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McCormack, Francis X. MD
Division: Pulmonary,Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
Title: Taylor Professor and Division Director
Education: University of California, San Diego, BA 1978
University of Texas Medical Branch, MD 1982
Training: Internship/Residency, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center 1982-1985
Chief Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center 1985-1986
Fellowship, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center 1987-1989
Clinical Interests: LAM; interstitial lung disease
Research Interests: Pulmonary innate immunity (pulmonary innate immunity, antimicrobial peptide, collectin, surfactant protein, pulmonary host defense)
Recent Publications:
McCormack FX. Lymphangioleiomyomatosis: a clinical update. Chest. 2008 Feb;133(2):507-16. Review.
Bissler JJ, McCormack FX, Young LR, Elwing JM, Chuck G, Leonard JM, Schmithorst VJ, Laor T, Brody AS, Bean J, Salisbury S, Franz DN. Sirolimus for angiomyolipoma in tuberous sclerosis complex or lymphangioleiomyomatosis. N Engl J Med. 2008 Jan 10;358(2):140-51.
Young LR, Pasula R, Gulleman PM, Deutsch GH, McCormack FX. Susceptibility of Hermansky-Pudlak mice to bleomycin-induced type II cell apoptosis and fibrosis. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2007 Jul;37(1):67-74. Epub 2007 Mar 15.
Kuzmenko AI, Wu H, McCormack FX. Pulmonary collectins selectively permeabilize model bacterial membranes containing rough lipopolysaccharide. Biochemistry. 2006 Feb 28;45(8):2679-85.
Kuzmenko AI, Wu H, Wan S, McCormack FX. Surfactant protein A is a principal and oxidation-sensitive microbial permeabilizing factor in the alveolar lining fluid. J Biol Chem. 2005 Jul 8;280(27):25913-9.
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Email: Frank.mccormack@uc.edu
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