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Overview

Roger Lauener is affiliated with the Children's Hospital of Eastern Switzerland St. Gallen in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans medicine with notable contributions across several subfields including physiology, dermatology, immunology and allergy, molecular biology, and emergency medical services.

The research topics Lauener focuses on include:

  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Dermatology and Skin Diseases
  • Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
  • Pediatric health and respiratory diseases
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Child and Adolescent Health
  • Probiotics and Fermented Foods

Lauener has authored publications in a variety of venues, prominently including:

  • Allergy
  • Nutrients
  • Swiss Medical Weekly
  • Clinical & Experimental Allergy
  • Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde

A selection of recent papers illustrates the scope of their work:

  • Maturation of the gut microbiome during the first year of life contributes to the protective farm effect on childhood asthma, 2020, Nature Medicine
  • Initial butyrate producers during infant gut microbiota development are endospore formers, 2020, Environmental Microbiology
  • Bifidobacterium Species Colonization in Infancy: A Global Cross-Sectional Comparison by Population History of Breastfeeding, 2022, Nutrients
  • Systematic review of the association between short-chain fatty acids and allergic diseases, 2024, Allergy
  • Unraveling the complexity of atopic dermatitis: The CK-CARE approach toward precision medicine, 2020, Allergy

Lauener frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Caroline Roduit
  • Remo Frei
  • Josef Riedler
  • Erika von Mutius
  • Amandine Divaret-Chauveau

Best Publications

  • Environmental exposure to endotoxin and its relation to asthma in school-age children.

    Charlotte Braun-Fahrländer;Josef Riedler;Udo Herz;Waltraud Eder

  • Prenatal farm exposure is related to the expression of receptors of the innate immunity and to atopic sensitization in school-age children.

    Markus Johannes Ege;Christian Bieli;Remo Frei;Robert Theodoor van Strien

  • Cellular and molecular immunologic mechanisms in patients with atopic dermatitis

    Thomas Werfel;Jean-Pierre Allam;Tilo Biedermann;Kilian Eyerich

  • The many faces of the hygiene hypothesis.

    Bianca Schaub;Roger Lauener;Erika von Mutius

  • High levels of butyrate and propionate in early life are associated with protection against atopy.

    Caroline Roduit;Remo Frei;Ruth Ferstl;Susanne Loeliger

  • Expression of CD14 and Toll-like receptor 2 in farmers' and nonfarmers' children

    Roger P Lauener;Thomas Birchler;Jill Adamski;Charlotte Braun-Fahrländer

  • Regulatory T cells and immune regulation of allergic diseases: roles of IL-10 and TGF-β.

    O Palomares;M Martín-Fontecha;R Lauener;C Traidl-Hoffmann

  • Not all farming environments protect against the development of asthma and wheeze in children

    Markus Johannes Ege;Remo Frei;Christian Bieli;Dieneke Schram-Bijkerk

  • Inverse association of farm milk consumption with asthma and allergy in rural and suburban populations across Europe.

    M. Waser;K. B. Michels;C. Bieli;H. Flöistrup

  • Expression and regulation of Toll-like receptor 2 in rheumatoid arthritis synovium.

    Reinhart Seibl;Thomas Birchler;Susanne Loeliger;Johann Peter Hossle

  • Maturation of the gut microbiome during the first year of life contributes to the protective farm effect on childhood asthma.

    Martin Depner;Diana Hazard Taft;Pirkka V. Kirjavainen;Pirkka V. Kirjavainen

  • Clinical phenotypes and endophenotypes of atopic dermatitis: Where are we, and where should we go?

    Thomas Bieber;Thomas Bieber;Angelo M. D'Erme;Cezmi A. Akdis;Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann

  • Chemokine Secretion of Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts Stimulated by Toll-Like Receptor 2 Ligands

    Matthias Pierer;Janine Rethage;Reinhart Seibl;Roger Lauener

  • Increased food diversity in the first year of life is inversely associated with allergic diseases

    Caroline Roduit;Remo Frei;Martin Depner;Bianca Schaub

  • Phenotypes of Atopic Dermatitis Depending on the Timing of Onset and Progression in Childhood

    Caroline Roduit;Remo Frei;Martin Depner;Anne M Karvonen

  • Research needs in allergy: an EAACI position paper, in collaboration with EFA

    Nikolaos G Papadopoulos;Ioana Agache;Sevim Bavbek;Beatrice M Bilo

  • Human Toll-like receptor 2 mediates induction of the antimicrobial peptide human beta-defensin 2 in response to bacterial lipoprotein.

    Thomas Birchler;Reinhart Seibl;Katja Büchner;Susanne Loeliger

  • Increased regulatory T-cell numbers are associated with farm milk exposure and lower atopic sensitization and asthma in childhood

    Anna Lluis;Martin Depner;Beatrice Gaugler;Philippe Saas

  • Clinical and epidemiologic phenotypes of childhood asthma.

    Martin Depner;Oliver Fuchs;Jon Genuneit;Anne M. Karvonen

  • Bacterial peptidoglycans but not CpG oligodeoxynucleotides activate synovial fibroblasts by toll-like receptor signaling.

    Diego Kyburz;Janine Rethage;Reinhart Seibl;Roger Lauener

  • High levels of butyrate and propionate in early life are associated with protection against atopy

    Caroline Roduit;Remo Frei;Ruth Ferstl;Susanne Loeliger

Frequent Co-Authors

Juha Pekkanen
Juha Pekkanen University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Charlotte Braun-Fahrländer
Charlotte Braun-Fahrländer University of Basel
Erika von Mutius
Erika von Mutius Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Jon Genuneit
Jon Genuneit Leipzig University
Markus Ege
Markus Ege Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Michael Kabesch
Michael Kabesch St. Hedwig-Krankenhaus
Harald Renz
Harald Renz Philipp University of Marburg
Cezmi A. Akdis
Cezmi A. Akdis University of Zurich
Outi Vaarala
Outi Vaarala University of Helsinki
Liam O'Mahony
Liam O'Mahony University College Cork

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