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Maria Tsokos is affiliated with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and immunology and microbiology, contributing significantly to fields such as immunology, rheumatology, nephrology, physiology, and oncology.

The main research topics covered by Maria Tsokos include:

  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions
  • Complement system in diseases
  • Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism

Tsokos has published numerous papers in a range of scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • JCI Insight
  • Clinical Immunology
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Arthritis & Rheumatology

Among recent published works are:

  • Systemic lupus erythematosus favors the generation of IL-17 producing double negative T cells, 2020, Nature Communications
  • CD38 reduces mitochondrial fitness and cytotoxic T cell response against viral infection in lupus patients by suppressing mitophagy, 2022, Science Advances
  • Cell-Derived Extracellular Matrix-Rich Biomimetic Substrate Supports Podocyte Proliferation, Differentiation, and Maintenance of Native Phenotype, 2020, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Aberrantly glycosylated IgG elicits pathogenic signaling in podocytes and signifies lupus nephritis, 2021, JCI Insight
  • IL-23 reshapes kidney resident cell metabolism and promotes local kidney inflammation, 2021, Journal of Clinical Investigation

Research collaboration is a notable aspect of Tsokos's work. Frequent coauthors include:

  • George C. Tsokos
  • Wenliang Pan
  • Abhigyan Satyam
  • Rhea Bhargava
  • Hao Li

Best Publications

  • A role for the NAD-dependent deacetylase Sirt1 in the regulation of autophagy

    In Hye Lee;Liu Cao;Raul Mostoslavsky;David B. Lombard

  • Neuroendocrine tumors of the lung with proposed criteria for large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma. An ultrastructural, immunohistochemical, and flow cytometric study of 35 cases.

    William Travis;R. Linnoila;Maria Tsokos;Charles Hitchcock

  • Hepatic failure and lactic acidosis due to fialuridine (fiau), an investigational nucleoside analogue for chronic hepatitis b

    Robin Mckenzie;Michael W. Fried;Richard Sallie;Hari Conjeevaram

  • Targeted deletion of the gene encoding iron regulatory protein-2 causes misregulation of iron metabolism and neurodegenerative disease in mice.

    Timothy LaVaute;Sophia Smith;Sharon Cooperman;Kazuhiro Iwai

  • Matrix metalloproteinase-7-mediated cleavage of Fas ligand protects tumor cells from chemotherapeutic drug cytotoxicity.

    Nicholas Mitsiades;Wei-hsuan Yu;Vassiliki Poulaki;Maria Tsokos

  • Nelfinavir, A lead HIV protease inhibitor, is a broad-spectrum, anticancer agent that induces endoplasmic reticulum stress, autophagy, and apoptosis in vitro and in vivo.

    Joell J. Gills;Jaclyn LoPiccolo;Junji Tsurutani;Robert H. Shoemaker

  • Ifosfamide with mesna uroprotection and etoposide: an effective regimen in the treatment of recurrent sarcomas and other tumors of children and young adults.

    J S Miser;T J Kinsella;T J Triche;M Tsokos

  • Malignant lymphoma and erythrophagocytosis simulating malignant histiocytosis

    Elaine S. Jaffe;Jose Costa;Anthony S. Fauci;Jeffrey Cossman

  • Succinate dehydrogenase mutation underlies global epigenomic divergence in gastrointestinal stromal tumor

    J. Keith Killian;Su Young Kim;Markku Miettinen;Carly Smith

  • Nitric oxide potentiates hydrogen peroxide-induced killing of Escherichia coli.

    R Pacelli;D A Wink;J A Cook;M C Krishna

  • Terminal neuroendocrine differentiation of human prostate carcinoma cells in response to increased intracellular cyclic AMP

    Y J Bang;F Pirnia;W G Fang;W K Kang

  • Reduction of MDSCs with All-trans Retinoic Acid Improves CAR Therapy Efficacy for Sarcomas.

    Adrienne H. Long;Steven L. Highfill;Yongzhi Cui;Jillian P. Smith

  • Regulatory T cells in the treatment of disease

    Amir Sharabi;Maria G. Tsokos;Ying Ding;Thomas R. Malek

  • Phosphoprotein pathway mapping: Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin activation is negatively associated with childhood rhabdomyosarcoma survival.

    Emanuel F. Petricoin;Virginia Espina;Virginia Espina;Robyn P. Araujo;Brieanne Midura

  • Immunohistochemical and ultrastructural localization of leptin and leptin receptor in human white adipose tissue and differentiating human adipose cells in primary culture.

    Stefan R. Bornstein;Mones Abu-Asab;Annegret Glasow;Günther Päth

  • Retinoblastoma—origin from a primitive neuroectodermal cell?

    A. P. Kyritsis;M. Tsokos;T. J. Triche;G. J. Chader

  • In Vivo Treatment with Antibody against IGF-1 Receptor Suppresses Growth of Human Rhabdomyosarcoma and Down-Regulates p34cdc2

    Thea Kalebic;Maria Tsokos;Lee J. Helman

  • Myogenin is a specific marker for rhabdomyosarcoma: an immunohistochemical study in paraffin-embedded tissues.

    S Kumar;E Perlman;C A Harris;M Raffeld

  • An orthotopic model of murine osteosarcoma with clonally related variants differing in pulmonary metastatic potential

    C. Khanna;J. Prehn;C. Yeung;J. Caylor

  • Terminal neuroendocrine differentiation of human prostate carcinoma cells in response to increased intracellular cyclic AMP (hormone-refractory/pp60 c-src /multipotential)

    F. Pirnia;W. K. Kang;O. Sartor;L. Whitesell

Frequent Co-Authors

Mones Abu-Asab
Mones Abu-Asab National Institutes of Health
George C. Tsokos
George C. Tsokos Harvard Medical School
Lee J. Helman
Lee J. Helman Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
Timothy J. Triche
Timothy J. Triche Van Andel Institute
Crystal L. Mackall
Crystal L. Mackall Stanford University
David D. Roberts
David D. Roberts National Institutes of Health
Mark Raffeld
Mark Raffeld National Institutes of Health
Svetlana Pack
Svetlana Pack National Institutes of Health
David A. Wink
David A. Wink National Institutes of Health
William D. Travis
William D. Travis Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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