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Marcia A. Blackman

Marcia A. Blackman

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Immunology

D-Index
61
Citations
12377
World Ranking
3251
National Ranking
1516

Overview

Marcia A. Blackman is affiliated with the Trudeau Institute in the United States. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields, primarily focusing on medicine and immunology and microbiology. Within these domains, their work addresses various important subfields, including epidemiology, immunology, public health, environmental and occupational health, infectious diseases, and oncology.

Their scientific publications cover significant topics related to mosquito-borne diseases and control, viral infections and vectors, virology and viral diseases, viral-associated cancers and disorders, cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research, T-cell and B-cell immunology, and immune cell function and interaction.

Blackman has contributed to numerous research articles. Notable recent publications include:

  • Efficacy of an inactivated Zika vaccine against virus infection during pregnancy in mice and marmosets, 2022, published in npj Vaccines
  • Deletion of immune evasion genes provides an effective vaccine design for tumor-associated herpesviruses, 2020, published in npj Vaccines
  • Impact of prior dengue virus infection on Zika virus infection during pregnancy in marmosets, 2023, published in Science Translational Medicine
  • Vaccination of aged mice with adjuvanted recombinant influenza nucleoprotein enhances protective immunity, 2020, published in Vaccine
  • Protective efficacy of a Zika purified inactivated virus vaccine candidate during pregnancy in marmosets, 2024, published in npj Vaccines

The researcher frequently publishes in specialized venues such as npj Vaccines, with five publications, ImmunoHorizons, Science Translational Medicine, Vaccine, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Collaboration is a considerable part of their work. Frequent coauthors include Kathleen G. Lanzer, In-Jeong Kim, Michael Tighe, Tres Cookenham, and Paula A. Lanthier, indicating a networked approach to advancing research in their fields.

Best Publications

  • ROLE OF SUPPRESSOR T CELLS IN PATHOGENESIS OF COMMON VARIABLE HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINÆMIA

    T.A. Waldmann;S. Broder;R.M. Blaese;M. Durm

  • The role of the T cell receptor in positive and negative selection of developing T cells

    Marcia A. Blackman;John W. Kappler;Philippa Marrack

  • Age-associated decline in T cell repertoire diversity leads to holes in the repertoire and impaired immunity to influenza virus

    Eric J. Yager;Mushtaq Ahmed;Kathleen Lanzer;Troy D. Randall

  • A T cell receptor Vβ segment that imparts reactivity to a class II major histocompatibility complex product

    John W. Kappler;Terri Wade;Janice White;Ella Kushnir

  • The toxicity of staphylococcal enterotoxin B in mice is mediated by T cells.

    Philippa Marrack;Marcia Blackman;Ella Kushnir;John Kappler

  • Latent Murine γ-Herpesvirus Infection Is Established in Activated B Cells, Dendritic Cells, and Macrophages

    Emilio Flaño;S. Mazher Husain;Jeffery T. Sample;Jeffery T. Sample;David L. Woodland;David L. Woodland

  • Lymphocyte Activation Gene-3 (CD223) Regulates the Size of the Expanding T Cell Population Following Antigen Activation In Vivo

    Creg J. Workman;Linda S. Cauley;In-Jeong Kim;Marcia A. Blackman

  • Impaired synthesis of polyclonal (non-paraprotein) immunoglobulins by circulating lymphocytes from patients with multiple myeloma Role of suppressor cells.

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  • Two better cell lines for making hybridomas expressing specific T cell receptors.

    J White;M Blackman;J Bill;J Kappler

  • Beta-estradiol reduces natural killer cells in mice.

    William E. Seaman;Marcia A. Blackman;Thomas D. Gindhart;Jirayr R. Roubinian

  • T-cell immunosenescence: lessons learned from mouse models of aging

    Alexander C. Maue;Eric J. Yager;Susan L. Swain;David L. Woodland

  • γ-Herpesvirus Latency Is Preferentially Maintained in Splenic Germinal Center and Memory B Cells

    Emilio Flaño;In-Jeong Kim;David L. Woodland;Marcia A. Blackman

  • A role for clonal inactivation in T cell tolerance to Mls-1a.

    Marcia A. Blackman;Hans Gerhard-Burgert;David L. Woodland;Ed Palmer

  • Pathogenesis of an Infectious Mononucleosis-like Disease Induced by a Murine γ-Herpesvirus: Role for a Viral Superantigen?

    Ralph A. Tripp;Ann Marie Hamilton-Easton;Rhonda D. Cardin;Phuong Nguyen

  • Antigen-Specific Memory Regulatory CD4+Foxp3+ T Cells Control Memory Responses to Influenza Virus Infection

    Erik L. Brincks;Alan D. Roberts;Tres Cookenham;Stewart Sell;Stewart Sell

  • Natural Killer Cells, Bone, and the Bone Marrow: Studies in Estrogen-Treated Mice and in Congenitally Osteopetrotic (mi/mi) Mice

    William E. Seaman;Thomas D. Gindhart;John S. Greenspan;Marcia A. Blackman

  • T-cell memory and recall responses to respiratory virus infections.

    Hirokazu Hikono;Jacob E. Kohlmeier;Kenneth H. Ely;Iain Scott

  • Inflammatory chemokine receptors regulate CD8+ T cell contraction and memory generation following infection

    Jacob E. Kohlmeier;William W. Reiley;Georgia Perona-Wright;Michael L. Freeman

  • Prominent usage of V beta 8.3 T cells in the H-2Db-restricted response to an influenza A virus nucleoprotein epitope.

    A M Deckhut;W Allan;A McMickle;M Eichelberger

  • Suppression of natural killing in vitro by monocytes and polymorphonuclear leukocytes: requirement for reactive metabolites of oxygen.

    W E Seaman;T D Gindhart;M A Blackman;B Dalal

  • Murine gammaherpesvirus M2 gene is latency-associated and its protein a target for CD8+ T lymphocytes

    Husain Sm;Usherwood Ej;Dyson H;Coleclough C

Frequent Co-Authors

David L. Woodland
David L. Woodland Trudeau Institute
John W. Kappler
John W. Kappler National Jewish Health
Philippa Marrack
Philippa Marrack National Jewish Health
Alan D. Roberts
Alan D. Roberts Trudeau Institute
Peter C. Doherty
Peter C. Doherty University of Melbourne
Ren Sun
Ren Sun University of California, Los Angeles
William E. Seaman
William E. Seaman University of California, San Francisco
Norman Talal
Norman Talal Columbia University
James P. Stewart
James P. Stewart University of Liverpool
Zena Werb
Zena Werb University of California, San Francisco

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