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2023

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Medicine

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157
Citations
75563
World Ranking
894
National Ranking
510

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 1994 - ACM Fellow For contributions to information theory, including data compression and error correction applicable to digital communications and to computation.

Overview

Peter M. Elias is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a focus on Dermatology, Immunology and Allergy, Pharmaceutical Science, Cell Biology, and Molecular Biology.

Their work spans multiple topics including:

  • Dermatology and Skin Diseases
  • Advancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery
  • Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
  • Skin and Cellular Biology Research
  • Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research
  • Contact Dermatitis and Allergies
  • Transgenic Plants and Applications

Peter M. Elias has published extensively in various journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  • Experimental Dermatology
  • Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Peter M. Elias are:

  • "Commensal microbiota regulates skin barrier function and repair via signaling through the aryl hydrocarbon receptor," published in 2021 in Cell Host & Microbe
  • "Exosomes from Human Adipose Tissue-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Promote Epidermal Barrier Repair by Inducing de Novo Synthesis of Ceramides in Atopic Dermatitis," published in 2020 in Cells
  • "Aging-associated alterations in epidermal function and their clinical significance," published in 2020 in Aging
  • "Regulatory Role of Nitric Oxide in Cutaneous Inflammation," published in 2022 in Inflammation
  • "Protease-Activated Receptor-2 Regulates Neuro-Epidermal Communication in Atopic Dermatitis," published in 2020 in Frontiers in Immunology

Frequent collaborators of this researcher include:

  • Mao-Qiang Man
  • Joan S. Wakefield
  • Jason M. Meyer
  • Debra Crumrine
  • Theodora M. Mauro

Throughout their career, Peter M. Elias has contributed to advancing knowledge across dermatology and related biomedical fields through sustained research output and collaboration. Their work often explores the mechanisms underlying skin barrier function, inflammation, and immune response in dermatological conditions.

Peter M. Elias was awarded the ACM Fellow distinction in 1994 for contributions to information theory, specifically regarding data compression and error correction in digital communications and computation.

Best Publications

  • Epidermal lipids, barrier function, and desquamation.

    Peter M. Elias

  • Photosynthesis of previtamin D3 in human skin and the physiologic consequences.

    MF Holick;JA MacLaughlin;MB Clark;SA Holick

  • The permeability barrier in mammalian epidermis.

    Peter M. Elias;Daniel S. Friend

  • Structural and Lipid Biochemical Correlates of the Epidermal Permeability Barrier

    Peter M. Elias;Gopinathan K. Menon;Gopinathan K. Menon

  • Stratum Corneum Defensive Functions: An Integrated View

    Peter M. Elias

  • Human stratum corneum lipids: characterization and regional variations.

    Marilyn A. Lampe;A. L. Burlingame;JoAnne Whitney;Mary L. Williams

  • Revised nomenclature and classification of inherited ichthyoses: Results of the First Ichthyosis Consensus Conference in Sorèze 2009

    Vinzenz Oji;Gianluca Tadini;Masashi Akiyama;Claudine Blanchet Bardon

  • Comprehensive analysis of the gene encoding filaggrin uncovers prevalent and rare mutations in ichthyosis vulgaris and atopic eczema.

    Aileen Sandilands;Ana Terron-Kwiatkowski;Peter R Hull;Gráinne M O'Regan

  • THE AGED EPIDERMAL PERMEABILITY BARRIER : STRUCTURAL, FUNCTIONAL, AND LIPID BIOCHEMICAL ABNORMALITIES IN HUMANS AND A SENESCENT MURINE MODEL

    R Ghadially;B E Brown;S M Sequeira-Martin;K R Feingold

  • Lipopenia and skin barrier abnormalities in DGAT2-deficient mice.

    Scot J. Stone;Heather M. Myers;Steven M. Watkins;Barbara E. Brown

  • Ceramide-dominant barrier repair lipids alleviate childhood atopic dermatitis: Changes in barrier function provide a sensitive indicator of disease activity

    Sarah L. Chamlin;Jack Kao;Ilona J. Frieden;Mary Y. Sheu

  • Ionic calcium reservoirs in mammalian epidermis: ultrastructural localization by ion-capture cytochemistry.

    Gopinathan K. Menon;Stephen Grayson;Peter M. Elias

  • Cutaneous barrier perturbation stimulates cytokine production in the epidermis of mice.

    Ladonna C. Wood;Simon M. Jackson;Peter M. Elias;Carl Grunfeld

  • pH directly regulates epidermal permeability barrier homeostasis, and stratum corneum integrity/cohesion.

    Jean-Pierre Hachem;Debra Crumrine;Joachim Fluhr;Joachim Fluhr;Barbara E. Brown

  • Basis for the barrier abnormality in atopic dermatitis: Outside-inside-outside pathogenic mechanisms

    Peter M. Elias;Peter M. Elias;Yutaka Hatano;Yutaka Hatano;Mary L. Williams

  • Transepidermal water loss: the signal for recovery of barrier structure and function.

    Gerhard Grubauer;Peter M. Elias;Kenneth R. Feingold

  • The skin barrier as an innate immune element

    Peter M. Elias;Peter M. Elias

  • Psychological Stress Perturbs Epidermal Permeability Barrier Homeostasis: Implications for the Pathogenesis of Stress-Associated Skin Disorders

    Amit Garg;Mary-Margaret Chren;Laura P. Sands;Mary S. Matsui

  • Generation of free fatty acids from phospholipids regulates stratum corneum acidification and integrity.

    Joachim W Fluhr;Jack Kao;Mahendra Jain;Sung K Ahn

  • Human epidermal lipids: characterization and modulations during differentiation.

    M A Lampe;M L Williams;P M Elias

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth R. Feingold
Kenneth R. Feingold University of California, San Francisco
Walter M. Holleran
Walter M. Holleran University of California, San Francisco
Yoshikazu Uchida
Yoshikazu Uchida University of California, San Francisco
Debra Crumrine
Debra Crumrine University of California, San Francisco
Theodora M. Mauro
Theodora M. Mauro University of California, San Francisco
Matthias Schmuth
Matthias Schmuth Innsbruck Medical University
Barbara E. Brown
Barbara E. Brown University of California, San Francisco
Gopinathan K. Menon
Gopinathan K. Menon California Academy of Sciences
Daniel D. Bikle
Daniel D. Bikle University of California, San Francisco

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