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Overview

John Atherton is affiliated with the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a specific focus on the subfields of Surgery, Immunology, and Small Animals.

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

  • Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies
  • Galectins and Cancer Biology
  • Eosinophilic Esophagitis
  • Veterinary medicine and infectious diseases

John Atherton has contributed to a number of publications, including recent papers such as:

  • The Spectrum of Helicobacter-Mediated Diseases, 2020, published in Annual Review of Pathology Mechanisms of Disease
  • The active form of Helicobacter pylori vacuolating cytotoxin induces decay-accelerating factor CD55 in association with intestinal metaplasia in the human gastric mucosa, 2022, published in The Journal of Pathology

Throughout their career, Atherton has frequently published in venues such as:

  • Annual Review of Pathology Mechanisms of Disease
  • The Journal of Pathology

The following researchers have often collaborated with John Atherton:

  • Karen Robinson
  • Kazuyo Kaneko
  • Abed M. Zaitoun
  • Darren P. Letley
  • Joanne L. Rhead

Best Publications

  • 2016 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure: The Task Force for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Developed with the special contribution of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC.

    Piotr Ponikowski;Adriaan A. Voors;Stefan D. Anker;Héctor Bueno

  • Management of Helicobacter pylori infection—the Maastricht IV/ Florence Consensus Report

    Peter Malfertheiner;Francis Megraud;John Atherton;Anthony T R Axon

  • Management of Helicobacter pylori infection—the Maastricht V/Florence Consensus Report

    P. Malfertheiner;F. Mégraud;C. O'Morain;Javier Gisbert

  • Missense mutations in the rod domain of the lamin A/C gene as causes of dilated cardiomyopathy and conduction-system disease.

    Diane Fatkin;Calum MacRae;Takeshi Sasaki;Matthew R. Wolff

  • Helicobacter pylori persistence: biology and disease

    Martin J. Blaser;John C. Atherton

  • Universal definition and classification of heart failure: a report of the Heart Failure Society of America, Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology, Japanese Heart Failure Society and Writing Committee of the Universal Definition of Heart Failure: Endorsed by the Canadian Heart Failure Society, Heart Failure Association of India, Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand, and Chinese Heart Failure Association.

    Biykem Bozkurt;Andrew J.S. Coats;Hiroyuki Tsutsui;Ca Magdy Abdelhamid

  • Clinical and pathological importance of heterogeneity in vacA, the vacuolating cytotoxin gene of Helicobacter pylori.

    JC Atherton;RM Peek;KT Tham;TL Cover

  • THE PATHOGENESIS OF HELICOBACTER PYLORI–INDUCED GASTRO-DUODENAL DISEASES

    John C Atherton

  • A Prospective Study of Sudden Cardiac Death among Children and Young Adults

    Richard D. Bagnall;Robert G. Weintraub;Jodie Ingles;Jodie Ingles;Johan Duflou;Johan Duflou

  • Heightened inflammatory response and cytokine expression in vivo to cagA+ Helicobacter pylori strains.

    R. M. Peek;G. G. Miller;K. T. Tham;G. I. Perez-Perez

  • Mutations of TTN, encoding the giant muscle filament titin, cause familial dilated cardiomyopathy.

    Brenda Gerull;Michael Gramlich;John Atherton;Mark McNabb

  • Coadaptation of Helicobacter pylori and humans: ancient history, modern implications

    John C. Atherton;Martin J. Blaser

  • Universal Definition and Classification of Heart Failure: A Report of the Heart Failure Society of America, Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology, Japanese Heart Failure Society and Writing Committee of the Universal Definition of Heart Failure

    Biykem Bozkurt;Andrew Js Coats;Hiroyuki Tsutsui;Magdy Abdelhamid

  • A New Helicobacter pylori Vacuolating Cytotoxin Determinant, the Intermediate Region, Is Associated With Gastric Cancer

    Joanne L. Rhead;Darren P. Letley;Marjan Mohammadi;Nawfal Hussein;Nawfal Hussein

  • Geographic distribution of vacA allelic types of Helicobacter pylori.

    Leen–Jan Van Doorn;Céu Figueiredo;Francis Mégraud;Salvador Pena

  • Clinical relevance of Helicobacter pylori cagA and vacA gene polymorphisms.

    Daniela Basso;Carlo–Federico Zambon;Darren P. Letley;Alessia Stranges

  • Helicobacter pylori cagA + Strains and Dissociation of Gastric Epithelial Cell Proliferation From Apoptosis

    Peek Rm;Moss Sf;Tham Kt;Tham Kt;Pérez-Pérez Gi

  • Helicobacter pylori genetic diversity within the gastric niche of a single human host

    Dawn A. Israel;Nina Salama;Uma Krishna;Ulrich M. Rieger

  • Expanding Allelic Diversity of Helicobacter pylori vacA

    Leen Jan Van Doorn;Céu Figueiredo;Ricardo Sanna;Salvador Pena

  • Adherence to gastric epithelial cells induces expression of a Helicobacter pylori gene, iceA, that is associated with clinical outcome

    Peek Rm;Thompson Sa;Donahue Jp;Tham Kt

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael P. Frenneaux
Michael P. Frenneaux University of East Anglia
Christopher Semsarian
Christopher Semsarian University of Sydney
Christopher J. Hawkey
Christopher J. Hawkey University of Nottingham
Brian Oldenburg
Brian Oldenburg University of Melbourne
Martin J. Blaser
Martin J. Blaser Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Timothy L. Cover
Timothy L. Cover Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Richard M. Peek
Richard M. Peek Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Robin C. Spiller
Robin C. Spiller University of Nottingham
Henry Krum
Henry Krum Monash University
Desmond J. Fitzgerald
Desmond J. Fitzgerald University College Cork

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