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Avery August is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States and has made contributions primarily in the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Oncology, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's work focuses on several major research topics such as Immune Cell Function and Interaction, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, CAR-T cell therapy research, Long-Term Effects of COVID-19, and IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways.

Among recent publications are the following:

  • A TMPRSS2 inhibitor acts as a pan-SARS-CoV-2 prophylactic and therapeutic, 2022, Nature
  • TCR Signal Strength and Antigen Affinity Regulate CD8+ Memory T Cells, 2020, The Journal of Immunology
  • BTK/ITK dual inhibitors: Modulating immunopathology and lymphopenia for COVID-19 therapy, 2020, Journal of Leukocyte Biology
  • Konjac Glucomannan Oligosaccharides Prevent Intestinal Inflammation Through SIGNR1-Mediated Regulation of Alternatively Activated Macrophages, 2021, Molecular Nutrition & Food Research
  • Tuning T helper cell differentiation by ITK, 2020, Biochemical Society Transactions

Avery August's frequent co-authors include Julie Sahler, Weishan Huang, Brian Imbiakha, Candice Limper, and Michael C. McGee.

Their publications are often found in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Journal of Immunology, Journal of Investigative Dermatology, Frontiers in Immunology, and Science Advances.

Best Publications

  • Evidence for a transcriptional activation function of BRCA1 C-terminal region

    Alvaro N. A. Monteiro;Avery August;Hidesaburo Hanafusa

  • BRCA1 regulates p53-dependent gene expression

    Toru Ouchi;Alvaro N. A. Monteiro;Avery August;Stuart A. Aaronson

  • A TMPRSS2 inhibitor acts as a pan-SARS-CoV-2 prophylactic and therapeutic

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  • Differential Expression of Interleukin-17A and -17F Is Coupled to T Cell Receptor Signaling via Inducible T Cell Kinase

    Julio Gomez-Rodriguez;Nisebita Sahu;Robin Handon;Todd S. Davidson

  • CD28 is associated with and induces the immediate tyrosine phosphorylation and activation of the Tec family kinase ITK/EMT in the human Jurkat leukemic T-cell line

    Avery August;Spencer Gibson;Yuko Kawakami;Toshiaki Kawakami

  • Vitamin D receptor-deficient mice fail to develop experimental allergic asthma.

    Anja Wittke;Veronika Weaver;Brett D. Mahon;Avery August

  • Src-induced activation of inducible T cell kinase (ITK) requires phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase activity and the Pleckstrin homology domain of inducible T cell kinase

    Avery August;Ali Sadra;B. O. Dupont;Hidesaburo Hanafusa

  • Thymic regulatory T cells arise via two distinct developmental programs

    David L. Owen;Shawn A. Mahmud;Louisa E. Sjaastad;Jason B. Williams

  • Circulating microRNAs as biomarkers in patients with allergic rhinitis and asthma.

    Ronaldo P. Panganiban;Ronaldo P. Panganiban;Yanli Wang;Judie Howrylak;Vernon M. Chinchilli

  • Attenuation of Immunological Symptoms of Allergic Asthma in Mice Lacking the Tyrosine Kinase ITK

    Cynthia Mueller;Avery August

  • Strain-specific requirement for eosinophils in the recruitment of T cells to the lung during the development of allergic asthma

    Elizabeth Rose Walsh;Nisebita Sahu;Nisebita Sahu;Jennifer Kearley;Ebony Benjamin

  • Actin depolymerization transduces the strength of B-cell receptor stimulation.

    Shengli Hao;Avery August

  • Selective targeting of ITK blocks multiple steps of HIV replication

    Julie A. Readinger;Gillian M. Schiralli;Gillian M. Schiralli;Jian Kang Jiang;Craig J. Thomas

  • CD28 of T lymphocytes associates with phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase.

    Avery August;Bo Dupont

  • T cell antigen receptor V gene usage. Increases in V beta 8+ T cells in Crohn's disease.

    D N Posnett;I Schmelkin;D A Burton;A August

  • THE EMT/ITK/TSK (EMT) TYROSINE KINASE IS ACTIVATED DURING TCR SIGNALING : LCK IS REQUIRED FOR OPTIMAL ACTIVATION OF EMT

    Spencer Gibson;Spencer Gibson;Spencer Gibson;Avery August;Avery August;Yuko Kawakami;Toshiaki Kawakami

  • Differential expression of microRNAs in exhaled breath condensates of patients with asthma, patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and healthy adults

    Mark Pinkerton;Vernon Chinchilli;Erin Banta;Timothy Craig

  • A novel function for the Tec family tyrosine kinase Itk in activation of β1 integrins by the T-cell receptor

    Melody L. Woods;Wendy J. Kivens;Margaret A. Adelsman;Yun Qiu

  • Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ ligands attenuate immunological symptoms of experimental allergic asthma

    Cynthia Mueller;Veronika Weaver;John P Vanden Heuvel;Avery August

  • Unique signal transduction of Eyk: Constitutive stimulation of the JAK-STAT pathway by an oncogenic receptor-type tyrosine kinase

    Chen Zong;Riqiang Yan;Avery August;James E. Darnell

  • Analysis of CD28 cytoplasmic tail tyrosine residues as regulators and substrates for the protein tyrosine kinases, EMT and LCK.

    P D King;A Sadra;J M Teng;L Xiao-Rong

  • Memory phenotype CD8+ T cells with innate function selectively develop in the absence of active Itk.

    Jianfang Hu;Nisebita Sahu;Elizabeth Walsh;Avery August

  • RNA virus population diversity, an optimum for maximal fitness and virulence.

    Victoria K. Korboukh;Cheri A. Lee;Ashley Acevedo;Marco Vignuzzi

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy J. Craig
Timothy J. Craig Pennsylvania State University
Margherita T. Cantorna
Margherita T. Cantorna Pennsylvania State University
Bo Dupont
Bo Dupont Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Hidesaburo Hanafusa
Hidesaburo Hanafusa Osaka Bioscience Institute
Song Guo Zheng
Song Guo Zheng Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Pamela L. Schwartzberg
Pamela L. Schwartzberg National Institutes of Health
Alvaro N.A. Monteiro
Alvaro N.A. Monteiro University of South Florida
Craig E. Cameron
Craig E. Cameron University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Gordon B. Mills
Gordon B. Mills Oregon Health & Science University
Gary H. Perdew
Gary H. Perdew Pennsylvania State University

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