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Fernando D. Martinez

Fernando D. Martinez

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Immunology

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133
Citations
86334
World Ranking
205
National Ranking
133

Medicine

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133
Citations
86495
World Ranking
2185
National Ranking
1234

Overview

Fernando D. Martinez is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States and has a significant record of contributions within the field of Medicine, specifically focusing on pulmonary and respiratory medicine. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Physiology, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, and Health, Toxicology, and Mutagenesis. This breadth illustrates a multi-disciplinary approach to respiratory health and related medical sciences.

Their primary research topics include asthma and respiratory diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) research, and neonatal respiratory health. Additional areas of focus cover SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, COVID-19 clinical studies, respiratory and cough-related research, as well as respiratory support and mechanisms. This reflects engagement with both chronic respiratory conditions and acute infectious disease mechanisms affecting respiratory health.

Fernando D. Martinez has published numerous articles in notable scientific journals. Frequently appearing venues are the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), the CHEST Journal, and The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice.

They have collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including Leonard B. Bacharier, Stefano Guerra, Daniel J. Jackson, Debra A. Stern, and Anne L. Wright, with each collaborator contributing to multiple joint publications.

Their recent scholarly papers include the following works:

  • Type 2 inflammation modulates ACE2 and TMPRSS2 in airway epithelial cells (2020, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology)
  • Genes, Environments, and Time: The Biology of Adversity and Resilience (2021, PEDIATRICS)
  • Childhood Asthma Incidence, Early and Persistent Wheeze, and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Factors in the ECHO/CREW Consortium (2022, JAMA Pediatrics)
  • Lung-function trajectories: relevance and implementation in clinical practice (2024, The Lancet)
  • Comorbidities, Cardiovascular Therapies, and COVID-19 Mortality: A Nationwide, Italian Observational Study (ItaliCO) (2020, Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine)

Best Publications

  • Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA): Achievements in 10 years and future needs

    J. Bousquet;H. J. Schünemann;B. Samolinski;P. Demoly

  • Asthma and wheezing in the first six years of life. The Group Health Medical Associates.

    Fernando D. Martinez;Anne L. Wright;Lynn M. Taussig;Catharine J. Holberg

  • International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC): rationale and methods.

    M. I. Asher;U. Keil;H. R. Anderson;R. Beasley

  • Association of asthma with serum IgE levels and skin-test reactivity to allergens.

    Benjamin Burrows;Fernando D. Martinez;Marilyn Halonen;Robert A. Barbee

  • Respiratory syncytial virus in early life and risk of wheeze and allergy by age 13 years.

    Renato T Stein;Duane Sherrill;Wayne J Morgan;Catharine J Holberg

  • A clinical index to define risk of asthma in young children with recurrent wheezing.

    José A. Castro-Rodríguez;Catharine J. Holberg;Anne L. Wright;Fernando D. Martinez

  • Long-term inhaled corticosteroids in preschool children at high risk for asthma.

    Theresa W. Guilbert;Wayne J. Morgan;Robert S. Zeiger;Robert S. Zeiger;David T. Mauger

  • Lung-Function Trajectories Leading to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

    Peter Lange;Bartolome Celli;Alvar Agustí;Gorm Boje Jensen

  • Worldwide variations in the prevalence of symptoms of atopic eczema in the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood.

    Hywel Williams;Colin Robertson;Alistair Stewart;Nadia Aït-Khaled

  • Siblings, day-care attendance, and the risk of asthma and wheezing during childhood.

    Thomas M. Ball;Jose A. Castro-Rodriguez;Kent A. Griffith;Catharine J. Holberg

  • Prevalence of asthma and atopy in two areas of west and east Germany

    E. Von Mutius;F. D. Martinez;C. Fritzsch;T. Nicolai

  • After asthma: redefining airways diseases

    Ian D Pavord;Richard Beasley;Alvar Agusti;Gary P Anderson

  • A Polymorphism* in the 5 ′ Flanking Region of the CD14 Gene Is Associated with Circulating Soluble CD14 Levels and with Total Serum Immunoglobulin E

    Mauro Baldini;I. Carla Lohman;Marilyn Halonen;Robert P. Erickson

  • Tucson children's respiratory study: 1980 to present

    Lynn M. Taussig;Anne L. Wright;Catharine J. Holberg;Marilyn Halonen

  • Innate Immunity and Asthma Risk in Amish and Hutterite Farm Children

    Michelle M. Stein;Cara L. Hrusch;Justyna Gozdz;Justyna Gozdz;Catherine Igartua

  • 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

  • Worldwide variations in prevalence of symptoms of allergic rhinoconjunctivitis in children: the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC)

    David Strachan;Bonnie Sibbald;Stephan Weiland;Nadia Ait-Khaled

  • Diminished Lung Function as a Predisposing Factor for Wheezing Respiratory Illness in Infants

    Fernando Martinez;Wayne J Morgan;Anne L Wright;C. J. Holberg

  • Rhinitis as an independent risk factor for adult-onset asthma

    Stefano Guerra;Duane L. Sherrill;Fernando D. Martinez;Robert A. Barbee

  • Outcome of asthma and wheezing in the first 6 years of life follow-up through adolescence

    Wayne J. Morgan;Debra A. Stern;Duane L. Sherrill;Stefano Guerra

Frequent Co-Authors

Anne L. Wright
Anne L. Wright University of Arizona
Marilyn Halonen
Marilyn Halonen University of Arizona
Stefano Guerra
Stefano Guerra University of Arizona
Wayne J. Morgan
Wayne J. Morgan University of Arizona
Lynn M. Taussig
Lynn M. Taussig University of Denver
Robert S. Zeiger
Robert S. Zeiger Kaiser Permanente
Stanley J. Szefler
Stanley J. Szefler University of Colorado Denver
Robert F. Lemanske
Robert F. Lemanske University of Wisconsin–Madison
Scott T. Weiss
Scott T. Weiss Harvard University
David T. Mauger
David T. Mauger Pennsylvania State University

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