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Karin Franz-Bacon

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Boehme S, Franz-Bacon K, Ludka J, DiTirro D, Ly T, Bacon K
PLoS One . 2016 Dec; 11(12):e0167169. PMID: 27935962
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by persistent airflow limitation and lung inflammation resulting in a progressive decline in lung function whose principle cause is cigarette smoke. MAP3K19 is...
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Boehme S, Franz-Bacon K, DiTirro D, Ly T, Bacon K
PLoS One . 2016 May; 11(5):e0154874. PMID: 27144281
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive, debilitating disease for which two medications, pirfenidone and nintedanib, have only recently been approved for treatment. The cytokine TGF-β has been shown to...
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Boehme S, Franz-Bacon K, Chen E, Ly T, Kawakami Y, Bacon K
Int Immunol . 2009 Apr; 21(6):621-32. PMID: 19346259
Mast cells are bone marrow-derived effector cells that can initiate inflammatory responses to infectious organisms or allergens by releasing a multitude of pro-inflammatory factors including prostaglandin (PG) D(2). We demonstrate...
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Boehme S, Chen E, Franz-Bacon K, Sasik R, Sprague L, Ly T, et al.
Int Immunol . 2008 Dec; 21(1):1-17. PMID: 19066315
Prostaglandin D(2) (PGD(2)) and its receptor chemoattractant receptor homologous molecule expressed on T(h)2 cells (CRTH2) have been implicated in the pathogenesis of numerous allergic diseases. We investigated the role of...
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Boehme S, Franz-Bacon K, Chen E, Sasik R, Sprague L, Ly T, et al.
Int Immunol . 2008 Dec; 21(1):81-93. PMID: 19066314
A FITC-induced allergic contact hypersensitivity model was used to investigate the role that the prostaglandin D(2) receptor-chemoattractant receptor-homologous molecule expressed on T(h)2 cells (CRTH2) plays in modulating cutaneous inflammation. Our...
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Lukacs N, Berlin A, Franz-Bacon K, Sasik R, Sprague L, Ly T, et al.
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol . 2008 Sep; 295(5):L767-79. PMID: 18757520
Prostaglandin D(2), the ligand for the G protein-coupled receptors DP1 and CRTH2, has been implicated in the pathogenesis of the allergic response in diseases such as asthma, rhinitis, and atopic...