Ahmed E. Hegab

Treatment with alpha-galactosylceramide attenuates the development of bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis.

Polymorphisms of IL4, IL13, and ADRB2 genes in COPD.

Promoter activity of human tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 2 gene with novel single nucleotide polymorphisms.

Polymorphisms of TNFalpha, IL1beta, and IL1RN genes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

The effect of smoking-related hyperhomocysteinemia on spirometric declines in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in elderly Japanese.

Suppression of eosinophilic airway inflammation by treatment with alpha-galactosylceramide.

Transcription factor Nrf2 plays a pivotal role in protection against elastase-induced pulmonary inflammation and emphysema.

Nrf2-deficient mice are highly susceptible to cigarette smoke-induced emphysema.

Mechanism of mucin secretion in diffuse panbronchiolitis.

MMP14 gene polymorphisms in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Transcription factors T-bet and GATA-3 regulate development of airway remodeling.

Association of phosphodiesterase 4D gene polymorphisms with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: relationship to interleukin 13 gene polymorphism.

Niflumic acid and AG-1478 reduce cigarette smoke-induced mucin synthesis: the role of hCLCA1.

The role of the receptor for advanced glycation end-products in lung fibrosis.

Intranasal HGF administration ameliorates the physiologic and morphologic changes in lung emphysema.

Isolation and characterization of murine multipotent lung stem cells.

Presence of a putative tumor-initiating progenitor cell population predicts poor prognosis in smokers with non-small cell lung cancer.

Isolation of alveolar epithelial type II progenitor cells from adult human lungs.

Novel stem/progenitor cell population from murine tracheal submucosal gland ducts with multipotent regenerative potential.

Repair and regeneration of tracheal surface epithelium and submucosal glands in amouse model of hypoxic-ischemic injury.