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S L Johnston

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1 Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) 2008 update (in collaboration with the World Health Organization, GA(2)LEN and AllerGen). Allergy 2008 12.35
2 Respiratory viruses, symptoms, and inflammatory markers in acute exacerbations and stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001 5.17
3 Rhinoviruses infect the lower airways. J Infect Dis 2000 2.83
4 Lower airways inflammation during rhinovirus colds in normal and in asthmatic subjects. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1995 2.48
5 Age specific trends in asthma mortality in England and Wales, 1983-95: results of an observational study. BMJ 1997 2.40
6 Viruses as precipitants of asthma symptoms. I. Epidemiology. Clin Exp Allergy 1992 2.28
7 Study of modifiable risk factors for asthma exacerbations: virus infection and allergen exposure increase the risk of asthma hospital admissions in children. Thorax 2005 2.22
8 Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA): achievements in 10 years and future needs. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2012 2.17
9 Rhinovirus infection induces expression of its own receptor intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1) via increased NF-kappaB-mediated transcription. J Biol Chem 1999 2.11
10 Neutrophil degranulation and cell lysis is associated with clinical severity in virus-induced asthma. Eur Respir J 2002 1.92
11 Asthma and natural colds. Inflammatory indices in induced sputum: a feasibility study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1998 1.72
12 Rhinovirus induces MUC5AC in a human infection model and in vitro via NF-κB and EGFR pathways. Eur Respir J 2010 1.70
13 A breast and melanoma-shared tumor antigen: T cell responses to antigenic peptides translated from different open reading frames. J Immunol 1998 1.69
14 Febrile respiratory illnesses in infancy and atopy are risk factors for persistent asthma and wheeze. Eur Respir J 2011 1.65
15 Respiratory virus induction of alpha-, beta- and lambda-interferons in bronchial epithelial cells and peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Allergy 2009 1.62
16 Proposed use of adrenaline (epinephrine) in anaphylaxis and related conditions: a study of senior house officers starting accident and emergency posts. Postgrad Med J 2002 1.57
17 Endoscopic surgery in weightlessness: the investigation of basic principles for surgery in space. Surg Endosc 2001 1.53
18 Increased frequency of detection of Chlamydophila pneumoniae in asthma. Eur Respir J 2004 1.51
19 Misdiagnosis of hereditary angio-oedema type 1 and type 2. Br J Dermatol 2003 1.50
20 A defective type 1 response to rhinovirus in atopic asthma. Thorax 2002 1.48
21 Viruses and bacteria in acute asthma exacerbations--a GA² LEN-DARE systematic review. Allergy 2010 1.45
22 Trends in asthma mortality. Data on seasonality of deaths due to asthma were omitted from paper but editorial's author did not know. BMJ 1997 1.41
23 Rhinoviruses replicate effectively at lower airway temperatures. J Med Virol 1999 1.38
24 Azithromycin induces anti-viral responses in bronchial epithelial cells. Eur Respir J 2010 1.27
25 Development and implementation of guidelines in allergic rhinitis – an ARIA-GA2LEN paper. Allergy 2010 1.24
26 Aetiological role of viral and bacterial infections in acute adult lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) in primary care. Thorax 2005 1.23
27 Important research questions in allergy and related diseases: nonallergic rhinitis: a GA2LEN paper. Allergy 2008 1.20
28 The role of viruses in the induction and progression of asthma. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep 2001 1.19
29 Activated, cytotoxic CD8(+) T lymphocytes contribute to the pathology of asthma death. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001 1.18
30 Rhinovirus infection up-regulates eotaxin and eotaxin-2 expression in bronchial epithelial cells. Clin Exp Allergy 2001 1.17
31 Viruses as precipitants of asthma symptoms. II. Physiology and mechanisms. Clin Exp Allergy 1992 1.11
32 Role of nasal interleukin-8 in neutrophil recruitment and activation in children with virus-induced asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1997 1.10
33 Peripheral blood CD4+ and CD8+ T cell type 1 and type 2 cytokine production in atopic asthmatic and normal subjects. Clin Exp Allergy 2002 1.10
34 Peak expiratory flow changes during experimental rhinovirus infection. Eur Respir J 2000 1.09
35 Rhinovirus identification by BglI digestion of picornavirus RT-PCR amplicons. J Virol Methods 1999 1.09
36 Impaired innate interferon induction in severe therapy resistant atopic asthmatic children. Mucosal Immunol 2012 1.09
37 Structural studies of monoclonal human cryoprecipitable immunoglobulins. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1975 1.09
38 Studies of human anti-IgM anti-IgG cryoglobulins. I. Patterns of reactivity with autologous and isologous human IgG and its subunits. Immunology 1979 1.08
39 Rhinovirus exposure impairs immune responses to bacterial products in human alveolar macrophages. Thorax 2008 1.08
40 Chronic Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and asthma exacerbations in children. Eur Respir J 1998 1.08
41 EAACI position statement on asthma exacerbations and severe asthma. Allergy 2013 1.07
42 Detection of rhinovirus infection of the nasal mucosa by oligonucleotide in situ hybridization. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 1994 1.06
43 Exacerbations of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): focus on virus induced exacerbations. Curr Pharm Des 2007 1.03
44 Development of a retrovirus-based complementary DNA expression system for the cloning of tumor antigens. Cancer Res 1998 1.01
45 Mechanisms of virus-induced asthma exacerbations: state-of-the-art. A GA2LEN and InterAirways document. Allergy 2007 1.01
46 A multiplex RT-PCR for the detection of parainfluenza viruses 1-3 in clinical samples. J Virol Methods 1999 1.00
47 Rhinovirus-induced alterations on peripheral blood mononuclear cell phenotype and costimulatory molecule expression in normal and atopic asthmatic subjects. Clin Exp Allergy 2002 0.99
48 Recognition of an antigenic peptide derived from tyrosinase-related protein-2 by CTL in the context of HLA-A31 and -A33. J Immunol 1998 0.99
49 Respiratory epithelial cell expression of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 and its up-regulation by rhinovirus infection via NF-kappaB and GATA transcription factors. J Biol Chem 1999 0.98
50 Immunohistochemical analysis of nasal biopsies during rhinovirus experimental colds. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1994 0.95
51 Peripherally administered [Nle4,D-Phe7]-alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone increases resting metabolic rate, while peripheral agouti-related protein has no effect, in wild type C57BL/6 and ob/ob mice. J Mol Endocrinol 2004 0.95
52 CXC chemokines and antimicrobial peptides in rhinovirus-induced experimental asthma exacerbations. Clin Exp Allergy 2014 0.94
53 Rhinovirus infection induces major histocompatibility complex class I and costimulatory molecule upregulation on respiratory epithelial cells. J Infect Dis 2000 0.94
54 Spectrum of activity of soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 against rhinovirus reference strains and field isolates. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1994 0.94
55 Inhaled dsRNA and rhinovirus evoke neutrophilic exacerbation and lung expression of thymic stromal lymphopoietin in allergic mice with established experimental asthma. Allergy 2013 0.93
56 The protective effect of childhood infections. BMJ 2001 0.93
57 RANTES, macrophage-inhibitory protein 1alpha, and the eosinophil product major basic protein are released into upper respiratory secretions during virus-induced asthma exacerbations in children. J Infect Dis 1999 0.92
58 Amplified rhinovirus colds in atopic subjects. Clin Exp Allergy 1994 0.91
59 High IgM antibody to human T-lymphotropic virus type I in systemic lupus erythematosus. J Clin Immunol 1986 0.90
60 Rhinoviruses as pathogens of the lower respiratory tract. Can Respir J 2000 0.89
61 The effect of the orally active platelet-activating factor antagonist WEB 2086 in the treatment of asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1994 0.89
62 Equine antibodies to human gamma-G-globulin. 3. Immunochemical behavior and specificity of gamma-2- and gamma-1-antibody fractions isolated from equine antisera to human gamma-G-globulin. J Immunol 1968 0.89
63 Corticosteroids inhibit rhinovirus-induced intercellular adhesion molecule-1 up-regulation and promoter activation on respiratory epithelial cells. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2000 0.88
64 Chlamydia pneumoniae and COPD exacerbation. Thorax 2002 0.88
65 Cellular immune responses to cartilage components in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis: a review and report of a study. Clin Exp Rheumatol 1988 0.88
66 Lung function prior to viral lower respiratory tract infections in prematurely born infants. Thorax 2011 0.87
67 RSV infection modulates IL-15 production and MICA levels in respiratory epithelial cells. Eur Respir J 2011 0.87
68 The relationship between atopic status and IL-10 nasal lavage levels in the acute and persistent inflammatory response to upper respiratory tract infection. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001 0.87
69 Direct quantitation of RNA transcripts by competitive single-tube RT-PCR and capillary electrophoresis. Biotechniques 1998 0.87
70 Human triclonal anti-IgG gammopathy. III. Determination of the clonal persistence of the IgM autoantibody for a four and one-half year period. Immunology 1978 0.87
71 Equine antibodies to human gamma-G-globulin. II. Isolation and antigenic analysis of gamma-2- and gamma-1-antibody fractions from equine antisera to human gamma-G-globulin. J Immunol 1968 0.86
72 The immunology of virus infection in asthma. Eur Respir J 2001 0.86
73 Rhinovirus infection and house dust mite exposure synergize in inducing bronchial epithelial cell interleukin-8 release. Clin Exp Allergy 2008 0.86
74 Lack of an exaggerated inflammatory response on virus infection in cystic fibrosis. Eur Respir J 2011 0.85
75 Effect of desloratadine and loratadine on rhinovirus-induced intercellular adhesion molecule 1 upregulation and promoter activation in respiratory epithelial cells. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2001 0.85
76 γδT cells suppress inflammation and disease during rhinovirus-induced asthma exacerbations. Mucosal Immunol 2013 0.84
77 Induction of type 2 activity in adult human CD8(+) T cells by repeated stimulation and IL-4. Int Immunol 2001 0.83
78 Percutaneous aspiration of fluid for management of peritonitis in space. Aviat Space Environ Med 2002 0.82
79 Chlamydia pneumoniae immunoglobulin A reactivation and airway inflammation in acute asthma. Eur Respir J 2002 0.82
80 Cytokine production of RSV/PHA-stimulated tonsillar mononuclear cells: influences of age and atopy. Eur Respir J 2003 0.81
81 Leukotrienes as a target in asthma therapy. Drugs 1994 0.81
82 Journal impact factors for 2004: another rise for Thorax. Thorax 2005 0.81
83 A comparison of RT-PCR, in-situ hybridisation and in-situ RT-PCR for the detection of rhinovirus infection in paraffin sections. J Virol Methods 1997 0.80
84 Vector-hexamer PCR isolation of all insert ends from a YAC contig of the mouse Igh locus. Genome Res 1998 0.80
85 Effect of chromium propionate on growth, carcass traits, pork quality, and plasma metabolites in growing-finishing pigs. J Anim Sci 2003 0.80
86 Toxicity of increasing aflatoxin B1 concentrations from contaminated corn with or without clay adsorbent supplementation in ducklings. Poult Sci 2013 0.80
87 Is Chlamydia pneumoniae important in asthma? The first controlled trial of therapy leaves the question unanswered. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001 0.79
88 Bronchial hyperresponsiveness and cytokines in virus-induced asthma exacerbations. Clin Exp Allergy 1997 0.79
89 Leukocyte responses to experimental infection with human rhinovirus. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1994 0.79
90 Cromolyns: treatment for the common cold. Clin Exp Allergy 1996 0.78
91 A hypothesis: antenatal sensitisation to respiratory syncytial virus in viral bronchiolitis. Arch Dis Child 2002 0.78
92 Increased aeroallergen-specific interleukin-4-producing T cells in asthmatic adults. Clin Exp Allergy 2002 0.78
93 Exacerbations of asthma: addressing the triggers and treatments. Monaldi Arch Chest Dis 2001 0.78
94 Viruses and asthma exacerbations. Thorax 1998 0.78
95 Animal surgery in microgravity. Aviat Space Environ Med 1993 0.77
96 Studies of human IgM anti-IgG cryoglobulins: II. Isoelectric focusing characteristics of the reactive antigen and residual serum IgG pools. Immunology 1979 0.77
97 Asthma survey items as predictors of respiratory problems in children 2 yrs later: a longitudinal study. Eur Respir J 1999 0.77
98 Idiotypic relatedness of human monoclonal IgG cryoglobulins. Immunology 1983 0.77
99 The effect of chromium as chromium propionate on growth performance, carcass traits, meat quality, and the fatty acid profile of fat from pigs fed no supplemented dietary fat, choice white grease, or tallow. J Anim Sci 2009 0.77
100 Zanamivir: a review of clinical safety in individuals at high risk of developing influenza-related complications. Drug Saf 2001 0.77
101 Deficient interferon in virus-induced asthma exacerbations. Clin Exp Allergy 2008 0.76
102 The effects of necrotic enteritis, aflatoxin B1, and virginiamycin on growth performance, necrotic enteritis lesion scores, and mortality in young broilers. Poult Sci 2013 0.76
103 Effect of thromboxane A2-receptor antagonist on bradykinin-induced bronchoconstriction in asthma. J Appl Physiol (1985) 1996 0.76
104 [Production of alpha-, beta-, and lambda-interferons by epithelial and mononuclear cells during acute respiratory viral infection]. Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol 2007 0.76
105 Surgical bleeding in microgravity. Surg Gynecol Obstet 1993 0.76
106 Dermatitis herpetiformis and neurological dysfunction. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002 0.75
107 Unravelling synergistic immune interactions between respiratory virus infections and allergic airway inflammation. Clin Exp Allergy 2004 0.75
108 Comparison of 3' and 5' biotin labelled oligonucleotides for in situ hybridisation. Histochemistry 1993 0.75
109 Building Bridges for Innovation in Ageing: Synergies between Action Groups of the EIP on AHA. J Nutr Health Aging 2017 0.75
110 The impact of AIDS on recruitment in the health professions. J Allied Health 1991 0.75
111 The divergence of major histocompatibility complex class I genes in Sciurus aberti. Mol Biol Evol 1996 0.75
112 Anti-inflammatory strategies for the treatment of asthma. S Afr Med J 1992 0.75
113 V(beta)8(+) T cells protect from demyelinating disease in a viral model of multiple sclerosis. Int Immunol 2000 0.75
114 Specificity of antibodies in rheumatoid arthritis. I. A controlled study of humoral antibodies to bovine nasal cartilage components. Clin Exp Rheumatol 1985 0.75
115 The effect of carrier for vitamin E on liver concentrations of vitamin E and vitamin E excretion in broilers. Poult Sci 2008 0.75
116 Respiratory viruses: do they protect from or induce asthma? Allergy 2002 0.75
117 Journal impact factors for 2003: Thorax increases. Thorax 2004 0.75
118 Effect on hepatonephric organs, serum metabolites and oxidative stress in post-weaning piglets fed purified zearalenone-contaminated diets with or without Calibrin-Z. J Anim Physiol Anim Nutr (Berl) 2011 0.75
119 Thorax 2009: another great year! Thorax 2009 0.75