MARC PETERS-GOLDEN, M.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine
Director, Fellowship Program in Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine

Education and Training: M.D., Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC Residency: Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA Clinical and Research Training: Pulmonary Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Major Clinical Interests: Interstitial lung diseases, asthma, COPD Major Research Interests: Arachidonic acid metabolism in lung cells (macrophages, epithelial cells, fibroblasts), cell biology of prostaglandin and leukotriene-forming enzymes, role of arachidonate metabolites in host defense and inflammatory and fibrotic lung disease

• Mancuso P, Nana-Sinkam P, Peters-Golden M. LTB₄ augments neutrophil phagocytosis of Klebsiella pneumoniae.  Infect Immun 2001; 69:2011-2016.
• Peters-Golden M. Bailie M, Marshall T, Wilke C, Phan SH, Toews GB, Moore BB. Protection from pulmonary fibrosis in leukotriene-deficient mice. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2002; 165:229-235.
• Lama V, Moore BB, Christensen P, Toews GB, Peters-Golden M. Prostaglandin E₂ synthesis and suppression of fibroblast proliferation by alveolar epithelial cells is cyclooxygenase-2-dependent.  Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2002; 27:752-758.
• Coffey MJ, Peters-Golden M.  Extending the understanding of leukotrienes in asthma.  Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 2003; 3:57-63.
• Brock TG, Peters-Golden M.  5-Lipoxygenase and FLAP.  Prostaglandins Leukotrienes Essential Fatty Acids 2003; 69:99-109.

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