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Christopher L. Karp is affiliated with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine. Their research encompasses several subfields, including Physiology, Epidemiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Infectious Diseases, and Health.

The scientist's work spans a variety of topics, with multiple publications focused on Adipose Tissue and Metabolism, Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases. They have also contributed to research on Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy, vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches, and Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances.

Christopher L. Karp has published papers primarily in venues such as UNC Libraries, Nature Communications, and the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. The most frequent venue for their publications is UNC Libraries, with six papers, followed by one each in Nature Communications and the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

Some of their recent papers include the following:

  • A BAFF/APRIL axis regulates obesogenic diet-driven weight gain, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Microbiota maintain colonic homeostasis by activating TLR2/MyD88/PI3K signaling in IL-10-producing regulatory B cells, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • IL-10 Regulates Il12b Expression via Histone Deacetylation: Implications for Intestinal Macrophage Homeostasis, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Innovative vaccine approaches-a Keystone Symposia report, 2022, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
  • Foxa3 Induces Goblet Cell Metaplasia and Inhibits Innate Antiviral Immunity, 2020, UNC Libraries

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, reflecting a breadth of joint research efforts. These collaborators include:

  • R. Balfour Sartor
  • Isaac T. W. Harley
  • Traci E. Stankiewicz
  • Leah M. Flick
  • Senad Divanovic

Best Publications

  • Interleukin-13: Central mediator of allergic asthma

    M. Wills-Karp;J. Luyimbazi;X. Xu;B. Schofield

  • Leptin regulates proinflammatory immune responses

    S. Loffreda;S. Q. Yang;H. Z. Lin;C. L. Karp

  • The germless theory of allergic disease: revisiting the hygiene hypothesis

    Marsha Wills-Karp;Joanna Santeliz;Christopher L. Karp

  • Interleukin 10 acts on regulatory T cells to maintain expression of the transcription factor Foxp3 and suppressive function in mice with colitis

    Masako Murai;Olga Turovskaya;Gisen Kim;Rajat Madan

  • Allergenicity resulting from functional mimicry of a Toll-like receptor complex protein

    Aurelien Trompette;Senad Divanovic;Alberto Visintin;Carine Blanchard

  • Blockade of Chronic Type I Interferon Signaling to Control Persistent LCMV Infection

    Elizabeth B. Wilson;Douglas H. Yamada;Heidi Elsaesser;Jonathan Herskovitz

  • Mechanism of suppression of cell-mediated immunity by measles virus

    Christopher L. Karp;Maria Wysocka;Larry M. Wahl;Joseph M. Ahearn

  • Effector T cells control lung inflammation during acute influenza virus infection by producing IL-10

    Jie Sun;Rajat Madan;Christopher L Karp;Thomas J Braciale

  • Outer Membrane Vesicles of a Human Commensal Mediate Immune Regulation and Disease Protection

    Yue Shen;Maria Letizia Giardino Torchia;Gregory W. Lawson;Christopher L. Karp

  • Modulation of cell death by Bcl-XL through caspase interaction.

    Rollie J. Clem;Rollie J. Clem;Emily H.-Y. Cheng;Emily H.-Y. Cheng;Christopher L. Karp;David G. Kirsch

  • Cutting edge: IL-27 induces the transcription factor c-Maf, cytokine IL-21, and the costimulatory receptor ICOS that coordinately act together to promote differentiation of IL-10-producing Tr1 cells.

    Caroline Pot;Hulin Jin;Amit Awasthi;Sue Min Liu

  • The TLR4 antagonist Eritoran protects mice from lethal influenza infection

    Kari Ann Shirey;Wendy Lai;Alison J. Scott;Michael Lipsky

  • Negative regulation of Toll-like receptor 4 signaling by the Toll-like receptor homolog RP105

    Senad Divanovic;Aurelien Trompette;Sowsan F Atabani;Rajat Madan

  • A Role for Immune Complexes in Enhanced Respiratory Syncytial Virus Disease

    Fernando P. Polack;Michael N. Teng;Peter L. Collins;Gregory A. Prince

  • Identification of complement factor 5 as a susceptibility locus for experimental allergic asthma.

    Christopher L. Karp;Andrew Grupe;Eric Schadt;Susan L. Ewart

  • A Common Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in the CD14 Promoter Decreases the Affinity of Sp Protein Binding and Enhances Transcriptional Activity

    Tricia D. LeVan;John W. Bloom;Thomas J. Bailey;Christopher L. Karp

  • Functional Specializations of Intestinal Dendritic Cell and Macrophage Subsets That Control Th17 and Regulatory T Cell Responses Are Dependent on the T Cell/APC Ratio, Source of Mouse Strain, and Regional Localization

    Timothy L. Denning;Brian A. Norris;Oscar Medina-Contreras;Santhakumar Manicassamy

  • Enhanced expression of IL-12 associated with Th1 cytokine profiles in active pulmonary sarcoidosis.

    David R. Moller;Jeffrey D. Forman;Mark C. Liu;Paul W. Noble

  • In vivo cytokine profiles in patients with kala-azar. Marked elevation of both interleukin-10 and interferon-gamma.

    C. L. Karp;S. H. El-Safi;T. A. Wynn;M. M. H. Satti

  • Defective lipoxin-mediated anti-inflammatory activity in the cystic fibrosis airway.

    Christopher L. Karp;Leah M. Flick;Kiwon W. Park;Samir Softic

Frequent Co-Authors

Marsha Wills-Karp
Marsha Wills-Karp Johns Hopkins University
Giorgio Trinchieri
Giorgio Trinchieri National Institutes of Health
Yasmine Belkaid
Yasmine Belkaid National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Maria Wysocka
Maria Wysocka University of Pennsylvania
Larry M. Wahl
Larry M. Wahl National Institutes of Health
Fred D. Finkelman
Fred D. Finkelman University of Cincinnati
R. Balfour Sartor
R. Balfour Sartor University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Xiaojing Ma
Xiaojing Ma Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Julio Aliberti
Julio Aliberti National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Jörg Köhl
Jörg Köhl University of Lübeck

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