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9631
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Linda C. McPhail is affiliated with Wake Forest University in the United States. Their recent research includes work on bacterial interactions with the innate immune system. One notable publication is titled "Pseudomonas aeruginosa Psl polysaccharide reduces neutrophil phagocytosis and the oxidative response by limiting complement-mediated opsonization: Psl and the innate immune response towards P. aeruginosa," published in 2020 by UNC Libraries.

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Meenu Mishra
  • Matthew S. Byrd
  • Susan Sergeant
  • Abul Kalam Azad
  • Matthew R. Parsek

Their research has been published in venues such as:

  • UNC Libraries

Linda C. McPhail was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1997.

Best Publications

  • A potential second messenger role for unsaturated fatty acids: activation of Ca2+-dependent protein kinase.

    Linda C. McPhail;Christine C. Clayton;Ralph Snyderman

  • Activation of the respiratory burst enzyme from human neutrophils in a cell-free system. Evidence for a soluble cofactor.

    L C McPhail;P S Shirley;C C Clayton;R Snyderman

  • Phorbol myristate acetate mediates redistribution of protein kinase C in human neutrophils: potential role in the activation of the respiratory burst enzyme.

    M Wolfson;L C McPhail;V N Nasrallah;R Snyderman

  • Activation of the respiratory burst enzyme in human polymorphonuclear leukocytes by chemoattractants and other soluble stimuli. Evidence that the same oxidase is activated by different transductional mechanisms.

    Linda C. Mcphail;Ralph Snyderman

  • The NADPH oxidase of human polymorphonuclear leukocytes : evidence for regulation by multiple signals

    L C McPhail;C C Clayton;R Snyderman

  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa Psl polysaccharide reduces neutrophil phagocytosis and the oxidative response by limiting complement-mediated opsonization.

    Meenu Mishra;Matthew S. Byrd;Susan Sergeant;Abul K. Azad

  • Choline-linked Phosphoglycerides A SOURCE OF PHOSPHATIDIC ACID AND DIGLYCERIDES IN STIMULATED NEUTROPHILS*

    D E Agwu;L C McPhail;M C Chabot;L W Daniel

  • Role of protein kinases in stimulation of human polymorphonuclear leukocyte oxidative metabolism by various agonists. Differential effects of a novel protein kinase inhibitor.

    C Gerard;L C McPhail;A Marfat;N P Stimler-Gerard

  • Phorbol myristate acetate induces neutrophil NADPH-oxidase activity by two separate signal transduction pathways: dependent or independent of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase.

    Anna Karlsson;Jennifer B. Nixon;Linda C. McPhail

  • Phosphatidic acid as a second messenger in human polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Effects on activation of NADPH oxidase.

    D E Agwu;L C McPhail;S Sozzani;D A Bass

  • Phosphatidic Acid-mediated Phosphorylation of the NADPH Oxidase Component p47-phox EVIDENCE THAT PHOSPHATIDIC ACID MAY ACTIVATE A NOVEL PROTEIN KINASE

    Kristin A. Waite;Reidar Wallin;Diane Qualliotine-Mann;Linda C. McPhail

  • Oxidative Metabolism of the Human Eosinophil

    Lawrence R. DeChatelet;Pamela S. Shirley;Linda C. McPhail;Carolyn C. Huntley

  • Creation of a genetic system for analysis of the phagocyte respiratory burst: high-level reconstitution of the NADPH oxidase in a nonhematopoietic system

    Marianne O. Price;Linda C. McPhail;J. David Lambeth;Chang-Hoon Han

  • Chemoattractant-elicited alterations of cAMP levels in human polymorphonuclear leukocytes require a Ca2+-dependent mechanism which is independent of transmembrane activation of adenylate cyclase.

    M W Verghese;K Fox;L C McPhail;R Snyderman

  • Phosphatidic acid and diacylglycerol directly activate NADPH oxidase by interacting with enzyme components.

    Anita Palicz;Anita Palicz;Thomas R. Foubert;Algirdas J. Jesaitis;Laszlo Marodi

  • Fueling the flame: bioenergy couples metabolism and inflammation

    Tie Fu Liu;Candice M. Brown;Mohamed El Gazzar;Linda McPhail

  • Propranolol, a phosphatidate phosphohydrolase inhibitor, also inhibits protein kinase C.

    Silvano Sozzani;David E. Agwu;Charles E. McCall;Joseph T. O'Flaherty

  • Superoxide Dismutase Activity in Leukocytes

    Lawrence R. Dechatelet;Charles E. McCall;Linda C. McPhail;Richard B. Johnston

  • Priming of the respiratory burst of neutrophils by diacylglycerol. Independence from activation or translocation of protein kinase C.

    D A Bass;C Gerard;P Olbrantz;J Wilson

  • Redistribution of protein kinase C activity in human monocytes: correlation with activation of the respiratory burst.

    M A Myers;L C McPhail;R Snyderman

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles E. McCall
Charles E. McCall Wake Forest University
Ralph Snyderman
Ralph Snyderman Duke University
David A. Bass
David A. Bass Wake Forest University
Silvano Sozzani
Silvano Sozzani Sapienza University of Rome
Robert L. Wykle
Robert L. Wykle Wake Forest University
Algirdas J. Jesaitis
Algirdas J. Jesaitis Montana State University
Mary C. Dinauer
Mary C. Dinauer Washington University in St. Louis
Joseph T. O'Flaherty
Joseph T. O'Flaherty Wake Forest University
Daniel J. Wozniak
Daniel J. Wozniak The Ohio State University
Matthew R. Parsek
Matthew R. Parsek University of Washington

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