Manuscripts

1. Jia HP, Starner TD, Ackermann M, Kirby P, Tack BF, McCray PB Jr.  Abundant human beta-defensin-1 expression in milk and mammary gland epithelium. J Pediatr 138: 109-111, 2001.
   
2. Saiman L, Tabibi S, Starner TD, San Gabriel P, Winokur PL, Jia HP, McCray PB Jr, Tack BF. Cathelicidin peptides inhibit multiply antibiotic-resistant pathogens from patients with cystic fibrosis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 45:2838-2844, 2001.
   
3. Schibli DJ, Hunter HN, Aseyev V, Starner TD, Weincek JM, McCray PB Jr, Tack BF, Vogel HJ. The solution structures of the human beta-defensins lead to a better understanding of the potent bactericidal activity of HBD-3 against staphylococcus aureus. J Biol Chem 11:11, 2001
   
4. D'Alessandro DM, Ellsbury DL, Kreiter DC, Starner TD. Pediatric jeopardy may increase residents' medical reading. Ambul Pediatr 2:1-3, 2002.
   
5. Starner TD, Swords WE, Apicella MA, McCray PB Jr. Susceptibility of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae to human beta-defensins is influenced by Lipooligosaccharide acylation. Infect Immun 70:5287-5289, 2002.
   
6. Starner TD, Barker CK, Jia HP, Kang Y, McCray PB Jr.  CCL20 is an inducible product of human airway epithelia with innate immune properties. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 29:627-633, 2003.
   
7. Starner TD, Agerberth B, Gudmundsson GH, McCray PB Jr.  Expression and activity of {beta}-defensins and LL-37 in the developing human lung. J Immunol 174:1608-1615, 2005.
   
8. Dajani, R., Zhang, Y., Taft, P.J., Travis, S.M., Starner, T.D., Olsen, A., Zabner, J., Welsh, M.J., and Engelhardt, J.F. 2005. Lysozyme secretion by submucosal glands protects the airway from bacterial infection. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 32:548-552.
   
9. Chin, C.L., Manzel, L.J., Lehman, E.E., Humlicek, A.L., Shi, L., Starner, T.D., Denning, G.M., Murphy, T.F., Sethi, S., and Look, D.C. 2005. Haemophilus influenzae from patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation induce more inflammation than colonizers. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 172:85-91.
   
10. Miller, L.S., Sorensen, O.E., Liu, P.T., Jalian, H.R., Eshtiaghpour, D., Behmanesh, B.E., Chung, W., Starner, T.D., Kim, J., Sieling, P.A., et al. 2005. TGF-alpha regulates TLR expression and function on epidermal keratinocytes. J Immunol 174:6137-6143.
    
11. Starner, T.D. and P.B. McCray, Jr., Pathogenesis of early lung disease in cystic fibrosis: a window of opportunity to eradicate bacteria. Ann Intern Med, 2005. 143(11): p. 816-22.
    
12. Starner TD, Zhang N, Apicella MA, McCray PB Jr.  Biofilm adaptation of Haemophilus influenzae to airway epithelia:  implications for early cystic fibrosis lung disease. (accepted Am J Respir Crit Care Med).