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Janet F. Forstner

Janet F. Forstner

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
51
Citations
6670
World Ranking
17369
National Ranking
607

Overview

Janet F. Forstner is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their professional and academic activities are connected to this institution, which is recognized as a prominent center of research and education.

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Best Publications

  • Modulation of disease severity in cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator deficient mice by a secondary genetic factor

    Richard Rozmahel;Michael Wilschanski;Angabin Matin;Suzanne Plyte

  • The emergence of a highly transmissible lineage of cbl+ Pseudomonas (Burkholderia) cepacia causing CF centre epidemics in North America and Britain

    Li Sun;Ru-Zhang Jiang;Suzanne Steinbach;Alison Holmes

  • Cable (cbl) type II pili of cystic fibrosis-associated Burkholderia (Pseudomonas) cepacia: nucleotide sequence of the cblA major subunit pilin gene and novel morphology of the assembled appendage fibers.

    Umadevi S. Sajjan;Li Sun;Richard Goldstein;Janet F. Forstner

  • The CepIR quorum-sensing system contributes to the virulence of Burkholderia cenocepacia respiratory infections

    P. A. Sokol;U. Sajjan;M. B. Visser;S. Gingues

  • The T84 human colonic adenocarcinoma cell line produces mucin in culture and releases it in response to various secretagogues.

    D J McCool;M A Marcon;J F Forstner;G G Forstner

  • Proteinaceous factor(s) in culture supernatant fluids of bifidobacteria which prevents the binding of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli to gangliotetraosylceramide.

    S Fujiwara;H Hashiba;T Hirota;J F Forstner

  • Binding of Pseudomonas cepacia to normal human intestinal mucin and respiratory mucin from patients with cystic fibrosis

    Umadevi S Sajjan;M Corey;M A Karmali;Janet F Forstner

  • P-113D, an antimicrobial peptide active against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, retains activity in the presence of sputum from cystic fibrosis patients.

    Umadevi S. Sajjan;Linh T. Tran;Nuria Sole;Christopher Rovaldi

  • Goblet Cell Mucin of Rat Small Intestine. Chemical and Physical Characterization

    Janet F. Forstner;Inderjit Jabbal;Gordon G. Forstner

  • Protection of Cftr knockout mice from acute lung infection by a helper-dependent adenoviral vector expressing Cftr in airway epithelia

    David R. Koehler;Umadevi Sajjan;Yu Hua Chow;Bernard Martin

  • Calcium binding by human erythrocyte membranes.

    Janet Forstner;J. F. Manery

  • cDNA for the carboxyl-terminal region of a rat intestinal mucin-like peptide.

    G. Xu;Ling-Jung Huan;I. A. Khatri;D. Wang

  • Human intestinal mucin in cystic fibrosis.

    A Wesley;J Forstner;R Qureshi;M Mantle

  • Binding of nonmucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa to normal human intestinal mucin and respiratory mucin from patients with cystic fibrosis.

    U Sajjan;J Reisman;P Doig;R T Irvin

  • Erratum: Modulation of disease severity in cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator deficient mice by a secondary genetic factor (Nature Genetics (1996) 12 (280-287))

    R. Rozmahel;M. Wilschanski;A. Matin;S. Plyte

  • Phenotypic Abnormalities in Long-Term Surviving Cystic Fibrosis Mice

    Geraldine Kent;Mary Oliver;J Kevin Foskett;Helena Frndova

  • Identification of the mucin-binding adhesin of Pseudomonas cepacia isolated from patients with cystic fibrosis.

    S U Sajjan;J F Forstner

  • Preferential adherence of cable-piliated burkholderia cepacia to respiratory epithelia of CF knockout mice and human cystic fibrosis lung explants.

    Umadevi Sajjan;Yijun Wu;Geraldine Kent;Janet Forstner

  • Enhanced susceptibility to pulmonary infection with Burkholderia cepacia in Cftr(-/-) mice.

    Uma Sajjan;George Thanassoulis;Vera Cherapanov;Annie Lu

  • Inhibition of the binding of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Pb176 to human intestinal epithelial cell line HCT-8 by an extracellular protein fraction containing BIF of Bifidobacterium longum SBT2928: suggestive evidence of blocking of the binding receptor gangliotetraosylceramide on the cell surface.

    Shigeru Fujiwara;Honoo Hashiba;Tetsuji Hirota;Janet F. Forstner

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter R. Durie
Peter R. Durie University of Toronto
Lap-Chee Tsui
Lap-Chee Tsui University of Toronto
Shaf Keshavjee
Shaf Keshavjee University Health Network
Christine E. Bear
Christine E. Bear University of Toronto
Atul Humar
Atul Humar University Health Network
Colin McKerlie
Colin McKerlie Hospital for Sick Children
John J. LiPuma
John J. LiPuma University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Miguel A. Valvano
Miguel A. Valvano Queen's University Belfast
Joanna B. Goldberg
Joanna B. Goldberg Emory University
Ori D. Rotstein
Ori D. Rotstein University of Toronto

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