Dr. Dmitri Pechkovsky

Profile

Academic position	Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fields	Pneumology, Thoracic Surgery,Pathology,Immunology
Keywords	Pulmonary Fibrosis, Fibroblasts, Macrophages, Epithelium, Extracellular Matrix

Current contact address

Country	Canada
City	Vancouver
Institution	University of British Columbia
Institute	Respiratory Division, Department of Medicine

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Joachim Müller-Quernheim	Abteilung Innere Medizin V - Pneumologie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg
Start of initial sponsorship	01/10/2003

Programme(s)

2002	Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2006	Prasse A., Pechkovsky D.V., Toews G.B., Jungraithmayr W., Kollert F., Goldmann T., Vollmer E., Muller-Quernheim J., Zissel G.: A vicious circle of alveolar macrophages and fibroblasts perpetuates pulmonary fibrosis via CCL18.. In: Am J Respir Crit Care Med., 2006, 781-792
2006	D. Pechkovsky, T. Goldmann, E. Vollmer, J. Muller-Quernheim, G. Zissel Interleukin-18 expression by alveolar epithelial cells type II in tuberculosis and sarcoidosis.. In: FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol., 2006, 30-38
2005	Pechkovsky D.V., Goldmann T., Ludwig C., Prasse A., Vollmer E., Muller-Quernheim J., Zissel G. CCR2 and CXCR3 agonistic chemokines are differently expressed and regulated in human alveolar epithelial cells type II.. In: Respir Res., 2005, 75