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Overview

Homer A. Boushey is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with particular focus on Molecular Biology, Physiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Infectious Diseases, and Epidemiology.

The main topics covered in their work include asthma and respiratory diseases, gut microbiota and health, respiratory viral infections research, pediatric health and respiratory diseases, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, inhalation and respiratory drug delivery, and respiratory and cough-related research.

Boushey has contributed extensively to peer-reviewed journals, with frequent publications in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, CHEST Journal, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), UNC Libraries, and The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

Recent significant papers authored or co-authored by Boushey include:

  • Distinct associations of sputum and oral microbiota with atopic, immunologic, and clinical features in mild asthma, 2020, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Seasonal airway microbiome and transcriptome interactions promote childhood asthma exacerbations, 2022, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Expression quantitative trait locus fine mapping of the 17q12-21 asthma locus in African American children: a genetic association and gene expression study, 2020, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • Heritable vaginal bacteria influence immune tolerance and relate to early-life markers of allergic sensitization in infancy, 2022, Cell Reports Medicine
  • Urgent Appeal from International Society for Aerosols in Medicine (ISAM) During COVID-19: Clinical Decision Makers and Governmental Agencies Should Consider the Inhaled Route of Administration: A Statement from the ISAM Regulatory and Standardization Issues Networking Group, 2020, Journal of Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery

Boushey's research collaborations are reflected in frequent co-authorships with Susan V. Lynch, David T. Mauger, Leonard B. Bacharier, Christine Cole Johnson, and James E. Gern, indicating a network of interdisciplinary engagement within the respiratory and immunologic research communities.

Best Publications

  • Can guideline-defined asthma control be achieved? The Gaining Optimal Asthma ControL study.

    Eric D. Bateman;Homer A. Boushey;Jean Bousquet;William W. Busse

  • An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement: asthma control and exacerbations: standardizing endpoints for clinical asthma trials and clinical practice.

    Helen K. Reddel;D. Robin Taylor;Eric D. Bateman;Louis-Philippe Boulet

  • Neonatal gut microbiota associates with childhood multisensitized atopy and T cell differentiation

    Kei E Fujimura;Alexandra R Sitarik;Suzanne Havstad;Din L Lin

  • The effect of an anti-IgE monoclonal antibody on the early- and late-phase responses to allergen inhalation in asthmatic subjects.

    J V Fahy;H E Fleming;H H Wong;J T Liu

  • Prominent neutrophilic inflammation in sputum from subjects with asthma exacerbation

    John V. Fahy;Kwang Woo Kim;Jane Liu;Homer A. Boushey

  • Microarray-based detection and genotyping of viral pathogens

    David Wang;Laurent Coscoy;Maxine Zylberberg;Pedro C. Avila

  • Genome-wide profiling identifies epithelial cell genes associated with asthma and with treatment response to corticosteroids

    Prescott G. Woodruff;Homer A. Boushey;Gregory M. Dolganov;Chris S. Barker

  • Airway microbiota and bronchial hyperresponsiveness in patients with suboptimally controlled asthma.

    Yvonne J. Huang;Craig E. Nelson;Eoin L. Brodie;Todd Z. DeSantis

  • The Effect of Polymorphisms of the β2-Adrenergic Receptor on the Response to Regular Use of Albuterol in Asthma

    Elliot Israel;Jeffrey M. Drazen;Stephen B. Liggett;Homer A. Boushey

  • Significant variability in response to inhaled corticosteroids for persistent asthma

    Stanley J. Szefler;Richard J. Martin;Tonya Sharp King;Homer A. Boushey

  • Use of regularly scheduled albuterol treatment in asthma: genotype-stratified, randomised, placebo-controlled cross-over trial

    Elliot Israel;Vernon M. Chinchilli;Jean G. Ford;Homer A. Boushey

  • Tiotropium bromide step-up therapy for adults with uncontrolled asthma

    Stephen P. Peters;Susan J. Kunselman;Nikolina Icitovic;Wendy C. Moore

  • A new perspective on concepts of asthma severity and control

    D. R. Taylor;E. D. Bateman;L.-P. Boulet;H. A. Boushey

  • Cellular and Biochemical Analysis of Induced Sputum from Asthmatic and from Healthy Subjects

    John V. Fahy;Jane Liu;Hofer Wong;Homer A. Boushey

  • O3-induced change in bronchial reactivity to methacholine and airway inflammation in humans

    J. Seltzer;B. G. Bigby;M. Stulbarg;M. J. Holtzman

  • The airway microbiome in patients with severe asthma: Associations with disease features and severity

    Yvonne J. Huang;Snehal Nariya;Jeffrey M. Harris;Susan V. Lynch

  • Daily versus As-Needed Corticosteroids for Mild Persistent Asthma

    Homer A. Boushey;Christine A. Sorkness;Tonya S. King;Sean D. Sullivan

  • Smoking Affects Response to Inhaled Corticosteroids or Leukotriene Receptor Antagonists in Asthma

    Stephen C. Lazarus;Vernon M. Chinchilli;Nancy J. Rollings;Homer A. Boushey

  • A Large Subgroup of Mild-to-Moderate Asthma Is Persistently Noneosinophilic

    Kelly Wong McGrath;Nikolina Icitovic;Homer A. Boushey;Stephen C. Lazarus

  • House dust exposure mediates gut microbiome Lactobacillus enrichment and airway immune defense against allergens and virus infection

    Kei E. Fujimura;Tine Demoor;Marcus Rauch;Ali A. Faruqi

  • Comparison of regularly scheduled with as-needed use of albuterol in mild asthma. Asthma Clinical Research Network.

    Jeffrey M. Drazen;Elliot Israel;Homer A. Boushey;Vernon M. Chinchilli

Frequent Co-Authors

John V. Fahy
John V. Fahy University of California, San Francisco
Susan V. Lynch
Susan V. Lynch University of California, San Francisco
Stanley J. Szefler
Stanley J. Szefler University of Colorado Denver
Elliot Israel
Elliot Israel Brigham and Women's Hospital
Vernon M. Chinchilli
Vernon M. Chinchilli Pennsylvania State University
Stephen P. Peters
Stephen P. Peters Wake Forest University
Monica Kraft
Monica Kraft University of Arizona
Richard J. Martin
Richard J. Martin Case Western Reserve University
Pedro C. Avila
Pedro C. Avila Northwestern University
Christine Cole Johnson
Christine Cole Johnson Henry Ford Health System

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