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Jose A. Villadangos

Jose A. Villadangos

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Immunology

D-Index
68
Citations
21543
World Ranking
2558
National Ranking
100

Overview

Jose A. Villadangos is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia. Their research spans various fields primarily focused on Immunology and Microbiology, encompassing 89 publications. Additionally, their work contributes to Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with 27 publications in these areas.

Their research extensively covers subfields such as Immunology, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Genetics, and Cell Biology. Key topics addressed in their work include Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research, Immune responses and vaccinations, Immune cells in cancer, and Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments.

Jose A. Villadangos has published in several frequent venues including:

  • Nature Immunology
  • Science Immunology
  • Immunology and Cell Biology
  • Science
  • Cell Reports

Their collaborative network includes frequent coauthors, notably:

  • Hamish E. G. McWilliam
  • Justine D. Mintern
  • Antoine Roquilly
  • Jamie Rossjohn
  • James McCluskey

Recent publications by Jose A. Villadangos demonstrate the scope and focus of their research:

  • Butyrophilin 2A1 is essential for phosphoantigen reactivity by γδ T cells (2020, Science)
  • Alveolar macrophages are epigenetically altered after inflammation, leading to long-term lung immunoparalysis (2020, Nature Immunology)
  • Organ-specific isoform selection of fatty acid-binding proteins in tissue-resident lymphocytes (2020, Science Immunology)
  • Absence of mucosal-associated invariant T cells in a person with a homozygous point mutation in MR1 (2020, Science Immunology)
  • Marginal zone B cells acquire dendritic cell functions by trogocytosis (2022, Science)

Best Publications

  • Cross-presentation, dendritic cell subsets, and the generation of immunity to cellular antigens

    William R. Heath;Gabrielle T. Belz;Georg M. N. Behrens;Christopher M. Smith

  • Intrinsic and cooperative antigen-presenting functions of dendritic-cell subsets in vivo.

    José A. Villadangos;Petra Schnorrer

  • Migratory dendritic cells transfer antigen to a lymph node-resident dendritic cell population for efficient CTL priming.

    Rhys S. Allan;Jason Waithman;Sammy Bedoui;Claerwen M. Jones

  • Cathepsin L: critical role in Ii degradation and CD4 T cell selection in the thymus.

    Terry Nakagawa;Wera Roth;Phillip Wong;Andrew Nelson

  • Essential Role for Cathepsin S in MHC Class II–Associated Invariant Chain Processing and Peptide Loading

    Richard J Riese;Paula R Wolf;Dieter Brömme;Lisa R Natkin

  • Cathepsin S Required for Normal MHC Class II Peptide Loading and Germinal Center Development

    Guo-Ping Shi;Jose A Villadangos;Glenn Dranoff;Clayton Small

  • Antigen-Presentation Properties of Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells

    José A. Villadangos;Louise Young;Louise Young

  • Cutting Edge: Generation of Splenic CD8+ and CD8− Dendritic Cell Equivalents in Fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3 Ligand Bone Marrow Cultures

    Shalin H. Naik;Anna I Proietto;Nicholas S. Wilson;Aleksandar Dakic

  • Cognate CD4+ T cell licensing of dendritic cells in CD8+ T cell immunity

    Christopher M Smith;Nicholas S Wilson;Jason Waithman;Jose A Villadangos

  • The dominant role of CD8+ dendritic cells in cross-presentation is not dictated by antigen capture

    Petra Schnorrer;Georg M N Behrens;Nicholas S Wilson;Joanne L Pooley

  • Most lymphoid organ dendritic cell types are phenotypically and functionally immature

    Nicholas S. Wilson;Dima El-Sukkari;Gabrielle T. Belz;Christopher M. Smith

  • Systemic activation of dendritic cells by Toll-like receptor ligands or malaria infection impairs cross-presentation and antiviral immunity

    Nicholas S Wilson;Georg M N Behrens;Georg M N Behrens;Rachel J Lundie;Rachel J Lundie;Rachel J Lundie;Christopher M Smith;Christopher M Smith;Christopher M Smith

  • Cathepsin S activity regulates antigen presentation and immunity.

    R J Riese;R N Mitchell;J A Villadangos;G P Shi

  • The Molecular Signature of Tissue Resident Memory CD8 T Cells Isolated from the Brain

    Linda M. Wakim;Amanda Woodward-Davis;Ruijie Liu;Yifang Hu

  • Butyrophilin 2A1 is essential for phosphoantigen reactivity by γδ T cells.

    Marc Rigau;Marc Rigau;Simone Ostrouska;Thomas S Fulford;Darryl N Johnson

  • Cathepsins B and D are dispensable for major histocompatibility complex class II-mediated antigen presentation

    Jan Deussing;Wera Roth;Paul Saftig;Christoph Peters

  • Proteases involved in MHC class II antigen presentation.

    Jose A. Villadangos;Rebecca A. R. Bryant;Jan Deussing;Christoph Driessen

  • A molecular basis underpinning the T cell receptor heterogeneity of mucosal-associated invariant T cells

    Sidonia B G Eckle;Richard W Birkinshaw;Lyudmila Kostenko;Alexandra J Corbett

  • Dendritic cells constitutively present self antigens in their immature state in vivo and regulate antigen presentation by controlling the rates of MHC class II synthesis and endocytosis.

    Nicholas S. Wilson;Dima El-Sukkari;José A. Villadangos

  • Cathepsin S Controls the Trafficking and Maturation of Mhc Class II Molecules in Dendritic Cells

    Christoph Driessen;Rebecca A.R. Bryant;Ana-Maria Lennon-Duménil;José A. Villadangos

  • Most lymphoid organ dendritic cell types are phenotypically and functionally immature

    N.S. Wilson;J.A. Villadangos;D. El-Sukkari;G.T. Belz

Frequent Co-Authors

William R. Heath
William R. Heath University of Melbourne
Ken Shortman
Ken Shortman Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Gabrielle T. Belz
Gabrielle T. Belz University of Queensland
Yifan Zhan
Yifan Zhan Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Andrew M. Lew
Andrew M. Lew Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Jamie Rossjohn
Jamie Rossjohn Monash University
Irina Caminschi
Irina Caminschi Monash University
Francis R. Carbone
Francis R. Carbone University of Melbourne
Brendan S. Crabb
Brendan S. Crabb Monash University
Hidde L. Ploegh
Hidde L. Ploegh Boston Children's Hospital

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