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Overview

Moon L. Shin is affiliated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore, in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on fields within medicine, with a notable emphasis on infectious diseases, ophthalmology, epidemiology, biotechnology, and ecology.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics, including:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Glaucoma and retinal disorders
  • Transgenic Plants and Applications
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Retinal Diseases and Treatments

Key recent publications by Moon L. Shin illustrate an active engagement with both infectious disease research and biomedical engineering. Selected papers include:

  • COVID-19 vaccine development and a potential nanomaterial path forward (2020), published in Nature Nanotechnology
  • Gelling hypotonic polymer solution for extended topical drug delivery to the eye (2020), published in Nature Biomedical Engineering
  • Intra- and intermolecular atomic-scale interactions in the receptor binding domain of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein: implication for ACE2 receptor binding (2020), published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Trivalent Subunit Vaccine Candidates for COVID-19 and Their Delivery Devices (2021), published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Injectable Slow-Release Hydrogel Formulation of a Plant Virus-Based COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate (2022), published in Biomacromolecules

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as Biomacromolecules, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Biomedical Engineering, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, and the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

Moon L. Shin has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including Nicole F. Steinmetz, Oscar A. Ortega-Rivera, Jonathan K. Pokorski, Miguel A. Moreno-Gonzalez, and Nicole M. Anders. These collaborations indicate interconnected research efforts in related biomedical and chemical fields.

Best Publications

  • Production of tumor necrosis factor and other cytokines by astrocytes stimulated with lipopolysaccharide or a neurotropic virus.

    Andrew P. Lieberman;Paula M. Pitha;Hyun S. Shin;Moon L. Shin

  • Production of cytotoxic factor for oligodendrocytes by stimulated astrocytes.

    D S Robbins;Y Shirazi;B E Drysdale;A Lieberman

  • Activated terminal complement in cerebrospinal fluid in Guillain-Barré syndrome and multiple sclerosis.

    M E Sanders;C L Koski;D Robbins;M L Shin

  • Complement activation by isolated myelin: activation of the classical pathway in the absence of myelin-specific antibodies

    Padmavathy Vanguri;Carol L. Koski;Barry Silverman;Moon L. Shin

  • Cytolysis of nucleated cells by complement: cell death displays multi-hit characteristics

    Carol L. Koski;Louise E. Ramm;Carl H. Hammer;Manfred M. Mayer

  • Activation of terminal components of complement in patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome and other demyelinating neuropathies.

    C L Koski;M E Sanders;P T Swoveland;T J Lawley

  • Role of tumor necrosis factor-α in neuronal and glial apoptosis after spinal cord injury

    Young B. Lee;Tae Y. Yune;Seoung Y. Baik;Young H. Shin

  • Anti-peripheral myelin antibody in patients with demyelinating neuropathy: quantitative and kinetic determination of serum antibody by complement component 1 fixation

    Carol L. Koski;Richard Humphrey;Moon L. Shin

  • Elimination of terminal complement intermediates from the plasma membrane of nucleated cells: the rate of disappearance differs for cells carrying C5b-7 or C5b-8 or a mixture of C5b-8 with a limited number of C5b-9.

    D F Carney;C L Koski;M L Shin

  • Increased Production of Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Induces Apoptosis after Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in Rats

    Tae Y. Yune;Mi J. Chang;Sun J. Kim;Young B. Lee

  • Homologous species restriction in lysis of erythrocytes by terminal complement proteins

    G M Hänsch;C H Hammer;P Vanguri;M L Shin

  • Sublytic complement attack induces cell cycle in oligodendrocytes.

    H G Rus;F Niculescu;M L Shin

  • C5b-9 Terminal Complement Complex Protects Oligodendrocytes from Death by Regulating Bad Through Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/Akt Pathway

    Lucian Soane;Hyun-Jun Cho;Florin Niculescu;Horea Rus

  • Elimination of terminal complement complexes in the plasma membrane of nucleated cells: influence of extracellular Ca2+ and association with cellular Ca2+.

    D F Carney;C H Hammer;M L Shin

  • Role of the C5b-9 complement complex in cell cycle and apoptosis.

    Horea G. Rus;Florin I. Niculescu;Moon L. Shin

  • RGC-32 Increases p34CDC2 Kinase Activity and Entry of Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells into S-phase

    Tudor Badea;Florin Niculescu;Lucian Soane;Matthew Fosbrink

  • Consequences of cell membrane attack by complement: release of arachidonate and formation of inflammatory derivatives

    David K. Imagawa;Nicole E. Osifchin;William A. Paznekas;Moon L. Shin

  • Inhibition of oligodendrocyte apoptosis by sublytic C5b-9 is associated with enhanced synthesis of bcl-2 and mediated by inhibition of caspase-3 activation.

    Lucian Soane;Horea Rus;Florin Niculescu;Moon L. Shin

  • Membrane factors responsible for homologous species restriction of complement-mediated lysis: evidence for a factor other than DAF operating at the stage of C8 and C9.

    M L Shin;G Hänsch;V W Hu;A Nicholson-Weller

  • Activation of Ras and mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway by terminal complement complexes is G protein dependent.

    F Niculescu;H Rus;T van Biesen;M L Shin

Frequent Co-Authors

Horea Rus
Horea Rus University of Maryland, Baltimore
Michael M. Frank
Michael M. Frank Duke University
Cedric S. Raine
Cedric S. Raine Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Paula M. Pitha
Paula M. Pitha Johns Hopkins University
Keith A. Joiner
Keith A. Joiner University of Arizona
Ira Green
Ira Green National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Anne Nicholson-Weller
Anne Nicholson-Weller Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Eero Castrén
Eero Castrén University of Helsinki
D. Carleton Gajdusek
D. Carleton Gajdusek National Institutes of Health
Nancy J. Rothwell
Nancy J. Rothwell University of Manchester

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