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Overview

Ira N. Targoff is affiliated with the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with an emphasis on epidemiology, immunology, gastroenterology, rheumatology, and neurology. The scientist's work centers on inflammatory myopathies and dermatomyositis, immunodeficiency and autoimmune disorders, celiac disease research and management, and eosinophilic disorders and syndromes, among other medical topics.

Frequent coauthors in their research include Lisa G. Rider, Frederick W. Miller, Willy A. Flegel, Terrance P. O'Hanlon, and Gulnara Mamyrova. Their collaborative efforts have led to multiple publications in a variety of academic venues.

The scientist's recent papers demonstrate a focus on autoimmune and inflammatory conditions. Notable publications include:

  • "Statin-induced anti-HMGCR myopathy: successful therapeutic strategies for corticosteroid-free remission in 55 patients" (2020, Arthritis Research & Therapy)
  • "Expression of interferon-regulated genes in juvenile dermatomyositis versus Mendelian autoinflammatory interferonopathies" (2020, Arthritis Research & Therapy)
  • "Anti-MDA5 autoantibodies associated with juvenile dermatomyositis constitute a distinct phenotype in North America" (2020, Lara D. Veeken)
  • "Recognising the spectrum of scleromyositis: HEp-2 ANA patterns allow identification of a novel clinical subset with anti-SMN autoantibodies" (2020, RMD Open)
  • "Low copy numbers of complement C4 and C4A deficiency are risk factors for myositis, its subgroups and autoantibodies" (2022, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases)

The scientist has contributed extensively to the field of medicine with 31 publications, subdivided into specialized areas such as epidemiology (14 publications), immunology (7 publications), gastroenterology (4 publications), rheumatology (3 publications), and neurology (2 publications).

Publication venues featuring their research include:

  • Lara D. Veeken (5 publications)
  • Arthritis Research & Therapy (2 publications)
  • Arthritis & Rheumatology (2 publications)
  • RMD Open (1 publication)
  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (1 publication)

Best Publications

  • A new approach to the classification of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy: myositis-specific autoantibodies define useful homogeneous patient groups.

    Lori A. Love;Richard L. Leff;David D. Fraser;Ira N. Targoff

  • Novel classification of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies based on overlap syndrome features and autoantibodies: analysis of 100 French Canadian patients.

    Yves Troyanov;Ira N Targoff;Jean-Luc Tremblay;Jean-Richard Goulet

  • A novel autoantibody to a 155-kd protein is associated with dermatomyositis.

    Ira N. Targoff;Ira N. Targoff;Gulnara Mamyrova;Edward P. Trieu;Osvaldo Perurena

  • Drug therapy of the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: predictors of response to prednisone, azathioprine, and methotrexate and a comparison of their efficacy

    Marshall M. Joffe;Lori A. Love;Richard L Leff;David D. Fraser

  • CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA FOR THE IDIOPATHIC INFLAMMATORY MYOPATHIES

    Ira N. Targoff;Frederick W. Miller;Thomas A. Medsger;Chester V. Oddis

  • Antibody to signal recognition particle in polymyositis

    Ira N. Targoff;Arthur E. Johnson;Arthur E. Johnson;Frederick W. Miller

  • International consensus outcome measures for patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. Development and initial validation of myositis activity and damage indices in patients with adult onset disease.

    D. A. Isenberg;E. Allen;V. Farewell;M. R. Ehrenstein

  • The association between Mi-2 antibodies and dermatomyositis

    Ira N. Targoff;Morris Reichlin

  • The myositis autoantibody phenotypes of the juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies.

    Lisa G. Rider;Mona Shah;Gulnara Mamyrova;Adam M. Huber

  • Interstitial lung disease with autoantibodies against aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases in the absence of clinically apparent myositis.

    Alan W. Friedman;Ira N. Targoff;Frank C. Arnett

  • Heterogeneity of autoantibodies in 100 patients with autoimmune myositis: insights into clinical features and outcomes.

    Martial Koenig;Marvin J. Fritzler;Ira N. Targoff;Yves Troyanov

  • Antibodies to a nuclear/nucleolar antigen in patients with polymyositis overlap syndromes

    M. Reichlin;P. J. Maddison;I. Targoff;Thomas Bunch

  • Autoantibodies to aminoacyl-transfer RNA synthetases for isoleucine and glycine. Two additional synthetases are antigenic in myositis.

    I N Targoff

  • Anti-KS: Identification of Autoantibodies to Asparaginyl-Transfer RNA Synthetase Associated with Interstitial Lung Disease

    Michito Hirakata;Akira Suwa;Sonoko Nagai;Michael A. Kron

  • Interrelationship of major histocompatibility complex class II alleles and autoantibodies in four ethnic groups with various forms of myositis.

    Frank C. Arnett;Ira N. Targoff;Tsuneyo Mimori;Rose Goldstein

  • Global surface ultraviolet radiation intensity may modulate the clinical and immunologic expression of autoimmune muscle disease

    Satoshi Okada;Ira N Targoff;Robert Wesley

  • The clinical phenotypes of the juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies.

    Mona Shah;Gulnara Mamyrova;Ira N. Targoff;Adam M. Huber

  • Update on myositis-specific and myositis-associated autoantibodies.

    Ira N. Targoff

  • Immunogenetic risk and protective factors for the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: distinct HLA-A, -B, -Cw, -DRB1, and -DQA1 allelic profiles distinguish European American patients with different myositis autoantibodies.

    Terrance P. O'Hanlon;Danielle Mercatante Carrick;Ira N. Targoff;Frank C. Arnett

  • Laboratory testing in the diagnosis and management of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies.

    Ira N Targoff

  • Reaction of anti-OJ autoantibodies with components of the multi-enzyme complex of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases in addition to isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase.

    I N Targoff;E P Trieu;F W Miller

Frequent Co-Authors

Frederick W. Miller
Frederick W. Miller National Institutes of Health
Lisa G. Rider
Lisa G. Rider National Institutes of Health
Paul H. Plotz
Paul H. Plotz National Institutes of Health
Frank C. Arnett
Frank C. Arnett The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Marvin J. Fritzler
Marvin J. Fritzler University of Calgary
Morris Reichlin
Morris Reichlin Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
John D. Reveille
John D. Reveille The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Thomas A. Medsger
Thomas A. Medsger University of Pittsburgh
Tsuneyo Mimori
Tsuneyo Mimori Kyoto University
Janardan P. Pandey
Janardan P. Pandey Medical University of South Carolina

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