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Overview

James M. Brewer is affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. Their primary fields of study include Immunology and Microbiology as well as Medicine. Within these fields, their work spans several subfields, notably Immunology, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The main topics in Brewer's research encompass Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, Cell Adhesion Molecules Research, Immune Response and Inflammation, and Mosquito-borne diseases and control.

Brewer's publication record features papers in multiple venues. Frequent publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Frontiers in Immunology, Discovery Immunology, Seminars in Immunology, and Nature Communications.

Recent research papers authored or co-authored by Brewer include:

  • "Spread of pathological tau proteins through communicating neurons in human Alzheimer's disease" (2020) in Nature Communications
  • "The Impact of Malaria Parasites on Dendritic Cell-T Cell Interaction" (2020) in Frontiers in Immunology
  • "To the Skin and Beyond: The Immune Response to African Trypanosomes as They Enter and Exit the Vertebrate Host" (2020) in Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Preclinical models of arthritis for studying immunotherapy and immune tolerance" (2021) in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • "Nanoalum adjuvanted vaccines: small details make a big difference" (2021) in Seminars in Immunology

Among frequent co-authors are Paul Garside, Hannah E. Scales, Robert A. Benson, Gavin R. Meehan, and Ronald C. Petersen, indicating collaborative engagements in their research.

Best Publications

  • MHCII-Mediated Dialog between Group 2 Innate Lymphoid Cells and CD4+ T Cells Potentiates Type 2 Immunity and Promotes Parasitic Helminth Expulsion

    Christopher J. Oliphant;You Yi Hwang;Jennifer A. Walker;Maryam Salimi

  • Reversal of the TCR stop signal by CTLA-4.

    Helga Schneider;Helga Schneider;Jos Downey;Andrew Smith;Bernd H. Zinselmeyer;Bernd H. Zinselmeyer

  • Aluminium Hydroxide Adjuvant Initiates Strong Antigen-Specific Th2 Responses in the Absence of IL-4- or IL-13-Mediated Signaling

    James M. Brewer;Margaret Conacher;Christopher A. Hunter;Markus Mohrs

  • How) do aluminium adjuvants work

    James M Brewer

  • In interleukin-4-deficient mice, alum not only generates T helper 1 responses equivalent to freund's complete adjuvant, but continues to induce T helper 2 cytokine production.

    James M. Brewer;Margaret Conacher;Abhay Satoskar;Horst Bluethmann

  • Antigen depot is not required for alum adjuvanticity

    Sharon Hutchison;Robert A. Benson;Vivienne B. Gibson;Abigail H. Pollock

  • Oral immunisation with peptide and protein antigens by formulation in lipid vesicles incorporating bile salts (bilosomes)

    Margaret Conacher;James Alexander;James M. Brewer

  • Suppression of adaptive immunity to heterologous antigens during Plasmodium infection through hemozoin-induced failure of dendritic cell function.

    Owain R Millington;Owain R Millington;Caterina Di Lorenzo;R Stephen Phillips;Paul Garside;Paul Garside

  • Artery Tertiary Lymphoid Organs Control Aorta Immunity and Protect against Atherosclerosis via Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Lymphotoxin β Receptors.

    Desheng Hu;Sarajo K. Mohanta;Changjun Yin;Li Peng;Li Peng

  • Lipid Vesicle Size Determines the Th1 or Th2 Response to Entrapped Antigen

    James M. Brewer;Laurence Tetley;James Richmond;Foo Y. Liew

  • The lymph nodes draining the small intestine and colon are anatomically separate and immunologically distinct

    S A Houston;V Cerovic;C Thomson;J Brewer

  • Analysis of the role of vaccine adjuvants in modulating dendritic cell activation and antigen presentation in vitro.

    Hongfan Sun;Kevin G.J. Pollock;James M. Brewer

  • In situ characterization of CD4 T cell behavior in mucosal and systemic lymphoid tissues during the induction of oral priming and tolerance

    Bernd H. Zinselmeyer;John Dempster;Alison M. Gurney;David Wokosin

  • The adjuvant activity of non-ionic surfactant vesicles (niosomes) on the BALB/c humoral response to bovine serum albumin.

    J M Brewer;J Alexander

  • Alum increases antigen uptake, reduces antigen degradation and sustains antigen presentation by DCs in vitro.

    Tirth R. Ghimire;Robert A. Benson;Paul Garside;James M. Brewer

  • A novel dendritic cell-induced model of erosive inflammatory arthritis: distinct roles for dendritic cells in T cell activation and induction of local inflammation.

    Bernard P. Leung;Margaret Conacher;David Hunter;Iain B. McInnes

  • Vesicle Size Influences the Trafficking, Processing, and Presentation of Antigens in Lipid Vesicles

    James M. Brewer;Kevin G. J. Pollock;Laurence Tetley;David G. Russell

  • Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells Play a Key Role in Promoting Atherosclerosis in Apolipoprotein E–Deficient Mice

    Neil MacRitchie;Gianluca Grassia;Suleman R. Sabir;Marcella Maddaluno

  • Liposomes as possible carriers for lactoferrin in the local treatment of inflammatory diseases.

    Mihaela Trif;Cristina Guillen;Diane M. Vaughan;Joan M. Telfer

  • Murine neutrophils present Class II restricted antigen

    Shauna Culshaw;Owain R. Millington;James M. Brewer;Iain B. McInnes

  • State of the World's Vaccines and Immunization. WHO, UNICEF and the World Bank. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2002.96 pp. ISBN 92-4-154578-X

    James M. Brewer

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Garside
Paul Garside University of Glasgow
Iain B. McInnes
Iain B. McInnes University of Glasgow
James Alexander
James Alexander Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Craig W. Roberts
Craig W. Roberts University of Strathclyde
Foo Y. Liew
Foo Y. Liew University of Glasgow
Duncan Graham
Duncan Graham University of Strathclyde
Bernard P. Leung
Bernard P. Leung Singapore Institute of Technology
Karen Faulds
Karen Faulds University of Strathclyde
Jeremy C. Mottram
Jeremy C. Mottram University of York
Xiao-Qing Wei
Xiao-Qing Wei Cardiff University

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