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Overview

Lucy Golden-Mason is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a focus on several interrelated subfields including Immunology, Epidemiology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their work covers a range of topics that include:

  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments

Golden-Mason has co-authored research with several frequent collaborators, including:

  • Ana C. Maretti-Mira
  • Hugo R. Rosen
  • Matthew P. Salomon
  • Lida Chatzi
  • Damaskini Valvi

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on liver disease, immune system interactions, and environmental health impacts. Selected recent papers include:

  • "In Utero Exposure to Mercury Is Associated With Increased Susceptibility to Liver Injury and Inflammation in Childhood" (2021), published in Hepatology
  • "Cholesterol-binding translocator protein TSPO regulates steatosis and bile acid synthesis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease" (2021), published in iScience
  • "Cholesterol-Induced M4-Like Macrophages Recruit Neutrophils and Induce NETosis" (2021), published in Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Autophagy impairment in liver CD11c+ cells promotes non-alcoholic fatty liver disease through production of IL-23" (2022), published in Nature Communications
  • "Increased hepatic and circulating chemokine and osteopontin expression occurs early in human NAFLD development" (2020), published in PLoS ONE

Golden-Mason has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Environmental Research
  • Hepatology
  • iScience

Best Publications

  • Negative Immune Regulator Tim-3 Is Overexpressed on T Cells in Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Its Blockade Rescues Dysfunctional CD4+ and CD8+ T Cells

    Lucy Golden-Mason;Brent E. Palmer;Nasim Kassam;Lisa Townshend-Bulson

  • Transmigrating Neutrophils Shape the Mucosal Microenvironment through Localized Oxygen Depletion to Influence Resolution of Inflammation

    Eric L. Campbell;Walter J. Bruyninckx;Caleb J. Kelly;Louise E. Glover

  • Upregulation of PD-1 Expression on Circulating and Intrahepatic Hepatitis C Virus-Specific CD8+ T Cells Associated with Reversible Immune Dysfunction

    Lucy Golden-Mason;Brent Palmer;Jared Klarquist;John A. Mengshol

  • Tim-3 expression on PD-1+ HCV-specific human CTLs is associated with viral persistence, and its blockade restores hepatocyte-directed in vitro cytotoxicity

    Rachel H. McMahan;Lucy Golden-Mason;Michael I. Nishimura;Brian J. McMahon

  • Bile acid receptor activation modulates hepatic monocyte activity and improves nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

    Rachel H. McMahan;Xiaoxin X. Wang;Lin Ling Cheng;Tibor Krisko

  • A Crucial Role for Kupffer Cell-Derived Galectin-9 in Regulation of T Cell Immunity in Hepatitis C Infection

    John A. Mengshol;Lucy Golden-Mason;Tomohiro Arikawa;Maxwell Smith

  • Class I HDACs regulate angiotensin II-dependent cardiac fibrosis via fibroblasts and circulating fibrocytes

    Sarah M. Williams;Lucy Golden-Mason;Bradley S. Ferguson;Katherine B. Schuetze

  • Altered natural killer cell subset distributions in resolved and persistent hepatitis C virus infection following single source exposure

    Lucy Golden-Mason;Laura Madrigal-Estebas;Emma McGrath;Melissa J Conroy

  • Distinct subpopulations of gamma delta T cells are present in normal and tumor-bearing human liver.

    Tony Kenna;Lucy Golden-Mason;Suzanne Norris;John E. Hegarty

  • Increased natural killer cell cytotoxicity and NKp30 expression protects against hepatitis C virus infection in high‐risk individuals and inhibits replication in vitro

    Lucy Golden-Mason;Andrea L. Cox;Jessica A. Randall;Linling Cheng

  • Cutting edge: programmed death-1 expression is increased on immunocytes in chronic hepatitis C virus and predicts failure of response to antiviral therapy: race-dependent differences.

    Lucy Golden-Mason;Jared Klarquist;Abdus S. Wahed;Hugo R. Rosen

  • Galectin-9 Functionally Impairs Natural Killer Cells in Humans and Mice

    Lucy Golden-Mason;Rachel H. McMahan;Rachel H. McMahan;Michael Strong;Richard Reisdorph

  • Loss of IL-7 receptor alpha-chain (CD127) expression in acute HCV infection associated with viral persistence

    Lucy Golden-Mason;James R. Burton;Nicole Castelblanco;Jared Klarquist

  • Natural killer cells: primary target for hepatitis C virus immune evasion strategies?

    Lucy Golden-Mason;Hugo R. Rosen

  • Decrease in hepatic CD56+ T cells and Vα24+ natural killer T cells in chronic hepatitis C viral infection

    Tina Deignan;Michael P Curry;Derek G Doherty;Lucy Golden-Mason

  • Mechanisms of Disease: HCV-induced liver injury.

    John A Mengshol;Lucy Golden-Mason;Hugo R Rosen

  • Acute‐phase serum amyloid A stimulation of angiogenesis, leukocyte recruitment, and matrix degradation in rheumatoid arthritis through an NF‐κB–dependent signal transduction pathway

    Ronan H. Mullan;Barry Bresnihan;Lucy Golden-Mason;Trevor Markham

  • Regulation of virus-specific CD4+ T cell function by multiple costimulatory receptors during chronic HIV infection.

    Afework Kassu;Roland A. Marcus;Michelle B. D’Souza;Elizabeth A. Kelly-McKnight

  • Hepatitis C Virus-Induced Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells Suppress NK Cell IFN-γ Production by Altering Cellular Metabolism via Arginase-1.

    Celeste C. Goh;Krystal M. Roggerson;Hai-Chon Lee;Lucy Golden-Mason

  • Memory re-differentiation and reduced lymphocyte activation in chronic HCV-infected patients receiving direct-acting antivirals.

    M. A. Burchill;L. Golden-Mason;M. Wind-Rotolo;H. R. Rosen

Frequent Co-Authors

Hugo R. Rosen
Hugo R. Rosen University of Southern California
Cliona O'Farrelly
Cliona O'Farrelly Trinity College Dublin
Derek G. Doherty
Derek G. Doherty Trinity College Dublin
Brent E. Palmer
Brent E. Palmer University of Colorado Denver
Sean P. Colgan
Sean P. Colgan University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Michael Gale
Michael Gale University of Washington
Young S. Hahn
Young S. Hahn University of Virginia
Ursula Fearon
Ursula Fearon Trinity College Dublin
Brian J. McMahon
Brian J. McMahon Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Barry Bresnihan
Barry Bresnihan University College Dublin

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