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  • 2008 - Presidential Award, Clinical Immunology Society

Overview

Daniel J. Cua is a researcher affiliated with Johnson & Johnson in the United States. Their work spans the fields of Immunology and Microbiology, with a specific focus on Immunology at the subfield level.

Their research covers several main topics including:

  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders

Daniel J. Cua has contributed to scholarly literature, with publications appearing in venues such as:

  • The Journal of Immunology

One notable paper published in 2020 is titled "IL-23 Promotes a Coordinated B Cell Germinal Center Program for Class-Switch Recombination to IgG2b in BXD2 Mice", which appeared in The Journal of Immunology.

The scientist often collaborates with peers including:

  • Huixian Hong
  • Min Gao
  • Qi Wu
  • PingAr Yang
  • Shanrun Liu

In recognition of their work, Daniel J. Cua received the Presidential Award from the Clinical Immunology Society in 2008.

Best Publications

  • The orphan nuclear receptor RORgammat directs the differentiation program of proinflammatory IL-17+ T helper cells.

    Ivaylo I. Ivanov;Brent S. McKenzie;Liang Zhou;Carlos E. Tadokoro

  • IL-23 drives a pathogenic T cell population that induces autoimmune inflammation

    Claire L. Langrish;Yi Yi Chen;Wendy M Blumenschein;Jeanine D. Mattson

  • Interleukin-23 rather than interleukin-12 is the critical cytokine for autoimmune inflammation of the brain

    Daniel J. Cua;Jonathan Sherlock;Yi Chen;Craig A. Murphy

  • Development, cytokine profile and function of human interleukin 17-producing helper T cells

    Nicholas J Wilson;Katia Boniface;Jason R Chan;Brent S McKenzie

  • Divergent Pro- and Antiinflammatory Roles for IL-23 and IL-12 in Joint Autoimmune Inflammation

    Craig A. Murphy;Claire L. Langrish;Yi Yi Chen;Wendy M Blumenschein

  • IL-23 is essential for T cell–mediated colitis and promotes inflammation via IL-17 and IL-6

    David Yen;Jeanne Cheung;Heleen Scheerens;Frédérique Poulet

  • TGF-beta and IL-6 drive the production of IL-17 and IL-10 by T cells and restrain T(H)-17 cell-mediated pathology.

    Mandy J McGeachy;Kristian S Bak-Jensen;Yi Chen;Cristina M Tato

  • Innate IL-17-producing cells: the sentinels of the immune system

    Daniel J. Cua;Cristina M. Tato

  • Th17 functions as an osteoclastogenic helper T cell subset that links T cell activation and bone destruction

    Kojiro Sato;Ayako Suematsu;Kazuo Okamoto;Akira Yamaguchi

  • In vitro generation of interleukin 10-producing regulatory CD4(+) T cells is induced by immunosuppressive drugs and inhibited by T helper type 1 (Th1)- and Th2-inducing cytokines.

    Franck J. Barrat;Daniel J. Cua;André Boonstra;David F. Richards

  • Generation of pathogenic T H 17 cells in the absence of TGF-β signalling

    Kamran Ghoreschi;Arian Laurence;Xiang-Ping Yang;Cristina M Tato

  • The IL-23-IL-17 immune axis: from mechanisms to therapeutic testing

    Sarah L. Gaffen;Renu Jain;Abhishek V. Garg;Daniel J. Cua

  • Fate mapping of IL-17-producing T cells in inflammatory responses

    Keiji Hirota;João H Duarte;Marc Veldhoen;Marc Veldhoen;Eve Hornsby

  • The interleukin 23 receptor is essential for the terminal differentiation of interleukin 17–producing effector T helper cells in vivo

    Mandy J McGeachy;Yi Chen;Cristina M Tato;Arian Laurence

  • The IL-17 Family of Cytokines in Health and Disease.

    Mandy J. McGeachy;Daniel J. Cua;Sarah L. Gaffen

  • IL-23 induces spondyloarthropathy by acting on ROR-γt+ CD3+CD4-CD8- entheseal resident T cells

    Jonathan P Sherlock;Barbara Joyce-Shaikh;Scott P Turner;Cheng-Chi Chao

  • Interleukin-23 drives innate and T cell–mediated intestinal inflammation

    Sophie Hue;Philip P Ahern;Sofia Buonocore;Marika C. Kullberg

  • Understanding the IL-23–IL-17 immune pathway

    Brent S. McKenzie;Robert A. Kastelein;Daniel J. Cua

  • Interleukin-17-Producing γδ T Cells Selectively Expand in Response to Pathogen Products and Environmental Signals

    Bruno Martin;Keiji Hirota;Daniel J. Cua;Brigitta Stockinger

  • Th17 Cell Differentiation: The Long and Winding Road

    Mandy J. McGeachy;Daniel J. Cua

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert A. Kastelein
Robert A. Kastelein MSD (United States)
Terrill K. McClanahan
Terrill K. McClanahan MSD (United States)
Yoichiro Iwakura
Yoichiro Iwakura Tokyo University of Science
Christopher A. Hunter
Christopher A. Hunter University of Pennsylvania
Fiona Powrie
Fiona Powrie University of Oxford
Stephen A. Stohlman
Stephen A. Stohlman Cleveland Clinic
Michele W. L. Teng
Michele W. L. Teng QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
John D. Mountz
John D. Mountz University of Alabama at Birmingham
Gérard Eberl
Gérard Eberl Université Paris Cité
Akihiko Yoshimura
Akihiko Yoshimura Keio University

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