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Karina A Serban, MD : Research

Critical Care Medicine Specialist, Pulmonologist (Lung Specialist)

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Research at a glance

Top areas of exploration

  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive , 11 publications
  • Pulmonary Emphysema , 11 publications
  • alpha 1-Antitrypsin , 9 publications
  • alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency , 8 publications

Research activity

39 publications

687 citations

Why is this important?

Active clinical trials

My publications

39 publications

2026

Alpha-defensins promote macrophage inflammatory activation via RNF31 signaling.

Genes & genomics

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2025

Neutrophil-derived extracellular vesicles in the plasma of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficient individuals reveal pro-inflammatory metabolic and transcriptomic signatures.

Extracellular vesicle

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2025

Matrix metalloproteinases and disease severity among PI*MZ and PI*ZZ individuals in the Genomic Research in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency and Sarcoidosis (GRADS) cohort.

BMJ open respiratory research

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2025

Use of the Wnt/β-catenin Activator Lithium Is Associated with Less Emphysema.

medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences

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2025

Alpha-defensins increase NTHi binding but not engulfment by the macrophages enhancing airway inflammation in Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.

Frontiers in immunology

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