W. Michael Foster, Ph.D.
Research Professor, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine,
Department of Medicine
Director, Inhalation Toxicology CCBVP Facility Core

Dr. Foster’s area of research interest and expertise is in the study of environmental air pollutants and their influence on the respiratory system. His laboratory evaluates injury and repair of respiratory tissues in both laboratory animal models and human subjects. Present awards support investigations of the relationship between host (genetic) factors and tissue susceptibility to responsiveness and injury.
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Publications:
Voynow JA, Fischer BM, Malarkey DE, Burch LH, Wong T, Longphre M, Ho SB, Foster WM. Neutrophil elastase induces mucus cell metaplasia in mouse lung. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2004 Dec;287(6):L1293-302. Epub 2004 Jul 23.

Hollingsworth JW 2nd, Cook DN, Brass DM, Walker JK, Morgan DL, Foster WM, Schwartz DA. The role of Toll-like receptor 4 in environmental airway injury in mice. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2004 Jul 15;170(2):126-32. Epub 2004 Mar 12.

Savov JD, Whitehead GS, Wang J, Liao G, Usuka J, Peltz G, Foster WM, Schwartz DA. Ozone-induced acute pulmonary injury in inbred mouse strains. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2004 Jul;31(1):69-77. Epub 2004 Feb 19.

Cope KA, Watson MT, Foster WM, Sehnert SS, Risby TH. Effects of ventilation on the collection of exhaled breath in humans.J Appl Physiol. 2004 Apr;96(4):1371-9. Epub 2003 Dec 12.