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Overview

Philip J. Thompson is affiliated with the University of Western Australia in Australia and has contributed research primarily within the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Physiology, Immunology and Allergy, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

Their research focuses largely on topics related to respiratory diseases and conditions. Key areas include:

  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Respiratory and cough-related research
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) research
  • Genetic associations and epidemiology
  • RNA research and splicing
  • Interstitial lung diseases and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
  • Cytokine signaling pathways and interactions

Recent publications by Philip J. Thompson include:

  • Rare variant analysis in eczema identifies exonic variants in DUSP1, NOTCH4 and SLC9A4 (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Characterisation of the Australian Adult Population Living with Asthma: Severe - Exacerbation Frequency, Long-Term OCS Use and Adverse Effects (2022, Pragmatic and Observational Research)
  • Effect of chronic mucus hypersecretion on treatment responses to inhaled therapies in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Post hoc analysis of the IMPACT trial (2022, Respirology)
  • Reduced SOCS1 Expression in Lung Fibroblasts from Patients with IPF Is Not Mediated by Promoter Methylation or Mir155 (2021, Biomedicines)
  • Emerging Treatment Options for Peanut Allergy (2024, Preprints.org)

Frequent co-authors working alongside Philip J. Thompson include:

  • Travis Satnarine
  • Alana Xavier de Almeida
  • Malaika Woody
  • Krisia Banegas Carballo
  • Deborah Chan

Their research is often published in venues such as Nature Communications, Biomedicines, Pragmatic and Observational Research, Respirology, and Preprints.org. These journals correspond to the scientist's primary fields of study and subject areas related to respiratory and molecular medicine.

Best Publications

  • Oral Glucocorticoid-Sparing Effect of Mepolizumab in Eosinophilic Asthma

    Elisabeth H. Bel;Sally E. Wenzel;Philip J. Thompson;Charlene M. Prazma

  • Der p 1 facilitates transepithelial allergen delivery by disruption of tight junctions

    Hong Wan;Helen L. Winton;Christian Soeller;Euan R. Tovey

  • Sequence variants affecting eosinophil numbers associate with asthma and myocardial infarction.

    Daniel F Gudbjartsson;Unnur S Bjornsdottir;Unnur S Bjornsdottir;Eva Halapi;Anna Helgadottir

  • Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of 21,000 cases and 95,000 controls identifies new risk loci for atopic dermatitis

    Lavinia Paternoster;Marie Standl;Johannes Waage;Hansjoerg Baurecht

  • Association Between Telomere Length and Risk of Cancer and Non-Neoplastic Diseases A Mendelian Randomization Study

    Philip C Haycock;Stephen Burgess;Aayah Nounu

  • Shared genetic origin of asthma, hay fever and eczema elucidates allergic disease biology

    Manuel A. Ferreira;Judith M. Vonk;Hansjörg Baurecht;Ingo Marenholz;Ingo Marenholz

  • Multiancestry association study identifies new asthma risk loci that colocalize with immune-cell enhancer marks

    Florence Demenais;Florence Demenais;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Kathleen C. Barnes;William O.C. Cookson

  • House Dust Mite Allergens Induce Proinflammatory Cytokines from Respiratory Epithelial Cells: The Cysteine Protease Allergen, Der p 1, Activates Protease-Activated Receptor (PAR)-2 and Inactivates PAR-1

    Nithiananthan Asokananthan;Peter T. Graham;David J. Stewart;Anthony J. Bakker

  • Activation of Protease-Activated Receptor (PAR)-1, PAR-2, and PAR-4 Stimulates IL-6, IL-8, and Prostaglandin E2 Release from Human Respiratory Epithelial Cells

    Nithiananthan Asokananthan;Peter T. Graham;Joshua Fink;Darryl A. Knight

  • Identification of IL6R and chromosome 11q13.5 as risk loci for asthma

    Manuel A Ferreira;Melanie C Matheson;David L Duffy;Guy B Marks

  • Six minute walk distance in healthy subjects aged 55-75 years

    Bernadine Camarri;Peter R. Eastwood;Peter R. Eastwood;Peter R. Eastwood;Nola M. Cecins;Nola M. Cecins;Philip J. Thompson

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies three new risk loci for atopic dermatitis.

    Lavinia Paternoster;Marie Standl;Chih-Mei Chen;Adaikalavan Ramasamy

  • Adherence to statin treatment and readmission of patients after myocardial infarction: a six year follow up study

    L Wei;J Wang;P Thompson;S Wong

  • Protease-activated receptors in human airways: upregulation of PAR-2 in respiratory epithelium from patients with asthma.

    Darryl A. Knight;Sam Lim;Amelia K. Scaffidi;Nicholai Roche

  • The transmembrane protein occludin of epithelial tight junctions is a functional target for serine peptidases from faecal pellets of Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus.

    H. Wan;H. L. Winton;C. Soeller;G. W. Taylor

  • Genome-Wide Association Studies of Asthma in Population-Based Cohorts Confirm Known and Suggested Loci and Identify an Additional Association near HLA

    Adaikalavan Ramasamy;Mikko Kuokkanen;Sailaja Vedantam;Sailaja Vedantam;Zofia K Z Gajdos;Zofia K Z Gajdos

  • Inhaled, dual release liposomal ciprofloxacin in non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis (ORBIT-2): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

    David J Serisier;Diana Bilton;Anthony De Soyza;Philip J Thompson

  • Effects of fluoxetine on functional outcomes after acute stroke (FOCUS): a pragmatic, double-blind, randomised, controlled trial

    Martin Dennis;Gillian Mead;John Forbes;Catriona Graham

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies ten loci influencing allergic sensitization

    Klaus Bønnelykke;Melanie C Matheson;Tune Hannes Pers;Raquel Granell

  • Augmentation of Permeability in the Bronchial Epithelium by the House Dust Mite Allergen Der p1

    Carolyn A. Herbert;Cecile M. King;Patrick C. Ring;Stephen T. Holgate

  • Multiancestry association study identifies new asthma risk loci that colocalize with immune-cell enhancer marks

    Florence Demenais;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Kathleen C. Barnes;William O. C. Cookson

Frequent Co-Authors

Darryl A. Knight
Darryl A. Knight University of Newcastle Australia
Manuel A. R. Ferreira
Manuel A. R. Ferreira QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
David L. Duffy
David L. Duffy QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Melanie C. Matheson
Melanie C. Matheson University of Melbourne
Joel N. Hirschhorn
Joel N. Hirschhorn Boston Children's Hospital
Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Patrick G. Holt
Patrick G. Holt University of Western Australia
Alan James
Alan James Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin Imperial College London
Grant W. Montgomery
Grant W. Montgomery University of Queensland

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