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Neil McHugh is affiliated with the University of Bath in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on medicine, with significant contributions in immunology and microbiology. The subfields of study in which they are most active include rheumatology, immunology, epidemiology, pathology and forensic medicine, and hematology.

The main topics covered in their work include inflammatory myopathies and dermatomyositis, psoriasis treatment and pathogenesis, spondyloarthritis studies and treatments, rheumatoid arthritis research and therapies, immunodeficiency and autoimmune disorders, autoimmune and inflammatory disorders research, and systemic lupus erythematosus research.

Neil McHugh has published frequently in several academic venues, with a notable number of publications in the following journals:

  • Lara D. Veeken
  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • The Journal of Rheumatology
  • Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Neil McHugh include:

  • William Tillett
  • Sarah Tansley
  • Hector Chinoy
  • Philip Helliwell
  • Jon Packham

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Neil McHugh illustrate a focus on idiopathic inflammatory myopathies and related autoimmune conditions:

  • "A systematic review and meta-analysis to inform cancer screening guidelines in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies," 2021, Lara D. Veeken
  • "The reliability of immunoassays to detect autoantibodies in patients with myositis is dependent on autoantibody specificity," 2020, Lara D. Veeken
  • "British Society for Rheumatology guideline on management of paediatric, adolescent and adult patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy," 2022, Lara D. Veeken
  • "International Guideline for Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy-Associated Cancer Screening: an International Myositis Assessment and Clinical Studies Group (IMACS) initiative," 2023, Nature Reviews Rheumatology
  • "Defining anti-synthetase syndrome: a systematic literature review," 2022, Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Best Publications

  • Correction: Corrigendum: Dense genotyping of immune-related susceptibility loci reveals new insights into the genetics of psoriatic arthritis

    John Bowes;Ashley Budu-Aggrey;Ulrike Huffmeier;Steffen Uebe

  • Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis 2015 Treatment Recommendations for Psoriatic Arthritis

    Laura C. Coates;Arthur Kavanaugh;Philip J. Mease;Enrique R. Soriano

  • A multicenter, prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of corticosteroids and intravenous cyclophosphamide followed by oral azathioprine for the treatment of pulmonary fibrosis in scleroderma.

    Rachel K Hoyles;Ross W Ellis;Jessica Wellsbury;Belinda Lees

  • Treatment recommendations for psoriatic arthritis

    C. T. Ritchlin;A. Kavanaugh;D. D. Gladman;P. J. Mease

  • European League Against Rheumatism recommendations for the management of psoriatic arthritis with pharmacological therapies

    L Gossec;J S Smolen;C Gaujoux-Viala;Z Ash

  • British Association of Dermatologists’ guidelines for biologic interventions for psoriasis 2009

    C.H. Smith;Alexander Vincent Anstey;J. N. W. N. Barker;A. D. Burden

  • Common variants at TRAF3IP2 are associated with susceptibility to psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis.

    Ulrike Hüffmeier;Steffen Uebe;Arif B Ekici;John Bowes

  • European multicentre study to define disease activity criteria for systemic sclerosis. II. Identification of disease activity variables and development of preliminary activity indexes

    G. Valentini;A. Della Rossa;S. Bombardieri;W. Bencivelli

  • A randomized placebo-controlled trial of methotrexate in psoriatic arthritis

    Gabrielle H. Kingsley;Anna Kowalczyk;Helen Taylor;Fowzia Ibrahim

  • Progression of peripheral joint disease in psoriatic arthritis: a 5‐yr prospective study

    N J McHugh;C Balachrishnan;S M Jones

  • British Association of Dermatologists guidelines for use of biological interventions in psoriasis 2005.

    C. H. Smith;Alexander Vincent Anstey;J. N. W. N. Barker;A. D. Burden

  • Myositis-specific autoantibodies: their clinical and pathogenic significance in disease expression

    Harsha Gunawardena;Zoe E Betteridge;Neil J McHugh

  • The development of candidate composite disease activity and responder indices for psoriatic arthritis (GRACE project)

    Philip S Helliwell;Philip S Helliwell;Oliver FitzGerald;Jaap Fransen;Dafna D Gladman

  • Development and Assessment of a Computerized Index of Clinical Disease Activity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    D. P. M. Symmons;J. S. Coppock;P. A. Bacon;B. Bresnihan

  • International patient and physician consensus on a psoriatic arthritis core outcome set for clinical trials

    Ana Maria Orbai;Maarten De Wit;Philip Mease;Judy A. Shea

  • Autoantibodies to a 140‐kd protein in juvenile dermatomyositis are associated with calcinosis

    Harsha Gunawardena;L R Wedderburn;H Chinoy;Zoe E Betteridge

  • A polymorphism in the CTGF promoter region associated with systemic sclerosis.

    Carmen Fonseca;Gisela E Lindahl;Markella Ponticos;Piersante Sestini

  • Clinical associations of autoantibodies to a p155/140 kDa doublet protein in juvenile dermatomyositis.

    H. Gunawardena;L. R. Wedderburn;J. North;Z. Betteridge

  • Anti-synthetase syndrome: a new autoantibody to phenylalanyl transfer RNA synthetase (anti-Zo) associated with polymyositis and interstitial pneumonia

    Zoe Betteridge;Harsha Gunawardena;J North;J Slinn

  • Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis/Outcome Measures in Rheumatology Consensus-Based Recommendations and Research Agenda for Use of Composite Measures and Treatment Targets in Psoriatic Arthritis.

    Laura C Coates;Oliver Fitzgerald;Joseph F Merola;Josef Smolen

Frequent Co-Authors

Oliver FitzGerald
Oliver FitzGerald University College Dublin
Ian N. Bruce
Ian N. Bruce University of Manchester
Lucy R. Wedderburn
Lucy R. Wedderburn University College London
Philip S. Helliwell
Philip S. Helliwell University of Leeds
John Bowes
John Bowes University of Manchester
Paul Emery
Paul Emery University of Leeds
David A. Isenberg
David A. Isenberg University College London
Anne Barton
Anne Barton University of Manchester
Caroline Gordon
Caroline Gordon University of Birmingham
Philip J. Mease
Philip J. Mease University of Washington

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