Patricia W. Finn, M.D.

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Selected Bibliography :

1. Contreras JP, Ly NP, Gold DR, He H, Wand M, Weiss ST, Perkins DL, Platts-Mills TA, Finn PW. Allergen-induced cytokine production, atopic disease, IgE, and wheeze in children. J All Clin Immunol. 2003;112:1072-7.
2. Schroeter CS, Gold DR, Schaub B, Contreras PJ, Manrique O, Gillman MW, Perkins DL, Weiss S, Palmer LJ, Finn PW. Nuclear factor kappa B activation in human cord blood mononuclear cells. Pediatric Research. 2004;56:212-218.
3. Schaub B, Bellou A, Gibbons F, Velasco G, Campo M, He H, Liang Y, Gillman MW, Gold D, Weiss S, Perkins DL, Finn PW. TLR2 and TLR4 stimulation differentially induce cytokine secretion in human neonatal, adult and murine mononuclear cells. J Cytokine Interferon Research. 2004;24:543-52.
4. Schaub B, Westlake R, He H, Arestides R, Hawgood S, Poulain FR, Perkins DL, Finn, PW. Surfactant protein D influences the development of allergic immune responses. Clin Exp Allergy. 2004;34:1819-26.
5. Velasco G, Campo M, Manrique O, Bellou A, He H, Arestides RS, Schaub B, Mueller TF, Perkins DL, Finn PW. Toll-Like Receptor 4 or 2 agonists modulate allergic responses. Am. J Resp Cell Mol Bio. 2005;32;218-24.
6. Schaub B, Tantisira KG, Gibbons FK, He H, Litonjua AA, Gillman MW, Weiss S, Perkins DL, Gold DR, Finn PW. Fetal cord blood: aspects of heightened immune responses. J Clin Immunol. 2005;25:329-37.
7. Gibbons FK, Israel E, Deykin A, Schaub B, He HZ, Perkins DL, Finn PW. The Combined Effects of Zafirlukast, Prednisone, and Inhaled Budesonide on IL-13 and IFN-? Secretion. J Clin Immunol. 2005;25:437-44.
8. Willwerth BM, Schaub B, Tantisira KG, Gold DR, Palmer LJ, Litonjua AA, Perkins DL, Schroeter C, Gibbons FK, Gillman MW, Weiss ST, Finn PW. Prenatal, perinatal, and heritable influences on cord blood immune responses. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2006;96:445-53.
9. Schaub B, Campo M, He H, Perkins D, Gillman MW, Gold DR, Weiss S, Lieberman E, Finn PW. Neonatal Immune responses to TLR2 stimulation: Influence of maternal atopy on Foxp3 and IL-10 expression, Respir Res. 2006;21;7:40.
10. Wang N, Campo M, Ting L, Fleming C, Terhorst C, Finn PW. The costimulatory molecule SLAM is critical for pulmonary

Participation in Local, Regional, and National Activities / Presentations (Limit of 10 in the last 5 years): 2006:

1. Invited Speaker, Innate Immunity and Allergic Response, Center for Comparative Respiratory Biology and Medicine, University of California, Davis
2. Invited Speaker, Topics and Advances in Internal Medicine, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
3. Invited Speaker, Overlooked Innate Immune Mechanisms in Allergy, American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology Annual Meeting
4. Invited Speaker, UC Davis, Fellows Seminar, Academic Medicine: Why Go There?
5. Invited Speaker, Allergic Asthma: Updates, Japanese Respiratory Society International Symposium, Tokyo
6. Invited Speaker, Asthma and Innate Immunity, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo
7. Invited Speaker, Innate Immunity and Allergic Responses, MSTP Summer Faculty Seminar, UCSD 2007:
8. Invited Speaker, UCSD Rheumatic Diseases Core Center, Innate Immunity and Asthmatic Responses
9. Invited Speaker, Burnham Institute for Medical Research, Innate Immunity: Getting the Dirt on Asthma
10. Invited Speaker, UCLA Harbor Grand Rounds, Allergic Responses: Transcriptional Regulation of Costimulatory Pathways

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