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Basil J Petrof

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1 Rapidly progressive diaphragmatic weakness and injury during mechanical ventilation in humans. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2010 2.17
2 Controlled mechanical ventilation leads to remodeling of the rat diaphragm. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2002 1.83
3 Mechanical ventilation-induced diaphragm disuse in humans triggers autophagy. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2010 1.80
4 Upper airway muscle inflammation and denervation changes in obstructive sleep apnea. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2004 1.75
5 Mechanical ventilation protects against diaphragm injury in sepsis: interaction of oxidative and mechanical stresses. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2002 1.70
6 Preferential diaphragmatic weakness during sustained Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2003 1.68
7 Ventilator-induced diaphragmatic dysfunction. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2004 1.66
8 Clinical review: ventilator-induced diaphragmatic dysfunction--human studies confirm animal model findings! Crit Care 2011 1.55
9 Rapid onset of specific diaphragm weakness in a healthy murine model of ventilator-induced diaphragmatic dysfunction. Anesthesiology 2012 1.50
10 Mitochondrial dysfunction and lipid accumulation in the human diaphragm during mechanical ventilation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2012 1.41
11 Sleep-disordered breathing in fatigued postpoliomyelitis clinic patients. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2006 1.39
12 Six1 and Eya1 expression can reprogram adult muscle from the slow-twitch phenotype into the fast-twitch phenotype. Mol Cell Biol 2004 1.39
13 Lack of CFTR in skeletal muscle predisposes to muscle wasting and diaphragm muscle pump failure in cystic fibrosis mice. PLoS Genet 2009 1.26
14 AMPK activation stimulates autophagy and ameliorates muscular dystrophy in the mdx mouse diaphragm. Am J Pathol 2012 1.24
15 Home mechanical ventilation: a Canadian Thoracic Society clinical practice guideline. Can Respir J 2011 1.17
16 Metabolic and signaling alterations in dystrophin-deficient hearts precede overt cardiomyopathy. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2007 1.15
17 Bcl-2-associated autophagy regulator Naf-1 required for maintenance of skeletal muscle. Hum Mol Genet 2012 1.14
18 CC family chemokines directly regulate myoblast responses to skeletal muscle injury. J Physiol 2008 1.10
19 Profiling substrate fluxes in the isolated working mouse heart using 13C-labeled substrates: focusing on the origin and fate of pyruvate and citrate carbons. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2003 1.09
20 Toll-like receptors differentially regulate CC and CXC chemokines in skeletal muscle via NF-kappaB and calcineurin. Infect Immun 2006 1.07
21 Factors influencing the efficacy, longevity, and safety of electroporation-assisted plasmid-based gene transfer into mouse muscles. Mol Ther 2004 1.05
22 Endotoxin triggers nuclear factor-kappaB-dependent up-regulation of multiple proinflammatory genes in the diaphragm. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2006 1.00
23 Alterations in mitochondrial function as a harbinger of cardiomyopathy: lessons from the dystrophic heart. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2009 0.99
24 Sarcolemmal damage in dystrophin deficiency is modulated by synergistic interactions between mechanical and oxidative/nitrosative stresses. Am J Pathol 2006 0.99
25 Sustained improvement of muscle function one year after full-length dystrophin gene transfer into mdx mice by a gutted helper-dependent adenoviral vector. Hum Gene Ther 2004 0.98
26 Optimization of regional intraarterial naked DNA-mediated transgene delivery to skeletal muscles in a large animal model. Mol Ther 2005 0.93
27 Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator1- gene α transfer restores mitochondrial biomass and improves mitochondrial calcium handling in post-necrotic mdx mouse skeletal muscle. J Physiol 2012 0.92
28 Prolonged dystrophin expression and functional correction of mdx mouse muscle following gene transfer with a helper-dependent (gutted) adenovirus-encoding murine dystrophin. Hum Mol Genet 2003 0.91
29 Dynamic responses of the glutathione system to acute oxidative stress in dystrophic mouse (mdx) muscles. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2006 0.90
30 Airway delivery of soluble mycobacterial antigens restores protective mucosal immunity by single intramuscular plasmid DNA tuberculosis vaccination: role of proinflammatory signals in the lung. J Immunol 2008 0.89
31 Factors associated with induced chronic inflammation in mdx skeletal muscle cause posttranslational stabilization and augmentation of extrasynaptic sarcolemmal utrophin. Hum Gene Ther 2005 0.89
32 Impact of IL-10 on diaphragmatic cytokine expression and contractility during Pseudomonas Infection. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2006 0.88
33 Expression and regulation of CC class chemokines in the dystrophic (mdx) diaphragm. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2005 0.88
34 Expression of dystrophin driven by the 1.35-kb MCK promoter ameliorates muscular dystrophy in fast, but not in slow muscles of transgenic mdx mice. Mol Ther 2003 0.88
35 Successful compensation for dystrophin deficiency by a helper-dependent adenovirus expressing full-length utrophin. Mol Ther 2007 0.87
36 Stress-induced opening of the permeability transition pore in the dystrophin-deficient heart is attenuated by acute treatment with sildenafil. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2010 0.85
37 Targeting artificial transcription factors to the utrophin A promoter: effects on dystrophic pathology and muscle function. J Biol Chem 2008 0.83
38 Therapeutic gene transfer to dystrophic diaphragm by an adenoviral vector deleted of all viral genes. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2004 0.83
39 Regenerative capacity of the dystrophic (mdx) diaphragm after induced injury. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2004 0.83
40 Muscle-specific inhibition of the classical nuclear factor-κB pathway is protective against diaphragmatic weakness in murine endotoxemia. Crit Care Med 2014 0.81
41 Simultaneous dystrophin and dysferlin deficiencies associated with high-level expression of the coxsackie and adenovirus receptor in transgenic mice. Am J Pathol 2006 0.80
42 Inhibition of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 prevents diaphragmatic inflammation and maintains contractile function during endotoxemia. Crit Care 2010 0.80
43 Ultrasound increases plasmid-mediated gene transfer to dystrophic muscles without collateral damage. Mol Ther 2002 0.78
44 Chemokine receptor and ligand upregulation in the diaphragm during endotoxemia and Pseudomonas lung infection. Mediators Inflamm 2009 0.77
45 Diaphragmatic dysfunction in the intensive care unit: caught in the cross-fire between sepsis and mechanical ventilation. Crit Care 2013 0.77
46 Molecular, cellular, and muscle strip mechanics of the mdx mouse diaphragm. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2013 0.75
47 Relationship between Autophagy and Ventilator-induced Diaphragmatic Dysfunction. Anesthesiology 2015 0.75
48 An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report: Translational Research in Rare Respiratory Diseases. Ann Am Thorac Soc 2017 0.75