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Overview

Robert I. Fox is affiliated with Scripps Health in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with a focus on several related subfields including Physiology, Immunology, Rheumatology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Genetics.

Their work addresses a range of topics notably centered on Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions, Ocular Surface and Contact Lens, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research, Diabetes and associated disorders, Galectins and Cancer Biology, Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies, and the Lymphatic System and Diseases.

Key recent papers authored by Robert I. Fox include:

  • Safety and efficacy of subcutaneous ianalumab (VAY736) in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2b dose-finding trial (2021, The Lancet)
  • 2023 International Rome consensus for the nomenclature of Sjögren disease (2025, Nature Reviews Rheumatology)
  • Emerging treatment for Sjögren's disease: a review of recent phase II and III trials (2023, Expert Opinion on Emerging Drugs)
  • Shared Pathogenetic Features Between Common Variable Immunodeficiency and Sjögren's Syndrome: Clues for a Personalized Medicine (2021, Frontiers in Immunology)
  • Rethinking Sjögren Beyond Inflammation: Considering the Role of Nerves in Driving Disease Manifestations (2024, Eye & Contact Lens Science & Clinical Practice)

Their research has been disseminated in various publication venues, including:

  • The Lancet
  • Nature Reviews Rheumatology
  • Expert Opinion on Emerging Drugs
  • Eye & Contact Lens Science & Clinical Practice
  • The Ocular Surface

Robert I. Fox has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, with multiple joint publications alongside Xavier Mariette, Salvatore De Vita, Simon Bowman, Thomas Dörner, and Benjamin A. Fisher.

Best Publications

  • Classification criteria for Sjögren's syndrome: a revised version of the European criteria proposed by the American-European Consensus Group

    C Vitali;S Bombardieri;R Jonsson;H M Moutsopoulos

  • A trial of etanercept, a recombinant tumor necrosis factor receptor:Fc fusion protein, in patients with rheumatoid arthritis receiving methotrexate.

    Michael E. Weinblatt;Joel M. Kremer;Arthur D. Bankhurst;Ken J. Bulpitt

  • Sjögren's syndrome

    Robert I Fox

  • Treatment of Active Rheumatoid Arthritis With Leflunomide Compared With Placebo and Methotrexate

    Vibeke Strand;Stanley Cohen;Michael Schiff;Arthur Weaver

  • Broadly neutralizing antibodies protect against hepatitis C virus quasispecies challenge

    Mansun Law;Toshiaki Maruyama;Jamie Lewis;Erick Giang

  • Cytokine mRNA expression in salivary gland biopsies of Sjögren's syndrome.

    R. I. Fox;Ho-Il Kang;D. Ando;J. Abrams

  • Mechanism of action of hydroxychloroquine as an antirheumatic drug

    Robert I. Fox

  • Sjogren’s syndrome:

    Robert I Fox;Paul Michelson;Carlos A Casiano;Joichiro Hayashi

  • Primary Sjogren syndrome: clinical and immunopathologic features

    Robert I. Fox;Francis V. Howell;Robert C. Bone;Paul E. Michelson

  • Studies of a human T lymphocyte antigen recognized by a monoclonal antibody

    E G Engleman;R Warnke;R I Fox;J Dilley

  • Immunohistologic analysis of lymphoid infiltrates in primary Sjogren's syndrome using monoclonal antibodies.

    T C Adamson;R I Fox;D M Frisman;F V Howell

  • Beneficial Effect of Artificial Tears Made with Autologous Serum in Patients with Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca

    Robert I. Fox;Raymond Chan;Joseph B. Michelson;Jonathan B. Belmont

  • Two-year, blinded, randomized, controlled trial of treatment of active rheumatoid arthritis with leflunomide compared with methotrexate

    Stanley Cohen;Grant W. Cannon;Michael Schiff;Arthur Weaver

  • Mechanism of action for leflunomide in rheumatoid arthritis.

    Robert I. Fox;Matthias L. Herrmann;Costakis G. Frangou;Geoffrey M. Wahl

  • A distinct endothelial cell recognition system that controls lymphocyte traffic into inflamed synovium.

    S Jalkanen;AC Steere;RI Fox;EC Butcher

  • Update in Sjögren syndrome.

    Robert I. Fox;Michael Stern;Paul Michelson

  • Studies of a human T lymphocyte antigen recognized by a monoclonal antibody.

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  • Pathogenesis of Sjögren's syndrome.

    Robert I. Fox;Ho-Il Kang

  • Detection of Epstein-Barr virus-associated antigens and DNA in salivary gland biopsies from patients with Sjogren's syndrome.

    R I Fox;G Pearson;J H Vaughan

  • Synovial fluid lymphocytes differ from peripheral blood lymphocytes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

    R I Fox;S Fong;N Sabharwal;S A Carstens

  • A human thymus-leukemia antigen defined by hybridoma monoclonal antibodies

    Ronald Levy;Jeanette Dilley;Robert I. Fox;Roger Warnke

Frequent Co-Authors

Dennis A. Carson
Dennis A. Carson University of California, San Diego
John H. Vaughan
John H. Vaughan Scripps Health
Thomas J. Kipps
Thomas J. Kipps University of California, San Diego
Michael E. Stern
Michael E. Stern University of Cologne
Gregg J. Silverman
Gregg J. Silverman New York University
Dennis R. Burton
Dennis R. Burton Scripps Research Institute
Edward K. L. Chan
Edward K. L. Chan University of Florida
Irving L. Weissman
Irving L. Weissman Stanford University
Stephen C. Pflugfelder
Stephen C. Pflugfelder Baylor College of Medicine
Ian M. Jones
Ian M. Jones University of Reading

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