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Katherine J. Baines is affiliated with the University of Newcastle Australia in Australia. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and immunology, focusing extensively on respiratory diseases.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology

More detailed subfields of research focus on:

  • Physiology
  • Immunology
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Emergency Medical Services
  • Surgery

Katherine J. Baines has contributed scholarly work on a variety of topics, predominantly related to respiratory health. The primary topics in their research are:

  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways
  • Pediatric health and respiratory diseases
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • Eosinophilic Esophagitis
  • Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research

Their publications appear frequently in several specialist journals, with numerous contributions in:

  • Clinical & Experimental Allergy
  • Allergy
  • ERJ Open Research
  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • CHEST Journal

Some recent notable papers authored or coauthored by Katherine J. Baines include:

  • "Sputum TNF markers are increased in neutrophilic and severe asthma and are reduced by azithromycin treatment," 2021, published in Allergy
  • "Outcomes of protracted bacterial bronchitis in children: A 5-year prospective cohort study," 2020, published in Respirology
  • "Sputum mast cell/basophil gene expression relates to inflammatory and clinical features of severe asthma," 2021, published in Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • "Relationship between type 2 cytokine and inflammasome responses in obesity-associated asthma," 2021, published in Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • "Role of the NLRP3 inflammasome in asthma: Relationship with neutrophilic inflammation, obesity, and therapeutic options," 2021, published in Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Peter G. Gibson
  • Jodie L. Simpson
  • Peter Wark
  • Lisa G. Wood
  • Evan J. Williams

Best Publications

  • Role for NLRP3 Inflammasome-mediated, IL-1β-Dependent Responses in Severe, Steroid-Resistant Asthma.

    Richard Y Kim;James W Pinkerton;Ama T Essilfie;Avril A B Robertson

  • The neutrophilic inflammatory phenotype is associated with systemic inflammation in asthma.

    Lisa G. Wood;Katherine J. Baines;Juanjuan Fu;Hayley A. Scott

  • Transcriptional phenotypes of asthma defined by gene expression profiling of induced sputum samples.

    Katherine J. Baines;Katherine J. Baines;Jodie L. Simpson;Jodie L. Simpson;Lisa G. Wood;Lisa G. Wood;Rodney J. Scott

  • Short-chain fatty acids, prebiotics, synbiotics, and systemic inflammation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Rebecca F McLoughlin;Bronwyn S Berthon;Megan E Jensen;Katherine J Baines

  • Elevated expression of the NLRP3 inflammasome in neutrophilic asthma

    Jodie L Simpson;Simon Phipps;Katherine J Baines;Kevin M Oreo

  • Different inflammatory phenotypes in adults and children with acute asthma

    F Wang;X Y He;K J Baines;L P Gunawardhana

  • Sputum gene expression signature of 6 biomarkers discriminates asthma inflammatory phenotypes.

    Katherine J. Baines;Katherine J. Baines;Jodie L. Simpson;Jodie L. Simpson;Lisa G. Wood;Lisa G. Wood;Rodney J. Scott

  • Targeting treatable traits in severe asthma: a randomised controlled trial

    Vanessa M. McDonald;Vanessa L. Clark;Laura Cordova-Rivera;Laura Cordova-Rivera;Peter A.B. Wark

  • Airway dysbiosis: Haemophilus influenzae and Tropheryma in poorly controlled asthma

    Jodie L. Simpson;Joshua Daly;Katherine J. Baines;Ian A. Yang

  • Neutrophil extracellular traps are associated with inflammation in chronic airway disease.

    Thomas K. Wright;Peter G. Gibson;Peter G. Gibson;Jodie L. Simpson;Jodie L. Simpson;Vanessa M. McDonald;Vanessa M. McDonald

  • Soluble Fibre Meal Challenge Reduces Airway Inflammation and Expression of GPR43 and GPR41 in Asthma

    Isabel Halnes;Katherine J. Baines;Bronwyn S. Berthon;Lesley K. MacDonald-Wicks

  • Peripheral blood eosinophils: a surrogate marker for airway eosinophilia in stable COPD.

    Netsanet A Negewo;Vanessa M McDonald;Katherine J Baines;Peter Ab Wark

  • The Emerging Role of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in Respiratory Disease.

    Scott H. Twaddell;Katherine J. Baines;Christopher Grainge;Peter G. Gibson

  • IL-27/IFN-γ Induce MyD88-Dependent Steroid-Resistant Airway Hyperresponsiveness by Inhibiting Glucocorticoid Signaling in Macrophages

    Jing Jing Li;Wan Wang;Katherine J. Baines;Nikola A. Bowden

  • Differential gene expression and cytokine production from neutrophils in asthma phenotypes

    K J Baines;J L Simpson;N A Bowden;R J Scott

  • Airway IL-1β and Systemic Inflammation as Predictors of Future Exacerbation Risk in Asthma and COPD

    Juan-juan Fu;Juan-juan Fu;Vanessa M. McDonald;Katherine J. Baines;Peter G. Gibson

  • Saturated fatty acids, obesity, and the nucleotide oligomerization domain–like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome in asthmatic patients

    Lisa G. Wood;Qian Li;Hayley A. Scott;Sandra Rutting;Sandra Rutting

  • MicroRNA-125a and -b inhibit A20 and MAVS to promote inflammation and impair antiviral response in COPD.

    Alan C.Y. Hsu;Kamal Dua;Malcolm R. Starkey;Tatt Jhong Haw

  • The effect of azithromycin in adults with stable neutrophilic COPD: a double blind randomised, placebo controlled trial.

    Jodie L. Simpson;Heather Powell;Katherine J. Baines;David Milne

  • Soluble fibre supplementation with and without a probiotic in adults with asthma: A 7-day randomised, double blind, three way cross-over trial.

    Rebecca McLoughlin;Bronwyn S. Berthon;Geraint B. Rogers;Katherine J. Baines

  • Systemic Inflammation Is Associated with Differential Gene Expression and Airway Neutrophilia in Asthma

    Juan-juan Fu;Katherine J. Baines;Lisa G. Wood;Peter G. Gibson

  • Systemic upregulation of neutrophil α-defensins and serine proteases in neutrophilic asthma

    Katherine J Baines;Jodie L Simpson;Lisa G Wood;Rodney J Scott

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter G. Gibson
Peter G. Gibson University of Newcastle Australia
Jodie L. Simpson
Jodie L. Simpson University of Newcastle Australia
Lisa Wood
Lisa Wood University of Newcastle Australia
Peter A. B. Wark
Peter A. B. Wark University of Newcastle Australia
John W. Upham
John W. Upham University of Queensland
Philip M. Hansbro
Philip M. Hansbro University of Technology Sydney
Sandra Hodge
Sandra Hodge University of Adelaide
Brian G. Oliver
Brian G. Oliver Woolcock Institute of Medical Research
Vibeke Backer
Vibeke Backer Rigshospitalet
Rodney J. Scott
Rodney J. Scott University of Newcastle Australia

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