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Kjetil Ask

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Associate Professor (Part-Time)MedicineMcMaster University

Kjetil Ask

Associate Professor (Part-Time)

Medicine

Faculty of Health Sciences

McMaster University

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

In this role since 2022

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Supervision signals

Adjunct, part-time and visiting faculty usually co-supervise alongside a core faculty member.
Teaches 1 graduate course, most recently in 2019.
42 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 4 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 CIHR grant, most recently in 2018.
Supervised 3 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2021.

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201

Publications

7,261

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Publications by year

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Contact

askkj@mcmaster.ca (905) 525-9140 ext. 33683

Research

Research areas, by share of publications

Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisMedicine
Pulmonary Hypertension Research and TreatmentsMedicine
Inhalation and Respiratory Drug DeliveryMedicine
Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and DiseaseBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Research areas are derived from OpenAlex topics of their publications.

From the 150 most recent of 201 publications.

Modulating pro-fibrotic macrophages using yeast beta-glucan microparticles prepared by Pressurized Gas eXpanded liquid (PGX) Technology®

Naiel S, Dowdall N, Zhou Q, Ali P, Hayat A, Vierhout M, Wong EY, Couto R, Yépez B, Seifried B

Biomaterials20256 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2024.122816

Upregulation of HSP90α in the lungs and circulation in sarcoidosis

Isshiki T, Sunakawa M, Vierhout M, Ayoub A, Ali P, Naiel S, Miyoshi S, Naqvi A, Hambly N, Kishi K

Frontiers in Medicine20253 citations

DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1532437

Inhalability and Bioactivity of Spray‐Dried versus Pressurized Gas eXpanded Liquid Technology‐Processed Yeast Beta‐Glucan Microparticles for Anti‐Fibrotic Therapies

Dowdall N, Naiel S, Zhou Q, Ali P, Yousof TR, Wong E, Couto R, Yépez B, Seifried B, Moquin P

Advanced healthcare materials20252 citations

DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202501952

Late Breaking Abstract - Proteomic profiling of bronchoalveolar lavage identifies soluble biomarkers of poor prognosis in IPF and CTD-ILD patients

Ruwisch J, Seeliger B, Zhao F, Barron A, Loureiro J, Mccauley K, Ask K, Prasse A

2025

DOI: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2025.pa910

Therapeutic strategies to target connective tissue growth factor in fibrotic lung diseases

Isshiki T, Naiel S, Vierhout M, Otsubo K, Ali P, Tsubouchi K, Yazdanshenas P, Kumaran V, Dvorkin-Gheva A, Kolb MRJ

Pharmacology and Therapeutics202452 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2023.108578

CD206+ macrophages are relevant non-invasive imaging biomarkers and therapeutic targets in experimental lung fibrosis

Pommerolle L, Beltramo G, Biziorek L, Truchi M, Dias AMM, Dondaine L, Tanguy J, Pernet N, Goncalves V, Bouchard A

Thorax202423 citations

DOI: 10.1136/thorax-2023-221168

A novel ex vivo approach for investigating profibrotic macrophage polarization using murine precision-cut lung slices

Vierhout M, Ayoub A, Ali P, Kumaran V, Naiel S, Isshiki T, Koenig JFE, Kolb MRJ, Ask K

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications20245 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2024.151038

Novel roles of cardiac-derived erythropoietin in cardiac development and function

Allwood MA, Edgett BA, Platt MJ, Marrow JP, Coyle-Asbil B, Holjak EJB, Nelson VL, Bangali S, Alshamali R, Jacyniak K

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology20245 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2024.01.006

Cardiomyocyte crosstalk with endothelium modulates cardiac structure, function, and ischemia-reperfusion injury susceptibility through erythropoietin

Marrow JP, Alshamali R, Edgett BA, Allwood MA, Cochrane KLS, Al-Sabbag S, Ayoub A, Ask K, Hare GMT, Brunt KR

Frontiers in Physiology20244 citations

DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2024.1397049

Diagnostic potential of genomic blood biomarkers of pulmonary fibrosis in a prospective cohort

He D, Shannon CP, Hirota JA, Ask K, Ryerson CJ, Tebbutt SJ

PLoS ONE20241 citations

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0314876

Courses taught

Independent Study in Medical Sciences
MEDSCI 799 · last taught 2019
Graduate
Demystifying Medicine
HTHSCI 3DM3 · last taught 2023
Undergraduate
Demystifying Research
HTHSCI 3DR3 · last taught 2023
Undergraduate
Demystifying Science - Advanced Knowledge Translation and Science Communication
HTHSCI 4KT3 · last taught 2023
Undergraduate
Demystifying Medicine
HTHSCI 4DM3 · last taught 2022
Undergraduate

Roles and appointments

Assistant Professor, Medicine, McMaster University (2011 - 2017)

Research institutes and memberships

McMaster Immunology Research Centre (MIRC)

Researchers with similar interests

Martin Rainer Kolb

Medicine

Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments

Nathan Hambly

Medicine

Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments

Asghar Naqvi

Pathology & Molecular Medicine

Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease

Victoria Tan

Medical Imaging

Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Amna Al-arnawoot

Medical Imaging

Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Ehsan Haider

Medical Imaging

Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

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Research

Modulating pro-fibrotic macrophages using yeast beta-glucan microparticles prepared by Pressurized Gas eXpanded liquid (PGX) Technology®

Upregulation of HSP90α in the lungs and circulation in sarcoidosis

Inhalability and Bioactivity of Spray‐Dried versus Pressurized Gas eXpanded Liquid Technology‐Processed Yeast Beta‐Glucan Microparticles for Anti‐Fibrotic Therapies

Late Breaking Abstract - Proteomic profiling of bronchoalveolar lavage identifies soluble biomarkers of poor prognosis in IPF and CTD-ILD patients

Therapeutic strategies to target connective tissue growth factor in fibrotic lung diseases

CD206+ macrophages are relevant non-invasive imaging biomarkers and therapeutic targets in experimental lung fibrosis

A novel ex vivo approach for investigating profibrotic macrophage polarization using murine precision-cut lung slices

Novel roles of cardiac-derived erythropoietin in cardiac development and function

Cardiomyocyte crosstalk with endothelium modulates cardiac structure, function, and ischemia-reperfusion injury susceptibility through erythropoietin

Diagnostic potential of genomic blood biomarkers of pulmonary fibrosis in a prospective cohort

Courses taught

Roles and appointments

Research institutes and memberships

Frequent collaborators

Martin Rainer Kolb

Jack Gauldie

Jeremy Hirota

Mark David Inman

Nathan Hambly

Jeffrey Dickhout

Researchers with similar interests

Martin Rainer Kolb

Nathan Hambly

Asghar Naqvi

Victoria Tan

Amna Al-arnawoot

Ehsan Haider