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Immunology

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68047
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268
National Ranking
172

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Overview

George S. Eisenbarth was affiliated with the University of Colorado Denver in the United States. Their research focused primarily on diabetes and related metabolic and immunological disorders, with a substantial output reflected in numerous publications spanning medicine, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, immunology, and microbiology.

The scientist's work covered several intersecting fields of study:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Immunology and Microbiology

Their subfields of interest included:

  • Genetics
  • Surgery
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Immunology
  • Oncology

The main topics addressed in their publications were:

  • Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers

George S. Eisenbarth contributed to the literature with the following notable papers:

  • Type 1 diabetes mellitus as a disease of the β-cell (do not blame the immune system?), 2020, Nature Reviews Endocrinology
  • Faecal microbiota transplantation halts progression of human new-onset type 1 diabetes in a randomised controlled trial, 2020, Gut
  • Oral butyrate does not affect innate immunity and islet autoimmunity in individuals with longstanding type 1 diabetes: a randomised controlled trial, 2020, Diabetologia
  • Safety and feasibility of intradermal injection with tolerogenic dendritic cells pulsed with proinsulin peptide-for type 1 diabetes, 2020, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • Human islet T cells are highly reactive to preproinsulin in type 1 diabetes, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Their frequent co-authors included:

  • Tatjana Nikolić
  • Arnaud Zaldumbide
  • Jaap Jan Zwaginga
  • René van Tienhoven
  • John S. Kaddis

Common publication venues where their research appeared were:

  • Diabetes
  • Diabetologia
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • Diabetes Care

Best Publications

  • Type 1 Diabetes

    Mark A Atkinson;George S Eisenbarth;Aaron W Michels

  • International Trial of the Edmonton Protocol for Islet Transplantation

    A. M James Shapiro;Camillo Ricordi;Bernhard J. Hering;Hugh Auchincloss

  • Type I diabetes mellitus. A chronic autoimmune disease.

    George S. Eisenbarth

  • Type 1 diabetes: new perspectives on disease pathogenesis and treatment

    Mark A Atkinson;George S Eisenbarth

  • A functional variant of lymphoid tyrosine phosphatase is associated with type I diabetes

    Nunzio Bottini;Lucia Musumeci;Andres Alonso;Souad Rahmouni

  • Genetics, pathogenesis and clinical interventions in type 1 diabetes

    Jeffrey A. Bluestone;Kevan Herold;George Eisenbarth

  • Seroconversion to Multiple Islet Autoantibodies and Risk of Progression to Diabetes in Children

    Anette G. Ziegler;Marian Rewers;Olli Simell;Tuula Simell

  • The cation efflux transporter ZnT8 (Slc30A8) is a major autoantigen in human type 1 diabetes

    Janet M. Wenzlau;Kirstine Juhl;Kirstine Juhl;Liping Yu;Ong Moua

  • Monoclonal antibody to a plasma membrane antigen of neurons

    George S. Eisenbarth;Frank S. Walsh;Marshall W. Nirenberg

  • The insulin gene is transcribed in the human thymus and transcription levels correlated with allelic variation at the INS VNTR-IDDM2 susceptibility locus for type 1 diabetes

    Alberto Pugliese;Markus Zeller;Alarico Fernandez;Laura J. Zalcberg

  • Prediction of type I diabetes in first-degree relatives using a combination of insulin, GAD, and ICA512bdc/IA-2 autoantibodies.

    C F Verge;R Gianani;E Kawasaki;L Yu

  • Effects of insulin in relatives of patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus

    J. S. Skyler;D. Brown;H. P. Chase;E. Collier

  • Prime role for an insulin epitope in the development of type 1 diabetes in NOD mice.

    Maki Nakayama;Norio Abiru;Hiroaki Moriyama;Naru Babaya

  • Type-I Diabetes: A Chronic Autoimmune Disease of Human, Mouse, and Rat

    Luis Castano;George S. Eisenbarth

  • Autoimmune polyendocrine syndromes.

    George S Eisenbarth;Peter A Gottlieb

  • Suppression of diabetes in nonobese diabetic mice by oral administration of porcine insulin.

    Z J Zhang;L Davidson;G Eisenbarth;H L Weiner

  • Timing of Initial Cereal Exposure in Infancy and Risk of Islet Autoimmunity

    Jill M. Norris;Katherine Barriga;Georgeanna Klingensmith;Michelle Hoffman

  • Rotavirus infection frequency and risk of celiac disease autoimmunity in early childhood: a longitudinal study.

    Lars C Stene;Margo C Honeyman;Edward J Hoffenberg;Joel E Haas

  • Risk of Celiac Disease Autoimmunity and Timing of Gluten Introduction in the Diet of Infants at Increased Risk of Disease

    Jill M. Norris;Katherine Barriga;Edward J. Hoffenberg;Iman Taki

  • Early expression of antiinsulin autoantibodies of humans and the NOD mouse: evidence for early determination of subsequent diabetes

    Liping Yu;David T. Robles;Norio Abiru;Paramjit Kaur

Frequent Co-Authors

Liping Yu
Liping Yu University of Colorado Denver
Marian Rewers
Marian Rewers University of Colorado Denver
Henry A. Erlich
Henry A. Erlich UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
Jill M. Norris
Jill M. Norris University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
John C. Hutton
John C. Hutton University of Colorado Denver
Alberto Pugliese
Alberto Pugliese University of Miami
Jeffrey P. Krischer
Jeffrey P. Krischer University of South Florida
Chester A. Alper
Chester A. Alper Harvard University
Teodorica L. Bugawan
Teodorica L. Bugawan Roche (Switzerland)
Howard L. Weiner
Howard L. Weiner Harvard University

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