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Overview

Derek W. Gilroy is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine, with a particular focus on immunology and microbiology. Their subfields of study include immunology, infectious diseases, molecular biology, physiology, and epidemiology.

The scientist has published extensively on topics such as immune response and inflammation, COVID-19 clinical research studies, phagocytosis and immune regulation, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, immune cell function and interaction, immunotherapy and immune responses, and immune cells in cancer.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Derek W. Gilroy include the following:

  • Pre-existing polymerase-specific T cells expand in abortive seronegative SARS-CoV-2, 2021, Nature
  • Prior SARS-CoV-2 infection rescues B and T cell responses to variants after first vaccine dose, 2021, Science
  • Immune boosting by B.1.1.529 (Omicron) depends on previous SARS-CoV-2 exposure, 2022, Science
  • A Randomized Trial of Albumin Infusions in Hospitalized Patients with Cirrhosis, 2021, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Sestrins induce natural killer function in senescent-like CD8+ T cells, 2020, Nature Immunology

Derek W. Gilroy collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Arne N. Akbar
  • Roel P. H. De Maeyer
  • Rosemary J. Boyton
  • Mala K. Maini
  • George Joy

Their research findings have appeared in prominent publication venues, with multiple publications in each, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Science
  • Nature Immunology
  • Nature
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Macrophage Activation and Polarization: Nomenclature and Experimental Guidelines

    Peter J Murray;Judith E Allen;Subhra K Biswas;Edward A Fisher

  • Chronic inflammation in the etiology of disease across the life span

    David Furman;Judith Campisi;Judith Campisi;Eric Verdin;Pedro Carrera-Bastos

  • Inducible cyclooxygenase may have anti-inflammatory properties.

    Derek W. Gilroy;P.R. Colville-Nash;D. Willis;J. Chivers

  • Resolution of inflammation: state of the art, definitions and terms.

    Charles N. Serhan;Sue D. Brain;Christopher D. Buckley;Derek W. Gilroy

  • Anti-inflammatory lipid mediators and insights into the resolution of inflammation

    Toby Lawrence;Toby Lawrence;Derek A. Willoughby;Derek W. Gilroy

  • Possible new role for NF-kappaB in the resolution of inflammation.

    Toby Lawrence;Derek W. Gilroy;Paul R. Colville-Nash;Derek A. Willoughby

  • Resolution of inflammation: a new therapeutic frontier.

    James N. Fullerton;Derek W. Gilroy

  • The fate and lifespan of human monocyte subsets in steady state and systemic inflammation.

    AA Patel;Y Zhang;JN Fullerton;L Boelen

  • Inflammatory resolution: new opportunities for drug discovery.

    Derek W. Gilroy;Toby Lawrence;Mauro Perretti;Adriano G. Rossi

  • Proresolving Lipid Mediators and Mechanisms in the Resolution of Acute Inflammation

    Christopher D. Buckley;Derek W. Gilroy;Charles N. Serhan

  • Immune boosting by B.1.1.529 (Omicron) depends on previous SARS-CoV-2 exposure

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  • The resolution of inflammation.

    Christopher D. Buckley;Derek W. Gilroy;Charles N. Serhan;Brigitta Stockinger

  • Chronic inflammation: a failure of resolution?

    Toby Lawrence;Derek W. Gilroy

  • Old and New Generation Lipid Mediators in Acute Inflammation and Resolution

    Melanie J. Stables;Derek W. Gilroy

  • Sex differences in resident immune cell phenotype underlie more efficient acute inflammatory responses in female mice

    Ramona S. Scotland;Melanie J. Stables;Shimona Madalli;Peter Watson

  • Resolution-phase macrophages possess a unique inflammatory phenotype that is controlled by cAMP

    Jonas Bystrom;Ian Evans;Justine Newson;Melanie Stables

  • Effects of Low-Dose Aspirin on Acute Inflammatory Responses in Humans

    Thea Morris;Melanie Stables;Adrian Hobbs;Patricia de Souza

  • Immunosuppression in acutely decompensated cirrhosis is mediated by prostaglandin E2.

    Alastair J O'Brien;James N Fullerton;Karen A Massey;Grace Auld

  • Transcriptomic analyses of murine resolution-phase macrophages

    Melanie J. Stables;Sonia Shah;Evelyn B. Camon;Ruth C. Lovering

  • Cyclo-oxygenase and nitric oxide synthase isoforms in rat carrageenin-induced pleurisy.

    Annette Tomlinson;Ian Appleton;Adrian R. Moore;Derek W. Gilroy

  • Hematopoietic prostaglandin D2 synthase controls the onset and resolution of acute inflammation through PGD2 and 15-deoxyDelta12 14 PGJ2.

    Ravindra Rajakariar;Mark Hilliard;Toby Lawrence;Seema Trivedi

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles N. Serhan
Charles N. Serhan Brigham and Women's Hospital
Derek A. Willoughby
Derek A. Willoughby St Bartholomew's Hospital
Peter A. Ward
Peter A. Ward University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Arne N. Akbar
Arne N. Akbar University College London
Toby Lawrence
Toby Lawrence King's College London
Kenneth K. Wu
Kenneth K. Wu National Tsing Hua University
Anthony W. Segal
Anthony W. Segal University College London
Alberto Mantovani
Alberto Mantovani Humanitas University
Jesmond Dalli
Jesmond Dalli Queen Mary University of London
Darryl C. Zeldin
Darryl C. Zeldin National Institutes of Health

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