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Siobhan O. Burns is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom and focuses on research primarily within medicine, immunology and microbiology, and biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology. Their work spans several subfields including immunology, genetics, infectious diseases, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and epidemiology.

The scientist's main research topics include immunodeficiency and autoimmune disorders, blood disorders and treatments, COVID-19 clinical research studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, cystic fibrosis research advances, Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment, and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Siobhan O. Burns include:

  • David M. Lowe
  • Emma Morris
  • Sarita Workman
  • Susan Tadros
  • Claire Booth

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, most notably:

  • Journal of Clinical Immunology (16 publications)
  • Frontiers in Immunology (14 publications)
  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (11 publications)
  • Blood (7 publications)
  • Clinical & Experimental Immunology (3 publications)

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Burns are:

  • "Whole-genome sequencing of patients with rare diseases in a national health system" (2020, Nature)
  • "COVID-19 in patients with primary and secondary immunodeficiency: The United Kingdom experience" (2020, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology)
  • "Whole-genome sequencing of a sporadic primary immunodeficiency cohort" (2020, Nature)
  • "Characterization of the clinical and immunologic phenotype and management of 157 individuals with 56 distinct heterozygous NFKB1 mutations" (2020, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology)
  • "Human germline heterozygous gain-of-function STAT6 variants cause severe allergic disease" (2023, The Journal of Experimental Medicine)

The research contributions of Siobhan O. Burns encompass the application of genomic techniques, clinical immunology, and genetic analysis to better understand rare diseases, primary immunodeficiencies, and allergic conditions. This work often intersects with studies on COVID-19 and related immunological complications within the United Kingdom healthcare context.

Best Publications

  • A robust model for read count data in exome sequencing experiments and implications for copy number variant calling

    Vincent Plagnol;James Curtis;Michael Epstein;Kin Y. Mok

  • Clinical spectrum and features of activated phosphoinositide 3-kinase δ syndrome: A large patient cohort study.

    Tanya I Coulter;Anita Chandra;Chris M Bacon;Judith Babar

  • WASP: a key immunological multitasker

    Adrian J. Thrasher;Siobhan O. Burns;Siobhan O. Burns

  • Whole-genome sequencing of patients with rare diseases in a national health system

    Ernest Turro;William J Astle;Karyn Megy;Stefan Graf

  • Configuration of human dendritic cell cytoskeleton by Rho GTPases, the WAS protein, and differentiation.

    Siobhan Burns;Adrian J. Thrasher;Michael P. Blundell;Laura Machesky

  • The extended phenotype of LPS-responsive beige-like anchor protein (LRBA) deficiency

    Laura Gámez-Díaz;Dietrich August;Polina Stepensky;Shoshana Revel-Vilk

  • Two novel activating mutations in the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein result in congenital neutropenia

    Phil J. Ancliff;Michael P. Blundell;Giles O. Cory;Yolanda Calle

  • Whole-genome sequencing of a sporadic primary immunodeficiency cohort

    Thaventhiran Jed.;H Lango Allen;O S Burren;W Rae

  • X-linked thrombocytopenia (XLT) due to WAS mutations: Clinical characteristics, long-term outcome, and treatment options

    Michael H. Albert;Tanja C. Bittner;Shigeaki Nonoyama;Lucia Dora Notarangelo

  • Loss-of-function nuclear factor κB subunit 1 (NFKB1) variants are the most common monogenic cause of common variable immunodeficiency in Europeans

    Paul Tuijnenburg;Hana Lango Allen;Hana Lango Allen;Siobhan O. Burns;Daniel Greene;Daniel Greene

  • COVID-19 in patients with primary and secondary immunodeficiency: The United Kingdom experience.

    Adrian M. Shields;Siobhan O. Burns;Siobhan O. Burns;Sinisa Savic;Alex G. Richter

  • Maturation of DC is associated with changes in motile characteristics and adherence.

    Siobhan Burns;Siobhan Burns;Siobhan Burns;Samantha J. Hardy;Joanna Buddle;Kwee L. Yong

  • Disease Evolution and Response to Rapamycin in Activated Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase δ Syndrome: The European Society for Immunodeficiencies-Activated Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase δ Syndrome Registry

    Maria Elena Maccari;Hassan Abolhassani;Hassan Abolhassani;Asghar Aghamohammadi;Alessandro Aiuti

  • British Lung Foundation/United Kingdom Primary Immunodeficiency Network Consensus Statement on the Definition, Diagnosis, and Management of Granulomatous-Lymphocytic Interstitial Lung Disease in Common Variable Immunodeficiency Disorders

    John R. Hurst;Nisha Verma;David Lowe;Helen E. Baxendale

  • Mechanisms of WASp-mediated hematologic and immunologic disease

    Siobhan Burns;Giles O. Cory;William Vainchenker;Adrian J. Thrasher

  • The leukocyte podosome.

    Yolanda Calle;Siobhan Burns;Adrian J. Thrasher;Gareth E. Jones

  • WIP Regulates the Stability and Localization of WASP to Podosomes in Migrating Dendritic Cells

    Hsiu-Chuan Chou;Inés M. Antón;Mark R. Holt;Claudia Curcio

  • Immune deficiency and autoimmunity in patients with CTLA-4 (CD152) mutations

    Nisha Verma;Siobhan O Burns;Lucy Sk Walker;David M Sansom

  • Wiskott–Aldrich Syndrome: Immunodeficiency resulting from defective cell migration and impaired immunostimulatory activation

    Gerben Bouma;Siobhan O. Burns;Siobhan O. Burns;Adrian J. Thrasher;Adrian J. Thrasher

  • B cell–intrinsic deficiency of the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASp) causes severe abnormalities of the peripheral B-cell compartment in mice

    Mike Recher;Siobhan O. Burns;Miguel A. de la Fuente;Miguel A. de la Fuente;Stefano Volpi

Frequent Co-Authors

Adrian J. Thrasher
Adrian J. Thrasher University College London
Austen Worth
Austen Worth Great Ormond Street Hospital
Emma Morris
Emma Morris University College London
Kimberly Gilmour
Kimberly Gilmour Great Ormond Street Hospital
Bodo Grimbacher
Bodo Grimbacher University of Freiburg
Sinisa Savic
Sinisa Savic University of Leeds
Andrew R. Gennery
Andrew R. Gennery Newcastle University
Rainer Doffinger
Rainer Doffinger University of Cambridge
Stephen Jolles
Stephen Jolles University Hospital of Wales
David M. Sansom
David M. Sansom University College London

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