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Overview

Fabienne Mackay is affiliated with the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Australia. Their research spans key areas within medicine, particularly focusing on immunology and microbiology.

The main fields of study encompassing Mackay's work include:

  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology

Within these broader categories, their subfields of specialization involve:

  • Immunology
  • Genetics
  • Neurology
  • Oncology
  • Molecular Biology

Their research topics primarily address immunological mechanisms and disease contexts such as:

  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research

Recent publications by Mackay include several peer-reviewed articles across multiple journals with citations reflecting engagement within the scientific community. Some of the key papers are:

  • The BAFF-APRIL System in Cancer, 2023, published in Cancers
  • CD8 + T Cells Promote Pathological Angiogenesis in Ocular Neovascular Disease, 2023, published in Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
  • Cell signaling activation and extracellular matrix remodeling underpin glioma tumor microenvironment heterogeneity and organization, 2022, published in Cellular Oncology
  • Associations of serum soluble Fas and Fas ligand (FasL) with outcomes in systemic lupus erythematosus, 2020, published in Lupus Science & Medicine
  • B-cells expressing NgR1 and NgR3 are localized to EAE-induced inflammatory infiltrates and are stimulated by BAFF, 2021, published in Scientific Reports

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • William A. Figgett
  • Eden Whitlock
  • Md Ashik Ullah
  • Marija Dinevska
  • Samuel S. Widodo

Mackay's research has been published most often in the following venues:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Cancers
  • Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
  • Cellular Oncology
  • Lupus Science & Medicine

Best Publications

  • Regulation of inflammatory responses by gut microbiota and chemoattractant receptor GPR43

    Kendle M. Maslowski;Angelica T. Vieira;Angelica T. Vieira;Aylwin Ng;Jan Kranich

  • Mice transgenic for BAFF develop lymphocytic disorders along with autoimmune manifestations.

    Fabienne Mackay;Stephen A. Woodcock;Pornsri Lawton;Christine Ambrose

  • BAFF, a novel ligand of the tumor necrosis factor family, stimulates B cell growth.

    Pascal Schneider;Fabienne Mackay;Véronique Steiner;Kay Hofmann

  • BAFF AND APRIL: a tutorial on B cell survival.

    Fabienne Mackay;Pascal Schneider;Paul Rennert;Jeffrey Browning

  • Association of BAFF/BLyS overexpression and altered B cell differentiation with Sjögren’s syndrome

    Joanna Groom;Susan L. Kalled;Anne H. Cutler;Carl Olson

  • Cracking the BAFF code

    Fabienne Mackay;Pascal Schneider

  • BAFF: A fundamental survival factor for B cells

    Fabienne Mackay;Jeffrey L. Browning

  • BAFF mediates survival of peripheral immature B lymphocytes.

    Marcel Batten;Joanna Groom;Teresa G. Cachero;Fang Qian

  • Excess BAFF Rescues Self-Reactive B Cells from Peripheral Deletion and Allows Them to Enter Forbidden Follicular and Marginal Zone Niches

    Marilyn Thien;Tri Giang Phan;Sandra Gardam;Michelle Amesbury

  • Disrupted cardiac development but normal hematopoiesis in mice deficient in the second CXCL12/SDF-1 receptor, CXCR7

    Frederic Sierro;Christine Biben;Laura Martínez-Muñoz;Mario Mellado

  • Circulating precursor CCR7(lo)PD-1(hi) CXCR5⁺ CD4⁺ T cells indicate Tfh cell activity and promote antibody responses upon antigen reexposure.

    Jing He;Louis M Tsai;Yew A Leong;Xin Jack Hu;Xin Jack Hu

  • Microbiota-Derived Short-Chain Fatty Acids Promote the Memory Potential of Antigen-Activated CD8+ T Cells

    Annabell Bachem;Christina Makhlouf;Katrina J. Binger;David P. de Souza

  • B Cell-Activating Factor Belonging to the TNF Family (BAFF)-R Is the Principal BAFF Receptor Facilitating BAFF Costimulation of Circulating T and B Cells

    Lai Guan Ng;Andrew P. R. Sutherland;Rebecca Newton;Fang Qian

  • BAFF selectively enhances the survival of plasmablasts generated from human memory B cells

    Danielle T. Avery;Susan L. Kalled;Julia I. Ellyard;Christine Ambrose

  • Toll-like Receptor 9–Dependent and –Independent Dendritic Cell Activation by Chromatin–Immunoglobulin G Complexes

    Melissa W. Boulé;Courtney Broughton;Fabienne Mackay;Shizuo Akira

  • Control systems and decision making for antibody production

    Christopher C Goodnow;Carola G Vinuesa;Katrina L Randall;Katrina L Randall;Fabienne Mackay

  • Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha)-induced cell adhesion to human endothelial cells is under dominant control of one TNF receptor type, TNF-R55.

    Fabienne Mackay;Hansruedi Loetscher;Dietrich Stueber;Gisela Gehr

  • Analysis of microRNA turnover in mammalian cells following Dicer1 ablation

    Michael P. Gantier;Claire E. McCoy;Irina Rusinova;Damien Saulep

  • Surface lymphotoxin alpha/beta complex is required for the development of peripheral lymphoid organs.

    P D Rennert;J L Browning;R Mebius;F Mackay

  • Baff Binds to the Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor–Like Molecule B Cell Maturation Antigen and Is Important for Maintaining the Peripheral B Cell Population

    Jeffrey S. Thompson;Pascal Schneider;Susan L. Kalled;LiChun Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey L. Browning
Jeffrey L. Browning Boston University
Pascal Schneider
Pascal Schneider University of Lausanne
Christine Ambrose
Christine Ambrose Biogen (United States)
Charles R. Mackay
Charles R. Mackay Qilu University of Technology
Stuart G. Tangye
Stuart G. Tangye Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Shane T. Grey
Shane T. Grey Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Eric F. Morand
Eric F. Morand Monash University
Robert Brink
Robert Brink University of New South Wales
Herbert Herzog
Herbert Herzog Garvan Institute of Medical Research
David M. Tarlinton
David M. Tarlinton Monash University

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