Dr. Patricia W Finn MD
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
840 S Wood St Mc 787 Chicago IL, 60612About
Dr. Patricia Finn practices Pulmonology in Chicago, IL. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Finn manages patients who need life support and mechanical ventilation, and is specially trained in diseases and conditions of the chest, particularly pneumonia, asthma, tuberculosis, emphysema, and complicated chest infections.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Mouse models of airway responsiveness: physiological basis of observed outcomes and analysis of selected examples using these outcome indicators.
- Immune mechanisms of childhood asthma.
- Preferential role for NF-kappa B/Rel signaling in the type 1 but not type 2 T cell-dependent immune response in vivo.
- NF-kappa B/Rel transcription factors: c-Rel promotes airway hyperresponsiveness and allergic pulmonary inflammation.
- B7-1 (CD80) and B7-2 (CD86) have complementary roles in mediating allergic pulmonary inflammation and airway hyperresponsiveness.
- Administration of pentoxifylline during allergen sensitization dissociates pulmonary allergic inflammation from airway hyperresponsiveness.
- Atopic asthma: differential activation phenotypes among memory T helper cells.
- Inhibition of NF-kappaB-dependent T cell activation abrogates acute allograft rejection.
- Alterations in lung collectins in an adaptive allergic immune response.
- Costimulatory molecule OX40L is critical for both Th1 and Th2 responses in allergic inflammation.
- Toll receptors modulate allergic responses: interaction with dendritic cells, T cells and mast cells.
- Allergen-induced cytokine production, atopic disease, IgE, and wheeze in children.
- Analysis of cytokine functions in graft rejection by gene expression profiles.
- Influenza and asthma: adding to the respiratory burden.
- Analysis of immunoglobulin and T-cell receptor gene deficiency in graft rejection by gene expression profiles.
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