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Overview

Ratko Djukanovic is affiliated with the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a significant emphasis on pulmonary and respiratory medicine, physiology, immunology, infectious diseases, and epidemiology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to asthma and respiratory diseases, respiratory and cough-related research, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) research, IL-33, ST2, and ILC pathways, inhalation and respiratory drug delivery, COVID-19 clinical research studies, and allergic rhinitis and sensitization.

Ratko Djukanovic's recent publications include the following papers:

  • Safety and efficacy of inhaled nebulised interferon beta-1a (SNG001) for treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial, 2020, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • Gefapixant, a P2X3 receptor antagonist, for the treatment of refractory or unexplained chronic cough: a randomised, double-blind, controlled, parallel-group, phase 2b trial, 2020, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • A novel ACE2 isoform is expressed in human respiratory epithelia and is upregulated in response to interferons and RNA respiratory virus infection, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Composite type-2 biomarker strategy versus a symptom-risk-based algorithm to adjust corticosteroid dose in patients with severe asthma: a multicentre, single-blind, parallel group, randomised controlled trial, 2020, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • Sputum microbiome profiles identify severe asthma phenotypes of relative stability at 12 to 18 months, 2020, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include:

  • Kian Fan Chung (51 publications)
  • Ian M. Adcock (43 publications)
  • Peter Howarth (40 publications)
  • Christopher E. Brightling (32 publications)
  • Stephen J. Fowler (32 publications)

Their work has been published extensively in the following venues:

  • ERJ Open Research (13 publications)
  • European Respiratory Journal (12 publications)
  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (8 publications)
  • The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (7 publications)
  • Allergy (6 publications)

Ratko Djukanovic's contribution spans 229 publications in the broader field of medicine, with notable specialization in pulmonary and respiratory medicine (86 publications) and physiology (82 publications).

Best Publications

  • International ERS/ATS guidelines on definition, evaluation and treatment of severe asthma

    Kian Fan Chung;Sally E. Wenzel;Jan L. Brozek;Andrew Bush

  • Effects of an interleukin-5 blocking monoclonal antibody on eosinophils, airway hyper-responsiveness, and the late asthmatic response

    Margaret J Leckie;Anneke ten Brinke;Jamey Khan;Zuzana Diamant

  • Mucosal inflammation in asthma.

    R. Djukanović;W. R. Roche;J. W. Wilson;C. R. W. Beasley

  • Interleukin-4, -5, and -6 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha in normal and asthmatic airways: evidence for the human mast cell as a source of these cytokines.

    P Bradding;J A Roberts;K M Britten;S Montefort

  • The ENFUMOSA cross-sectional European multicentre study of the clinical phenotype of chronic severe asthma

    B Abraham;JM Anto;E Barreiro;Ehd Bel

  • Myofibroblasts and Subepithelial Fibrosis in Bronchial Asthma

    Charlotte E. P. Brewster;Peter H. Howarth;Ratko Djukanovic;John Wilson

  • Effect of an inhaled corticosteroid on airway inflammation and symptoms in asthma.

    Ratko Djukanović;John W. Wilson;Karen M. Britten;Susan J. Wilson

  • The relationship between airways inflammation and asthma severity.

    Renaud Louis;Laurie C. K. Lau;Adriaan O. Bron;Albert C. Roldaan

  • Effects of Treatment with Anti-immunoglobulin E Antibody Omalizumab on Airway Inflammation in Allergic Asthma

    Ratko Djukanović;Susan J. Wilson;Monica Kraft;Nizar N. Jarjour

  • Defective epithelial barrier function in asthma.

    Chang Xiao;Sarah M. Puddicombe;Sarah Field;Joel Haywood

  • Alveolar Tissue Inflammation in Asthma

    Monica Kraft;Ratko Djukanovic;Susan Wilson;Stephen T. Holgate

  • Physical, cognitive, and mental health impacts of COVID-19 after hospitalisation (PHOSP-COVID): a UK multicentre, prospective cohort study.

    Rachael A Evans;Hamish McAuley;Ewen M Harrison;Aarti Shikotra

  • Clinical and inflammatory characteristics of the European U-BIOPRED adult severe asthma cohort

    Dominick E. Shaw;Ana R. Sousa;Stephen J. Fowler;Louise J. Fleming

  • Management of severe asthma: a European Respiratory Society/American Thoracic Society guideline

    Fernando Holguin;Juan Carlos Cardet;Kian Fan Chung;Sarah Diver

  • Quantitation of mast cells and eosinophils in the bronchial mucosa of symptomatic atopic asthmatics and healthy control subjects using immunohistochemistry.

    Ratko Djukanović;John W. Wilson;Karen M. Britten;Susan J. Wilson

  • Transforming growth factor-beta 1 in asthma. Measurement in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid.

    Anthony E. Redington;Jacqueline Madden;Anthony J. Frew;Ratko Djukanovic

  • The role of the epidermal growth factor receptor in sustaining neutrophil inflammation in severe asthma

    L. M. Hamilton;C. Torres-Lozano;S. M. Puddicombe;A. Richter

  • Safety and efficacy of inhaled nebulised interferon beta-1a (SNG001) for treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial.

    Phillip D Monk;Richard J Marsden;Victoria J Tear;Jody Brookes

  • Standardised methodology of sputum induction and processing.

    R. Djukanovic;P. J. Sterk;J. V. Fahy;F. E. Hargreave

  • T-cell cytokine profile evaluated at the single cell level in BAL and blood in allergic asthma.

    Norbert Krug;Jacqueline Madden;Anthony E. Redington;Peter Lackie

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter H. Howarth
Peter H. Howarth University of Southampton
Ian M. Adcock
Ian M. Adcock Imperial College London
Peter J. Sterk
Peter J. Sterk University of Amsterdam
Kian Fan Chung
Kian Fan Chung Imperial College London
Stephen T. Holgate
Stephen T. Holgate University of Southampton
Susan J. Wilson
Susan J. Wilson University of Southampton
Donna E. Davies
Donna E. Davies University of Southampton
Sven-Erik Dahlén
Sven-Erik Dahlén Karolinska Institute
Norbert Krug
Norbert Krug Fraunhofer Society
Charles Auffray
Charles Auffray Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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