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Overview

Russell Ross was a researcher affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research contributions focused primarily on the fields of immunology and microbiology.

Their work centered on the subfield of immunology, with a particular emphasis on topics related to phagocytosis and immune regulation. Ross's research explored mechanisms of immune response and interactions with pathogens at the cellular level.

Throughout their career, Ross published in the venue bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), contributing to the scientific discourse with at least one notable paper. This publication was titled Unique recognition, phagocytosis, and intracellular survival of Cryptococcus neoformans in a human immortalized microglia cell line, published in 2025.

Ross collaborated with several coauthors over their research activities. Frequent collaborators included:

  • Kassandra Arias-Parbul
  • Zane M. Douglass
  • Katrina L. Adams
  • Felipe H. Santiago-Tirado

Their main research topics reflected a specialized focus in the immune system's mechanisms related to pathogen recognition and clearance, particularly through phagocytosis and regulation of immune responses.

Best Publications

  • Atherosclerosis — An Inflammatory Disease

    Russell Ross

  • The pathogenesis of atherosclerosis: a perspective for the 1990s

    Russell Ross

  • The Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis — An Update

    Russell Ross

  • The pathogenesis of atherosclerosis (first of two parts).

    Russell Ross;John A. Glomset

  • A Platelet-Dependent Serum Factor That Stimulates the Proliferation of Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells In Vitro

    Russell Ross;John Glomset;Beverly Kariya;Laurence Harker

  • The biology of platelet-derived growth factor

    Russell Ross;Elaine W. Raines;Daniel F. Bowen-Pope

  • The Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis

    Russell Ross

  • The smooth muscle cell. II. Growth of smooth muscle in culture and formation of elastic fibers.

    Russell Ross

  • The smooth muscle cell in culture

    J. Chamley-Campbell;G. R. Campbell;R. Ross

  • ApoE-deficient mice develop lesions of all phases of atherosclerosis throughout the arterial tree.

    Yutaka Nakashima;Andrew S. Plump;Elaine W. Raines;Jan L. Breslow

  • Atherosclerosis and the arterial smooth muscle cell: Proliferation of smooth muscle is a key event in the genesis of the lesions of atherosclerosis.

    Russell Ross;John A. Glomset

  • Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease

    Russell Ross

  • The pathogenesis of atherosclerosis (second of two parts).

    Russell Ross;John A. Glomset

  • Cell biology of atherosclerosis

    Russell Ross

  • Platelet-Derived Growth Factor

    Russell Ross

  • Inhibition of Neointimal Smooth Muscle Accumulation After Angioplasty by an Antibody to PDGF

    Gordon A. A. Ferns;Elaine W. Raines;Katherine H. Sprugel;Alykhan S. Motani

  • Studies of hypercholesterolemia in the nonhuman primate. I. Changes that lead to fatty streak formation.

    A Faggiotto;R Ross;L Harker

  • Expression and secretion of type beta transforming growth factor by activated human macrophages

    Richard K. Assoian;Barbara E. Fleurdelys;Henry C. Stevenson;Paul J. Miller

  • Upregulation of VCAM-1 and ICAM-1 at Atherosclerosis-Prone Sites on the Endothelium in the ApoE-Deficient Mouse

    Yutaka Nakashima;Elaine W. Raines;Andrew S. Plump;Jan L. Breslow

  • PDGF and FGF stimulate wound healing in the genetically diabetic mouse.

    David G Greenhalgh;Katherine H. Sprugel;Mark J. Murray;Russell Ross

Frequent Co-Authors

Elaine W. Raines
Elaine W. Raines University of Washington
Daniel F. Bowen-Pope
Daniel F. Bowen-Pope University of Washington
John A. Glomset
John A. Glomset University of Washington
Laurence A. Harker
Laurence A. Harker Emory University
Stephen M. Schwartz
Stephen M. Schwartz University of Washington
Earl P. Benditt
Earl P. Benditt University of Washington
Gordon A. Ferns
Gordon A. Ferns Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Chun Yuan
Chun Yuan University of Utah
Alan Chait
Alan Chait University of Washington
Paul Bornstein
Paul Bornstein University of Washington

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