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Overview

Lindsey A. Criswell is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with significant contributions to the subfields of Immunology, Rheumatology, Genetics, Physiology, and Molecular Biology.

Their main research topics include Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research, Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases, Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, interferon and immune responses, and Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions.

Recent papers authored by Lindsey A. Criswell include:

  • Single-cell RNA-seq reveals cell type-specific molecular and genetic associations to lupus (2022, Science)
  • Complement genes contribute sex-biased vulnerability in diverse disorders (2020, Nature)
  • Genome-wide association study identifies Sjögren's risk loci with functional implications in immune and glandular cells (2022, Nature Communications)
  • P2RY8 variants in lupus patients uncover a role for the receptor in immunological tolerance (2021, The Journal of Experimental Medicine)
  • Genetic determinants of immune-related adverse events in patients with melanoma receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors (2021, Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy)

The scientist frequently collaborates with these co-authors:

  • Cristina Lanata
  • Maria Dall'Era
  • Jinoos Yazdany
  • Kimberly E. Taylor
  • Joanne Nititham

Common venues of publication for Lindsey A. Criswell include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Arthritis Care & Research
  • Nature Communications
  • Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • UNC Libraries

Lindsey A. Criswell has been recognized as a member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • 2016 American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism Classification Criteria for Primary Sjögren's Syndrome: A Consensus and Data-Driven Methodology Involving Three International Patient Cohorts

    Caroline H Shiboski;Stephen C Shiboski;Raphaèle Seror;Lindsey A Criswell

  • Genetics of rheumatoid arthritis contributes to biology and drug discovery

    Yukinori Okada;Yukinori Okada;Di Wu;Di Wu;Di Wu;Gosia Trynka;Gosia Trynka;Towfique Raj;Towfique Raj

  • Human polymorphism at microRNAs and microRNA target sites.

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

  • A missense single-nucleotide polymorphism in a gene encoding a protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTPN22) is associated with rheumatoid arthritis.

    Ann B. Begovich;Victoria E H Carlton;Lee A. Honigberg;Steven J. Schrodi

  • Genome-wide association study meta-analysis identifies seven new rheumatoid arthritis risk loci

    Eli A Stahl;Soumya Raychaudhuri;Soumya Raychaudhuri;Elaine F Remmers;Gang Xie

  • 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

  • STAT4 and the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Elaine F. Remmers;Robert M. Plenge;Annette T. Lee;Robert R. Graham;Robert R. Graham

  • American College of Rheumatology classification criteria for Sjögren's syndrome: a data-driven, expert consensus approach in the Sjögren's International Collaborative Clinical Alliance cohort

    S C Shiboski;C H Shiboski;L A Criswell;A N Baer

  • Multiplexed droplet single-cell RNA-sequencing using natural genetic variation

    Hyun Min Kang;Meena Subramaniam;Sasha Targ;Michelle Nguyen

  • Vitamin D intake is inversely associated with rheumatoid arthritis: results from the Iowa Women's Health Study

    Linda A. Merlino;Jeffrey Curtis;Ted R. Mikuls;James R. Cerhan

  • Association of systemic lupus erythematosus with C8orf13-BLK and ITGAM-ITGAX.

    Geoffrey Hom;Robert R. Graham;Barmak Modrek;Kimberly E. Taylor

  • TRAF1–C5 as a Risk Locus for Rheumatoid Arthritis — A Genomewide Study

    Robert M. Plenge;Mark Seielstad;Leonid Padyukov;Annette T. Lee

  • A large-scale replication study identifies TNIP1, PRDM1, JAZF1, UHRF1BP1 and IL10 as risk loci for systemic lupus erythematosus

    Vesela Gateva;Johanna K. Sandling;Geoff Hom;Kimberly E. Taylor

  • Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome

    Xavier Mariette;Lindsey A Criswell

  • Refining the complex rheumatoid arthritis phenotype based on specificity of the HLA-DRB1 shared epitope for antibodies to citrullinated proteins.

    Tom W. J. Huizinga;Christopher I. Amos;Annette H. M. van der Helm-van Mil;Wei Chen

  • Analysis of Families in the Multiple Autoimmune Disease Genetics Consortium (MADGC) Collection: the PTPN22 620W Allele Associates with Multiple Autoimmune Phenotypes

    Lindsey A. Criswell;Kirsten A. Pfeiffer;Raymond F. Lum;Bonnie Gonzales

  • Common variants at CD40 and other loci confer risk of rheumatoid arthritis

    Soumya Raychaudhuri;Soumya Raychaudhuri;Soumya Raychaudhuri;Elaine F Remmers;Annette T Lee;Rachel Hackett

  • Single-cell RNA-seq reveals cell type–specific molecular and genetic associations to lupus

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  • Three functional variants of IFN regulatory factor 5 (IRF5) define risk and protective haplotypes for human lupus.

    Robert R. Graham;Chieko Kyogoku;Snaevar Sigurdsson;Irina A. Vlasova

  • Multiple polymorphisms in the TNFAIP3 region are independently associated with systemic lupus erythematosus

    Stacy L. Musone;Kimberly E. Taylor;Timothy T. Lu;Joanne Nititham

  • A genomewide screen in multiplex rheumatoid arthritis families suggests genetic overlap with other autoimmune diseases.

    Damini Jawaheer;Michael F. Seldin;Christopher I. Amos;Wei V. Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Marta E. Alarcón-Riquelme
Marta E. Alarcón-Riquelme University of Granada
John B. Harley
John B. Harley United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Kenneth M. Kaufman
Kenneth M. Kaufman Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Judith A. James
Judith A. James Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Robert P. Kimberly
Robert P. Kimberly University of Alabama at Birmingham
Patrick M. Gaffney
Patrick M. Gaffney Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Peter K. Gregersen
Peter K. Gregersen Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Michael F. Seldin
Michael F. Seldin University of California, Davis
Carl D. Langefeld
Carl D. Langefeld Wake Forest University
Timothy J. Vyse
Timothy J. Vyse King's College London

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