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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1986 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Kenneth L. Tyler is affiliated with the University of Colorado Denver in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with notable emphasis on infectious diseases and neuroinfectious conditions. The subfields of study include Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The research topics they have contributed to include:

  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Infectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis
  • Viral Infections and Immunology Research
  • Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Bacterial Infections and Vaccines

Among their recent papers are:

  • An Overview of Monkeypox Virus and Its Neuroinvasive Potential, 2022, Annals of Neurology
  • Two Cases of Monkeypox-Associated Encephalomyelitis - Colorado and the District of Columbia, July-August 2022, 2022, MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
  • Herpesvirus-Associated Encephalitis: an Update, 2022, Current Tropical Medicine Reports
  • Nervous System Manifestations of Arboviral Infections, 2022, Current Tropical Medicine Reports
  • The Role of Microglia during West Nile Virus Infection of the Central Nervous System, 2020, Vaccines

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Amanda L. Piquet
  • Daniel M. Pastula
  • Lakshmi Chauhan
  • Penny Clarke
  • Kelli M. Money

Kenneth L. Tyler's research appears often in prominent publication venues such as:

  • Annals of Neurology
  • The Neurohospitalist
  • Neurology
  • Journal of Virology
  • Current Tropical Medicine Reports

The scientist has been recognized with professional fellowships, including:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2007
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1986

Best Publications

  • Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy complicating treatment with natalizumab and interferon beta-1a for multiple sclerosis.

    B K Kleinschmidt-DeMasters;Kenneth L Tyler

  • A complement–microglial axis drives synapse loss during virus-induced memory impairment

    Michael J. Vasek;Charise Garber;Denise Dorsey;Douglas M. Durrant;Douglas M. Durrant

  • Herpes simplex virus infections of the central nervous system: encephalitis and meningitis, including Mollaret's

    Kenneth L Tyler

  • COVID-19: A Global Threat to the Nervous System.

    Igor J. Koralnik;Kenneth L. Tyler

  • Thymidine kinase-negative herpes simplex virus mutants establish latency in mouse trigeminal ganglia but do not reactivate

    Donald M. Coen;Magdalena Kosz-Vnenchak;Jennie G. Jacobson;David A. Leib

  • Does Toll-like receptor 3 play a biological role in virus infections?

    Kurt H Edelmann;Sarah Richardson-Burns;Lena Alexopoulou;Kenneth L Tyler

  • Immediate-early regulatory gene mutants define different stages in the establishment and reactivation of herpes simplex virus latency.

    D A Leib;D M Coen;C L Bogard;K A Hicks

  • West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease.

    Larry E. Davis;Roberta DeBiasi;Diane E. Goade;Kathleen Y. Haaland

  • A randomized vehicle-controlled trial of topical capsaicin in the treatment of postherpetic neuralgia.

    C. P. N. Watson;K. L. Tyler;D. R. Bickers;L. E. Millikan

  • Clinical, Radiologic, and Prognostic Features of Myelitis Associated With Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Autoantibody

    Divyanshu Dubey;Sean J. Pittock;Karl N. Krecke;Padraig P. Morris

  • Molecular Methods for Diagnosis of Viral Encephalitis

    Roberta L. DeBiasi;Kenneth L. Tyler;Kenneth L. Tyler

  • Rituximab-associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in rheumatoid arthritis.

    David B. Clifford;Beau Ances;Craig Costello;Shari Rosen-Schmidt

  • MEK kinase 1 gene disruption alters cell migration and c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase regulation but does not cause a measurable defect in NF-kappa B activation

    Toshiaki Yujiri;Margaret Ware;Margaret Ware;Christian Widmann;Christian Widmann;Ryan Oyer

  • HAART improves prognosis in HIV-associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.

    David B. Clifford;Constantin Yiannoutsos;M. Glicksman;D. M. Simpson

  • Antibody protects against lethal infection with the neurally spreading reovirus type 3 (Dearing).

    H. W. Virgin;Rhonda S Bassel-Duby;B. N. Fields;K. L. Tyler

  • Detection of reovirus RNA in hepatobiliary tissues from patients with extrahepatic biliary atresia and choledochal cysts

    Kenneth L. Tyler;Ronald J. Sokol;Ronald J. Sokol;Stephanie M. Oberhaus;Mysan Le

  • Reovirus-induced apoptosis is mediated by TRAIL.

    Penny Clarke;Suzanne M. Meintzer;Spencer Gibson;Christian Widmann

  • Differences in the capacity of reovirus strains to induce apoptosis are determined by the viral attachment protein sigma 1.

    Kenneth L. Tyler;Margaret K.T. Squier;Steven E. Rodgers;Benjamin E. Schneider

  • Distinct pathways of viral spread in the host determined by reovirus S1 gene segment

    Kenneth L. Tyler;Dale A. McPhee;Bernard N. Fields

  • Acute Viral Encephalitis.

    Kenneth L Tyler

  • A Randomized Vehicle-controlled Trial of Topical Capsaicin in the Treatment of Postherpetic Neuralgia

    C. Peter N. Watson;Kenneth L. Tyler;David R. Bickers;Larry E. Millikan

Frequent Co-Authors

Terence S. Dermody
Terence S. Dermody University of Pittsburgh
Bette K. Kleinschmidt-DeMasters
Bette K. Kleinschmidt-DeMasters University of Colorado Denver
Bernard N. Fields
Bernard N. Fields Harvard University
Donald H. Gilden
Donald H. Gilden University of Colorado Denver
David B. Clifford
David B. Clifford Washington University in St. Louis
Christopher M. Filley
Christopher M. Filley University of Colorado Denver
Gary L. Johnson
Gary L. Johnson University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Gary L. Johnson
Gary L. Johnson University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Donald M. Coen
Donald M. Coen Harvard University

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