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Deborah J. Anderson

Deborah J. Anderson

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Immunology

D-Index
77
Citations
18367
World Ranking
1847
National Ranking
903

Medicine

D-Index
78
Citations
19161
World Ranking
18159
National Ranking
9053

Overview

Deborah J. Anderson is affiliated with Boston University in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields primarily within medicine and immunology and microbiology.

The main fields of study in their work include:

  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology

The subfields of study they have contributed to encompass:

  • Microbiology
  • Epidemiology
  • Immunology
  • General Health Professions
  • Infectious Diseases

The scientist's research covers a range of topics with a focus on reproductive health and immunological applications. These main topics include:

  • Reproductive tract infections research
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Transgenic Plants and Applications
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
  • Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment

Among recent published papers:

  • "Safety, acceptability, and pharmacokinetics of a monoclonal antibody-based vaginal multipurpose prevention film (MB66): A Phase I randomized trial," 2021, PLoS Medicine
  • "Engineering monoclonal antibody-based contraception and multipurpose prevention technologies," 2020, Biology of Reproduction
  • "Production and characterization of a human antisperm monoclonal antibody against CD52g for topical contraception in women," 2021, EBioMedicine
  • "A genome catalog of the early-life human skin microbiome," 2023, Genome Biology
  • "Diverse vaginal microbiome was associated with pro-inflammatory vaginal milieu among pregnant women in Uganda," 2020, Human Microbiome Journal

Publication venue frequency includes:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • PLoS Medicine
  • Biology of Reproduction
  • EBioMedicine

Collaborations have been notably frequent with several coauthors, including:

  • Joseph A. Politch
  • Jai Marathe
  • Kevin J. Whaley
  • Sarah Dohadwala
  • Thomas R. Moench

Best Publications

  • Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus gene expression in endothelial (spindle) tumor cells.

    Katherine A. Staskus;Weidong Zhong;Kristin Gebhard;Brian Herndier

  • T-Helper 1-Type Immunity to Trophoblast in Women With Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion

    Joseph A. Hill;Katalin Polgar;Deborah J. Anderson

  • Secretion of proinflammatory cytokines by epithelial cells in response to Chlamydia infection suggests a central role for epithelial cells in chlamydial pathogenesis.

    S J Rasmussen;L Eckmann;A J Quayle;L Shen

  • Immunological microenvironments in the human vagina and cervix : Mediators of cellular immunity are concentrated in the cervical transformation zone

    Jeffrey Pudney;Alison J. Quayle;Deborah J. Anderson

  • The molecular basis of nonoxynol-9-induced vaginal inflammation and its possible relevance to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 transmission.

    Raina N. Fichorova;Lynne D. Tucker;Deborah J. Anderson

  • T Lymphocytes and Macrophages, but Not Motile Spermatozoa, Are a Significant Source of Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Semen

    Alison J. Quayle;Chong Xu;Kenneth H. Mayer;Deborah J. Anderson

  • Leukocytospermia is associated with poor semen quality

    Hans Wolff;Joseph A. Politch;Adriana Martinez;Florina Haimovici

  • Prevalence of sexually transmissible pathogens in semen from asymptomatic male infertility patients with and without leukocytospermia

    Guntram Bezold;Joseph A. Politch;Joseph A. Politch;Nancy B. Kiviat;Jane M. Kuypers

  • Immunohistologic characterization and quantitation of leukocyte subpopulations in human semen

    Hans Wolff;Deborah J. Anderson

  • Response to Neisseria gonorrhoeae by cervicovaginal epithelial cells occurs in the absence of toll-like receptor 4-mediated signaling.

    Raina N. Fichorova;Amanda O. Cronin;Egil Lien;Deborah J. Anderson

  • Characterization of leukocyte subpopulations in the peritoneal fluid of women with endometriosis

    Joseph A. Hill;Heidi M.P. Faris;Isaac Schiff;Deborah J. Anderson

  • Mucin genes expressed by human female reproductive tract epithelia.

    Ilene K. Gipson;Samuel B. Ho;Sandra J. Spurr-Michaud;Ann S. Tisdale

  • Immunology of semen

    Edward E. Wallach;Nancy J. Alexander;Nancy J. Alexander;Deborah J. Anderson;Deborah J. Anderson

  • Generation of papillomavirus-immortalized cell lines from normal human ectocervical, endocervical, and vaginal epithelium that maintain expression of tissue-specific differentiation proteins.

    Raina N. Fichorova;James G. Rheinwald;Deborah J. Anderson

  • Concentrations and significance of cytokines and other immunologic factors in semen of healthy fertile men

    Joseph A. Politch;Lynne Tucker;Frederick P. Bowman;Frederick P. Bowman;Deborah J. Anderson;Deborah J. Anderson

  • Products of activated lymphocytes and macrophages inhibit mouse embryo development in vitro.

    J A Hill;F Haimovici;D J Anderson

  • Thymidine kinase obliteration: creation of transgenic mice with controlled immune deficiency.

    Richard A. Heyman;Emiliana Borrelli;Jayne Lesley;Deborah Anderson

  • Differential Expression of Immunobiological Mediators by Immortalized Human Cervical and Vaginal Epithelial Cells

    Raina N. Fichorova;Deborah J. Anderson

  • Procoagulant activity associated with plasma membrane vesicles shed by cultured tumor cells.

    Dvorak Hf;Van DeWater L;Bitzer Am;Dvorak Am

  • Leukocytospermia is associated with poor semen quality**Supported by the Fearing Research Laboratory Endowment and grants AI25305, HD23775 and CA42738 from the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.

    Hans Wolff;Joseph A. Politch;Adriana Martinez;Florina Haimovici

  • Effects of soluble products of activated lymphocytes and macrophages (lymphokines and monokines) on human sperm motion parameters

    Joseph A. Hill;Florina Haimovici;Joseph A. Politch;Deborah J. Anderson

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph A. Hill
Joseph A. Hill The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Kenneth H. Mayer
Kenneth H. Mayer Harvard Medical School
Ross S. Berkowitz
Ross S. Berkowitz Harvard Medical School
Raina N. Fichorova
Raina N. Fichorova Brigham and Women's Hospital
Edmond J. Yunis
Edmond J. Yunis Harvard University
Peter M. Johnson
Peter M. Johnson University of Liverpool
Thomas R. Moench
Thomas R. Moench Johns Hopkins University
Susan Cu-Uvin
Susan Cu-Uvin Brown University
George R. Seage
George R. Seage Harvard University
Robert C. Bast
Robert C. Bast The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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