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Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Israel F. Charo is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research spans several fields within biomedical sciences, with a significant focus on medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their primary fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these domains, Charo has contributed notably to several subfields, namely:

  • Immunology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Oncology
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Dermatology

The scientist's main research topics comprise:

  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Signaling Pathways in Disease
  • Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Hidradenitis Suppurativa and Treatments
  • Chemokine receptors and signaling

Israel F. Charo has published numerous papers in renowned venues. Some of their recent publications include:

  • CCR2 deficiency alters activation of microglia subsets in traumatic brain injury, 2021, Cell Reports
  • Chromatin remodelling drives immune cell-fibroblast communication in heart failure, 2024, Nature
  • Chromatin Remodeling Drives Immune-Fibroblast Crosstalk in Heart Failure Pathogenesis, 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • CCX559 is a potent, orally-administered small molecule PD-L1 inhibitor that induces anti-tumor immunity, 2023, PLoS ONE
  • Chemokine receptors (version 2020.5) in the IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology Database, 2020, IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE

Frequent coauthors of Charo include:

  • Thomas J. Schall
  • Linda Ertl
  • Kathleen M. Sullivan
  • Carolyn Dunlap
  • Zhenhua Miao

Their work appears repeatedly in specific scientific journals and domains, as reflected in these frequent publication venues:

  • IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE
  • Cancer Research
  • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Among the recognitions awarded, Charo is a member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • The Many Roles of Chemokines and Chemokine Receptors in Inflammation

    Israel F. Charo;Richard M. Ransohoff

  • Decreased lesion formation in CCR2 −/− mice reveals a role for chemokines in the initiation of atherosclerosis

    Landin Boring;Jennifa Gosling;Michael Cleary;Israel F. Charo

  • International Union of Pharmacology. XXII. Nomenclature for Chemokine Receptors

    Philip M. Murphy;Marco Baggiolini;Israel F. Charo;Caroline A. Hébert

  • CCR2 modulates inflammatory and metabolic effects of high-fat feeding

    Stuart P. Weisberg;Deborah Hunter;Reid Huber;Jacob Lemieux

  • Impaired monocyte migration and reduced type 1 (Th1) cytokine responses in C-C chemokine receptor 2 knockout mice.

    Landin Boring;Jennifa Gosling;Stephen W. Chensue;Steven L. Kunkel

  • The platelet membrane glycoprotein IIb-IIIa complex

    D. R. Phillips;I. F. Charo;Leslie V Parise;L. A. Fitzgerald

  • Critical roles for CCR2 and MCP-3 in monocyte mobilization from bone marrow and recruitment to inflammatory sites

    Chia-Lin Tsou;Wendy Peters;Yue Si;Sarah Slaymaker

  • Langerhans cells renew in the skin throughout life under steady-state conditions

    Miriam Merad;Markus G. Manz;Holger Karsunky;Amy Wagers

  • Molecular cloning and functional expression of two monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 receptors reveals alternative splicing of the carboxyl-terminal tails.

    Israel F. Charo;Scott J. Myers;Ann Herman;Christian Franci

  • Chemokines in the Pathogenesis of Vascular Disease

    Israel F. Charo;Mark B. Taubman

  • MCP-1 deficiency reduces susceptibility to atherosclerosis in mice that overexpress human apolipoprotein B

    Jennifa Gosling;Sarah Slaymaker;Long Gu;Susan Tseng

  • Differential roles of microglia and monocytes in the inflamed central nervous system.

    Ryo Yamasaki;Haiyan Lu;Oleg Butovsky;Nobuhiko Ohno

  • Domains specifying thrombin-receptor interaction.

    Thien-Khai H. Vu;Virginia I. Wheaton;David T. Hung;Israel Charo

  • Selective chemokine receptor usage by central nervous system myeloid cells in CCR2-red fluorescent protein knock-in mice.

    Noah Saederup;Astrid E. Cardona;Kelsey Croft;Makiko Mizutani

  • Resistance to Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis in Mice Lacking the Cc Chemokine Receptor (Ccr2)

    Leonid Izikson;Robyn S. Klein;Israel F. Charo;Howard L. Weiner

  • GPIIb-IIIa: the responsive integrin.

    David R. Phillips;Israel F. Charo;Robert M. Scarborough

  • Molecular cloning and functional characterization of a novel human CC chemokine receptor (CCR5) for RANTES, MIP-1beta, and MIP-1alpha.

    Carol J. Raport;Jennifa Gosling;Vicki L. Schweickart;Patrick W. Gray

  • Resolving postoperative neuroinflammation and cognitive decline

    Niccolò Terrando;Lars I Eriksson;Lars I Eriksson;Jae Kyu Ryu;Ting Yang

  • Decreased atherosclerosis in CX3CR1–/– mice reveals a role for fractalkine in atherogenesis

    Philippe Lesnik;Christopher A. Haskell;Israel F. Charo

  • Notch2 Receptor Signaling Controls Functional Differentiation of Dendritic Cells in the Spleen and Intestine

    Kanako L. Lewis;Michele L. Caton;Milena Bogunovic;Melanie Greter

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas J. Schall
Thomas J. Schall ChemoCentryx (United States)
Richard M. Ransohoff
Richard M. Ransohoff Harvard University
Barrett J. Rollins
Barrett J. Rollins Brigham and Women's Hospital
Andrew D. Luster
Andrew D. Luster Harvard University
Kensuke Egashira
Kensuke Egashira Kyushu University
Mark A. Goldsmith
Mark A. Goldsmith Revolution Medicines
Sergio A. Lira
Sergio A. Lira Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Steven L. Kunkel
Steven L. Kunkel University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Shaun R. Coughlin
Shaun R. Coughlin University of California, San Francisco
Christophe Combadière
Christophe Combadière Sorbonne University

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