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  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Richard L. Simmons is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research spans several fields, primarily within Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with specialization in subfields such as Immunology, Surgery, Oncology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist's work covers multiple research topics, including:

  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment

Selected publications by Richard L. Simmons include:

  • Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Promote T Cell Exhaustion in the Tumor Microenvironment, 2021, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Association Between Preoperative Metformin Exposure and Postoperative Outcomes in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes, 2020, JAMA Surgery
  • Neutrophil Extracellular Traps (NETs) in Cancer Metastasis, 2021, Cancers
  • Long-Term Surgical Complications After Pancreatoduodenectomy: Incidence, Outcomes, and Risk Factors, 2020, Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
  • Hepatic Surgical Stress Promotes Systemic Immunothrombosis That Results in Distant Organ Injury, 2020, Frontiers in Immunology

Frequent coauthors with whom Richard L. Simmons has collaborated include:

  • Hamza O. Yazdani (10 joint publications)
  • Samer Tohme (6 joint publications)
  • Christof Kaltenmeier (5 joint publications)
  • David A. Geller (5 joint publications)
  • Mazen S. Zenati (5 joint publications)

The scientist publishes often in venues such as:

  • Research Square (3 publications)
  • Frontiers in Immunology (2 publications)
  • Clinical Transplantation (2 publications)
  • Cancers (1 publication)
  • JAMA Surgery (1 publication)

Richard L. Simmons has been recognized as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Negative inotropic effects of cytokines on the heart mediated by nitric oxide

    Mitchell S. Finkel;Carmine V. Oddis;Timothy D. Jacob;Simon C. Watkins

  • Chemotaxis under agarose: a new and simple method for measuring chemotaxis and spontaneous migration of human polymorphonuclear leukocytes and monocytes.

    Robert D. Nelson;Paul G. Quie;Richard L. Simmons

  • Virus-associated hemophagocytic syndrome: a benign histiocytic proliferation distinct from malignant histiocytosis.

    Robert J. Risdall;Robert W. McKenna;Mark E. Nesbit;William Krivit

  • Molecular cloning and expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase from human hepatocytes.

    D A Geller;C J Lowenstein;R A Shapiro;A K Nussler

  • Cytokines, endotoxin, and glucocorticoids regulate the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase in hepatocytes.

    D A Geller;A K Nussler;M Di Silvio;C J Lowenstein

  • Fulminant Clostridium difficile: An underappreciated and increasing cause of death and complications

    Ramsey M. Dallal;Brian G. Harbrecht;Arthur J. Boujoukas;Carl A. Sirio

  • Nitrogen oxide levels in patients after trauma and during sepsis.

    Juan B. Ochoa;Anthony O. Udekwu;Timothy R. Billiar;Ronald D. Curran

  • Surgical manipulation of the gut elicits an intestinal muscularis inflammatory response resulting in postsurgical ileus

    Jörg C. Kalff;Wolfgang H. Schraut;Richard L. Simmons;Anthony J. Bauer

  • A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of oral acyclovir for the prevention of cytomegalovirus disease in recipients of renal allografts

    Henry H. Balfour;Beverly A. Chace;Jack T. Stapleton;Richard L. Simmons

  • Epstein-Barr virus-induced B-cell lymphoma after renal transplantation: acyclovir therapy and transition from polyclonal to monoclonal B-cell proliferation.

    D. W. Hanto;G. Frizzera;K. J. Gajl-Peczalska;K. Sakamoto

  • Articular chondrocytes synthesize nitric oxide in response to cytokines and lipopolysaccharide.

    J Stadler;M Stefanovic-Racic;T R Billiar;R D Curran

  • Surgery for Cancer: A Trigger for Metastases

    Samer Tohme;Richard L Simmons;Allan Tsung

  • Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Promote the Development and Progression of Liver Metastases after Surgical Stress

    Samer Tohme;Hamza O. Yazdani;Ahmed B. Al-Khafaji;Alexis P. Chidi

  • Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) induced polyclonal and monoclonal B-cell lymphoproliferative diseases occurring after renal transplantation. Clinical, pathologic, and virologic findings and implications for therapy.

    Douglas W. Hanto;Kazimiera J. Gajl-peczalska;Glauco Frizzera;Diane C. Arthur

  • Hepatocytes produce nitrogen oxides from L-arginine in response to inflammatory products of Kupffer cells.

    R D Curran;T R Billiar;D J Stuehr;K Hofmann

  • Clinical Spectrum of Lymphoproliferative Disorders in Renal Transplant Recipients and Evidence for the Role of Epstein-Barr Virus

    Douglas W. Hanto;Glauco Frizzera;David T. Purtilo;Kiyoshi Sakamoto

  • Epstein-Barr virus, immunodeficiency, and B cell lymphoproliferation.

    Douglas W. Hanto;Glauco Frizzera;Kazimiera J. Gajl-Peczalska;Richard L. Simmons

  • Use of medical emergency team responses to reduce hospital cardiopulmonary arrests

    M A DeVita;R S Braithwaite;R Mahidhara;S Stuart

  • Effect of exogenous and endogenous nitric oxide on mitochondrial respiration of rat hepatocytes.

    J. Stadler;T. R. Billiar;R. D. Curran;D. J. Stuehr

  • Stimulation of the nitric oxide synthase pathway in human hepatocytes by cytokines and endotoxin.

    A K Nussler;M Di Silvio;T R Billiar;R A Hoffman

Frequent Co-Authors

John S. Najarian
John S. Najarian University of Minnesota
David E.R. Sutherland
David E.R. Sutherland University of Minnesota
Timothy R. Billiar
Timothy R. Billiar University of Pittsburgh
Michael West
Michael West Duke University
Nancy L. Ascher
Nancy L. Ascher University of California, San Francisco
Paul S. Russell
Paul S. Russell Harvard University
Phillip K. Peterson
Phillip K. Peterson University of Minnesota
Arthur J. Matas
Arthur J. Matas University of Minnesota
Thomas E. Starzl
Thomas E. Starzl University of Pittsburgh
Frank B. Cerra
Frank B. Cerra University of Minnesota

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