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Overview

James Tonascia is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with specific contributions in areas such as Epidemiology, Hepatology, Gastroenterology, Surgery, and Physiology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Liver Diseases and Immunity
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology

James Tonascia has published frequently in several scientific journals, with the most common venues being:

  • Gastroenterology
  • Journal of Hepatology
  • Hepatology
  • Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Their recent papers include:

  • Functional Dyspepsia and Gastroparesis in Tertiary Care are Interchangeable Syndromes With Common Clinical and Pathologic Features (2021, Gastroenterology)
  • Progression of Fatty Liver Disease in Children Receiving Standard of Care Lifestyle Advice (2020, Gastroenterology)
  • Diagnostic performance of circulating biomarkers for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (2023, Nature Medicine)
  • The Effects of Four Doses of Vitamin D Supplements on Falls in Older Adults (2020, Annals of Internal Medicine)
  • Defining the serum proteomic signature of hepatic steatosis, inflammation, ballooning and fibrosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (2022, Journal of Hepatology)

Collaborations are a notable aspect of Tonascia's work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Madhusudan Grover
  • Richard W. McCallum
  • Henry P. Parkman
  • Pankaj J. Pasricha
  • Kenneth L. Koch

Best Publications

  • Pioglitazone, Vitamin E, or Placebo for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis

    Arun J. Sanyal;Naga Chalasani;Kris V. Kowdley;Arthur McCullough

  • Farnesoid X nuclear receptor ligand obeticholic acid for non-cirrhotic, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (FLINT): a multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled trial

    Brent A Neuschwander-Tetri;Rohit Loomba;Arun J Sanyal;Joel E Lavine

  • Long-term effects of budesonide or nedocromil in children with asthma.

    Stanley Szefler;Scott Weiss;James Tonascia

  • Recombinant human interleukin 1 receptor antagonist in the treatment of patients with sepsis syndrome. Results from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Phase III rhIL-1ra Sepsis Syndrome Study Group.

    Fisher Cj;Dhainaut Jf;Opal Sm;Pribble Jp

  • Effect of Vitamin E or Metformin for Treatment of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Children and Adolescents: The TONIC Randomized Controlled Trial

    Joel E. Lavine;Jeffrey B. Schwimmer;Mark L. Van Natta;Jean P. Molleston;Jean P. Molleston

  • Prospective Study of Outcomes in Adults with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

    Arun J. Sanyal;Mark L. van Natta;Jeanne Clark;Brent A. Neuschwander-Tetri

  • Patterns of Growth and Decline in Lung Function in Persistent Childhood Asthma

    M J McGeachie;K P Yates;X Zhou;F Guo

  • Clinical, laboratory and histological associations in adults with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

    Brent A. Neuschwander-Tetri;Jeanne M. Clark;Nathan M. Bass;Mark L. Van Natta

  • Effect of inhaled glucocorticoids in childhood on adult height.

    H. William Kelly;Alice L. Sternberg;Rachel Lescher;Rachel Lescher;Anne L. Fuhlbrigge

  • Results at Age 8 Years of Early Intervention for Low-Birth-Weight Premature Infants: The Infant Health and Development Program

    Cecelia M. McCarton;Jeanne Brooks-Gunn;Ina F. Wallace;Charles R. Bauer

  • Endometrial cancer and estrogen use. Report of a large case-control study.

    Carlos M. F. Antunes;Carlos M. F. Antunes;Carlos M. F. Antunes;Paul D. Stolley;Paul D. Stolley;Paul D. Stolley;Neil B. Rosenshein;Neil B. Rosenshein;Neil B. Rosenshein;Joan L. Davies;Joan L. Davies;Joan L. Davies

  • Vibration-Controlled Transient Elastography to Assess Fibrosis and Steatosis in Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

    Mohammad S. Siddiqui;Raj Vuppalanchi;Mark L. Van Natta;Erin Hallinan

  • Portal chronic inflammation in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD): a histologic marker of advanced NAFLD-Clinicopathologic correlations from the nonalcoholic steatohepatitis clinical research network

    Elizabeth M. Brunt;David E. Kleiner;Laura A. Wilson;Aynur Unalp

  • Early intervention in low-birth-weight premature infants. Results through age 5 years from the Infant Health and Development Program.

    Jeanne Brooks Gunn;Cecilia M. Mccarton;Patrick H. Casey;Marie C. Mccormick

  • PERINATAL EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH MATERNAL SMOKING DURING PREGNANCY

    Mary B. Meyer;Bruce S. Jonas;James A Tonascia

  • Cellular changes in diabetic and idiopathic gastroparesis.

    Madhusudan Grover;Gianrico Farrugia;Matthew S. Lurken;Cheryl E. Bernard

  • A randomized trial of long-term oxygen for COPD with moderate desaturation

    Albert Rk;Au Dh;Blackford Al

  • Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients Receiving Lung-Volume-Reduction Surgery Versus Medical Therapy for Severe Emphysema by the National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group

    Keith S. Naunheim;Douglas E. Wood;Zab Mohsenifar;Alice L. Sternberg

  • Peritumoral Fibroblast SPARC Expression and Patient Outcome With Resectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

    Jeffrey R. Infante;Hiroyuki Matsubayashi;Norihiro Sato;James Tonascia

  • A Controlled Trial of Immunotherapy for Asthma in Allergic Children

    N. F. Adkinson;P. A. Eggleston;D. Eney;E. O. Goldstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Henry P. Parkman
Henry P. Parkman Temple University
Pankaj J. Pasricha
Pankaj J. Pasricha Johns Hopkins University
Richard W. McCallum
Richard W. McCallum Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Joel E. Lavine
Joel E. Lavine Columbia University
Naga Chalasani
Naga Chalasani Indiana University
David E. Kleiner
David E. Kleiner National Institutes of Health
Jeffrey B. Schwimmer
Jeffrey B. Schwimmer University of California, San Diego
Elizabeth M. Brunt
Elizabeth M. Brunt Washington University in St. Louis
Brent A. Neuschwander-Tetri
Brent A. Neuschwander-Tetri Saint Louis University

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