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Albert Agro

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Assistant Professor (Part-Time)MedicineMcMaster University

Research

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85 publications.

01

POINT-OF-PURCHASE TOBACCO ADVERTISING - PREVALENCE, CORRELATES, AND BRIEF INTERVENTION

WOODRUFF SI, AGRO AD, WILDEY MB, CONWAY TL

American Journal of Health Behavior8 citations
02

Breaking with convention: the role of lymphocytes in IPF

Short KL, O’Malley D, Hoyne G, Hertz M, Agro A, Kumar V, Prêle CM, Byrne AJ

Thorax2026
DOI: 10.1136/thorax-2024-222059
03

Inactivation of iNKT Cells After the Inflammatory Phase Leads to Significant Inhibition of Fibroblast Activation and Fibrosis in a Model of Pulmonary Fibrosis

Hertz M, Agro A, Kumar V

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine2025
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.2025.211.abstracts.a7441
04

Digital Spatial Profiling Identifies Distinct Molecular Signatures of Vascular Lesions in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (vol 210, pg 329, 2024)

Byrne AJ, Kumar V, Agro A, Hertz M

American Journal of Roentgenology2024
05

Type 1 Invariant Natural Killer T Cells Drive Lung Fibrosis.

Calamita E, Liu WH, Ogger PP, Griffin L, Michalaki C, Murphy F, Worrell J, McCarthy C, Agro A, Hertz M

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine20246 citations
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202402-0288le
06

Type 1 invariant natural killer T cells drive lung fibrosis

Calamita E, Liu WH, Ogger PP, Michalaki C, Murphy F, Mccarthy C, Agro A, Hertz M, Maher TM, Lloyd CM

European Respiratory Journal2024
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2024.pa3381
07

Altered NKT Cell Populations in the Airways of Patients With IPF

Agro A, Kumar V, Byrne A, Maher T, Molyneaux PL, Calamita E, Hertz M

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine2024First author
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2024.209.1_meetingabstracts.a1330
08

Reply to Yasuma et al.: Inhibiting iNKT Cell Activation: A Promising Strategy Against Pulmonary Fibrosis

Byrne AJ, Kumar V, Agro A, Hertz M

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine2024
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202408-1594le
09

Type 1 invariant natural killer T cells in chronic inflammation and tissue fibrosis

Kumar V, Hertz M, Agro A, Byrne AJ

Frontiers in Immunology202324 citations
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1260503
10

SAFETY OF SUBLINGUAL APOMORPHINE FILM (APL-130277) FOR THE TREATMENT OF OFF-EPISODES IN SUBJECTS WITH PARKINSON'S DISEASE: PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM THE PHASE-3 STUDY DOSE TITRATION PHASE

Fernandez HH, Isaacson S, Espay AJ, Pahwa R, Truong D, Pappert E, Agro A, Hauser RA

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders20182 citations

Frequent collaborators

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Albert AgroCarl RichardsDraga JichiciManel JordanaGerard CoxJack GauldieMary PerdueStephen Michael Collins
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Carl Richards

Medicine

8 shared papers, latest 1996

Manel Jordana

Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 1992

Draga Jichici

Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 1991

Gerard Cox

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 1992

Mary Perdue

Pathology & Molecular Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 1996

Stephen Michael Collins

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 1992

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