Abstracts & Publications:

Lung development in normal rhesus monkeys.

Abstracts:

2001   Evans, M.J., M.V. Fanucchi, L.S. Van Winkle, C. Fleschner, L.J. Gershwin and C.G. Plopper.   Postnatal development of the basement membrane zone in the tracheal epithelial-mesenchymal trophic unit of rhesus monkeys.   American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 163(5):A91.

2002   Evans, M.J., M.V. Fanucchi, L.S. Van Winkle, G.L. Baker, A.E. Murphy, S. Nishio, E.S. Schelegle, L.J. Gershwin, D.M. Hyde, C.G. Plopper.   Perlecan and growth factor-2 immunoreactivity during postnatal development of the basement membrane zone of rhesus monkeys.   American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 165:A641.

2002    Plopper, C., A. Murphy, A. Weir, M. Tran, M. Fanucchi, S. Smiley-Jewell, M. Evans, L. Van Winkle, E. Schelegle, L. Gershwin, L. Miller, D. Hyde.   Comparison of smooth muscle bundle organization at and between branchpoints in distal conducting airways of infant rhesus monkeys.   American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 165:A350.

Publications:

2002   Evans, M.J., M.V. Fanucchi, L.S. Van Winkle, G.L. Baker, A.E. Murphy, S.J. Nishio, P.L. Sannes and C.G. Plopper.   Fibroblast growth factor-2 during postnatal development of the tracheal basement membrane zone.   American Journal of Physiology: Lung, Cellular and Molecular Physiology 283:L1263-L1270.

2002    Smiley-Jewell, S.M., M.U. Tran, A.J. Weir, Z.A. Johnson, L.S. Van Winkle and C.G. Plopper.   Three-dimensional mapping of smooth muscle in the distal conducting airways of mouse, rabbit, and monkey.   Journal of Applied Physiology 93:1506-1514.

2003   Chen, Y, Thai, P., Zhao, Y.H., Ho, Y.S., DeSouza, M.M., and Wu, R. Stimulation of airway mucin gene expression by IL-17 through IL-6 paracrine/autocrine loop .  J. Biol. Chem .  278: 17036-17043.

2003   Kao, C.Y, Chen, Y., Zhao, Y.H., and Wu, R.  ORFeome based search of airway epithelial cell-specific novel human b-defensin genes.  Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 29: 71-80.

2004    Chen, Y., Zhao, Y.H., Kalaslavadi, T.J., Hamati, E., Nehrke, K., Le, A.D., Ann, D.K., and Wu, R.  Genome-wide search of novel gel-forming mucin genes and identification of MUC19/Muc19 as a new glandular tissue-specific mucin gene.  Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol ., 30: 155-165.

2004    Boland, B., Lin, C-Y, Morin, D., Miller, L., Plopper, C.G. and Buckpitt, A.: Metabolism of the cytotoxicants naphthalene and 1-nitronaphthalene in dissected airways of Rhesus macaques in a model of allergic asthma.   Env. Health Persp, submitted.

2004   Chen, Y., Zhao, Y.H., Kalaslavadi, T.J., Hamati, E., Nehrke, K., Le, A.D., Ann, D.K., and Wu, R.  Genome-wide search of novel gel-forming mucin genes and identification of MUC19/Muc19 as a new glandular tissue-specific mucin gene.  Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol ., 30: 155-165.

2004    Evans, M.J., PL Sannes.   Development of the extracellular matrix. The basement membrane zone. In: The Lung: Development, Aging and the Environment. R. Harding, K. Pinkerton, C. Plopper (Eds.) Academic Press Ltd., London, UK. pp. 74-80 .

2004    Evans MJ , MV Fanucchi, LS Van Winkle, GL Baker, LM Pantle, SJ Nishio, ES Schelegle, LJ Gershwin, LA Miller, DM Hyde and CG Plopper. The remodeled tracheal basement membrane zone of infant rhesus monkeys after six months of recovery. Clin Exptl Allergy. In press

2004    Fanucchi, M.V. Development of Antioxidant and Xenobiotic Metabolizing Enzyme Systems. In: The Lung: Development Aging and the Environment. Eds. R. Harding, K. Pinkerton, C. Plopper, Elsevier Academic Press, London.

2004    Harding, R., K. Pinkerton, C. Plopper. Editors, The Lung: Development, Aging and the Environment . Elsevier Academic Press, London, 403pp.

2004    Hyde, D. M., N. K. Tyler, L. F. Putney, P. Singh, and H. J. Gundersen. Total number and mean size of alveoli in mammalian lung estimated using fractionator sampling and unbiased estimates of the Euler characteristic of alveolar openings. Anat.Rec. 277A:216-226.

2004   Miller, L.A..   Development of the pulmonary immune system. pp. 169-176.   In: The Lung; Development, Aging and the Environment . Harding, R., K. Pinkerton and C. Plopper, (Eds). Elsevier Academic Press, London.

2004    Plopper, C. G., M. V. Fanucchi.   Development of airway epithelium. pp. 13-32.   In: The Lung: Development, Aging and the Environment . Harding, R., K. Pinkerton, C. Plopper, (Eds) Elsevier Academic Press, London.