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John V. Fahy is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States and has a research focus primarily within the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Physiology, Immunology, Surgery, and Immunology and Allergy.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • Respiratory and Cough-Related Research
  • Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery
  • IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization

Their frequent co-authors are:

  • Mario Castro
  • Elliot Israel
  • Nizar N. Jarjour
  • David T. Mauger
  • Serpil C. Erzurum

John V. Fahy has published extensively in various venues. The most common publication venues include:

  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by John V. Fahy include:

  • "COVID-19-related Genes in Sputum Cells in Asthma. Relationship to Demographic Features and Corticosteroids", 2020, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • "Obesity alters pathology and treatment response in inflammatory disease", 2022, Nature
  • "Evidence for Exacerbation-Prone Asthma and Predictive Biomarkers of Exacerbation Frequency", 2020, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • "Mucus Plugs and Emphysema in the Pathophysiology of Airflow Obstruction and Hypoxemia in Smokers", 2020, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • "Mucus Plugs Persist in Asthma, and Changes in Mucus Plugs Associate with Changes in Airflow over Time", 2022, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Best Publications

  • T-helper Type 2–driven Inflammation Defines Major Subphenotypes of Asthma

    Prescott G. Woodruff;Barmak Modrek;David F. Choy;Guiquan Jia

  • Airway mucus function and dysfunction.

    John V. Fahy;Burton F. Dickey

  • Type 2 inflammation in asthma — present in most, absent in many

    John V. Fahy

  • Proceedings of the ATS Workshop on Refractory Asthma Current Understanding, Recommendations, and Unanswered Questions

    Sally E. Wenzel;John V. Fahy;Charles Irvin;Stephen P. Peters

  • After asthma: redefining airways diseases

    Ian D Pavord;Richard Beasley;Alvar Agusti;Gary P Anderson

  • The Cytokines of Asthma

    Bart N. Lambrecht;Bart N. Lambrecht;Hamida Hammad;John V. Fahy

  • The effect of an anti-IgE monoclonal antibody on the early- and late-phase responses to allergen inhalation in asthmatic subjects.

    J V Fahy;H E Fleming;H H Wong;J T Liu

  • Prominent neutrophilic inflammation in sputum from subjects with asthma exacerbation

    John V. Fahy;Kwang Woo Kim;Jane Liu;Homer A. Boushey

  • Genome-wide profiling identifies epithelial cell genes associated with asthma and with treatment response to corticosteroids

    Prescott G. Woodruff;Homer A. Boushey;Gregory M. Dolganov;Chris S. Barker

  • The Effect of Polymorphisms of the β2-Adrenergic Receptor on the Response to Regular Use of Albuterol in Asthma

    Elliot Israel;Jeffrey M. Drazen;Stephen B. Liggett;Homer A. Boushey

  • Effects of Treatment with Anti-immunoglobulin E Antibody Omalizumab on Airway Inflammation in Allergic Asthma

    Ratko Djukanović;Susan J. Wilson;Monica Kraft;Nizar N. Jarjour

  • Periostin is a systemic biomarker of eosinophilic airway inflammation in asthmatic patients.

    Guiquan Jia;Richard W. Erickson;David F. Choy;Sofia Mosesova

  • Significant variability in response to inhaled corticosteroids for persistent asthma

    Stanley J. Szefler;Richard J. Martin;Tonya Sharp King;Homer A. Boushey

  • Mild and moderate asthma is associated with airway goblet cell hyperplasia and abnormalities in mucin gene expression.

    Claudia L. Ordoñez;Ramin Khashayar;Hofer H. Wong;Ron Ferrando

  • Use of regularly scheduled albuterol treatment in asthma: genotype-stratified, randomised, placebo-controlled cross-over trial

    Elliot Israel;Vernon M. Chinchilli;Jean G. Ford;Homer A. Boushey

  • The relevance of tick bites to the production of IgE antibodies to the mammalian oligosaccharide galactose-α-1,3-galactose

    Scott P. Commins;Hayley R. James;Libby A. Kelly;Shawna L. Pochan

  • Tiotropium bromide step-up therapy for adults with uncontrolled asthma

    Stephen P. Peters;Susan J. Kunselman;Nikolina Icitovic;Wendy C. Moore

  • Increased neutrophil numbers and IL-8 levels in airway secretions in acute severe asthma: Clinical and biologic significance.

    Claudia L. Ordoñez;Thomas E. Shaughnessy;Michael A. Matthay;John V. Fahy

  • Cellular and Biochemical Analysis of Induced Sputum from Asthmatic and from Healthy Subjects

    John V. Fahy;Jane Liu;Hofer Wong;Homer A. Boushey

  • Mucus plugs in patients with asthma linked to eosinophilia and airflow obstruction

    Eleanor M. Dunican;Brett M. Elicker;David S. Gierada;Scott K. Nagle

  • Daily versus As-Needed Corticosteroids for Mild Persistent Asthma

    Homer A. Boushey;Christine A. Sorkness;Tonya S. King;Sean D. Sullivan

Frequent Co-Authors

Prescott G. Woodruff
Prescott G. Woodruff University of California, San Francisco
Elliot Israel
Elliot Israel Brigham and Women's Hospital
Sally E. Wenzel
Sally E. Wenzel University of Pittsburgh
Homer A. Boushey
Homer A. Boushey University of California, San Francisco
Nizar N. Jarjour
Nizar N. Jarjour University of Wisconsin–Madison
Mario Castro
Mario Castro Washington University in St. Louis
Eugene R. Bleecker
Eugene R. Bleecker University of Arizona
Serpil C. Erzurum
Serpil C. Erzurum Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Bruce D. Levy
Bruce D. Levy Brigham and Women's Hospital
Stephen P. Peters
Stephen P. Peters Wake Forest University

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