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Overview

Jay K. Kolls is affiliated with Tulane University in the United States and has contributed extensively to medical research, primarily focusing on immunology and respiratory medicine. Their work encompasses a broad range of subfields including Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Molecular Biology.

Kolls has published research in several well-known venues, with frequent contributions to The Journal of Immunology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature, The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, and JCI Insight.

Their research touches on a variety of topics, including SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, COVID-19 clinical research studies, Cystic Fibrosis research advances, Neonatal respiratory health research, Respiratory viral infections research, Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment, and IL-33, ST2, and ILC pathways.

Some recent publications by Jay K. Kolls include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 infection of primary human lung epithelium for COVID-19 modeling and drug discovery, 2021, Cell Reports
  • Diagnosing Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: A review of current methods and novel approaches, 2020, Medical Mycology
  • SARS-CoV-2 Infects Endothelial Cells In Vivo and In Vitro, 2021, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • Endothelial cell infection and dysfunction, immune activation in severe COVID-19, 2021, Theranostics
  • Oral epithelial IL-22/STAT3 signaling licenses IL-17-mediated immunity to oral mucosal candidiasis, 2020, Science Immunology

Kolls has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Xuebin Qin, Derek Pociask, Naoki Iwanaga, Robert V. Blair, and Nicholas J. Maness.

Among their professional recognitions, Kolls is a member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Interleukin-17 Family Members and Inflammation

    Jay K. Kolls;Anders Lindén

  • The Biological Functions of T Helper 17 Cell Effector Cytokines in Inflammation

    Wenjun Ouyang;Jay K. Kolls;Yan Zheng

  • Requirement of Interleukin 17 Receptor Signaling for Lung Cxc Chemokine and Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor Expression, Neutrophil Recruitment, and Host Defense

    Peng Ye;Fred H. Rodriguez;Suzanne Kanaly;Kim L. Stocking

  • IL-22 mediates mucosal host defense against Gram-negative bacterial pneumonia

    Shean J Aujla;Yvonne R Chan;Mingquan Zheng;Mingjian Fei

  • Targeting IL-17 and TH17 cells in chronic inflammation.

    Pierre Miossec;Jay K. Kolls

  • TH17 Cells Mediate Steroid-Resistant Airway Inflammation and Airway Hyperresponsiveness in Mice

    Laura McKinley;John F. Alcorn;Alanna Peterson;Rachel B. DuPont

  • Mesenchymal stem cells use extracellular vesicles to outsource mitophagy and shuttle microRNAs

    Donald G. Phinney;Michelangelo Di Giuseppe;Joel Njah;Ernest Sala

  • A protective function for interleukin 17A in T cell–mediated intestinal inflammation

    William O'Connor;Masahito Kamanaka;Carmen J Booth;Terrence Town;Terrence Town

  • Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies (second edition)

    Andrea Cossarizza;Hyun Dong Chang;Andreas Radbruch;Andreas Acs

  • Ectopic colonization of oral bacteria in the intestine drives TH1 cell induction and inflammation

    Koji Atarashi;Wataru Suda;Wataru Suda;Wataru Suda;Chengwei Luo;Chengwei Luo;Takaaki Kawaguchi

  • Interleukin 17-producing T helper cells and interleukin 17 orchestrate autoreactive germinal center development in autoimmune BXD2 mice.

    Hui-Chen Hsu;PingAr Yang;John Wang;Qi Wu

  • IL-17 is essential for host defense against cutaneous Staphylococcus aureus infection in mice

    John S. Cho;Eric M. Pietras;Nairy C. Garcia;Romela Irene Ramos

  • Divergent roles of IL-23 and IL-12 in host defense against Klebsiella pneumoniae

    Kyle I. Happel;Patricia J. Dubin;Mingquan Zheng;Nico Ghilardi

  • Simian immunodeficiency virus-induced mucosal interleukin-17 deficiency promotes Salmonella dissemination from the gut

    Manuela Raffatellu;Renato L Santos;David E Verhoeven;Michael D George

  • Upregulation of heme oxygenase-1 protects genetically fat Zucker rat livers from ischemia/reperfusion injury.

    Farin Amersi;Roland Buelow;Hirohisa Kato;Bibo Ke

  • Interleukin-17 and lung host defense against Klebsiella pneumoniae infection.

    Peng Ye;Patrick B. Garvey;Ping Zhang;Steve Nelson

  • Exogenous administration of heme oxygenase-1 by gene transfer provides protection against hyperoxia-induced lung injury

    Leo E. Otterbein;Jay K. Kolls;Lin L. Mantell;Julia L. Cook

  • IL-17 enhances the net angiogenic activity and in vivo growth of human non-small cell lung cancer in SCID mice through promoting CXCR-2-dependent angiogenesis.

    Muneo Numasaki;Mika Watanabe;Takashi Suzuki;Hidenori Takahashi

  • Interferon-γ Drives Treg Fragility to Promote Anti-tumor Immunity

    Abigail E. Overacre-Delgoffe;Abigail E. Overacre-Delgoffe;Maria Chikina;Rebekah E. Dadey;Hiroshi Yano

  • Control of TH17 cells occurs in the small intestine.

    Enric Esplugues;Enric Esplugues;Enric Esplugues;Samuel Huber;Samuel Huber;Nicola Gagliani;Anja E. Hauser

  • IL-17 is essential for host defense against cutaneous Staphylococcus aureus infection

    John Cho;Eric Pietras;Nairy Garcia;Romela Irene Ramos

Frequent Co-Authors

Steve Nelson
Steve Nelson Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans
John F. Alcorn
John F. Alcorn Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Shabaana A. Khader
Shabaana A. Khader Washington University in St. Louis
Chad Steele
Chad Steele Tulane University
Joseph M. Pilewski
Joseph M. Pilewski University of Pittsburgh
Anuradha Ray
Anuradha Ray University of Pittsburgh
Todd A. Reinhart
Todd A. Reinhart University of Pittsburgh
Sarah L. Gaffen
Sarah L. Gaffen University of Pittsburgh
Erik Lubberts
Erik Lubberts Erasmus University Rotterdam
Prabir Ray
Prabir Ray University of Pittsburgh

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