Associate Professor, Channing Laboratory Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School
Internal Medicine
Dr. Augusto A. Litonjua, MD
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Augusto Litonjua practices Internal Medicine. He went to University of the Philippines College of Medicine. Augusto A. Litonjua is a published physician. He has 100 publications published. The most current publication "Lifetime Exposure to Ambient Pollution and Lung Function in Children." He accepts Medicare payments and is registered with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- Lifetime Exposure to Ambient Pollution and Lung Function in Children.
- Folate Deficiency, Atopy and Severe Asthma Exacerbations in Puerto Rican Children.
- Vitamin d, the gut microbiome, and the hygiene hypothesis. How does Asthma begin?
- Genome Wide Association Study Identifies Novel Loci Associated with Airway Responsiveness in COPD.
- Vitamin D and the development of allergic Disease: how important is it?
- Long-term Effects of Traffic Particles on Lung Function Decline in the Elderly.
- Cohort Profile: Project Viva.
- Exposure to traffic and early life Respiratory infection: A cohort study.
- The Vitamin D Antenatal Asthma Reduction Trial (VDAART): Rationale, design, and methods of a randomized, controlled trial of vitamin D supplementation in pregnancy for...
- Risk loci for Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a genome-wide association study and meta-analysis.
- Epigenetic Influences on Associations between Air Pollutants and Lung Function in Elderly Men: The Normative Aging Study.
- Association Between Prehospital Vitamin D Status and Hospital-Acquired Clostridium difficile Infections.
- Urinary triclosan levels and recent Asthma exacerbations.
- Evidence for a U-shaped relationship between pre-hospital vitamin D status and mortality: a cohort study.
- Statin use in Asthmatics on inhaled corticosteroids is associated with decreased risk of emergency department visits.
- Diet and Asthma: vitamins and methyl donors.
- Variants of Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Genes and Lung Function Decline in Aging.
- Vitamin D status among preterm and full-term infants at birth.
- Association of Low Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels and Sepsis in the Critically Ill.
- Pre-hospital vitamin D concentration, mortality, and bloodstream infection in a hospitalized patient population.
- Diagnostic accuracy of the bronchodilator response in children.
- Gene expression analysis uncovers novel hedgehog interacting protein (HHIP) effects in human bronchial epithelial cells.
- Vitamin D and corticosteroids in Asthma: synergy, interaction and potential therapeutic effects.
- A polymorphism in the thyroid hormone receptor gene is associated with bronchodilator response in Asthmatics.
- Integration of Mouse and Human Genome-Wide Association Data Identifies KCNIP4 as an Asthma Gene.
- A genome-wide association study of bronchodilator response in Asthmatics.
- Dissecting direct and indirect genetic effects on Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) susceptibility.
- Genome-wide Association Analysis of Blood Biomarkers in COPD.
- Alu and LINE-1 methylation and Lung function in the normative ageing study.
- Association of low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and acute kidney injury in the critically ill.
- Genome Wide Association Studies Identify CHRNA5/3 and HTR4 in the Development of Airflow Obstruction.
- Vitamin D deficiency, Smoking, and Lung Function in the Normative Aging Study.
- The Effect of Vitamin D and Inhaled Corticosteroid Treatment on Lung Function in Children.
- Genome-Wide Association Analysis in Asthma Subjects Identifies SPATS2L as a Novel Bronchodilator Response Gene.
- Erratum to: Lepeule J, Baccarelli A, Tarantini L, Motta V, Cantone L, Litonjua AA, et al. Gene promoter methylation is associated with Lung function in the elderly: Th...
- Association of variants in innate immune genes with Asthma and eczema.
- Effects of endotoxin exposure on childhood Asthma risk are modified by a genetic polymorphism in ACAA1.
- Fat-soluble vitamins and atopic Disease: what is the evidence?
- Genome-wide association study reveals class I MHC-restricted T cell-associated molecule gene (CRTAM) variants interact with vitamin D levels to affect Asthma exacerbat...
- Genetic and histologic evidence for autophagy in Asthma pathogenesis.
- Genomewide association between GLCCI1 and response to glucocorticoid therapy in Asthma.
- Low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D at critical care initiation is associated with increased mortality.
- Identification of FGF7 as a novel susceptibility locus for Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- Relevance and implication of genetic determinants to Asthma pathophysiology.
- Genome-wide association study identifies three new susceptibility loci for adult Asthma in the Japanese population.
- Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 Second and Cognitive Aging in Men.
- Genome Wide Association Study to predict severe Asthma exacerbations in children using random forests classifiers.
- SOX5 Is a Candidate Gene for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Susceptibility and Is Necessary for Lung Development.
- The In Utero Effects of Maternal Vitamin D Deficiency: How it Results in Asthma and Other Chronic Diseases.
- Vitamin D insufficiency.
- Polymorphisms in surfactant protein-D are associated with Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- Regulatory haplotypes in ARG1 are associated with altered bronchodilator response.
- Fungal exposure modulates the effect of polymorphisms of chitinases on emergency department visits and hospitalizations.
- Multistudy fine mapping of chromosome 2q identifies XRCC5 as a Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease susceptibility gene.
- Maternal dietary pattern during pregnancy is not associated with recurrent wheeze in children.
- Repetitive element DNA methylation and circulating endothelial and inflammation markers in the VA normative aging study.
- Variants in FAM13A are associated with Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- Very important pharmacogene summary ADRB2.
- MMP12, lung function, and COPD in high-risk populations.
- Analysis of exonic elastin variants in severe, early-onset Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- Postural changes in blood pressure associated with interactions between candidate genes for Chronic respiratory diseases and exposure to particulate matter.
- Childhood Asthma may be a consequence of vitamin D deficiency.
- Serum vitamin D levels and markers of severity of childhood Asthma in Costa Rica.
- Rapid DNA methylation changes after exposure to traffic particles.
- INSIG2 is Associated with Lower Gain in Weight-for-Length Between Birth and Age 6 Months.
- Clinical predictors and outcomes of consistent bronchodilator response in the childhood Asthma management program.
- ARG1 is a novel bronchodilator response gene: screening and replication in four Asthma cohorts.
- Association between 24-hour urinary cadmium and Pulmonary function among community-exposed men: the VA Normative Aging Study.
- Dietary factors and the development of Asthma.
- Chromosome 17: association of a large inversion polymorphism with corticosteroid response in Asthma.
- Asthma and obesity: common early-life influences in the inception of disease.
- Higher adiposity in infancy associated with recurrent wheeze in a prospective cohort of children.
- Association of corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor-2 genetic variants with acute bronchodilator response in Asthma.
- FCER2: a pharmacogenetic basis for severe exacerbations in children with Asthma.
- Ozone exposure and Lung function: effect modified by obesity and airways hyperresponsiveness in the VA normative aging study.
- Prevalence and titer of IgE antibodies to mouse allergens.
- Is vitamin D deficiency to blame for the Asthma epidemic?
- Statin use reduces decline in Lung function: VA Normative Aging Study.
- Sensitization to mouse allergen and Asthma and Asthma morbidity among women in Boston.
- Exposure to dust mite allergen and endotoxin in early life and Asthma and atopy in childhood.
- Genetic determinants of emphysema distribution in the national emphysema treatment trial.
- Maternal vitamin D intake during pregnancy and early childhood wheezing.
- Maternal intake of vitamin D during pregnancy and risk of recurrent wheeze in children at 3 y of age.
- Predictors of cord blood IgE levels in children at risk for Asthma and atopy.
- Respiratory illnesses in early life and Asthma and atopy in childhood.
- Cord blood cytokines and acute lower Respiratory illnesses in the first year of life.
- Genetic linkage and association analysis of COPD-related traits on chromosome 8p.
- Uric acid and the development of Hypertension: the normative aging study.
- Transcriptional response to persistent beta2-adrenergic receptor signaling reveals regulation of phospholamban, which alters airway contractility.
- Maternal antioxidant intake in pregnancy and wheezing illnesses in children at 2 y of age.
- Sensitization to aeroallergens and airway hyperresponsiveness at 7 years of age.
- Prenatal, perinatal, and heritable influences on cord blood immune responses.
- The significance of beta2-adrenergic receptor polymorphisms in Asthma.
- A functional mutation in the terminal exon of elastin in severe, early-onset Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- Polymorphisms in cytoplasmic serine hydroxymethyltransferase and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase affect the risk of cardiovascular Disease in men.
- Attempted replication of reported Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease candidate gene associations.
- Air pollution and ST-segment depression in elderly subjects.
- Polymorphisms in the 5' region of the CD14 gene are associated with eczema in young children.
- Variation in total and specific IgE: effects of ethnicity and socioeconomic status.
Schools
University of The Philippines System Institute of Health Science
Brooklyn Hosp Caledonian Hospital
Brooklyn Hospital Center
Channing LabBrigham and Womens Hospital Harvard
Wv University Hospital
Procedures Preformed
- Bronchoscopy
- Thoracentesis
- Ventilation Management
Conditions Treated
- Acidosis
- Asthma
- Bronchiectasis
- Chronic Pulmonary Heart Diseases (incl. Pulmonary Hypertension)
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Doctors Specialties
- Critical Care Medicine
- Pulmonology
- Internal Medicine
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna HMO
- Choice Plus POS II
- Blue Card PPO
- BlueConnect HMO
- Blue with Managed Care Behavioral Health HMO
- Preferred Blue PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- LocalPlus
- Open Access Plus
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Choice Care PPO
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Options PPO
Education
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Harvard School of Public Health -
West Virginia University -
Brooklyn Hospital Center -
University of the Philippines College of Medicine
Hospital
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Brigham and Women's Hospital
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1558318253 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | LITONJUA |
| First Name Of The Provider | AUGUSTO |
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