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Overview

John A. Cidlowski is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on medicine as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work intersects with several subfields, including genetics, molecular biology, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, immunology, and oncology.

Their publications frequently appear in key academic venues such as UNC Libraries, Journal of the Endocrine Society, British Journal of Pharmacology, Neurobiology of Stress, and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

John A. Cidlowski's research topics encompass diverse areas of hormonal and immune system regulation, with an emphasis on the following:

  • Estrogen and related hormone effects
  • Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Adrenal Hormones and Disorders
  • Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies

Several frequent co-authors collaborate with Cidlowski, indicating active research partnerships:

  • Robert H. Oakley
  • Maria Grazia Petrillo
  • David Díaz-Jiménez
  • Carl D. Bortner
  • Diana Cruz-Topete

Notable recent publications authored or co-authored include:

  • "Apoptotic cell death in disease-Current understanding of the NCCD 2023" (2023), published in Cell Death and Differentiation
  • "THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2021/22: Introduction and Other Protein Targets" (2021), published in British Journal of Pharmacology
  • "The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2023/24: Introduction and Other Protein Targets" (2023), published in British Journal of Pharmacology
  • "After 62 years of regulating immunity, dexamethasone meets COVID-19" (2020), published in Nature Reviews. Immunology
  • "THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2021/22: Nuclear hormone receptors" (2021), published in British Journal of Pharmacology

Best Publications

  • Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Ilio Vitale;Stuart A. Aaronson;John M. Abrams

  • Antiinflammatory Action of Glucocorticoids — New Mechanisms for Old Drugs

    Turk Rhen;John A. Cidlowski

  • Apoptosis: the biochemistry and molecular biology of programmed cell death.

    Robert A. Schwartzman;John A. Cidlowski

  • Immune regulation by glucocorticoids

    Derek W. Cain;John A. Cidlowski

  • Characterization of mechanisms involved in transrepression of NF-kappa B by activated glucocorticoid receptors.

    R I Scheinman;A Gualberto;C M Jewell;J A Cidlowski

  • Molecular Control of Immune/Inflammatory Responses: Interactions Between Nuclear Factor-κB and Steroid Receptor-Signaling Pathways

    Lorraine I. McKay;John A. Cidlowski

  • Essential versus accessory aspects of cell death: recommendations of the NCCD 2015

    L. Galluzzi;J. M. Bravo-San Pedro;I. Vitale;S. A. Aaronson

  • The biology of the glucocorticoid receptor: New signaling mechanisms in health and disease

    Robert H. Oakley;John A. Cidlowski

  • Glucocorticoid receptor signaling in health and disease.

    Mahita Kadmiel;John A. Cidlowski

  • The role of DNA fragmentation in apoptosis.

    Carl D. Bortner;Nicklas B.E. Oldenburg;John A. Cidlowski

  • Apoptosis and glutathione: beyond an antioxidant

    R Franco;J A Cidlowski

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring cell death in higher eukaryotes

    L. Galluzzi;L. Galluzzi;L. Galluzzi;S. A. Aaronson;J. Abrams;E. S. Alnemri

  • The Human Glucocorticoid Receptor β Isoform: EXPRESSION, BIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES, AND PUTATIVE FUNCTION (∗)

    Robert H. Oakley;Robert H. Oakley;Madhabananda Sar;John A. Cidlowski

  • A Primary Role for K+ and Na+ Efflux in the Activation of Apoptosis

    Carl D. Bortner;Francis M. Hughes;John A. Cidlowski

  • CELL CYCLE REGULATION AND APOPTOSIS

    K. L. King;J. A. Cidlowski

  • Intracellular K+ Suppresses the Activation of Apoptosis in Lymphocytes

    Francis M. Hughes;Carl D. Bortner;Geoffrey D. Purdy;John A. Cidlowski

  • Proinflammatory cytokines regulate human glucocorticoid receptor gene expression and lead to the accumulation of the dominant negative beta isoform: a mechanism for the generation of glucocorticoid resistance.

    Jeffrey C. Webster;Robert H. Oakley;Christine M. Jewell;John A. Cidlowski

  • The Dominant Negative Activity of the Human Glucocorticoid Receptor β Isoform SPECIFICITY AND MECHANISMS OF ACTION

    Robert H. Oakley;Christine M. Jewell;Matthew R. Yudt;Daphne M. Bofetiado

  • Corticosteroids: Mechanisms of Action in Health and Disease.

    Sivapriya Ramamoorthy;John A. Cidlowski

  • Cross-Talk between Nuclear Factor-κB and the Steroid Hormone Receptors: Mechanisms of Mutual Antagonism

    Lorraine I. McKay;John A. Cidlowski

Frequent Co-Authors

Carl D. Bortner
Carl D. Bortner National Institutes of Health
Rodrigo Franco
Rodrigo Franco University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Oliver Kepp
Oliver Kepp Institut Gustave Roussy
Boris Zhivotovsky
Boris Zhivotovsky Karolinska Institute
Madhabananda Sar
Madhabananda Sar Research Triangle Park Foundation
Stephen P.H. Alexander
Stephen P.H. Alexander University of Nottingham
Lorenzo Galluzzi
Lorenzo Galluzzi Cornell University
Jamie A. Davies
Jamie A. Davies University of Edinburgh
Carmen Garrido
Carmen Garrido University of Burgundy
Gerry Melino
Gerry Melino University of Rome Tor Vergata

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