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Overview

Angela Simpson is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom and specializes in research within the field of medicine, with a focus on pulmonary and respiratory medicine, physiology, immunology, and infectious diseases. Their work extensively covers topics such as asthma and respiratory diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), food allergy and anaphylaxis, allergic rhinitis and sensitization, COVID-19 clinical research studies, neonatal respiratory health, and the long-term effects of COVID-19.

Simpson has contributed to several recent scientific papers, including:

  • Longitudinal immune profiling reveals key myeloid signatures associated with COVID-19 (2020, Science Immunology)
  • Novel loci for childhood body mass index and shared heritability with adult cardiometabolic traits (2020, PLoS Genetics)
  • Alterations in T and B cell function persist in convalescent COVID-19 patients (2021, Med)
  • The role of growth and nutrition in the early origins of spirometric restriction in adult life: a longitudinal, multicohort, population-based study (2021, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine)
  • Evolution of Eczema, Wheeze, and Rhinitis from Infancy to Early Adulthood: Four Birth Cohort Studies (2022, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with various co-authors, including Clare Murray, Adnan Čustović, John W. Holloway, John A. Curtin, and Sara Fontanella. These collaborations reflect a network of research activity particularly concentrated in respiratory and immunological studies.

Angela Simpson publishes regularly in a range of scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Allergy
  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Clinical & Experimental Allergy
  • ERJ Open Research

Simpson's research topics cover a broad spectrum within respiratory health and immunology, highlighting their involvement in ongoing investigations into respiratory diseases and allergy-related conditions, as well as the impacts of COVID-19 from acute infection to longer-term health outcomes.

Best Publications

  • Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of 21,000 cases and 95,000 controls identifies new risk loci for atopic dermatitis

    Lavinia Paternoster;Marie Standl;Johannes Waage;Hansjoerg Baurecht

  • A genome-wide association study identifies CDHR3 as a susceptibility locus for early childhood asthma with severe exacerbations

    Klaus Bønnelykke;Patrick Sleiman;Kasper Nielsen;Eskil Kreiner-Møller

  • Associations of wheezing phenotypes in the first 6 years of life with atopy, lung function and airway responsiveness in mid-childhood

    John Henderson;Raquel Granell;Jon Heron;Andrea Sherriff

  • Multiancestry association study identifies new asthma risk loci that colocalize with immune-cell enhancer marks

    Florence Demenais;Florence Demenais;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Kathleen C. Barnes;William O.C. Cookson

  • Allergy or tolerance in children sensitized to peanut: Prevalence and differentiation using component-resolved diagnostics

    Nicolaos Nicolaou;Maryam Poorafshar;Clare Murray;Angela Simpson

  • Beyond atopy: Multiple patterns of sensitization in relation to asthma in a birth cohort study

    Angela Simpson;Vincent Y. F. Tan;John Winn;Markus Svensén

  • Air pollution exposure and lung function in children: the ESCAPE project.

    Ulrike Gehring;Olena Gruzieva;Raymond M Agius;Rob Beelen

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies three new risk loci for atopic dermatitis.

    Lavinia Paternoster;Marie Standl;Chih-Mei Chen;Adaikalavan Ramasamy

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies three new susceptibility loci for childhood body mass index.

    Janine F. Felix;Jonathan P. Bradfield;Claire Monnereau;Ralf J P Van Der Valk

  • Effect of environmental manipulation in pregnancy and early life on respiratory symptoms and atopy during first year of life: a randomised trial

    Adnan Custovic;Bridget M Simpson;Angela Simpson;Patricia Kissen

  • Air pollution and respiratory infections during early childhood: an analysis of 10 European birth cohorts within the ESCAPE Project

    Elaina A. MacIntyre;Ulrike Gehring;Anna Mölter;Elaine Fuertes

  • Early life environmental control: effect on symptoms, sensitization, and lung function at age 3 years.

    Ashley Woodcock;Lesley A. Lowe;Clare S. Murray;Bridget M. Simpson

  • Endotoxin exposure, CD14, and allergic disease: an interaction between genes and the environment.

    Angela Simpson;Sally L. John;Francine Jury;Rob Niven

  • Peanut allergy: effect of environmental peanut exposure in children with filaggrin loss-of-function mutations.

    Helen A. Brough;Angela Simpson;Kerry Makinson;Jenny Hankinson

  • Developmental Profiles of Eczema, Wheeze, and Rhinitis: Two Population-Based Birth Cohort Studies

    Danielle C. M. Belgrave;Raquel Granell;Angela Simpson;John Guiver

  • Lung function trajectories from pre-school age to adulthood and their associations with early life factors: a retrospective analysis of three population-based birth cohort studies

    Danielle C M Belgrave;Raquel Granell;Steve W Turner;John A Curtin

  • Gene-Environment Interaction in the Onset of Eczema in Infancy: Filaggrin Loss-of-Function Mutations Enhanced by Neonatal Cat Exposure

    Hans Bisgaard;Angela Simpson;Colin N.A Palmer;Klaus Bønnelykke

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies ten loci influencing allergic sensitization

    Klaus Bønnelykke;Melanie C Matheson;Tune Hannes Pers;Raquel Granell

  • BSACI guideline for the diagnosis and management of allergic and non‐allergic rhinitis (Revised Edition 2017; First edition 2007)

    Glenis K. Scadding;Harsha H. Kariyawasam;Harsha H. Kariyawasam;Guy Scadding;Rita Mirakian

  • Wheeze Phenotypes and Lung Function in Preschool Children

    Lesley A. Lowe;Angela Simpson;Ashley Woodcock;Julie Morris

  • Effect of environmental manipulation in pregnancy and early life on respiratory symptoms and atopy during first year of life: A randomised trial

    Adnan Custovic;Bridget M. Simpson;Angela Simpson;Patricia Kissen

  • Multiancestry association study identifies new asthma risk loci that colocalize with immune-cell enhancer marks

    Florence Demenais;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Kathleen C. Barnes;William O. C. Cookson

Frequent Co-Authors

Adnan Custovic
Adnan Custovic Imperial College London
Ashley Woodcock
Ashley Woodcock University of Manchester
Joachim Heinrich
Joachim Heinrich Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Patrick G. Holt
Patrick G. Holt University of Western Australia
Hans Bisgaard
Hans Bisgaard University of Copenhagen
Erik Melén
Erik Melén Karolinska Institute
Klaus Bønnelykke
Klaus Bønnelykke University of Copenhagen
Gerard H. Koppelman
Gerard H. Koppelman University Medical Center Groningen
Robert Niven
Robert Niven University of Manchester
Göran Pershagen
Göran Pershagen Karolinska Institute

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