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Pantel S. Vokonas

Pantel S. Vokonas

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Medicine

D-Index
102
Citations
35957
World Ranking
7704
National Ranking
4006

Overview

Pantel S. Vokonas is affiliated with Boston University in the United States. Their research spans several fields including Environmental Science, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Within these broad areas, Vokonas has contributed extensively to subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The scientist's work covers main topics that focus on:

  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Pantel S. Vokonas include:

  • "Quantification of the pace of biological aging in humans through a blood test, the DunedinPoAm DNA methylation algorithm" (2020), published in eLife
  • "Metabolomic signatures of the long-term exposure to air pollution and temperature" (2021), published in Environmental Health
  • "Ambient PM2.5 species and ultrafine particle exposure and their differential metabolomic signatures" (2021), published in Environment International
  • "Short-term air pollution, cognitive performance and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use in the Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study" (2021), published in Nature Aging
  • "Association of Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio With Pulmonary Function in a 30-Year Longitudinal Study of US Veterans" (2020), published in JAMA Network Open

Vokonas has frequently collaborated with several coauthors, including:

  • Andrea Baccarelli (44 joint publications)
  • Joel Schwartz (41 joint publications)
  • Petros Koutrakis (17 joint publications)
  • Lifang Hou (16 joint publications)
  • Xu Gao (13 joint publications)

The scientist's work has appeared repeatedly in a number of publication venues such as:

  • UNC Libraries (9 publications)
  • Environmental Research (7 publications)
  • ISEE Conference Abstracts (7 publications)
  • Aging (6 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (4 publications)

Best Publications

  • Periodontal Disease and Cardiovascular Disease

    James D Beck;Raul Garcia;Gerardo Heiss;Pantel S. Vokonas

  • DNA methylation-based measures of biological age: meta-analysis predicting time to death

    Brian H. Chen;Riccardo E. Marioni;Riccardo E. Marioni;Elena Colicino;Marjolein J. Peters

  • Symptoms of anxiety and risk of coronary heart disease. The Normative Aging Study.

    I Kawachi;D Sparrow;P S Vokonas;S T Weiss

  • Epigenetic Signatures of Cigarette Smoking

    Roby Joehanes;Allan C. Just;Riccardo E. Marioni;Luke C. Pilling

  • Rapid DNA Methylation Changes after Exposure to Traffic Particles

    Andrea Baccarelli;Robert O. Wright;Valentina Bollati;Letizia Tarantini

  • Decline in genomic DNA methylation through aging in a cohort of elderly subjects.

    Valentina Bollati;Joel Schwartz;Joel Schwartz;Robert Wright;Robert Wright;Augusto Litonjua

  • Quantification of the pace of biological aging in humans through a blood test: The DunedinPoAm DNA methylation algorithm

    Daniel W W Belsky;Avshalom Caspi;Louise Arseneault;Andrea Baccarelli

  • Is Worrying Bad for Your Heart? A Prospective Study of Worry and Coronary Heart Disease in the Normative Aging Study

    Laura D. Kubzansky;Ichiro Kawachi;Avron Spiro;Scott T. Weiss

  • Is the glass half empty or half full? A prospective study of optimism and coronary heart disease in the normative aging study.

    Laura D. Kubzansky;David Sparrow;Pantel Vokonas;Ichiro Kawachi

  • The anginal syndrome associated with normal coronary arteriograms: Report of a six year experience

    Harvey G. Kemp;Pantel S. Vokonas;Peter F. Cohn;Richard Gorlin

  • Prospective study of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and coronary heart disease in the Normative Aging Study.

    Laura D. Kubzansky;Karestan C. Koenen;Avron Spiro;Pantel S. Vokonas

  • Uric Acid and the Development of Hypertension: The Normative Aging Study

    Todd S. Perlstein;Olga Gumieniak;Gordon H. Williams;David Sparrow

  • A Prospective Study of Anger and Coronary Heart Disease The Normative Aging Study

    Ichiro Kawachi;David Sparrow;Avron Spiro;Pantel Vokonas

  • Effects of Air Pollution on Heart Rate Variability: The VA Normative Aging Study

    Sung Kyun Park;Marie S. O’Neill;Pantel S. Vokonas;David Sparrow

  • Decreased heart rate variability in men with phobic anxiety (data from the Normative Aging Study).

    Ichiro Kawachi;David Sparrow;Pantel S. Vokonas;Scott T. Weiss

  • Ischemic Heart Disease and Stroke in Relation to Blood DNA Methylation

    Andrea Baccarelli;Robert Wright;Valentina Bollati;Augusto Litonjua

  • Age-Dependent Associations Between Chronic Periodontitis/Edentulism and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease

    Thomas Dietrich;Monik Jimenez;Elizabeth A. Krall Kaye;Pantel S. Vokonas

  • Functional importance of the human coronary collateral circulation.

    Richard H. Helfant;Pantel S. Vokonas;Richard Gorlin

  • A DNA methylation biomarker of alcohol consumption.

    C Liu;R E Marioni;R E Marioni;Åsa K Hedman;L Pfeiffer

  • Air pollution and markers of coagulation, inflammation, and endothelial function : associations and epigene-environment interactions in an elderly cohort

    Marie Abele Bind;Andrea Baccarelli;Antonella Zanobetti;Letizia Tarantini

Frequent Co-Authors

Joel Schwartz
Joel Schwartz Harvard University
David Sparrow
David Sparrow Boston University
Andrea Baccarelli
Andrea Baccarelli Columbia University
Brent A. Coull
Brent A. Coull Harvard University
Avron Spiro
Avron Spiro Boston University
Robert O. Wright
Robert O. Wright Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Howard Hu
Howard Hu University of Southern California
Helen H. Suh
Helen H. Suh Tufts University
Lifang Hou
Lifang Hou Northwestern University
Augusto A. Litonjua
Augusto A. Litonjua University of Rochester Medical Center

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