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Research
Latest papers
Monocyte Chemotactic Factors in the Airways of Patients With Mild Asthma Before and After an Allergen Challenge
Acta Allergologica · 2026 · senior author
Asthma: Is It Time for Monocytes to Share the Spotlight?
Cells · 2026 · first author
IgE allergy testing utilization: next steps from a provincial quality improvement initiative.
Clinical biochemistry · 2026
Latest funding
- $918,000
Understanding Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Cells as Allergen Sensors and Immune Modulators
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $99,990
Acute airway inflammation induced by vaping
CIHR · 2020 · Nominated PI
- $998,325
Proteinase-Activated Receptor-2 Agonists as Adjuvants for Mucosal Vaccination
CIHR · 2020 · Nominated PI
65 publications.
Monocyte Chemotactic Factors in the Airways of Patients With Mild Asthma Before and After an Allergen Challenge
Palikhe NS, Wu Y, Howie KJ, Stevens C, Mitchell J, Wiltshire L, Gauvreau GM, Vliagoftis H
Asthma: Is It Time for Monocytes to Share the Spotlight?
Vliagoftis H, Shrestha Palikhe N
IgE allergy testing utilization: next steps from a provincial quality improvement initiative.
Parker ML, Higgins V, Proctor DT, Vander Leek TK, Vliagoftis H, Ling L, Estey MP
FOXO1 transcription factor modulates airway epithelial responses to viral infection.
Daniel NM, Mann-Nüttel R, Shrestha Palikhe N, López-Orozco J, Hobman T, Forsythe P, Vliagoftis H
IgE allergy testing utilization: Implementation of a provincial quality improvement initiative.
Parker ML, Higgins V, Proctor DT, Vander Leek TK, Vliagoftis H, Ling L, Robertson K, Agbor TA, Estey MP
Mucosal adjuvant activity of a PAR-2-activating peptide enhances lymph node immune cell recruitment and promotes immune cell activation in a prime-boost influenza vaccination model.
Kornuta CA, Zhou G, Kane KP, Vliagoftis H
Editorial: Road trip from mild to severe asthmatic inflammation: the traffic lights of biomarkers in asthma management, volume II.
Porpodis K, Steiropoulos P, Gougousis S, Vliagoftis H, Domvri K
Introduction to immunology and immune disorders.
Marshall JS, Upton JEM, Vliagoftis H, Hildebrand KJ, Byrne A, Watson W
PrP is cleaved from the surface of mast cells by ADAM10 and proteases released during degranulation.
Willows SD, Vliagoftis H, Sim VL, Kulka M
Effectiveness of immunoglobulin replacement therapy in preventing infections in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review.
Kim JJY, Dennett L, Ospina MB, Hicks A, Vliagoftis H, Adatia A
Understanding Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Cells as Allergen Sensors and Immune Modulators
Principal investigators: Forsythe, Paul
Keywords: Airway Epithelium; Allergy; Asthma; Metabolomics; Neuroendocrine; Neuropeptides; Neurotransmitters
Acute airway inflammation induced by vaping
Principal investigators: Vliagoftis, Harissios; Sharpe, Heather M
Keywords: Airway Inflammation; Cytokines; Exhaled No; Human; Induced Sputum; Macrophages; Monocytes; Oxidative Stress; Vaping
Proteinase-Activated Receptor-2 Agonists as Adjuvants for Mucosal Vaccination
Principal investigators: Vliagoftis, Harissios; Kane, Kevin P
Keywords: Adjuvant; Aging; Cd8 Lymphocytes; Ferret; Immune System; Influenza; Mouse; Protease-Activated Receptors; Resident Memory Cells; Vaccination
A Canadian preclinical multicenter collaborative to improve acute and chronic lung disease research
Principal investigators: Lalu, Manoj M; Fergusson, Dean A; Stewart, Duncan J
Keywords: Acute Lung Injury; Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Cardiac Disease; Chronic Lung Disease; Multicenter Preclinical Study; Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension; Reproducibility; Risk Of Bias
FOXO transcription factors and airway epithelium
Principal investigators: Vliagoftis, Harissios
Proteinase-Activated Receptors as a therapeutic target in allergic inflammation
Principal investigators: Vliagoftis, Harissios
Keywords: Airways; Animal Models; Asthma; Epithelial Cells; Flow Cytometry; Monocytes; Proteinase-Activated Receptors; Tissue Culture
Proteinase-Activated Receptors as a therapeutic target in allergic inflammation
Principal investigators: Vliagoftis, Harissios
Keywords: Airways; Animal Models; Asthma; Epithelial Cells; Flow Cytometry; Monocytes; Proteinase-Activated Receptors; Tissue Culture
Proteinase-Activated Receptor-2 (PAR-2) as a therapeutic target for allergic airway inflammation
Principal investigators: Vliagoftis, Harissios
Keywords: Airway Epithelial Cells; Airway Inflammation; Animal Models; Asthma; Cytokines; Proteinase-Activated Receptors
Molecular regulation of CRTh2, a receptor regulating allergic inflammation
Principal investigators: Maclean, Emily I
Keywords: Allergy; Crth2; Regulatory Region; Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms; T Cells; Transcription
AllerGen (Allergy, genes and environment network)
Principal investigators: Denburg, JudahA
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Susan Waserman and Paul Keith: 49 shared papers
- Gail Gauvreau and Paul Keith: 10 shared papers
- Susan Waserman and Helen Neighbour: 10 shared papers
- Paul Keith and Helen Neighbour: 10 shared papers
- Harissios Vliagoftis and Lisa Cameron: 9 shared papers
- Gail Gauvreau and Helen Neighbour: 5 shared papers
- Harissios Vliagoftis and Paul Forsythe: 5 shared papers
- Harissios Vliagoftis and Heather Sharpe: 2 shared papers
- Gail Gauvreau and Susan Waserman: 1 shared paper
- Gail Gauvreau and Hanan Ahmed: 1 shared paper
- Gail Gauvreau and Harissios Vliagoftis: 1 shared paper
- Susan Waserman and Harissios Vliagoftis: 1 shared paper
- Paul Keith and Hanan Ahmed: 1 shared paper
- Paul Keith and Harissios Vliagoftis: 1 shared paper
- Han Zhang and Harissios Vliagoftis: 1 shared paper
- Helen Neighbour and Hanan Ahmed: 1 shared paper
- Helen Neighbour and Harissios Vliagoftis: 1 shared paper
- Hanan Ahmed and Harissios Vliagoftis: 1 shared paper
- Tom Hobman and Harissios Vliagoftis: 1 shared paper
- Tom Hobman and Paul Forsythe: 1 shared paper
- Catherine Field and Harissios Vliagoftis: 1 shared paper
- Jean Buteau and Harissios Vliagoftis: 1 shared paper
- Harissios Vliagoftis and Peter Hwang: 1 shared paper
- Medicine
- PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE, Western University
- Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science
- Surgery
- Human Nutrition
- Cell Biology
Co-authors at University of Alberta, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Lisa Cameron
PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE, Western University
9 shared papers, latest 2024
Paul Forsythe
Medicine
5 shared papers, latest 2026
Heather Sharpe
Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2022
Peter Hwang
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2018
Gail Gauvreau
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Susan Waserman
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Paul Keith
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Han Zhang
Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Helen Neighbour
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Hanan Ahmed
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Tom Hobman
Cell Biology
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Catherine Field
Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science
1 shared papers, latest 2013
Jean Buteau
Human Nutrition
1 shared papers, latest 2018
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