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Overview

Donald A. Harn is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a specific focus on public health, environmental and occupational health, psychiatry and mental health, epidemiology, molecular biology, and nutrition and dietetics. Their research encompasses a diverse range of topics including fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome research, infant nutrition and health, anesthesia and neurotoxicity research, malaria research and control, mosquito-borne diseases and control, parasite biology and host interactions, and neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms.

Frequent collaborators in Donald A. Harn's research include Thomas Norberg, Jessica M. Carpenter, John J. Wagner, Nikolay M. Filipov, and Kyle A. Brown. These coauthors have contributed to multiple projects, indicating ongoing partnerships in various studies.

Harn's recent publications demonstrate a focus on infectious diseases, immunomodulation, and neurological health effects related to environmental exposures. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Streamlining sporozoite isolation from mosquitoes by leveraging the dynamics of migration to the salivary glands," 2022, Malaria Journal
  • "Assessing the Beneficial Effects of the Immunomodulatory Glycan LNFPIII on Gut Microbiota and Health in a Mouse Model of Gulf War Illness," 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "Lacto-N-fucopentaose-III ameliorates acute and persisting hippocampal synaptic plasticity and transmission deficits in a Gulf War Illness mouse model," 2021, Life Sciences
  • "Delayed treatment with the immunotherapeutic LNFPIII ameliorates multiple neurological deficits in a pesticide-nerve agent prophylactic mouse model of Gulf War Illness," 2021, Neurotoxicology and Teratology
  • "A Comparison of Two Structurally Related Human Milk Oligosaccharide Conjugates in a Model of Diet-Induced Obesity," 2021, Frontiers in Immunology

Research venues publishing Harn's work reflect diverse interests but a concentration in medical and health sciences journals. These include:

  • Malaria Journal
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Life Sciences
  • Neurotoxicology and Teratology

The scientist's main fields of study are medicine, with subfields emphasizing public health, psychiatry, epidemiology, molecular biology, and nutrition. This multidisciplinary approach supports examinations of both basic biological mechanisms and applied health outcomes related to infectious diseases, chronic conditions, and environmental exposures.

Best Publications

  • Oligosaccharide-specific induction of interleukin 10 production by B220+ cells from schistosome-infected mice: a mechanism for regulation of CD4+ T-cell subsets

    Palanivel Velupillai;Donald A. Harn

  • Maturation of Dendritic Cell 2 Phenotype by a Helminth Glycan Uses a Toll-Like Receptor 4-Dependent Mechanism

    Paul G. Thomas;Michele R. Carter;Olga Atochina;Akram A. Da’Dara

  • Induction of Th2 Responses and IgE Is Largely Due to Carbohydrates Functioning as Adjuvants on Schistosoma mansoni Egg Antigens

    Mitsuhiro Okano;Abhay R. Satoskar;Kazunori Nishizaki;Mie Abe

  • Lacto-N-fucopentaose III found on Schistosoma mansoni egg antigens functions as adjuvant for proteins by inducing Th2-type response.

    Mitsuhiro Okano;Abhay R. Satoskar;Kazunori Nishizaki;Donald A. Harn

  • The Schistosome Oligosaccharide Lacto-N-neotetraose Expands Gr1+ Cells That Secrete Anti-inflammatory Cytokines and Inhibit Proliferation of Naive CD4+ Cells: A Potential Mechanism for Immune Polarization in Helminth Infections

    Luis I. Terrazas;Kristen L. Walsh;Danuta Piskorska;Edward McGuire

  • Suppression of cathepsin B expression in Schistosoma mansoni by RNA interference.

    Patrick J Skelly;Akram Da'dara;Donald A Harn

  • A Schistosome-Expressed Immunomodulatory Glycoconjugate Expands Peritoneal Gr1+ Macrophages That Suppress Naive CD4+ T Cell Proliferation Via an IFN-γ and Nitric Oxide-Dependent Mechanism

    Olga Atochina;Toby Daly-Engel;Danuta Piskorska;Edward McGuire

  • Schistosoma mansoni. Anti-egg monoclonal antibodies protect against cercarial challenge in vivo.

    D A Harn;M Mitsuyama;J R David

  • Immune biasing by helminth glycans.

    Paul G. Thomas;Donald A. Harn

  • A Schistosoma mansoni epitope recognized by a protective monoclonal antibody is identical to the stage-specific embryonic antigen 1.

    Albert I. Ko;Ursula C. Drager;Donald A. Harn

  • Mannan-binding lectin enhances susceptibility to visceral leishmaniasis.

    Isabel Kinney Ferreira de Miranda Santos;Isabel Kinney Ferreira de Miranda Santos;Carlos Henrique Nery Costa;Carlos Henrique Nery Costa;Henrique Krieger;Marly Furlan Feitosa

  • DNA-based vaccines protect against zoonotic schistosomiasis in water buffalo

    Akram A. Da’Dara;Yuesheng S. Li;Tie Xiong;Jie Zhou

  • Immunomodulatory glycan LNFPIII alleviates hepatosteatosis and insulin resistance through direct and indirect control of metabolic pathways

    Prerna Bhargava;Changlin Li;Kristopher J Stanya;David Jacobi;David Jacobi

  • B-1 cell (CD5+B220+) outgrowth in murine schistosomiasis is genetically restricted and is largely due to activation by polylactosamine sugars.

    P Velupillai;W E Secor;A M Horauf;D A Harn

  • Ex vivo programming of dendritic cells by mitochondria-targeted nanoparticles to produce interferon-gamma for cancer immunotherapy.

    Sean Marrache;Smanla Tundup;Donald A. Harn;Shanta Dhar

  • B-cell outgrowth and ligand-specific production of IL-10 correlate with Th2 dominance in certain parasitic diseases.

    V. Palanivel;C. Posey;A.M. Horauf;W. Solbach

  • Mito-DCA: a mitochondria targeted molecular scaffold for efficacious delivery of metabolic modulator dichloroacetate.

    Rakesh K. Pathak;Sean Marrache;Donald A. Harn;Shanta Dhar

  • Human Immune Responses to Schistosoma mansoni Vaccine Candidate Antigens

    A Ribeiro de Jesus;I Araújo;O Bacellar;A Magalhães

  • T and B cell epitope mapping of SM23, an integral membrane protein of Schistosoma mansoni.

    S R Reynolds;C B Shoemaker;D A Harn

  • Immunization with plasmid DNA encoding the integral membrane protein, Sm23, elicits a protective immune response against schistosome infection in mice.

    Akram A Da’dara;Patrick J Skelly;MaoMao Wang;Donald A Harn

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald P. McManus
Donald P. McManus Australian National University
Remigio M. Olveda
Remigio M. Olveda Research Institute for Tropical Medicine
Darren J. Gray
Darren J. Gray QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Gail M. Williams
Gail M. Williams University of Queensland
Mitermayer G. Reis
Mitermayer G. Reis Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Abhay R. Satoskar
Abhay R. Satoskar The Ohio State University
Tadashi Yoshino
Tadashi Yoshino Okayama University
Yvonne Paterson
Yvonne Paterson University of Pennsylvania
Paul G. Thomas
Paul G. Thomas St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Alfred King-Yin Lam
Alfred King-Yin Lam Griffith University

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