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Judith A. James is affiliated with the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and immunology and microbiology, with a significant emphasis on subfields such as rheumatology, immunology, molecular biology, oncology, and nephrology.

The scientist's research covers multiple specialized topics, including:

  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies

Judith A. James has contributed extensively to the scientific literature, with notable recent papers including:

  • Notch signalling drives synovial fibroblast identity and arthritis pathology, 2020, published in Nature
  • New-onset IgG autoantibodies in hospitalized patients with COVID-19, 2021, published in Nature Communications
  • Emerging evidence of a COVID-19 thrombotic syndrome has treatment implications, 2020, published in Nature Reviews Rheumatology
  • Epstein Barr Virus and Autoimmune Responses in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, 2021, published in Frontiers in Immunology
  • New-Onset IgG Autoantibodies in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19, 2021, published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their work has appeared frequently in the following publication venues:

  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • Nature Communications
  • Frontiers in Immunology

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their research output. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Joel M. Guthridge
  • Jill P. Buyon
  • Jennifer H. Anolik
  • Peter Izmirly
  • Diane L. Kamen

Best Publications

  • Development of autoantibodies before the clinical onset of systemic lupus erythematosus.

    Melissa R Arbuckle;Micah T McClain;Mark V Rubertone;R Hal Scofield

  • Human polymorphism at microRNAs and microRNA target sites.

    Liuqing Yang;Chunru Lin;Chunyu Jin;Joy C. Yang

  • Genome-wide association scan in women with systemic lupus erythematosus identifies susceptibility variants in ITGAM, PXK, KIAA1542 and other loci.

    John B. Harley;John B. Harley;John B. Harley;Marta E. Alarcón-Riquelme;Lindsey A. Criswell;Chaim O. Jacob

  • Rapid cloning of high-affinity human monoclonal antibodies against influenza virus

    Jens Wrammert;Kenneth Smith;Joe Miller;William A. Langley

  • An increased prevalence of Epstein-Barr virus infection in young patients suggests a possible etiology for systemic lupus erythematosus.

    J. A. James;K. M. Kaufman;A. D. Farris;E. Taylor-Albert

  • Variants at multiple loci implicated in both innate and adaptive immune responses are associated with Sjogren's syndrome.

    Christopher J. Lessard;Christopher J. Lessard;He Li;He Li;Indra Adrianto;John A. Ice

  • Genome scan of human systemic lupus erythematosus: Evidence for linkage on chromosome 1q in African-American pedigrees

    Kathy L. Moser;Barbara R. Neas;Barbara R. Neas;Jane E. Salmon;Hua Yu

  • New-onset IgG autoantibodies in hospitalized patients with COVID-19.

    Sarah Esther Chang;Allan Feng;Wenzhao Meng;Sokratis A Apostolidis

  • Early events in lupus humoral autoimmunity suggest initiation through molecular mimicry.

    Micah T McClain;Latisha D Heinlen;Latisha D Heinlen;Gregory J Dennis;Jon Roebuck

  • Systemic lupus erythematosus in adults is associated with previous Epstein‐Barr virus exposure

    Judith A. James;Barbara R. Neas;Kathy L. Moser;Teresa Hall

  • Dense genotyping of immune-related disease regions identifies 14 new susceptibility loci for juvenile idiopathic arthritis

    Anne Hinks;Anne Hinks;Joanna E. Cobb;Joanna E. Cobb;Miranda C. Marion;Sampath Prahalad

  • Transancestral mapping and genetic load in systemic lupus erythematosus

    Carl D. Langefeld;Hannah C. Ainsworth;Deborah S. Cunninghame Graham;Jennifer A. Kelly

  • Tubular cell and keratinocyte single-cell transcriptomics applied to lupus nephritis reveal type I IFN and fibrosis relevant pathways

    Evan Der;Hemant Suryawanshi;Pavel Morozov;Manjunath Kustagi

  • Immunoglobulin epitope spreading and autoimmune disease after peptide immunization: Sm B/B'-derived PPPGMRPP and PPPGIRGP induce spliceosome autoimmunity.

    J A James;T Gross;R H Scofield;J B Harley

  • A nonsynonymous functional variant in integrin-alpha(M) (encoded by ITGAM) is associated with systemic lupus erythematosus.

    Swapan K. Nath;Shizhong Han;Xana Kim-Howard;Jennifer A. Kelly

  • Evaluation of the TREX1 gene in a large multi-ancestral lupus cohort

    B. Namjou;P. H. Kothari;J. A. Kelly;S. B. Glenn

  • Limited efficacy of inactivated influenza vaccine in elderly individuals is associated with decreased production of vaccine-specific antibodies

    Sanae Sasaki;Meghan Sullivan;Carlos F. Narvaez;Carlos F. Narvaez;Carlos F. Narvaez;Tyson H. Holmes

  • Haematological manifestations of lupus

    Anum Fayyaz;Ann Igoe;Biji T Kurien;Debashish Danda

  • Epstein-Barr virus and molecular mimicry in systemic lupus erythematosus.

    Brian D. Poole;R. Hal Scofield;John B. Harley;Judith A. James

  • Vitamin D deficiency is associated with an increased autoimmune response in healthy individuals and in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

    Lauren L Ritterhouse;Sherry R Crowe;Timothy B Niewold;Diane L Kamen

Frequent Co-Authors

John B. Harley
John B. Harley United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Kenneth M. Kaufman
Kenneth M. Kaufman Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Joel M. Guthridge
Joel M. Guthridge Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Jennifer A. Kelly
Jennifer A. Kelly Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
R. Hal Scofield
R. Hal Scofield University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Patrick M. Gaffney
Patrick M. Gaffney Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Joan T. Merrill
Joan T. Merrill Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Marta E. Alarcón-Riquelme
Marta E. Alarcón-Riquelme University of Granada
Gary S. Gilkeson
Gary S. Gilkeson Medical University of South Carolina
Robert P. Kimberly
Robert P. Kimberly University of Alabama at Birmingham

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