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Rebecca L. O'Brien is a researcher affiliated with National Jewish Health in the United States. Their work spans multiple fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Immunology and Microbiology, and Medicine. Their research contributions are distributed across related subfields such as Immunology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Global and Planetary Change, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their primary research topics focus on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, Genetic diversity and population structure, Gastrointestinal motility and disorders, and Identification and Quantification in Food.

Rebecca L. O'Brien has published papers in several scientific journals, including:

  • "Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Secreting L-Cells Coupled to Sensory Nerves Translate Microbial Signals to the Host Rat Nervous System" (2020) in Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
  • "Two functionally distinct subsets of IL-17 producing γδ T cells" (2020) in Immunological Reviews
  • "The genome sequence of the giant clam, Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)" (2024) in Wellcome Open Research
  • "A Distinctive γδ T Cell Repertoire in NOD Mice Weakens Immune Regulation and Favors Diabetic Disease" (2022) in Biomolecules
  • "The genome sequence of a heart cockle, Fragum fragum (Linnaeus, 1758)" (2024) in Wellcome Open Research

Their frequent publication venues include:

  • Wellcome Open Research
  • CrystEngComm
  • Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
  • Immunological Reviews
  • Biomolecules

Among their collaborators, common coauthors are Graeme Oatley, Elizabeth Sinclair, Eerik Aunin, Noah Gettle, and Camilla Santos. Each of these coauthors has appeared in multiple joint publications with Rebecca L. O'Brien.

Best Publications

  • Gammadelta T cell effector functions: a blend of innate programming and acquired plasticity.

    Marc Bonneville;Rebecca L. O'Brien;Willi K. Born

  • Stimulation of a major subset of lymphocytes expressing T cell receptor γδ by an antigen derived from mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Rebecca L. O'Brien;Mary Pat Happ;Angela Dallas;Ed Palmer

  • Essential Role of IL-17A in the Formation of a Mycobacterial Infection-Induced Granuloma in the Lung

    Yuko Okamoto Yoshida;Masayuki Umemura;Ayano Yahagi;Rebecca L. O’Brien

  • γδ T cells: an important source of IL-17

    Christina L Roark;Philip L Simonian;Andrew P Fontenot;Willi K Born

  • IL-17A Produced by γδ T Cells Plays a Critical Role in Innate Immunity against Listeria monocytogenes Infection in the Liver

    Satoru Hamada;Masayuki Umemura;Takeru Shiono;Kensho Tanaka

  • Exacerbation of Collagen-Induced Arthritis by Oligoclonal, IL-17-Producing γδ T Cells

    Christina L. Roark;Jena D. French;Molly A. Taylor;Alison M. Bendele

  • Recognition of a peptide antigen by heat shock--reactive gamma delta T lymphocytes.

    Willi Born;Lisa Hall;Angela Dallas;Joel Boymel

  • Recognition of heat shock proteins and γΔ cell function

    Willi Born;Mary Pat Happ;Angela Dallas;Christopher Reardon

  • γδ T cells protect against lung fibrosis via IL-22

    Philip L. Simonian;Fabian Wehrmann;Christina L. Roark;Willi K. Born

  • Immunoregulatory functions of gamma delta T cells

    Willi Born;Carol Cady;Jessica Jones-Carson;Akiko Mukasa

  • Immune protection and control of inflammatory tissue necrosis by gamma delta T cells.

    Yang Xin Fu;Christina Ellis Roark;Katherine Kelly;Douglas Drevets

  • The function of γδ T cells in innate immunity

    Willi K Born;Christopher L Reardon;Rebecca L O’Brien

  • Negative regulation of airway responsiveness that is dependent on gammadelta T cells and independent of alphabeta T cells.

    Michael Lahn;Arihiko Kanehiro;Katsuyuki Takeda;Anthony Joetham

  • Heat shock protein Hsp60-reactive gamma delta cells: a large, diversified T-lymphocyte subset with highly focused specificity

    Rebecca L. O'brien;Yang Xin Fu;Robin Cranfill;Angela Dallas

  • IL-17-producing gammadelta T cells.

    Rebecca L. O'Brien;Christina L. Roark;Willi K. Born

  • Th17-Polarized Immune Response in a Murine Model of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis and Lung Fibrosis

    Philip L. Simonian;Christina L. Roark;Fabian Wehrmann;Allison K. Lanham

  • Limited diversity of T-cell receptor gamma-chain expression of murine Thy-1+ dendritic epidermal cells revealed by V gamma 3-specific monoclonal antibody

    Wendy L. Havran;Stanley Grell;Gail Duwe;John Kimura

  • V gamma 1+ T cells suppress and V gamma 4+ T cells promote susceptibility to coxsackievirus B3-induced myocarditis in mice.

    S A Huber;D Graveline;M K Newell;W K Born

  • Different Potentials of γδ T Cell Subsets in Regulating Airway Responsiveness: Vγ1+ Cells, but Not Vγ4+ Cells, Promote Airway Hyperreactivity, Th2 Cytokines, and Airway Inflammation

    Youn-Soo Hahn;Christian Taube;Niyun Jin;Laura Sharp

  • Limited receptor repertoire in a mycobacteria-reactive subset of γδ T lymphocytes

    Mary Pat Happ;Ralph T. Kubo;Ed Palmer;Willi K. Born

Frequent Co-Authors

Willi K. Born
Willi K. Born University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Henry J. Kaplan
Henry J. Kaplan University of Louisville
Erwin W. Gelfand
Erwin W. Gelfand University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Koichi Ikuta
Koichi Ikuta Kyoto University
Yang-Xin Fu
Yang-Xin Fu Tsinghua University
Andrew P. Fontenot
Andrew P. Fontenot University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Katsuyuki Takeda
Katsuyuki Takeda National Jewish Health
Ralph T. Kubo
Ralph T. Kubo Johns Hopkins University
Simon R. Carding
Simon R. Carding University of East Anglia
Sally A. Huber
Sally A. Huber University of Vermont

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