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Overview

Harald Renz is affiliated with Philipp University of Marburg in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on various aspects of medicine, with a particular emphasis on physiology, emergency medical services, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, immunology, and psychiatry and mental health.

The scientist's main topics of work include pediatric health and respiratory diseases, asthma and respiratory diseases, stress responses and cortisol, tryptophan and brain disorders, IL-33, ST2, and ILC pathways, bipolar disorder and treatment, and infant nutrition and health.

Harald Renz has published several recent papers across a range of medical and scientific journals. These publications are:

  • Allergen shedding in human milk: Could it be key for immune system education and allergy prevention? (2021, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology)
  • Shift of radiotherapy use during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic? An analysis of German inpatient data (2022, Strahlentherapie und Onkologie)
  • Alpha-1-antitrypsin-deficiency is associated with lower cardiovascular risk: an approach based on federated learning (2024, Respiratory Research)
  • Neural foundation of the diathesis-stress model: longitudinal gray matter volume changes in response to stressful life events in major depressive disorder and healthy controls (2024, Molecular Psychiatry)
  • Continuous Rather Than Solely Early Farm Exposure Protects From Hay Fever Development (2022, The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice)

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Harald Renz include Florian Thomas-Odenthal, Kai G. Ringwald, Lea Teutenberg, Frederike Stein, and Nina Alexander.

The scientist's work appears frequently in certain academic journals, reflecting their research interests. The venues where Harald Renz has the most publications include:

  • The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice
  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Respiratory Research
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Harald Renz's research spans both main fields and subfields of study. Their contributions to medicine involve multiple topics that intersect immunology and respiratory medicine, alongside brain disorders and psychiatric conditions.

Best Publications

  • Environmental exposure to endotoxin and its relation to asthma in school-age children.

    Charlotte Braun-Fahrländer;Josef Riedler;Udo Herz;Waltraud Eder

  • Risk factors for severity and mortality in adult COVID-19 inpatients in Wuhan.

    Xiaochen Li;Xiaochen Li;Shuyun Xu;Shuyun Xu;Muqing Yu;Muqing Yu;Ke Wang;Ke Wang

  • The impact of perinatal immune development on mucosal homeostasis and chronic inflammation

    Harald Renz;Per Brandtzaeg;Mathias Hornef

  • New-onset IgG autoantibodies in hospitalized patients with COVID-19.

    Sarah Esther Chang;Allan Feng;Wenzhao Meng;Sokratis A Apostolidis

  • IgE allergy diagnostics and other relevant tests in allergy, a World Allergy Organization position paper.

    Ignacio J. Ansotegui;Giovanni Melioli;Giorgio Walter Canonica;Luis Caraballo

  • Release of tumor necrosis factor-alpha from macrophages. Enhancement and suppression are dose-dependently regulated by prostaglandin E2 and cyclic nucleotides.

    H. Renz;Jiang-Hong Gong;A. Schmidt;M. Nain

  • Early identification of atopy in the prediction of persistent asthma in children

    Peter D Sly;Attilio L Boner;Bengt Björksten;Andy Bush

  • The IL-6R α chain controls lung CD4+CD25+ Treg development and function during allergic airway inflammation in vivo

    Aysefa Doganci;Tatjana Eigenbrod;Norbert Krug;George T. De Sanctis

  • Maternal TLR signaling is required for prenatal asthma protection by the nonpathogenic microbe Acinetobacter lwoffii F78.

    Melanie L. Conrad;Ruth Ferstl;René Teich;Stephanie Brand

  • Prevalence and role of serum IgE antibodies to the StaphylococcuS aureus–derived superantigens SEA and SEB in children with atopic dermatitis

    Rita Bunikowski;Martin Mielke;Horst Skarabis;Udo Herz

  • BCG infection suppresses allergic sensitization and development of increased airway reactivity in an animal model

    Udo Herz;Kerstin Gerhold;Christoph Grüber;Armin Braun

  • Treatment of allergic airway inflammation and hyperresponsiveness by antisense-induced local blockade of GATA-3 expression.

    Susetta Finotto;George T. De Sanctis;Hans A. Lehr;Udo Herz

  • Maturation of the gut microbiome during the first year of life contributes to the protective farm effect on childhood asthma.

    Martin Depner;Diana Hazard Taft;Pirkka V. Kirjavainen;Pirkka V. Kirjavainen

  • Allergen-induced asthmatic responses modified by a GATA3-specific DNAzyme.

    Norbert Krug;Jens M Hohlfeld;Anne-Marie Kirsten;Oliver Kornmann

  • Early nutrition and immunity – progress and perspectives

    Philip C. Calder;Susanne Krauss-Etschmann;Esther C. de Jong;Christophe Dupont

  • Acinetobacter lwoffii and Lactococcus lactis strains isolated from farm cowsheds possess strong allergy-protective properties

    Jennifer Debarry;Holger Garn;Anna Hanuszkiewicz;Nina Dickgreber

  • Farm-like indoor microbiota in non-farm homes protects children from asthma development.

    Pirkka V. Kirjavainen;Pirkka V. Kirjavainen;Anne M. Karvonen;Rachel I. Adams;Martin Täubel

  • Epidemiological and immunological evidence for the hygiene hypothesis

    Holger Garn;Harald Renz

  • The toll-like receptor 2 R753Q polymorphism defines a subgroup of patients with atopic dermatitis having severe phenotype.

    Parviz Ahmad-Nejad;Salima Mrabet-Dahbi;Kristine Breuer;Martina Klotz

  • The gut microbiota and inflammatory noncommunicable diseases: associations and potentials for gut microbiota therapies.

    Christina E West;Harald Renz;Maria C Jenmalm;Anita L Kozyrskyj

  • Aerosolized antigen exposure without adjuvant causes increased IgE production and increased airway responsiveness in the mouse

    Harald Renz;Hunter R. Smith;Jan E. Henson;Bradley S. Ray

  • Neurotrophins Are Increased in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid after Segmental Allergen Provocation

    Johann Christian Virchow;Peter Julius;Marek Lommatzsch;Werner Luttmann

  • Nebulized IFN-gamma inhibits the development of secondary allergic responses in mice.

    G. Lack;K. L. Bradley;E. Hamelmann;H. Renz

Frequent Co-Authors

Holger Garn
Holger Garn Philipp University of Marburg
Juha Pekkanen
Juha Pekkanen University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Erwin W. Gelfand
Erwin W. Gelfand University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Erika von Mutius
Erika von Mutius Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Armin Braun
Armin Braun Fraunhofer Society
Charlotte Braun-Fahrländer
Charlotte Braun-Fahrländer University of Basel
Roger Lauener
Roger Lauener Children's Hospital of Eastern Switzerland St. Gallen
Thomas Werfel
Thomas Werfel Hannover Medical School
Markus Ege
Markus Ege Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Jon Genuneit
Jon Genuneit Leipzig University

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