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Dragana Jankovic is a researcher affiliated with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Immunology and Microbiology as well as Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Immunology, Oncology, Epidemiology, Parasitology, and Reproductive Medicine.

The scientist's research topics are diverse within the immune sciences, concentrating on areas such as:

  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways
  • Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • Immune Response and Inflammation

Dragana Jankovic has published extensively in several scientific journals, with notable frequent publication venues including:

  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Nature Immunology
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Immunity

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Jankovic include:

  • Homeostatic IL-13 in healthy skin directs dendritic cell differentiation to promote TH2 and inhibit TH17 cell polarization, 2021, Nature Immunology
  • Rapid Enhancer Remodeling and Transcription Factor Repurposing Enable High Magnitude Gene Induction upon Acute Activation of NK Cells, 2020, Immunity
  • A partial form of inherited human USP18 deficiency underlies infection and inflammation, 2022, The Journal of Experimental Medicine
  • Bacterial-induced or passively administered interferon gamma conditions the lung for early control of SARS-CoV-2, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Differential regulation of transcription factor T-bet induction during NK cell development and T helper-1 cell differentiation, 2022, Immunity

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Jankovic's research activity. Frequent co-authors include Alan Sher, Kerry L. Hilligan, Takeshi Kawabe, Difeng Fang, and Jinfang Zhu.

Best Publications

  • T-bet is rapidly induced by interferon-γ in lymphoid and myeloid cells

    Andre A. Lighvani;David M. Frucht;Dragana Jankovic;Hidehiro Yamane

  • In vivo microbial stimulation induces rapid CD40 ligand-independent production of interleukin 12 by dendritic cells and their redistribution to T cell areas.

    Caetano Reis e Sousa;Sara Hieny;Tanya Scharton-Kersten;Dragana Jankovic

  • Conventional T-bet(+)Foxp3(-) Th1 cells are the major source of host-protective regulatory IL-10 during intracellular protozoan infection.

    Dragana Jankovic;Marika C. Kullberg;Carl G. Feng;Romina S. Goldszmid

  • IL-23 plays a key role in Helicobacter hepaticus-induced T cell-dependent colitis

    Marika C. Kullberg;Dragana Jankovic;Carl G. Feng;Sophie Hue

  • Helicobacter hepaticus triggers colitis in specific-pathogen-free interleukin-10 (IL-10)-deficient mice through an IL-12-and gamma interferon-dependent mechanism

    Marika C. Kullberg;Jerrold M. Ward;Peter L. Gorelick;Patricia Caspar

  • Cutting edge: MyD88 is required for resistance to Toxoplasma gondii infection and regulates parasite-induced IL-12 production by dendritic cells.

    Charles A. Scanga;Julio Aliberti;Dragana Jankovic;Florence Tilloy

  • An IL-12-based vaccination method for preventing fibrosis induced by schistosome infection

    Thomas A. Wynn;Allen W. Cheever;Dragana Jankovic;Robert W. Poindexter

  • Basophils Produce IL-4 and Accumulate in Tissues after Infection with a Th2-inducing Parasite

    Booki Min;Melanie Prout;Jane Hu-Li;Jinfang Zhu

  • Direct Regulation of Gata3 Expression Determines the T Helper Differentiation Potential of Notch

    Derk Amsen;Andrey Antov;Dragana Jankovic;Alan Sher

  • Early Th1 Cell Differentiation Is Marked by a Tfh Cell-like Transition

    Shingo Nakayamada;Yuka Kanno;Hayato Takahashi;Dragana Jankovic

  • Bacteria-triggered CD4(+) T regulatory cells suppress Helicobacter hepaticus-induced colitis.

    Marika C. Kullberg;Dragana Jankovic;Peter L. Gorelick;Patricia Caspar

  • Successful T cell priming in B cell-deficient mice.

    M M Epstein;F Di Rosa;D Jankovic;A Sher

  • Recognition of profilin by Toll-like receptor 12 is critical for host resistance to Toxoplasma gondii.

    A. Alicia Koblansky;Dragana Jankovic;Hyunju Oh;Sara Hieny

  • In the absence of IL-12, CD4(+) T cell responses to intracellular pathogens fail to default to a Th2 pattern and are host protective in an IL-10(-/-) setting.

    Dragana Jankovic;Marika C. Kullberg;Sara Hieny;Patricia Caspar

  • The transcription factor T-bet is induced by multiple pathways and prevents an endogenous Th2 cell program during Th1 cell responses.

    Jinfang Zhu;Dragana Jankovic;Andrew J. Oler;Gang Wei

  • The major component in schistosome eggs responsible for conditioning dendritic cells for Th2 polarization is a T2 ribonuclease (omega-1)

    Svenja Steinfelder;John F. Andersen;Jennifer L. Cannons;Carl G. Feng

  • Single cell analysis reveals that IL-4 receptor/Stat6 signaling is not required for the in vivo or in vitro development of CD4+ lymphocytes with a Th2 cytokine profile.

    Dragana Jankovic;Marika C. Kullberg;Nancy Noben-Trauth;Patricia Caspar

  • Th1- and Th2-cell commitment during infectious disease: asymmetry in divergent pathways.

    Dragana Jankovic;Zhugong Liu;William C. Gause

  • IL-10 production by CD4+ effector T cells: a mechanism for self-regulation

    Dragana Jankovic;David G. Kugler;Alan Sher

  • IL-1β Drives Inflammatory Responses to Propionibacterium acnes In Vitro and In Vivo

    Magdalena Kistowska;Samuel Gehrke;Dragana Jankovic;Katrin Kerl

  • are the major source of host-protective regulatory IL-10 during intracellular protozoan infection

    Dragana Jankovic;Marika C. Kullberg;Carl G. Feng;Romina S. Goldszmid

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan Sher
Alan Sher National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Allen W. Cheever
Allen W. Cheever National Institutes of Health
Patricia Caspar
Patricia Caspar National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Sara Hieny
Sara Hieny National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Thomas A. Wynn
Thomas A. Wynn Pfizer (United States)
Carl G. Feng
Carl G. Feng University of Sydney
Lars E. French
Lars E. French Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
John J. O'Shea
John J. O'Shea National Institutes of Health
William E. Paul
William E. Paul National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Jinfang Zhu
Jinfang Zhu National Institutes of Health

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