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Overview

Lloyd H. Kasper is affiliated with Dartmouth College in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions to immunology and microbiology. Their work intersects several subfields, including immunology, pathology and forensic medicine, molecular biology, gastroenterology, and infectious diseases.

The scientist's research themes cover a variety of topics such as multiple sclerosis research studies, immunotherapy and immune responses, gut microbiota and health, gastrointestinal motility and disorders, T-cell and B-cell immunology, Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, and cytokine signaling pathways and interactions.

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Exploring the Gut-Brain Axis for the Control of CNS Inflammatory Demyelination: Immunomodulation by Bacteroides fragilis' Polysaccharide A" (2021) published in Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Safety and Immune Effects of Blocking CD40 Ligand in Multiple Sclerosis" (2021) published in Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation
  • "A Gut Feeling: The Importance of the Intestinal Microbiota in Psychiatric Disorders" (2020) published in Frontiers in Immunology
  • "IFNβ-1b treatment leads to changes in the B cell subset and cytokine secretion profile in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis" (2022) published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Circulating B Cells in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis Show Markedly Different Patterns of Regulatory Marker Expression Compared with Healthy Controls" (2022) published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Lloyd H. Kasper include Jacqueline Y. Channon, Daniel W. Mielcarz, Javier Ochoa-Repáraz, Alan Bergeron, and John DeLong.

Publication venues where the scientist has frequently contributed are Frontiers in Immunology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation.

Best Publications

  • The role of microbiome in central nervous system disorders

    Yan Wang;Lloyd H. Kasper

  • Role of Gut Commensal Microflora in the Development of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis

    Javier Ochoa-Repáraz;Daniel W. Mielcarz;Lauren E. Ditrio;Ashley R. Burroughs

  • Rituximab in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: a 72-week, open-label, phase I trial.

    Amit Bar-Or;Peter A. J. Calabresi;Douglas Arnold;Clyde Markowitz

  • A polysaccharide from the human commensal Bacteroides fragilis protects against CNS demyelinating disease

    J Ochoa-Repáraz;D W Mielcarz;Y Wang;S Begum-Haque

  • IL-9 as a mediator of Th17-driven inflammatory disease.

    Elizabeth C. Nowak;Casey T. Weaver;Henrietta Turner;Sakhina Begum-Haque

  • Repeated subcutaneous injections of IL12/23 p40 neutralising antibody, ustekinumab, in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: a phase II, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised, dose-ranging study

    Benjamin M Segal;Cris S Constantinescu;Aparna Raychaudhuri;Lilianne Kim

  • Central Nervous System Demyelinating Disease Protection by the Human Commensal Bacteroides fragilis Depends on Polysaccharide A Expression

    Javier Ochoa-Repáraz;Daniel W. Mielcarz;Lauren E. Ditrio;Ashley R. Burroughs

  • A Dichotomous Role for Nitric Oxide during Acute Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Mice

    Imtiaz A. Khan;Joseph D. Schwartzman;Tadashi Matsuura;Lloyd H. Kasper

  • Neospora caninum: role for immune cytokines in host immunity.

    Imtiaz A. Khan;Joseph D. Schwartzman;Sujeewa Fonseka;Lloyd H. Kasper

  • A commensal symbiotic factor derived from Bacteroides fragilis promotes human CD39+Foxp3+ T cells and Treg function

    Kiel M Telesford;Wang Yan;Javier Ochoa-Reparaz;Anudeep Pant

  • Interleukin-12 enhances murine survival against acute toxoplasmosis.

    Imtiaz A Khan;Tadashi Matsuura;Lloyd H Kasper

  • Antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii major surface protein (SAG-1, P30) inhibit infection of host cells and are produced in murine intestine after peroral infection.

    J R Mineo;R McLeod;D Mack;J Smith

  • A purified parasite antigen (p30) mediates CD8+ T cell immunity against fatal Toxoplasma gondii infection in mice.

    I A Khan;K H Ely;L H Kasper

  • Multiple sclerosis immunology: The healthy immune system vs the MS immune system.

    Lloyd H. Kasper;Jennifer Shoemaker

  • An intestinal commensal symbiosis factor controls neuroinflammation via TLR2-mediated CD39 signalling

    Yan Wang;Kiel M. Telesford;Javier Ochoa-Repáraz;Sakhina Haque-Begum

  • Estriol combined with glatiramer acetate for women with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: a randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial.

    Rhonda R. Voskuhl;He Jing Wang;T. C.Jackson Wu;Nancy L. Sicotte

  • Attachment of Toxoplasma gondii to host cells involves major surface protein, SAG-1 (P30).

    J.R. Mineo;L.H. Kasper

  • Gut, bugs, and brain: Role of commensal bacteria in the control of central nervous system disease

    Javier Ochoa-Reparaz;Daniel W. Mielcarz;Sakhina Begum-Haque;Lloyd H. Kasper

  • Immunomodulatory activity of interferon-beta

    Lloyd H. Kasper;Anthony T. Reder

  • IL-10 mediates immunosuppression following primary infection with Toxoplasma gondii in mice.

    Imtiaz A. Khan;Tadashi Matsuura;Lloyd H. Kasper

  • Gut-Derived Intraepithelial Lymphocytes Induce Long Term Immunity Against Toxoplasma gondii

    Anne C. Lepage;Dominique Buzoni-Gatel;Daniel T. Bout;Lloyd H. Kasper

  • Brain activation patterns associated with working memory in relapsing-remitting MS

    Heather A. Wishart;Andrew Saykin;Brenna McDonald;A. C. Mamourian

Frequent Co-Authors

Imtiaz A. Khan
Imtiaz A. Khan George Washington University
Dennis L. Kasper
Dennis L. Kasper Harvard University
Douglas L. Arnold
Douglas L. Arnold Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Andrew J. Saykin
Andrew J. Saykin Indiana University
Anthony T. Reder
Anthony T. Reder University of Chicago
Bernhard Ryffel
Bernhard Ryffel University of Orléans
Amit Bar-Or
Amit Bar-Or University of Pennsylvania
Ricardo T. Gazzinelli
Ricardo T. Gazzinelli Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Brenna C. McDonald
Brenna C. McDonald Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
Rima McLeod
Rima McLeod University of Chicago

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