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Peter F. Whitington is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with multiple studies covering various subfields including Epidemiology, Hepatology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Physiology, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

The scientist's work frequently centers on liver disease, diet, metabolism, and related disorders. Their main topics of research include:

  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
  • Histiocytic Disorders and Treatments
  • Tumors and Oncological Cases
  • Vascular Malformations and Hemangiomas

Peter F. Whitington has contributed to a number of papers, with notable publications including:

  • Progression of Fatty Liver Disease in Children Receiving Standard of Care Lifestyle Advice, 2020, Gastroenterology
  • Symmetrisches juveniles Riesenxanthogranulom vom Plaque-Typ im Gesicht: Fallbericht und Literaturübersicht, 2021, Kompass Dermatologie

The scientist often collaborates with other researchers in their field. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Joel E. Lavine
  • Stavra A. Xanthakos
  • Jeffrey B. Schwimmer
  • Jean P. Molleston
  • Philip Rosenthal

Peter F. Whitington's publications appear in specialized venues such as Gastroenterology and Kompass Dermatologie, reflecting a focus on both clinical and dermatological aspects of their research subjects.

Best Publications

  • Genetic predisposition to the metabolism of irinotecan (CPT-11). Role of uridine diphosphate glucuronosyltransferase isoform 1A1 in the glucuronidation of its active metabolite (SN-38) in human liver microsomes.

    Lalitha Iyer;Christopher D. King;Peter F. Whitington;Mitchell D. Green

  • Liver transplantation in children from living related donors. Surgical techniques and results.

    Christoph E. Broelsch;Peter F. Whitington;Jean C. Emond;Thomas G. Heffron

  • Application of reduced-size liver transplants as split grafts, auxiliary orthotopic grafts, and living related segmental transplants.

    C E Broelsch;J C Emond;P F Whitington;J R Thistlethwaite

  • Guideline for the evaluation of cholestatic jaundice in infants: recommendations of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.

    Virginia Moyer;Deborah K. Freese;Peter F. Whitington;Alan D. Olson

  • A multicenter study of the outcome of biliary atresia in the United States, 1997 to 2000.

    Benjamin L. Shneider;Morton B. Brown;Barbara Haber;Peter F. Whitington

  • Ethics of liver transplantation with living donors

    P.A. Singer;M. Siegler;P.F. Whitington;J.D. Lantos

  • Hepatocellular carcinoma in ten children under five years of age with bile salt export pump deficiency.

    A. S. Knisely;Sandra S. Strautnieks;Yvonne Meier;Bruno Stieger

  • Severe bile salt export pump deficiency: 82 different ABCB11 mutations in 109 families.

    Sandra S. Strautnieks;Jane A. Byrne;Ludmila Pawlikowska;Dita Cebecauerova

  • Obese and diabetic db/db mice develop marked liver fibrosis in a model of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: role of short-form leptin receptors and osteopontin

    Atul Sahai;Padmini Malladi;Xiaomin Pan;Rachelle Paul

  • Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients with refractory Crohn's disease

    Yu Oyama;Robert M. Craig;Ann E. Traynor;Kathleen Quigley

  • Transplantation of two Patients with one liver: Analysis of a preliminary experience with 'Split-liver' grafting

    J C Emond;P F Whitington;J R Thistlethwaite;D Cherqui

  • Partial external diversion of bile for the treatment of intractable pruritus associated with intrahepatic cholestasis

    Peter F. Whitington;Gene L. Whitington;Gene L. Whitington

  • Body mass index as a predictor of hepatic steatosis in living liver donors.

    Mary E. Rinella;Estella Alonso;Sambasiva Rao;Peter Whitington

  • Clinical and biochemical findings in progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis.

    Peter F. Whitington;Deborah K. Freese;Estella M. Alonso;Sarah J Schwarzenberg

  • Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease in pediatric liver transplantation : Interplay between primary Epstein-Barr virus infection and immunosuppression

    Kenneth A. Newell;Estella M. Alonso;Peter F. Whitington;David S. Bruce

  • Osteopontin is induced by hedgehog pathway activation and promotes fibrosis progression in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

    Wing Kin Syn;Wing Kin Syn;Steve S. Choi;Steve S. Choi;Evaggelia Liaskou;Gamze F. Karaca

  • Bacterial infection as a complication of liver transplantation : epidemiology and risk factors

    D. L. George;P. M. Arnow;A. S. Fox;A. L. Baker

  • Upregulation of osteopontin expression is involved in the development of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in a dietary murine model

    Atul Sahai;Padmini Malladi;Hector Melin-Aldana;Richard M. Green

  • Liver transplantation, including the concept of reduced-size liver transplants in children

    Christoph Broelsch;Jean Emond;J. Thistlethwaite;P. Whitington

  • Liver transplantation with reduced-size donor organs.

    Christoph Broelsch;Jean Emond;J. Thistlethwaite;Dale Rouch

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip J. Rosenthal
Philip J. Rosenthal University of California, San Francisco
Ronald J. Sokol
Ronald J. Sokol University of Colorado Denver
Benjamin L. Shneider
Benjamin L. Shneider Baylor College of Medicine
Joel E. Lavine
Joel E. Lavine Columbia University
Jeffrey B. Schwimmer
Jeffrey B. Schwimmer University of California, San Diego
Michael Abecassis
Michael Abecassis University of Arizona
Elizabeth M. Brunt
Elizabeth M. Brunt Washington University in St. Louis
Jeffrey S. Moore
Jeffrey S. Moore University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Andres T. Blei
Andres T. Blei Northwestern University
Etienne Sokal
Etienne Sokal Université Catholique de Louvain

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