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Alexander L. Dent

Alexander L. Dent

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Immunology

D-Index
46
Citations
11236
World Ranking
4581
National Ranking
2064

Overview

Alexander L. Dent is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States and works primarily within the fields of Immunology and Microbiology and Medicine. Their research spans several subfields including Immunology, Immunology and Allergy, Physiology, Epidemiology, and Biotechnology.

The scientist's work centers on topics such as Immune Cell Function and Interaction, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways, Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research, Asthma and respiratory diseases, and Transgenic Plants and Applications.

Alexander L. Dent has contributed publications to a range of venues with notable frequency in:

  • The Journal of Immunology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Cell Reports

Frequent collaborators include Qiang Chen, Markus M. Xie, Mark H. Kaplan, Young Min Son, and In Su Cheon.

The following are some recent papers authored or co-authored by Alexander L. Dent:

  • Tissue-resident CD4 + T helper cells assist the development of protective respiratory B and CD8 + T cell memory responses, 2021, Science Immunology
  • Follicular regulatory T cells produce neuritin to regulate B cells, 2021, Cell
  • IL-10-producing Tfh cells accumulate with age and link inflammation with age-related immune suppression, 2020, Science Advances
  • T follicular regulatory cells and IL-10 promote food antigen-specific IgE, 2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Bcl6 and Blimp1 reciprocally regulate ST2+ Treg-cell development in the context of allergic airway inflammation, 2020, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Best Publications

  • Bcl6 and Blimp-1 are reciprocal and antagonistic regulators of T follicular helper cell differentiation.

    Robert J. Johnston;Amanda C. Poholek;Daniel DiToro;Isharat Yusuf

  • Control of Inflammation, Cytokine Expression, and Germinal Center Formation by BCL-6

    Alexander L. Dent;Arthur L. Shaffer;Xin Yu;David Allman

  • Innate and Adaptive Humoral Responses Coat Distinct Commensal Bacteria with Immunoglobulin A

    Jeffrey J. Bunker;Theodore M. Flynn;Jason C. Koval;Dustin G. Shaw

  • CXCR5 + follicular cytotoxic T cells control viral infection in B cell follicles

    Yew Ann Leong;Yaping Chen;Hong Sheng Ong;Di Wu

  • BCL-6 expression during B-cell activation

    David Allman;Ashish Jain;Ashish Jain;Alexander Dent;Alexander Dent;Randal R. Maile;Randal R. Maile

  • In Vivo Regulation of Bcl6 and T Follicular Helper Cell Development

    Amanda C. Poholek;Kyle Hansen;Sairy G. Hernandez;Danelle Eto

  • The Forkhead Transcription Factor AFX Activates Apoptosis by Induction of the BCL-6 Transcriptional Repressor

    Tracy Tzu Ling Tang;Donald Dowbenko;Amanda Jackson;Lisa Toney

  • Bcl-6 and NF-κB cistromes mediate opposing regulation of the innate immune response

    Grant D. Barish;Ruth T. Yu;Malith Karunasiri;Corinne B. Ocampo

  • Comparative transcriptional and functional profiling defines conserved programs of intestinal DC differentiation in humans and mice

    Payal B. Watchmaker;Katharina Lahl;Mike Lee;Dirk Baumjohann

  • Repression of AP-1 function: a mechanism for the regulation of Blimp-1 expression and B lymphocyte differentiation by the B cell lymphoma-6 protooncogene.

    Farha H. Vasanwala;Saritha Kusam;Lisa M. Toney;Alexander L. Dent

  • Inhibition of Th2 Differentiation and GATA-3 Expression by BCL-6

    Saritha Kusam;Lisa M. Toney;Hiroshi Sato;Alexander L. Dent

  • Self-reactive γδ T cells are eliminated in the thymus

    Alexander L. Dent;Louis A. Matis;Farideh Hooshmand;Suzanne M. Widacki

  • Regulation of IL-10 gene expression in Th2 cells by Jun proteins.

    Zheng Yu Wang;Hiroshi Sato;Saritha Kusam;Sarita Sehra

  • BCL-6 regulates chemokine gene transcription in macrophages.

    L M Toney;G Cattoretti;J A Graf;T Merghoub

  • Follicular helper T cells mediate IgE antibody response to airborne allergens

    Takao Kobayashi;Koji Iijima;Alexander L. Dent;Hirohito Kita

  • Tissue-resident CD4+ T helper cells assist the development of protective respiratory B and CD8+ T cell memory responses

    Young Min Son;In Su Cheon;Yue Wu;Chaofan Li

  • IFN Regulatory Factor 4 Regulates the Expression of a Subset of Th2 Cytokines

    Ayele Nati N. Ahyi;Hua Chen Chang;Alexander L. Dent;Stephen L. Nutt

  • Insights into the Role of Bcl6 in Follicular Th Cells Using a New Conditional Mutant Mouse Model

    Kristin Hollister;Saritha Kusam;Hao Wu;Ninah Clegg

  • Follicular regulatory T cells repress cytokine production by follicular helper T cells and optimize IgG responses in mice.

    Hao Wu;Yuxin Chen;Hong Liu;Lin Lin Xu

  • Follicular regulatory T cells produce neuritin to regulate B cells

    Paula Gonzalez-Figueroa;Jonathan A. Roco;Ilenia Papa;Lorena Núñez Villacís

  • The Bcl6-SMRT/NCoR cistrome represses inflammation to attenuate atherosclerosis

    Grant D. Barish;Ruth T. Yu;Malith S. Karunasiri;Diana Becerra

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark H. Kaplan
Mark H. Kaplan Indiana University
Hal E. Broxmeyer
Hal E. Broxmeyer Indiana University
Scott Cooper
Scott Cooper Indiana University
Randy R. Brutkiewicz
Randy R. Brutkiewicz Indiana University
Sharon R. Lewin
Sharon R. Lewin University of Melbourne
Gabrielle T. Belz
Gabrielle T. Belz University of Queensland
Joe Craft
Joe Craft Yale University
Shane Crotty
Shane Crotty La Jolla Institute For Allergy & Immunology
Giao Hangoc
Giao Hangoc Indiana University
Demin Wang
Demin Wang Medical College of Wisconsin

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