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20921
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1981
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Overview

Arthur A. Vandenbark is affiliated with Oregon Health & Science University in the United States. Their research interests focus primarily on neuroscience and immunology, with extensive work in related subfields such as immunology, neurology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

Vandenbark's research encompasses several main study areas including:

  • Neuroscience
  • Immunology and Microbiology

Their subfields of study highlight a specialized focus on:

  • Immunology
  • Neurology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Molecular Biology
  • Developmental Neuroscience

Key topics of Vandenbark's work cover:

  • Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Nuclear Receptors and Signaling
  • Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Immune cells in cancer

Several recent papers reflect their ongoing contributions in these fields, including:

  • Microglia and astrocyte involvement in neurodegeneration and brain cancer, 2021, Journal of Neuroinflammation
  • Sex differences in EAE reveal common and distinct cellular and molecular components, 2020, Cellular Immunology

Other notable publications where Vandenbark has related interest or coauthorship include:

  • Cross-Talk of the CNS With Immune Cells and Functions in Health and Disease, 2021, Frontiers in Neurology
  • MIF contribution to progressive brain diseases, 2024, Journal of Neuroinflammation
  • MIF and CD74 as Emerging Biomarkers for Immune Checkpoint Blockade Therapy, 2024, Cancers

Their collaborations include frequent co-authors such as:

  • Halina Offner
  • Roberto Meza-Romero
  • Jack Wiedrick
  • Mikah S. Brandes
  • Nora E. Gray

Vandenbark has published extensively in several scientific venues, with the highest number of their works appearing in:

  • Cellular Immunology
  • Metabolic Brain Disease
  • Journal of Neuroinflammation
  • Frontiers in Neurology
  • Cancers

Best Publications

  • Immunization with a synthetic T-cell receptor V-region peptide protects against experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.

    Arthur A. Vandenbark;George Hashim;Halina Offner;Halina Offner

  • Experimental Stroke Induces Massive, Rapid Activation of the Peripheral Immune System:

    Halina Offner;Sandhya Subramanian;Susan M Parker;Michael E Afentoulis

  • Cutting Edge: Estrogen Drives Expansion of the CD4+CD25+ Regulatory T Cell Compartment

    Magdalena J. Polanczyk;Bryan D. Carson;Bryan D. Carson;Sandhya Subramanian;Michael Afentoulis

  • Splenic Atrophy in Experimental Stroke Is Accompanied by Increased Regulatory T Cells and Circulating Macrophages

    Halina Offner;Halina Offner;Sandhya Subramanian;Susan M. Parker;Chunhe Wang;Chunhe Wang

  • Decreased FOXP3 levels in multiple sclerosis patients.

    Jianya Huan;Nicole Culbertson;Nicole Culbertson;Leslie Spencer;Leslie Spencer;Richard Bartholomew

  • T- and B-cell-deficient mice with experimental stroke have reduced lesion size and inflammation.

    Patricia D. Hurn;Sandhya Subramanian;Susan M. Parker;Michael E. Afentoulis

  • Both rat and mouse T cell receptors specific for the encephalitogenic determinant of myelin basic protein use similar V alpha and V beta chain genes even though the major histocompatibility complex and encephalitogenic determinants being recognized are different.

    F. R. Burns;Xiaobin Li;Ning Shen;H. Offner

  • Low-Dose Estrogen Therapy Ameliorates Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis in Two Different Inbred Mouse Strains

    Bruce F. Bebo;Amber Fyfe-Johnson;Kirsten Adlard;Aaron G. Beam

  • Regulatory B cells limit CNS inflammation and neurologic deficits in murine experimental stroke

    Xuefang Ren;Kozaburo Akiyoshi;Suzan Dziennis;Suzan Dziennis;Arthur A. Vandenbark;Arthur A. Vandenbark

  • Androgens alter the cytokine profile and reduce encephalitogenicity of myelin-reactive T cells.

    Bruce F. Bebo;Jeanette C. Schuster;Arthur A. Vandenbark;Arthur A. Vandenbark;Halina Offner

  • Preferential T-cell receptor beta-chain variable gene use in myelin basic protein-reactive T-cell clones from patients with multiple sclerosis.

    Brian L. Kotzin;Satyanarayana Karuturi;Yuan K. Chou;Joyce Lafferty

  • T cell receptor peptide therapy triggers autoregulation of experimental encephalomyelitis.

    Halina Offner;George A. Hashim;Arthur A. Vandenbark

  • Treg suppressive activity involves estrogen-dependent expression of programmed death-1 (PD-1)

    Magdalena J. Polanczyk;Corwyn Hopke;Arthur A. Vandenbark;Arthur A. Vandenbark;Halina Offner;Halina Offner

  • Estrogen‐mediated immunomodulation involves reduced activation of effector T cells, potentiation of treg cells, and enhanced expression of the PD‐1 costimulatory pathway

    Magdalena J. Polanczyk;Corwyn Hopke;Arthur A. Vandenbark;Arthur A. Vandenbark;Halina Offner

  • Recombinant human β-galactoside binding lectin suppresses clinical and histological signs of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

    Halina Offner;Bozena Celnik;Timothy S. Bringman;Denise Casentini-Borocz

  • GPR30 Contributes to Estrogen-Induced Thymic Atrophy

    Chunhe Wang;Babak Dehghani;Babak Dehghani;I. Jack Magrisso;I. Jack Magrisso;Elizabeth A. Rick

  • Functional assay for human CD4+CD25+ Treg cells reveals an age-dependent loss of suppressive activity.

    Laura Tsaknaridis;Leslie Spencer;Nicole Culbertson;Kevin Hicks

  • Treatment of multiple sclerosis with T-cell receptor peptides: results of a double-blind pilot trial.

    Arthur A. Vandenbark;Arthur A. Vandenbark;Yuan K. Chou;Ruth Whitham;Ruth Whitham;Michele Mass

  • Enhanced FoxP3 expression and Treg cell function in pregnant and estrogen-treated mice

    Magdalena J. Polanczyk;Magdalena J. Polanczyk;Corwyn Hopke;Jianya Huan;Arthur A. Vandenbark;Arthur A. Vandenbark

  • Effect of experimental stroke on peripheral immunity: CNS ischemia induces profound immunosuppression.

    H. Offner;A. A. Vandenbark;A. A. Vandenbark;Patricia D Hurn

  • Cutting Edge: Estrogen Drives Expansion of the CD4CD25 Regulatory T Cell Compartment 1

    Magdalena J. Polanczyk;Bryan D. Carson;Sandhya Subramanian;Michael Afentoulis

Frequent Co-Authors

Halina Offner
Halina Offner Oregon Health & Science University
Richard Bucala
Richard Bucala Yale University
Lars Fugger
Lars Fugger University of Oxford
Lin Leng
Lin Leng Yale University
Jef Raus
Jef Raus Hasselt University
Paco S. Herson
Paco S. Herson University of Colorado Denver
Yoram Reiter
Yoram Reiter Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Charles K. Meshul
Charles K. Meshul Oregon Health & Science University
Deborah J. Anderson
Deborah J. Anderson Boston University
Cesar V. Borlongan
Cesar V. Borlongan University of South Florida

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