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Overview

Marina Cella is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Immunology and Microbiology, with additional work in Medicine. Subfields of focus include Immunology, Neurology, Surgery, Molecular Biology, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, including:

  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Inflammation biomarkers and pathways
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Eosinophilic Esophagitis

Frequent publication venues for Marina Cella include:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Cell
  • Immunity
  • Gastroenterology

Selected recent papers authored by Marina Cella cover a range of immunology and neurobiology topics:

  • Human and mouse single-nucleus transcriptomics reveal TREM2-dependent and TREM2-independent cellular responses in Alzheimer's disease, 2020, Nature Medicine
  • TREM2 Modulation Remodels the Tumor Myeloid Landscape Enhancing Anti-PD-1 Immunotherapy, 2020, Cell
  • Heterogeneity of meningeal B cells reveals a lymphopoietic niche at the CNS borders, 2021, Science
  • TREM2 drives microglia response to amyloid-β via SYK-dependent and -independent pathways, 2022, Cell
  • Single-cell analyses of Crohn's disease tissues reveal intestinal intraepithelial T cells heterogeneity and altered subset distributions, 2021, Nature Communications

Among frequent coauthors are:

  • Marco Colonna
  • Susan Gilfillan
  • Natália Jaeger
  • Maxim N. Artyomov
  • Blanda Di Luccia

Best Publications

  • Ligation of CD40 on dendritic cells triggers production of high levels of interleukin-12 and enhances T cell stimulatory capacity: T-T help via APC activation.

    M Cella;D Scheidegger;K Palmer-Lehmann;P Lane

  • Dendritic cells use macropinocytosis and the mannose receptor to concentrate macromolecules in the major histocompatibility complex class II compartment: downregulation by cytokines and bacterial products.

    Federica Sallusto;Marina Cella;Carlo Danieli;Antonio Lanzavecchia

  • Plasmacytoid monocytes migrate to inflamed lymph nodes and produce large amounts of type I interferon.

    Marina Cella;David Jarrossay;Fabio Facchetti;Olga Alebardi

  • TREM2 Lipid Sensing Sustains the Microglial Response in an Alzheimer’s Disease Model

    Yaming Wang;Yaming Wang;Marina Cella;Kaitlin Mallinson;Jason D. Ulrich

  • Origin, maturation and antigen presenting function of dendritic cells

    Marina Cella;Federica Sallusto;Antonio Lanzavecchia

  • Inflammatory stimuli induce accumulation of MHC class II complexes on dendritic cells

    Marina Cella;Anneke Engering;Valerie Pinet;Jean Pieters

  • Serial triggering of many T-cell receptors by a few peptide–MHC complexes

    Salvatore Valitutti;Sabina Müller;Marina Cella;Elisabetta Padovan

  • A human natural killer cell subset provides an innate source of IL-22 for mucosal immunity

    Marina Cella;Anja Fuchs;William Vermi;Fabio Facchetti

  • Essential role of mda-5 in type I IFN responses to polyriboinosinic:polyribocytidylic acid and encephalomyocarditis picornavirus

    Leonid Gitlin;Winfried Barchet;Susan Gilfillan;Marina Cella

  • Plasmacytoid dendritic cells activated by influenza virus and CD40L drive a potent TH1 polarization.

    Marina Cella;Fabio Facchetti;Antonio Lanzavecchia;Marco Colonna

  • TREM2 Maintains Microglial Metabolic Fitness in Alzheimer's Disease.

    Tyler K. Ulland;Wilbur M. Song;Stanley Ching Cheng Huang;Jason D. Ulrich

  • A Common Inhibitory Receptor for Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Molecules on Human Lymphoid and Myelomonocytic Cells

    Marco Colonna;Francisco Navarro;Teresa Bellón;Manuel Llano

  • IL-34 is a tissue-restricted ligand of CSF1R required for the development of Langerhans cells and microglia

    Yaming Wang;Kristy J Szretter;William Vermi;William Vermi;Susan Gilfillan

  • Human and mouse single-nucleus transcriptomics reveal TREM2-dependent and TREM2-independent cellular responses in Alzheimer’s disease

    Yingyue Zhou;Wilbur M. Song;Prabhakar S. Andhey;Amanda Swain

  • CD56bright natural killer cells are present in human lymph nodes and are activated by T cell–derived IL-2: a potential new link between adaptive and innate immunity

    Todd A Fehniger;Megan A Cooper;Gerard J Nuovo;Marina Cella

  • Intraepithelial Type 1 Innate Lymphoid Cells Are a Unique Subset of IL-12- and IL-15-Responsive IFN-γ-Producing Cells

    Anja Fuchs;William Vermi;William Vermi;Jacob S. Lee;Silvia Lonardi

  • BDCA-2, a Novel Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell–specific Type II C-type Lectin, Mediates Antigen Capture and Is a Potent Inhibitor of Interferon α/β Induction

    Andrzej Dzionek;Yoshiaki Sohma;Jun Nagafune;Marina Cella

  • Maturation, activation, and protection of dendritic cells induced by double-stranded RNA.

    Marina Cella;Mariolina Salio;Yoichi Sakakibara;Hanno Langen

  • Lactobacillus reuteri induces gut intraepithelial CD4+CD8αα+ T cells.

    Luisa Cervantes-Barragan;Jiani N. Chai;Ma Diarey Tianero;Blanda Di Luccia

  • TREM2-mediated early microglial response limits diffusion and toxicity of amyloid plaques

    Yaming Wang;Yaming Wang;Tyler K. Ulland;Jason D. Ulrich;Wilbur Song

  • AHR drives the development of gut ILC22 cells and postnatal lymphoid tissues via pathways dependent on and independent of Notch

    Jacob S Lee;Marina Cella;Keely G McDonald;Cecilia Garlanda

  • Human myelomonocytic cells express an inhibitory receptor for classical and nonclassical MHC class I molecules.

    Marco Colonna;Jacqueline Samaridis;Marina Cella;Lena Angman

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Colonna
Marco Colonna Washington University in St. Louis
Susan Gilfillan
Susan Gilfillan Washington University in St. Louis
William Vermi
William Vermi University of Brescia
Antonio Lanzavecchia
Antonio Lanzavecchia Istituto Nazionale Genetica Molecolare
Fabio Facchetti
Fabio Facchetti University of Brescia
Maxim N. Artyomov
Maxim N. Artyomov Washington University in St. Louis
Winfried Barchet
Winfried Barchet University of Bonn
Anne H. Cross
Anne H. Cross Washington University in St. Louis
Roberta Faccio
Roberta Faccio Washington University in St. Louis

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