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Michael Peters, MD

Title(s)Assistant Professor, Medicine
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address505 Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco CA 94117
Phone415-476-0735
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    Emory UniversityBA2002Economics
    State University of New York, Stony BrookMD2007Medicine
    University of ColoradoInternal Medicine2010Medicine
    University of California, San FranciscoPulmonary/Critical Care2014Medicine
    University of California, San FranciscoMAS2015Epidemiology
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    2015  - 2018Parker B. Francis Fellow
    2014ATS Scientific Abstract Award
    2015ATS Abstract Scholarship

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    Dr. Peters is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and the Department of Medicine at UCSF.

    Many asthma patients respond well to traditional asthma medications including inhaled corticosteroids. However, a significant subgroup of asthmatics (many of whom are older and obese) has severe disease that causes frequent exacerbations and significant disability. The Peters lab studies the pathobiology that results in certain patients developing steroid resistant asthma. To date, we find that patients with measures of obesity associated metabolic dysfunction, including high rates of hypertension and obesity, and elevations in plasma IL-6 levels are significantly more likely to develop asthma exacerbations despite treatment with high doses of inhaled corticosteroids. Furthermore, we find that obese asthma patients demonstrate lower airway gene expression measures of CD8+ T-cells when compared to non obese asthma patients suggesting that obesity may impair airway host defense. The Peters lab is working to identify treatments to restore airway host defense in asthma with the goal of decreasing the frequency and severity of asthma exacerbations.

    Clinically, Dr. Peters works in the UCSF Severe Asthma Clinic and he is an attending in the UCSF Critical Care Units.

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    Uncovering Biologic Mechanisms of Severe Asthma
    NIH/NHLBI K23HL138303Aug 1, 2017 - Jul 31, 2021
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Role of metabolic dysfunction, the gut microbiome, in driving severe asthma
    Nutrition and Obesity Research Center Jan 1, 2017 - Jul 31, 2018
    Role: Principle Investigator

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    1. Reply to Nannini and Lipworth et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 Jul 20. Peters MC, Fahy JV, Denlinger LC. PMID: 32687407.
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    2. COVID-19-related Genes in Sputum Cells in Asthma. Relationship to Demographic Features and Corticosteroids. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 07 01; 202(1):83-90. Peters MC, Sajuthi S, Deford P, Christenson S, Rios CL, Montgomery MT, Woodruff PG, Mauger DT, Erzurum SC, Johansson MW, Denlinger LC, Jarjour NN, Castro M, Hastie AT, Moore W, Ortega VE, Bleecker ER, Wenzel SE, Israel E, Levy BD, Seibold MA, Fahy JV. PMID: 32348692.
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    3. An Anti-Siglec-8 Antibody Depletes Sputum Eosinophils from Asthmatic Subjects and Inhibits Lung Mast Cells. Clin Exp Allergy. 2020 Jun 15. Kerr SC, Gonzalez JR, Schanin J, Peters MC, Lambrecht BN, Brock EC, Charbit A, Ansel KM, Youngblood BA, Fahy JV. PMID: 32542913.
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    4. Evidence for Exacerbation-Prone Asthma and Predictive Biomarkers of Exacerbation Frequency. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 Jun 01. Peters MC, Mauger D, Ross KR, Phillips B, Gaston B, Cardet JC, Israel E, Levy BD, Phipatanakul W, Jarjour NN, Castro M, Wenzel SE, Hastie A, Moore W, Bleecker E, Fahy JV, Denlinger LC. PMID: 32479111.
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    5. Intersection of biology and therapeutics: type 2 targeted therapeutics for adult asthma. Lancet. 2020 02 01; 395(10221):371-383. Peters MC, Wenzel SE. PMID: 32007172.
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    6. Diagnosis and Management of T2-High Asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2020 Feb; 8(2):442-450. Coverstone AM, Seibold MA, Peters MC. PMID: 32037108.
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    7. Introducing the Endotype Concept to Address the Challenge of Disease Heterogeneity in Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2020 Jan; 43(1):5-12. Battaglia M, Ahmed S, Anderson MS, Atkinson MA, Becker D, Bingley PJ, Bosi E, Brusko TM, DiMeglio LA, Evans-Molina C, Gitelman SE, Greenbaum CJ, Gottlieb PA, Herold KC, Hessner MJ, Knip M, Jacobsen L, Krischer JP, Long SA, Lundgren M, McKinney EF, Morgan NG, Oram RA, Pastinen T, Peters MC, Petrelli A, Qian X, Redondo MJ, Roep BO, Schatz D, Skibinski D, Peakman M. PMID: 31753960.
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    8. Airway epithelium-shifted mast cell infiltration regulates asthmatic inflammation via IL-33 signaling. J Clin Invest. 2019 11 01; 129(11):4979-4991. Altman MC, Lai Y, Nolin JD, Long S, Chen CC, Piliponsky AM, Altemeier WA, Larmore M, Frevert CW, Mulligan MS, Ziegler SF, Debley JS, Peters MC, Hallstrand TS. PMID: 31437129.
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    9. Investigation of the relationship between IL-6 and type 2 biomarkers in patients with severe asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2020 Jan; 145(1):430-433. Li X, Hastie AT, Peters MC, Hawkins GA, Phipatanakul W, Li H, Moore WC, Busse WW, Castro M, Erzurum SC, Gaston B, Israel E, Jarjour NN, Levy BD, Wenzel SE, Meyers DA, Fahy JV, Bleecker ER. PMID: 31513878.
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    10. Extracellular DNA, Neutrophil Extracellular Traps, and Inflammasome Activation in Severe Asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019 05 01; 199(9):1076-1085. Lachowicz-Scroggins ME, Dunican EM, Charbit AR, Raymond W, Looney MR, Peters MC, Gordon ED, Woodruff PG, Lefrançais E, Phillips BR, Mauger DT, Comhair SA, Erzurum SC, Johansson MW, Jarjour NN, Coverstone AM, Castro M, Hastie AT, Bleecker ER, Fajt ML, Wenzel SE, Israel E, Levy BD, Fahy JV. PMID: 30888839.
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    11. Unmet Needs in Severe Asthma Subtyping and Precision Medicine Trials. Bridging Clinical and Patient Perspectives. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019 04 01; 199(7):823-829. Siddiqui S, Denlinger LC, Fowler SJ, Akuthota P, Shaw DE, Heaney LG, Brown L, Castro M, Winders TA, Kraft M, Wagers S, Peters MC, Pavord ID, Walker S, Jarjour NN. PMID: 30726120.
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    12. A Transcriptomic Method to Determine Airway Immune Dysfunction in T2-High and T2-Low Asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019 02 15; 199(4):465-477. Peters MC, Ringel L, Dyjack N, Herrin R, Woodruff PG, Rios C, O'Connor B, Fahy JV, Seibold MA. PMID: 30371106.
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    13. ALX receptor ligands define a biochemical endotype for severe asthma. JCI Insight. 2018 03 22; 3(6). Ricklefs I, Barkas I, Duvall MG, Cernadas M, Grossman NL, Israel E, Bleecker ER, Castro M, Erzurum SC, Fahy JV, Gaston BM, Denlinger LC, Mauger DT, Wenzel SE, Comhair SA, Coverstone AM, Fajt ML, Hastie AT, Johansson MW, Peters MC, Phillips BR, Levy BD. PMID: 29563345.
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    14. Refractory airway type 2 inflammation in a large subgroup of asthmatic patients treated with inhaled corticosteroids. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2019 01; 143(1):104-113.e14. Peters MC, Kerr S, Dunican EM, Woodruff PG, Fajt ML, Levy BD, Israel E, Phillips BR, Mauger DT, Comhair SA, Erzurum SC, Johansson MW, Jarjour NN, Coverstone AM, Castro M, Hastie AT, Bleecker ER, Wenzel SE, Fahy JV. PMID: 29524537.
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    15. Mucus plugs in patients with asthma linked to eosinophilia and airflow obstruction. J Clin Invest. 2018 03 01; 128(3):997-1009. Dunican EM, Elicker BM, Gierada DS, Nagle SK, Schiebler ML, Newell JD, Raymond WW, Lachowicz-Scroggins ME, Di Maio S, Hoffman EA, Castro M, Fain SB, Jarjour NN, Israel E, Levy BD, Erzurum SC, Wenzel SE, Meyers DA, Bleecker ER, Phillips BR, Mauger DT, Gordon ED, Woodruff PG, Peters MC, Fahy JV. PMID: 29400693.
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    16. Sputum Mast Cells and Eosinophils Identify Asthmatics with Lower Lung Function and Proneness to Exacerbations. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2018 Feb 1; 141(2):ab196. Merritt L. Fajt, Michael Peters, Eugene R. Bleecker, Juan Carlos Cardet, Mario Castro, Suzy Comhair, Andrea Coverstone, Loren C. Denlinger, Serpil C. Erzurum, Annette T. Hastie, Elliot Israel, Nizar N. Jarjour, Mats W. Johansson, Bruce D. Levy, David M. Mauger, Stephen P. Peters, Brenda R. Phillips, Wanda Phipatanakul, Kristie R. Ross, Sima K. Ramratnam, John V. Fahy, Sally Wenzel. .
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    17. Internet-Based Monitoring in the Severe Asthma Research Program Identifies a Subgroup of Patients With Labile Asthma Control. Chest. 2018 02; 153(2):378-386. Wong-McGrath K, Denlinger LC, Bleecker ER, Castro M, Gaston B, Israel E, Jarjour NN, Mauger DT, Peters S, Phillips BR, Wenzel SE, Fahy JV, Peters MC. PMID: 29080709.
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    18. Baseline Features of the Severe Asthma Research Program (SARP III) Cohort: Differences with Age. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2018 Mar - Apr; 6(2):545-554.e4. Teague WG, Phillips BR, Fahy JV, Wenzel SE, Fitzpatrick AM, Moore WC, Hastie AT, Bleecker ER, Meyers DA, Peters SP, Castro M, Coverstone AM, Bacharier LB, Ly NP, Peters MC, Denlinger LC, Ramratnam S, Sorkness RL, Gaston BM, Erzurum SC, Comhair SAA, Myers RE, Zein J, DeBoer MD, Irani AM, Israel E, Levy B, Cardet JC, Phipatanakul W, Gaffin JM, Holguin F, Fajt ML, Aujla SJ, Mauger DT, Jarjour NN. PMID: 28866107.
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    19. ALX receptor ligands define a biochemical endotype for severe asthma. JCI Insight. 2017 Jul 20; 2(14). Ricklefs I, Barkas I, Duvall MG, Cernadas M, Grossman NL, Israel E, Bleecker ER, Castro M, Erzurum SC, Fahy JV, Gaston BM, Denlinger LC, Mauger DT, Wenzel SE, Comhair SA, Coverstone AM, Fajt ML, Hastie AT, Johansson MW, Peters MC, Phillips BR, Levy BD. PMID: 28724795.
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    20. Natural killer cell-mediated inflammation resolution is disabled in severe asthma. Sci Immunol. 2017 Mar 10; 2(9). Duvall MG, Barnig C, Cernadas M, Ricklefs I, Krishnamoorthy N, Grossman NL, Bhakta NR, Fahy JV, Bleecker ER, Castro M, Erzurum SC, Gaston BM, Jarjour NN, Mauger DT, Wenzel SE, Comhair SA, Coverstone AM, Fajt ML, Hastie AT, Johansson MW, Peters MC, Phillips BR, Israel E, Levy BD. PMID: 28783702.
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    21. Inflammatory and Comorbid Features of Patients with Severe Asthma and Frequent Exacerbations. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017 02 01; 195(3):302-313. Denlinger LC, Phillips BR, Ramratnam S, Ross K, Bhakta NR, Cardet JC, Castro M, Peters SP, Phipatanakul W, Aujla S, Bacharier LB, Bleecker ER, Comhair SA, Coverstone A, DeBoer M, Erzurum SC, Fain SB, Fajt M, Fitzpatrick AM, Gaffin J, Gaston B, Hastie AT, Hawkins GA, Holguin F, Irani AM, Israel E, Levy BD, Ly N, Meyers DA, Moore WC, Myers R, Opina MT, Peters MC, Schiebler ML, Sorkness RL, Teague WG, Wenzel SE, Woodruff PG, Mauger DT, Fahy JV, Jarjour NN. PMID: 27556234.
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    22. Biomarkers of Airway Type-2 Inflammation and Integrating Complex Phenotypes to Endotypes in Asthma. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep. 2016 10; 16(10):71. Peters MC, Nguyen ML, Dunican EM. PMID: 27613654.
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    23. IL1RL1 asthma risk variants regulate airway type 2 inflammation. JCI Insight. 2016 09 08; 1(14):e87871. Gordon ED, Palandra J, Wesolowska-Andersen A, Ringel L, Rios CL, Lachowicz-Scroggins ME, Sharp LZ, Everman JL, MacLeod HJ, Lee JW, Mason RJ, Matthay MA, Sheldon RT, Peters MC, Nocka KH, Fahy JV, Seibold MA. PMID: 27699235.
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    24. Metabolic consequences of obesity as an "outside in" mechanism of disease severity in asthma. Eur Respir J. 2016 08; 48(2):291-3. Peters MC, Fahy JV. PMID: 27478182.
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    25. Alternative splicing of interleukin-33 and type 2 inflammation in asthma. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 08 02; 113(31):8765-70. Gordon ED, Simpson LJ, Rios CL, Ringel L, Lachowicz-Scroggins ME, Peters MC, Wesolowska-Andersen A, Gonzalez JR, MacLeod HJ, Christian LS, Yuan S, Barry L, Woodruff PG, Ansel KM, Nocka K, Seibold MA, Fahy JV. PMID: 27432971.
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    26. Plasma interleukin-6 concentrations, metabolic dysfunction, and asthma severity: a cross-sectional analysis of two cohorts. Lancet Respir Med. 2016 07; 4(7):574-584. Peters MC, McGrath KW, Hawkins GA, Hastie AT, Levy BD, Israel E, Phillips BR, Mauger DT, Comhair SA, Erzurum SC, Johansson MW, Jarjour NN, Coverstone AM, Castro M, Holguin F, Wenzel SE, Woodruff PG, Bleecker ER, Fahy JV. PMID: 27283230.
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    27. Intelectin-1 is a prominent protein constituent of pathologic mucus associated with eosinophilic airway inflammation in asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2014 Apr 15; 189(8):1005-7. Kerr SC, Carrington SD, Oscarson S, Gallagher ME, Solon M, Yuan S, Ahn JN, Dougherty RH, Finkbeiner WE, Peters MC, Fahy JV. PMID: 24735037.
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    28. Measures of gene expression in sputum cells can identify TH2-high and TH2-low subtypes of asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2014 Feb; 133(2):388-94. Peters MC, Mekonnen ZK, Yuan S, Bhakta NR, Woodruff PG, Fahy JV. PMID: 24075231.
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    29. Type 2 immune responses in obese individuals with asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2013 Sep 15; 188(6):633-4. Peters MC, Fahy JV. PMID: 24032378.
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    30. New-onset asthma among soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Allergy Asthma Proc. 2010 Sep-Oct; 31(5):67-71. Szema AM, Peters MC, Weissinger KM, Gagliano CA, Chen JJ. PMID: 20929596.
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    31. CD94/NKG2 expression does not inhibit cytotoxic function of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus-specific CD8+ T cells. J Immunol. 2002 Jul 15; 169(2):693-701. Miller JD, Peters M, Oran AE, Beresford GW, Harrington L, Boss JM, Altman JD. PMID: 12097371.
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