Dean Sheppard

A Mechanism for Regulating Pulmonary Inflammation and Fibrosis: The Integrin αvβ6 Binds and Activates Latent TGF β1

John S. Munger, Xiaozhu Huang, Hisaaki Kawakatsu et al. · Cell · 1999 · 2K citations

Inflammation, Fibrosis, Inflammatory Lung Disease +9

Requirement for IL-13 Independently of IL-4 in Experimental Asthma

Gabriele Grünig, Martha L. Warnock, Adil E. Wakil et al. · Science · 1998 · 1.9K citations · Full text

Alveolar epithelial cell mesenchymal transition develops <i>in vivo</i> during pulmonary fibrosis and is regulated by the extracellular matrix

Kevin K. Kim, Matthias C. Kugler, Paul J. Wolters et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2006 · 1.2K citations · Full text

Undergo Robust Emt, Inflammatory Lung Disease, Lung Inflammation +19

The Importance of Race and Ethnic Background in Biomedical Research and Clinical Practice

Esteban G. Burchard, Elad Ziv, Natasha Coyle et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2003 · 1.1K citations

Direct effects of interleukin-13 on epithelial cells cause airway hyperreactivity and mucus overproduction in asthma

Douglas A. Kuperman, Xiaozhu Huang, Laura L. Koth et al. · Nature Medicine · 2002 · 920 citations

Asthma, Inflammation, Cytokine +10