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  • 1998 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Joe Craft is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Immunology and Microbiology, with additional publications in Medicine. Their work covers several subfields including Immunology, Rheumatology, Infectious Diseases, Oncology, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Diabetes and associated disorders

Joe Craft has published extensively, with selected recent papers including:

  • Development of Tbet- and CD11c-expressing B cells in a viral infection requires T follicular helper cells outside of germinal centers, 2022, Immunity
  • CD4+ T cells that help B cells - a proposal for uniform nomenclature, 2021, Trends in Immunology
  • Kidney tissue hypoxia dictates T cell-mediated injury in murine lupus nephritis, 2020, Science Translational Medicine
  • Type I Interferon-Activated STAT4 Regulation of Follicular Helper T Cell-Dependent Cytokine and Immunoglobulin Production in Lupus, 2021, Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • T Follicular Helper Cell Heterogeneity, 2023, Annual Review of Immunology

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Wenzhi Song
  • Jason S. Weinstein
  • Irene Chernova
  • Holly R. Steach
  • Stephanie C. Eisenbarth

Common venues for their publications are:

  • Immunity
  • Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • The Journal of Experimental Medicine
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Trends in Immunology

Joe Craft has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1998.

Best Publications

  • The Spirochetal Etiology of Lyme Disease

    Allen C. Steere;Robert L. Grodzicki;Arnold N. Kornblatt;Joseph E. Craft

  • Bcl6 and Blimp-1 are reciprocal and antagonistic regulators of T follicular helper cell differentiation.

    Robert J. Johnston;Amanda C. Poholek;Daniel DiToro;Isharat Yusuf

  • Autoimmune-Associated Congenital Heart Block: Demographics, Mortality, Morbidity and Recurrence Rates Obtained From a National Neonatal Lupus Registry ☆

    Jill P. Buyon;Rudi Hiebert;Joshua Copel;Joseph Craft

  • The Early Clinical Manifestations of Lyme Disease

    Allen C. Steere;Nicholas H. Bartenhagen;Joseph E. Craft;Gordon J. Hutchinson

  • The Growth Factor Progranulin Binds to TNF Receptors and Is Therapeutic Against Inflammatory Arthritis in Mice

    Wei Tang;Yi Lu;Yi Lu;Qing-Yun Tian;Yan Zhang

  • The multifaceted role of CD4 + T cells in CD8 + T cell memory

    Brian J. Laidlaw;Joseph E. Craft;Susan M. Kaech;Susan M. Kaech

  • From T to B and back again: positive feedback in systemic autoimmune disease.

    Mark J. Shlomchik;Joseph E. Craft;Mark J. Mamula

  • Antibody Response in Lyme Disease: Evaluation of Diagnostic Tests

    Joseph E. Craft;Robert L. Grodzicki;Allen C. Steere

  • γδ T Cells Provide an Early Source of Interferon γ in Tumor Immunity

    Yunfei Gao;Wancai Yang;Meng Pan;Eileen Scully

  • Macrophage function in tissue repair and remodeling requires IL-4 or IL-13 with apoptotic cells

    Lidia Bosurgi;Y. Grace Cao;Mar Cabeza-Cabrerizo;Andrea Tucci

  • Treatment of the early manifestations of Lyme disease

    Allen C. Steere;Gordon J. Hutchinson;Daniel W. Rahn;Leonard H. Sigal

  • Antigens of Borrelia burgdorferi recognized during Lyme disease. Appearance of a new immunoglobulin M response and expansion of the immunoglobulin G response late in the illness.

    J E Craft;D K Fischer;G T Shimamoto;A C Steere

  • STAT3 deletion during hematopoiesis causes Crohn's disease-like pathogenesis and lethality: a critical role of STAT3 in innate immunity.

    Thomas Welte;Samuel S.M. Zhang;Tian Wang;Zhiyuan Zhang

  • An interleukin-21-interleukin-10-STAT3 pathway is critical for functional maturation of memory CD8+ T cells.

    Weiguo Cui;Ying Liu;Jason S. Weinstein;Joseph Craft

  • ICOS-dependent extrafollicular helper T cells elicit IgG production via IL-21 in systemic autoimmunity.

    Jared M. Odegard;Benjamin R. Marks;Leah D. DiPlacido;Amanda C. Poholek

  • Follicular helper T cells in immunity and systemic autoimmunity

    Joseph E. Craft

  • CD301b+ Dermal Dendritic Cells Drive T Helper 2 Cell-Mediated Immunity

    Yosuke Kumamoto;Melissa Linehan;Jason S. Weinstein;Brian J. Laidlaw

  • Identification of a T follicular helper cell subset that drives anaphylactic IgE.

    Uthaman Gowthaman;Jennifer S. Chen;Biyan Zhang;William F. Flynn

  • Neoantigen-driven B cell and CD4 T follicular helper cell collaboration promotes anti-tumor CD8 T cell responses.

    Can Cui;Jiawei Wang;Eric Fagerberg;Ping-Min Chen

  • TFH cells progressively differentiate to regulate the germinal center response

    Jason S Weinstein;Edward I Herman;Begoña Lainez;Paula Licona-Limón

  • Binding of Ku protein to DNA. Measurement of affinity for ends and demonstration of binding to nicks.

    P R Blier;A J Griffith;J Craft;J A Hardin

  • Characteristics of an established cell line of retinoblastoma.

    Ted W. Reid;Daniel M. Albert;Alan S. Rabson;Paul Russell

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard A. Flavell
Richard A. Flavell Yale University
Susan M. Kaech
Susan M. Kaech Salk Institute for Biological Studies
John A. Hardin
John A. Hardin Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Mark J. Mamula
Mark J. Mamula Yale University
Tsuneyo Mimori
Tsuneyo Mimori Kyoto University
Adrian Hayday
Adrian Hayday King's College London
Allen C. Steere
Allen C. Steere Harvard University
Michael P. Madaio
Michael P. Madaio Augusta University
Erol Fikrig
Erol Fikrig Yale University
Patrick G. Gallagher
Patrick G. Gallagher Yale University

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