GALEN B. TOEWS, M.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine
Chief, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Education and Training: M.D., University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
Residency: Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, TX
Clinical and Research Training: Pulmonary and Immunology Fellowships, University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas
Major Clinical Interests: Pulmonary infectious diseases, interstitial lung diseases
Major Research Interests: Pulmonary host defense mechanisms, pulmonary cellular immunology and regulation of pulmonary immune responses

  • Huffnagle GB, Strieter RM, Standiford TJ, McDonald RA, Burdick MD, Kunkel SL, Toews GB. The role of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) in the recruitment of monocytes and CD4+ T cells during a pulmonary Cryptococcus neoformans infection. J Immunol 1995; 155:4790-4797.
  • Gyetko MR, Chen G-H, McDonald RA, Goodman R, Huffnagle GB, Wilkinson CC, Fuller JA, Toews GB. Urokinase is required for the pulmonary inflammatory response to Cryptococcus neoformans: A murine transgenic model. J Clin Invest 1996; 97:1818-1826.
  • Huffnagle GB, Strieter RM, McNeil LK, McDonald RA, Burdick MD, Kunkel SL, Toews GB. Macrophage inflammatory protein-1a (MIP-1a) is required for the efferent phase of pulmonary cell-mediated immunity to a Cryptococcus neoformans. J Immunol 1997; 159:318-327.114.
  • Flaherty KR, Toews GB, Travis WD, Colby TV, Kazerooni EA. Gross BH, Jain A. Strawderman RL III, Paine R III, Flint A, Lynch JP III, Martinez FJ. Clinical significance of histological classification of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia. Eur Respir J 2002; 19(2):275-83.
  • Gyetko MR, Sud S, Chen GH, Fuller JA, Chensue SW, Toews GB. Urokinase-type plasminogen activator is required for the generation of a type 1 immune response to pulmonary Cryptococcus neoformans infection. J Immunol 2002; 168(2):801-809.
  • Noverr MC, Toews GB, Huffnagle GB. Production of prostaglandins and leukotrienes by pathogenic fungi. Infect Immun 2002; 70(1):400-402.
  • Peters-Golden ML, 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(2):229-35.
  • Traynor TR, Herring AC, Dorf ME, Kuziel WA, Toews GB, Huffnagle GB. Differential roles of CC chemokine ligand 2/monocyte chemotactic protein-1 and CRR2 in the development of T1 immunity. J Immunol 2002; 168:4659-4666.
  • Herring AC, Lee J, McDonald RA, Toews GB, Huffnagle GB. Induction of interleukin-12 and gamma interferon requires tumor necrosis factor alpha for protective T1-cell-mediated immunity to pulmonary Cryptococcus neoformans infection. Infect Immun 2002; 70(6):2959-2964.

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