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Overview

Michael E. Wechsler is affiliated with National Jewish Health in the United States and has a substantial publication record in medicine, with a focus on pulmonary and respiratory medicine. The subfields of their work also include physiology, rheumatology, surgery, and immunology. Their research topics primarily revolve around asthma and respiratory diseases, eosinophilic esophagitis, respiratory and cough-related research, eosinophilic disorders and syndromes, inhalation and respiratory drug delivery, IL-33, ST2, and ILC pathways, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) research.

Their recent papers include:

  • Tezepelumab in Adults and Adolescents with Severe, Uncontrolled Asthma (2021), New England Journal of Medicine
  • Sex and Gender in Asthma (2021), European Respiratory Review
  • Efficacy and Safety of Itepekimab in Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Asthma (2021), New England Journal of Medicine
  • Effect of tezepelumab on airway inflammatory cells, remodelling, and hyperresponsiveness in patients with moderate-to-severe uncontrolled asthma (CASCADE): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial (2021), The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • Eosinophils in Health and Disease: A State-of-the-Art Review (2021), Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Michael E. Wechsler frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Arnaud Bourdin
  • Ian Pavord
  • Andrew Menzies-Gow
  • Praveen Akuthota
  • Elliot Israel

The venues where Michael E. Wechsler most often publishes include:

  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice
  • CHEST Journal
  • Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

In addition to journal articles, Michael E. Wechsler has contributed to book publications, including a forthcoming title titled Biologic therapies in asthma set to be published by the European Respiratory Society in 2025.

Best Publications

  • Reslizumab for inadequately controlled asthma with elevated blood eosinophil counts: results from two multicentre, parallel, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trials

    Mario Castro;James Zangrilli;Michael E Wechsler;Eric D Bateman

  • Mepolizumab or Placebo for Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis

    Michael E. Wechsler;Praveen Akuthota;David Jayne;Paneez Khoury

  • Effectiveness and safety of bronchial thermoplasty in the treatment of severe asthma: A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled clinical trial

    Mario Castro;Adalberto S. Rubin;Michel Laviolette;Jussara Fiterman

  • Tezepelumab in Adults and Adolescents with Severe, Uncontrolled Asthma.

    Andrew Menzies-Gow;Jonathan Corren;Arnaud Bourdin;Geoffrey Chupp

  • Airway microbiota and bronchial hyperresponsiveness in patients with suboptimally controlled asthma.

    Yvonne J. Huang;Craig E. Nelson;Eoin L. Brodie;Todd Z. DeSantis

  • 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

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

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

  • Daily versus As-Needed Corticosteroids for Mild Persistent Asthma

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

  • Smoking Affects Response to Inhaled Corticosteroids or Leukotriene Receptor Antagonists in Asthma

    Stephen C. Lazarus;Vernon M. Chinchilli;Nancy J. Rollings;Homer A. Boushey

  • Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Churg-Strauss) (EGPA) Consensus Task Force recommendations for evaluation and management.

    Matthieu Groh;Christian Pagnoux;Chiara Baldini;Elisabeth Bel

  • Lipoxin A4 Regulates Natural Killer Cell and Type 2 Innate Lymphoid Cell Activation in Asthma

    Cindy Barnig;Manuela Cernadas;Stefanie Dutile;Xiaoli Liu

  • What is asthma-COPD overlap syndrome? Towards a consensus definition from a round table discussion.

    Don D. Sin;Marc Miravitlles;David M. Mannino;Joan B. Soriano

  • Pulmonary Infiltrates, Eosinophilia, and Cardiomyopathy Following Corticosteroid Withdrawal in Patients With Asthma Receiving Zafirlukast

    Michael E. Wechsler;Erik Garpestad;Steven R. Flier;Olivier Kocher

  • Approaches to the treatment of hypereosinophilic syndromes: a workshop summary report.

    Amy D. Klion;Bruce S. Bochner;Gerald J. Gleich;Thomas B. Nutman

  • Sex and gender in asthma.

    Nowrin U. Chowdhury;Vamsi P. Guntur;Dawn C. Newcomb;Dawn C. Newcomb;Michael E. Wechsler

  • Corticosteroid pharmacogenetics: association of sequence variants in CRHR1 with improved lung function in asthmatics treated with inhaled corticosteroids

    Kelan G. Tantisira;Stephen Lake;Eric S. Silverman;Lyle J. Palmer

  • β-Adrenergic Receptor Polymorphisms and Response to Salmeterol

    Michael E. Wechsler;Erik Lehman;Stephen C. Lazarus;Robert F. Lemanske

  • Refining the definition of hypereosinophilic syndrome

    Hans-Uwe Simon;Marc E. Rothenberg;Bruce S. Bochner;Peter Fahey Weller

  • Active albuterol or placebo, sham acupuncture, or no intervention in asthma.

    Michael E. Wechsler;John M. Kelley;Ingrid O.E. Boyd;Stefanie Dutile

  • Bronchial thermoplasty: Long-term safety and effectiveness in patients with severe persistent asthma

    Michael E. Wechsler;Michel Laviolette;Adalberto S. Rubin;Jussara Fiterman

  • Efficacy and Safety of Itepekimab in Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Asthma.

    Michael E Wechsler;Marcella K Ruddy;Ian D Pavord;Elliot Israel

  • Churg-Strauss Syndrome in Patients Receiving Montelukast as Treatment for Asthma

    Michael E. Wechsler;David Finn;Dineli Gunawardena;Robert Westlake

Frequent Co-Authors

Elliot Israel
Elliot Israel Brigham and Women's Hospital
Mario Castro
Mario Castro Washington University in St. Louis
Stephen P. Peters
Stephen P. Peters Wake Forest University
Monica Kraft
Monica Kraft University of Arizona
Stanley J. Szefler
Stanley J. Szefler University of Colorado Denver
Homer A. Boushey
Homer A. Boushey University of California, San Francisco
Vernon M. Chinchilli
Vernon M. Chinchilli Pennsylvania State University
Richard J. Martin
Richard J. Martin Case Western Reserve University
John V. Fahy
John V. Fahy University of California, San Francisco
Timothy J. Craig
Timothy J. Craig Pennsylvania State University

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