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Office
3601 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213Phone+1 412-647-0943Fax+1 412-647-4050
Education & Training
- National Institutes of Health Clinical CenterFellowship, Rheumatology, 1986 - 1989
- Wake Forest University Baptist Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1984 - 1986
- Wake Forest University Baptist Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1983 - 1984
- University of Cincinnati College of MedicineClass of 1983
Certifications & Licensure
- PA State Medical License 2015 - 2024
- MA State Medical License 1994 - 2017
- NC State Medical License 1985 - 1999
- MD State Medical License 1986 - 1992
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Rheumatology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow (FACR) American College of Rheumatology
Clinical Trials
- Mycophenolate Mofetil in Systemic Sclerosis Start of enrollment: 2006 Mar 01
- Fresolimumab In Systemic Sclerosis Start of enrollment: 2011 Jan 01
- IL1-TRAP, Rilonacept, in Systemic Sclerosis Start of enrollment: 2011 Dec 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 256 citationsTransforming growth factor beta isoforms in the adult rat central and peripheral nervous systemK. Unsicker, Kathleen C. Flanders, David S. Cissel, Robert Lafyatis, Michael B. Sporn
Neuroscience. 1991-01-01 - 33 citationsA Bayesian mixture model for clustering droplet-based single-cell transcriptomic data from population studies.Zhe Sun, Li Chen, Hongyi Xin, Yale Jiang, Qianhui Huang
Nature Communications. 2019-04-09 - 40 citationsDIMM-SC: a Dirichlet mixture model for clustering droplet-based single cell transcriptomic data.Zhe Sun, Ting Wang, Ke Deng, Xiao-Feng Wang, Robert Lafyatis
Bioinformatics. 2018-01-01
Journal Articles
- Skin Gene Expression Is Prognostic for the Trajectory of Skin Disease in Patients with Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic SclerosisRobert Lafyatis, Yuqing Zhang, Arthritis & Rheumatology
Press Mentions
- Forbius Announces the First Patient Dosed in a Phase 1b Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis Trial of AVID200, a Novel TGF-Beta 1 & 3 InhibitorMarch 4th, 2019
- Rapid Skin Improvement Seen After Treating Systemic Sclerosis Patients with FresolimumabJune 22nd, 2015
Grant Support
- International Workshop On Scleroderma ResearchNational Institute Of Arthritis And Musculoskeletal And Skin Diseases2012
- Rheumatic Diseases Research Core CentersNational Institute Of Arthritis And Musculoskeletal And Skin Diseases2011
- Project 1 Biomarkers Of Disease Activity And Progression In Systemic SclerosisNational Institute Of Arthritis And Musculoskeletal And Skin Diseases2011
- Niams: CortNational Institute Of Arthritis And Musculoskeletal And Skin Diseases2011
- Innate Immunity In Dermal Fibrosis And Systemic SclerosisNational Institute Of Arthritis And Musculoskeletal And Skin Diseases2011
- Tenth International Workshop On Scleroderma Research - August 2-6,2008, CambridgeNational Institute Of Arthritis And Musculoskeletal And Skin Diseases2008–2009
- Microarray Biomarkers Of Disease Activity And Progression In Systemic SclerosisNational Institute Of Arthritis And Musculoskeletal And Skin Diseases2007–2009
- Altered Elastogenesis By TSK Fibrillin-1 And In SSCNational Institute Of Arthritis And Musculoskeletal And Skin Diseases2005–2009
- Rituximab Treatment Of SclerodermaNational Center For Research Resources2007
- International Workshop For Scleroderma ResearchNational Institute Of Arthritis And Musculoskeletal And Skin Diseases2006
- Immune Mediated Alterations In Connective TissueNational Center For Research Resources2006
- Rituximab Treatment Of Scleroderma - An OPEN Label, Phase I StudyNational Center For Research Resources2005–2006
- SWAP And SR Protein Regulation Of Alternaive SplicingNational Institute Of Arthritis And Musculoskeletal And Skin Diseases1997
- Autoimmunity To And MRNA Splicing Regulation By SWAPNational Institute Of Arthritis And Musculoskeletal And Skin Diseases1995–1996
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
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