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Brian J. Nickoloff is affiliated with Loyola University Chicago in the United States and focuses predominantly on medical research. Their work spans a variety of subfields including dermatology, infectious diseases, immunology, rheumatology, and immunology and allergy.

The scientist has published extensively in the field of Medicine, with a particular emphasis on Dermatology.

  • British Journal of Dermatology
  • Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
  • EMBO Molecular Medicine
  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Brian J. Nickoloff's main topics of research include dermatology and skin diseases, COVID-19 clinical research studies, urticaria and related conditions, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, allergic rhinitis and sensitization, IL-33, ST2, and ILC pathways, as well as adrenal hormones and disorders.

  • Dermatology and Skin Diseases
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Urticaria and Related Conditions
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
  • IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways
  • Adrenal Hormones and Disorders

Frequent collaborators in their research include Gaia Gallo, Robert J. Benschop, Emma Guttman-Yassky, Kilian Eyerich, and Richard E. Higgs.

  • Gaia Gallo
  • Robert J. Benschop
  • Emma Guttman-Yassky
  • Kilian Eyerich
  • Richard E. Higgs

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Brian J. Nickoloff demonstrate a focus on immunological responses and clinical assessments related to both dermatological conditions and COVID-19.

  • "Mechanism of baricitinib supports artificial intelligence-predicted testing in COVID-19 patients," 2020, EMBO Molecular Medicine
  • "Characterization of the cytokine storm reflects hyperinflammatory endothelial dysfunction in COVID-19," 2020, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • "The Validated Investigator Global Assessment for Atopic Dermatitis (vIGA-AD): The development and reliability testing of a novel clinical outcome measurement instrument for the severity of atopic dermatitis," 2020, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
  • "Mechanism of baricitinib supports artificial intelligence-predicted testing in COVID-19 patients," 2020, Research Square (Research Square)
  • "495 - Lebrikizumab reduces systemic inflammation in serum of patients with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis," 2024, British Journal of Dermatology

Best Publications

  • Skin immune sentinels in health and disease

    Frank O. Nestle;Paola Di Meglio;Jian-Zhong Qin;Brian J. Nickoloff

  • Keratinocytes as initiators of inflammation

    Jonathan N. W. N. Barker;C. E. M. Griffiths;Brian J. Nickoloff;R. S. Mitra

  • Stat3 links activated keratinocytes and immunocytes required for development of psoriasis in a novel transgenic mouse model

    Shigetoshi Sano;Shigetoshi Sano;Keith Syson Chan;Steve Carbajal;John Clifford

  • Comparison of ixekizumab with etanercept or placebo in moderate-to-severe psoriasis (UNCOVER-2 and UNCOVER-3): results from two phase 3 randomised trials

    Christopher E M Griffiths;Kristian Reich;Mark Lebwohl;Peter van de Kerkhof

  • Phase 3 Trials of Ixekizumab in Moderate-to-Severe Plaque Psoriasis

    Kenneth B Gordon;Jean-Frederic Colombel;Dana S Hardin

  • Recent insights into the immunopathogenesis of psoriasis provide new therapeutic opportunities

    Brian J. Nickoloff;Frank O. Nestle

  • Spontaneous Development of Psoriasis in a New Animal Model Shows an Essential Role for Resident T Cells and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α

    Onur Boyman;Hans Peter Hefti;Curdin Conrad;Brian J. Nickoloff

  • Perturbation of epidermal barrier function correlates with initiation of cytokine cascade in human skin.

    Brian J. Nickoloff;Yathi Naidu

  • Dermal injection of immunocytes induces psoriasis.

    Tamara Wrone-Smith;Brian J. Nickoloff

  • The cytokine network in lesional and lesion-free psoriatic skin is characterized by a t-helper type 1 cell-mediated response

    Koichi Uyemura;Masahiro Yamamura;David F Fivenson;Robert L Modlin

  • Characterization of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 and HLA-DR expression in normal inflamed skin: Modulation by recombinant gamma interferon and tumor necrosis factor

    Christopher E.M. Griffiths;John J. Voorhees;Brian J. Nickoloff

  • Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma of infancy and childhood. An aggressive neoplasm associated with Kasabach-Merritt syndrome and lymphangiomatosis

    Lawrence R. Zukerberg;Brian J. Nickoloff;Sharon W. Weiss

  • Embryonic and tumorigenic pathways converge via Nodal signaling: role in melanoma aggressiveness.

    Jolanta M. Topczewska;Lynne Marie Postovit;Naira V. Margaryan;Anthony Sam

  • CD-34 is expressed by a distinctive cell population in peripheral nerve, nerve sheath tumors, and related lesions.

    Sharon W. Weiss;Brian J. Nickoloff

  • The Human Progenitor Cell Antigen (CD34) Is Localized on Endothelial Cells, Dermal Dendritic Cells, and Perifollicular Cells in Formalin-Fixed Normal Skin, and on Proliferating Endothelial Cells and Stromal Spindle-Shaped Cells in Kaposi's Sarcoma

    Brian J. Nickoloff

  • Recombinant Gamma Interferon Induces HLA-DR Expression on Cultured Human Keratinocytes

    Teresa Y. Basham;Brian J. Nickoloff;Thomas C. Merigan;Vera B. Morhenn

  • The cytokine network in psoriasis.

    Brian J. Nickoloff

  • The Wnt5A/Protein Kinase C Pathway Mediates Motility in Melanoma Cells via the Inhibition of Metastasis Suppressors and Initiation of an Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition

    Samudra K. Dissanayake;Michael Wade;Carrie E. Johnson;Michael P. O'Connell

  • Characterization of factor XIIIa positive dermal dendritic cells in normal and inflamed skin.

    R. Cerio;C. E. M. Griffiths;K. D. Cooper;Brian J. Nickoloff

  • Jagged-1 mediated activation of notch signaling induces complete maturation of human keratinocytes through NF-κB and PPARγ

    B J Nickoloff;J-Z Qin;V Chaturvedi;M F Denning

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank O. Nestle
Frank O. Nestle Deerfield (United States)
John J. Voorhees
John J. Voorhees University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Christopher E.M. Griffiths
Christopher E.M. Griffiths University of Manchester
Laurence A. Turka
Laurence A. Turka Harvard University
Kevin D. Cooper
Kevin D. Cooper Case Western Reserve University
Aditya K. Gupta
Aditya K. Gupta University of Toronto
Craig B. Thompson
Craig B. Thompson Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
James Varani
James Varani University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Gary J. Fisher
Gary J. Fisher University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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