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Overview

Robert A. Clark is affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in the United States. Their research output primarily focuses on medicine, with notable engagement in multiple subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Oncology, Neurology, Immunology, and Aerospace Engineering.

The scientist has contributed to a range of topics across their work, with several fields of interest documented:

  • Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies
  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Optimism, Hope, and Well-being

Their publication record includes papers in various well-regarded scientific venues. Frequent venues where their work appears include Aging Cell, JAMA Network Open, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, and the AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum.

Recent notable papers include:

  • "Comparison of Intracranial Pressure Measurements Before and After Hypertonic Saline or Mannitol Treatment in Children With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury" (2022) published in JAMA Network Open
  • "Immunologic resilience and COVID-19 survival advantage" (2021) published in Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • "Mobilization-based transplantation of young-donor hematopoietic stem cells extends lifespan in mice" (2020) published in Aging Cell
  • "The 23 June 2016 West Virginia Flash Flood Event as Observed through Two Hydrometeorology Testbed Experiments" (2020) published in Weather and Forecasting
  • "Inpatient psychiatry unit devoted to COVID-19 patients" (2021) published in Comprehensive Psychiatry

Robert A. Clark frequently collaborates with a set of coauthors, with repeated partnerships including Sunil K. Ahuja, Grace C. Lee, Marcos I. Restrepo, Nathan Harper, and Muthu Saravanan Manoharan. These collaborations indicate ongoing research relationships across multiple topics.

Clark also has contributions to academic books, including a publication with IT Governance Publishing eBooks entitled Business Continuity and the Pandemic Threat - Learning from COVID-19 while preparing for the next pandemic, published in 2022.

Best Publications

  • The Influence of CCL3L1 Gene-Containing Segmental Duplications on HIV-1/AIDS Susceptibility

    Enrique Gonzalez;Hemant Kulkarni;Hector Bolivar;Andrea Mangano

  • The neutrophil: Function and clinical disorders

    Robert A. Clark;Seymour J. Klebanoff

  • Subcellular localization of the b-cytochrome component of the human neutrophil microbicidal oxidase: translocation during activation.

    N. Borregaard;J. M. Heiple;E. R. Simons;R. A. Clark

  • Two Novel Proteins Activate Superoxide Generation by the NADPH Oxidase NOX1

    Botond Bánfi;Robert A. Clark;Klaus Steger;Karl Heinz Krause

  • Two cytosolic neutrophil oxidase components absent in autosomal chronic granulomatous disease

    Bryan D. Volpp;William M. Nauseef;Robert A. Clark

  • Two cytosolic components of the human neutrophil respiratory burst oxidase translocate to the plasma membrane during cell activation.

    Robert A. Clark;Bryan D. Volpp;Kevin G. Leidal;William M. Nauseef

  • Cloning of a 67-kD neutrophil oxidase factor with similarity to a noncatalytic region of p60c-src.

    Thomas L. Leto;Karen J. Lomax;Bryan D. Volpp;Hiroyuki Nunoi

  • Enhanced CD4+ T-cell recovery with earlier HIV-1 antiretroviral therapy.

    Tuan D Le;Edwina J. Wright;Davey M. Smith;Weijing He

  • Nasal mast cells in perennial allergic rhinitics exhibit increased expression of the Fc epsilonRI, CD40L, IL-4, and IL-13, and can induce IgE synthesis in B cells.

    R Pawankar;M Okuda;H Yssel;K Okumura

  • The Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome: studies of lymphocytes, granulocytes, and platelets

    H. D. Ochs;S. J. Slichter;L. A. Harker;W. E. Von Behrens

  • Localisation of atopy and β subunit of high-affinity IgE receptor (Fc∈RI) on chromosome 11q

    A.J. Sandford;T. Shirakawa;M.F. Moffat;S.E. Daniels

  • Assembly of the neutrophil respiratory burst oxidase. Protein kinase C promotes cytoskeletal and membrane association of cytosolic oxidase components.

    William M. Nauseef;Bryan D. Volpp;Sally McCormick;Kevin G. Leidal

  • Neutrophil nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase assembly. Translocation of p47-phox and p67-phox requires interaction between p47-phox and cytochrome b558.

    Paul G. Heyworth;John T. Curnutte;William M. Nauseef;Bryan D. Volpp

  • Neutrophil mediated tumor cell cytotoxicity: role of the peroxidase system

    Robert A Clark;S. J. Klebanoff

  • Genealogy of the CCR5 locus and chemokine system gene variants associated with altered rates of HIV-1 disease progression

    Srinivas Mummidi;Seema S. Ahuja;Enrique Gonzalez;Enrique Gonzalez;Stephanie A. Anderson

  • Cloning of the cDNA and functional expression of the 47-kilodalton cytosolic component of human neutrophil respiratory burst oxidase.

    Bryan D. Volpp;William M. Nauseef;John E. Donelson;David R. Moser

  • Immunosuppression by activated human neutrophils. Dependence on the myeloperoxidase system.

    Aly El-Hag;R. A. Clark

  • Defective granulocyte chemotaxis in the Chediak-Higashi syndrome

    Robert A. Clark;Harry R. Kimball

  • Role of redox-regulated transcription factors in inflammation, aging and age-related diseases

    Y. Lavrovsky;Bandana Chatterjee;Robert A Clark;A. K. Roy

  • Calreticulin Functions as a Molecular Chaperone in the Biosynthesis of Myeloperoxidase

    William M. Nauseef;Sally J. McCormick;Robert A. Clark

  • IgE enhances Fc epsilon receptor I expression and IgE-dependent release of histamine and lipid mediators from human umbilical cord blood-derived mast cells: synergistic effect of IL-4 and IgE on human mast cell Fc epsilon receptor I expression and mediator release.

    Masao Yamaguchi;Koichi Sayama;Koji Yano;Chris S. Lantz

  • Granulocyte chemotaxis: an improved in vitro assay employing 51 Cr-labeled granulocytes.

    John I. Gallin;Robert A. Clark;Harry R. Kimball

  • The selective eosinophil chemotactic activity of histamine.

    R A Clark;J I Gallin;A P Kaplan

Frequent Co-Authors

William M. Nauseef
William M. Nauseef University of Iowa
Sunil K. Ahuja
Sunil K. Ahuja The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Anthony J. Valente
Anthony J. Valente The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Matthew J. Dolan
Matthew J. Dolan San Antonio Military Medical Center
Seymour J. Klebanoff
Seymour J. Klebanoff University of Washington
Vincent C. Marconi
Vincent C. Marconi Emory University
Brian K. Agan
Brian K. Agan Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Karl-Heinz Krause
Karl-Heinz Krause University of Geneva
Bysani Chandrasekar
Bysani Chandrasekar University of Missouri
Michael J. Bamshad
Michael J. Bamshad University of Washington

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