Professor and Vice-Chair, Dept. of Medicine, Vanderbilt University
Pulmonology
Dr. Brian W. Christman, MD
|
|
Give Review
Doctor Brian W. Christman, MD practices Pulmonology. He went to University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. He over the years received 3 awards: "America's Top Doctors", "Fellow, American College of Physicians" and "Hugh J. Morgan Teaching Award". Doctor Brian W. Christman, MD is a published doctor as well. He has 70 publications published. The latest was: Exhaled breath condensate isoprostanes are elevated in patients with acute lung injury or ARDS.
Publications
- When Nature Meets Nurture: Persistent Yersinia Infection.
- Low plasma citrulline levels are associated with acute respiratory distress syndrome in patients with severe sepsis.
- Nitric oxide precursors and congenital heart surgery: a randomized controlled trial of oral citrulline.
- Endotoxin-induced acute lung injury requires interaction with the liver.
- Unmasked adult-onset urea cycle disorders in the critical care setting.
- Oxidant stress but not thromboxane decreases with epoprostenol therapy.
- Patency of the preterm fetal ductus arteriosus is regulated by endothelial nitric oxide synthase and is independent of vasa vasorum in the mouse.
- Cellular and molecular pathobiology of Pulmonary arterial hypertension.
- Relationship between carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase genotype and systemic vascular function.
- Increased prevalence of the HFE C282Y hemochromatosis allele in women with breast cancer.
- HSP90 and Akt modulate Ang-1-induced angiogenesis via NO in coronary artery endothelium.
- Glutathione mediates LPS-stimulated COX-2 expression via early transient p42/44 MAPK activation.
- Cyclooxygenase is regulated by ET-1 and MAPKs in peripheral lung microvascular smooth muscle cells.
- Effects of the thromboxane synthetase inhibitor and receptor antagonist terbogrel in patients with primary Pulmonary hypertension.
- Sepsis in cirrhosis: report on the 7th meeting of the International Ascites Club.
- In vivo transfection of murine lungs with a functioning prokaryotic gene using a liposome vehicle.
- Expression of human growth hormone fusion genes in cultured lung endothelial cells and in the lungs of mice.
- Planning for sex, marriage, contraception, and pregnancy.
- Effects of recombinant tumor necrosis factor-alpha on cultured Pulmonary artery and lung microvascular endothelial monolayers.
- Expression of a prokaryotic gene in cultured lung endothelial cells after lipofection with a plasmid vector.
- Determination of catecholamines in sheep plasma by high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection: comparison of deoxyepinephrine and 3,4-dihydr...
- Intravascular source of adenosine during forearm ischemia in humans: implications for reactive hyperemia.
- Increased levels of prostaglandin D(2) suggest macrophage activation in patients with primary Pulmonary hypertension.
- Increased F2 isoprostanes in the acute chest syndrome of sickle cell Disease as a marker of oxidative stress.
- Neonatal Pulmonary hypertension--urea-cycle intermediates, nitric oxide production, and carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase function.
- Thromboxane mediates Pulmonary hypertension and lung inflammation during hyperacute lung rejection.
- Oxidative stress and NF-kappaB activation: correlation in patients following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation.
- NO regulates LPS-stimulated cyclooxygenase gene expression and activity in Pulmonary artery endothelium.
- Hypoproteinemia predicts acute respiratory distress syndrome development, weight gain, and death in patients with sepsis. Ibuprofen in Sepsis Study Group.
- Use of high-dose corticosteroids and high-frequency oscillatory ventilation for treatment of a child with diffuse alveolar hemorrhage after bone marrow transplantation...
- Rapidly fatal infection with Ehrlichia chaffeensis.
- Effects of ibuprofen on the physiology and survival of hypothermic sepsis. Ibuprofen in Sepsis Study Group.
- Exhaled breath condensate isoprostanes are elevated in patients with acute lung injury or ARDS.
- A survey of diagnostic practices and the use of epoprostenol in patients with primary Pulmonary hypertension.
- F2-isoprostane generation in isolated ferret lungs after oxidant injury or ventilated ischemia.
- Lipid mediator dysregulation in primary Pulmonary hypertension.
- Angiotensin II mediates systemic rebound hypertension after cessation of prostacyclin infusion in sheep.
- Regional variability in preproEndothelin-1 gene expression in sheep pulmonary artery and lung during the onset of air-induced Chronic pulmonary hypertension. Participa...
- Platelet-derived lysophosphatidic acid decreases endothelial permeability in vitro.
- The effects of ibuprofen on the physiology and survival of patients with sepsis. The Ibuprofen in Sepsis Study Group.
- Systemic and Pulmonary hypertension after abrupt cessation of prostacyclin: role of thromboxane A2.
- In vivo antioxidant treatment suppresses nuclear factor-kappa B activation and neutrophilic lung inflammation.
- Prostaglandin E2 limits arachidonic acid availability and inhibits leukotriene B4 synthesis in rat alveolar macrophages by a nonphospholipase A2 mechanism.
- Effect of a 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor on endotoxin-induced Pulmonary dysfunction in awake sheep.
- Protection of rabbit lungs from endotoxin injury by in vivo hyperexpression of the prostaglandin G/H synthase gene.
- Antilipid mediator and antioxidant therapy in adult respiratory distress syndrome.
- Successful treatment of invasive bronchial aspergillosis after single-lung transplantation.
- Response of cultured human Pulmonary artery endothelial cells to endotoxin.
- Predominant functional roles for thromboxane A2 and prostaglandin E2 during late nephrotoxic serum glomerulonephritis in the rat.
- Effect of platelet-activating factor receptor antagonism on endotoxin-induced lung dysfunction in awake sheep.
- Neutralization of heparin by protamine. Time for a change?
- Analysis of effector cell-derived lyso platelet activating factor by electron capture negative ion mass spectrometry.
- Regulation of alveolar macrophage production of chemoattractants by leukotriene B4 and prostaglandin E2.
- An imbalance between the excretion of thromboxane and prostacyclin metabolites in Pulmonary hypertension.
- Effects of thromboxane synthase and cyclooxygenase inhibition on PAF-induced changes in lung function and arachidonic acid metabolism.
- The hemochromatosis C282Y allele: a risk factor for hepatic veno-occlusive Disease after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
- A study of aspirin and clopidogrel in idiopathic Pulmonary arterial hypertension.
- Quantitative analysis of f(2) isoprostanes.
- Quantitative analysis of cyclooxygenase metabolites of arachidonic Acid.
- Effect of platelet-activating factor on aerosol histamine responsiveness in awake sheep.
- Role of circulating platelets and granulocytes in PAF-induced Pulmonary dysfunction in awake sheep.
- Role of leukotrienes in an animal model of the adult respiratory distress syndrome.
- Effect of inhibition of 5-lipoxygenase metabolism of arachidonic acid on response to endotoxemia in sheep.
- Analysis of platelet activating factor in human saliva by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.
- Effect of cardioPulmonary bypass on urea cycle intermediates and nitric oxide levels after congenital heart surgery.
- Environmentally determined genetic expression: clinical correlates with molecular variants of carbamyl phosphate synthetase I.
- Excessive nitric oxide function and blood pressure regulation in patients with autonomic failure.
- Hospital-acquired Bordetella bronchiseptica infection following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
- Discovery of an operon that participates in agmatine metabolism and regulates biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Schools
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Vanderbilt University Hospital
Vanderbilt University
Conditions Treated
- COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
- Sarcoidosis
- Sleep Apnea
Doctors Specialties
- Critical Care Medicine
- Pulmonology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- Fellow, American College of Physicians
- Hugh J. Morgan Teaching Award
Education
-
Vanderbilt University -
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
Hospital
-
Vanderbilt Hospital and Clinics
Helpful Reviews
Similar Doctors
|
|
Dr. Robert Miller, MD
 This Doctor is OpenDoctor Recommended.
|
|
Dr. Olusola O. Oguntolu, MD
This Doctor is OpenDoctor Recommended.
|
|
Dr. Earl V. Campbell Jr., MD |
|
|
Dr. William R. Furman, MD
This Doctor is OpenDoctor Recommended.
|
|
|
Dr. Lisa Lancaster, MD
This Doctor is OpenDoctor Recommended.
|
|
|
Dr. Timothy Blackwell, MD
This Doctor is OpenDoctor Recommended.
|
|
|
Dr. Alison N. Miller, MD
This Doctor is OpenDoctor Recommended.
|
|
|
Dr. Brenda Butka, MD
This Doctor is OpenDoctor Recommended.
|
|
|
Dr. Christopher P. Henson, DO |
|
|
Dr. William E. Lawson, MD |
|
|
Dr. James Snell, MD
This Doctor is OpenDoctor Recommended.
|
|
|
Arna Banerjee, MB
This Doctor is OpenDoctor Recommended.
|