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A. Richard Kitching

A. Richard Kitching

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Immunology

D-Index
70
Citations
12954
World Ranking
2459
National Ranking
98

Overview

A. Richard Kitching is affiliated with Monash Medical Centre in Australia and has contributed extensively to research in medicine, with a particular focus on immunology and nephrology. Their body of work covers a range of topics related to vascular and renal diseases, immune mechanisms, and systemic conditions.

The main fields of study in which Kitching has published include:

  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology

Within these broader fields, the subfields of focus are:

  • Immunology
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Rheumatology
  • Nephrology
  • Genetics

Kitching's research covers topics such as:

  • Vasculitis and related conditions
  • Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
  • Coagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema
  • Otitis Media and Relapsing Polychondritis
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules Research

Frequently published in venues specializing in nephrology and immunology, Kitching's work often appears in:

  • Kidney International
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
  • Internal Medicine Journal
  • Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Kitching collaborates regularly with several other researchers, with notable frequent coauthors including:

  • Jessica Ryan
  • Fernando C. Fervenza
  • Maliha A. Alikhan
  • Michael Gingold
  • Hans-Joachim Anders

Among Kitching's recent publications are the following papers:

  • ANCA-associated vasculitis, 2020, published in Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • Glomerulonephritis: immunopathogenesis and immunotherapy, 2023, published in Nature reviews. Immunology
  • Identifying Outcomes Important to Patients with Glomerular Disease and Their Caregivers, 2020, published in Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • P2RY8 variants in lupus patients uncover a role for the receptor in immunological tolerance, 2021, published in The Journal of Experimental Medicine
  • Animal Models of ANCA Associated Vasculitis, 2020, published in Frontiers in Immunology

Best Publications

  • ANCA-associated vasculitis.

    A. Richard Kitching;Hans Joachim Anders;Neil Basu;Elisabeth Brouwer

  • Molecular Architecture of the Goodpasture Autoantigen in Anti-GBM Nephritis

    Vadim Pedchenko;Olga Bondar;Agnes B. Fogo;Roberto Vanacore

  • Th1 and Th2 T helper cell subsets affect patterns of injury and outcomes in glomerulonephritis

    Stephen R. Holdsworth;A. Richard Kitching;Peter G. Tipping

  • Epitope specificity determines pathogenicity and detectability in ANCA-associated vasculitis

    Aleeza J. Roth;Joshua D. Ooi;Jacob J. Hess;Mirjan M. Van Timmeren

  • Dominant protection from HLA-linked autoimmunity by antigen-specific regulatory T cells.

    Joshua D Ooi;Jan Petersen;Jan Petersen;Yu H Tan;Megan Huynh

  • The NLRP3 inflammasome in kidney disease and autoimmunity

    Holly L Hutton;Joshua D Ooi;Stephen R Holdsworth;A Richard Kitching

  • Plasminogen and plasminogen activators protect against renal injury in crescentic glomerulonephritis.

    A. R. Richard Kitching;Stephen R. Holdsworth;Victoria A. Ploplis;Edward F. Plow

  • Th17 Cells Promote Autoimmune Anti-Myeloperoxidase Glomerulonephritis

    Poh-Yi Gan;Oliver M. Steinmetz;Diana S.Y. Tan;Kim M. O'Sullivan

  • Neutrophil-Mediated Regulation of Innate and Adaptive Immunity: The Role of Myeloperoxidase

    Dragana Odobasic;A. Richard Kitching;Stephen R. Holdsworth

  • Th1 and Th17 Cells Induce Proliferative Glomerulonephritis

    Shaun A. Summers;Oliver M. Steinmetz;Ming Li;Joshua Y. Kausman

  • Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies and Effector CD4+ Cells Play Nonredundant Roles in Anti-Myeloperoxidase Crescentic Glomerulonephritis

    Amanda-Jane Ruth;A. Richard Kitching;Rain Y.Q. Kwan;Dragana Odobasic

  • Multiphoton imaging reveals a new leukocyte recruitment paradigm in the glomerulus

    Sapna Devi;Anqi Li;Clare L V Westhorpe;Camden Y Lo

  • Neutrophil myeloperoxidase regulates T-cell−driven tissue inflammation in mice by inhibiting dendritic cell function

    Dragana Odobasic;A. Richard Kitching;Yuan Yang;Kim M. O’Sullivan

  • Renal participation of myeloperoxidase in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated glomerulonephritis.

    Kim M. O’Sullivan;Camden Y. Lo;Shaun A. Summers;Kirstin D. Elgass

  • IFN-γ Mediates Crescent Formation and Cell-Mediated Immune Injury in Murine Glomerulonephritis

    Arthur R Kitching;Stephen R Holdsworth;Peter G Tipping

  • Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Deficiency Attenuates Macrophage Recruitment, Glomerulonephritis, and Lethality in MRL/lpr Mice

    Alberta Y. Hoi;Michael J. Hickey;Pamela Hall;Jiro Yamana

  • Leukocyte recruitment to the inflamed glomerulus: a critical role for platelet-derived P-selectin in the absence of rolling.

    Michael P. Kuligowski;A. Richard Kitching;Michael J. Hickey

  • IL-23, not IL-12, directs autoimmunity to the Goodpasture antigen.

    Joshua D. Ooi;Richard K.S. Phoon;Stephen R. Holdsworth;A. Richard Kitching

  • Immune modulation with interleukin-4 and interleukin-10 prevents crescent formation and glomerular injury in experimental glomerulonephritis.

    Peter G Tipping;Arthur R Kitching;X R Huang;David A Mutch

  • Patrolling monocytes promote intravascular neutrophil activation and glomerular injury in the acutely inflamed glomerulus

    Michaela Finsterbusch;Pam Hall;Anqi Li;Sapna Devi

  • TLR9 and TLR4 are required for the development of autoimmunity and lupus nephritis in pristane nephropathy.

    Shaun Andrew Summers;Alberta Hoi;Oliver Steinmetz;Kim O'Sullivan

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen R. Holdsworth
Stephen R. Holdsworth Monash University
Michael J. Hickey
Michael J. Hickey Monash Medical Centre
Peter G. Tipping
Peter G. Tipping Monash University
Jamie Rossjohn
Jamie Rossjohn Monash University
Billy G. Hudson
Billy G. Hudson Vanderbilt University Medical Center
David J. Nikolic-Paterson
David J. Nikolic-Paterson Monash Medical Centre
Allison Tong
Allison Tong University of Sydney
Lars Fugger
Lars Fugger University of Oxford
Hideo Yagita
Hideo Yagita Juntendo University
Eric F. Morand
Eric F. Morand Monash University

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