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Jiri Mestecky is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a focus on Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Nephrology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

The scientist has contributed to multiple topics throughout their career, including:

  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
  • Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases
  • Infant Nutrition and Health
  • COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction
  • Respiratory viral infections research

Jiri Mestecky's recent publications cover a range of important immunological and clinical subjects. These include:

  • Mucosal Immunity in COVID-19: A Neglected but Critical Aspect of SARS-CoV-2 Infection (2020), published in Frontiers in Immunology
  • Mucosal immunity: The missing link in comprehending SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission (2022), published in Frontiers in Immunology
  • Galactose-Deficient IgA1 B cells in the Circulation of IgA Nephropathy Patients Carry Preferentially Lambda Light Chains and Mucosal Homing Receptors (2022), published in Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Secretory IgA N-glycans contribute to the protection against E. coli O55 infection of germ-free piglets (2020), published in Mucosal Immunology
  • Role of Epstein-Barr Virus in Pathogenesis and Racial Distribution of IgA Nephropathy (2020), published in Frontiers in Immunology

The scientist frequently publishes in several venues, such as:

  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Mucosal Immunology
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
  • Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop series

Jiri Mestecky collaborates extensively with other researchers. Their frequent co-authors include Milan Raška, Michael W. Russell, Zina Moldoveanu, Bruce A. Julian, and Pearay L. Ogra.

Best Publications

  • The mucosal immune system : from fundamental concepts to vaccine development

    Jerry R. McGhee;Jiri Mestecky;Mark T. Dertzbaugh;John H. Eldridge

  • Immunoglobulin A (IgA): molecular and cellular interactions involved in IgA biosynthesis and immune response.

    Jiri Mestecky;Jerry R. Mcghee

  • The common mucosal immune system and current strategies for induction of immune responses in external secretions

    Jiri Mestecky

  • The Pathophysiology of IgA Nephropathy

    Hitoshi Suzuki;Krzysztof Kiryluk;Jan Novak;Zina Moldoveanu

  • Biodegradable block copolymers for delivery of proteins and water-insoluble drugs

    Gaylen M. Zentner;Ramesh Rathi;Chung Shih;James C. McRea

  • Circulating immune complexes in IgA nephropathy consist of IgA1 with galactose-deficient hinge region and antiglycan antibodies

    Milan Tomana;Jan Novak;Bruce A. Julian;Karel Matousovic

  • IgA-induced eosinophil degranulation.

    R I Abu-Ghazaleh;T Fujisawa;J Mestecky;R A Kyle

  • Aberrantly glycosylated IgA1 in IgA nephropathy patients is recognized by IgG antibodies with restricted heterogeneity

    Hitoshi Suzuki;Run Fan;Zhixin Zhang;Rhubell Brown

  • Patients with IgA nephropathy have increased serum galactose-deficient IgA1 levels.

    Z. Moldoveanu;R.J. Wyatt;J.Y. Lee;M. Tomana

  • Oral tolerance in humans. T cell but not B cell tolerance after antigen feeding.

    S Husby;J Mestecky;Z Moldoveanu;S Holland

  • Galactose-deficient IgA1 in sera of IgA nephropathy patients is present in complexes with IgG.

    Milan Tomana;Karel Matousovic;Bruce A. Julian;Jiri Radl

  • Mucosal Immunity in COVID-19: A Neglected but Critical Aspect of SARS-CoV-2 Infection.

    Michael W. Russell;Zina Moldoveanu;Pearay L. Ogra;Jiri Mestecky

  • Selective induction of an immune response in human external secretions by ingestion of bacterial antigen.

    J Mestecky;J R McGhee;R R Arnold;S M Michalek

  • Defense mechanisms involving Fc-dependent functions of immunoglobulin A and their subversion by bacterial immunoglobulin A proteases.

    M Kilian;J Mestecky;M W Russell

  • SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN-A CARRIES OLIGOSACCHARIDE RECEPTORS FOR ESCHERICHIA-COLI TYPE-1 FIMBRIAL LECTIN

    A E Wold;J Mestecky;M Tomana;A Kobata

  • Regulation of IgA synthesis and immune response by T cells and interleukins.

    Jerry R. McGhee;Jiri Mestecky;Charles O. Elson;Hiroshi Kiyono

  • IgA antibody-producing cells in peripheral blood after antigen ingestion: evidence for a common mucosal immune system in humans

    Cecil Czerkinsky;Shirley J. Prince;Suzanne M. Michalek;Susan Jackson

  • Primary intestinal epithelial cells selectively transfer R5 HIV-1 to CCR5+ cells.

    Gang Meng;Xiping Wei;Xiaoyun Wu;Marty T. Sellers

  • IgA1-secreting cell lines from patients with IgA nephropathy produce aberrantly glycosylated IgA1

    Hitoshi Suzuki;Zina Moldoveanu;Stacy Hall;Rhubell Brown

  • IgA nephropathy, the most common glomerulonephritis worldwide: A neglected disease in the United States?

    Bruce A. Julian;Bruce A. Julian;F.Bryson Waldo;F.Bryson Waldo;Abdalla Rifai;Abdalla Rifai;Jiri Mestecky;Jiri Mestecky

  • Patients with igA nephropathy have increased serum galactose-deficient igA1 levels. Commentary

    A. Roos;C. Van Kooten;Z. Moldoveanu;R. J. Wyatt

Frequent Co-Authors

Zina Moldoveanu
Zina Moldoveanu University of Alabama at Birmingham
Milan Tomana
Milan Tomana University of Alabama at Birmingham
Bruce A. Julian
Bruce A. Julian University of Alabama at Birmingham
Michael W. Russell
Michael W. Russell University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Jan Novak
Jan Novak University of Alabama at Birmingham
Jerry R. McGhee
Jerry R. McGhee University of Alabama at Birmingham
Hiroshi Kiyono
Hiroshi Kiyono University of Tokyo
Suzanne M. Michalek
Suzanne M. Michalek University of Alabama at Birmingham
Mogens Kilian
Mogens Kilian Aarhus University
Cecil Czerkinsky
Cecil Czerkinsky Université Côte d'Azur

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