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Larry E. Kun was affiliated with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in the United States. Their research work primarily focused on multiple aspects of medicine, with an emphasis on rheumatology, pharmacology, hepatology, epidemiology, and surgery.

The scientist contributed to research in several main topics, including:

  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
  • Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects
  • Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research
  • Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions

They frequently published in these venues:

  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • World Journal of Gastroenterology
  • Annals of Medical Research

They collaborated often with coauthors:

  • Erika Corberi
  • Francesca Trunfio
  • Francesca Saracino
  • Marta Vomero
  • Damiano Currado

Larry E. Kun's recent publications included:

  • "Machine learning prediction of hepatic encephalopathy for long-term survival after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in acute variceal bleeding," 2024, published in World Journal of Gastroenterology
  • "POS1148 MECHANISMS OF PAIN MODULATION BY JAK INHIBITION: UPADACITINIB REGULATES PAIN-RELATED PATHWAYS AND BDNF EXPRESSION IN MICROGLIAL CELLS," 2024, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • "AB0133 FIBROMIND: THE USE OF MINDFULNESS-BASED STRESS REDUCTION INTERVENTION AS A POTENTIAL "ADD-ON THERAPY" TO THE USUAL TREATMENTS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF FIBROMYALGIA AND ITS IMPACT ON HOPE LEVELS," 2024, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • "AB0713 PAIN CATASTROPHIZING AND ITS DOMAINS HELPLESSNESS AND RUMINATION IMPACT SIGNIFICANTLY ON DISEASE ACTIVITY IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: DATA FROM A MULTICENTER ITALIAN STUDY," 2024, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • "AB0926 PAIN CATASTROPHIZING NEGATIVELY IMPACTS DRUG RETENTION RATE IN PATIENTS WITH PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS AND AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS: RESULTS FROM A 2-YEAR PERSPECTIVE MULTICENTER STUDY," 2024, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Best Publications

  • Treating childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia without cranial irradiation.

    Ching Hon Pui;Dario Campana;Deqing Pei;W. Paul Bowman

  • Risk-adapted craniospinal radiotherapy followed by high-dose chemotherapy and stem-cell rescue in children with newly diagnosed medulloblastoma (St Jude Medulloblastoma-96): long-term results from a prospective, multicentre trial

    Amar Gajjar;Murali Chintagumpala;David Ashley;Stewart Kellie

  • Late neurocognitive sequelae in survivors of brain tumours in childhood.

    Raymond K Mulhern;Thomas E Merchant;Amar Gajjar;Wilburn E Reddick

  • Postoperative Chemotherapy and Delayed Radiation in Children Less Than Three Years of Age With Malignant Brain Tumors

    Patricia K. Duffner;Marc E. Horowitz;Jeffrey P. Krischer;Henry S. Friedman

  • Radiation response of the central nervous system.

    T.E. Schultheiss;L.E. Kun;K.K. Ang;L.C. Stephens

  • Improved outcome for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Results of Total Therapy Study XIIIB at St Jude Children's Research Hospital

    Ching Hon Pui;John T. Sandlund;Deqing Pei;Dario Campana

  • Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor of the central nervous system: a highly malignant tumor of infancy and childhood frequently mistaken for medulloblastoma: a Pediatric Oncology Group study.

    Peter C. Burger;I. T. Yu;Tarik Tihan;Henry S. Friedman

  • Conformal radiotherapy after surgery for paediatric ependymoma: a prospective study

    Thomas E Merchant;Chenghong Li;Xiaoping Xiong;Larry E Kun

  • Extended follow-up of long-term survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

    Ching Hon Pui;Cheng Cheng;Wing Leung;Shesh N. Rai

  • Improved outcome in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia with reinforced early treatment and rotational combination chemotherapy

    G.K. Rivera;G.K. Rivera;C.-H. Pui;C.-H. Pui;M. Abromowitch;M. Abromowitch;J. Mirro;J. Mirro

  • High incidence of secondary brain tumours after radiotherapy and antimetabolites

    Mary V. Relling;Mary V. Relling;Jeffrey E. Rubnitz;Jeffrey E. Rubnitz;Gaston K. Rivera;Gaston K. Rivera;James M. Boyett;James M. Boyett

  • Neurocognitive Consequences of Risk-Adapted Therapy for Childhood Medulloblastoma

    Raymond K. Mulhern;Shawna L. Palmer;Thomas E. Merchant;Dana Wallace

  • Patterns of intellectual development among survivors of pediatric medulloblastoma: a longitudinal analysis.

    Shawna L. Palmer;Olga Goloubeva;Wilburn E. Reddick;John O. Glass

  • Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumors (ATRT): Improved Survival in Children 3 Years of Age and Older With Radiation Therapy and High-Dose Alkylator-Based Chemotherapy

    Tanya M. Tekautz;Christine E. Fuller;Susan Blaney;Maryam Fouladi

  • Histopathologic grading of medulloblastomas: a Pediatric Oncology Group study.

    Charles G. Eberhart M.D.;James L. Kepner;Patricia T. Goldthwaite;Larry E. Kun

  • Second malignancies after Ewing's sarcoma: radiation dose-dependency of secondary sarcomas.

    John F. Kuttesch;Leonard H. Wexler;Robert B. Marcus;Diane Fairclough

  • Primary malignant lymphoma of the central nervous system: Results of treatment of 11 cases and review of the literature

    Kevin Murray;Larry Kun;James Cox

  • Risks of Young Age for Selected Neurocognitive Deficits in Medulloblastoma Are Associated With White Matter Loss

    Raymond K. Mulhern;Shawna L. Palmer;Wilburn E. Reddick;John O. Glass

  • Craniopharyngioma: The St. Jude Children's Research Hospital experience 1984-2001

    Thomas E Merchant;Erin N Kiehna;Robert A Sanford;Raymond K Mulhern

  • Clinical, Histopathologic, and Molecular Markers of Prognosis: Toward a New Disease Risk Stratification System for Medulloblastoma

    Amar Gajjar;Roberto Hernan;Mehmet Kocak;Christine Fuller

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas E. Merchant
Thomas E. Merchant St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Amar Gajjar
Amar Gajjar St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
James M. Boyett
James M. Boyett St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Melissa M. Hudson
Melissa M. Hudson St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Henry S. Friedman
Henry S. Friedman Duke University
Raymond K. Mulhern
Raymond K. Mulhern St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Peter C. Burger
Peter C. Burger Johns Hopkins University
Roger J. Packer
Roger J. Packer Children’s National Health System
Ching-Hon Pui
Ching-Hon Pui St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Ian F. Pollack
Ian F. Pollack University of Pittsburgh

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