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Desmond J. Fitzgerald

Desmond J. Fitzgerald

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Medicine

D-Index
94
Citations
30082
World Ranking
10540
National Ranking
26

Overview

Desmond J. Fitzgerald is affiliated with University College Dublin in Ireland. Their research spans multiple aspects of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with specific attention to molecular biology, immunology, epidemiology, immunology and allergy, and neurology.

Their work covers several main topics including:

  • Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Fitzgerald include:

  • Monica de Gaetano
  • Stephen Fitzsimons
  • Mary Barry
  • Eoin Brennan
  • Silvia Oggero

They have published research in a variety of journals such as:

  • Journal of Extracellular Vesicles
  • International Journal of Stroke
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Cerebrovascular Diseases

Selected recent publications by Fitzgerald include:

  • "Extracellular vesicles from monocyte/platelet aggregates modulate human atherosclerotic plaque reactivity," 2021, Journal of Extracellular Vesicles
  • "Inflammatory cytokines, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, and risk of one-year vascular events, death, and poor functional outcome after stroke and transient ischemic attack," 2021, International Journal of Stroke
  • "microRNA-155 Is Decreased During Atherosclerosis Regression and Is Increased in Urinary Extracellular Vesicles During Atherosclerosis Progression," 2020, Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Carbon Dioxide Sensing by Immune Cells Occurs through Carbonic Anhydrase 2-Dependent Changes in Intracellular pH," 2022, The Journal of Immunology
  • "Dose-Dependent Association of Inflammatory Cytokines with Carotid Atherosclerosis in Transient Ischaemic Attack: Implications for Clinical Trials," 2021, Cerebrovascular Diseases

Best Publications

  • Platelet activation in unstable coronary disease.

    Desmond J. Fitzgerald;Louis Roy;Francesca Catella;Garret A. FitzGerald

  • Characterization of the proteins released from activated platelets leads to localization of novel platelet proteins in human atherosclerotic lesions

    Judith A. Coppinger;Gerard Cagney;Gerard Cagney;Sinead Toomey;Sinead Toomey;Thomas Kislinger;Thomas Kislinger

  • Ticlopidine and clopidogrel

    Martin J. Quinn;Desmond J. Fitzgerald

  • The Relationship Between Cyclooxygenase-2 Expression and Colorectal Cancer

    Katherine M. Sheehan;Kieran Sheahan;Diarmuid P. O'Donoghue;Fergus MacSweeney

  • The alpha 2-macroglobulin receptor/low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein binds and internalizes Pseudomonas exotoxin A

    M Z Kounnas;R E Morris;M R Thompson;D J FitzGerald

  • A recombinant immunotoxin consisting of two antibody variable domains fused to Pseudomonas exotoxin

    V K Chaudhary;C Queen;R P Junghans;T A Waldmann

  • Expert Consensus Document on the Use of Antiplatelet Agents The Task Force on the Use of Antiplatelet Agents in Patients with Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease of the European Society of Cardiology

    C Patrono;F Bachmann;C Baigent;C Bode

  • Cyclooxygenase-1 and -2–Dependent Prostacyclin Formation in Patients With Atherosclerosis

    Orina Belton;Dara Byrne;Dermot Kearney;Austin Leahy

  • Marked platelet activation in vivo after intravenous streptokinase in patients with acute myocardial infarction.

    D J Fitzgerald;F Catella;L Roy;G A FitzGerald

  • Regulation of connexin 43-mediated gap junctional intercellular communication by Ca2+ in mouse epidermal cells is controlled by E-cadherin.

    W. M. F. Jongen;D. J. Fitzgerald;M. Asamoto;C. Piccoli

  • OXIDATIVE DAMAGE OF CARDIOMYOCYTES IS LIMITED BY EXTRACELLULAR REGULATED KINASES 1/2-MEDIATED INDUCTION OF CYCLOOXYGENASE-2

    Sharon R. Adderley;Desmond J. Fitzgerald

  • Mode of antimicrobial action of vanillin against Escherichia coli, Lactobacillus plantarum and Listeria innocua.

    D.J. Fitzgerald;M. Stratford;M.J. Gasson;J. Ueckert

  • 8-Epi PGF2α Generation During Coronary Reperfusion

    N. Delanty;M.P. Reilly;D. Pratico;J.A. Lawson

  • Integration of Proteomics and Genomics in Platelets A PROFILE OF PLATELET PROTEINS AND PLATELET-SPECIFIC GENES

    James P. McRedmond;Stephen D. Park;Dermot F. Reilly;Judith A. Coppinger

  • Processing of Pseudomonas exotoxin by a cellular protease results in the generation of a 37,000-Da toxin fragment that is translocated to the cytosol.

    M Ogata;V K Chaudhary;I Pastan;D J FitzGerald

  • Platelet response to low-dose enteric-coated aspirin in patients with stable cardiovascular disease

    Andrew O. Maree;Ronan J. Curtin;Michelle Dooley;Ronan M. Conroy

  • Effect of Enteric Coating on Antiplatelet Activity of Low-Dose Aspirin in Healthy Volunteers

    Dermot Cox;Andrew O. Maree;Michelle Dooley;Ronán Conroy

  • Decreased prostacyclin biosynthesis preceding the clinical manifestation of pregnancy-induced hypertension.

    D J Fitzgerald;S S Entman;K Mulloy;G A FitzGerald

  • Cyclooxygenase‐1 haplotype modulates platelet response to aspirin

    A. O. Maree;R. J. Curtin;A. Chubb;C. Dolan

  • Multiple mechanisms for the activation of human platelet aggregation by Staphylococcus aureus: roles for the clumping factors ClfA and ClfB, the serine-aspartate repeat protein SdrE and protein A.

    Louise O'Brien;Steven W Kerrigan;Gideon Kaw;Michael Hogan

Frequent Co-Authors

Denis C. Shields
Denis C. Shields University College Dublin
Garret A. FitzGerald
Garret A. FitzGerald University of Pennsylvania
Ira Pastan
Ira Pastan Center for Cancer Research
Eoin O'Brien
Eoin O'Brien University College Dublin
Vijay K. Chaudhary
Vijay K. Chaudhary University of Delhi
John Atherton
John Atherton Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
Hiroshi Yamasaki
Hiroshi Yamasaki Kwansei Gakuin University
Norman Delanty
Norman Delanty Beaumont Hospital
Robert J. Kreitman
Robert J. Kreitman National Cancer Institute
Gerard Cagney
Gerard Cagney University College Dublin

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