2026 Debra L. Laskin: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	79	4342	4006	2116	1907	369	21139

Overview

Debra L. Laskin is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within medicine, agricultural and biological sciences, and veterinary fields.

The primary focus of their work includes the study of pesticide exposure and toxicity, contact dermatitis and allergies, animal testing and alternatives, immunotoxicology and immune responses, air quality and health impacts, heme oxygenase-1 and carbon monoxide, and climate change and health impacts.

Some of the recent papers authored by Debra L. Laskin are:

Pulmonary toxicants and fibrosis: innate and adaptive immune mechanisms (2020), Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology
Single inhalation exposure to polyamide micro and nanoplastic particles impairs vascular dilation without generating pulmonary inflammation in virgin female Sprague Dawley rats (2023), Particle and Fibre Toxicology
Transcriptional profiling of lung macrophages during pulmonary injury induced by nitrogen mustard (2020), Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
DNA damage signaling in the cellular responses to mustard vesicants (2020), Toxicology Letters
Regulation of Lung Macrophage Activation and Oxidative Stress Following Ozone Exposure by Farnesoid X Receptor (2020), Toxicological Sciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Laskin include:

M Cronin
A Bryant-Friedrich
H. Chon
S Crotty
J Muldoon

Laskin's publications have appeared mainly in the following venues:

Food and Chemical Toxicology (162 publications)
Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology (12 publications)
The FASEB Journal (10 publications)
Toxicological Sciences (8 publications)
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (5 publications)

Their main fields of study include:

Medicine (196 publications)
Agricultural and Biological Sciences (154 publications)
Veterinary (119 publications)

Subfields of study highlighted in their work include:

Plant Science (152 publications)
Dermatology (143 publications)
Small Animals (119 publications)
Immunology (34 publications)
Molecular Biology (29 publications)

The breadth of topics covered in their research reflects a consistent interest in toxicological mechanisms, immune system interactions with environmental factors, and the biological responses to chemical exposures.

Best Publications

Macrophages and Inflammatory Mediators in Tissue Injury

Debra Laskin;K. J. Pendino

838
Citations
Macrophages and tissue injury: agents of defense or destruction?

Debra L. Laskin;Vasanthi R. Sunil;Carol R. Gardner;Jeffrey D. Laskin

693
Citations
Functional heterogeneity in liver and lung macrophages

Debra L. Laskin;Barry Weinberger;Jeffrey D. Laskin

373
Citations
Modulation of macrophage functioning abrogates the acute hepatotoxicity of acetaminophen

Debra L. Laskin;Carol R. Gardner;Veronica F. Price;David J. Jollow

367
Citations
The Toxicology of Inhaled Nitric Oxide

Barry Weinberger;Debra L. Laskin;Diane E. Heck;Jeffrey D. Laskin

365
Citations
Drug-induced liver injury: Mechanisms and test systems

D. Montgomery Bissell;Gregory J. Gores;Debra L. Laskin;Jay H. Hoofnagle

358
Citations
Epidermal growth factor suppresses nitric oxide and hydrogen peroxide production by keratinocytes. Potential role for nitric oxide in the regulation of wound healing.

D E Heck;D L Laskin;C R Gardner;J D Laskin

355
Citations
Macrophages and Inflammatory Mediators in Chemical Toxicity: A Battle of Forces

Debra L. Laskin

349
Citations
Role of CCR2 in macrophage migration into the liver during acetaminophen-induced hepatotoxicity in the mouse

Donna M. Dambach;Donna M. Dambach;Linda M. Watson;Kevin R. Gray;Stephen K. Durham

331
Citations
Role of nitric oxide in acetaminophen-induced hepatotoxicity in the rat

Carol R. Gardner;Diane E. Heck;Chung S. Yang;Paul E. Thomas

328
Citations
Production of nitric oxide and peroxynitrite in the lung during acute endotoxemia

T M Wizemann;C R Gardner;J D Laskin;S Quinones

325
Citations
Nitrative and Oxidative Stress in Toxicology and Disease

Ruth A. Roberts;Debra L. Laskin;Charles V. Smith;Fredika M. Robertson

306
Citations
Osteopontin inhibits induction of nitric oxide synthase gene expression by inflammatory mediators in mouse kidney epithelial cells.

Shiaw-Min Hwang;C. A. Lopez;D. E. Heck;C. R. Gardner

249
Citations
Potential role of activated macrophages in acetaminophen hepatotoxicity. I. Isolation and characterization of activated macrophages from rat liver.

Debra L. Laskin;Anne M. Pilaro

241
Citations
Oxygen toxicity in premature infants.

Barry Weinberger;Debra L. Laskin;Diane E. Heck;Jeffrey D. Laskin

235
Citations
Distinct roles of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and nitric oxide in acute liver injury induced by carbon tetrachloride in mice.

Lisa A. Morio;Hawjyh Chiu;Karen A. Sprowles;Peihong Zhou

234
Citations
Mechanisms Mediating the Vesicant Actions of Sulfur Mustard after Cutaneous Exposure

Michael P. Shakarjian;Diane E. Heck;Joshua P. Gray;Patrick J. Sinko

232
Citations
Nonparenchymal cells and hepatotoxicity.

Debra L. Laskin

230
Citations
Smaller is not always better: nanotechnology yields nanotoxicology.

Howard M. Kipen;Debra L. Laskin

229
Citations
Anti-TNFα therapy in inflammatory lung diseases

Rama Malaviya;Jeffrey D. Laskin;Debra L. Laskin

222
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