Michael J. Weyant

Clinical role of noncontrast helical computed tomography in diagnosis of acute appendicitis.

Severe crushed chest injury with large flail segment: computed tomographic three-dimensional reconstruction.

Urethral transection and extraperitoneal contrast extravasation with multiple pelvic fractures.

Is imaging necessary for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis?

Imaging of pleural and chest wall tumors.

Current surgical opinion of computed tomography for acute appendicitis.

Carnosol inhibits beta-catenin tyrosine phosphorylation and prevents adenoma formation in the C57BL/6J/Min/+ (Min/+) mouse.

Results of chest wall resection and reconstruction with and without rigid prosthesis.

Expression of functional Toll-like receptors 2 and 4 in human aortic valve interstitial cells: potential roles in aortic valve inflammation and stenosis.

Native lung volume reduction surgery relieves functional graft compression after single-lung transplantation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Blunt thoracic trauma.

Anatomic lung resection for nontuberculous mycobacterial disease.

Secretory phospholipase A2 is required to produce histologic changes associated with gastroduodenal reflux in a murine model.

The secretory phospholipase A2 gene is required for gastroesophageal reflux-related changes in murine esophagus.

Gastroduodenal reflux induces group IIa secretory phospholipase A(2) expression and activity in murine esophagus.

Modulation of growth in human esophageal adenocarcinoma cells by group IIa secretory phospholipase A(2).

Heat shock protein 27: induction by gastroduodenal reflux in vivo and augmentation of human esophageal mucosal cell growth in vitro.

Attenuation of spinal cord ischemia and reperfusion injury by erythropoietin.

Stenotic aortic valves have dysfunctional mechanisms of anti-inflammation: implications for aortic stenosis.

Lady Windermere revisited: treatment with thoracoscopic lobectomy/segmentectomy for right middle lobe and lingular bronchiectasis associated with non-tuberculous mycobacterial disease.

Secretory phospholipase A2 inhibition attenuates intercellular adhesion molecule-1 expression in human esophageal adenocarcinoma cells.

Significant downregulation of platelet gene expression in metastatic lung cancer.

Ischemic dose-response in the spinal cord: both immediate and delayed paraplegia.

Cytokine expression profile in human lungs undergoing normothermic ex-vivo lung perfusion.

Statin therapy attenuates growth and malignant potential of human esophageal adenocarcinoma cells.

Lung cancer cell invasion and expression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) are attenuated by secretory phospholipase A₂ inhibition.

Variation in lymph node examination after esophagectomy for cancer in the United States.

Thoracoscopic lobectomy and segmentectomy for infectious lung disease.

Is it time to consider pleurectomy and decortication as the only surgical treatment for malignant pleural mesothelioma?

Multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis: surgical challenges.

Surgical treatment of atypical mycobacterial infections.

Attenuation of spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion injury by specific α-2a receptor activation with dexmedetomidine.

Techniques of bronchial sleeve resection.

The evolution of chemokine release supports a bimodal mechanism of spinal cord ischemia and reperfusion injury.

Group IIa sPLA2 inhibition attenuates NF-κB activity and promotes apoptosis of lung cancer cells.

Radiation induces osteogenesis in human aortic valve interstitial cells.

Group IIa secretory phospholipase expression correlates with group IIa secretory phospholipase inhibition-mediated cell death in K-ras mutant lung cancer cells.

Knockdown of secretory phospholipase A2 IIa reduces lung cancer growth in vitro and in vivo.

Clinical statement on the requirements for surgeon certification for implantation of durable Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs).

Preservation of motor function after spinal cord ischemia and reperfusion injury through microglial inhibition.

Secretory phospholipase A2 mediates human esophageal adenocarcinoma cell growth and proliferation via ERK 1/2 pathway.

Notch1 promotes the pro-osteogenic response of human aortic valve interstitial cells via modulation of ERK1/2 and nuclear factor-κB activation.

Interleukin-1 Beta induces an inflammatory phenotype in human aortic valve interstitial cells through nuclear factor kappa Beta.

ox-LDL induces PiT-1 expression in human aortic valve interstitial cells.

Toll-like receptor 4-dependent microglial activation mediates spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion injury.

The Year in Thoracic Surgery: Highlights From 2013.