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Philip D. Hodgkin is affiliated with the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Immunology and Microbiology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. The main subfields of their work include Immunology, Molecular Biology, Oncology, Surgery, and Genetics.

The scientist has contributed extensively to multiple topics in immunology, notably:

  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics

Key recent publications highlight diverse aspects of immune cell biology and regulation. These include:

  • Intrinsically determined turnover underlies broad heterogeneity in plasma-cell lifespan (2023, Immunity)
  • Long-lived plasma cells accumulate in the bone marrow at a constant rate from early in an immune response (2022, Science Immunology)
  • Clonal multi-omics reveals Bcor as a negative regulator of emergency dendritic cell development (2021, Immunity)
  • Single-cell analyses reveal the clonal and molecular aetiology of Flt3L-induced emergency dendritic cell development (2021, Nature Cell Biology)
  • The concerted change in the distribution of cell cycle phases and zone composition in germinal centers is regulated by IL-21 (2021, Nature Communications)

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Susanne Heinzel
  • HoChan Cheon
  • Matthew E. Ritchie
  • Shalin H. Naik
  • Dawn Lin

Philip D. Hodgkin's work has been published in several prominent venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in:

  • Immunology and Cell Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Immunity
  • Nature Communications
  • Science Immunology

Best Publications

  • The generation of antibody-secreting plasma cells.

    Stephen L Nutt;Philip D Hodgkin;David M Tarlinton;Lynn M Corcoran

  • IL-5-Deficient Mice Have a Developmental Defect in CD5+ B-1 Cells and Lack Eosinophilia but Have Normal Antibody and Cytotoxic T Cell Responses

    Manfred Kopf;Frank Brombacher;Philip D Hodgkin;Alistair J Ramsay

  • Plasma Cell Ontogeny Defined by Quantitative Changes in Blimp-1 Expression

    Axel Kallies;Jhagvaral Hasbold;David M. Tarlinton;Wendy Dietrich

  • BAFF selectively enhances the survival of plasmablasts generated from human memory B cells

    Danielle T. Avery;Susan L. Kalled;Julia I. Ellyard;Christine Ambrose

  • B cell differentiation and isotype switching is related to division cycle number.

    P D Hodgkin;J H Lee;A B Lyons

  • Transcriptional repressor Blimp-1 is essential for T cell homeostasis and self-tolerance

    Axel Kallies;Edwin D Hawkins;Gabrielle T Belz;Donald Metcalf

  • Cell division regulates the T cell cytokine repertoire, revealing a mechanism underlying immune class regulation.

    Amanda V. Gett;Philip D. Hodgkin

  • Transcriptional profiling of mouse B cell terminal differentiation defines a signature for antibody-secreting plasma cells

    Wei Shi;Yang Liao;Simon N Willis;Nadine Taubenheim

  • Intrinsic Differences in the Proliferation of Naive and Memory Human B Cells as a Mechanism for Enhanced Secondary Immune Responses

    Stuart G. Tangye;Stuart G. Tangye;Danielle T. Avery;Elissa K. Deenick;Elissa K. Deenick;Philip D. Hodgkin;Philip D. Hodgkin

  • Early appearance of germinal center–derived memory B cells and plasma cells in blood after primary immunization

    Elizabeth J. Blink;Amanda Light;Axel Kallies;Stephen L. Nutt

  • Initiation of plasma-cell differentiation is independent of the transcription factor Blimp-1.

    Axel Kallies;Jhagvaral Hasbold;Kirsten Fairfax;Kirsten Fairfax;Clare Pridans;Clare Pridans

  • A cellular calculus for signal integration by T cells

    Amanda V. Gett;Philip D. Hodgkin

  • Measuring lymphocyte proliferation, survival and differentiation using CFSE time-series data

    Edwin D Hawkins;Mirja Hommel;Marian L Turner;Marian L Turner;Francis L Battye

  • Isotype switching by human B cells is division-associated and regulated by cytokines.

    Stuart G. Tangye;Stuart G. Tangye;Anthea Ferguson;Anthea Ferguson;Danielle T. Avery;Cindy S. Ma;Cindy S. Ma

  • B Cell Receptor–independent Stimuli Trigger Immunoglobulin (Ig) Class Switch Recombination and Production of IgG Autoantibodies by Anergic Self-Reactive B Cells

    Tri Giang Phan;Michelle Amesbury;Sandra Gardam;Jeffrey Crosbie

  • The genetic network controlling plasma cell differentiation.

    Stephen L Nutt;Nadine Taubenheim;Nadine Taubenheim;Jhagvaral Hasbold;Jhagvaral Hasbold;Lynn M Corcoran;Lynn M Corcoran

  • Cell division number regulates IgG1 and IgE switching of B cells following stimulation by CD40 ligand and IL-4

    J Hasbold;A B Lyons;M R Kehry;P D Hodgkin;P D Hodgkin

  • Polyspecificity of T cell and B cell receptor recognition

    Kai W. Wucherpfennig;Paul M. Allen;Franco Celada;Irun R. Cohen

  • A Division-Linked Mechanism for the Rapid Generation of Ig-Secreting Cells from Human Memory B Cells

    Stuart G. Tangye;Danielle T. Avery;Philip D. Hodgkin;Philip D. Hodgkin

  • Evidence from the generation of immunoglobulin G–secreting cells that stochastic mechanisms regulate lymphocyte differentiation

    Jhagvaral Hasbold;Jhagvaral Hasbold;Lynn M Corcoran;David M Tarlinton;Stuart G Tangye

Frequent Co-Authors

Lynn M. Corcoran
Lynn M. Corcoran Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Stephen L. Nutt
Stephen L. Nutt Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Stuart G. Tangye
Stuart G. Tangye Garvan Institute of Medical Research
David M. Tarlinton
David M. Tarlinton Monash University
Axel Kallies
Axel Kallies University of Melbourne
Danielle T. Avery
Danielle T. Avery Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Marilyn R. Kehry
Marilyn R. Kehry Boehringer Ingelheim (Germany)
Matthew E. Ritchie
Matthew E. Ritchie Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Benjamin T. Kile
Benjamin T. Kile University of Adelaide
Gabrielle T. Belz
Gabrielle T. Belz University of Queensland

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