Arbour NC, Lorenz E, Schutte BC, Zabner J, Kline JN, Jones M, Frees K, Watt JL, Schwartz DA. TLR4 mutations are associated with endotoxin hyporesponsiveness in humans. Nature Genetics 2000;25(2):187-191.

Brass DM, Savov JD, Gavett SH, Haykal-Coates N, Schwartz DA. Subchronic endotoxin inhalation causes chronic airway disease. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology 2003;285(6):L755-L761.

Butler NS, Monick MM, Yarovinsky TO, Powers LS, Hunninghake GW. Altered IL-4 mRNA stability correlates with Th1 and Th2 bias and susceptibility to hypersensitivity pneumonitis in two inbred strains of mice. Journal of Immunology 2002;169(7):3700-3709.

Chrischilles E, Ahrens R, Kuehl A, Kelly K, Thorne P, Burmeister L, Merchant J. Asthma prevalence and morbidity among rural Iowa schoolchildren. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2004;113(1):66-71 and erratum in Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 113(3):391.

George CL, Jin H, Wohlford-Lenane CL, O’Neill ME, Phipps JC, O’Shaughnessy P, Kline JN, Thorne PS, Schwartz DA. Endotoxin responsiveness and subchronic grain dust-induced airway disease. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Biology 2001;280(2):L203-L213.

George CL, White M, O’Neill ME, Thorne PS, Schwartz DA, Snyder JM. Altered surfactant protein A gene expression and protein metabolism associated with repeat exposure to inhaled endotoxin. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology 2003;285(6):L1337-L1344.

Hollingsworth JW, Cook DN, Brass DM, Walker JK, Morgan DL, Foster WM, Schwartz DA. The role of toll-like receptor 4 in environmental airway injury in mice. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2004;170(2):106-107.

Lorenz E, Jones M, Wohlford-Lenane C, Meyer N, Frees KL, Arbour NC, Schwartz DA. Genes other than TLR4 are involved in the response to inhaled LPS. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology 2001;281(5):L1106-L1114.

Monick MM, Staber JM, Thomas KW, Hunninghake GW. Respiratory syncytial virus infection results in activation of multiple protein kinase C isoforms leading to activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase. Journal of Immunology 2001;166(4):2681-2687.

Monick MM, Yarovinsky TO, Powers LS, Butler NS, Carter AB, Gudmundsson G, Hunninghake GW. Respiratory syncytial virus up-regulates TLR4 and sensitizes airway epithelial cells to endotoxin. Journal of Biological Chemistry 2003;278(52):53035-53044.

Moreland JG, Fuhrman RM, Wohlford-Lenane CL, Quinn TJ, Benda E, Pruessner JA, Schwartz DA. TNF-α and IL-1β are not essential to the inflammatory response in LPS -induced airway disease. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Biology 2001;280(1):L173-L180.

Moreland JG, Fuhrman RM, Pruessner JA, Schwartz DA. CD11b and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 are involved in pulmonary neutrophil recruitment in lipopolysaccharide-induced airway disease. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology 2002;27(4):474-480.

Moreland JG, Bailey G, Nauseef WM, Weiss JP. Organism-specific neutrophil-endothelial cell interactions in response to Escherichia coli, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of Immunology 2004;172(1):426-432.

Quinn TJ, Taylor S, Wohlford-Lenane CL, Schwartz DA. IL-10 reduces grain dust-induced airway inflammation and airway hyperreactivity. Journal of Applied Physiology 2000;88(1):173-179.

Savov JD, Gavett SH, Brass DM, Costa DL, Schwartz DA. Neutrophils play a critical role in the development of LPS-induced airway disease. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology 2002;283(5):L952-L962.

Savov JD, Brass DM, Berman KG, McElvania E, Schwartz DA. Fibrinolysis in LPS -induced chronic airway disease. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology 2003;285(4):L940-L948.

Savov JD, Whitehead GS, Wang J, Liao G, Usuka J, Peltz G, Foster WM, Schwartz DA. Ozone-induced acute pulmonary injury in inbred mouse strains. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology 2004;31(1):69-77.

Schwartz DA. Does inhalation of endotoxin cause asthma? American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2001;163(2):305-306.

Schwartz DA, Christ WJ, Kleeberger SR, Wohlford-Lenane CL. Inhibition of LPS -induced airway hyperresponsiveness and airway inflammation by LPS antagonists. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology 2001;280(4):L771-L778.

Thomas KW, Monick MM, Staber JM, Yarovinsky TO, Carter AB, Hunninghake GW. RSV inhibits apoptosis and induces NF-κB activity through a PI-3K dependent pathway. Journal of Biological Chemistry 2002;277(1):492-501.

Walker JK , Fong AM, Lawson BL, Savov JD, Patel DD, Schwartz DA, Lefkowitz RJ. Beta-arrestin-2 regulates the development of allergic asthma. The Journal of Clinical Investigation 2003;112(4):566-574.

Warshamana GS, Pociask DA, Sime P, Schwartz DA, Brody AR. Susceptibility to asbestos-induced and transforming growth factor-beta 1-induced fibroproliferative lung disease in two strains of mice. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology 2002;27(6):705-713.

Whitehead GS, Walker JK , Berman KG, Foster WM, Schwartz DA. Allergen -induced airway disease is mouse strain dependent. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology 2003;285(1):L32-L42.

Zeldin DC, Wohlford-Lenane C, Chulada P, Bradbury JA, Scarborough PE, Roggli V, Langenbach R, Schwartz DA. Airway inflammation and responsiveness in prostaglandin H synthase-deficient mice exposed to bacterial lipopolysaccharide. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology 2001;25(4):457-465.

Chen W, Monica MM, Carter AB, Hunninghake GW. Activation of ERK2 by respiratory syncytial virus in A549 cells is linked to the production of interleukin 8. Experimental Lung Research 2000;6(1):13-26.

Chen W, Hunninghake GW. Effects of ragweed and Th-2 cytokines on the secretion of IL-8 in human airway epithelial cells. Experimental Lung Research 2000;26(4):229-239.

Chrischilles E, Ahrens R, Kuehl A, Kelly K, Thorne P, Burmeister L, Merchant J. Management of childhood asthma in the rural setting. Presented at the 60th American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology Workshop on Asthma Care for the Medically Underserved, March 8, 2003.