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7303
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4176
National Ranking
1798

Overview

Iain McIntosh is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research activity has included work on cystic fibrosis and education related to sustainable development goals (SDGs).

The scientist has contributed to publications in the field of Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, with a focus on cystic fibrosis research advances.

Recent publication venues for their work include:

  • Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
  • Journal of virtual exchange

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Iain McIntosh are:

  • 44: Characterizing the COVID-19 pandemic among Canadians living with cystic fibrosis: A Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Registry study, 2021, Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
  • Cross-cultural learning through virtual exchange on the SDGs: What we have learned during and beyond the pandemic, 2025, Journal of virtual exchange

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Shannon Cheng
  • Thi Minh Phuong Le
  • M. McIlwaine
  • J. Wallenburg
  • Anna B. Stephenson

Their work spans topics within the broader focus on cystic fibrosis research advances with an interdisciplinary extension to virtual education methods addressing global sustainable development goals.

Best Publications

  • Association of human aging with a functional variant of klotho

    Dan E. Arking;Alice Krebsova;Milan Macek;Albert Arking

  • A recurrent mutation in the tyrosine kinase domain of fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 causes hypochondroplasia.

    Gary A. Bellus;Iain McIntosh;Iain McIntosh;E. Anne Smith;Arthur S. Aylsworth

  • Four novel FBN1 mutations: significance for mutant transcript level and EGF-like domain calcium binding in the pathogenesis of Marfan syndrome.

    Harry C. Dietz;Iain McIntosh;Lynn Y. Sakai;Lynn Y. Sakai;Glen M. Corson

  • A type X collagen mutation causes schmid metaphyseal chondrodysplasia

    Matthew L. Warman;Margaret Abbott;Suneel S. Apte;Tim Hefferon

  • Nail patella syndrome: a review of the phenotype aided by developmental biology

    E Sweeney;A Fryer;R Mountford;A Green

  • Meta-analysis of 13 genome scans reveals multiple cleft lip/palate genes with novel loci on 9q21 and 2q32-35

    Mary L. Marazita;Jeffrey C. Murray;Andrew C. Lidral;Mauricio Arcos-Burgos

  • Association Study of Transforming Growth Factor Alpha (TGFα) TaqI Polymorphismand Oral Clefts: Indication of Gene-Environment Interaction in a Population-based Sample of Infants with Birth Defects

    Shih Jen Hwang;Terri H. Beaty;Susan R. Panny;Nancy A. Street

  • Fifteen novel FBN1 mutations causing Marfan syndrome detected by heteroduplex analysis of genomic amplicons

    G Nijbroek;S Sood;I McIntosh;C A Francomano

  • Loss-of-function mutations in the LIM-homeodomain gene, LMX1B, in nail-patella syndrome

    Douglas Vollrath;Virna L. Jaramillo-Babb;Mark V. Clough;Iain McIntosh

  • Mutation in fibrillin-1 and the Marfanoid-craniosynostosis (Shprintzen-Goldberg) syndrome

    Sumesh Sood;Zayz A. Eldadah;Wilma L. Krause;Iain McIntosh;Iain McIntosh

  • Application of transmission disequilibrium tests to nonsyndromic oral clefts: including candidate genes and environmental exposures in the models.

    Nancy E. Maestri;Terri H. Beaty;Jacqueline Hetmanski;E. Anne Smith

  • Mutation Analysis of LMX1B Gene in Nail-Patella Syndrome Patients

    Iain McIntosh;Sandra D. Dreyer;Sandra D. Dreyer;Mark V. Clough;Jennifer A. Dunston

  • Identification of TSIX, Encoding an RNA Antisense to Human XIST, Reveals Differences from its Murine Counterpart: Implications for X Inactivation

    Barbara R. Migeon;Ashis K. Chowdhury;Jennifer A. Dunston;Iain McIntosh

  • Association between IRF6 and nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate in four populations

    Ji Wan Park;Iain McIntosh;Iain McIntosh;Jacqueline B. Hetmanski;Ethylin Wang Jabs

  • A case-control study of nonsyndromic oral clefts in Maryland.

    T. H. Beaty;H. Wang;J. B. Hetmanski;Y. T. Fan

  • Testing candidate genes for non-syndromic oral clefts using a case-parent trio design.

    Terri H Beaty;J B Hetmanski;J S Zeiger;Y T Fan

  • Nonsense mutations and diminished mRNA levels.

    Iain McIntosh;Ada Hamosh;Harry C. Dietz

  • Testing for Interaction between Maternal Smoking and TGFA Genotype among Oral Cleft Cases Born in Maryland 1992–1996

    Terri H. Beaty;Nancy E. Maestri;Jacqueline B. Hetmanski;Diego F. Wyszynski

  • Cystic fibrosis patients bearing both the common missense mutation, Gly→Asp at codon 551 and the ΔF508 mutation are clinically indistinguishable from ΔF508 homozygotes, except for decreased risk of meconium ileus

    Hamosh A;King Tm;Rosenstein Bj;Corey M

  • Multiple Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Subdiagnostic Variants of Marfan Syndrome

    Robert A. Montgomery;Michael T. Geraghty;Evelyn Bull;Bruce D. Gelb

Frequent Co-Authors

Terri H. Beaty
Terri H. Beaty Johns Hopkins University
Clair A. Francomano
Clair A. Francomano Indiana University
Alan F. Scott
Alan F. Scott Johns Hopkins University
Ethylin Wang Jabs
Ethylin Wang Jabs Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Harry C. Dietz
Harry C. Dietz Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Reed E. Pyeritz
Reed E. Pyeritz University of Pennsylvania
Julia E. Richards
Julia E. Richards University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
M. Daniele Fallin
M. Daniele Fallin Johns Hopkins University
Sun Ha Jee
Sun Ha Jee Yonsei University
Ada Hamosh
Ada Hamosh Johns Hopkins University

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