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Overview

Roderick J. Flower is a researcher affiliated with Queen Mary University of London in the United Kingdom. Their work spans several interconnected fields, focusing primarily on medical and pharmacological sciences. The scientist's research contributes to areas intersecting Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics.

The core subfields of study include Pharmacology and Biochemistry. These areas align with the scientist's detailed exploration of biochemical pathways, drug mechanisms, and molecular biology principles relevant to pharmacological applications.

Key topics addressed in their research involve inflammatory mediators and the effects of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), eicosanoids and hypertension pharmacology, as well as pharmacogenetics and drug metabolism. These topics demonstrate a focus on understanding drug actions and their genetic and biochemical underpinnings, which are crucial in developing therapeutic strategies and personalized medicine approaches.

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several peers in the field. These notable co-authors include:

  • Peter J. Barnes
  • R. Behnisch
  • A.L.A. Boura
  • Walter E. Brocklehurst
  • Richard W. Burg

Best Publications

  • Selectivity of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs as inhibitors of constitutive and inducible cyclooxygenase

    Jane A. Mitchell;Pravit Akarasereenont;Christoph Thiemermann;Roderick J. Flower

  • Arterial walls are protected against deposition of platelet thrombi by a substance (prostaglandin X) which they make from prostaglandin endoperoxides

    Ryszard J. Gryglewski;Stuart Bunting;Salvador Moncada;Roderick J. Flower

  • The importance of phospholipase-A2 in prostaglandin biosynthesis

    Roderick J. Flower;Geoffrey J. Blackwell

  • Resolvin D2 is a potent regulator of leukocytes and controls microbial sepsis

    Matthew R. Spite;Lucy V. Norling;Lucy V. Norling;Lisa Summers;Rong Yang

  • A new approach to anti-inflammatory drugs.

    Gerald A. Higgs;Roderick J. Flower;John R. Vane

  • Aberrant inflammation and resistance to glucocorticoids in Annexin 1-/- Mouse

    Robert Hannon;Jamie D. Croxtall;Stephen J. Getting;Fiorentina Roviezzo

  • Phospholipase A2 activity of guinea-pig isolated perfused lungs: stimulation, and inhibition by anti-inflammatory steroids.

    G.J. Blackwell;R.J. Flower;F.P. Nijkamp;J.R. Vane

  • Inhibition of prostaglandin biosynthesis.

    Roderick J. Flower;John R. Vane

  • Further studies on the enzymatic conversion of prostaglandin endoperoxide into prostacyclin by porcine aorta microsomes.

    John A. Salmon;Derek R. Smith;Roderick J. Flower;Salvador Moncada

  • Role of Resident Peritoneal Macrophages and Mast Cells in Chemokine Production and Neutrophil Migration in Acute Inflammation: Evidence for an Inhibitory Loop Involving Endogenous IL-10

    Maureen N. Ajuebor;Anuk M. Das;László Virág;Roderick J. Flower

  • Inhibition of phospholipase.

    Geoffrey J Blackwell;Roderick J Flower

  • The distribution and metabolism of arachidonic acid in rabbit platelets during aggregation and its modification by drugs.

    G.J. Blackwell;W.G. Duncombe;R.J. Flower;M.F. Parsons

  • Anti-Inflammatory Role of the Murine Formyl-Peptide Receptor 2: Ligand-Specific Effects on Leukocyte Responses and Experimental Inflammation

    Neil Dufton;Robert Hannon;Vincenzo Brancaleone;Jesmond Dalli

  • Ligand-specific conformational change of the G-protein-coupled receptor ALX/FPR2 determines proresolving functional responses

    Sadani N. Cooray;Thomas Gobbetti;Trinidad Montero-Melendez;Simon McArthur

  • Glucocorticoids induce the formation and release of anti-inflammatory and anti-phospholipase proteins into the peritoneal cavity of the rat.

    G.J. Blackwell;Rosa Carnuccio;M. Di Rosa;R.J. Flower

  • Mobilizing lipocortin 1 in adherent human leukocytes downregulates their transmigration.

    Mauro Perretti;Jamie D. Croxtall;Samantha K. Wheller;Nicolas J. Goulding

  • Anti-phospholipase proteins.

    M. Di Rosa;R.J. Flower;F. Hirata;L. Parente

  • Resolvin D1 Limits Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte Recruitment to Inflammatory Loci Receptor-Dependent Actions

    Lucy V. Norling;Jesmond Dalli;Roderick J. Flower;Charles N. Serhan

  • Inhibition of poly (ADP-ribose) Synthetase Attenuates Neutrophil Recruitment and Exerts Antiinflammatory Effects

    Csaba Szabó;Lina H.K. Lim;Salvatore Cuzzocrea;Stephen J. Getting

  • Annexin 1 and its bioactive peptide inhibit neutrophil-endothelium interactions under flow: indication of distinct receptor involvement

    Richard P. G. Hayhoe;Ahmad M. Kamal;Egle Solito;Roderick J. Flower

Frequent Co-Authors

Mauro Perretti
Mauro Perretti Queen Mary University of London
Egle Solito
Egle Solito Queen Mary University of London
John R. Vane
John R. Vane St Bartholomew's Hospital
Fulvio D'Acquisto
Fulvio D'Acquisto Queen Mary University of London
Jesmond Dalli
Jesmond Dalli Queen Mary University of London
Simon Yona
Simon Yona Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Giuseppe Cirino
Giuseppe Cirino University of Naples Federico II
Salvador Moncada
Salvador Moncada University of Manchester
Charles N. Serhan
Charles N. Serhan Brigham and Women's Hospital
Csaba Szabó
Csaba Szabó University of Fribourg

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