@article{684c0983db0949ed9a7b6a29d6911209,
title = "A missing piece from the world of science: remembering Michael P. Sherman",
author = "Wahidi, \{Lila S.\} and Jeff Reese and Underwood, \{Mark A.\} and Jan Sherman and Victoria Niklas",
note = "Funding Information: Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, the University of Kansas School of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, UC-Davis Medical Center, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, and the University of Missouri, among other appointments. Michael joined the faculty at UCLA School of Medicine in 1982. He spoke of his years at UCLA as his most productive and enjoyable in research. His interest in microbiology and immunology led him to focus on the pathogenesis of group B Streptococcus, a then frequent cause of pneumonia, sepsis, and death in newborns. Intent on defining the mechanisms for this vulnerability, Michael collaborated with several investigators at UCLA including Dr Boyd Goetzman, Dr Robert I. Lehrer, and Dr Tomas Ganz, identifying defects in oxidative killing by lung macrophages and defects in the release of microbicidal cationic peptides in the lung as critical factors that permitted GBS colonization and infection in the newborn lung. (1)(2)(3) Alongside Dr Henry Gong and Dr Donald P. Tashkin, Dr Sherman found that tobacco and marijuana use had distant effects on pulmonary alveolar macrophages, providing additional insight into the harmful effects of smoking and drug use on defense in the lung. (4) One of Michael{\textquoteright}s most exciting collaborations was with the 1998 Nobel Laureate, Dr Louis Ignarro at UCLA where Michael focused on the impact of nitric oxide on health and disease in the lung and multiple organ systems. (5) Michael{\textquoteright}s research was sponsored by numerous National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other research grants during his career at UCLA and beyond.",
year = "2018",
month = mar,
doi = "10.1542/neo.19-3-e130",
language = "English",
volume = "19",
pages = "e130--e133",
journal = "NeoReviews",
issn = "1526-9906",
number = "3",
}