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68
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16841
World Ranking
2588
National Ranking
1234

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - ACM Distinguished Member
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

David Lo is affiliated with the University of California, Riverside in the United States and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology, and Environmental Science. Their scholarship spans several interconnected subfields including Immunology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's research frequently addresses topics related to Air Quality and Health Impacts, Climate Change and Health Impacts, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Respiratory Support and Mechanisms, Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery, IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways, and Immune Cell Function and Interaction. This range reflects an interdisciplinary approach combining environmental health and immunological mechanisms.

David Lo has published in a variety of scientific journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Infection and Immunity
  • Frontiers in Physiology

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Thymic mimetic cells function beyond self-tolerance," 2023, published in Nature
  • "Staphylococcus aureus Fibronectin Binding Protein A Mediates Biofilm Development and Infection," 2020, published in Infection and Immunity
  • "Novel Mechanical Strain Characterization of Ventilated ex vivo Porcine and Murine Lung using Digital Image Correlation," 2020, published in Frontiers in Physiology
  • "A randomized trial of a lab-embedded discourse intervention to improve research ethics," 2020, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Salton Sea aerosol exposure in mice induces a pulmonary response distinct from allergic inflammation," 2021, published in The Science of The Total Environment

David Lo has collaborated frequently with colleagues including Diana Del Castillo, Trevor Biddle, Mia R. Maltz, Ryan Drover, and David R. Cocker. Their joint work has contributed variably across the number of shared publications.

Awards received by David Lo include the ACM Distinguished Member in 2019 and Fellowship of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2007.

Best Publications

  • Expression of relB is required for the development of thymic medulla and dendritic cells

    Burkly L;Hession C;Ogata L;Reilly C

  • Identification and Specification of the Mouse Skeletal Stem Cell

    Charles K. F. Chan;Eun Young Seo;James Y. Chen;David Lo

  • RelB Is Essential for the Development of Myeloid-Related CD8α− Dendritic Cells but Not of Lymphoid-Related CD8α+ Dendritic Cells

    Li Wu;Angela D’Amico;Kenneth D Winkel;Mark Suter;Mark Suter

  • Effects of Th2 Cytokines on Chemokine Expression in the Lung: IL-13 Potently Induces Eotaxin Expression by Airway Epithelial Cells

    Li Li;Yiyang Xia;Andrea Nguyen;Yew Hon Lai

  • Unopposed positive selection and autoreactivity in mice expressing class II MHC only on thymic cortex

    Terri M. Laufer;Jenefer DeKoning;Jay S. Markowitz;David Lo

  • Mature microglia resemble immature antigen‐presenting cells

    M J Carson;C R Reilly;J G Sutcliffe;D Lo

  • Diabetes and tolerance in transgenic mice expressing class II MHC molecules in pancreatic beta cells.

    David Lo;Linda C. Burkly;Georg Widera;Carol Cowing

  • The effect of thymus environment on T cell development and tolerance

    Philippa Marrack;David Lo;Ralph Brinster;Richard Palmiter

  • A role for non-MHC genetic polymorphism in susceptibility to spontaneous autoimmunity

    Bernadette Scott;Roland Liblau;Sylvia Degermann;Lori Anne Marconi

  • c-maf Promotes T Helper Cell Type 2 (Th2) and Attenuates Th1 Differentiation by Both Interleukin 4–dependent and –independent Mechanisms

    I-Cheng Ho;David Lo;Laurie H. Glimcher

  • Identity of cells that imprint H-2-restricted T-cell specificity in the thymus.

    David Lo;Jonathan Sprent

  • Abnormal differentiation of thymocytes in mice treated with cyclosporin A.

    Er-Kai Gao;David Lo;Richard Cheney;Osami Kanagawa

  • In Vivo Inhibition of CC and CX3C Chemokine–induced Leukocyte Infiltration and Attenuation of Glomerulonephritis in Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) Rats by vMIP-II

    Shizhong Chen;Kevin B. Bacon;Li Li;Gabriela E. Garcia

  • Properties of purified T cell subsets. II. In vivo responses to class I vs. class II H-2 differences.

    J Sprent;M Schaefer;D Lo;R Korngold

  • CD8(+) T cell-mediated spontaneous diabetes in neonatal mice.

    David J. Morgan;Roland Liblau;Bernadette Scott;Shonna Fleck

  • Antigen presenting function of class II MHC expressing pancreatic beta cells

    James Markmann;David Lo;Ali Naji;Richard D. Palmiter

  • T-cell tolerance by clonal anergy in transgenic mice with nonlymphoid expression of MHC class II I-E.

    Linda C. Burkly;David Lo;David Lo;Osami Kanagawa;Ralph L. Brinster

  • Peripheral tolerance to an islet cell-specific hemagglutinin transgene affects both CD4+ and CD8+ T cells

    David Lo;Jessica Freedman;Sabine Hesse;Richard D. Palmiter

  • Mucosal Vaccine Design and Delivery

    Kim A. Woodrow;Kaila M. Bennett;David D. Lo

  • A novel MHC class II epitope expressed in thymic medulla but not cortex

    Donal B. Murphy;Donal B. Murphy;David Lo;Satyajit Rath;Ralph L. Brinster

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralph L. Brinster
Ralph L. Brinster University of Pennsylvania
Michael T. Longaker
Michael T. Longaker Stanford University
Richard A. Flavell
Richard A. Flavell Yale University
Linda C. Burkly
Linda C. Burkly Biogen (United States)
Richard D. Palmiter
Richard D. Palmiter University of Washington
Jonathan Sprent
Jonathan Sprent Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Laurie H. Glimcher
Laurie H. Glimcher Harvard University
Irving L. Weissman
Irving L. Weissman Stanford University
Linda A. Sherman
Linda A. Sherman Scripps Research Institute
Osami Kanagawa
Osami Kanagawa École Normale Supérieure de Lyon

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