ZeaBorokMD

Critical Care Medicine, Interstitial Lung Diseases

Professor, Medicine, UCSD School of Medicine

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200 W Arbor Dr
San Diego, CA 92103
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Clinical Center at the National Institutes of HealthResidency, Internal Medicine, 1987 - 1989
UPMC Medical Education/Presbyterian Shadyside HospitalFellowship, Critical Care Medicine, 1986 - 1987
UPMC Medical EducationResidency, Internal Medicine, 1983 - 1986
University of Cape Town Faculty of MedicineClass of 1979

PubMed

717 citations
Induction of Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Alveolar Epithelial Cells by Transforming Growth Factor-β1 : Potential Role in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Brigham C. Willis, Janice M. Liebler, Katherine Luby-Phelps, Andrew G. Nicholson, Edward D. Crandall
The American Journal of Pathology. 2005-05-01
24 citations
Knockout Mice Reveal a Major Role for Alveolar Epithelial Type I Cells in Alveolar Fluid Clearance.
Per Flodby, Yong Ho Kim, LaMonta L. Beard, Danping Gao, Y. Ji
American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 2016-09-01
24 citations
IL-1R1-MyD88 axis elicits papain-induced lung inflammation.
Rafiou Agoro, Julie Piotet-Morin, Jennifer Palomo, Chloé Michaudel, Solenne Vigne
European Journal of Immunology. 2016-11-01

Journal Articles

LINC00261 Is an Epigenetically-Regulated Tumor Suppressor That Is Essential for Activation of the DNA Damage Response
Zea Borok, Jonathan Castillo, Clinical Cancer Research

Atul Malhotra, MD, Receives Prestigious Lifetime Achievement AwardAugust 20th, 2024
Zea Borok, MD, Named Chair of the Department of Medicine at UC San Diego School of MedicineMarch 22nd, 2021
USC Stem Cell Scientist Amy Ryan Studies Diseases from Cystic Fibrosis to COVID-19March 3rd, 2021
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Molecular Programming Of AEC Differentiation: Role Of Forkhead FactorsNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2010–2012
Epigenetic Profiling Of Human Alveolar Epithelial Cells In Health And DiseaseNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2011
Alveolar Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) In Pulmonary FibrosisNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2008–2011
Epigenetic Regulation Of AEC Plasticity And Epithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2009–2010
Role Of FOXP2 In AEC (Trans)DifferentiationNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2004–2008
GATA-6: Key Regulator Of AEC TransdifferentiationNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2004–2007
Stem Cell Homing/Engraftment In Lung Injury And RepairNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2002–2004
Regulation Of Aquaporin-5 Type I PneumocytesNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2000–2003
Alveolar Epithelial Function/DifferentiationNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1994–1997
Control Of Alveolar Epithelial Function/DifferentiationNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1993