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Overview

James G. Rheinwald is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on immunology and microbiology, with additional work in the fields of medicine and epidemiology.

The scientist's recent papers include:

  • K Locus Effects in Gray Wolves: Experimental Assessment of TLR3 Signaling and the Gene Expression Response to Canine Distemper Virus, 2021, Journal of Heredity
  • Experimental assessment of K locus effects on the gray wolf response to virus, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with James G. Rheinwald are:

  • Rachel A. Johnston
  • Bridgett M. vonHoldt
  • Daniel R. Stahler
  • William E. Lowry
  • Jenny Tung

Publications are often found in the following venues:

  • Journal of Heredity
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The main fields of study covered in their work include:

  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Medicine

Within these disciplines, the subfields engaged are:

  • Microbiology
  • Epidemiology
  • Immunology

Key research topics addressed in James G. Rheinwald's publications include:

  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
  • Virology and Viral Diseases
  • Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses

Best Publications

  • Formation of a keratinizing epithelium in culture by a cloned cell line derived from a teratoma

    James G. Rheinwald;Howard Green

  • Epidermal growth factor and the multiplication of cultured human epidermal keratinocytes

    James G. Rheinwald;Howard Green

  • Human keratinocytes that express hTERT and also bypass a p16(INK4a)-enforced mechanism that limits life span become immortal yet retain normal growth and differentiation characteristics.

    Mark A. Dickson;William C. Hahn;William C. Hahn;Yasushi Ino;Vincent Ronfard

  • Immortalization eliminates a roadblock during cellular reprogramming into iPS cells

    Jochen Utikal;Jose M. Polo;Matthias Stadtfeld;Nimet Maherali

  • Tumorigenic Keratinocyte Lines Requiring Anchorage and Fibroblast Support Cultured from Human Squamous Cell Carcinomas

    James G. Rheinwald;Michael A. Beckett

  • The mesothelial keratins: A new family of cytoskeletal proteins identified in cultured mesothelial cells and nonkeratinizing epithelia

    Ying-Jye Wu;L. M. Parker;N. E. Binder;M. A. Beckett

  • Defective terminal differentiation in culture as a consistent and selectable character of malignant human keratinocytes.

    James G. Rheinwald;Michael A. Beckett

  • Regulation of the cytoskeleton in mesothelial cells: Reversible loss of keratin and increase in vimentin during rapid growth in culture

    Nancy D. Connell;James G. Rheinwald

  • A two-stage, p16(INK4A)- and p53-dependent keratinocyte senescence mechanism that limits replicative potential independent of telomere status.

    James G. Rheinwald;William C. Hahn;William C. Hahn;Matthew R. Ramsey;Jenny Y. Wu

  • Serial cultivation of normal human epidermal keratinocytes.

    James G. Rheinwald

  • In vitro propagation of human ocular surface epithelial cells for transplantation.

    K Lindberg;M E Brown;H V Chaves;K R Kenyon

  • A new small (40 kd) keratin filament protein made by some cultured human squamous cell carcinomas

    Ying-Jye Wu;James G. Rheinwald

  • Generation of papillomavirus-immortalized cell lines from normal human ectocervical, endocervical, and vaginal epithelium that maintain expression of tissue-specific differentiation proteins.

    Raina N. Fichorova;James G. Rheinwald;Deborah J. Anderson

  • Abnormal Expression of Retinoic Acid Receptors and Keratin 19 by Human Oral and Epidermal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cell Lines

    Lan Hu;David L. Crowe;James G. Rheinwald;Pierre Chambon

  • A Transmissible Plasmid Controlling Camphor Oxidation in Pseudomonas Putida

    J. G. Rheinwald;A. M. Chakrabarty;I. C. Gunsalus

  • Hyaluronic acid capsule and the role of streptococcal entry into keratinocytes in invasive skin infection.

    H M Schrager;J G Rheinwald;M R Wessels

  • Suprabasal 40 kd keratin (K19) expression as an immunohistologic marker of premalignancy in oral epithelium.

    K. Lindberg;J. G. Rheinwald

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon mutagenesis of human epidermal keratinocytes in culture

    B L Allen-Hoffmann;J G Rheinwald

  • The Wilms tumour gene WT1 is expressed in murine mesoderm–derived tissues and mutated in a human mesothelioma

    S Park;M Schalling;A Bernard;S Maheswaran

  • Coexpression of Simple Epithelial Keratins and Vimentin by Human Mesothelium and Mesothelioma in Vivo and in Culture

    Paul J. LaRocca;James G. Rheinwald

Frequent Co-Authors

William C. Hahn
William C. Hahn Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Howard Green
Howard Green Harvard University
George D. Demetri
George D. Demetri Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Deborah J. Anderson
Deborah J. Anderson Boston University
Raina N. Fichorova
Raina N. Fichorova Brigham and Women's Hospital
Jonathan C. R. Jones
Jonathan C. R. Jones Northwestern University
Lorraine J. Gudas
Lorraine J. Gudas Cornell University
Christopher P. Crum
Christopher P. Crum Brigham and Women's Hospital
Barrett J. Rollins
Barrett J. Rollins Brigham and Women's Hospital

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