DEPARTMENT NAME
Department of Internal Medicine, Asthma and Allergy

CONTACT DETAILS FOR HEAD OF DEPARTMENT
prof. dr hab. n. med. Piotr Kuna
piotr.kuna@umed.lodz.pl
+48 42 677 69 51
Department of Internal Medicine, Asthma and Allergy
ul. Kopcinskiego 22
90-153 Lodz, Poland

TEAM MEMBERS
Piotr Kuna – Professor
Cezary Pałczyński – Professor
Maciej Kupczyk – Associate Professor
Paweł Majak – Assistant Professor
Michał Panek – Assistant Professor
Izabela Kupryś-LIpińska, PhD

PhD students:
Piotr Łacwik MD
Miłosz Kuświk MD
Marcelina Przemęcka MD
Marcelina Koćwin MD
Maciej Koźmiński MD
Mateusz Jonakowski MD
Jan Zioło MD
Dorota Szydłowska MSc
Joanna Molińska MSc
Katarzyna Molińska MSc

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF RESEARCH ACTIVITY

Research areas:

• asthma with aspirin hypersensitivity
• severe steroid-dependent asthma
• epidemiology of allergic diseases
• specific immunotherapy
• drug hypersensitivity
• glucocorticoid receptor gene polymorphisms
• atopic dermatitis
• chronic urticaria
• allergic rhinitis

DEPARTMENTAL ACHIEVEMENTS: PROJECTS AND PAPERS

Publications:

• Identification of relationship between interleukin 15 mRNA and brain-derived neurotrophic factor II mRNA levels with formal components of temperament in asthmatic patients. Mol. Neurobiol. Mol Neurobiol. 2017 Apr;54(3):1733-1744

• Effectiveness of the Polish program for the treatment of severe allergic asthma with omalizumab: a single-center experience. BMC Pulm Med. 2016 Apr 26;16(1):61 Projects:
• The role of nonspecific immune response of the airway mucosa in children with chronic rhinosinusitis and asthma financed from National Science Centre (2016-2019)
• The role of the TGF-BMP signalling pathway in the mechanisms and treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases of the respiratory system with particular emphasis on SMAD proteins financed from Polpharma Scientific Foundation (2016-2019)
• Clinical, biochemical and genetic factors for response to antibody anti-IgE treatment in asthma phenotypes financed from National Science Centre (2016-2019) (co-investigator)