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Citations
11486
World Ranking
14420
National Ranking
6072

Overview

R. Clinton Webb is affiliated with Augusta University in the United States and has conducted extensive research within the field of Medicine, focusing notably on Physiology, Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Immunology, and Behavioral Neuroscience.

Their research topics cover a diverse range of subjects including:

  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Eicosanoids and Hypertension Pharmacology
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects
  • Thermoregulation and physiological responses
  • Sexual function and dysfunction studies
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Hypertension
  • Physiology
  • American Journal of Hypertension
  • Frontiers in Physiology
  • The FASEB Journal

R. Clinton Webb has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, among them:

  • Fernanda Priviero
  • Camilla F. Wenceslau
  • Olufunke Arishe
  • Cameron G. McCarthy
  • Laena Pernomian

Notable recent publications include:

  • Hypertension and COVID-19, 2020, American Journal of Hypertension
  • New insights into RhoA/Rho-kinase signaling: a key regulator of vascular contraction, 2020, Small GTPases
  • A Cytokine/Bradykinin Storm Comparison: What Is the Relationship Between Hypertension and COVID-19?, 2020, American Journal of Hypertension
  • Vascular Dysfunction in Diabetes and Obesity: Focus on TRP Channels, 2021, Frontiers in Physiology
  • A new storm on the horizon in COVID-19: Bradykinin-induced vascular complications, 2021, Vascular Pharmacology

Best Publications

  • Heme oxygenase-1 protects against vascular constriction and proliferation.

    Henricus J. Duckers;Manfred Boehm;Andrea L. True;Shaw Fang Yet

  • SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION AND RELAXATION

    R. Clinton Webb

  • NADH/NADPH Oxidase and Enhanced Superoxide Production in the Mineralocorticoid Hypertensive Rat

    Richard A. Beswick;Anne M. Dorrance;Romulo Leite;R. Clinton Webb

  • Activation of Rho/Rho kinase signaling pathway by reactive oxygen species in rat aorta

    Liming Jin;Zhekang Ying;R. Clinton Webb

  • Long-term antioxidant administration attenuates mineralocorticoid hypertension and renal inflammatory response.

    Richard A. Beswick;Richard A. Beswick;Hanfang Zhang;Dawnyetta Marable;John D. Catravas

  • Toll-like receptor 4 contributes to blood pressure regulation and vascular contraction in spontaneously hypertensive rats

    Gisele F. Bomfim;Gisele F. Bomfim;Rosangela A. Dos Santos;Maria Aparecida Oliveira;Fernanda R. Giachini

  • Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Signaling Mechanisms for Contraction to Angiotensin II and Endothelin-1

    Brandi M. Wynne;Chin Wei Chiao;R. Clinton Webb

  • Toll-like receptors and damage-associated molecular patterns: novel links between inflammation and hypertension.

    Cameron G. McCarthy;Styliani Goulopoulou;Camilla F. Wenceslau;Kathryn Spitler

  • Circulating mitochondrial DNA and Toll-like receptor 9 are associated with vascular dysfunction in spontaneously hypertensive rats

    Cameron G. McCarthy;Camilla F. Wenceslau;Styliani Goulopoulou;Safia Ogbi

  • RhoA/Rho-kinase and vascular diseases: what is the link?

    Kenia Pedrosa Nunes;Christine S. Rigsby;R. Clinton Webb

  • Hypertension and RhoA/Rho-Kinase Signaling in the Vasculature. Highlights From the Recent Literature

    Dexter L. Lee;R. Clinton Webb;Liming Jin

  • Thyroid hormone stimulates NO production via activation of the PI3K/Akt pathway in vascular myocytes

    Maria Alícia Carrillo-Sepúlveda;Maria Alícia Carrillo-Sepúlveda;Graziela S. Ceravolo;Zuleica Bruno Fortes;Maria Helena Carvalho

  • New insights into hypertension-associated erectile dysfunction.

    Kenia Pedrosa Nunes;Hicham Labazi;R. Clinton Webb

  • Mitochondrial damage-associated molecular patterns and vascular function.

    Camilla Ferreira Wenceslau;Cameron G. McCarthy;Theodora Szasz;Kathryn Spitler

  • Spironolactone reduces cerebral infarct size and EGF-receptor mRNA in stroke-prone rats.

    Anne M. Dorrance;Heather L. Osborn;Roger Grekin;R. Clinton Webb

  • Molecular aspects of arterial smooth muscle contraction: focus on Rho.

    Rob H. P. Hilgers;R. Clinton Webb

  • Increased RhoA/Rho-Kinase Signaling Mediates Spontaneous Tone in Aorta from Angiotensin II-Induced Hypertensive Rats

    Liming Jin;Zhekang Ying;Rob H. P. Hilgers;Jia Yin

  • Toll-like receptor 9 activation: a novel mechanism linking placenta-derived mitochondrial DNA and vascular dysfunction in pre-eclampsia

    Styliani Goulopoulou;Takayuki Matsumoto;Gisele F. Bomfim;R. Clinton Webb

  • Effect of Rho-kinase inhibition on vasoconstriction in the penile circulation.

    Thomas M. Mills;Kanchan Chitaley;Christopher J. Wingard;Ronald W. Lewis

  • Nitric oxide inhibits RhoA/Rho-kinase signaling to cause penile erection

    Thomas M. Mills;Kanchan Chitaley;Ronald W. Lewis;R.Clinton Webb

Frequent Co-Authors

Adviye Ergul
Adviye Ergul Medical University of South Carolina
Ruth B. Caldwell
Ruth B. Caldwell Augusta University
Arthur L. Burnett
Arthur L. Burnett Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
John D. Imig
John D. Imig Medical College of Wisconsin
Michael K. Richardson
Michael K. Richardson Leiden University
Kwen-Tay Luh
Kwen-Tay Luh National Taiwan University
Ih-Jen Su
Ih-Jen Su National Health Research Institutes
Kuan-Teh Jeang
Kuan-Teh Jeang National Institutes of Health
Catherine Tamalet
Catherine Tamalet Aix-Marseille University
Rhian M. Touyz
Rhian M. Touyz McGill University Health Centre

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