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Ronald J. Falk is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a strong focus on several subfields including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Nephrology, Genetics, Rheumatology, and Immunology.

The scientist's work concentrates on a range of medical topics, notably:

  • Vasculitis and related conditions
  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
  • Coagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema
  • Otitis Media and Relapsing Polychondritis
  • Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Ronald J. Falk include:

  • Susan L. Hogan
  • J. Charles Jennette
  • Yichun Hu
  • Vimal K. Derebail
  • Caroline J. Poulton

Most of their publications appear in notable venues such as:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Kidney International Reports
  • American Journal of Kidney Diseases
  • Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Ronald J. Falk include:

  • 2012 Revised International Chapel Hill Consensus Conference Nomenclature of Vasculitides, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody-associated glomerulonephritis and vasculitis., 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Inaxaplin for Proteinuric Kidney Disease in Persons with Two APOL1 Variants, 2023, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Systematic Review of Safety and Efficacy of COVID-19 Vaccines in Patients With Kidney Disease, 2021, Kidney International Reports
  • ANCA-Associated Vasculitis - Refining Therapy with Plasma Exchange and Glucocorticoids, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine

Best Publications

  • Nomenclature of systemic vasculitides. Proposal of an international consensus conference

    Jc Jennette;Rj Falk;K Andrassy;Pa Bacon

  • 2012 Revised International Chapel Hill Consensus Conference Nomenclature of Vasculitides

    J. C. Jennette;R. J. Falk;P. A. Bacon;N. Basu

  • Small-Vessel Vasculitis

    John Charles Jennette;Ronald J Falk

  • Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies with specificity for myeloperoxidase in patients with systemic vasculitis and idiopathic necrotizing and crescentic glomerulonephritis

    R J Falk;J C Jennette

  • Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies induce neutrophils to degranulate and produce oxygen radicals in vitro.

    Ronald J Falk;R. S. Terrell;L. A. Charles;John Charles Jennette

  • Antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies specific for myeloperoxidase cause glomerulonephritis and vasculitis in mice

    Hong Xiao;Peter Heeringa;Peiqi Hu;Zhi Liu

  • Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis.

    Vivette D. D'Agati;Frederick J. Kaskel;Ronald J. Falk

  • Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's): an alternative name for Wegener's granulomatosis.

    Ronald J. Falk;Wolfgang L. Gross;Loïc Guillevin;Gary S. Hoffman

  • International Consensus Statement on Testing and Reporting of Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies (ANCA)

    Judy Savige;David Gillis;Elizabeth Benson;David Davies

  • Alternative complement pathway in the pathogenesis of disease mediated by anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies

    Hong Xiao;Adrian Schreiber;Peter Heeringa;Ronald J. Falk

  • Predictors of relapse and treatment resistance in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated small-vessel vasculitis

    Susan L. Hogan;Ronald J. Falk;Hyunsook Chin;Jianwen Cai

  • Clinical Course of Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibody-associated Glomerulonephritis and Systemic Vasculitis

    R J Falk;S Hogan;T S Carey;J C Jennette

  • Pathogenesis of antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody-mediated disease

    J. Charles Jennette;Ronald J. Falk

  • Prognostic markers in patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody-associated microscopic polyangiitis and glomerulonephritis.

    S L Hogan;P H Nachman;A S Wilkman;J C Jennette

  • Autoimmunity is triggered by cPR-3(105–201), a protein complementary to human autoantigen proteinase-3

    William F Pendergraft;Gloria A Preston;Ruchir R Shah;Alexander Tropsha

  • Plasmapheresis therapy for diffuse alveolar hemorrhage in patients with small-vessel vasculitis

    Philip J. Klemmer;W. Chalermskulrat;Michael S. Reif;Susan Lynn Hogan

  • Treatment response and relapse in antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody-associated microscopic polyangiitis and glomerulonephritis.

    P H Nachman;S L Hogan;J C Jennette;R J Falk

  • Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody-associated glomerulonephritis and vasculitis.

    J. C. Jennette;A. S. Wilkman;R. J. Falk

  • Antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies and associated diseases: a review.

    J. Charles Jennette;Ronald J. Falk

  • Collapsing glomerulopathy: A clinically and pathologically distinct variant of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

    Randal K. Detwiler;Ronald J. Falk;Susan L. Hogan;J. Charles Jennette

Frequent Co-Authors

J. Charles Jennette
J. Charles Jennette University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Peter Heeringa
Peter Heeringa University Medical Center Groningen
Alfred Mahr
Alfred Mahr Université Paris Cité
Gary S. Hoffman
Gary S. Hoffman Cleveland Clinic
Ulrich Specks
Ulrich Specks Mayo Clinic
Raashid Luqmani
Raashid Luqmani University of Oxford
Richard A. Watts
Richard A. Watts University of East Anglia
David Jayne
David Jayne University of Cambridge
Eric L. Matteson
Eric L. Matteson Mayo Clinic
Vivette D. D'Agati
Vivette D. D'Agati Columbia University

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