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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Elizabeth Simpson is a researcher affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their scholarly work primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a strong focus on archaeology and related interdisciplinary studies.

Simpson's publications cover a variety of topics, including archaeology, ancient environmental studies, and genetic research related to neurological and lysosomal storage disorders. The main topics addressed in their work are:

  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History
  • Ancient Near East History
  • Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research
  • Spinal Dysraphism and Malformations
  • Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research
  • Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis

Their research spans several subfields, such as Archeology, Plant Science, Genetics, Ecology, and Paleontology.

Elizabeth Simpson has authored papers published in multiple venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Innovation in Aging
  • JACC Advances
  • Nature Communications
  • Heritage
  • Source Notes in the History of Art

Recent notable papers authored or coauthored by Simpson include:

  • "Ready-to-use iPSC-derived microglia progenitors for the treatment of CNS disease in mouse models of neuropathic mucopolysaccharidoses" (2024, Nature Communications)
  • "Ancient Chromophores and Auxiliaries: Phrygian Colorants from Tumulus MM at Gordion, Turkey, ca 740 BCE" (2023, Heritage)
  • "Concussions Are Associated With Increases in Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Risk in American-Style Football Athletes" (2025, JACC Advances)
  • "Global Publishing Opportunities in Gerontology: A View From the Editor's Desk" (2021, Innovation in Aging)
  • "EDITORS INSIGHTS ON PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE GLOBAL GERONTOLOGICAL COMMUNITY" (2022, Innovation in Aging)

Their work has involved collaboration with several frequent coauthors, including:

  • Edward Miller
  • Mary W. Ballard
  • G. Asher Newsome
  • Brendan Burke
  • Austin Rim

Simpson has been recognized with honors such as being named a Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, in 2010, and also holds the distinction of Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells inhibit the response of naive and memory antigen-specific T cells to their cognate peptide.

    Mauro Krampera;Sarah Glennie;Julian Dyson;Diane Scott

  • In vitro cell-mediated immune responses to the male specific(H-Y) antigen in mice.

    R D Gordon;E Simpson;L E Samelson

  • Prevention of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in non-obese diabetic mice by transgenes encoding modified I-A β-chain or normal I-E α-chain.

    Torben Lund;Lorraine O'Reilly;Patricia Hutchings;Osami Kanagawa

  • Transfer of diabetes in mice prevented by blockade of adhesion-promoting receptor on macrophages.

    Patricia Hutchings;Hugh Rosen;Lorraine O'Reilly;Elizabeth Simpson

  • Male sexual differentiation in mice lacking H-Y antigen.

    Anne McLaren;Elizabeth Simpson;Kyuhei Tomonari;Phillip Chandler

  • Impairment of immunological memory in the absence of MHC despite survival of memory T cells.

    George Kassiotis;Sylvie Garcia;Sylvie Garcia;Elizabeth Simpson;Brigitta Stockinger

  • Identification of a mouse male-specific transplantation antigen, H-Y

    D M Scott;I E Ehrmann;P S Ellis;C E Bishop;C E Bishop

  • The Human UTY Gene Encodes a Novel HLA-B8-Restricted H-Y Antigen

    Edus H. Warren;Marc A. Gavin;Elizabeth Simpson;Phillip Chandler

  • An H-YDb epitope is encoded by a novel mouse Y chromosome gene

    Andy Greenfield;Diane Scott;David J. Pennisi;Ingrid Ehrmann

  • Anergic T Cells Inhibit the Antigen-Presenting Function of Dendritic Cells

    Silvia Vendetti;Jian-Guo Chai;Julian Dyson;Elizabeth Simpson

  • The male-specific histocompatibility antigen, H-Y: a history of transplantation, immune response genes, sex determination and expression cloning.

    Elizabeth Simpson;Diane Scott;Phillip Chandler

  • Rejection of H-Y Disparate Skin Grafts by Monospecific CD4+ Th1 and Th2 Cells: No Requirement for CD8+ T Cells or B Cells

    Diana Zelenika;Elizabeth Adams;Andrew Mellor;Elizabeth Simpson

  • Fc-dependent depletion of activated T cells occurs through CD40L-specific antibody rather than costimulation blockade

    Nicola J Monk;Roseanna E G Hargreaves;James E Marsh;Conrad A Farrar

  • Hybrid cell lines with T-cell characteristics.

    R A Goldsby;B A Osborne;E Simpson;L A Herzenberg

  • Regulatory T cells, derived from naïve CD4+CD25- T cells by in vitro Foxp3 gene transfer, can induce transplantation tolerance.

    Jian-Guo Chai;Shao-an Xue;David Coe;Caroline Addey

  • Multiple Lupus Susceptibility Loci Map to Chromosome 1 in BXSB Mice

    MB Hogarth;JH Slingsby;PJ Allen;EM Thompson

  • Dendritic cells permit identification of genes encoding MHC class II-restricted epitopes of transplantation antigens.

    Diane Scott;Caroline Addey;Pamela Ellis;Edward James

  • Genetic analysis of a new mouse model for non-insulin-dependent diabetes.

    Jung Han Kim;Saunak Sen;Cindy S. Avery;Elizabeth Simpson

  • Characterization of pancreatic islet cell infiltrates in NOD mice: effect of cell transfer and transgene expression.

    Lorraine A. O'reilly;Patricia R. Hutchings;Paul R. Crocker;Elizabeth Simpson

  • Multiparity induces priming to male-specific minor histocompatibility antigen, HY, in mice and humans

    Edward James;Jian-Guo Chai;Hamlata Dewchand;Eugenio Macchiarulo

Frequent Co-Authors

Francesco Dazzi
Francesco Dazzi King's College London
Robert I. Lechler
Robert I. Lechler King's College London
Anne McLaren
Anne McLaren University of Cambridge
Giovanna Lombardi
Giovanna Lombardi King's College London
Marina Botto
Marina Botto Imperial College London
Eddie A. James
Eddie A. James Virginia Mason Medical Center
Federica M. Marelli-Berg
Federica M. Marelli-Berg Queen Mary University of London
Harvey Cantor
Harvey Cantor Harvard University
Mark Walport
Mark Walport Imperial College London
Michael J. Mitchell
Michael J. Mitchell University of Pennsylvania

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