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Overview

Rebecca S. Gruchalla is affiliated with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with specific emphasis on Physiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Immunology, and Epidemiology.

The main topics covered by their work include:

  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
  • Pediatric health and respiratory diseases
  • IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Respiratory and Cough-Related Research

They have contributed frequently to the following publication venues:

  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (23 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (3 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (3 publications)
  • The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice (2 publications)
  • The Lancet (1 publication)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Rebecca S. Gruchalla include the following:

  • Mepolizumab for urban children with exacerbation-prone eosinophilic asthma in the USA (MUPPITS-2): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group trial (2022, The Lancet)
  • Associations between outdoor air pollutants and non-viral asthma exacerbations and airway inflammatory responses in children and adolescents living in urban areas in the USA: a retrospective secondary analysis (2023, The Lancet Planetary Health)
  • Serum IL-6: A biomarker in childhood asthma? (2020, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology)
  • Enhanced Neutralizing Antibody Responses to Rhinovirus C and Age-Dependent Patterns of Infection (2020, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine)
  • Risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission in households with children with asthma and allergy: A prospective surveillance study (2022, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology)

Some of their frequent co-authors are:

  • Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey
  • Leonard B. Bacharier
  • Daniel J. Jackson
  • Meyer Kattan
  • Edward M. Zoratti

Best Publications

  • Second Symposium on the Definition and Management of Anaphylaxis: Summary Report—Second National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease/Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network Symposium

    Hugh A Sampson;Anne Muñoz-Furlong;Ronna L Campbell;N Franklin Adkinson

  • Results of a Home-Based Environmental Intervention among Urban Children with Asthma

    Wayne J. Morgan;Ellen F. Crain;Rebecca S. Gruchalla;George T. O'Connor

  • Randomized Trial of Omalizumab (Anti-IgE) for Asthma in Inner-City Children

    William W. Busse;Wayne J. Morgan;Peter J. Gergen;Herman E. Mitchell

  • Management of asthma based on exhaled nitric oxide in addition to guideline-based treatment for inner-city adolescents and young adults: a randomised controlled trial

    Stanley J Szefler;Herman Mitchell;Christine A Sorkness;Peter J Gergen

  • Symposium on the Definition and Management of Anaphylaxis: Summary report

    Hugh A. Sampson;Anne Muñoz-Furlong;S. Allan Bock;Cara Schmitt

  • Preseasonal treatment with either omalizumab or an inhaled corticosteroid boost to prevent fall asthma exacerbations.

    Stephen J. Teach;Michelle A. Gill;Alkis Togias;Christine A. Sorkness

  • Inner City Asthma Study: Relationships among sensitivity, allergen exposure, and asthma morbidity

    Rebecca S. Gruchalla;Jacqueline A Pongracic;Marshall Plaut;Richard Evans

  • Counterregulation between the FcεRI Pathway and Antiviral Responses in Human Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells

    Michelle A. Gill;Gagan Bajwa;Tiffany A. George;Caroline C. Dong

  • Acute respiratory health effects of air pollution on children with asthma in US inner cities

    George T. O'Connor;Lucas Neas;Benjamin Vaughn;Meyer Kattan

  • Effects of Omalizumab on Rhinovirus Infections, Illnesses, and Exacerbations of Asthma.

    Ann Esquivel;William W. Busse;Agustin Calatroni;Alkis G. Togias

  • Clinical Practice. Antibiotic Allergy

    Rebecca S Gruchalla;Munir Pirmohamed

  • Home and allergic characteristics of children with asthma in seven U.S. urban communities and design of an environmental intervention: the Inner-City Asthma Study.

    Ellen F Crain;Michelle Walter;George T. O'Connor;Herman Mitchell

  • Nonirritating intradermal skin test concentrations for commonly prescribed antibiotics.

    Raquel Empedrad;Amy Liebl Darter;Harry S Earl;Rebecca S Gruchalla

  • DNA methylation and childhood asthma in the inner city.

    Ivana V. Yang;Brent S. Pedersen;Andrew Liu;George T. O'Connor

  • Lack of Penicillin Resensitization in Patients With a History of Penicillin Allergy After Receiving Repeated Penicillin Courses

    Roland Solensky;Harry S. Earl;Rebecca S. Gruchalla

  • 10. Drug allergy

    Rebecca S. Gruchalla

  • Airborne fungi in the homes of children with asthma in low-income urban communities: The Inner-City Asthma Study.

    George T. O'Connor;Michelle Walter;Herman Mitchell;Meyer Kattan

  • Transcriptome networks identify mechanisms of viral and nonviral asthma exacerbations in children.

    Matthew C Altman;Matthew C Altman;Michelle A Gill;Elizabeth Whalen;Denise C Babineau

  • Mepolizumab for urban children with exacerbation-prone eosinophilic asthma in the USA (MUPPITS-2): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group trial

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  • Differential effects of outdoor versus indoor fungal spores on asthma morbidity in inner-city children

    Jacqueline A. Pongracic;George T. O'Connor;Michael L. Muilenberg;Ben Vaughn

  • Asthma phenotypes in inner-city children.

    Edward M. Zoratti;Rebecca Z. Krouse;Denise C. Babineau;Jacqueline A. Pongracic

  • The nasal methylome and childhood atopic asthma

    Ivana V. Yang;Ivana V. Yang;Brent S. Pedersen;Andrew H. Liu;George T. O'Connor

  • Cost-effectiveness of a home-based environmental intervention for inner-city children with asthma

    Meyer Kattan;Sally C. Stearns;Ellen F. Crain;James W. Stout

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew H. Liu
Andrew H. Liu University of Colorado Denver
William W. Busse
William W. Busse University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jacqueline A. Pongracic
Jacqueline A. Pongracic Lurie Children's Hospital
Peter J. Gergen
Peter J. Gergen National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Meyer Kattan
Meyer Kattan Columbia University
Carolyn M. Kercsmar
Carolyn M. Kercsmar Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey
Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Alkis Togias
Alkis Togias National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
George T. O'Connor
George T. O'Connor Boston University
Agustin Calatroni
Agustin Calatroni Rho Federal Systems (United States)

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