Dr. Glenn Furuta, MD

• Pediatric Gastroenterology

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• Harvard Medical School

  Fellowship Hospital, 1990

• Baylor Hospital

  Residency Hospital, 1986

• Baylor College Of Medicine

  Medical School, 1982

• Baylor Hospital

  Internship Hospital, 1982

• PedsQL™ Eosinophilic Esophagitis Module: Feasibility, Reliability and Validity, 2014-06-17

• Ultrastructural features of eosinophilic oesophagitis: impact of treatment on desmosomes, 2014-10-30

• Changing Roles of Eosinophils in Health and Disease, 2014-05-01

• A Clinical Severity Index for Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Development, Consensus, and Future Directions, 2022-05-20

• Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Historical perspective on an evolving disease, 2014-03-24

• Successful treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis with ciclesonide, 2012-04-03

• Proton Pump Inhibitor Impact on Esophageal Eosinophilia, 2012-11-05

• Efficacy, Dose Reduction, and Resistance to High-dose Fluticasone in Patients with Eosinophilic Esophagitis, 2014-04-22

• Editorial: Working with the FDA - Progress and Timelines in Understanding and Treating Patients with Eosinophilic Esophagitis, 2013-10-28

• Transcriptome analysis of proton pump inhibitor-responsive esophageal eosinophilia reveals PPI-reversible allergic inflammation, 2014-10-19

• Modified oral enteric-coated budesonide regimens to treat pediatric eosinophilic gastroenteritis, a single center experience, 2019-02-11

• Influence of Acid Blockade on the Aerodigestive Tract Microbiome in Children With Cystic Fibrosis, 2021-04-01

• Loss of Endothelial TSPAN12 Promotes Fibrostenotic Eosinophilic Esophagitis via Endothelial Cell-Fibroblast Crosstalk, 2021-10-21

• Twin and family studies reveal strong environmental and weaker genetic cues explaining heritability of eosinophilic esophagitis, 2014-09-22

• The National Biome Initiative: An allergy perspective, 2017-02-28

• Increasing Rates of Diagnosis, Substantial Co-occurrence, and Variable Treatment Patterns of Eosinophilic Gastritis, Gastroenteritis and Colitis Based on 10 Year Data Across a Multi-Center Consortium, 2019-03-09

• Overestimation of the diagnosis of eosinophilic colitis with reliance on billing codes, 2019-03-25

• Unsedated transnasal esophagoscopy with virtual reality distraction enables earlier monitoring of dietary therapy in eosinophilic esophagitis, 2021-07-02

• Transnasal Endoscopy in Unsedated Children With Eosinophilic Esophagitis Using Virtual Reality Video Goggles, 2019-01-29

• CT imaging features of eosinophilic colitis in children, 2013-01-30

• The mast cell pain connection in eosinophilic esophagitis, 2022-03-03

• A Clinical Severity Index for Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Development, Consensus, and Future Directions, 2022-05-20

• Eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases make a name for themselves: A new consensus statement with updated nomenclature, 2022-05-29

• Development of a core outcome set for therapeutic studies in eosinophilic esophagitis (COREOS), 2021-07-06

• Dilation of Pediatric Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Adverse Events and Short-term Outcomes, 2018-09-04

• Proton Pump Inhibitor-Responsive Oesophageal Eosinophilia: An Entity Challenging Current Diagnostic Criteria for Eosinophilic Oesophagitis, 2015-12-18

• Advancing Patient Care Through the Consortium of Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease Researchers, 2019-11-20

• Update on clinical and immunological features of eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases, 2014-01-24

• G2A signaling dampens colitic inflammation via production of IFN?, 2016-07-08

• Unsedated In-office Transgastrostomy Esophagoscopy to Monitor Therapy in Pediatric Esophageal Disease, 2021-05-21

• Addendum guidelines for the prevention of peanut allergy in the United States: report of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases-sponsored expert panel, 2017-01-06

• Management of refractory Eosinophilic Esophagitis, 2014-02-28

• Esophageal Microbiome in Eosinophilic Esophagitis, 2015-05-28

• Addendum Guidelines for the Prevention of Peanut Allergy in the United States Report of the NIAID-Sponsored Expert Panel, 2016-12-09

• A Sensitive High Throughput ELISA for Human Eosinophil Peroxidase: A Specific Assay to Quantify Eosinophil Degranulation from Patient-derived Sources, 2012-06-28

• Characterization of eosinophilic esophagitis variants by clinical, histological, and molecular analyses: A cross-sectional multi-center study, 2022-02-17

• TGF-ß1 Alters Esophageal Epithelial Barrier Function by Attenuation of Claudin-7 in Eosinophilic Esophagitis, 2017-08-23

• Esophageal remodeling in eosinophilic esophagitis: Relationships to luminal captured biomarkers of inflammation and periostin, 2022-04-08

• Development and Validation of Web-based Tool to Predict Lamina Propria Fibrosis in Eosinophilic Esophagitis, 2022-02-01

• Impressions and Aspirations from the FDA GREAT VI Workshop on Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders Beyond Eosinophilic Esophagitis and Perspectives for Progress in the Field, 2021-12-22

• Topical inhaled ciclesonide for treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis, 2013-12-17

• Molecular, Endoscopic, Histologic and Circulating Biomarker-Based Diagnosis of Eosinophilic Gastritis: Multi-Site Study, 2019-11-16

• Mucosal inflammation, esophageal eosinophilia and celiac disease; A little "pinch” will have to do you, 2015-01-22

• Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis and Colitis - Not Yet Ready For the Big Leagues, 2018-04-25

• Alignment of Parent- and Child-Reported Outcomes and Histology in Eosinophilic Esophagitis Across Multiple CEGIR Sites, 2018-05-29

• Technical review on the management of eosinophilic esophagitis: a report from the AGA institute and the joint task force on allergy-immunology practice parameters, 2021-04-12

• Updated international consensus diagnostic criteria for eosinophilic esophagitis: Proceedings of the AGREE conference, 2018-09-06

• Eosinophilic Esophagitis Is an Underlying Cause for Gastrointestinal Concerns in Children, 2018-05-03

• Eosinophilic Oesophagitis phenotypes: Ready for primetime?, 2017-05-04

• Approaches and Challenges to Management of Pediatric and Adult Patients With Eosinophilic Esophagitis, 2019-12-10

• Epithelial calcium-sensing receptor activation by eosinophil granule protein analog stimulates collagen matrix contraction, 2012-12-26

• Local hypersensitivity reaction in transgenic mice with squamous epithelial IL-5 overexpression provides a novel model of eosinophilic oesophagitis, 2012-11-17

• Histologic similarities in children with eosinophilic esophagitis and PPI-responsive esophageal eosinophilia, 2018-11-14

• Propofol use in pediatric patients with food allergy and eosinophilic esophagitis, 2016-10-11

• Prospective Endoscopic Activity Assessment for Eosinophilic Gastritis in a Multi-Site Cohort, 2022-03-01

• Increased GATA-3 and T-bet expression in eosinophilic esophagitis vs gastroesophageal reflux disease, 2018-01-31

• Association Between Endoscopic and Histologic Findings in a Multicenter Retrospective Cohort of Patients with Non-esophageal Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders, 2019-11-26

• Summary of the updated international consensus diagnostic criteria for eosinophilic esophagitis: AGREE conference, 2018-07-18

• New Developments in Esophageal Motility Testing, 2022-09-17

• Non- and semi- invasive methods to monitor Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE), 2014-02-28

• Neutrophil transfer ofmiR-223to lung epithelial cells dampens acute lung injury in mice, 2017-09-20

• Phenotypic Characterization of Eosinophilic Esophagitis in a Large Multi-Center Patient Population from the Consortium for Food Allergy Research, 2018-08-01

• Substantial variability in biopsy practice patterns among gastroenterologists for suspected eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders, 2016-04-22

• Evaluating Eosinophilic Colitis as a Unique Disease using Colonic Molecular Profiles: A Multi-Site Study, 2022-01-25

• Health Related Quality of Life Over Time in Children with Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) and their Families, 2014-07-17

• Long-Lasting Dissociation of Esophageal Eosinophilia and Symptoms Following Dilation in Adults with Eosinophilic Esophagitis, 2021-05-29

• Novel Peptide Nanoparticle Biased Antagonist of CCR3 Blocks Eosinophil Recruitment and Airway Hyperresponsiveness, 2018-05-17

• Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders affect more than just the esophagus, 2016-06-02

• Epithelial Claudin Proteins and their Role in Gastrointestinal Diseases, 2019-02-01

• Genetic Variants at the 16p13 Locus Confer Risk for Eosinophilic Esophagitis, 2018-06-08

• Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition Contributes to Esophageal Remodeling and Reverses with Treatment, 2012-04-01

• Eosinophils and IL-33 perpetuate chronic inflammation and fibrosis in a pediatric population with stricturing Crohn's ileitis, 2015-06-07

• Clinical Implications of Pediatric Colonic Eosinophilia, 2017-10-13

• Climbing New Mountains: How Antibodies Blocking a4ß7 Integrins Tamed Eosinophilic Inflammation of the Intestinal Tract, 2019-12-27

• Esophageal human beta-defensin expression in eosinophilic esophagitis, 2013-02-05

• Eosinophilic Esophagitis, 2015-10-22

• Unsedated transnasal esophagoscopy for monitoring therapy in pediatric eosinophilic esophagitis, 2015-07-02

• Eosinophilic esophagitis endotype classification by molecular, clinical, and histopathological analyses: a cross sectional study by the Consortium of Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease Researchers (CEGIR), 2018-05-03

• Heterogeneity of Intestinal Tissue Eosinophils: Potential Considerations for Next-Generation Eosinophil-Targeting Strategies, 2021-02-17

• Contribution of esophagram to the evaluation of complicated pediatric eosinophilic esophagitis, 2015-05-21

• Technical review on the management of eosinophilic esophagitis: a report from the AGA institute and the joint task force on allergy-immunology practice parameters, 2021-04-12

• Human Epidemiology and RespOnse to SARS-CoV-2 (HEROS): Objectives, Design and Enrollment Results of a 12-City Remote Observational Surveillance Study of Households with Children using Direct-to-Participant Methods, 2022-07-10

• GWAS identifies four novel eosinophilic esophagitis loci, 2014-11-19

• Esophageal type 2 cytokine expression heterogeneity in eosinophilic esophagitis in a multi-site cohort, 2020-03-19

• Pathophysiology of Eosinophilic Esophagitis, 2017-07-27

• Authors' response, 2018-10-13

• Diet and stress in pediatric eosinophilic esophagitis, 2016-11-24

• Addendum guidelines for the prevention of peanut allergy in the United States: Report of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases-sponsored expert panel, 2017-01-06

• Influence of age and eosinophilic esophagitis on esophageal distensibility in a pediatric cohort, 2017-05-16

• Novel Device to Sample the Esophageal Microbiome-The Esophageal String Test, 2012-09-05