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Overview

Barbara E. Brown is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, contributing to understanding in various subfields including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Infectious Diseases, and Food Science.

The scientist's work spans several key topics:

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
  • Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology
  • Fecal contamination and water quality
  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies

Barbara E. Brown has authored papers in multiple publication venues, including:

  • Water
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Global Change Biology
  • Current Biology
  • Historical Records of Australian Science

Their recent significant papers include:

  • Quantitative PCR Detection of Enteric Viruses in Wastewater and Environmental Water Sources by the Lisbon Municipality: A Case Study (2020, Water)
  • Bacteroides spp. and traditional fecal indicator bacteria in water quality assessment - An integrated approach for hydric resources management in urban centers (2020, Journal of Environmental Management)
  • Coral bleaching (2021, Current Biology)
  • The Indian Ocean Dipole and El Niño Southern Oscillation as major drivers of coral cover on shallow reefs in the Andaman Sea (2021, Global Change Biology)
  • The remarkable contributions of ten outstanding women to Australian coral reef science (2022, Historical Records of Australian Science)

Frequent collaborators of Barbara E. Brown include Pedro Teixeira, Sílvia Costa, Susana Pereira Silva, Elisabete Valério, and R. P. Dunne.

In addition to journal articles, Barbara E. Brown has contributed to books, including a publication with the University of Calgary titled Ethical Use of Technology in Digital Learning Environments: Graduate Student Perspectives, Volume 2 (2021).

Best Publications

  • Human stratum corneum lipids: characterization and regional variations.

    Marilyn A. Lampe;A. L. Burlingame;JoAnne Whitney;Mary L. Williams

  • THE AGED EPIDERMAL PERMEABILITY BARRIER : STRUCTURAL, FUNCTIONAL, AND LIPID BIOCHEMICAL ABNORMALITIES IN HUMANS AND A SENESCENT MURINE MODEL

    R Ghadially;B E Brown;S M Sequeira-Martin;K R Feingold

  • Lipopenia and skin barrier abnormalities in DGAT2-deficient mice.

    Scot J. Stone;Heather M. Myers;Steven M. Watkins;Barbara E. Brown

  • pH directly regulates epidermal permeability barrier homeostasis, and stratum corneum integrity/cohesion.

    Jean-Pierre Hachem;Debra Crumrine;Joachim Fluhr;Joachim Fluhr;Barbara E. Brown

  • Short-term glucocorticoid treatment compromises both permeability barrier homeostasis and stratum corneum integrity: inhibition of epidermal lipid synthesis accounts for functional abnormalities.

    Jack S. Kao;Joachim W. Fluhr;Joachim W. Fluhr;Mao-Qiang Man;Ashley J. Fowler

  • The Permeability Barrier in Essential Fatty Acid Deficiency: Evidence for a Direct Role for Linoleic Acid in Barrier Function

    Peter M. Elias;Barbara E. Brown;Vincent A. Ziboh

  • De novo sterologenesis in the skin. II. Regulation by cutaneous barrier requirements.

    Gopinathan K. Menon;Kenneth R. Feingold;Arthur H. Moser;Barbara E. Brown

  • Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor (PPAR)-β/δ Stimulates Differentiation and Lipid Accumulation in Keratinocytes

    Matthias Schmuth;Christopher M. Haqq;William J. Cairns;Julie C. Holder

  • Co-regulation and interdependence of the mammalian epidermal permeability and antimicrobial barriers.

    Karin M. Aberg;Mao Qiang Man;Richard L. Gallo;Tomas Ganz

  • Localization and Composition of Lipids in Neonatal Mouse Stratum Granulosum and Stratum Corneum

    Peter M. Elias;Barbara E. Brown;Peter Fritsch;Jon Goerke

  • Exogenous Nonphysiologic vs Physiologic Lipids: Divergent Mechanisms for Correction of Permeability Barrier Dysfunction

    Man Mao-Qiang;Barbara E. Brown;Suzanna Wu-Pong;Kenneth R. Feingold

  • Glycerol regulates stratum corneum hydration in sebaceous gland deficient (asebia) mice.

    Joachim W. Fluhr;Joachim W. Fluhr;Man Mao-Qiang;Barbara E. Brown;Philip W. Wertz

  • Sustained Serine Proteases Activity by Prolonged Increase in pH Leads to Degradation of Lipid Processing Enzymes and Profound Alterations of Barrier Function and Stratum Corneum Integrity

    Jean-Pierre Hachem;Jean-Pierre Hachem;Mao-Quiang Man;Debra Crumrine;Yoshikazu Uchida

  • Modulations in epidermal calcium regulate the expression of differentiation-specific markers.

    Peter M. Elias;Peter M. Elias;Sung K. Ahn;Sung K. Ahn;Mitsuhiro Denda;Barbara E. Brown

  • Stratum corneum lipids in disorders of cornification. Steroid sulfatase and cholesterol sulfate in normal desquamation and the pathogenesis of recessive X-linked ichthyosis.

    P M Elias;M L Williams;M E Maloney;J A Bonifas

  • Cholesterol synthesis is required for cutaneous barrier function in mice

    K R Feingold;M Q Man;G K Menon;S S Cho

  • Mechanisms by which psychologic stress alters cutaneous permeability barrier homeostasis and stratum corneum integrity

    Eung Ho Choi;Eung Ho Choi;Barbara E. Brown;Barbara E. Brown;Debra Crumrine;Debra Crumrine;Sandra Chang;Sandra Chang

  • Serine Protease Signaling of Epidermal Permeability Barrier Homeostasis

    Jean Pierre Hachem;Jean Pierre Hachem;Evi Houben;Debra Crumrine;Mao Quiang Man

  • Peroxisome-Proliferator-Activated Receptor (PPAR)-γ Activation Stimulates Keratinocyte Differentiation

    Man Mao-Qiang;Ashley J. Fowler;Matthias Schmuth;Peggy Lau

  • Freeze-fracture identification of sterol-digitonin complexes in cell and liposome membranes.

    P M Elias;J Goerke;D S Friend;B E Brown

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter M. Elias
Peter M. Elias University of California, San Francisco
Kenneth R. Feingold
Kenneth R. Feingold University of California, San Francisco
Debra Crumrine
Debra Crumrine University of California, San Francisco
Gopinathan K. Menon
Gopinathan K. Menon California Academy of Sciences
Theodora M. Mauro
Theodora M. Mauro University of California, San Francisco
Yoshikazu Uchida
Yoshikazu Uchida University of California, San Francisco
Matthias Schmuth
Matthias Schmuth Innsbruck Medical University
Pierre Chambon
Pierre Chambon Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology
Alain Hovnanian
Alain Hovnanian Imagine Institute for Genetic Diseases

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