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Overview

Kent J. Johnson is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their primary field of study is Medicine, with a focus on associated subfields including Pharmacology, Clinical Biochemistry, Physiology, Cell Biology, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's research spans several main topics, notably:

  • Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection
  • Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Muscle metabolism and nutrition
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms
  • Vasculitis and related conditions

Kent J. Johnson has contributed articles to various academic journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Toxicological Sciences
  • PLoS ONE
  • ACR Open Rheumatology
  • American Journal of Case Reports
  • SAE International Journal of Advances and Current Practices in Mobility

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by Kent J. Johnson include:

  • "Serum glutamate dehydrogenase activity enables early detection of liver injury in subjects with underlying muscle impairments" (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • "Evaluating the Sensitivity and Specificity of Promising Circulating Biomarkers to Diagnose Liver Injury in Humans" (2021, Toxicological Sciences)
  • "Serum Biomarkers of Disease Activity in Longitudinal Assessment of Patients with ANCA-Associated Vasculitis" (2021, ACR Open Rheumatology)
  • "The MicroRNA-based Liquid Biopsy Improves Early Assessment of Lethal Acetaminophen Poisoning: A Case Report" (2020, American Journal of Case Reports)
  • "Serum glutamate dehydrogenase activity enables sensitive and specific diagnosis of hepatocellular injury in humans" (2024, Toxicological Sciences)

Kent J. Johnson frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Roscoe L. Warner
  • David M. Potter
  • Jiri Aubrecht
  • Shelli Schomaker
  • Nicholas M. P. King

Best Publications

  • Intravascular activation of complement and acute lung injury. Dependency on neutrophils and toxic oxygen metabolites.

    G O Till;K J Johnson;R Kunkel;P A Ward

  • C5a-induced expression of P-selectin in endothelial cells.

    Kimberly E. Foreman;Ara A. Vaporciyan;Brian K. Bonish;Michael L. Jones

  • Treating activated CD4+ T cells with either of two distinct DNA methyltransferase inhibitors, 5-azacytidine or procainamide, is sufficient to cause a lupus-like disease in syngeneic mice.

    Jawaid Quddus;Kent J. Johnson;Jerrie Gavalchin;Edward P. Amento

  • In vivo damage of rat lungs by oxygen metabolites.

    Kent J. Johnson;Joseph C. Fantone;Jerry Kaplan;Peter A. Ward

  • International consensus outcome measures for patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. Development and initial validation of myositis activity and damage indices in patients with adult onset disease.

    D. A. Isenberg;E. Allen;V. Farewell;M. R. Ehrenstein

  • Mechanisms of drug-induced lupus. II. T cells overexpressing lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1 become autoreactive and cause a lupuslike disease in syngeneic mice.

    Raymond Yung;Daniel Powers;Kent Johnson;Edward Amento

  • Requirement and role of C5a in acute lung inflammatory injury in rats.

    Michael S. Mulligan;Elisabeth Schmid;Elisabeth Schmid;Beatrice Beck-Schimmer;Beatrice Beck-Schimmer;Gerd O. Till

  • Evidence for the role of oxygen radicals in acute nephrotoxic nephritis.

    Rehan A;Johnson Kj;Wiggins Rc;Kunkel Rg

  • Acute immunologic pulmonary alveolitis.

    Kent J. Johnson;Peter A. Ward

  • Mechanism of drug-induced lupus. I. Cloned Th2 cells modified with DNA methylation inhibitors in vitro cause autoimmunity in vivo.

    R. L. Yung;Jawaid Quddus;C. E. Chrisp;K. J. Johnson

  • Fas ligation triggers apoptosis in macrophages but not endothelial cells

    Bruce C. Richardson;Narendra D. Lalwani;Kent J. Johnson;Rory M. Marks

  • A Novel Surfactant Nanoemulsion with Broad-Spectrum Sporicidal Activity against Bacillus Species

    Tarek Hamouda;Michael M. Hayes;Zhengyi Cao;Richard Tonda

  • Acute acid aspiration lung injury in the rat: biphasic pathogenesis.

    Thomas P. Kennedy;Kent J. Johnson;Robin G. Kunkel;Peter A. Ward

  • Endothelial cell killing by neutrophils. Synergistic interaction of oxygen products and proteases.

    J. Varani;I. Ginsburg;L. Schuger;D. F. Gibbs

  • Tumor necrosis factor participates in the pathogenesis of acute immune complex alveolitis in the rat.

    J S Warren;K R Yabroff;D G Remick;S L Kunkel

  • Oxygen radicals, inflammation, and tissue injury.

    Peter A. Ward;Jeffrey S. Warren;Kent J. Johnson

  • Oxygen Radical Dependent Lung Damage following Thermal Injury of Rat Skin

    Gerd O. Till;Charles Beauchamp;David Menapace;Wallace Tourtellotte

  • Requirements for leukocyte adhesion molecules in nephrotoxic nephritis.

    M S Mulligan;K J Johnson;rd R F Todd;T B Issekutz

  • Neutrophil-dependent, oxygen-radical mediated lung injury associated with acute pancreatitis.

    Karen S. Guice;Keith T. Oldham;Michael G. Caty;Kent J. Johnson

  • Liquid ventilation improves pulmonary function, gas exchange, and lung injury in a model of respiratory failure

    Ronald B. Hirschl;Alan Parent;Richard Tooley;Michael McCracken

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter A. Ward
Peter A. Ward University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
James Varani
James Varani University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jeffrey S. Warren
Jeffrey S. Warren University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Raymond Yung
Raymond Yung University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Bruce C. Richardson
Bruce C. Richardson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ronald B. Hirschl
Ronald B. Hirschl University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Thomas P. Shanley
Thomas P. Shanley University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ulrich Specks
Ulrich Specks Mayo Clinic
Amr H. Sawalha
Amr H. Sawalha University of Pittsburgh
Cees G. M. Kallenberg
Cees G. M. Kallenberg University of Groningen

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