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Overview

Deborah A. Meyers is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within medicine, particularly focusing on pulmonary and respiratory medicine, physiology, molecular biology, genetics, and immunology. Their scholarly output reflects a commitment to exploring complex respiratory diseases and their underlying genetic and molecular mechanisms.

The primary fields of study associated with Deborah A. Meyers include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

The subfields of study featured in their work encompass:

  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Physiology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Immunology

Main topics addressed in their research are:

  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Respiratory and Cough-Related Research
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways

Deborah A. Meyers has contributed to several significant publications, including:

  • "Inherited causes of clonal haematopoiesis in 97,691 whole genomes," 2020, published in Nature
  • "Multi-ancestry genome-wide association analyses improve resolution of genes and pathways influencing lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease risk," 2023, published in Nature Genetics
  • "Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and related phenotypes: polygenic risk scores in population-based and case-control cohorts," 2020, published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • "Genetic analyses identify GSDMB associated with asthma severity, exacerbations, and antiviral pathways," 2020, published in Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • "Loss-of-function genomic variants highlight potential therapeutic targets for cardiovascular disease," 2020, published in Nature Communications

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Eugene R. Bleecker
  • Victor E. Ortega
  • Prescott G. Woodruff
  • Wendy C. Moore
  • Annette T. Hastie

Deborah A. Meyers has published extensively in journals such as:

  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • CHEST Journal

Best Publications

  • Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program.

    Daniel Taliun;Daniel N. Harris;Michael D. Kessler;Jedidiah Carlson;Jedidiah Carlson

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of asthma in ethnically diverse North American populations

    Dara G. Torgerson;Dara G. Torgerson;Elizabeth J. Ampleford;Grace Y. Chiu;W. James Gauderman

  • Sputum neutrophil counts are associated with more severe asthma phenotypes using cluster analysis

    Wendy C. Moore;Annette T. Hastie;Xingnan Li;Huashi Li

  • Inherited causes of clonal haematopoiesis in 97,691 whole genomes.

    Alexander G Bick;Joshua S Weinstock;Satish K Nandakumar;Satish K Nandakumar;Charles P Fulco;Charles P Fulco

  • Tiotropium bromide step-up therapy for adults with uncontrolled asthma

    Stephen P. Peters;Susan J. Kunselman;Nikolina Icitovic;Wendy C. Moore

  • 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

  • Germline mutations in the ribonuclease L gene in families showing linkage with HPC1.

    J. Carpten;N. Nupponen;S. Isaacs;R. Sood

  • Analyses of asthma severity phenotypes and inflammatory proteins in subjects stratified by sputum granulocytes.

    Annette T. Hastie;Wendy C. Moore;Deborah A. Meyers;Penny L. Vestal

  • Heterogeneity of severe asthma in childhood: confirmation by cluster analysis of children in the National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Severe Asthma Research Program.

    Anne M. Fitzpatrick;W. Gerald Teague;Deborah A. Meyers;Stephen P. Peters

  • A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of tumor necrosis factor-alpha blockade in severe persistent asthma.

    Sally E. Wenzel;Peter J. Barnes;Eugene R. Bleecker;Jean Bousquet

  • Mucus plugs in patients with asthma linked to eosinophilia and airflow obstruction

    Eleanor M. Dunican;Brett M. Elicker;David S. Gierada;Scott K. Nagle

  • New genetic signals for lung function highlight pathways and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease associations across multiple ancestries

    Shrine N;Guyatt Al;Erzurumluoglu Am;Jackson Ve;Jackson Ve;Jackson Ve

  • 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

  • Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program

    Daniel Taliun;Daniel N. Harris;Michael D. Kessler;Jedidiah Carlson;Jedidiah Carlson

  • Gene-gene interaction in asthma: IL4RA and IL13 in a Dutch population with asthma

    Timothy D. Howard;Gerard H. Koppelman;Jianfeng Xu;Siqun L. Zheng

  • Germline mutations and sequence variants of the macrophage scavenger receptor 1 gene are associated with prostate cancer risk

    Jianfeng Xu;S. Lilly Zheng;Akira Komiya;Josyf C. Mychaleckyj

  • Inflammatory and Comorbid Features of Patients with Severe Asthma and Frequent Exacerbations

    Loren C. Denlinger;Brenda R. Phillips;Sima Ramratnam;Kristie Ross

  • Genetic loci associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap with loci for lung function and pulmonary fibrosis

    Brian D. Hobbs;Kim De Jong;Maxime Lamontagne;Yohan Bossé

  • The Epidemiology and Genetics of Atopic Allergy

    David G. Marsh;Deborah A. Meyers;Wilma B. Bias

  • Assembly of a pan-genome from deep sequencing of 910 humans of African descent

    Rachel M. Sherman;Juliet Forman;Juliet Forman;Valentin Antonescu;Daniela Puiu

  • Genetic landscape of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease identifies heterogeneous cell-type and phenotype associations

    Phuwanat Sakornsakolpat;Phuwanat Sakornsakolpat;Dmitry Prokopenko;Dmitry Prokopenko;Maxime Lamontagne;Nicola F Reeve

  • Comment on: Cumulative Association of Five Genetic Variants with Prostate Cancer

    S. L. Zheng;J. Sun;F. Wiklund;S. Smith

  • 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

Eugene R. Bleecker
Eugene R. Bleecker University of Arizona
Jianfeng Xu
Jianfeng Xu Arkansas State University
Wendy C. Moore
Wendy C. Moore Wake Forest University
Gregory A. Hawkins
Gregory A. Hawkins Wake Forest University
Stephen P. Peters
Stephen P. Peters Wake Forest University
William B. Isaacs
William B. Isaacs Johns Hopkins University
Sally E. Wenzel
Sally E. Wenzel University of Pittsburgh
Timothy D. Howard
Timothy D. Howard Wake Forest University
William W. Busse
William W. Busse University of Wisconsin–Madison
Patrick C. Walsh
Patrick C. Walsh Johns Hopkins University

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