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Overview

Mark A. Atkinson is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research primarily revolves around Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a specific focus on Genetics, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Surgery, Molecular Biology, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as Diabetes and associated disorders, Diabetes Management and Research, Pancreatic function and diabetes, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, and T-cell and B-cell Immunology.

Mark A. Atkinson's recent notable publications include the following:

  • Discovery of 318 new risk loci for type 2 diabetes and related vascular outcomes among 1.4 million participants in a multi-ancestry meta-analysis, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Fine-mapping, trans-ancestral and genomic analyses identify causal variants, cells, genes and drug targets for type 1 diabetes, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Obesity Treatment Among Adolescents, 2020, JAMA Pediatrics
  • Expression of SARS-CoV-2 Entry Factors in the Pancreas of Normal Organ Donors and Individuals with COVID-19, 2020, Cell Metabolism
  • Organisation of the human pancreas in health and in diabetes, 2020, Diabetologia

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Mark A. Atkinson include Clive Wasserfall, Amanda L. Posgai, Irina Kusmartseva, Todd M. Brusko, and Desmond Schatz.

The scientist regularly publishes in several venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in Diabetes, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Diabetes Care, Diabetologia, and Nature Communications.

Best Publications

  • Type 1 Diabetes

    Mark A Atkinson;George S Eisenbarth;Aaron W Michels

  • Type 1 diabetes: new perspectives on disease pathogenesis and treatment

    Mark A Atkinson;George S Eisenbarth

  • The Pathogenesis of Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus

    Mark A. Atkinson;Noel K. Maclaren

  • Spontaneous loss of T-cell tolerance to glutamic acid decarboxylase in murine insulin-dependent diabetes.

    Daniel L. Kaufman;Michael Clare-Salzler;Jide Tian;Thomas Forsthuber

  • Staging Presymptomatic Type 1 Diabetes: A Scientific Statement of JDRF, the Endocrine Society, and the American Diabetes Association.

    Richard A. Insel;Jessica L. Dunne;Mark A. Atkinson;Jane L. Chiang

  • Extreme Th1 bias of invariant Vα24JαQ T cells in type 1 diabetes

    S. Brian Wilson;Sally C. Kent;Kurt T. Patton;Tihamer Orban

  • Toward defining the autoimmune microbiome for type 1 diabetes

    Adriana Giongo;Kelsey A. Gano;David B. Crabb;Nabanita Mukherjee

  • Gut Microbiome Metagenomics Analysis Suggests a Functional Model for the Development of Autoimmunity for Type 1 Diabetes

    Christopher T. Brown;Austin G. Davis-Richardson;Adriana Giongo;Kelsey A. Gano

  • The NOD mouse model of type 1 diabetes: As good as it gets?

    Mark A. Atkinson;Edward H. Leiter

  • MyD88-dependent expansion of an immature GR-1+CD11b+ population induces T cell suppression and Th2 polarization in sepsis

    Matthew J Delano;Philip O. Scumpia;Jason S. Weinstein;Dominique Coco

  • Demonstration of islet-autoreactive CD8 T cells in insulitic lesions from recent onset and long-term type 1 diabetes patients

    Ken T. Coppieters;Francesco Dotta;Natalie Amirian;Peter D. Campbell

  • Autoimmunity to two forms of glutamate decarboxylase in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

    D L Kaufman;M G Erlander;M Clare-Salzler;M A Atkinson

  • Mapping the Human Body at Cellular Resolution -- The NIH Common Fund Human BioMolecular Atlas Program

    Michael P Snyder;Shin Lin;Amanda Posgai;Mark Atkinson

  • Immunomodulation by Mesenchymal Stem Cells A Potential Therapeutic Strategy for Type 1 Diabetes

    Reza Abdi;Paolo Fiorina;Chaker N. Adra;Mark Atkinson

  • The “Perfect Storm” for Type 1 Diabetes: The Complex Interplay Between Intestinal Microbiota, Gut Permeability, and Mucosal Immunity

    Outi Vaarala;Mark A. Atkinson;Josef Neu

  • In Vivo and In Vitro Characterization of Insulin-Producing Cells Obtained From Murine Bone Marrow

    Dong-Qi Tang;Li-Zhen Cao;Brant R. Burkhardt;Chang-Qi Xia

  • Cellular Immunity to a Determinant Common to Glutamate Decarboxylase and Coxsackie Virus in Insulin-dependent Diabetes

    Mark A. Atkinson;Mark A. Bowman;Lalita Campbell;Bethany L. Darrow

  • Marked Expansion of Exocrine and Endocrine Pancreas With Incretin Therapy in Humans With Increased Exocrine Pancreas Dysplasia and the Potential for Glucagon-Producing Neuroendocrine Tumors

    Alexandra E. Butler;Martha Campbell-Thompson;Tatyana Gurlo;David W. Dawson

  • A functional variant of SUMO4, a new I kappa B alpha modifier, is associated with type 1 diabetes.

    Dehuang Guo;Manyu Li;Yan Zhang;Ping Yang

  • Large-scale genetic fine mapping and genotype-phenotype associations implicate polymorphism in the IL2RA region in type 1 diabetes

    Christopher E Lowe;Jason D Cooper;Todd Brusko;Neil M Walker

  • Nasal administration of glutamate decarboxylase (GAD65) peptides induces Th2 responses and prevents murine insulin-dependent diabetes.

    Jide Tian;Mark A. Atkinson;Michael Clare-Salzler;Alan Herschenfeld

Frequent Co-Authors

Clive Wasserfall
Clive Wasserfall University of Florida
Desmond A. Schatz
Desmond A. Schatz University of Florida
Martha Campbell-Thompson
Martha Campbell-Thompson University of Florida
Todd M. Brusko
Todd M. Brusko University of Florida
Michael J. Clare-Salzler
Michael J. Clare-Salzler University of Florida
Alberto Pugliese
Alberto Pugliese University of Miami
Noel K. Maclaren
Noel K. Maclaren Cornell University
Terence R. Flotte
Terence R. Flotte University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Alvin C. Powers
Alvin C. Powers Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Kevan C. Herold
Kevan C. Herold Yale University

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