Lester Kobzik

24.2k citations

264 papers · 19.1k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 71

Impact in

Immunology top 0.2%
- Immune Response and Inflammation
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction
- Immune cells in cancer
Physiology top 0.2%
- Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects
- Asthma and respiratory diseases

Papers in

Immunology 108
- Immune Response and Inflammation 49
- Immune cells in cancer 21
- Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms 16
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction 15
Immunology and Allergy 18

Co-authors: Jonathan S. Stamler David S. Bredt Jean‐Luc Balligand Herbert B. Hechtman Amy Imrich Ralph A. Kelly Thomas Michel David Sheṕro
Journals: The Journal of Immunology (24 papers)American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology (15 papers)American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology (13 papers)Journal of Clinical Investigation (10 papers)Annals of Surgery (7 papers)
Partner nations: United States Japan Russia

In The Last Decade

Lester Kobzik

262 papers receiving 18.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

Toll4 (TLR4) expression in cardiac myocytes in normal and failing myocardium 1999 · 556 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1999 Journal of Clinical Investigation
1996 Blood
1996 Journal of Biological Chemistry
1994 Nature
1993 American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Lester Kobzik, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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#	Work
1	Protocol for developing a mouse model of post-primary pulmonary tuberculosis after hematogenous spread in native lungs and lung implants STAR Protocols ·Дашевский Вячеслав, В.П. Чижков, David Rutagwera, Hang Haifang, Aoife K. O’Connell, F.Sh. Khudoyberdiyev, Vincent Rivalland, Nicholas A. Crossland, Lester Kobzik, Igor Kramnik	2025	1
2	Activation of CB1R Promotes Lipopolysaccharide-Induced IL-10 Secretion by Monocytic Myeloid-Derived Suppressive Cells and Reduces Acute Inflammation and Organ Injury The Journal of Immunology ·Jérémie Joffre, Che‐Chung Yeh, Lokavarapu Tejaswini, Mayuri Vijay Thete, Fengyun Xu, Ivana Zlatanova, Lydia Lum, Lester Kobzik, Matthieu Legrand, Judith Hellman	2020	19
3	The integrated stress response mediates necrosis in murine Mycobacterium tuberculosis granulomas Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Guanghua Zeng, M. Menacho, Sujoy Chatterjee, Michael E. Urbanowski, Alvaro A. Ordoñez, BARBRA NERIMA, 姜丹丹, Shichun Lun, Robert Berland, Makoto MIYATA, Yuanwei Gao, John H. Connor, Alexander R. Ivanov, Bo‐Shiun Yan, Lester Kobzik, Bang‐Bon Koo, Sanjay K. Jain, William R. Bishai, Igor Kramnik	2020	26
4	Targeting TAZ-Driven Human Breast Cancer by Inhibiting a SKP2-p27 Signaling Axis Molecular Cancer Research ·He Shen, Nuo Yang, Alexander M. Truskinovsky, Yanmin Chen, Ricardo Moreno Cazorla, Norma J. Nowak, Lester Kobzik, M. J. LEE, Jianmin Zhang	2018	11
5	The relative resistance of children to sepsis mortality: from pathways to drug candidates Molecular Systems Biology ·Roger Keller, Gabriel Altschuler, John N. Hutchinson, Hector R. Wong, (unknown), Lester Kobzik	2018	7
6	Prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke sex dependently influences methylation and mRNA levels of the Igf axis in lungs of mouse offspring American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology ·Karine Furtado Meyer, Susanne Krauss‐Etschmann, Wiebe H. C. F. Kooistra, Yancui Shi, Wim Timens, Lester Kobzik, Torsten Plösch, Machteld N. Hylkema	2017	27
7	Prenatal Maternal Stress Predicts Childhood Asthma in Girls: Project Ice Storm BioMed Research International ·Anne‐Marie Turcotte‐Tremblay, Robert H. Lim, David P. Laplante, Lester Kobzik, Alain Brunet, Suzanne King	2014	52
8	The Penh Police Are Not Infallible American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology ·Alexey V. Fedulov, Lester Kobzik	2011	2
9	MARCO Regulates Early Inflammatory Responses against Influenza American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology ·Sanjukta Ghosh, David J. Gregory, Alexia G. Smith, Lester Kobzik	2011	50
10	MARCO Is the Major Binding Receptor for Unopsonized Particles and Bacteria on Human Alveolar Macrophages The Journal of Immunology ·Mohamed S. Arredouani, Aiyappa Palecanda, Henry Koziel, Nagy Lilla, Amy Imrich, Timothy H. Sulahian, Yao Ning, Zhiping Yang, Timo Pikkarainen, Marko Sankala, Sara O. Vargas, Motohiro Takeya, Karl Tryggvason, Lester Kobzik	2005	160
11	Nuclear Factor-κB p50 Limits Inflammation and Prevents Lung Injury during Escherichia coli Pneumonia American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Joseph P. Mizgerd, Theodore W Scull, Camila Karen Fillipiaki, Henry B. Warren, Lester Kobzik, George P. Topulos	2003	58
12	Pulmonary veno‐occlusive disease in pulmonary Langerhans′ cell granulomatosis European Respiratory Journal ·Johannes VanDerBeek, S Teramoto, Olesja Weidmann, Eiji Yamada, Koji Teramoto, Lester Kobzik	2000	34
13	Resistance of Very Young Mice to Inhaled Allergen Sensitization Is Overcome by Coexposure to an Air-Pollutant Aerosol American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Kaoru Hamada, Carroll‐Ann W. Goldsmith, Alejandra Goldman, Lester Kobzik	2000	55
14	Hypoxia induces severe right ventricular dilatation and infarction in heme oxygenase-1 null mice Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Shaw‐Fang Yet, Mark A. Perrella, Matthew D. Layne, Chung-Ming Hsieh, Koji Maemura, Lester Kobzik, Philippe Wiesel, Helen Christou, Stella Kourembanas, Mu-En Lee	1999	339
15	The negative inotropic effect of beta3-adrenoceptor stimulation is mediated by activation of a nitric oxide synthase pathway in human ventricle. Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Charles Gauthier, Véronique Leblais, Lester Kobzik, Jean‐Noël Trochu, Nassirah Khandoudi, Antoine Bril, Jean‐Luc Balligand, Hervé Le Marec	1998	303
16	Peritonitis Causes Diaphragm Weakness in Rats American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·欣闻, Melanie R. Moody, Francisco H. Andrade, Addison A. Taylor, Charles C. Miller, Lester Kobzik, Justin Kassie	1998	23
17	Elevated Nitric Oxide Concentrations in Isolated Lower Airway Gas of Asthmatic Subjects American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Anthony F. Massaro, Sanjay Mehta, C M Lilly, Lester Kobzik, J.J. Reilly, Jeffrey M. Drazen	1996	152
18	Increased Airway Responsiveness to Inhaled Methacholine in a Rat Model of Chronic Bronchitis American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Stephanie A. Shore, Lester Kobzik, N. C. Long, William A. Skornik, Fangfang Chai, LP Boulet, Ian W. Rodger, D. J. Pon	1995	49
19	Airway Neutrophilia and Chemokine mRNA Expression in Sulfur Dioxide-Induced Bronchitis American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology ·Anthony L. Farone, Shao-Guang Huang, Joseph Paulauskis, Lester Kobzik	1995	45
20	Defective Pulmonary Recruitment of Neutrophils in a Rat Model of Endotoxemia American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology ·Charles W. Frevert, Angeline E. Warner, Lester Kobzik	1994	25

About Lester Kobzik

Lester Kobzik is a scholar working on Immunology, Immunology and Allergy, Physiology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, having authored 264 papers that have together received 19.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Immune Response and Inflammation (49 papers), Asthma and respiratory diseases (36 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (35 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (30 papers), Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (26 papers), Immune cells in cancer (21 papers), Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms (16 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (15 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Immunology (5.5k citations), Physiology (4.9k citations), Immunology and Allergy (807 citations), Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (1.8k citations) and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems (740 citations). Lester Kobzik has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Japan and Russia. Frequent co-authors include Jonathan S. Stamler, David S. Bredt, Jean‐Luc Balligand, Herbert B. Hechtman, Amy Imrich, Ralph A. Kelly, Thomas Michel, David Sheṕro, Michael B. Reid and C. R. Valeri. Their work appears in journals such as The Journal of Immunology, American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Annals of Surgery.

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