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Overview

Nicholas W. Lukacs is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research is primarily situated in the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with publications reflecting significant engagement in various subfields such as Immunology, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Physiology.

Their scholarly focus centers on themes including Respiratory viral infections research, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Gut microbiota and health, Asthma and respiratory diseases, Pediatric health and respiratory diseases, IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways, and Immune Cell Function and Interaction.

Recent papers by Nicholas W. Lukacs include:

  • The Lung Microbiome during Health and Disease, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Role of Mitochondria in Viral Infections, 2021, Life
  • Sirtuin 1 regulates mitochondrial function and immune homeostasis in respiratory syncytial virus infected dendritic cells, 2020, PLoS Pathogens
  • Role of ILC2 in Viral-Induced Lung Pathogenesis, 2021, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Uric acid pathway activation during respiratory virus infection promotes Th2 immune response via innate cytokine production and ILC2 accumulation, 2020, Mucosal Immunology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Lukacs include Andrew J. Rasky, Wendy Fonseca, Carrie-Anne Malinczak, Kazuma Yagi, and Gary B. Huffnagle.

Work by Lukacs has been published in multiple recurring venues such as The Journal of Immunology, Mucosal Immunology, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Viruses, and Frontiers in Immunology, highlighting a consistent presence in journals addressing immunology and respiratory health.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Abnormalities in Monocyte Recruitment and Cytokine Expression in Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein 1–deficient Mice

    Bao Lu;Barbara J. Rutledge;Long Gu;Joseph Fiorillo

  • Neonatal gut microbiota associates with childhood multisensitized atopy and T cell differentiation

    Kei E Fujimura;Alexandra R Sitarik;Suzanne Havstad;Din L Lin

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • TLR3 is an endogenous sensor of tissue necrosis during acute inflammatory events

    Karen A. Cavassani;Makoto Ishii;Haitao Wen;Matthew A. Schaller

  • Epigenetic regulation of the alternatively activated macrophage phenotype

    Makoto Ishii;Haitao Wen;Callie A.S. Corsa;Tianju Liu

  • Differential CC chemokine-induced enhancement of T helper cell cytokine production.

    W J Karpus;N W Lukacs;K J Kennedy;W S Smith

  • An important role for the chemokine macrophage inflammatory protein-1 alpha in the pathogenesis of the T cell-mediated autoimmune disease, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.

    W J Karpus;N W Lukacs;B L McRae;R M Strieter

  • The respiratory tract microbiome and lung inflammation: a two-way street.

    G B Huffnagle;R P Dickson;N W Lukacs

  • Balance of inflammatory cytokines related to severity and mortality of murine sepsis.

    Keith R. Walley;Nicholas W. Lukacs;Theodore J. Standiford;Robert M. Strieter

  • House dust exposure mediates gut microbiome Lactobacillus enrichment and airway immune defense against allergens and virus infection

    Kei E. Fujimura;Tine Demoor;Marcus Rauch;Ali A. Faruqi

  • Regulation of neutrophil-derived chemokine expression by IL-10.

    Tsuyoshi Kasama;Robert M. Strieter;Nicholas W. Lukacs;Marie D. Burdick

  • Leptin-deficient mice exhibit impaired host defense in gram-negative pneumonia

    Peter Mancuso;Andrew Gottschalk;Susan M. Phare;Marc Peters-Golden

  • IL-10 Deficiency Unleashes an Influenza-Specific Th17 Response and Enhances Survival against High-Dose Challenge

    K. Kai McKinstry;Tara M. Strutt;Amanda Buck;Jonathan D. Curtis

  • Carbon monoxide differentially inhibits TLR signaling pathways by regulating ROS-induced trafficking of TLRs to lipid rafts

    Kiichi Nakahira;Hong Pyo Kim;Xue Hui Geng;Atsunori Nakao

  • Role of chemokines in the pathogenesis of asthma

    Nicholas W. Lukacs

  • Interleukin-10 expression and chemokine regulation during the evolution of murine type II collagen-induced arthritis.

    T Kasama;R M Strieter;N W Lukacs;P M Lincoln

  • TNF-alpha mediates recruitment of neutrophils and eosinophils during airway inflammation.

    N W Lukacs;R M Strieter;S W Chensue;M Widmer

  • Differential Role for TLR3 in Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Induced Chemokine Expression

    Brian D. Rudd;Ezra Burstein;Colin S. Duckett;Xiaoxia Li

  • Neutralization of IL-10 increases lethality in endotoxemia. Cooperative effects of macrophage inflammatory protein-2 and tumor necrosis factor.

    T J Standiford;R M Strieter;N W Lukacs;S L Kunkel

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven L. Kunkel
Steven L. Kunkel University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Cory M. Hogaboam
Cory M. Hogaboam Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Robert M. Strieter
Robert M. Strieter University of Virginia
Stephen W. Chensue
Stephen W. Chensue University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Theodore J. Standiford
Theodore J. Standiford University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Susan V. Lynch
Susan V. Lynch University of California, San Francisco
Marie D. Burdick
Marie D. Burdick University of Virginia
Christine Cole Johnson
Christine Cole Johnson Henry Ford Health System
S L Kunkel
S L Kunkel University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Homer A. Boushey
Homer A. Boushey University of California, San Francisco

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