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Kevan L. Hartshorn

Kevan L. Hartshorn

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Microbiology

D-Index
72
Citations
14012
World Ranking
1795
National Ranking
762

Overview

Kevan L. Hartshorn is affiliated with Boston University in the United States and has contributed to research primarily within the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work intersects several subfields including Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Immunology, Oncology, and Obstetrics and Gynecology.

The research topics covered by Kevan L. Hartshorn focus heavily on viral infections and immune system responses. These include:

  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Cancer survivorship and care
  • Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
  • Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research

Kevan L. Hartshorn has authored and coauthored several scientific papers. Recent publications include:

  • Innate Immunity and Influenza A Virus Pathogenesis: Lessons for COVID-19 (2020) published in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Other relevant works by frequent coauthors include studies on neutrophil activation and inflammatory responses in relation to influenza A virus, though those papers list different primary authors.

The frequent coauthors associated with Kevan L. Hartshorn are:

  • Mitchell R. White
  • I-Ni Hsieh
  • Al Ozonoff
  • Ulrike Boehmer
  • Jennifer Potter

Kevan L. Hartshorn's research outputs have appeared in several publication venues, notably:

  • Journal of Leukocyte Biology
  • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • PLoS ONE
  • Cancers
  • mBio

Best Publications

  • RECOMBINANT HUMAN INTERFERON ALFA-A SUPPRESSES HTLV-III REPLICATION IN VITRO

    DavidD. Ho;TeresaR. Rota;JoanC. Kaplan;KevanL. Hartshorn

  • Surfactant Protein D Enhances Clearance of Influenza A Virus from the Lung In Vivo

    Ann Marie LeVine;Jeffrey A. Whitsett;Kevan L. Hartshorn;Erika C. Crouch

  • Evidence for a protective role of pulmonary surfactant protein D (SP-D) against influenza A viruses.

    K L Hartshorn;E C Crouch;M R White;P Eggleton

  • Ribavirin antagonizes the effect of azidothymidine on HIV replication

    Markus W. Vogt;Kevan L. Hartshorn;Phillip A. Furman;Ting-Chao Chou

  • Collectins and pulmonary innate immunity.

    Erika Crouch;Kevan Hartshorn;Itzhak Ofek

  • Human defensins and LL-37 in mucosal immunity

    Mona Doss;Mitchell R. White;Tesfaldet Tecle;Kevan L. Hartshorn

  • Pulmonary surfactant proteins A and D enhance neutrophil uptake of bacteria

    Kevan L. Hartshorn;Erika Crouch;Mitchell R. White;Maria L. Colamussi

  • Synergistic inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus in vitro by azidothymidine and recombinant alpha A interferon.

    K. L. Hartshorn;M. W. Vogt;Ting-Chao Chou;R. S. Blumberg

  • Mechanisms of anti-influenza activity of surfactant proteins A and D: comparison with serum collectins

    Kevan L. Hartshorn;Mitchell R. White;Virginia Shepherd;Ken Reid

  • Collectin 11 (CL-11, CL-K1) Is a MASP-1/3–Associated Plasma Collectin with Microbial-Binding Activity

    Soren Hansen;Lana Selman;Nades Palaniyar;Karel Ziegler

  • Human mannose-binding protein functions as an opsonin for influenza A viruses.

    K L Hartshorn;K Sastry;M R White;E M Anders

  • Differentiated Human Alveolar Type II Cells Secrete Antiviral IL-29 (IFN-λ1) in Response to Influenza A Infection

    Jieru Wang;Rebecca Oberley-Deegan;Shuanglin Wang;Mrinalini Nikrad

  • The human cathelicidin LL-37 inhibits influenza A viruses through a mechanism distinct from that of surfactant protein D or defensins

    Shweta Tripathi;Tesfaldet Tecle;Anamika Verma;Erika Crouch

  • Review: Defensins and cathelicidins in lung immunity.

    Tesfaldet Tecle;Shweta Tripathi;Kevan L. Hartshorn

  • Mechanism of binding of surfactant protein D to influenza A viruses: importance of binding to haemagglutinin to antiviral activity.

    Kevan L. Hartshorn;Mitchell R. White;Dennis R. Voelker;John Coburn

  • Alzheimer's Associated β-Amyloid Protein Inhibits Influenza A Virus and Modulates Viral Interactions with Phagocytes

    Mitchell R. White;Ruth Kandel;Shweta Tripathi;David Condon

  • Innate Immune Response of Human Alveolar Macrophages during Influenza A Infection

    Jieru Wang;Mrinalini P. Nikrad;Emily A. Travanty;Bin Zhou

  • Absence of SP-A modulates innate and adaptive defense responses to pulmonary influenza infection

    Ann Marie LeVine;Kevan Hartshorn;James Elliott;Jeffrey Whitsett

  • Influenza A virus accelerates neutrophil apoptosis and markedly potentiates apoptotic effects of bacteria.

    Maria Luisa Colamussi;Mitchell R. White;Mitchell R. White;Erika Crouch;Erika Crouch;Kevan L. Hartshorn;Kevan L. Hartshorn

  • Randomized Controlled Trial of a Video Decision Support Tool for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Decision Making in Advanced Cancer

    Angelo E. Volandes;Michael K. Paasche-Orlow;Susan L. Mitchell;Areej El-Jawahri

  • Interactions of recombinant human pulmonary surfactant protein D and SP-D multimers with influenza A

    K. Hartshorn;D. Chang;K. Rust;M. White

  • A Common Polymorphism in the SFTPD Gene Influences Assembly, Function, and Concentration of Surfactant Protein D

    Rikke Leth-Larsen;Peter Garred;Henriette Jensenius;Joseph Meschi

  • Site-directed Mutagenesis of Cys-15 and Cys-20 of Pulmonary Surfactant Protein D EXPRESSION OF A TRIMERIC PROTEIN WITH ALTERED ANTI-VIRAL PROPERTIES

    Patricia Brown-Augsburger;Kevan Hartshorn;Donald Chang;Kevin Rust

Frequent Co-Authors

Mitchell R. White
Mitchell R. White Boston University
Erika C. Crouch
Erika C. Crouch Washington University in St. Louis
Uffe Holmskov
Uffe Holmskov University of Southern Denmark
Alfred I. Tauber
Alfred I. Tauber Boston University
Kazue Takahashi
Kazue Takahashi Harvard University
Francis X. McCormack
Francis X. McCormack University of Cincinnati
Robert T. Schooley
Robert T. Schooley University of California, San Diego
Robert J. Mason
Robert J. Mason National Jewish Health
Henk P. Haagsman
Henk P. Haagsman Utrecht University
Joseph Zaia
Joseph Zaia Boston University

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