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Adrian Liston is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the fields of immunology, microbiology, and medicine. Their research spans several subfields, including immunology, molecular biology, neurology, infectious diseases, and oncology.

Their main research topics include:

  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Single-cell and Spatial Transcriptomics
  • Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

Some recent publications authored or co-authored by Adrian Liston cover a range of immunological and clinical research questions. Selected papers include:

  • "Discriminating mild from critical COVID-19 by innate and adaptive immune single-cell profiling of bronchoalveolar lavages," 2021, Cell Research
  • "Microglia Require CD4 T Cells to Complete the Fetal-to-Adult Transition," 2020, Cell
  • "Monocyte-driven atypical cytokine storm and aberrant neutrophil activation as key mediators of COVID-19 disease severity," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Astrocyte-targeted gene delivery of interleukin 2 specifically increases brain-resident regulatory T cell numbers and protects against pathological neuroinflammation," 2022, Nature Immunology
  • "Human immune diversity: from evolution to modernity," 2021, Nature Immunology

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Stéphanie Humblet-Baron
  • James Dooley
  • Oliver T. Burton
  • Julika Neumann
  • Mathijs Willemsen

Adrian Liston's works have appeared predominantly in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Immunology and Cell Biology
  • Science Immunology
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Nature Immunology

The scope of their research integrates cellular immunology with molecular biology and neurology to explore immune mechanisms in health and disease, with particular focus on T-cell and B-cell immunology, neuroinflammation, and response to infectious diseases including COVID-19.

Best Publications

  • Phenotype molding of stromal cells in the lung tumor microenvironment.

    Diether Lambrechts;Els Wauters;Bram Boeckx;Sara Aibar

  • How informative is the mouse for human gut microbiota research

    Thi Loan Anh Nguyen;Thi Loan Anh Nguyen;Sara Vieira-Silva;Sara Vieira-Silva;Adrian Liston;Jeroen Raes;Jeroen Raes

  • Foxp3+ follicular regulatory T cells control the germinal center response

    Michelle A. Linterman;Wim Pierson;Sau K. Lee;Axel Kallies

  • Aire regulates negative selection of organ-specific T cells

    Adrian Liston;Sylvie Lesage;Judith Wilson;Leena Peltonen

  • Developmental kinetics, turnover and stimulatory capacity of thymic epithelial cells

    Daniel Herbert Donald Gray;Natalie Louise Seach;Tomoo Ueno;Morag Kertanya Milton

  • Dicer-dependent microRNA pathway safeguards regulatory T cell function.

    Adrian Liston;Li-Fan Lu;Donal O'Carroll;Alexander Tarakhovsky

  • Homeostatic control of regulatory T cell diversity.

    Adrian Liston;Daniel H. D. Gray

  • Inflammation-associated enterotypes, host genotype, cage and inter-individual effects drive gut microbiota variation in common laboratory mice

    Falk Hildebrand;Thi Loan Anh Nguyen;Brigitta Brinkman;Roberto Garcia Yunta

  • Homeostasis-altering molecular processes as mechanisms of inflammasome activation

    Adrian Liston;Seth L. Masters

  • MicroRNA in the immune system, microRNA as an immune system.

    Li-Fan Lu;Adrian Liston

  • Histamine Receptor H1-Mediated Sensitization of TRPV1 Mediates Visceral Hypersensitivity and Symptoms in Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome

    Mira M. Wouters;Dafne Balemans;Sander Van Wanrooy;James Dooley

  • The cellular composition of the human immune system is shaped by age and cohabitation

    Edward J Carr;James Dooley;Josselyn E Garcia-Perez;Vasiliki Lagou

  • Gene dosage--limiting role of Aire in thymic expression, clonal deletion, and organ-specific autoimmunity.

    Adrian Liston;Daniel Herbert Donald Gray;Sylvie Lesage;Sylvie Lesage;Anne Louise Fletcher

  • Microglia Require CD4 T Cells to Complete the Fetal-to-Adult Transition.

    Emanuela Pasciuto;Oliver T. Burton;Carlos P. Roca;Vasiliki Lagou

  • Familial autoinflammation with neutrophilic dermatosis reveals a regulatory mechanism of pyrin activation

    Seth L. Masters;Seth L. Masters;Vasiliki Lagou;Isabelle Jéru;Isabelle Jéru;Paul J. Baker;Paul J. Baker

  • Differentiation of regulatory Foxp3+ T cells in the thymic cortex

    Adrian Liston;Katherine M. Nutsch;Andrew G. Farr;Jennifer M. Lund

  • Stem-cell-derived human microglia transplanted in mouse brain to study human disease.

    Renzo Mancuso;Renzo Mancuso;Johanna Van Den Daele;Johanna Van Den Daele;Nicola Fattorelli;Nicola Fattorelli;Leen Wolfs;Leen Wolfs

  • Antiapoptotic Mcl-1 is critical for the survival and niche-filling capacity of Foxp3 + regulatory T cells

    Wim Pierson;Bénédicte Cauwe;Antonia Policheni;Antonia Policheni;Susan M Schlenner

  • Astrocyte-targeted gene delivery of interleukin 2 specifically increases brain-resident regulatory T cell numbers and protects against pathological neuroinflammation

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  • Aire regulates the transfer of antigen from mTECs to dendritic cells for induction of thymic tolerance.

    François-Xavier Hubert;Sarah A. Kinkel;Sarah A. Kinkel;Gayle M. Davey;Belinda Phipson

  • Monocyte-driven atypical cytokine storm and aberrant neutrophil activation as key mediators of COVID-19 disease severity.

    L. Vanderbeke;P. Van Mol;Y. Van Herck;F. De Smet

  • Familial Autoinflammation with Neutrophilic Dermatosis Reveals a Novel Regulatory Mechanism of Pyrin Activation

    P. J. Baker;V. Lagou;I. Jeru;L. Van Eyck

  • Foxp3(+) follicular regulatory T cells control the germinal centre response

    M. A Linterman;Wim Pierson;S. K Lee;A Kallies

Frequent Co-Authors

James Dooley
James Dooley University of Cambridge
Michelle A. Linterman
Michelle A. Linterman Babraham Institute
An Goris
An Goris KU Leuven
Christopher C. Goodnow
Christopher C. Goodnow Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Daniel H. D. Gray
Daniel H. D. Gray Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

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