
disease in adults. It has an unpredictable course and may be associated with an increased …

Stretch induces cytokine release by alveolar epithelial cells in vitro

…, MA Schroeder, AH Limper… - American Journal of …, 1999 - journals.physiology.org
Mechanical ventilation can injure the lung, causing edema and alveolar inflammation.
Interleukin-8 (IL-8) plays an important role in this inflammatory response. We postulated that cyclic …

Fungal infections in HIV/AIDS

AH Limper, A Adenis, T Le… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Fungi are major contributors to the opportunistic infections that affect patients with HIV/AIDS.
Systemic infections are mainly with Pneumocystis jirovecii (pneumocystosis), Cryptococcus …