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David M. Tarlinton

David M. Tarlinton

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Immunology

D-Index
81
Citations
26975
World Ranking
1548
National Ranking
56

Overview

David M. Tarlinton is affiliated with Monash University in Australia and has an extensive research portfolio primarily focused on immunology.

Their work spans several main fields of study including:

  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Medicine

Within these fields, their research delves into subfields such as:

  • Immunology
  • Neurology
  • Epidemiology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Infectious Diseases

David M. Tarlinton's scientific output covers various topics related to immune function and disease, including:

  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • Complement system in diseases
  • Immune Response and Inflammation

Their frequent coauthors highlight collaborative work with:

  • Marcus J Robinson
  • Isaak Quast
  • Zhoujie Ding
  • Catherine Pitt
  • Kristy O'Donnell

David M. Tarlinton has published multiple papers in prominent journals. Selected recent papers include:

  • "B cell memory: understanding COVID-19," 2021, Immunity
  • "Interleukin-21, acting beyond the immunological synapse, independently controls T follicular helper and germinal center B cells," 2022, Immunity
  • "Intrinsically determined turnover underlies broad heterogeneity in plasma-cell lifespan," 2023, Immunity
  • "Long-lived plasma cells accumulate in the bone marrow at a constant rate from early in an immune response," 2022, Science Immunology
  • "How intrinsic and extrinsic regulators of plasma cell survival might intersect for durable humoral immunity," 2020, Immunological Reviews

Their work frequently appears in notable publication venues such as:

  • Immunity
  • Nature Immunology
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Science Immunology

Best Publications

  • Proapoptotic Bcl-2 relative Bim required for certain apoptotic responses, leukocyte homeostasis, and to preclude autoimmunity.

    Philippe Bouillet;Donald Metcalf;David C. S. Huang;David M. Tarlinton

  • The generation of antibody-secreting plasma cells.

    Stephen L Nutt;Philip D Hodgkin;David M Tarlinton;Lynn M Corcoran

  • IL-21 regulates germinal center B cell differentiation and proliferation through a B cell-intrinsic mechanism.

    Dimitra Zotos;Jonathan M. Coquet;Yang Zhang;Amanda Light

  • Multiple defects in the immune system of Lyn-deficient mice, culminating in autoimmune disease

    Margaret L. Hibbs;David M. Tarlinton;Jane Armes;Dianne Grail

  • Mice lacking the c-rel proto-oncogene exhibit defects in lymphocyte proliferation, humoral immunity, and interleukin-2 expression.

    Frank Köntgen;Raelene J. Grumont;Raelene J. Grumont;Andreas Strasser;Donald Metcalf

  • Plasma Cell Ontogeny Defined by Quantitative Changes in Blimp-1 Expression

    Axel Kallies;Jhagvaral Hasbold;David M. Tarlinton;Wendy Dietrich

  • The extent of affinity maturation differs between the memory and antibody‐forming cell compartments in the primary immune response

    Ken G C Smith;Amanda Light;Gustav Victor Joseph Nossal;David Tarlinton

  • Most peripheral B cells in mice are ligand selected.

    Hua Gu;David Tarlinton;David Tarlinton;Werner Müller;Klaus Rajewsky

  • Membrane-bound Fas ligand only is essential for Fas-induced apoptosis

    Lorraine A. O Reilly;Lin Tai;Lily Lee;Elizabeth A. Kruse;Elizabeth A. Kruse

  • The phenotype and fate of the antibody‐forming cells of the splenic foci

    Kenneth G. C. Smith;Timothy D. Hewitson;G. J. V. Nossal;David M. Tarlinton

  • Transcriptional profiling of mouse B cell terminal differentiation defines a signature for antibody-secreting plasma cells

    Wei Shi;Yang Liao;Simon N Willis;Nadine Taubenheim

  • The development and fate of follicular helper T cells defined by an IL-21 reporter mouse.

    Katja Lüthje;Axel Kallies;Yoko Shimohakamada;Gabrielle T Belz

  • Mcl-1 is essential for the survival of plasma cells

    Victor Peperzak;Ingela Vikström;Ingela Vikström;Jennifer Walker;Jennifer Walker;Stefan P Glaser;Stefan P Glaser

  • Lyn tyrosine kinase: accentuating the positive and the negative.

    Yuekang Xu;Kenneth W. Harder;Nicholas D. Huntington;Margaret L. Hibbs

  • Recombination between an expressed immunoglobulin heavy-chain gene and a germline variable gene segment in a Ly 1+ B-cell lymphoma

    Robert Kleinfield;Richard R. Hardy;David Tarlinton;Jeffery Dangl

  • NK cell maturation and peripheral homeostasis is associated with KLRG1 up-regulation.

    Nicholas D. Huntington;Nicholas D. Huntington;Hy Tabarias;Hy Tabarias;Kirsten Fairfax;Kirsten Fairfax;Jason Brady

  • Loss of the Pro-Apoptotic BH3-only Bcl-2 Family Member Bim Inhibits BCR Stimulation–induced Apoptosis and Deletion of Autoreactive B Cells

    Anselm Enders;Philippe Bouillet;Hamsa Puthalakath;Yuekang Xu

  • Plasma cell development and survival.

    Sarah A. Oracki;Jennifer A. Walker;Margaret L. Hibbs;Lynn M. Corcoran

  • Early appearance of germinal center–derived memory B cells and plasma cells in blood after primary immunization

    Elizabeth J. Blink;Amanda Light;Axel Kallies;Stephen L. Nutt

  • FcgammaRIIb controls bone marrow plasma cell persistence and apoptosis.

    Zou Xiang;Antony J Cutler;Antony J Cutler;Rebecca J Brownlie;Kirsten Fairfax

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen L. Nutt
Stephen L. Nutt Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Andreas Strasser
Andreas Strasser Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Lynn M. Corcoran
Lynn M. Corcoran Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Margaret L. Hibbs
Margaret L. Hibbs Monash University
Nicholas D. Huntington
Nicholas D. Huntington Monash University
Axel Kallies
Axel Kallies University of Melbourne
Philip D. Hodgkin
Philip D. Hodgkin Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Gabrielle T. Belz
Gabrielle T. Belz University of Queensland
Andrew M. Lew
Andrew M. Lew Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Kenneth G. C. Smith
Kenneth G. C. Smith Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

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