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D-Index
67
Citations
15461
World Ranking
8241
National Ranking
3725

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Paul B. Rothman is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine, with a focus on areas such as global and planetary change, immunology, oncology, molecular biology, and environmental engineering.

Their recent publications cover diverse topics, including flood risk assessment and management, immune response and inflammation, and cytokine signaling pathways and interactions. Among the notable papers are:

  • "Critical role of Syk-dependent STAT1 activation in innate antiviral immunity," 2021, published in Cell Reports
  • "Making waves: Uses of real-time, hyperlocal flood sensor data for emergency management, resiliency planning, and flood impact mitigation," 2022, published in Water Research
  • "FloodNet: Low-Cost Ultrasonic Sensors for Real-Time Measurement of Hyperlocal, Street-Level Floods in New York City," 2024, published in Water Resources Research
  • "How Academic Health Systems Can Move Forward Once COVID-19 Wanes," 2020, published in JAMA
  • "NFIL3 Is a Regulator of IL-12 p40 in Macrophages and Mucosal Immunity," 2020, published in UNC Libraries

Frequent collaborators include A. Silverman, Tega Brain, Brett Branco, Rebecca Fischman, and Kathryn Graziano. These coauthors have worked closely with Rothman on several projects.

Their work is often published in venues such as UNC Libraries, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Cell Reports, Water Research, and Water Resources Research. The main topics covered in these publications include flood risk assessment and management, interferon and immune responses, hydrological forecasting using AI, precipitation measurement and analysis, and water systems and optimization.

Paul B. Rothman has been recognized with fellowships, including being named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2017 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2008.

Best Publications

  • The Nalp3 inflammasome is essential for the development of silicosis

    Suzanne L. Cassel;Stephanie C. Eisenbarth;Shankar S. Iyer;Jeffrey J. Sadler

  • The BCL-6 proto-oncogene controls germinal-centre formation and Th2-type inflammation

    Bihui H. Ye;Giorgio Cattoretti;Qiong Shen;Jiandong Zhang

  • Mechanism and Regulation of Immunoglobulin Isotype Switching

    Robert L. Coffman;Deborah A. Lebman;Paul Rothman

  • Tissue-resident natural killer (NK) cells are cell lineages distinct from thymic and conventional splenic NK cells

    Dorothy K Sojka;Beatrice Plougastel-Douglas;Liping Yang;Melissa A Pak-Wittel

  • IL-4/IL-13 signaling beyond JAK/STAT.

    Hong Jiang;Miera B. Harris;Paul Rothman

  • Jak-STAT signaling induced by the v-abl oncogene

    Nika N. Danial;Alessandra Pernis;Paul B. Rothman

  • Th17 cell differentiation is regulated by the circadian clock

    Xiaofei Yu;Darcy Rollins;Kelly A. Ruhn;Jeremy J. Stubblefield

  • Lack of interferon gamma receptor beta chain and the prevention of interferon gamma signaling in TH1 cells.

    Alessandra Pernis;Sanjay Gupta;Kenneth J. Gollob;Evan Garfein

  • Constitutive activation of JAKs and STATs in BCR-Abl-expressing cell lines and peripheral blood cells derived from leukemic patients.

    Sylvia K. Chai;Gwen L. Nichols;Paul Rothman

  • Mitogen- and IL-4-regulated expression of germ-line Ig γ2b transcripts: Evidence for directed heavy chain class switching

    Stuart Lutzker;Paul Rothman;Roberta Pollock;Robert Coffman

  • Biologic functions of the IFN-γ receptors

    G. Tau;P. Rothman

  • JAK-STAT signaling in asthma

    Alessandra B. Pernis;Paul B. Rothman

  • Mitogen plus interleukin 4 induction of C epsilon transcripts in B lymphoid cells.

    Paul Rothman;Stuart Lutzker;Wendy Cook;Robert Coffman

  • Disruption of a self-amplifying catecholamine loop reduces cytokine release syndrome

    Verena Staedtke;Verena Staedtke;Ren Yuan Bai;Kibem Kim;Martin Darvas

  • S region transcription per se promotes basal IgE class switch recombination but additional factors regulate the efficiency of the process.

    Andrea Bottaro;Rusty Lansford;Lixing Xu;Jue Zhang

  • Transcriptional Repression of Stat6-Dependent Interleukin-4-Induced Genes by BCL-6: Specific Regulation of Iε Transcription and Immunoglobulin E Switching

    Miera B. Harris;Chih Chao Chang;Michael T. Berton;Nika N. Danial

  • STF-IL-4: a novel IL-4-induced signal transducing factor.

    Chris Schindler;Helena Kashleva;Alessandra Pernis;Richard Pine

  • Cutting Edge: SOCS-1 Is a Potent Inhibitor of IL-4 Signal Transduction

    J. A. Losman;X. P. Chen;D. Hilton;Paul Rothman

  • Pim serine/threonine kinases regulate the stability of Socs-1 protein.

    X. Peter Chen;Julie A. Losman;Simone Cowan;Elizabeth Donahue

  • Growth and Gene Expression Are Predominantly Controlled by Distinct Regions of the Human IL-4 Receptor

    John J. Ryan;Lisa J. McReynolds;Achsah Keegan;Lu Hai Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Frederick W. Alt
Frederick W. Alt Boston Children's Hospital
Rachel L. Miller
Rachel L. Miller Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Robert L. Coffman
Robert L. Coffman University of California, Santa Cruz
Pier Paolo Pandolfi
Pier Paolo Pandolfi Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
John T. Harty
John T. Harty University of Iowa
Joseph F. Urban
Joseph F. Urban United States Department of Agriculture
Mark Boothby
Mark Boothby Vanderbilt University Medical Center
J. Larry Jameson
J. Larry Jameson University of Pennsylvania
Brad H. Nelson
Brad H. Nelson University of British Columbia
Stephen P. Goff
Stephen P. Goff Columbia University Medical Center

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