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I am interested in understanding the role that the BMP  and Wnt pathways play in regulating functions of pulmonary endothelial and smooth muscle cells both in health and disease.","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7827&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/Vinicio_de Jesus Perez","appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pulmonary Disease"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Hypertension"}],"firstName":"Vinicio","primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med","displayName":"Vinicio de Jesus Perez MD","lastName":"de Jesus Perez"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9610&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Tero-Pekka_Alastalo","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pediatrics"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Tero-Pekka","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pediatrics","displayName":"Tero-Pekka Alastalo","lastName":"Alastalo"},{"researchInterest":"Our research focuses on understanding the regulation of genes associated with cardiovascular development and disease, through the use of cultured cells and tissues and genetically modified mouse models.   A variety of different aberrant pathways are being characterized, including those related to signaling through the bone morphogenetic proteins, serotonin and the S100 family of calcium binding proteins, and those defining how a microtubule associated protein regulates mRNA translation.","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3897&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/Marlene_Rabinovitch","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pediatrics - Cardiology"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Developmental Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Cardiology (Heart), Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiology"}],"firstName":"Marlene","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pediatrics - Cardiology","displayName":"Marlene Rabinovitch","lastName":"Rabinovitch"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=14775&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/Edda_Spiekerkoetter","appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Edda","primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med","displayName":"Edda Spiekerkoetter","lastName":"Spiekerkoetter"},{"researchInterest":"Mechanims (molecular and cellular) of pulmonary hypertension, treatment of pulmonary hypertension, treatment of respiratory failure, treatment of septic shock, hemodynamic monitoring","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4680&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/Ronald_Pearl","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Anesthesia"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anesthesia"},{"focus":"Critical Care Medicine"}],"firstName":"Ronald","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Anesthesia","displayName":"Ronald Pearl","lastName":"Pearl"},{"researchInterest":"Protein engineering\r\nTissue engineering\r\nRegenerative medicine\r\nBiomaterials","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8100&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/Sarah_Heilshorn","appointments":[{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Sarah","primaryAppointment":"Member,Bio-X","displayName":"Sarah Heilshorn","lastName":"Heilshorn"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. Spin began his research career studying the structural biology of low density lipoprotein, and has been augmenting his skills with intensive training in molecular biology techniques, particularly those involving high-throughput genetic expression profiling. He is especially interested in vascular smooth muscle cells, and the role of smooth muscle differentiation and phenotypic switching in development and vascular disease.","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6448&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/Joshua_Spin","appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Aortic Disease"},{"focus":"Marfan Syndrome and Aortic Disorders"},{"focus":"Cardiovascular Disease"}],"firstName":"Joshua","primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","displayName":"Joshua M. Spin","lastName":"Spin"},{"researchInterest":"1. The Utility of S100A4/Mts1 as a Biomarker in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH).\r\n\r\n2. Prevalence and Treatment of Insulin Resistance in PAH.\r\n\r\n3. The Effect of EGF-Receptor Blockade and Elastase Inhibitor on Pulmonary Arteries of Patients with PAH.\r\n\r\n4. Characterization of Pulmonary Arteries in Patients with Idiopathic and Secondary PAH by Wedge Angiography.\r\n\r\n5. The Optimal Angle for Angiographic Evaluation of the Left Pulmonary Artery in Patients with PAH.","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7572&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/Roham_Zamanian","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pulmonary Hypertension"},{"focus":"Pulmonology (Lung) and Critical Care "},{"focus":"Pulmonary Medicine"}],"firstName":"Roham","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med","displayName":"Roham Zamanian","lastName":"Zamanian"},{"researchInterest":"Research interests include (1) computer simulation and modeling of cardiovascular physiology with specific attention paid to congenital heart disease and its treatment, (2) development and testing of transcatheter therapies for the treatment of congenital heart disease, and (3) the evaluation and treatment of pulmonary hypertension/pulmonary vascular disease.","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4396&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/Jeffrey_Feinstein","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Cardiology"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Cardiology"},{"focus":"Congenital Heart Defects"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Hypertension"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Vascular Disease"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Vascular Abnormalities"},{"focus":"Cardiac Catheterization"},{"focus":"Biomechanical Engineering / Bioengineering"}],"firstName":"Jeffrey","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Cardiology","displayName":"Jeffrey A. Feinstein, MD, MPH","lastName":"Feinstein"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7127&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/David_Cornfield","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pediatrics - Pulmonary Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Pulmonary"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Medicine/Cystic Fibrosis, Pediatric"}],"firstName":"David","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pediatrics - Pulmonary Medicine","displayName":"David Cornfield","lastName":"Cornfield"},{"researchInterest":"Type I and type II diabetes, insulin pump therapy, glucose sensor technology, insulin resistance, PCOS, thyroid disorders","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8519&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/Marina_Basina","appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - Endocrinology/Gerontology/Metab"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Endocrinology"},{"focus":"Endocrinology and Metabolism"},{"focus":"Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus"},{"focus":"Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus"},{"focus":"Thyroid Diseases"}],"firstName":"Marina","primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Medicine - Endocrinology/Gerontology/Metab","displayName":"Marina Basina","lastName":"Basina"},{"researchInterest":"Our research program has several active projects:\r\n1.) Pulmonary Vascular Disease \u0096 Simvastatin reversed experimental pulmonary hypertension, and is safe for treatment of patients. Blinded clinical trials of efficacy are in progress.\r\n2.) Lung inflammation and regeneration (stem cells)\r\n3.) Lung surfactant rheology and oxidative stress\r\n4.) Gene regulation by RNA binding proteins, NF45 and NF90 through transcriptional and posttranscriptional mechanisms","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5961&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/Peter_Kao","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pulmonary Disease"},{"focus":"Pulmonology (Lung) and Critical Care "}],"firstName":"Peter","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med","displayName":"Peter Kao","lastName":"Kao"},{"researchInterest":"Our laboratory examines apoptotic and cell cycle pathways in cancer and lung disease. We have identified a novel cell cycle protein which regulates cell cycle progression in immune cells and the lung.  We are also studying signaling pathways that regulate cancer cell growth and metastasis.","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4245&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/Glenn_Rosen","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pulmonary Disease"},{"focus":"Pulmonology (Lung) and Critical Care "}],"firstName":"Glenn","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med","displayName":"Glenn Rosen","lastName":"Rosen"},{"researchInterest":"My research focuses on the physiolgogic and biomarker characteristics of early acute lung injury (ALI) prior to need for mechanical ventilation. While, to date no pharmacologic treatment has improved survival in ALI, following the paradigm of early goal directed therapy for severe sepsis, clinical benefit may derive from identifying patients and initiating treatment prior to the need for positive pressure ventilation (and therefore prior to meeting current study entry criteria).","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6766&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/Joseph_Levitt","appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Critical Care"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Critical Care"}],"firstName":"Joseph","primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med","displayName":"Joseph Levitt","lastName":"Levitt"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4070&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/Philip_Tsao","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Philip","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","displayName":"Philip S. Tsao, PhD","lastName":"Tsao"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. Weinacker's research interests center around ICU outcomes.  Her specific interests include venous thromboembolism, acute respiratory distress syndrome, sepsis, and the use of echocardiography in the ICU.  In addition to ongoing research in each of these areas, Dr. Weinacker teaches a course with Dr. David Liang (cardiology) on the use of portable echocardiography to evaluate hemodynamic instability in critically ill patients.","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5936&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/Ann_Weinacker","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Critical Care Medicine"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Disease"},{"focus":"Pulmonology (Lung) and Critical Care "}],"firstName":"Ann","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med","displayName":"Ann Weinacker","lastName":"Weinacker"},{"researchInterest":"Our lab focuses primarily on the contribution of the immune response to lung disease. We are specifically examining the contribution of inflammation to the development of pulmonary hypertension. We also study how airway remodeling occurs in transplantation with specific respect to the microvascular circulation and to the initiation of fibroproliferation.","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8144&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/Mark_Nicolls","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pulmonary Critical Care"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Medicine"},{"focus":"Lung Transplantation"},{"focus":"Heart-Lung Transplantation"},{"focus":"Transplantation Immunology"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Hypertension"}],"firstName":"Mark","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med","displayName":"Mark Nicolls","lastName":"Nicolls"},{"researchInterest":"Clinical: \r\nPulmonary edema, acute respiratory distress syndromes (ARDS), hyaline membrane disease (HMD), bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)\r\n\r\nBasic Science: \r\nLung epithelial sodium transport","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8414&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/Hugh_O'Brodovich","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Pediatrics"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Pediatric Pulmonary"},{"focus":"Pulmonary Medicine/Cystic Fibrosis, Pediatric"}],"firstName":"Hugh","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Pediatrics","displayName":"Hugh O'Brodovich","lastName":"O'Brodovich"},{"researchInterest":"Understanding genetic basis of cardiovascular function and disease.","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4426&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/Thomas_Quertermous","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Thomas","primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","displayName":"Thomas Quertermous, MD","lastName":"Quertermous"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3787&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/Myer_Rosenthal","appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Anesthesia"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anesthesia"},{"focus":"Critical Care Medicine"}],"firstName":"Myer","primaryAppointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Anesthesia","displayName":"Myer \"Mike\" Rosenthal","lastName":"Rosenthal"},{"researchInterest":"","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9842&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Nathaniel_Maynard","appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Bioengineering"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Nathaniel","primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Bioengineering","displayName":"Nathaniel Maynard","lastName":"Maynard"},{"researchInterest":"Our research focuses on the pathogenesis and treatment of acute and chronic neonatal lung injury and the mechanisms that regulate lung fluid balance and alveolar & pulmonary vascular development after premature birth.","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3896&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/Richard_Bland","appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Pediatrics - Neonatology"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine"}],"firstName":"Richard","primaryAppointment":"Professor (Research),Pediatrics - Neonatology","displayName":"Richard Bland","lastName":"Bland"},{"researchInterest":"Dr. Upadhyay examines the molecular link between \u0091Airway Inflammation and Lung Cancer\u0092. We study nicotine stimulation-induced genes that cause escape from oxidative stress mediated Lung Senescence and development of lung cancer and cancer stem cells, and utilizes microRNA analysis for early diagnose of lung cancer in COPD/ smokers. By using exhaled breath condensates and human airway tissue, we examine the genes regulating airway inflammation in a complex duo of \u0091Asthma and obesity\u0092.","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6147&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/Daya_Upadhyay","appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med"}],"clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Lung Cancer, Solitary Pulmonary Nodule"},{"focus":"Asthma, Adult"},{"focus":"Pulmonology (Lung) and Critical Care "},{"focus":"Pulmonary Medicine"}],"firstName":"Daya","primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med","displayName":"Daya Upadhyay","lastName":"Upadhyay"},{"researchInterest":"Use of genetic and molecular tools to dissect immune and inflammatory pathways in Alzheimer's and neurodegeneration.","imageUrl":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3929&type=small&showNoImage","href":"http://breathe.stanford.edu/profiles/Tony_Wyss-Coray","appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"clinicalFocus":[],"firstName":"Tony","primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Neurology & Neurological Sciences","displayName":"Tony Wyss-Coray","lastName":"Wyss-Coray"}]}