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Ranjeny Thomas is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia, contributing primarily to the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Their research encompasses a number of subfields including Immunology, Rheumatology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The scientist's main research topics focus on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments, Diabetes and associated disorders, and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research.

Ranjeny Thomas has published extensively, including notable papers such as:

  • Global epidemiology of rheumatoid arthritis, 2022, Nature Reviews Rheumatology
  • Ankylosing spondylitis: an autoimmune or autoinflammatory disease?, 2021, Nature Reviews Rheumatology
  • Associations of baseline use of biologic or targeted synthetic DMARDs with COVID-19 severity in rheumatoid arthritis: Results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician registry, 2021, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Endocytosis Inhibition in Humans to Improve Responses to ADCC-Mediating Antibodies, 2020, Cell
  • Inflammasome Activation in Ankylosing Spondylitis Is Associated With Gut Dysbiosis, 2021, Arthritis & Rheumatology

Their frequent coauthors include Anne-Sophie Bergot, Hendrik J. Nel, Ahmed M. Mehdi, Francesco Ciccia, and Mihir D. Wechalekar.

Ranjeny Thomas has published repeatedly in prominent venues, with multiple publications in:

  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (11 publications)
  • Frontiers in Immunology (5 publications)
  • JCI Insight (4 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (4 publications)
  • Nature Reviews Rheumatology (3 publications)

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the treatment of animals in behavioural research and teaching

    Katherine Buchanan;T. Burt de Perera;C. Carere;T. Carter

  • A molecular basis for the association of the HLA-DRB1 locus, citrullination, and rheumatoid arthritis

    Stephen Scally;Jan Petersen;Soi Cheng Cheng Law;Nadine Lee Dudek

  • Citrullinated peptide dendritic cell immunotherapy in HLA risk genotype-positive rheumatoid arthritis patients.

    Helen Benham;Helen Benham;Hendrik J. Nel;Soi Cheng Law;Ahmed M. Mehdi

  • Antigen-specific suppression of a primed immune response by dendritic cells mediated by regulatory T cells secreting interleukin-10.

    Ela Martin;Brendan O'Sullivan;Pauline Low;Ranjeny Thomas

  • Human peripheral blood dendritic cell subsets. Isolation and characterization of precursor and mature antigen-presenting cells.

    R Thomas;P E Lipsky

  • Isolation and characterization of human peripheral blood dendritic cells.

    Ranjeny Thomas;Laurie S. Davis;Peter E. Lipsky

  • Elevated interleukin-10 levels in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

    John J. Cush;Judy B. Splawski;Ranjeny Thomas;Jackie E. McFarlin

  • Ankylosing spondylitis: an autoimmune or autoinflammatory disease?

    Daniele Mauro;Ranjeny Thomas;Giuliana Guggino;Rik Lories

  • Rheumatoid synovium is enriched in mature antigen-presenting dendritic cells

    Ranjeny Thomas;Laurie S. Davis;Peter E. Lipsky

  • c-Rel is required for the development of thymic Foxp3+ CD4 regulatory T cells

    Iwao Isomura;Stephanie Palmer;Raelene J. Grumont;Karen L Bunting

  • β-glucan triggers spondylarthritis and Crohn's disease-like ileitis in SKG mice.

    Merja Ruutu;Gethin Thomas;Roland Steck;Mariapia A. Degli-Esposti

  • Th17 and Th22 cells in psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis

    Helen Benham;Helen Benham;Paul Norris;Jane Goodall;Mihir D Wechalekar;Mihir D Wechalekar

  • Enrichment of circulating interleukin-17–secreting interleukin-23 receptor–positive γ/δ T cells in patients with active ankylosing spondylitis

    Tony J. Kenna;Stuart I. Davidson;Ran Duan;Linda A. Bradbury

  • CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells control CD8+ T-cell effector differentiation by modulating IL-2 homeostasis.

    Alice McNally;Geoffrey R. Hill;Tim Sparwasser;Ranjeny Thomas

  • Atherosclerotic disease is increased in recent-onset rheumatoid arthritis: a critical role for inflammation.

    Suad Hannawi;Brian A. Haluska;Thomas H. Marwick;Ranjeny Thomas

  • MHC class II antigen presentation by the intestinal epithelium initiates graft-versus-host disease and is influenced by the microbiota

    Motoko Koyama;Motoko Koyama;Pamela Mukhopadhyay;Iona S. Schuster;Andrea S. Henden

  • CD40 Ligation Conditions Dendritic Cell Antigen-Presenting Function Through Sustained Activation of NF-κB

    Brendan John O’Sullivan;Ranjeny Thomas

  • The Colony-Stimulating Factor 1 Receptor Is Expressed on Dendritic Cells during Differentiation and Regulates Their Expansion

    Kelli P A MacDonald;Vanessa Rowe;Helen M Bofinger;Ranjeny Thomas

  • CD40 and dendritic cell function.

    Brendan O'Sullivan;Ranjeny Thomas

  • Associations of baseline use of biologic or targeted synthetic DMARDs with COVID-19 severity in rheumatoid arthritis: Results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician registry

    Jeffrey A. Sparks;Zachary S. Wallace;Andrea M. Seet;Milena A. Gianfrancesco

  • Functional CD40 ligand is expressed by T cells in rheumatoid arthritis.

    K. P. A. MacDonald;Y. Nishioka;P. E. Lipsky;R. Thomas

Frequent Co-Authors

Jamie Rossjohn
Jamie Rossjohn Monash University
Matthew A. Brown
Matthew A. Brown Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Kelli P. A. MacDonald
Kelli P. A. MacDonald QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Geoffrey R. Hill
Geoffrey R. Hill Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Peter E. Lipsky
Peter E. Lipsky National Institutes of Health
Ian H. Frazer
Ian H. Frazer University of Queensland
Mark Morrison
Mark Morrison University of Queensland
Mariapia A. Degli-Esposti
Mariapia A. Degli-Esposti Monash University
Michael A. McGuckin
Michael A. McGuckin University of Melbourne
Laurie S. Davis
Laurie S. Davis The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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