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2005

 

Spengler JD, Lwebuga-Mukasa JS

 

Air Toxics Exposure from Vehicular Emissions at a US Border Crossing
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts; State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York

Lwebuga-Mukasa JS, Oyana T, Johnson C

 

 

Local ecological factors, ultrafine particulate concentrations, and asthma prevalence rates in Buffalo, New York, neighborhoods
J Asthma 2005; 42(5): 337-348.
PMID: 16036408 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

Lwebuga-Mukasa JS, Kolniak T, Niewczyk P

 

Comparison Between 3.5 Liter Single Breath Collection and Dead-space Discard Techniques in Measurement of Exhaled Nitric Oxide in Adults
Chest, Oct 2005 v128 i4 p239S(1)

 

Lwebuga-Mukasa JS, Kolniak T, Wydro P

 

Relationship between Measured Lung Function and Self-reported Symptoms
Chest, Oct 2005 v128 i4 p242S(1)

2004

Lwebuga-Mukasa JS, Oyana T, Wydro P.

 

 

Risk factors for asthma prevalence and chronic respiratory illnesses among residents of different neighbourhoods in Buffalo, New York
J Epidemiol Community Health 2004 58: 951-957.

 

Lwebuga-Mukasa JS, Oyana T, Thenappan A, Ayirookuzhi SJ.

 

Association between traffic volume and health care use for asthma among residents at a U.S.-Canadian border crossing point.
J Asthma. 2004;41(3):289-304.
PMID: 15260462 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

Oyana TJ, Rogerson P, Lwebuga-Mukasa JS.

 

 

Geographic clustering of adult asthma hospitalization and residential exposure to pollution at a United States-Canada border crossing.
Am J Public Health. 2004 Jul;94(7):1250-7.
PMID: 15226151 [PubMed - in process]

 

Oyana TJ, Lwebuga-Mukasa JS.

 

Spatial relationships among asthma prevalence, health care utilization, and pollution sources in neighborhoods of Buffalo, New York.
J Environ Health. 2004 Apr;66(8):25-37, 44.
PMID: 15106580 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

Hicks WL Jr, Hall LA 3rd, Hard R, Gardella J, Bright F, Parasharama N, Lwebuga-Mukasa J, Sigurdson L.

 

Keratinocyte growth factor and autocrine repair in airway epithelium.
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2004 Apr;130(4):446-9.
PMID: 15096428 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

2003

 

Lwebuga-Mukasa JS, Ayirookuzhi SJ, Hyland A.

 

 

Traffic volumes and respiratory health care utilization among residents in close proximity to the Peace Bridge before and after September 11, 2001.
J Asthma. 2003 Dec;40(8):855-64.
PMID: 14743825 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

2002

 

Lwebuga-Mukasa JS, Wojcik R, Dunn-Georgiou E, Johnson C.

 

 

Home environmental factors associated with asthma prevalence in two Buffalo inner-city neighborhoods.
J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2002 May;13(2):214-28.
PMID: 12017911 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

Lwebuga-Mukasa J, Dunn-Georgiou E.

 

 

A school-based asthma intervention program in the Buffalo, New York, schools.
J Sch Health. 2002 Jan;72(1):27-32.
PMID: 11871359 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

2001

 

Almeida JP, Lwebuga-Mukasa JS.

 

 

Geographic variations in asthma mortality in Erie and Niagara counties, western New York, 1991-1996.
Am J Public Health. 2001 Sep;91(9):1394-5. No abstract available.
PMID: 11527767 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

Lwebuga-Mukasa JS, Pszonak R.

 

 

Patterns of inpatient and outpatient care for asthma in Erie and Niagara Counties, western New York State.
J Asthma. 2001 Apr;38(2):155-60.
PMID: 11321686 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

2000

 

Lwebuga-Mukasa JS, Dunn-Georgiou E.

 

 

The prevalence of asthma in children of elementary school age in western New York.
J Urban Health. 2000 Dec;77(4):745-61.
PMID: 11194314 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

1999

 

Hicks W Jr, Sigurdson L, Gabalski E, Hard R, Hall L 3rd, Gardella J, Powers C, Kumar N, Lwebuga-Mukasa J.

 

 

Does cartilage down-regulate growth factor expression in tracheal epithelium?
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1999 Nov;125(11):1239-43.
PMID: 10555696 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

1998

 

Schunemann HJ, Dillon D, Nielsen LC, Lwebuga-Mukasa JS.

 

 

Modulation of laminin integrin receptors in the postnatal and adult rat lung.
Differentiation. 1998 Aug;63(4):181-91.
PMID: 9745709 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

Sigurdson SL, Lwebuga-Mukasa JS.

 

 

Adhesive characteristics of type II pneumocyte subpopulations from saline- and silica-treated rats.
Exp Lung Res. 1998 May-Jun;24(3):307-20.
PMID: 9635253 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

1997

 

Hicks W Jr, Hall L 3rd, Sigurdson L, Stewart C, Hard R, Winston J, Lwebuga-Mukasa J.

 

 

Isolation and characterization of basal cells from human upper respiratory epithelium.
Exp Cell Res. 1997 Dec 15;237(2):357-63.
PMID: 9434631 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

el-Solh A, Kumar NM, Nair MP, Schwartz SA, Lwebuga-Mukasa JS.

 

An RGD containing peptide from HIV-1 Tat-(65-80) modulates protooncogene expression in human bronchoalveolar carcinoma cell line, A549.
Immunol Invest. 1997 Apr;26(3):351-70.
PMID: 9129988 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

1996

 

Kumar NM, Rabadi NH, Sigurdson LS, Schunemann HJ, Lwebuga-Mukasa JS.

 

 

Induction of interleukin-1 and interleukin-8 mRNAs and proteins by TGF beta 1 in rat lung alveolar epithelial cells.
J Cell Physiol. 1996 Oct;169(1):186-99.
PMID: 8841435 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

Moxey-Mims MM, Nielsen L, Noble B, Lwebuga-Mukasa JS.

 

Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in chronic proliferative immune complex nephritis.
Clin Immunol Immunopathol. 1996 Aug;80(2):123-8.
PMID: 8764556 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

Nair MP, Kumar NM, Kronfol ZA, Greden JF, Lwebuga-Mukasa JS, Schwartz SA.

 

 

Alcohol inhibits lipopolysaccharide-induced tumor necrosis factor alpha gene expression by peripheral blood mononuclear cells as measured by reverse transcriptase PCR in situ hybridization.
Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 1996 Jul;3(4):392-8.
PMID: 8807202 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

Mensah EA, Kumar NM, Nielsen L, Lwebuga-Mukasa JS.

 

 

Distribution of alveolar type II cells in neonatal and adult rat lung revealed by RT-PCR in situ.
Am J Physiol. 1996 Jul;271(1 Pt 1):L178-85.
PMID: 8760149 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

1995

 

Kumar NM, Sigurdson SL, Sheppard D, Lwebuga-Mukasa JS.

 

 

Differential modulation of integrin receptors and extracellular matrix laminin by transforming growth factor-beta 1 in rat alveolar epithelial cells.
Exp Cell Res. 1995 Dec;221(2):385-94.
PMID: 7493638 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

1994

 

Sigurdson SL, Lwebuga-Mukasa JS.

 

 

Divalent cation-dependent regulation of rat alveolar epithelial cell adhesion and spreading.
Exp Cell Res. 1994 Jul;213(1):71-9.
PMID: 8020608 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

Lwebuga-Mukasa JS.

 

 

A Mn(2+)-enhanced, RGD-dependent adhesion technique for isolation of adult rat type II alveolar epithelial cells for immediate functional studies.
Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 1994 Apr;10(4):347-54.
PMID: 8136151 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

1991

 

Lwebuga-Mukasa JS.

 

Matrix-driven pneumocyte differentiation.
Am Rev Respir Dis. 1991 Aug;144(2):452-7. Review.
PMID: 1859074 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

Lwebuga-Mukasa JS.

 

 

Identification of pneumocin, a developmentally regulated apical membrane glycoprotein in rat lung type II and Clara cells.
Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 1991 Jun;4(6):489-96.
PMID: 2054191 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

Lwebuga-Mukasa JS.

 

 

Isolation and partial characterization of pneumocin, a novel apical membrane surface glycoprotein marker of rat type II cells.
Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 1991 Jun;4(6):479-88.
PMID: 2054190 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

Kresch MJ, Lwebuga-Mukasa J, Wilson CM, Gross I.

 

Comparison of the Maclura pomifera lectin-binding glycoprotein in late fetal and adult rat lung.
Lung. 1991;169(3):139-51.
PMID: 1895777 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

1988

 

Zoghbi SS, Sostman HD, Duberg AC, Lwebuga-Mukasa J, Carbo PL, Gottschalk A.

 

 

Radiolabeled fibronectin for the scintigraphic detection of pulmonary emboli in dogs.
Invest Radiol. 1988 Aug;23(8):574-8.
PMID: 3417434 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

1986

 

Sibille Y, Lwebuga-Mukasa JS, Polomski L, Merrill WW, Ingbar DH, Gee JB

 

 

An in vitro model for polymorphonuclear-leukocyte-induced injury to an extracellular matrix. Relative contribution of oxidants and elastase to fibronectin release from amnionic membranes.
Am Rev Respir Dis. 1986 Jul;134(1):134-40.
PMID: 3014933 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

Strayer DS, Merritt TA, Lwebuga-Mukasa J, Hallman M.

 

 

Surfactant-anti-surfactant immune complexes in infants with respiratory distress syndrome.
Am J Pathol. 1986 Feb;122(2):353-62.
PMID: 3511728 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

Lwebuga-Mukasa JS, Ingbar DH, Madri JA.

 

 

Repopulation of a human alveolar matrix by adult rat type II pneumocytes in vitro. A novel system for type II pneumocyte culture.
Exp Cell Res. 1986 Feb;162(2):423-35.
PMID: 3510880 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

1985

 

Saito K, Lwebuga-Mukasa J, Barrett C, Light D, Warshaw JB.

 

Characteristics of primary isolates of alveolar type II cells from neonatal rats.
Exp Lung Res. 1985;8(4):213-25.
PMID: 3840085 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

1984

 

Lwebuga-Mukasa JS, Thulin G, Madri JA, Barrett C, Warshaw JB.

 

 

An acellular human amnionic membrane model for in vitro culture of type II pneumocytes: the role of the basement membrane in cell morphology and function.
J Cell Physiol. 1984 Oct;121(1):215-25.
PMID: 6548224 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

Lwebuga-Mukasa JS, Madri JA, Albert J, Furthmayr H.

 

 

Studies on the interaction of human plasma-fibronectin with native type I calf skin collagen molecules using the rotary shadowing technique.
Coll Relat Res. 1984 Mar;4(2):95-110.
PMID: 6723254 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

1976

 

Lwebuga-Mukasa JS, Harper E, Taylor P.

 

 

Collagenase enzymes from Clostridium: characterization of individual enzymes.
Biochemistry. 1976 Oct 19;15(21):4736-41.
PMID: 184822 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

Lwebuga-Mukasa JS, Lappi S, Taylor P.

 

 

Molecular forms of acetylcholinesterase from Torpedo californica: their relationship to synaptic membranes.
Biochemistry. 1976 Apr 6;15(7):1425-34.
PMID: 177042 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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