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Overview

Jaroslaw W. Zmijewski is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broader categories, their work frequently addresses subfields such as Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Surgery, and Immunology.

The scientist has contributed to a range of topics, with a focus on:

  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Sirtuins and Resveratrol in Medicine

Several recent papers highlight the range of their research interests, including:

  • "Photoprotective Properties of Vitamin D and Lumisterol Hydroxyderivatives" (2020) published in Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics
  • "Metformin: Experimental and Clinical Evidence for a Potential Role in Emphysema Treatment" (2021) published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • "Restoration of SIRT3 gene expression by airway delivery resolves age-associated persistent lung fibrosis in mice" (2021) published in Nature Aging
  • "Mitochondrial uncoupling protein-2 reprograms metabolism to induce oxidative stress and myofibroblast senescence in age-associated lung fibrosis" (2022) published in Aging Cell
  • "NETosis in the pathogenesis of acute lung injury following cutaneous chemical burns" (2021) published in JCI Insight

Zmijewski's frequent coauthors include:

  • Victor J. Thannickal
  • Victor Darley-Usmar
  • Nathaniel B. Bone
  • Eugene Becker
  • S. Ray Smith

The scientist has also published in various venues multiple times, such as:

  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • Scientific Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics

Best Publications

  • HMGB1 Develops Enhanced Proinflammatory Activity by Binding to Cytokines

    Yonggang Sha;Jaroslaw Zmijewski;Zhiwei Xu;Edward Abraham

  • Exposure to hydrogen peroxide induces oxidation and activation of AMP-activated protein kinase.

    Jaroslaw W. Zmijewski;Sami Banerjee;Hongbeom Bae;Arnaud Friggeri

  • Metformin reverses established lung fibrosis in a bleomycin model.

    Sunad Rangarajan;Nathaniel B. Bone;Anna A. Zmijewska;Shaoning Jiang

  • HMGB1 promotes neutrophil extracellular trap formation through interactions with Toll-like receptor 4

    Jean Marc Tadie;Hong Beom Bae;Shaoning Jiang;Dae Won Park

  • Direct, activating interaction between glycogen synthase kinase-3β and p53 after DNA damage

    Piyajit Watcharasit;Gautam N. Bijur;Jaroslaw W. Zmijewski;Ling Song

  • Activation of AMPK attenuates neutrophil proinflammatory activity and decreases the severity of acute lung injury

    Xia Zhao;Jaroslaw W. Zmijewski;Emmanuel Lorne;Gang Liu

  • Dinitrosyliron complexes and the mechanism(s) of cellular protein nitrosothiol formation from nitric oxide

    Charles A. Bosworth;José C. Toledo;Jaroslaw W. Zmijewski;Qian Li

  • Novel Mechanisms for the Antifibrotic Action of Nintedanib

    Sunad Rangarajan;Ashish Kurundkar;Deepali Kurundkar;Karen Bernard

  • Impaired efferocytosis and neutrophil extracellular traps clearance by macrophages in ARDS

    Murielle Gregoire;Fabrice Uhel;Mathieu Lesouhaitier;Arnaud Gacouin

  • Melatonin, mitochondria, and the skin.

    Andrzej T. Slominski;Michal A. Zmijewski;Igor Semak;Tae-Kang Kim

  • Metabolic Reprogramming Is Required for Myofibroblast Contractility and Differentiation

    Karen Bernard;Naomi J. Logsdon;Saranya Ravi;Na Xie

  • Mitochondrial Respiratory Complex I Regulates Neutrophil Activation and Severity of Lung Injury

    Jaroslaw W. Zmijewski;Emmanuel Lorne;Xia Zhao;Yuko Tsuruta

  • AMP-activated protein kinase enhances the phagocytic ability of macrophages and neutrophils

    Hong-Beom Bae;Jaroslaw W. Zmijewski;Jessy S. Deshane;Jean-Marc Tadie

  • Oxidized LDL induces mitochondrially associated reactive oxygen/nitrogen species formation in endothelial cells.

    Jaroslaw W. Zmijewski;Douglas R. Moellering;Claire Le Goffe;Aimee Landar

  • Interaction of electrophilic lipid oxidation products with mitochondria in endothelial cells and formation of reactive oxygen species

    Aimee Landar;Jaroslaw W. Zmijewski;Dale A. Dickinson;Claire Le Goffe

  • PAI-1 inhibits neutrophil efferocytosis

    Young-Jun Park;Gang Liu;Emmanuel F. Lorne;Xia Zhao

  • Cell signalling by oxidized lipids and the role of reactive oxygen species in the endothelium

    J.W. Zmijewski;A. Landar;N. Watanabe;N. Watanabe;D.A. Dickinson

  • Participation of mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 in Toll-like receptor 2- and 4-induced neutrophil activation and acute lung injury.

    Emmanuel Lorne;Xia Zhao;Jaroslaw W. Zmijewski;Gang Liu

  • Photoprotective Properties of Vitamin D and Lumisterol Hydroxyderivatives.

    Andrzej T. Slominski;Anyamanee Chaiprasongsuk;Zorica Janjetovic;Tae Kang Kim

  • Antiinflammatory Effects of Hydrogen Peroxide in Neutrophil Activation and Acute Lung Injury

    Jaroslaw W. Zmijewski;Emmanuel Lorne;Xia Zhao;Yuko Tsuruta

Frequent Co-Authors

Victor J. Thannickal
Victor J. Thannickal Tulane University
Victor M. Darley-Usmar
Victor M. Darley-Usmar University of Alabama at Birmingham
David D. Chaplin
David D. Chaplin University of Alabama at Birmingham
Amit Gaggar
Amit Gaggar University of Alabama at Birmingham
Gang Liu
Gang Liu University of Alabama at Birmingham
Mark T. Dransfield
Mark T. Dransfield University of Alabama at Birmingham
Jack R. Lancaster
Jack R. Lancaster University of Pittsburgh
Richard S. Jope
Richard S. Jope University of Miami
Gene P. Siegal
Gene P. Siegal University of Alabama at Birmingham
Edward Abraham
Edward Abraham University of Miami

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