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Huib A. M. Kerstjens is affiliated with the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on pulmonary and respiratory medicine, contributing extensively to the study of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Their scholarly output includes 348 publications in medicine, with significant specialization in 168 works related to pulmonary and respiratory medicine. Additional subfields of study include physiology, epidemiology, surgery, and infectious diseases. The main topical areas of their research cover:

  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery
  • Respiratory and Cough-Related Research
  • Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
  • Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
  • Respiratory viral infections research

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Huib A. M. Kerstjens include:

  • "Efficacy and safety of once-daily single-inhaler triple therapy (FF/UMEC/VI) versus FF/VI in patients with inadequately controlled asthma (CAPTAIN): a double-blind, randomised, phase 3A trial," 2020, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • "Once-daily, single-inhaler mometasone-indacaterol-glycopyrronium versus mometasone-indacaterol or twice-daily fluticasone-salmeterol in patients with inadequately controlled asthma (IRIDIUM): a randomised, double-blind, controlled phase 3 study," 2020, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • "Identifying a nasal gene expression signature associated with hyperinflation and treatment response in severe COPD," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Global burden of medication non-adherence in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma: a narrative review of the clinical and economic case for smart inhalers," 2021, Journal of Thoracic Disease
  • "Chronic non-invasive ventilation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease," 2021, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Maarten van den Berge (33 publications)
  • Dirk-Jan Slebos (19 publications)
  • Onno W. Akkerman (18 publications)
  • Alberto Papi (16 publications)
  • Judith M. Vonk (16 publications)

Huib A. M. Kerstjens regularly publishes in venues such as:

  • ERJ Open Research (11 publications)
  • The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (10 publications)
  • International Journal of COPD (9 publications)
  • Respiratory Medicine (8 publications)
  • The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation (7 publications)

Best Publications

  • 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

  • The ENFUMOSA cross-sectional European multicentre study of the clinical phenotype of chronic severe asthma

    B Abraham;JM Anto;E Barreiro;Ehd Bel

  • Tiotropium in Asthma Poorly Controlled with Standard Combination Therapy

    Huib A. M. Kerstjens;Michael Engel;Ronald Dahl;Pierluigi Paggiaro

  • Effect of SCH55700, a humanized anti-human interleukin-5 antibody, in severe persistent asthma - A pilot study 164/rccm.200206-5250C

    Johan C. Kips;Brian J. O'Connor;Stephen J. Langley;Ashley Woodcock

  • A new perspective on concepts of asthma severity and control

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

  • Efficacy and safety of a recombinant anti‐immunoglobulin E antibody (omalizumab) in severe allergic asthma

    S.T. Holgate;A.G. Chuchalin;J. Hebert;J. Lotvall

  • Mepolizumab for Eosinophilic Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

    Ian D. Pavord;Pascal Chanez;Gerard J. Criner;Huib A.M. Kerstjens

  • Difficult/therapy-resistant asthma: the need for an integrated approach to define clinical phenotypes, evaluate risk factors, understand pathophysiology and find novel therapies. ERS Task Force on Difficult/Therapy-Resistant Asthma. European Respiratory Society

    KF Chung;P Godard;E Adelroth;J Ayres

  • Endobronchial Valves for Emphysema without Interlobar Collateral Ventilation

    Karin Klooster;Nick H T ten Hacken;Jorine E. Hartman;Huib A. M. Kerstjens

  • Protein Tyrosine Nitration: Selectivity, physicochemical and biological consequences, denitration and proteomics methods for the identification of tyrosine-nitrated proteins

    Nicolas Abello;Huib A. M. Kerstjens;Dirkje S. Postma;Rainer Bischoff

  • Cigarette smoke-induced emphysema: A role for the B cell?

    Barry W. A. van der Strate;Dirkje S. Postma;Corry-Anke Brandsma;Barbro N. Melgert

  • A Comparison of Bronchodilator Therapy with or without Inhaled Corticosteroid Therapy for Obstructive Airways Disease

    Huib Kerstjens;Paulus Brand;Hughes;Nj Robinson

  • Decline of FEV1 by age and smoking status: facts, figures, and fallacies

    Huib A M Kerstjens;Bert Rijcken;Jan P Schouten;Dirkje S Postma

  • Tiotropium improves lung function in patients with severe uncontrolled asthma: A randomized controlled trial

    Huib A.M. Kerstjens;Bernd Disse;Winfried Schröder-Babo;Theo A. Bantje

  • Nocturnal non-invasive ventilation in COPD patients with prolonged hypercapnia after ventilatory support for acute respiratory failure: a randomised, controlled, parallel-group study

    F M Struik;R T M Sprooten;H A M Kerstjens;G Bladder

  • Characteristics of airway hyperresponsiveness in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    D. S. Postma;H. A. M. Kerstjens

  • Corticosteroid-induced improvement in the PC20 of adenosine monophosphate is more closely associated with reduction in airway inflammation than improvement in the PC20 of methacholine

    Maarten Van Den Berge;Huib A. M. Kerstjens;Ronald J. Meijer;Dorothea M. De Reus

  • Cessation of Long-term Treatment with Inhaled Corticosteroid (Budesonide) in Children with Asthma Results in Deterioration

    Hj Waalkens;Ee Vanessenzandvliet;Hughes;Jorrit Gerritsen

  • Female mice are more susceptible to the development of allergic airway inflammation than male mice

    B N Melgert;D S Postma;I Kuipers;M Geerlings

  • Difficult/therapy-resistant asthma The need for an integrated approach to define clinical phenotypes, evaluate risk factors, understand pathophysiology and find novel therapies ERS Task Force on Difficult/Therapy-Resistant Asthma

    P. Godard;E. Adelroth;J. Ayres;N. Barnes

Frequent Co-Authors

Dirkje S. Postma
Dirkje S. Postma University Medical Center Groningen
Wim Timens
Wim Timens University Medical Center Groningen
Reinoud Gosens
Reinoud Gosens University of Groningen
Eric D. Bateman
Eric D. Bateman University of Cape Town
Ronald Dahl
Ronald Dahl Aarhus University
Pieter S. Hiemstra
Pieter S. Hiemstra Leiden University Medical Center
Thomas B. Casale
Thomas B. Casale University of South Florida
Ian D. Pavord
Ian D. Pavord University of Oxford
Alberto Papi
Alberto Papi University of Ferrara
Eugene R. Bleecker
Eugene R. Bleecker University of Arizona

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