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Overview

Raymond A. Sobel is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Immunology and Microbiology, with a significant concentration in Immunology. The scientist's work extends into several related subfields including Molecular Biology, Oncology, Surgery, and Hematology.

Their main topics of research encompass areas such as T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, and CAR-T cell therapy research. Additional topics include Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, Galectins and Cancer Biology, and Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling.

Recent publications by Sobel cover a range of subjects within immunological research. These include:

  • Metabolic modeling of single Th17 cells reveals regulators of autoimmunity, 2021, Cell
  • Checkpoint Receptor TIGIT Expressed on Tim-1+ B Cells Regulates Tissue Inflammation, 2020, Cell Reports
  • CAR-T Cell-Mediated B-Cell Depletion in Central Nervous System Autoimmunity, 2023, Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation
  • Tim-3 adapter protein Bat3 acts as an endogenous regulator of tolerogenic dendritic cell function, 2022, Science Immunology
  • Targeting PGLYRP1 promotes antitumor immunity while inhibiting autoimmune neuroinflammation, 2023, Nature Immunology

Frequent collaborators in Sobel's research include:

  • Vijay K. Kuchroo (10 joint publications)
  • Allon Wagner (6 joint publications)
  • Nir Yosef (6 joint publications)
  • Chao Wang (5 joint publications)
  • Johannes Fessler (5 joint publications)

Publications authored or co-authored by Sobel have appeared predominantly in venues such as The Journal of Immunology and the Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology, each featuring three of their publications. Other notable venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Cell Reports, and Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation.

Best Publications

  • B7-1 and B7-2 costimulatory molecules activate differentially the Th1/Th2 developmental pathways: Application to autoimmune disease therapy

    Vijay K Kuchroo;Mercy Prabhu Das;Julia A Brown;Ann M Ranger

  • Th1-specific cell surface protein Tim-3 regulates macrophage activation and severity of an autoimmune disease

    Laurent Monney;Catherine A. Sabatos;Jason L. Gaglia;Akemi Ryu

  • IL-4 inhibits TGF-β-induced Foxp3+ T cells and, together with TGF-β, generates IL-9+ IL-10+ Foxp3− effector T cells

    Valerie Dardalhon;Amit Awasthi;Hyoung-Joon Kwon;George Galileos

  • The HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, atorvastatin, promotes a Th2 bias and reverses paralysis in central nervous system autoimmune disease

    Sawsan Youssef;Olaf Stüve;Juan C. Patarroyo;Pedro J. Ruiz;Pedro J. Ruiz

  • Induction and molecular signature of pathogenic TH17 cells

    Youjin Lee;Amit Awasthi;Amit Awasthi;Nir Yosef;Nir Yosef;Francisco Javier Quintana

  • The influence of the proinflammatory cytokine, osteopontin, on autoimmune demyelinating disease.

    Dorothée Chabas;Sergio E. Baranzini;Dennis Mitchell;Claude C. A. Bernard

  • Th1, Th17, and Th9 Effector Cells Induce Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis with Different Pathological Phenotypes

    Anneli Jäger;Valérie Dardalhon;Raymond A. Sobel;Estelle Bettelli

  • Myelin-specific regulatory T cells accumulate in the CNS but fail to control autoimmune inflammation

    Thomas Korn;Jayagopala Reddy;Wenda Gao;Estelle Bettelli

  • Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein–specific T Cell Receptor Transgenic Mice Develop Spontaneous Autoimmune Optic Neuritis

    Estelle Bettelli;Maria Pagany;Howard L. Weiner;Christopher Linington;Christopher Linington

  • PD-L1-deficient mice show that PD-L1 on T cells, antigen-presenting cells, and host tissues negatively regulates T cells.

    Yvette E. Latchman;Spencer C. Liang;Yin Wu;Tatyana Chernova

  • IL-10 Is Critical in the Regulation of Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis as Demonstrated by Studies of IL-10- and IL-4-Deficient and Transgenic Mice

    Estelle Bettelli;Mercy Prabhu Das;Edward D. Howard;Howard L. Weiner

  • Protective and therapeutic role for αB-crystallin in autoimmune demyelination

    Shalina S. Ousman;Beren H. Tomooka;Johannes M. van Noort;Eric F. Wawrousek

  • Loss of T-bet, But Not STAT1, Prevents the Development of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis

    Estelle Bettelli;Brandon Sullivan;Susanne J. Szabo;Raymond A. Sobel;Raymond A. Sobel

  • Proteomic analysis of active multiple sclerosis lesions reveals therapeutic targets

    May H. Han;Sun-Il Hwang;Dolly B. Roy;Deborah H. Lundgren

  • Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) in cellular immune reactions in the human central nervous system.

    R. A. Sobel;M. E. Mitchell;G. Fondren

  • Identification of an encephalitogenic determinant of myelin proteolipid protein for SJL mice.

    Vincent K Tuohy;Z. Lu;R. A. Sobel;R. A. Laursen

  • Th17 Cells Induce Ectopic Lymphoid Follicles in Central Nervous System Tissue Inflammation

    Anneli Peters;Lisa A. Pitcher;Jenna M. Sullivan;Meike Mitsdoerffer

  • Type II monocytes modulate T cell-mediated central nervous system autoimmune disease

    Martin S Weber;Thomas Prod'homme;Sawsan Youssef;Shannon E Dunn

  • An altered peptide ligand mediates immune deviation and prevents autoimmune encephalomyelitis

    Lindsay B. Nicholson;Judith M. Greer;Raymond A. Sobel;Marjorie B. Lees

  • Treatment of Autoimmune Neuroinflammation with a Synthetic Tryptophan Metabolite

    Michael Platten;Peggy P. Ho;Sawsan Youssef;Paulo Fontoura;Paulo Fontoura

  • Immunohistochemical identification of HTLV-III antigen in brains of patients with AIDS.

    Dana H. Gabuzda;David D. Ho;Suzanne M. de la Monte;Martin S. Hirsch

  • IL-10 is critical in the regulation of automimmune encephalomyelitis as demonstrated by studies of IL-10 and IL-4 deficient and transgenic mice

    E. Bettelli;M.P. Das;E. Howard;H. Weiner

Frequent Co-Authors

Vijay K. Kuchroo
Vijay K. Kuchroo Harvard University
Lawrence Steinman
Lawrence Steinman Stanford University
Howard L. Weiner
Howard L. Weiner Harvard University
Karl V. Clemons
Karl V. Clemons Stanford University
David A. Stevens
David A. Stevens Stanford University
Scott S. Zamvil
Scott S. Zamvil University of California, San Francisco
David A. Hafler
David A. Hafler Yale University
William H. Robinson
William H. Robinson Stanford University
Sheng Xiao
Sheng Xiao Brigham and Women's Hospital
Arlene H. Sharpe
Arlene H. Sharpe Harvard University

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