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Overview

Erick Forno is a researcher affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States, primarily active in the field of Medicine. Their scholarly contributions focus notably on pulmonary and respiratory medicine, physiology, molecular biology, epidemiology, and genetics. These areas frame a broad spectrum of investigations into respiratory health and disease.

Their work covers key topics including:

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

Forno has contributed to multiple research articles with notable publications such as:

  • "Race and Ethnicity in Pulmonary Function Test Interpretation: An Official American Thoracic Society Statement," 2023, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • "Effect of Vitamin D3 Supplementation on Severe Asthma Exacerbations in Children With Asthma and Low Vitamin D Levels," 2020, JAMA
  • "Obesity-related asthma in children and adolescents," 2022, The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
  • "Asthma and COVID-19 in children: A systematic review and call for data," 2020, Pediatric Pulmonology
  • "A novel whole blood gene expression signature for asthma, dermatitis, and rhinitis multimorbidity in children and adolescents," 2020, Allergy

Frequent publication venues for Erick Forno include:

  • Pediatric Pulmonology
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Collaborations form an important part of their research, with recurrent coauthors such as:

  • Juan C. Celedón
  • Yueh-Ying Han
  • Glorisa Canino
  • F.J. Rosser
  • Wei Chen

Erick Forno's publication record and coauthorship network suggest a sustained engagement with pediatric and adult respiratory health issues, including asthma and related inflammatory conditions. The emphasis on both molecular and epidemiological approaches highlights an integrative methodology in their research pursuits.

Best Publications

  • Serum Vitamin D Levels and Markers of Severity of Childhood Asthma in Costa Rica

    John M. Brehm;Juan C. Celedón;Manuel E. Soto-Quiros;Lydiana Avila

  • Obesity and asthma

    Ubong Peters;Anne E. Dixon;Erick Forno

  • Decreased response to inhaled steroids in overweight and obese asthmatic children.

    Erick Forno;Erick Forno;Erick Forno;Rachel Lescher;Robert Strunk;Scott Weiss;Scott Weiss

  • Motor vehicle air pollution and asthma in children: a meta-analysis.

    Janvier Gasana;Deepa Dillikar;Angelico Mendy;Erick Forno

  • Probiotic Administration in Early Life, Atopy, and Asthma: A Meta-analysis of Clinical Trials

    Nancy Elazab;Angelico Mendy;Janvier Gasana;Edgar R. Vieira

  • Risk and Protective Factors for Childhood Asthma: What Is the Evidence?

    Jose A. Castro-Rodriguez;Erick Forno;Carlos E. Rodríguez-Martínez;Juan Carlos Celedón

  • Obesity and Airway Dysanapsis in Children with and without Asthma

    Erick Forno;Daniel J Weiner;James Mullen;Gregory Sawicki

  • Vitamin D insufficiency and severe asthma exacerbations in Puerto Rican children.

    John M. Brehm;Edna Acosta-Pérez;Lambertus Klei;Kathryn Roeder

  • Maternal Obesity in Pregnancy, Gestational Weight Gain, and Risk of Childhood Asthma

    Erick Forno;Erick Forno;Omar M. Young;Rajesh Kumar;Hyagriv Simhan

  • Overweight, Obesity, and Lung Function in Children and Adults—A Meta-analysis

    Erick Forno;Yueh-Ying Han;James Mullen;Juan C. Celedón

  • Asthma and ethnic minorities: socioeconomic status and beyond.

    Erick Forno;Juan C Celedon

  • Maternal nutrition during pregnancy and risk of asthma, wheeze, and atopic diseases during childhood: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

    A. A. Beckhaus;L. Garcia-Marcos;E. Forno;R. M. Pacheco-Gonzalez

  • A genome-wide association study on African-ancestry populations for asthma.

    Rasika A. Mathias;Audrey V. Grant;Nicholas Rafaels;Tracey Hand

  • DNA methylation in nasal epithelium, atopy, and atopic asthma in children: a genome-wide study.

    Erick Forno;Ting Wang;Cancan Qi;Cancan Qi;Qi Yan

  • Insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and lung function in US adolescents with and without asthma

    Erick Forno;Yueh-Ying Han;Radhika H. Muzumdar;Juan C. Celedón

  • The nasal methylome as a biomarker of asthma and airway inflammation in children.

    Andres Cardenas;Joanne E. Sordillo;Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman;Wonil Chung

  • Diversity of the gut microbiota and eczema in early life

    Erick Forno;Erick Forno;Andrew Bruce Onderdonk;Andrew Bruce Onderdonk;John Patrick McCracken;Augusto Ampil Litonjua;Augusto Ampil Litonjua

  • Obesity-related asthma in children and adolescents.

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  • Obesity and adiposity indicators, asthma, and atopy in Puerto Rican children.

    Erick Forno;Edna Acosta-Pérez;John M. Brehm;Yueh-Ying Han

  • Effect of Vitamin D3 Supplementation on Severe Asthma Exacerbations in Children With Asthma and Low Vitamin D Levels: The VDKA Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Erick Forno;Leonard B. Bacharier;Wanda Phipatanakul;Theresa W. Guilbert

  • Asthma in Hispanics. An 8-year update.

    Franziska J. Rosser;Erick Forno;Philip J. Cooper;Juan C. Celedón

  • Health Disparities in Asthma

    Erick Forno;Juan C. Celedón

Frequent Co-Authors

Juan C. Celedón
Juan C. Celedón University of Pittsburgh
Glorisa Canino
Glorisa Canino University of Puerto Rico
Scott T. Weiss
Scott T. Weiss Harvard University
Augusto A. Litonjua
Augusto A. Litonjua University of Rochester Medical Center
Esteban G. Burchard
Esteban G. Burchard University of California, San Francisco
Gerard H. Koppelman
Gerard H. Koppelman University Medical Center Groningen
Rong Zhang
Rong Zhang University of Southampton
Erik Melén
Erik Melén Karolinska Institute
Celeste Eng
Celeste Eng University of California, San Francisco
Diane R. Gold
Diane R. Gold Harvard University

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