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115
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47486
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4559
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2476

Overview

Victor J. Ferrans was affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research output primarily contributed to the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Their work notably spanned several subfields, including Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery, Epidemiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Physiology. This diverse expertise indicated a broad engagement with various aspects of human health and disease.

The scientist contributed to multiple topics within medical research. These topics included:

  • Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
  • Viral Infections and Immunology Research
  • Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Histiocytic Disorders and Treatments
  • Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases
  • Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments

Victor J. Ferrans frequently collaborated with other researchers. Their most common co-authors were:

  • William C. Roberts
  • Donald S. Fredrickson
  • Jeffrey E. Saffitz
  • E. René Rodríguez
  • Bernadine H. Bulkley

The volume of publications was concentrated in Medicine with 24 publications and a smaller contribution to Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology with 1 publication. Within the subfields, the distribution of their works revealed a focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine with 10 publications, followed by Surgery with 4 publications, Epidemiology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine both with 2 publications each, and Physiology with 1 publication.

Best Publications

  • Requirement for Generation of H2O2 for Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Signal Transduction

    Maitrayee Sundaresan;Zu Xi Yu;Victor J. Ferrans;Kaikobad Irani

  • Inflammatory and immune processes in the human lung in health and disease: evaluation by bronchoalveolar lavage.

    G W Hunninghake;J E Gadek;O Kawanami;V J Ferrans

  • NIH conference. The idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome. Clinical, pathophysiologic, and therapeutic considerations.

    Anthony S. Fauci;John B. Harley;William C. Roberts;Victor J. Ferrans

  • Sarcoidosis of the heart. A clinicopathologic study of 35 necropsy patients (group 1) and review of 78 previously described necropsy patients (group 11).

    William C. Roberts;Hugh A. McAllister;Victor J. Ferrans

  • Ras Proteins Induce Senescence by Altering the Intracellular Levels of Reactive Oxygen Species

    Andrew C. Lee;Brett E. Fenster;Hideki Ito;Kazuyo Takeda

  • Reactive oxygen species are downstream mediators of p53-dependent apoptosis

    Thomas M. Johnson;Zu Xi Yu;Victor J. Ferrans;Robert A. Lowenstein

  • Interstitial lung disease: Current concepts of pathogenesis, staging and therapy

    Ronald G. Crystal;James E. Gadek;Victor J. Ferrans;Jack D. Fulmer

  • Idiopathic nonspecific interstitial pneumonia: prognostic significance of cellular and fibrosing patterns: survival comparison with usual interstitial pneumonia and desquamative interstitial pneumonia.

    William D. Travis;Kazuhiro Matsui;Joel Moss;Victor J. Ferrans

  • Regulation of reactive-oxygen-species generation in fibroblasts by Rac1.

    M Sundaresan;Z X Yu;V J Ferrans;D J Sulciner

  • Cardiotoxicity Associated With High-Dose Cyclophosphamide Therapy

    John S. Gottdiener;Frederick R. Appelbaum;Victor J. Ferrans;Albert Deisseroth

  • Dendritic cells with antigen-presenting capability reside in airway epithelium, lung parenchyma, and visceral pleura.

    K Sertl;T Takemura;E Tschachler;V J Ferrans

  • Protective effect of the bispiperazinedione ICRF-187 against doxorubicin-induced cardiac toxicity in women with advanced breast cancer.

    James L. Speyer;Michael D. Green;Elissa Kramer;Mariano Rey

  • Endothelial Nuclear Patterns in the Canine Arterial Tree with Particular Reference to Hemodynamic Events

    John T. Flaherty;Joseph E. Pierce;Victor J. Ferrans;Dali J. Patel

  • rac1 regulates a cytokine-stimulated, redox-dependent pathway necessary for NF-kappaB activation.

    David J. Sulciner;Kaikobad Irani;Z. X. Yu;Victor J. Ferrans

  • Comprehensive evaluation of 35 patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis

    Shan C. Chu;Koji Horiba;Jiro Usuki;Nilo A. Avila

  • Structural changes in glutaraldehyde-treated porcine heterografts used as substitute cardiac valves: Transmission and scanning electron microscopic observations in 12 patients

    Victor J. Ferrans;Thomas L. Spray;Margaret E. Billingham;William C. Roberts

  • ICRF-187 Permits Longer Treatment With Doxorubicin in Women With Breast Cancer

    J L Speyer;M D Green;A Zeleniuch-Jacquotte;J C Wernz

  • Nonmuscle myosin II-B is required for normal development of the mouse heart

    Antonella N. Tullio;Domenico Accili;Victor J. Ferrans;Zu-Xi Yu

  • A prospective, randomized, controlled trial of prednisone for dilated cardiomyopathy.

    J E Parrillo;R E Cunnion;S E Epstein;M M Parker

  • Pulmonary Langerhans cell granulomatosis (histiocytosis X). A clinicopathologic study of 48 cases.

    William D. Travis;Zea Borok;James H. Roum;Jun Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald G. Crystal
Ronald G. Crystal Cornell University
Kazuyo Takeda
Kazuyo Takeda US Food and Drug Administration
Michael E. Jones
Michael E. Jones Macquarie University
William D. Travis
William D. Travis Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Barry J. Maron
Barry J. Maron University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
William C. Roberts
William C. Roberts Baylor University Medical Center
L. M. Buja
L. M. Buja The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Toren Finkel
Toren Finkel University of Pittsburgh
William G. Stetler-Stevenson
William G. Stetler-Stevenson National Institutes of Health
Joel Moss
Joel Moss National Institutes of Health

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