A full list of this provider’s research publications can be found on their research profile or PubMed.

• Chizzolini C, Boin F. The role of the acquired immune response in systemic sclerosis. Semin Immunopathol 2015;37(5):519-28. PMID: 26152639
• Fava A, Cimbro R, Wigley FM, Liu QR, Rosen A, Boin F. Frequency of circulating topoisomerase-I-specific CD4 T cells predicts presence and progression of interstitial lung disease in scleroderma. Arthritis Res Ther 2016;18(1):99. PMID: 27145754
• Gourh P, Remmers EF, Boyden SE, Alexander T, Morgan ND, Shah AA, Mayes MD, Doumatey A, Bentley AR, Shriner D, Domsic RT, Medsger TA Jr, Steen VD, Ramos PS, Silver RM, Korman B, Varga J, Schiopu E, Khanna D, Hsu V, Gordon JK, Saketkoo LA, Gladue H, Kron B, Criswell LA, Derk CT, Bridges SL Jr, Shanmugam VK, Kolstad KD, Chung L, Jan R, Bernstein EJ, Goldberg A, Trojanowski M, Kafaja S, Maksimowicz-McKinnon KM, Mullikin JC, Adeyemo A, Rotimi C, Boin F, Kastner DL, Wigley FM. Whole-Exome Sequencing to Identify Rare Variants and Gene Networks That Increase Susceptibility to Scleroderma in African Americans. Arthritis Rheumatol 2018;70(10):1654-1660. PMID: 29732714
• Gourh P, Safran SA, Alexander T, Boyden SE, Morgan ND, Shah AA, Mayes MD, Doumatey A, Bentley AR, Shriner D, Domsic RT, Medsger TA Jr, Ramos PS, Silver RM, Steen VD, Varga J, Hsu V, Saketkoo LA, Schiopu E, Khanna D, Gordon JK, Kron B, Criswell LA, Gladue H, Derk CT, Bernstein EJ, Bridges SL Jr, Shanmugam VK, Kolstad KD, Chung L, Kafaja S, Jan R, Trojanowski M, Goldberg A, Korman BD, Steinbach PJ, Chandrasekharappa SC, Mullikin JC, Adeyemo A, Rotimi C, Wigley FM, Kastner DL, Boin F, Remmers EF. HLA and autoantibodies define scleroderma subtypes and risk in African and European Americans and suggest a role for molecular mimicry. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Jan 7;117(1):552-562. PMID: 31871193
• Hinze AM, Lin CT, Hussien AF, Perin J, Venado A, Golden JA, Boin F, Brown RH, Wise RA, Wigley FM. Longitudinal assessment of interstitial lung disease in single lung transplant recipients with scleroderma. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2020;59(4):790-798. PMID: 31504916
• Joseph CG, Darrah E, Shah AA, Skora AD, Casciola-Rosen LA, Wigley FM, Boin F, Fava A, Thoburn C, Kinde I, Jiao Y, Papadopoulos N, Kinzler KW, Vogelstein B, Rosen A. Association of the autoimmune disease scleroderma with an immunologic response to cancer. Science 2014;343(6167):152-7. PMID: 24310608
• Kalekar LA, Cohen JN, Prevel N, Sandoval PM, Mathur AN, Moreau JM, Lowe MM, Nosbaum A, Wolters PJ, Haemel A, Boin F, Rosenblum MD. Regulatory T cells in skin are uniquely poised to suppress profibrotic immune responses. Sci Immunol 2019;4(39):eaaw2910. PMID: 31492709
• Lofgren S, Hinchcliff M, Carns M, Wood T, Aren K, Arroyo E, Cheung P, Kuo A, Valenzuela A, Haemel A, Wolters PJ, Gordon J, Spiera R, Assassi S, Boin F, Chung L, Fiorentino D, Utz PJ, Whitfield ML, Khatri P. Integrated, multicohort analysis of systemic sclerosis identifies robust transcriptional signature of disease severity. JCI Insight 2016;1(21):e89073. PMID: 28018971
• Mecoli CA, Shah AA, Boin F, Wigley FM, Hummers LK. The Utility of Plasma Vascular Biomarkers in Systemic Sclerosis: A Prospective Longitudinal Analysis. Arthritis Rheumatol 2020. doi: 10.1002/art.41265. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32200572
• Morgan ND, Shah AA, Mayes MD, Domsic RT, Medsger TA Jr, Steen VD, Varga J, Carns M, Ramos PS, Silver RM, Schiopu E, Khanna D, Hsu V, Gordon JK, Gladue H, Saketkoo LA, Criswell LA, Derk CT, Trojanowski MA, Shanmugam VK, Chung L, Valenzuela A, Jan R, Goldberg A, Remmers EF, Kastner DL, Wigley FM, Gourh P, Boin F. Clinical and serological features of systemic sclerosis in a multicenter African American cohort: Analysis of the genome research in African American scleroderma patients clinical database. Medicine (Baltimore). 2017 Dec;96(51):e8980. PMID: 29390428
• Park JK, Fava A, Carrino J, Del Grande F, Rosen A, Boin F. Association of Acroosteolysis With Enhanced Osteoclastogenesis and Higher Blood Levels of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Systemic Sclerosis. Arthritis Rheumatol 2016;68(1):201-9. PMID: 26361270
• Pauling JD, Frech TM, Hughes M, Gordon JK, Domsic RT, Anderson ME, Ingegnoli F, McHugh NJ, Johnson SR, Hudson M, Boin F, Ong VH, Matucci-Cerinic M, Altorok N, Scolnik M, Nikpour M, Shah A, Pope JE, Khanna D, Herrick AL. Patient-reported outcome instruments for assessing Raynaud's phenomenon in systemic sclerosis: A SCTC Vascular Working Group Report. J Scleroderma Relat Disord 2018;3(3):249-252. PMID: 30705970
• Sacchetti C, Bai Y, Stanford SM, Di Benedetto P, Cipriani P, Santelli E, Piera-Velazquez S, Chernitskiy V, Kiosses WB, Ceponis A, Kaestner KH, Boin F, Jimenez SA, Giacomelli R, Zhang ZY, Bottini N. PTP4A1 promotes TGFβ signaling and fibrosis in systemic sclerosis. Nat Commun. 2017;8(1):1060. PMID: 29057934
• Shah RJ, Boin F. Lung Transplantation in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis. Curr Rheumatol Rep 2017 May;19(5):23. PMID: 28386760
• Stern LK, Selby V, Boin F, Kolaitis N, Aras M, Klein L, De Marco T. Heart-Lung transplantation: a viable option for connective tissue diseases. Clin Transplant. 2020;34(2):e13776. PMID: 31867763
• Tiniakou E, Fava A, McMahan ZH, Guhr T, O'Meally RN, Shah AA, Wigley FM, Cole RN, Boin F, Darrah E. Definition of Naturally Processed Peptides Reveals Convergent Presentation of Autoantigenic Topoisomerase I Epitopes in Scleroderma. Arthritis Rheumatol 2020. doi: 10.1002/art.41248. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32162841