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Overview

David A. Basketter is affiliated with the University of Bedfordshire in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with an emphasis on Dermatology, Small Animals, Immunology and Allergy, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work encompasses several main topics, including Contact Dermatitis and Allergies, Animal testing and alternatives, Occupational exposure and asthma, Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization, Inflammasome and immune disorders, Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research, and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

Basketter has contributed to multiple publications in various scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, Contact Dermatitis, International Journal of Pulmonary & Respiratory Sciences, Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, and Cosmetics.

Their recent papers include the following:

  • Perforin, COVID-19 and a possible pathogenic auto-inflammatory feedback loop, 2021, Scandinavian Journal of Immunology
  • Skin Sensitization Testing: The Ascendancy of Non-Animal Methods, 2022, Cosmetics
  • Why judiciously timed anti-IL 6 therapy may be of benefit in severe COVID-19 infection, 2020, Autoimmunity Reviews
  • Nickel: Intrinsic Skin Sensitization Potency and Relation to Prevalence of Contact Allergy, 2020, Dermatitis
  • Perforin and resistance to SARS coronavirus 2, 2020, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Basketter include Ian Kimber, John Mcfadden, Louise Cunningham, and Peter Simmonds.

Best Publications

  • Mechanistic applicability domain classification of a local lymph node assay dataset for skin sensitization.

    David W. Roberts;Grace Patlewicz;Petra S. Kern;Frank Gerberick

  • Fragrance Skin Sensitization Evaluation and Human Testing: 30-Year Experience.

    Mihwa Na;Gretchen Ritacco;Devin O'Brien;Maura Lavelle

  • Alternative (non-animal) methods for cosmetics testing: current status and future prospects—2010

    Sarah Adler;David Basketter;Stuart Creton;Olavi Pelkonen

  • Compilation of historical local lymph node data for evaluation of skin sensitization alternative methods

    G. Frank Gerberick;Cindy A. Ryan;Petra S. Kern;Harald Schlatter

  • Dermal sensitization quantitative risk assessment (QRA) for fragrance ingredients.

    Anne Marie Api;David A. Basketter;Peter A. Cadby;Marie-France Cano

  • Allergic contact dermatitis: epidemiology, molecular mechanisms, in vitro methods and regulatory aspects Current knowledge assembled at an international workshop at BfR, Germany

    M. Peiser;T. Tralau;J. Heidler;A. M. Api

  • The murine local lymph node assay: a commentary on collaborative studies and new directions.

    I. Kimber;D.A. Basketter

  • In vitro skin irritation: facts and future. State of the art review of mechanisms and models

    Thomas Welss;David A Basketter;Klaus R Schröder

  • Comparison of the local lymph node assay with the guinea-pig maximization test for the detection of a range of contact allergens

    D.A. Basketter;E.W. Scholes

  • The local lymph node assay: developments and applications.

    I. Kimber;R.J. Dearman;E.W. Scholes;D.A. Basketter

  • Classification of contact allergens according to potency: proposals.

    I Kimber;D.A Basketter;M Butler;A Gamer

  • A comparison of statistical approaches to the derivation of EC3 values from local lymph node assay dose responses.

    David A. Basketter;Linda J Lea;Andrea Dickens;David Briggs

  • Use of the local lymph node assay for the estimation of relative contact allergenic potency.

    D. A. Basketter;L. Blaikie;R. J. Dearman;I. Kimber

  • Hapten–protein binding: from theory to practical application in the in vitro prediction of skin sensitization

    Maja Divkovic;Camilla K. Pease;G. Frank Gerberick;David A. Basketter

  • Nickel, cobalt and chromium in consumer products: a role in allergic contact dermatitis?

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  • Fragrance Chemicals in Domestic and Occupational Products

    Suresh Chandra Rastogi;S Heydorn;J D Johansen;D A Basketter

  • Nickel, chromium and cobalt in consumer products: revisiting safe levels in the new millennium

    David A. Basketter;Gianni Angelini;Arieh Ingber;Petra S. Kern

  • The local lymph node assay: past, present and future.

    Ian Kimber;R. J. Dearman;D. A. Basketter;C. A. Ryan

  • Updating exposure assessment for skin sensitization quantitative risk assessment for fragrance materials

    Anne Marie Api;David Basketter;James Bridges;Peter Cadby

  • The local lymph node assay: A viable alternative to currently accepted skin sensitization tests

    D.A. Basketter;G.F. Gerberick;I. Kimber;S.E. Loveless

  • Further evaluation of the local lymph node assay in the final phase of an international collaborative trial

    S E Loveless;G S Ladics;G F Gerberick;C A Ryan

  • Local lymph node assay: validation assessment for regulatory purposes.

    G F Gerberick;C A Ryan;C A Ryan;Ian Kimber;Ian Kimber;R J Dearman;R J Dearman

  • A roadmap for the development of alternative (non-animal) methods for systemic toxicity testing.

    David A. Basketter;Harvey Clewell;Ian Kimber;Annamaria Rossi

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian Kimber
Ian Kimber University of Manchester
Rebecca J. Dearman
Rebecca J. Dearman University of Manchester
Cindy A. Ryan
Cindy A. Ryan Procter & Gamble (United States)
G. Frank Gerberick
G. Frank Gerberick Procter & Gamble (United States)
Ian R. White
Ian R. White University College London
David W. Roberts
David W. Roberts Liverpool John Moores University
Robert Landsiedel
Robert Landsiedel BASF (United States)
Emanuela Corsini
Emanuela Corsini University of Milan
Marie Cumberbatch
Marie Cumberbatch AstraZeneca (United Kingdom)
Thomas Hartung
Thomas Hartung Johns Hopkins University

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