Marilyn Halonen, PhD

Professor Emerita

Research Interest: 

Immunopharmacology; cytokine regulation of IgE synthesis; cell biology of cytokine and receptor differences as a result of naturally occurring polymorphic genes related to asthma or allergy in the population; immune responses in infancy to respiratory viruses and allergens and immune alterations in asthma.

Selected Publications

2022

Voraphani N, Stern DA, Zhai J, et al. "The role of growth and nutrition in the early origins of spirometric restriction in adult life: a longitudinal, multicohort, population-based study." Lancet Respir Med. 2022;10(1):59-71. PMID: 34843665

2019

Beamer PI, Furlong M, Lothrop N, et al. "CC16 Levels into Adult Life are Associated with Nitrogen Dioxide Exposure at Birth." Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med.. 2019. PMID: 30789752

Zhai J, Insel M, Addison KJ, et al. "Club Cell Secretory Protein Deficiency Leads to Altered Lung Function." Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med.. 2019;199(3):302-312. PMCID: PMC6363971  PMID: 30543455

2018

Hiranrattana A, Stern DA, Guerra S, et al. "sensitisation at age 6 years is associated with subsequent airway hyper-responsiveness in non-asthmatics." Thorax. 2018;73(12):1170-1173.

2017

Carr TF, Beamer PI, Rothers J, et al. "Prevalence of Asthma in School Children on the Arizona-Sonora Border." J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2017;5(1):114-120.e2. PMCID: PMC5222738  PMID: 27544711

Gardeux V, Berghout J, Achour I, et al. "A genome-by-environment interaction classifier for precision medicine: personal transcriptome response to rhinovirus identifies children prone to asthma exacerbations." J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2017;24(6):1116-1126. PMCID: PMC6080688  PMID: 29016970

Clinical Trials

Study Title (link to more info on this site)sort ascending Link to Study Trial Status Principal Investigator
Infant Immune Study (IIS) Current Trial - Enrollment Complete Marilyn Halonen, PhD, Fernando Martinez, MD, Wayne J. Morgan, MD