Defining CD4 T helper and T regulatory cell endotypes of progressive and remitting pulmonary sarcoidosis (BRITE): protocol for a US-based, multicentre, longitudinal observational bronchoscopy study

• Li Li,
• Edward S Chen,
• Linda Powers,
• Sonia M Leach,
• Laura L Koth,
• Lisa A Maier,
• Laura D Harmacek,
• Elizabeth K White,
• Nicholas Kostandinos Arger,
• Brenda R Werner,
• Roman E Magallon,
• Pineet Grewal,
• Briana Q Barkes,
• May Gillespie,
• Sarah E Collins,
• Jessica Cardenas,
• Brian P O’Connor,
• Nabeel Y Hamzeh

Affiliations

Li Li

Department of Neurology, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China

Edward S Chen

6 Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Linda Powers

Department of Hematopathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA

Sonia M Leach

Center for Genes, Environment and Health, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA

Laura L Koth

Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA

Lisa A Maier

Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA

Laura D Harmacek

Center for Genes, Environment and Health, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA

Elizabeth K White

Department of Immunology and Genomic Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA

Nicholas Kostandinos Arger

Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

Brenda R Werner

Department of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA

Roman E Magallon

Center for Genes, Environment, & Health, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA

Pineet Grewal

Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

Briana Q Barkes

Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA

May Gillespie

Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA

Sarah E Collins

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Jessica Cardenas

Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

Brian P O’Connor

Center for Genes, Environment, & Health, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA

Nabeel Y Hamzeh

Department of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA