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Amir Zeki, MD

Associate Professor

  • 750 Citations
  • 16 h-Index
19992019
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Asthma Medicine & Life Sciences
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors Medicine & Life Sciences
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Medicine & Life Sciences
Mevalonic Acid Medicine & Life Sciences
Simvastatin Medicine & Life Sciences
Lung Medicine & Life Sciences
Therapeutics Medicine & Life Sciences
Autophagy Medicine & Life Sciences

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Projects 2014 2016

Statin Lipophilicity as a Determinant of Drug Airway Distribution: A Pilot Study to Identify the Most Potent Statin(s) for the Treatment of Severe Asthma.

Zeki, A.

Project: Research project

The Modulation of Eotaxin Expression by Statins: Implications for Asthma Therapy

Zeki, A.

National Institutes of Health

1/1/14 → 12/31/16

Project: Research project

Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
Asthma
Simvastatin
Research
Interleukin-13

Research Output 1999 2019

A 51-Year-Old Man With Unresolved Pulmonary Infiltrates Following Streptococcus pneumoniae Pneumonia

Pugashetti, J. V., Adams, J. Y., Zeki, A. & Kuhn, B., Feb 1 2019, In : Chest. 155, 2, p. e47-e50

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Streptococcus pneumoniae
Pneumonia
Lung
Levofloxacin
Sinusitis

Mechanisms of simvastatin myotoxicity: The role of autophagy flux inhibition

Emami, A., Shojaei, S., da Silva Rosa, S. C., Aghaei, M., Samiei, E., Vosoughi, A. R., Kalantari, F., Kawalec, P., Thliveris, J., Sharma, P., Zeki, A., Akbari, M., Gordon, J. W. & Ghavami, S., Nov 5 2019, In : European Journal of Pharmacology. 862, 172616.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Simvastatin
Autophagy
Cell Death
Myoblasts
Cell Line
4 Citations (Scopus)

Targeting cholesterol metabolism in glioblastoma: A new therapeutic approach in cancer therapy

Pirmoradi, L., Seyfizadeh, N., Ghavami, S., Zeki, A. & Shojaei, S., Jan 1 2019, In : Journal of Investigative Medicine.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

Glioblastoma
Metabolism
Cholesterol
Neoplasms
Mevalonic Acid

Viruses and non-allergen environmental triggers in asthma

Chau-Etchepare, F., Hoerger, J. L., Kuhn, B., Zeki, A., Haczku, A. F., Louie, S., Kenyon, N., Davis, C. E. & Schivo, M., Jan 1 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Journal of Investigative Medicine.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

Viruses
Asthma
Volatile Organic Compounds
Particulate Matter
Tobacco

A burning need to redefine airways disease: Biomass smoke exposure identified as a unique risk factor for asthma–chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap in low- and middle-income countries

Zeki, A., Flayer, C. H. & Haczku, A. F., Jan 1 2018, (Accepted/In press) In : Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Smoke
Biomass
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Asthma