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Overview

Andrew F. Walls is affiliated with the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine. Their published work spans multiple subfields including rheumatology, surgery, orthopedics and sports medicine, immunology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Their research topics cover a broad range of medical conditions and themes, notably:

  • Urticaria and Related Conditions
  • Vasculitis and Related Conditions
  • Foot and Ankle Surgery
  • Mast Cells and Histamine
  • Drug-Induced Adverse Reactions
  • Asthma and Respiratory Diseases
  • Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research

Among recent scholarly publications, Andrew F. Walls has been associated with the following works:

  • "Eosinophils, basophils and type 2 immune microenvironments in COPD-affected lung tissue" (2020), published in the European Respiratory Journal
  • "Use of teledermatology by dermatology hospitalists is effective in the diagnosis and management of inpatient disease" (2020), published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
  • "Towards understanding Müller-Weiss disease from an analysis of 95 cases" (2023), published in Foot and Ankle Surgery
  • "Penile calciphylaxis: A retrospective case-control study" (2020), published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
  • "Decreased peripheral basophil counts in urticaria and mouse model of oxazolone-induced hypersensitivity, the latter suggesting basopenia reflecting migration to skin" (2022), published in Frontiers in Immunology

Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (5 publications)
  • Frontiers in Immunology (3 publications)
  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology (3 publications)
  • Foot and Ankle Surgery (2 publications)
  • JAAD Case Reports (2 publications)

Collaboration is a notable part of their scholarly activity with frequent co-authors being:

  • Robert G. Micheletti
  • Arash Mostaghimi
  • Daniela Kroshinsky
  • Hideaki Tanizaki
  • Naotomo Kambe

Andrew F. Walls has also contributed to book publishing with a title released by Luviri Press eBooks in 2024, titled Missionary Societies and the Fortunate Subversion of the Church.

Best Publications

  • Effect of an inhaled corticosteroid on airway inflammation and symptoms in asthma.

    Ratko Djukanović;John W. Wilson;Karen M. Britten;Susan J. Wilson

  • The role of the mast cell in the pathophysiology of asthma.

    Peter Bradding;Andrew F. Walls;Stephen T. Holgate

  • Quantitation of mast cells and eosinophils in the bronchial mucosa of symptomatic atopic asthmatics and healthy control subjects using immunohistochemistry.

    Ratko Djukanović;John W. Wilson;Karen M. Britten;Susan J. Wilson

  • Mast cell tryptase is a mitogen for epithelial cells. Stimulation of IL-8 production and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 expression.

    J A Cairns;A F Walls

  • Risk assessment in anaphylaxis: current and future approaches

    F. Estelle R. Simons;Anthony J. Frew;Ignacio J. Ansotegui;Bruce S. Bochner

  • C-C chemokines in allergen-induced late-phase cutaneous responses in atopic subjects: association of eotaxin with early 6-hour eosinophils, and of eotaxin-2 and monocyte chemoattractant protein-4 with the later 24-hour tissue eosinophilia, and relationship to basophils and other C-C chemokines (monocyte chemoattractant protein-3 and RANTES).

    Sun Ying;D. S. Robinson;Qiu Meng;L. T. Barata

  • Basophil recruitment and activation in inflammatory skin diseases

    Y. Ito;T. Satoh;K. Takayama;C. Miyagishi

  • The bronchial epithelium as a key regulator of airway inflammation and remodelling in asthma.

    S. T. Holgate;P. M. Lackie;D. E. Davies;W. R. Roche

  • Potent induction of a neutrophil and eosinophil-rich infiltrate in vivo by human mast cell tryptase: selective enhancement of eosinophil recruitment by histamine.

    S He;Q Peng;A F Walls

  • Segmental bronchoprovocation in allergic rhinitis patients affects mast cell and basophil numbers in nasal and bronchial mucosa.

    Gert-Jan Braunstahl;Shelley E. Overbeek;Wytske J. Fokkens;Alex Kleinjan

  • Basophils, eosinophils, and mast cells in atopic and nonatopic asthma and in late-phase allergic reactions in the lung and skin.

    Alison J. Macfarlane;Onn M. Kon;Susan J. Smith;Kyriaki Zeibecoglou

  • The role of mast cell tryptase in regulating endothelial cell proliferation, cytokine release, and adhesion molecule expression: tryptase induces expression of mRNA for IL-1 beta and IL-8 and stimulates the selective release of IL-8 from human umbilical vein endothelial cells.

    Steven J. Compton;Jennifer A. Cairns;Stephen T. Holgate;Andrew F. Walls

  • Human mast cell tryptase : a stimulus of microvascular leakage and mast cell activation

    Shaoheng He;Andrew F Walls

  • Innate and adaptive T cells in asthmatic patients: Relationship to severity and disease mechanisms

    Timothy S.C. Hinks;Xiaoying Zhou;Karl J. Staples;Borislav D. Dimitrov

  • Tryptase and agonists of PAR-2 induce the proliferation of human airway smooth muscle cells

    Patrick Berger;Patrick Berger;Diahn-Warng Perng;Hiran Thabrew;Steven J. Compton

  • A Role for Tryptase in the Activation of Human Mast Cells: Modulation of Histamine Release by Tryptase and Inhibitors of Tryptase

    Shaoheng He;Marianna D. A. Gaça;Andrew F. Walls

  • Immunohistochemical identification of mast cells in formaldehyde-fixed tissue using monoclonal antibodies specific for tryptase.

    Andrew F. Walls;David B. Jones;Julie H. Williams;Martin K. Church

  • Human mast cell chymase induces the accumulation of neutrophils, eosinophils and other inflammatory cells in vivo

    Shaoheng He;Andrew F. Walls

  • Tryptase-stimulated human airway smooth muscle cells induce cytokine synthesis and mast cell Chemotaxis

    Patrick Berger;Patrick Berger;Pierre-Olivier Girodet;Hugues Begueret;Olga Ousova

  • Effect of honey and its major royal jelly protein 1 on cytokine and MMP-9 mRNA transcripts in human keratinocytes

    Juraj Majtan;Pawan Kumar;Tomas Majtan;Tomas Majtan;Andrew F. Walls

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter H. Howarth
Peter H. Howarth University of Southampton
Stephen T. Holgate
Stephen T. Holgate University of Southampton
Ratko Djukanovic
Ratko Djukanovic University of Southampton
Robin C. Spiller
Robin C. Spiller University of Nottingham
Susan J. Wilson
Susan J. Wilson University of Southampton
Peter J. Whorwell
Peter J. Whorwell University of Manchester
Gianni Marone
Gianni Marone University of Naples Federico II
Anne Tsicopoulos
Anne Tsicopoulos Institut Pasteur
Benoit Wallaert
Benoit Wallaert Institut Pasteur
Martin K. Church
Martin K. Church Southampton General Hospital

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