Publications

Christmann RB, Mathes A, Affandi AJ, Padilla C, Nazari B, Bujor AM, Stifano G, Lafyatis R. TSLP upregulation in human SSc skin and induction of overlapping profibrotic genes and intracelullar signaling with IL-13 and TGFß. Arthritis Rheum. 2013 Jan 17. doi: 10.1002/art.37859. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 23335246.  Click here to view the figures associated with this publication.

Lenna S, Farina AG, Martyanov V, Christmann RB, Wood TA, Farber HW, Scorza R, Whitfield ML, Lafyatis R, Trojanowska M. Increased expression of endoplasmic reticulum stress genes in patients with limited systemic sclerosis and pulmonary arterial hypertension. Arthritis Rheum. 2013;65(5):1357-66.

Pendergrass SA, Hayes E, Farina G, Lemaire R, Farber HW, Whitfield ML, Lafyatis R. Limited systemic sclerosis patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension show biomarkers of inflammation and vascular injury. PLoS One. 2010; 17;5:e12106.

Christmann RB, Hayes E, Pendergrass S, Padilla C, Farina G, Whitfield M, Farber HW, Lafyatis R. Interferon and alternative activation of macrophage/monocytes in systemic sclerosis-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension. Arthritis Rheum 2011; 63:1718-1728.

Lenna S, Farina GA, Christmann RB, Farber HW, Scorza R, Lafyatis R, and Trojanowska M. Increased expression of endoplasmic reticulum stress genes in patients with limited Systemic Sclerosis and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Association with HLA-B35, A&R, under revision.

Lenna S and Trojanowska M The role of ER stress and the unfolded protein response in fibrosis, Curr Opinion Rheum, invited review, 2012.

Hinchcliff M, Chiang-Ching H, Wood T, Mahoney J M, Martyanov V, Bhattacharyya S, Tamaki Z, Lee J, Carns M, Podlusky S, Sirajuddin A, Shah S, Chang R, Lafyatis R, Varga J and Whitfield M. Molecular Signatures in Skin Associated with Clinical Improvement during Mycophenolate Treatment in Systemic Sclerosis.