David A. Fullerton

Myocardial functional recovery after fibroblast growth factor 2 gene therapy as assessed by echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging.

Human aortic valve calcification is associated with an osteoblast phenotype.

The Ross procedure in adults: intermediate-term results.

Inferior vena cava thrombus removal using hypothermic circulatory arrest in two patients with osteosarcoma.

Mentoring clinical trials in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery: a new role for the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

Signaling for myocardial depression in hemorrhagic shock: roles of Toll-like receptor 4 and p55 TNF-alpha receptor.

What's new in cardiac surgery.

Evaluation of web-based learning tools: lessons learned from the thoracic surgery directors association curriculum project three-year experience.

Topical application of bacitracin ointment is associated with decreased risk of mediastinitis after median sternotomy.

The interaction between myocardial depressant factors in endotoxemic cardiac dysfunction: role of TNF-alpha in TLR4-mediated ICAM-1 expression.

Hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier induces hepatic heme oxygenase 1 expression in Kupffer cells.

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

Mixed venous oxygen saturation in the diagnosis of cardiac tamponade.

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

Blunt thoracic trauma.

Critical role of extracellular heat shock cognate protein 70 in the myocardial inflammatory response and cardiac dysfunction after global ischemia-reperfusion.

Cytokines link Toll-like receptor 4 signaling to cardiac dysfunction after global myocardial ischemia.

Post-transcriptional regulation of TNF-induced expression of ICAM-1 and IL-8 in human lung microvascular endothelial cells: an obligatory role for the p38 MAPK-MK2 pathway dissociated with HSP27.

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

Lipopolysaccharide stimulation of human aortic valve interstitial cells activates inflammation and osteogenesis.

Left ventricular assist device as bridge to transplantation does not adversely affect one-year heart transplantation survival.

Pro-osteogenic phenotype of human aortic valve interstitial cells is associated with higher levels of Toll-like receptors 2 and 4 and enhanced expression of bone morphogenetic protein 2.

Effect of work-hour restriction on operative experience in cardiothoracic surgical residency training.

Myocardial TLR4 is a determinant of neutrophil infiltration after global myocardial ischemia: mediating KC and MCP-1 expression induced by extracellular HSC70.

Hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier induces heme oxygenase-1 in the heart and lung but not brain.

Bone morphogenic protein 2 induces Runx2 and osteopontin expression in human aortic valve interstitial cells: role of Smad1 and extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2.

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

Microfilaments facilitate TLR4-mediated ICAM-1 expression in human aortic valve interstitial cells.

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

An endangered species.

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.

Extracellular heat shock cognate protein 70 induces cardiac functional tolerance to endotoxin: differential effect on TNF-alpha and ICAM-1 levels in heart tissue.

Gender-specific transfusion affects tumor-associated neutrophil: macrophage ratios in murine pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Enhanced inflammatory responses to toll-like receptor 2/4 stimulation in type 1 diabetic coronary artery endothelial cells: the effect of insulin.

Attenuation of spinal cord ischemia and reperfusion injury by erythropoietin.

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

Oxidized low density lipoprotein induces bone morphogenetic protein-2 in coronary artery endothelial cells via Toll-like receptors 2 and 4.

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

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

DITPA, a thyroid hormone analog, reduces infarct size and attenuates the inflammatory response following myocardial ischemia.

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

Toll-like receptor 4 mediates oxidized LDL-induced macrophage differentiation to foam cells.

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

Critical care competence.

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

Activation state of stromal inflammatory cells in murine metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

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

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

Cross-talk between the Toll-like receptor 4 and Notch1 pathways augments the inflammatory response in the interstitial cells of stenotic human aortic valves.

Biglycan induces the expression of osteogenic factors in human aortic valve interstitial cells via Toll-like receptor-2.

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.

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

Contractile protein phosphorylation predicts human heart disease phenotypes.

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

Comparison of cardiothoracic training curricula: integrated six-year versus traditional programs.

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.

Interruption of spinal cord microglial signaling by alpha-2 agonist dexmedetomidine in a murine model of delayed paraplegia.

Comparative effectiveness of pharmacotherapies for prevention of atrial fibrillation following coronary artery bypass surgery.

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

Dexmedetomidine, an α-2a adrenergic agonist, promotes ischemic tolerance in a murine model of spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion.

Management of postoperative atrial fibrillation and subsequent outcomes in contemporary patients undergoing cardiac surgery: insights from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons CAPS-Care Atrial Fibrillation Registry.