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Richard H. Gomer is a researcher affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their scientific work primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broader categories, they have contributed extensively to subfields such as Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Immunology, and Genetics.

Their research focuses on several key topics including Coagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema; Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis; Cellular Mechanics and Interactions; Cellular Transport and Secretion; Cell Adhesion Molecules Research; Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms; and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research.

Richard H. Gomer's recent publications illustrate their involvement in cellular and molecular mechanisms related to pulmonary and inflammatory diseases. Notable papers include:

  • Polyphosphate is an extracellular signal that can facilitate bacterial survival in eukaryotic cells, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • High-Fat Diet-Induced Adipose Tissue and Liver Inflammation and Steatosis in Mice Are Reduced by Inhibiting Sialidases, 2020, American Journal Of Pathology
  • Inhibiting Sialidase-Induced TGF-β1 Activation Attenuates Pulmonary Fibrosis in Mice, 2020, Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
  • TGF-β1 increases sialidase 3 expression in human lung epithelial cells by decreasing its degradation and upregulating its translation, 2020, Experimental Lung Research
  • The sialidase NEU3 promotes pulmonary fibrosis in mice, 2022, Respiratory Research

Frequent collaborators in their scientific endeavors include Darrell Pilling, Ramesh Rijal, Sara A. Kirolos, Tejas R. Karhadkar, and Wensheng Chen, reflecting consistent interdisciplinary teamwork across multiple projects.

The primary venues for their publications show a strong presence in both preprint and peer-reviewed biomedical literature. These include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature, PLoS ONE, Journal of Cell Science, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Identification of Markers that Distinguish Monocyte-Derived Fibrocytes from Monocytes, Macrophages, and Fibroblasts

    Darrell Pilling;Ted Fan;Donna Huang;Bhavika Kaul

  • Bone marrow-derived fibroblast precursors mediate ischemic cardiomyopathy in mice.

    Sandra B. Haudek;Ying Xia;Peter Huebener;John M. Lee

  • Inhibition of Fibrocyte Differentiation by Serum Amyloid P

    Darrell Pilling;Christopher D. Buckley;Mike Salmon;Richard H. Gomer

  • Pivotal Advance: Th-1 cytokines inhibit, and Th-2 cytokines promote fibrocyte differentiation

    Diane D. Shao;Rahul Suresh;Varsha Vakil;Richard H. Gomer

  • Developmental regulation of a dictyostelium gene encoding a protein homologous to mammalian ras protein

    Christophe D. Reymond;Richard H. Gomer;Mona C. Mehdy;Richard A. Firtel

  • Phenocopy of discoidin I-minus mutants by antisense transformation in Dictyostelium

    Thomas E. Crowley;Wolfgang Nellen;Richard H. Gomer;Richard A. Firtel

  • Reduction of bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis by serum amyloid P.

    Darrell Pilling;David Roife;Min Wang;Sanna D. Ronkainen

  • Cell-autonomous determination of cell-type choice in Dictyostelium development by cell-cycle phase

    Richard H. Gomer;Richard A. Firtel

  • Heat Shock Proteins are Methylated in Avian and Mammalian Cells

    Chung Wang;Richard H. Gomer;Elias Lazarides

  • High and Low Molecular Weight Hyaluronic Acid Differentially Regulate Human Fibrocyte Differentiation

    Anu S. Maharjan;Darrell Pilling;Richard H. Gomer

  • Multiple oscillators regulate circadian gene expression in Neurospora

    Alejandro Correa;Zachary A. Lewis;Andrew V. Greene;Irene J. March

  • Disrupted function of tumor necrosis factor-α-stimulated gene 6 blocks cumulus cell-oocyte complex expansion

    Scott A. Ochsner;Anthony J. Day;Marilyn S. Rugg;Richard M. Breyer

  • A secreted 80 × 10(3) Mr protein mediates sensing of cell density and the onset of development in Dictyostelium

    R.H. Gomer;I.S. Yuen;R.A. Firtel

  • A cell-counting factor regulating structure size in Dictyostelium.

    Debra A. Brock;Richard H. Gomer

  • A density-sensing factor controls development in Dictyostelium.

    Renu Jain;Ita S. Yuen;Carl R. Taphouse;Richard H. Gomer

  • The Discovery and Broadband Follow-up of the Transient Afterglow of GRB 980703

    J. S. Bloom;D. A. Frail;S. R. Kulkarni;S. G. Djorgovski

  • PSF and CMF, autocrine factors that regulate gene expression during growth and early development of Dictyostelium.

    M. Clarke;R. H. Gomer

  • Aggregated IgG inhibits the differentiation of human fibrocytes.

    Darrell Pilling;Nancy M. Tucker;Richard H. Gomer

  • The Discovery and Broad-band Follow-up of the Transient Afterglow of GRB 980703

    J. S. Bloom;D. A. Frail;S. R. Kulkarni;S. G. Djorgovski

  • TNF-α–stimulated fibroblasts secrete lumican to promote fibrocyte differentiation

    Darrell Pilling;Varsha Vakil;Nehemiah Cox;Richard H. Gomer;Richard H. Gomer

Frequent Co-Authors

Keith Horne
Keith Horne University of St Andrews
Richard A. Firtel
Richard A. Firtel University of California, San Diego
Deborah Bell-Pedersen
Deborah Bell-Pedersen Texas A&M University
Elias Lazarides
Elias Lazarides California Institute of Technology
David A. Knecht
David A. Knecht University of Connecticut
N. Masetti
N. Masetti National Institute for Astrophysics
Peter N. Lipke
Peter N. Lipke City University of New York
M. van der Klis
M. van der Klis University of Amsterdam
Dale A. Frail
Dale A. Frail National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Christopher D. Buckley
Christopher D. Buckley University of Oxford

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