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Bernardo A. Pons-Estel

Bernardo A. Pons-Estel

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Biology and Biochemistry

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60
Citations
15203
World Ranking
11824
National Ranking
5086

Overview

Bernardo A. Pons-Estel is affiliated with the Allegheny Health Network in the United States and has produced extensive research in the field of medicine, with a particular focus on rheumatology. Their academic work spans multiple subfields, including immunology, pathology and forensic medicine, hematology, and neurology.

Their primary research topics cover a range of systemic and autoimmune diseases. The main areas of study include:

  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
  • Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases
  • Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research
  • Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research

Pons-Estel's publications appear frequently in several leading journals and venues, demonstrating sustained activity in the rheumatology field. These publication venues include:

  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Lupus
  • Revista Argentina de Reumatología
  • The Journal of Rheumatology
  • JCR Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Among recent papers associated with the broader research community in this area, notable articles include:

  • "EULAR recommendations for the management of systemic lupus erythematosus: 2023 update" (2023), published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • "Tocilizumab in systemic sclerosis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial" (2020), published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • "2021 DORIS definition of remission in SLE: final recommendations from an international task force" (2021), published in Lupus Science & Medicine
  • "Impact of glucocorticoids on the incidence of lupus-related major organ damage: a systematic literature review and meta-regression analysis of longitudinal observational studies" (2021), published in Lupus Science & Medicine
  • "Achieving remission or low disease activity is associated with better outcomes in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a systematic literature review" (2021), published in Lupus Science & Medicine

The scientist has frequently collaborated with other researchers in the field. The most common coauthors include:

  • Guillermo Pons-Estel
  • Rosana Quintana
  • Manuel F. Ugarte-Gil
  • Graciela S. Alarcón
  • Mercedes García

This body of work collectively contributes to understanding systemic autoimmune diseases and related conditions in rheumatology, underlining a multidisciplinary approach across immunology, pathology, and cardiovascular research within clinical and experimental medicine.

Best Publications

  • Human polymorphism at microRNAs and microRNA target sites.

    Liuqing Yang;Chunru Lin;Chunyu Jin;Joy C. Yang

  • A common haplotype of interferon regulatory factor 5 (IRF5) regulates splicing and expression and is associated with increased risk of systemic lupus erythematosus.

    Robert R. Graham;Robert R. Graham;Sergey V. Kozyrev;Emily C. Baechler;M. V.Prasad Linga Reddy

  • Tocilizumab in systemic sclerosis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial.

    Dinesh Khanna;Celia J F Lin;Daniel E Furst;Jonathan Goldin

  • Functional variants in the B-cell gene BANK1 are associated with systemic lupus erythematosus

    Sergey V. Kozyrev;Anna Karin Abelson;Jerome Wojcik;Ammar Zaghlool

  • Golimumab, a human anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha monoclonal antibody, injected subcutaneously every four weeks in methotrexate-naive patients with active rheumatoid arthritis: twenty-four-week results of a phase III, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of golimumab before methotrexate as first-line therapy for early-onset rheumatoid arthritis.

    Paul Emery;Roy M. Fleischmann;Larry W. Moreland;Elizabeth C. Hsia

  • Familial aggregation of systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, and other autoimmune diseases in 1,177 lupus patients from the GLADEL cohort.

    Donato Alarcón‐Segovia;Marta E. Alarcón‐Riquelme;Mario H. Cardiel;Francisco Caeiro

  • The GLADEL multinational Latin American prospective inception cohort of 1,214 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: ethnic and disease heterogeneity among "Hispanics".

    Bernardo A Pons-Estel;Luis J Catoggio;Mario H Cardiel;Enrique R Soriano

  • The Tumor-Necrosis-Factor Receptor–Associated Periodic Syndrome: New Mutations in TNFRSF1A, Ancestral Origins, Genotype-Phenotype Studies, and Evidence for Further Genetic Heterogeneity of Periodic Fevers

    Ivona Aksentijevich;Jérôme Galon;Miguel Soares;Elizabeth Mansfield

  • Transancestral mapping and genetic load in systemic lupus erythematosus

    Carl D. Langefeld;Hannah C. Ainsworth;Deborah S. Cunninghame Graham;Jennifer A. Kelly

  • Evaluation of the TREX1 gene in a large multi-ancestral lupus cohort

    B. Namjou;P. H. Kothari;J. A. Kelly;S. B. Glenn

  • Genomic Insights into the Ancestry and Demographic History of South America

    Julian R. Homburger;Andrés Moreno-Estrada;Andrés Moreno-Estrada;Christopher R. Gignoux;Dominic Nelson

  • Association of a functional variant downstream of TNFAIP3 with systemic lupus erythematosus

    Indra Adrianto;Feng Wen;Amanda Templeton;Graham B. Wiley

  • Association of systemic lupus erythematosus with decreased immunosuppressive potential of the IgG glycome

    Frano Vučković;Jasminka Krištić;Ivan Gudelj;Maria Teruel

  • Association of Genetic Variants in Complement Factor H and Factor H-Related Genes with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Susceptibility

    Jian Zhao;Hui Wu;Melanie Khosravi;Huijuan Cui

  • 2021 DORIS definition of remission in SLE: final recommendations from an international task force.

    Ronald F van Vollenhoven;George Bertsias;Andrea Doria;David Isenberg

  • Identification of IRF8, TMEM39A, and IKZF3-ZPBP2 as Susceptibility Loci for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a Large-Scale Multiracial Replication Study

    Christopher J. Lessard;Christopher J. Lessard;Christopher J. Lessard;Indra Adrianto;John A. Ice;Graham B. Wiley

  • Antimalarial Treatment May Have a Time-Dependent Effect on Lupus Survival: Data From a Multinational Latin American Inception Cohort

    Samuel K. Shinjo;Eloísa Bonfá;Daniel Wojdyla;Eduardo F. Borba

  • Male systemic lupus erythematosus in a Latin-American inception cohort of 1214 patients.

    M A Garcia;J C Marcos;A I Marcos;B A Pons-Estel

  • STAT4 associates with systemic lupus erythematosus through two independent effects that correlate with gene expression and act additively with IRF5 to increase risk

    Anna-Karin Abelson;Angélica Maria Delgado-Vega;Sergey V Kozyrev;Elena Sánchez

  • Unraveling multiple MHC gene associations with systemic lupus erythematosus: model choice indicates a role for HLA alleles and non-HLA genes in Europeans.

    David L. Morris;Kimberly E. Taylor;Michelle M.A. Fernando;Joanne Nititham

Frequent Co-Authors

Marta E. Alarcón-Riquelme
Marta E. Alarcón-Riquelme University of Granada
Graciela S. Alarcón
Graciela S. Alarcón University of Alabama at Birmingham
John B. Harley
John B. Harley United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Kenneth M. Kaufman
Kenneth M. Kaufman Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Judith A. James
Judith A. James Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
R. Hal Scofield
R. Hal Scofield University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Jennifer A. Kelly
Jennifer A. Kelly Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Patrick M. Gaffney
Patrick M. Gaffney Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Timothy J. Vyse
Timothy J. Vyse King's College London
Carl D. Langefeld
Carl D. Langefeld Wake Forest University

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