List of works by Y C Gary Lee

A commercially available preparation of Staphylococcus aureus bio-products potently inhibits tumour growth in a murine model of mesothelioma.

scientific article published on 14 August 2014

A distinctive colour associated with high iodine content in malignant pleural effusion from metastatic papillary thyroid cancer: a case report

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A massive pleural-based desmoid tumour.

scientific article published on December 2016

A pleural effusion of multiple causes

scientific article published on 01 April 2012

A rapid, LC-MS/MS assay for quantification of piperacillin and tazobactam in human plasma and pleural fluid; application to a clinical pharmacokinetic study.

scientific article published on 24 February 2018

A year in review: Respirology 2005 - clinical science

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Ability of procalcitonin to discriminate infection from non-infective inflammation using two pleural disease settings

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Activation of proteinase-activated receptor-2 in mesothelial cells induces pleural inflammation.

scientific article published on 10 December 2004

Advances and controversies in pleural diseases.

scientific article published on June 2015

Asbestos-induced and smoking-related disease: apportioning pulmonary function deficit by using thin-section CT.

scientific article published on 7 November 2006

Asbestosis and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: comparison of thin-section CT features.

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Bacterial infection elicits heat shock protein 72 release from pleural mesothelial cells

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Bacteriology and clinical outcomes of patients with culture-positive pleural infection in Western Australia: A 6-year analysis

scientific article published on 06 September 2018

Biomarkers for mesothelioma.

scientific article published on July 2007

Blood culture bottle culture of pleural fluid in pleural infection

scientific article published on 01 April 2011

CD56bright NK cells are enriched at inflammatory sites and can engage with monocytes in a reciprocal program of activation

scientific article published on 01 November 2004

Catheter tract metastasis associated with indwelling pleural catheters

scientific article published on September 2014

Causes and management of common benign pleural effusions.

scientific article published on February 2013

Characterization of a new mouse model of empyema and the mechanisms of pleural invasion by Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Characterization of hypoxia in malignant pleural mesothelioma with FMISO PET-CT.

scientific article published on 30 July 2015

Clinical impact and reliability of pleural fluid mesothelin in undiagnosed pleural effusions

scientific article (publication date: September 2009)

Clinically important factors influencing the diagnostic measurement of pleural fluid pH and glucose.

scientific article published on 12 June 2008

Comparing transforming growth factor beta-2 and fibronectin as pleurodesing agents

scientific article published on 01 December 2001

Comparing transforming growth factor-beta2, talc and bleomycin as pleurodesing agents in sheep.

scientific article published in September 2002

Comparison of fibulin-3 and mesothelin as markers in malignant mesothelioma

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Contralateral tension pneumothorax following unilateral chest tube drainage of bilateral pneumothoraces in a heart-lung transplant patient

scientific article published on 01 October 1999

Coulter counter registers talc particles as leukocytes

scientific article published on 01 February 2001

Diagnoses (Not Diagnosis) of Pleural Effusion. Time to Consider Concurrent Etiologies.

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Diagnosing pleural effusion: moving beyond transudate-exudate separation

scientific article published on 01 March 2007

Diagnostic molecular biomarkers for malignant pleural effusions.

scientific article published on June 2011

Dose De-escalation of Intrapleural Tissue Plasminogen Activator Therapy for Pleural Infection. The Alteplase Dose Assessment for Pleural Infection Therapy Project.

scientific article published on 21 March 2017

Effect of an indwelling pleural catheter vs chest tube and talc pleurodesis for relieving dyspnea in patients with malignant pleural effusion: the TIME2 randomized controlled trial.

scientific article published on June 2012

Empyema thoracis: new insights into an old disease.

scientific article published on September 2010

Endomicroscopy of the pleura highlights challenges and limitations of pleuroscopy

scientific article published on 29 November 2020

Expanding knowledge on non-expandable lungs

scientific article published on 17 October 2019

Feasibility of objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behavior in patients with malignant pleural effusion.

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Henoch-Schonlein purpura in mesothelioma.

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Histopathology of removed indwelling pleural catheters from patients with malignant pleural diseases.

scientific article published on 19 March 2016

How to write research papers and grants: 2011 Asian Pacific Society for Respirology Annual Scientific Meeting Postgraduate Session

scientific article published on July 2012

Human pleural fluid is a potent growth medium for Streptococcus pneumoniae

scientific article published on 30 November 2017

Hyaluronic acid in viscous malignant mesothelioma pleural effusion

scientific article published on 03 December 2020

Increased local expression of coagulation factor X contributes to the fibrotic response in human and murine lung injury.

scientific article published on 03 August 2009

Indwelling pleural catheter: changing the paradigm of malignant effusion management

scientific article published on 01 April 2011

Indwelling pleural catheters reduce inpatient days over pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusion.

scientific article published in August 2012

Influence of genetic and environmental factors on the immunogenicity of Hib vaccine in Gambian twins

scientific article published on 02 May 2006

Intrapleural tissue plasminogen activator and deoxyribonuclease for pleural infection. An effective and safe alternative to surgery.

scientific article published on November 2014

Intrapleural tissue plasminogen activator and deoxyribonuclease therapy for pleural infection

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Investigation of a unilateral pleural effusion in adults: British Thoracic Society Pleural Disease Guideline 2010.

scientific article published in August 2010

Longitudinal Measurement of Pleural Fluid Biochemistry and Cytokines in Malignant Pleural Effusions.

scientific article published on 18 January 2016

Loss of miR-223 and JNK Signaling Contribute to Elevated Stathmin in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

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Malignant pleural effusions: fixing the leaky faucet.

scientific article published in July 2008

Malignant pleural fluid from mesothelioma has potent biological activities.

scientific article published on 25 August 2016

Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions. An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical Practice Guideline

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Management of malignant pleural effusions

scientific article published on 01 June 2004

Management of malignant pleural effusions: questions that need answers.

scientific article published on July 2013

Management of malignant pleural mesothelioma.

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Medical thoracoscopy: rigid thoracoscopy or flexi-rigid pleuroscopy?

scientific article published on July 2014

Mesothelial cells activate the plasma kallikrein-kinin system during pleural inflammation.

scientific article published on June 2011

Osler Centenary Papers: Management of pleural infection: Osler's final illness and recent advances

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

Outcome of patients with nonspecific pleuritis/fibrosis on thoracoscopic pleural biopsies

scientific article published on 12 March 2010

Pathogenesis of pleural infection: A complex warfare

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Phase 1 trial of intrapleural LTI-01; single chain urokinase in complicated parapneumonic effusions or empyema.

scientific article published on 18 April 2019

Phosphoinositide 3-kinase δ inhibitor suppresses interleukin-17 expression in a murine asthma model

scientific article published on 29 March 2010

Pleural Effusions at First ED Encounter Predict Worse Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Pneumonia.

scientific article published on 16 January 2016

Pleural Infections in Intensive Care.

scientific article published in December 2016

Pleural disease: a forgotten frontier in respiratory research.

scientific article published in January 2006

Pleural effusion in patients with pulmonary embolism.

scientific article published on 24 July 2008

Pleural effusions and pneumothorax: Beyond simple plumbing: Expert opinions on knowledge gaps and essential next steps

scientific article published on 01 July 2020

Pleural empyema caused by Klebsiella oxytoca: a case series.

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Pleural fluid exchange in rabbits

scientific article published on 01 July 2007

Pleural fluid levels of interleukin-5 and eosinophils are closely correlated

scientific article published on 01 August 2002

Pleural infection: To drain or not to drain?

scientific article published on 24 May 2017

Pleural infection: changing bacteriology and its implications.

scientific article published on May 2011

Pleurodesis and systemic inflammatory markers: Lessons and insights

scientific article published on 16 January 2020

Pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusion: talc, toxicity and where next?

scientific article published on 01 July 2008

Pleurodesis practice for malignant pleural effusions in five English-speaking countries: survey of pulmonologists.

scientific article published on December 2003

Pleurodesis: a novel experimental model

scientific article published on 01 July 2007

Pleuroscopic cryoprobe biopsies of the pleura: a feasibility and safety study.

scientific article published on 5 December 2014

Pneumothorax: Clearing the Air on the Pressure-Dependent Airleak Hypothesis

scientific article published in 2022

Postmortem findings of malignant pleural mesothelioma: a two-center study of 318 patients.

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Preclinical assessment of adjunctive tPA and DNase for peritoneal dialysis associated peritonitis

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Predicting survival in malignant pleural effusion: development and validation of the LENT prognostic score.

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Predictors of clinical use of pleurodesis and/or indwelling pleural catheter therapy for malignant pleural effusion.

scientific article published on June 2015

Prevalence and clinical course of pleural effusions at 30 days after coronary artery and cardiac surgery.

scientific article published on 11 October 2002

Prophylactic radiotherapy for pleural puncture sites in mesothelioma: the controversy continues

scientific article published on July 2008

Prophylactic radiotherapy for the prevention of procedure-tract metastases after surgical and large-bore pleural procedures in malignant pleural mesothelioma (SMART): a multicentre, open-label, phase 3, randomised controlled trial

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Protocol for the surgical and large bore procedures in malignant pleural mesothelioma and radiotherapy trial (SMART Trial): an RCT evaluating whether prophylactic radiotherapy reduces the incidence of procedure tract metastases.

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Protocol of the PLeural Effusion And Symptom Evaluation (PLEASE) study on the pathophysiology of breathlessness in patients with symptomatic pleural effusions

scientific article published on 03 August 2016

Pseudo-tumor mimicking indwelling pleural catheter tract metastasis in mesothelioma.

scientific article published in October 2014

Radiographic (ILO) readings predict arterial oxygen desaturation during exercise in subjects with asbestosis

scientific article published on March 2003

Randomised Controlled Trial of Urokinase versus Placebo for Non-draining Malignant Pleural Effusion

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Reply: "Less Is More" Approach for Management of Intrapleural Sepsis.

scientific article published on 16 June 2017

Reproducibility and reliability of pleural fluid cytokine measurements

scientific article published on 01 October 2009

Respirology year-in-review 2006: clinical science

scientific article published on January 2007

Respirology: a thank you note from the outgoing editor

scientific article published on 01 October 2011

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Risk reduction in pleural procedures: sonography, simulation and supervision.

scientific article published on July 2010

Road ahead to respiratory health: experts chart future research directions.

scientific article published on 11 March 2009

Role of 2-month sputum smears in predicting culture conversion in pulmonary tuberculosis

scientific article published on 01 June 2010

Role of MCP-1 in pleural effusion development in a carrageenan-induced murine model of pleurisy.

scientific article published on 22 November 2016

Role of early definitive management for newly diagnosed malignant pleural effusion related to lung cancer

scientific article published on 06 April 2020

School‐Aged Children: A Reservoir for Continued Circulation ofHaemophilus influenzaeType b in the United Kingdom

scientific article published on 01 May 2008

Setting up a specialist pleural disease service.

scientific article published on October 2010

Spontaneous pneumothorax in diffuse cystic lung diseases

scientific article published on July 2017

Spontaneous pneumothorax: time to rethink management?

scientific article published on July 2015

Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of invasive versus conservative management of primary spontaneous pneumothorax

scientific article published on 13 September 2016

Summary for Clinicians: Clinical Practice Guideline for Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Surgical and non-surgical management of malignant pleural effusions.

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Surgical resection of mesothelioma: an evidence-free practice.

scientific article published on 16 June 2014

Symptomatic persistent post-coronary artery bypass graft pleural effusions requiring operative treatment : clinical and histologic features

scientific article published on 01 March 2001

The diagnosis of pleural effusions

scientific article published on 08 October 2015

The feasibility of a pragmatic distance-based intervention to increase physical activity in lung cancer survivors.

scientific article published on 9 June 2017

Thoracic ultrasound recognition of competence: A position paper of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand

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Tissue plasminogen activator potently stimulates pleural effusion via a monocyte chemotactic protein-1-dependent mechanism.

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Transforming growth factor beta(2) (TGF beta(2)) produces effective pleurodesis in sheep with no systemic complications

scientific article published on December 2000

Transforming growth factor beta2 induced pleurodesis is not inhibited by corticosteroids

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Transforming growth factor-beta induces collagen synthesis without inducing IL-8 production in mesothelial cells.

scientific article published on August 2003

Translational Research in Pleural Infection and Beyond

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Twenty-five years of Respirology: Advances in pleural disease

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Two sequential tPA/DNase courses for noncommunicating loculated collections in pleural infection

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Unintentional intramuscular administration of tPA/DNase for pleural infection

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Use of cytokeratin fragments 19.1 and 19.21 (Cyfra 21-1) in the differentiation of malignant and benign pleural effusions

scientific article published on 01 December 1999

Vascular endothelial growth factor level correlates with transforming growth factor-beta isoform levels in pleural effusions

scientific article published on 01 December 2000

suPAR Surprises as Biomarker of Invasive Outcomes in Pleural Infection

scientific article published on 16 March 2020