Scientific Papers

Publications for the 2nd quarter of 2008:

Allison DD, Wight TN, Ripp NJ, Braun KR, and Grande-Allen KJ.  Endogenous overexpression of hyaluronan syntheses within dynamically cultured collagen gels: Implications for vascular and valvular disease. Biomaterials. 20:2969-76, 2008

Amemiya CT, Prohaska SJ, Hill-Force A, Cook A, Wasserscheid J, Ferrier DE, Pascual-Anaya J, Garcia-Fernandez J, Dewar K, and Stadler PF. The amphioxus Hox cluster: characterization, comparative genomics, and evolution. J. Exp. Zoolog. B Mol. Dev. Evol., Mar 19 [epub], 2008

Bares JM, Berger J, Nelson JE, Messner DJ, Schildt S, Standish LJ, and Kowdley KV. Silybin Treatment is Associated With Reduction in Serum Ferritin in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis. C J. Clin. Gastroenterol., May 2 [epub], 2008

Drouin EE, Glickstein L, Kwok WW, Nepom GT, and Steere AC. Searching for borrelial T cell epitopes associated with antibiotic-refractory Lyme arthritis. Mol. Immunol. 45:2323-2332, 2008

Du J, Huang C, Zhou B, and Ziegler SF. Isoform-specific inhibition of ROR alpha-mediated transcriptional activation by Human FOXP3. J. Immunol. 180:4785-4792, 2008

Duan H, Fleming J, Pritchard DK, Amon LM, Xue J, Arnett HA, Chen G, Breen P, Buckner JH, Molitor JA, Elkon KB, and Schwartz SM. Combined analysis of monocyte and lymphocyte messenger RNA expression with serum protein profiles in patients with scleroderma. Arthritis Rheum. 58:1465-1474, 2008

Ebinuma H, Nakamoto N, Li Y, Price DA, Gostick E, Levine BL, Tobias J, Kwok WW, and Chang KM. Identification and in vitro expansion of functional antigen-specific CD25+ FoxP3+ regulatory T cells in hepatitis C virus infection. J. Virol. 82:5043-5053, 2008

Epardaud M, Elpek KG, Rubinstein MP, Yonekura AR, Bellemare-Pelletier A, Bronson R, Hamerman JA, Goldrath AW, and Turley SJ. Interleukin-15/interleukin-15R alpha complexes promote destruction of established tumors by reviving tumor-resident CD8+ T cells. Cancer Res. 68:2972-2983, 2008

Etzel JP, Eng SC, Ko CW, Lee SD, Saunders MD, Tung BY, Kimmey MB, and Kowdley KV. Complications after ERCP in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis. Gastrointest. Endosc. 67:643-648, 2008

Golembieski WA, Thomas SL, Schultz CR, Yunker CK, McClung HM, Lemke N, Cazacu S, Barker T, Sage EH, Brodie C, and Rempel SA. HSP27 mediates SPARC-induced changes in glioma morphology, migration, and invasion. Glia, Apr 28 [epub], 2008

Gwee PC, Amemiya CT, Brenner S, and Venkatesh B. Sequence and organization of coelacanth neurohypophysial hormone genes: evolutionary history of the vertebrate neurohypophysial hormone gene locus. BMC Evol Biol. 26;8:93, 2008

James EA, Moustakas AK, Berger D, Huston L, Papadopoulos GK, and Kwok WW. Definition of the peptide binding motif within DRB1*1401 restricted epitopes by peptide competition and structural modeling. Mol. Immunol. 45:2651-2659, 2008

Krudys KM, Greenbaum CJ, Pihoker C, and Vicini P. Use of oral glucose minimal model-derived index of insulin sensitivity in subjects with early type 1 diabetes mellitus. Metabolism 57:445-447, 2008

Kzhyshkowska J, Gratchev A, Schmuttermaier C, Brundiers H, Krusell L, Mamidi S, Zhang J, Workman G, Sage EH, Anderle C, Sedlmayr P, and Goerdt S. Alternatively Activated Macrophages Regulate Extracellular Levels of the Hormone Placental Lactogen via Receptor-Mediated Uptake and Transcytosis. J. Immunol. 180:3028-3037, 2008

Laughlin E, Burke G, Pugliese A, Falk B, and Nepom GT. Recurrence of autoreactive antigen-specific CD4+ T cells in autoimmune diabetes after pancreas transplantation. Clin. Immunol., May 1 [epub], 2008

Long, SA and Buckner JH. Combination of rapamycin and IL-2 increases de novo induction of human CD4(+)CD25(+)FOXP3(+) T cells. J. Autoimmun. 30:293-302, 2008

Lotze MT and Nepom GT. A nexus of science and clinical immunology: The Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies and the FOCIS Centers of Excellence. Clin. Immunol. 127:119-120, 2008

Lowry MH, McAllister BP, Jean JC, Brown LA, Hughey RP, Cruikshank WW, Amar S, Lucey EC, Braun K, Johnson P, Wight TN, and Joyce-Brady M. Lung lining fluid glutathione attenuates IL-13-induced asthma. Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 38:509-516, 2008

Miller JD, Stevens ET, Smith DR, Wight TN, and Wrenshall LE. Perlecan: a major IL-2-binding proteoglycan in murine spleen. Immunol. Cell Biol. 86:192-199, 2008

Nakashima Y, Wight TN, and Sueishi K. Early atherosclerosis in humans: role of diffuse intimal thickening and extracellular matrix proteoglycans. Cardiovasc. Res., May 12 [epub], 2008

Nelson JE and Kowdley KV. Reply: Correspondance. Hepatology 47:1795-1796, 2008

Sanda S, Roep BO, and von Herrath M. Islet antigen specific IL-10(+) immune responses but not CD4(+)CD25(+)FoxP3(+) cells at diagnosis predict glycemic control in type 1 diabetes. Clin. Immunol. 127:138-143, 2008

Sosenko JM, Krischer JP, Palmer JP, Mahon J, Cowie C, Greenbaum CJ, Cuthbertson D, Lachin JM, and Skyler JS. A risk score for type 1 diabetes derived from autoantibody-positive participants in the diabetes prevention trial-type 1. Diabetes Care 31:528-533, 2008

Sullivan MM, Puolakkainen PA, Barker TH, Funk SE, and Sage EH. Altered tissue repair in hevin-null mice: inhibition of fibroblast migration by a matricellular SPARC homolog. Wound. Repair Regen. 16:310-319, 2008

Veenstra DL, Spackman DE, Bisceglie A, Kowdley KV, and Gish RG. Evaluating anti-viral drug selection and treatment duration in HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Aliment. Pharmacol. Ther. 27(12):1240-52, 2008

Wang CC, Lim LY, Deubner H, Tapia K, Lau AW, Manansala J, Krows M, Shuhart MC, and Kowdley KV. Factors Predictive of Significant Hepatic Fibrosis in Adults With Chronic Hepatitis B and Normal Serum. ALT J. Clin. Gastroenterol., May 2 [epub], 2008

Yang J, Danke N, Roti M, Huston L, Greenbaum CJ, Pihoker C, James EA, and Kwok WW. CD4+ T cells from type 1 diabetic and healthy subjects exhibit different thresholds of activation to a naturally processed proinsulin epitope. J. Autoimmun. 31(1):30-41, 2008

Yu WP, Rajasegaran V, Yew K, Loh WL, Tay BH, Amemiya CT, Brenner S, and Venkatesh B. Elephant shark sequence reveals unique insights into the evolutionary history of vertebrate genes: A comparative analysis of the protocadherin cluster. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 11;105(10):3819-24, 2008

Yuen J, Li Y, Shapiro LG, Clark JI, Arnett E, Sage EH, and Brinkley JF. Automated, computerized, feature-based phenotype analysis of slit lamp images of the mouse lens. Exp. Eye Res. 86:562-575, 2008

Zhou L, Lopes JE, Chong MM, Ivanov II, Min R, Victora GD, Shen Y, Du J, Rubtsov YP, Rudensky AY, Ziegler SF, and Littman DR. TGF-beta-induced Foxp3 inhibits T(H)17 cell differentiation by antagonizing RORgammat function. Nature 453:236-240, 2008