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  • 1932 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Raymond B. Birge is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on immunology and microbiology, with significant contributions to medicine. The main fields of study covered by their publications include immunology, physiology, molecular biology, epidemiology, and surgery.

The research topics extensively explored by Birge include:

  • Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation
  • Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Cell death mechanisms and regulation
  • IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways

The scientist has published frequently in several journals, with the most common venues being:

  • Cell Communication and Signaling
  • Cancer Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Methods in Cell Biology

Selected recent papers include:

  • Axl and Mertk Receptors Cooperate to Promote Breast Cancer Progression by Combined Oncogenic Signaling and Evasion of Host Antitumor Immunity, 2020, Cancer Research
  • Critical role of interferons in gastrointestinal injury repair, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Biology of phosphatidylserine (PS): basic physiology and implications in immunology, infectious disease, and cancer, 2020, Cell Communication and Signaling
  • The Role of Immunological Synapse in Predicting the Efficacy of Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) Immunotherapy, 2020, Cell Communication and Signaling
  • Cell Death in the Tumor Microenvironment: Implications for Cancer Immunotherapy, 2020, Cells

Frequent collaborators in research include:

  • Varsha Gadiyar
  • David Calianese
  • Viralkumar Davra
  • Sergei V. Kotenko
  • Kevin C. Lahey

Raymond B. Birge was recognized as a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1932.

Best Publications

  • SH2 domains recognize specific phosphopeptide sequences

    Songyang Zhou;Songyang Zhou;Steven E. Shoelson;Manas Chaudhuri;Gerald Gish

  • CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF THE PHOSPHOTYROSINE RECOGNITION DOMAIN SH2 OF V-SRC COMPLEXED WITH TYROSINE-PHOSPHORYLATED PEPTIDES

    Gabriel Waksman;Dorothea Kominos;Scott C. Robertson;Scott C. Robertson;Nalin Pant

  • Phosphatidylserine is a global immunosuppressive signal in efferocytosis, infectious disease, and cancer

    R. B. Birge;S. Boeltz;S. Kumar;J. Carlson

  • αvβ5 integrin recruits the CrkII-Dock180-Rac1 complex for phagocytosis of apoptotic cells

    Matthew L. Albert;Jong-Ii Kim;Raymond B. Birge

  • Fas engagement induces neurite growth through ERK activation and p35 upregulation.

    Julie Desbarats;Julie Desbarats;Julie Desbarats;Raymond B. Birge;Raymond B. Birge;Manuelle Mimouni-Rongy;David E. Weinstein

  • Molecular and Translational Classifications of DAMPs in Immunogenic Cell Death

    Abhishek D. Garg;Lorenzo Galluzzi;Lionel Apetoh;Lionel Apetoh;Thais Baert

  • Phosphatidylserine recognition by phagocytes: a view to a kill

    Yi Wu;Nitu Tibrewal;Raymond B. Birge

  • Crk and CrkL adaptor proteins: networks for physiological and pathological signaling

    Raymond B Birge;Charalampos Kalodimos;Fuyuhiko Inagaki;Shinya Tanaka

  • Integrin-mediated Activation of Focal Adhesion Kinase Is Required for Signaling to Jun NH2-terminal Kinase and Progression through the G1 Phase of the Cell Cycle

    Maja Oktay;Maja Oktay;Kishore K. Wary;Michael Dans;Raymond B. Birge

  • Identification and characterization of a high-affinity interaction between v-Crk and tyrosine-phosphorylated paxillin in CT10-transformed fibroblasts.

    R. B. Birge;J. E. Fajardo;C. Reichman;S. E. Shoelson

  • A role for Mer tyrosine kinase in αvβ5 integrin-mediated phagocytosis of apoptotic cells

    Yi Wu;Sukhwinder Singh;Maria-Magdalena Georgescu;Raymond B. Birge

  • ROCK and mDia1 antagonize in Rho-dependent Rac activation in Swiss 3T3 fibroblasts

    Takahiro Tsuji;Toshimasa Ishizaki;Muneo Okamoto;Chiharu Higashida

  • The opsonin MFG-E8 is a ligand for the αvβ5 integrin and triggers DOCK180-dependent Rac1 activation for the phagocytosis of apoptotic cells

    Shin Akakura;Sukhwinder Singh;Matthew Spataro;Reiko Akakura

  • Proline cis-trans Isomerization Controls Autoinhibition of a Signaling Protein

    Paramita Sarkar;Charles Reichman;Tamjeed Saleh;Raymond B. Birge

  • Receptor Tyrosine Kinases, TYRO3, AXL, and MER, Demonstrate Distinct Patterns and Complex Regulation of Ligand-induced Activation

    Wen I. Tsou;Khanh Quynh N. Nguyen;Daniel A. Calarese;Scott J. Garforth

  • v-Crk Modulation of Growth Factor-induced PC12 Cell Differentiation Involves the Src Homology 2 Domain of v-Crk and Sustained Activation of the Ras/Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Pathway

    K. K. Teng;H. Lander;Jorge E. Fajardo;H. Hanafusa

  • Innate apoptotic immunity: the calming touch of death

    R B Birge;D S Ucker

  • Macrophage MerTK Promotes Liver Fibrosis in Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis.

    Bishuang Cai;Paola Dongiovanni;Kathleen E. Corey;Xiaobo Wang

  • Autophosphorylation Docking Site Tyr-867 in Mer Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Allows for Dissociation of Multiple Signaling Pathways for Phagocytosis of Apoptotic Cells and Down-modulation of Lipopolysaccharide-inducible NF-κB Transcriptional Activation

    Nitu Tibrewal;Yi Wu;Veera D'mello;Reiko Akakura

  • SH2 and SH3‐containing adaptor proteins: redundant or independent mediators of intracellular signal transduction

    Raymond B. Birge;Beatrice S. Knudsen;Daniel Besser;Hidesaburo Hanafusa

Frequent Co-Authors

Hidesaburo Hanafusa
Hidesaburo Hanafusa Osaka Bioscience Institute
Barbara L. Hempstead
Barbara L. Hempstead Cornell University
Hong Li
Hong Li Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Bruce J. Mayer
Bruce J. Mayer University of Connecticut
Ira Tabas
Ira Tabas Columbia University
Steven E. Shoelson
Steven E. Shoelson Harvard University
Shuh Narumiya
Shuh Narumiya Kyoto University
Toshimasa Ishizaki
Toshimasa Ishizaki Oita University
Ming O. Li
Ming O. Li Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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