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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1982 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1973 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Gerald Weissmann was affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research primarily focused on fields related to Medicine and Social Sciences, with particular contributions in Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Emergency Medicine.

The scientist's research work covered topics including Gun Ownership and Violence Research, Injury Epidemiology and Prevention, and Trauma and Emergency Care Studies.

Frequent publication venues for their work included the Emergency Care Journal.

Among recent papers, one notable publication was titled "The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on traumatic injuries in children: a longitudinal observational study," published in 2025 in the Emergency Care Journal.

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Their frequent coauthors included:

  • Arian Zaboli
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  • Gianni Turcato
  • Serena Sibilio
  • Gloria Brigiari

Gerald Weissmann received recognition as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1982 and as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1973.

Best Publications

  • The mechanisms of action of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs.

    Steven B. Abramson;Gerald Weissmann

  • A Mechanism for the Antiinflammatory Effects of Corticosteroids: The Glucocorticoid Receptor Regulates Leukocyte Adhesion to Endothelial Cells and Expression of Endothelial-Leukocyte Adhesion Molecule 1 and Intercellular Adhesion Molecule 1

    Cronstein Bn;Kimmel Sc;Levin Ri;Martiniuk F

  • Complement and immunoglobulins stimulate superoxide production by human leukocytes independently of phagocytosis.

    I M Goldstein;D Roos;H B Kaplan;G Weissmann

  • Release of inflammatory mediators from stimulated neutrophils.

    Gerald Weissmann;James E. Smolen;Helen M. Korchak

  • Mechanisms of Lysosomal Enzyme Release from Human Leukocytes II. EFFECTS OF cAMP AND cGMP, AUTONOMIC AGONISTS, AND AGENTS WHICH AFFECT MICROTUBULE FUNCTION

    Robert B. Zurier;Gerald Weissmann;Sylvia Hoffstein;Sandra Kammerman

  • Phospholipid spherules (liposomes) as a model for biological membranes.

    Grazia Sessa;Gerald Weissmann

  • The action of steroids and streptolysin S on the permeability of phospholipid structures to cations.

    A.D. Bangham;M.M. Standish;G. Weissmann

  • Adenosine: a physiological modulator of superoxide anion generation by human neutrophils.

    B N Cronstein;S B Kramer;G Weissmann;R Hirschhorn

  • Periodontal disease and the oral microbiota in new‐onset rheumatoid arthritis

    Jose U. Scher;Carles Ubeda;Michele Equinda;Raya Khanin

  • Adenosine: an endogenous inhibitor of neutrophil-mediated injury to endothelial cells.

    B N Cronstein;R I Levin;J Belanoff;G Weissmann

  • Mechanisms of lysosomal enzyme release from leukocytes exposed to immune complexes and other particles.

    Gerald Weissmann;Robert B. Zurier;Paul J. Spieler;Ira M. Goldstein

  • Ceruloplasmin. A scavenger of superoxide anion radicals.

    I M Goldstein;H B Kaplan;H S Edelson;G Weissmann

  • Mechanisms of lysosomal enzyme release from human leukocytes. I. Effect of cyclic nucleotides and colchicine.

    Robert B. Zurier;Sylvia Hoffstein;Gerald Weissmann

  • Hypothesis: The Humoral Immune Response to Oral Bacteria Provides a Stimulus for the Development of Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Elliot D. Rosenstein;Robert A. Greenwald;Laura J. Kushner;Gerald Weissmann

  • Neutrophil adherence to endothelium is enhanced via adenosine A1 receptors and inhibited via adenosine A2 receptors.

    B N Cronstein;R I Levin;M Philips;R Hirschhorn

  • Adenosine; a physiologic modulator of superoxide anion generation by human neutrophils. Adenosine acts via an A2 receptor on human neutrophils.

    B N Cronstein;E D Rosenstein;S B Kramer;G Weissmann

  • Effect of cyclic AMP on release of lysosomal enzymes from phagocytes.

    Gerald Weissmann;Peter Dukor;Robert B. Zurier

  • STUDIES ON LYSOSOMES I. THE EFFECTS OF ENDOTOXIN, ENDOTOXIN TOLERANCE, AND CORTISONE ON THE RELEASE OF ACID HYDROLASES FROM A GRANULAR FRACTION OF RABBIT LIVER

    Gerald Weissmann;Lewis Thomas

  • Mechanisms of Lysosomal Enzyme Release from Human Leukocytes: Microtubule Assembly and Membrane Fusion Induced by a Component of Complement

    Ira Goldstein;Sylvia Hoffstein;John Gallin;Gerald Weissmann

  • Colchicine alters the quantitative and qualitative display of selectins on endothelial cells and neutrophils.

    B N Cronstein;Y Molad;J Reibman;E Balakhane

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven B. Abramson
Steven B. Abramson New York University
Ira M. Goldstein
Ira M. Goldstein University of California, San Francisco
Rochelle Hirschhorn
Rochelle Hirschhorn New York University
Bruce N. Cronstein
Bruce N. Cronstein New York University
H M Korchak
H M Korchak University of Pennsylvania
Charles N. Serhan
Charles N. Serhan Brigham and Women's Hospital
Mark R. Philips
Mark R. Philips New York University
Jill P. Buyon
Jill P. Buyon New York University
Leslie B. Vosshall
Leslie B. Vosshall Rockefeller University
Robert Winchester
Robert Winchester Columbia University

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