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Overview

Michael J. May is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on immunology, microbiology, and medicine, with additional work in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The scientist has contributed extensively to several interconnected fields, including immunology, molecular biology, genetics, cancer research, and oncology.

Their work covers various significant topics, notably in immune cell function and interaction, NF-κB signaling pathways, T-cell and B-cell immunology, immune response and inflammation, chronic lymphocytic leukemia research, chronic myeloid leukemia treatments, and broader immunotherapy and immune responses.

Michael J. May has published in a range of scientific venues, reflecting the diversity of their work. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Neurology
  • UNC Libraries
  • Science Signaling
  • Cell Reports
  • Science Immunology

Selected recent papers from their publication record include:

  • "4-1BB costimulation promotes CAR T cell survival through noncanonical NF-κB signaling" (2020), published in Science Signaling
  • "BCR-Induced Ca2+ Signals Dynamically Tune Survival, Metabolic Reprogramming, and Proliferation of Naive B Cells" (2020), published in Cell Reports
  • "Maintenance of X chromosome inactivation after T cell activation requires NF-κB signaling" (2024), published in Science Immunology
  • "Loss of Lymphatic IKKα Disrupts Lung Immune Homeostasis, Drives BALT Formation, and Protects against Influenza" (2024), published in ImmunoHorizons
  • "Lymph node formation and B cell homeostasis require IKK-α in distinct endothelial cell-derived compartments" (2021), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michael J. May include:

  • Bruce D. Freedman
  • Corbett T. Berry
  • Michael P. Cancro
  • Katherine S. Forsyth
  • Natalie E. Toothacre

Best Publications

  • NF-kappa B and Rel proteins: evolutionarily conserved mediators of immune responses

    Sankar Ghosh;Michael J. May;Elizabeth B. Kopp

  • Signal transduction through NF-κB

    Michael J May;Sankar Ghosh

  • The Phosphorylation Status of Nuclear NF-ΚB Determines Its Association with CBP/p300 or HDAC-1

    Haihong Zhong;Michael J May;Eijiro Jimi;Sankar Ghosh

  • Selective Inhibition of NF-κB Activation by a Peptide That Blocks the Interaction of NEMO with the IκB Kinase Complex

    Michael J. May;Fulvio D'Acquisto;Lisa A. Madge;Judith Glöckner

  • Selective inhibition of NF-|[kappa]|B blocks osteoclastogenesis and prevents inflammatory bone destruction in vivo

    Eijiro Jimi;Eijiro Jimi;Kazuhiro Aoki;Hiroaki Saito;Fulvio D'Acquisto

  • Epithelial-cell-intrinsic IKK-β expression regulates intestinal immune homeostasis

    Colby Zaph;Amy E. Troy;Betsy C. Taylor;Lisa D. Berman-Booty

  • Rel/NF-κB and IκB proteins: an overview

    Michael J. May;Sankar Ghosh

  • Inhibition of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-B): an emerging theme in anti-inflammatory therapies.

    Fulvio D'Acquisto;Michael J. May;Sankar Ghosh

  • Inhibition of inhibitor of κB kinases stimulates hepatic stellate cell apoptosis and accelerated recovery from rat liver fibrosis

    Fiona Oakley;Muriel Meso;John P. Iredale;Karen Green

  • The IκB kinase complex: master regulator of NF-κB signaling

    Laura A. Solt;Michael J. May

  • Hypomorphic nuclear factor-κB essential modulator mutation database and reconstitution system identifies phenotypic and immunologic diversity

    Eric P. Hanson;Linda Monaco-Shawver;Laura A. Solt;Lisa A. Madge

  • Characterization of the IκB-kinase NEMO Binding Domain

    Michael J. May;Ralf B. Marienfeld;Sankar Ghosh

  • IκB Kinases: Kinsmen with Different Crafts

    Michael J. May;Sankar Ghosh

  • RelB Forms Transcriptionally Inactive Complexes with RelA/p65 *

    Ralf B. Marienfeld;Michael J. May;Ingolf Berberich;Edgar Serfling

  • Noncanonical NF-κB signaling in dendritic cells is required for indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) induction and immune regulation

    Sander W. Tas;Margriet J. Vervoordeldonk;Najat Hajji;Joost H. N. Schuitemaker

  • DNA double-strand breaks activate a multi-functional genetic program in developing lymphocytes

    Andrea L. Bredemeyer;Beth A. Helmink;Cynthia L. Innes;Boris Calderon

  • A Dual Role of the NF-κB Pathway in Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Damage

    Cora H. Nijboer;Cobi Jacoba Johanna Heijnen;Floris Groenendaal;Michael J. May

  • Strong Neuroprotection by Inhibition of NF-κB After Neonatal Hypoxia-Ischemia Involves Apoptotic Mechanisms but Is Independent of Cytokines

    Cora H.A. Nijboer;Cobi J. Heijnen;Floris Groenendaal;Michael J. May

  • Inactivation of the cerebral NFκB pathway inhibits interleukin-1β-induced sickness behavior and c-Fos expression in various brain nuclei

    Agnès Nadjar;Rose Marie Bluthé;Michael J. May;Robert Dantzer

  • 4-1BB costimulation promotes CAR T cell survival through noncanonical NF-κB signaling

    Benjamin I. Philipson;Roddy S. O’Connor;Michael J. May;Carl H. June

Frequent Co-Authors

Sankar Ghosh
Sankar Ghosh Columbia University
Jordan S. Orange
Jordan S. Orange University of Pennsylvania
Fulvio D'Acquisto
Fulvio D'Acquisto Queen Mary University of London
Paul P. Tak
Paul P. Tak GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)
David Artis
David Artis Cornell University
Esther C. de Jong
Esther C. de Jong University of Amsterdam
Paul F. Worley
Paul F. Worley Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Frank van Bel
Frank van Bel Utrecht University
Annemieke Kavelaars
Annemieke Kavelaars The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Cobi Jacoba Johanna Heijnen
Cobi Jacoba Johanna Heijnen The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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