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Michael N. Starnbach

Michael N. Starnbach

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Microbiology

D-Index
48
Citations
7416
World Ranking
4710
National Ranking
1818

Overview

Michael N. Starnbach is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Immunology and Microbiology. Their work spans several subfields including Immunology, Microbiology, Parasitology, Infectious Diseases, and Dermatology.

Their research topics focus on immune cell function and interaction, T-cell and B-cell immunology, reproductive tract infections research, reproductive system and pregnancy, immune response and inflammation, vector-borne infectious diseases, as well as toxin mechanisms and immunotoxins.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michael N. Starnbach include:

  • Jennifer D. Helble
  • Ulrich H. von Andrian
  • Rodrigo J. Gonzalez
  • Irina B. Mazo
  • Rohit Garg

Michael N. Starnbach has published multiple papers in well-known scientific journals. Some recent papers include:

  • "Gamma Interferon Is Required for Chlamydia Clearance but Is Dispensable for T Cell Homing to the Genital Tract" (2020), published in mBio
  • "T cell responses to Chlamydia" (2021), published in Pathogens and Disease
  • "The PD-1/PD-L1 pathway is induced during Borrelia burgdorferi infection and inhibits T cell joint infiltration without compromising bacterial clearance" (2022), published in PLoS Pathogens
  • "Sticholysins, pore-forming proteins from a marine anemone can induce maturation of dendritic cells through a TLR4 dependent-pathway" (2021), published in Molecular Immunology
  • "Cytotoxic CD4+ T Cells Are Induced during Infection with Chlamydia trachomatis" (2024), published in The Journal of Immunology

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Infection and Immunity
  • mBio
  • Pathogens and Disease
  • PLoS Pathogens

Best Publications

  • A mucosal vaccine against Chlamydia trachomatis generates two waves of protective memory T cells

    Georg Stary;Andrew Olive;Aleksandar F. Radovic-Moreno;David Gondek

  • Gut-Innervating Nociceptor Neurons Regulate Peyer’s Patch Microfold Cells and SFB Levels to Mediate Salmonella Host Defense

    Nicole Y. Lai;Melissa A. Musser;Melissa A. Musser;Felipe A. Pinho-Ribeiro;Pankaj Baral

  • Morphological and cytoskeletal changes in epithelial cells occur immediately upon interaction with Salmonella typhimurium grown under low‐oxygen conditions

    C. L. Francis;M. N. Starnbach;S. Falkow;S. Falkow

  • Activation of bone marrow–resident memory T cells by circulating, antigen-bearing dendritic cells

    Lois L Cavanagh;Roberto Bonasio;Irina B Mazo;Cornelia Halin

  • Protective cytotoxic T lymphocytes are induced during murine infection with Chlamydia trachomatis.

    Michael N. Starnbach;Michael J. Bevan;Mary F. Lampe

  • Identification and characterization of TnphoA mutants of Salmonella that are unable to pass through a polarized MDCK epithelial cell monolayer.

    B. B. Finlay;M. N. Starnbach;C. L. Francis;B. A. D. Stacker

  • Species-specific detection of Legionella pneumophila in water by DNA amplification and hybridization.

    M N Starnbach;S Falkow;L S Tompkins

  • Global Mapping of the Inc-Human Interactome Reveals that Retromer Restricts Chlamydia Infection.

    Kathleen M. Mirrashidi;Cherilyn A. Elwell;Erik Verschueren;Erik Verschueren;Jeffrey R. Johnson;Jeffrey R. Johnson

  • The fliA (rpoF) gene of Pseudomonas aeruginosa encodes an alternative sigma factor required for flagellin synthesis.

    M. N. Starnbach;S. Lory

  • Chlamydia trachomatis-derived deubiquitinating enzymes in mammalian cells during infection.

    Shahram Misaghi;Zarine R. Balsara;Andre Catic;Eric Spooner

  • Anthrax toxin-mediated delivery of a cytotoxic T-cell epitope in vivo

    J D Ballard;R J Collier;M N Starnbach

  • CD8+ T cells recognize an inclusion membrane-associated protein from the vacuolar pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis

    Steven P. Fling;R. Alec Sutherland;Lisa N. Steele;Bruce Hess

  • A CREB3–ARF4 signalling pathway mediates the response to Golgi stress and susceptibility to pathogens

    Jan H. Reiling;Andrew J. Olive;Sumana Sanyal;Jan E. Carette;Jan E. Carette

  • CD4+ T Cells Are Necessary and Sufficient To Confer Protection against Chlamydia trachomatis Infection in the Murine Upper Genital Tract

    David C. Gondek;Andrew J. Olive;Georg Stary;Michael N. Starnbach

  • T cell responses to Chlamydia trachomatis.

    Wendy P Loomis;Michael N Starnbach

  • Salmonella rapidly kill dendritic cells via a caspase-1-dependent mechanism.

    Adrianus W. M. van der Velden;Marisela Velasquez;Michael N. Starnbach

  • An Inclusion Membrane Protein from Chlamydia trachomatis Enters the MHC Class I Pathway and Stimulates a CD8+ T Cell Response

    Michael N. Starnbach;Wendy P. Loomis;Pam Ovendale;David Regan

  • Chlamydia muridarum Evades Growth Restriction by the IFN-γ-Inducible Host Resistance Factor Irgb10

    Jörn Coers;Isaac Bernstein-Hanley;David Grotsky;Iana Parvanova

  • Gamma Interferon Production by Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes Is Required for Resolution of Chlamydia trachomatis Infection

    Mary F. Lampe;Christopher B. Wilson;Michael J. Bevan;Michael N. Starnbach

  • Immune-mediated control of Chlamydia infection.

    Nadia R. Roan;Michael N. Starnbach

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulrich H. von Andrian
Ulrich H. von Andrian Harvard University
Hidde L. Ploegh
Hidde L. Ploegh Boston Children's Hospital
R. John Collier
R. John Collier Harvard University
Gregory A. Taylor
Gregory A. Taylor Duke University
Omid C. Farokhzad
Omid C. Farokhzad Harvard Medical School
Thijn R. Brummelkamp
Thijn R. Brummelkamp Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital
Jan E. Carette
Jan E. Carette Stanford University
William F. Dietrich
William F. Dietrich Novartis (Switzerland)
Nevan J. Krogan
Nevan J. Krogan University of California, San Francisco

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