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Overview

Scott N. Mueller is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia and primarily focuses their research on immunology and microbiology, with significant contributions in medicine. Their work spans across various subfields, including immunology, molecular biology, oncology, neurology, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

Their main research topics consist of:

  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Scott N. Mueller has published extensively, with recent papers including:

  • "Discrete tissue microenvironments instruct diversity in resident memory T cell function and plasticity," 2021, Nature Immunology
  • "Towards targeting the breast cancer immune microenvironment," 2024, Nature Reviews. Cancer
  • "Tissue-resident ductal macrophages survey the mammary epithelium and facilitate tissue remodelling," 2020, Nature Cell Biology
  • "Adrenergic regulation of the vasculature impairs leukocyte interstitial migration and suppresses immune responses," 2021, Immunity
  • "Runx3 drives a CD8+ T cell tissue residency program that is absent in CD4+ T cells," 2022, Nature Immunology

Frequently publishing in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Immunology
  • Cell Reports
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Immunity

Scott N. Mueller collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Yannick O. Alexandre
  • Laura K. Mackay
  • Sapna Devi
  • Susan N. Christo
  • Thomas N. Burn

Best Publications

  • The developmental pathway for CD103(+)CD8+ tissue-resident memory T cells of skin.

    Laura K Mackay;Azad Rahimpour;Joel Z Ma;Nicholas Collins

  • Tissue-resident memory T cells: local specialists in immune defence

    Scott N. Mueller;Scott N. Mueller;Laura K. Mackay;Laura K. Mackay

  • Memory T Cell Subsets, Migration Patterns, and Tissue Residence

    Scott N Mueller;Thomas Gebhardt;Francis R Carbone;William R Heath

  • Long-lived epithelial immunity by tissue-resident memory T (TRM) cells in the absence of persisting local antigen presentation

    Laura K. Mackay;Angus T. Stock;Joel Z. Ma;Claerwen M. Jones

  • Stromal cell contributions to the homeostasis and functionality of the immune system

    Scott N. Mueller;Ronald N. Germain

  • The CD8α+ Dendritic Cell Is Responsible for Inducing Peripheral Self-Tolerance to Tissue-associated Antigens

    Gabrielle T. Belz;Georg M.N. Behrens;Chris M. Smith;Jacques F.A.P. Miller

  • Different patterns of peripheral migration by memory CD4 + and CD8 + T cells

    Thomas Gebhardt;Paul G. Whitney;Ali Zaid;Laura K. Mackay

  • High antigen levels are the cause of T cell exhaustion during chronic viral infection

    Scott N Mueller;Rafi Ahmed

  • Liver-Resident Memory CD8 + T Cells Form a Front-Line Defense against Malaria Liver-Stage Infection.

    Daniel Fernandez-Ruiz;Wei Yi Ng;Wei Yi Ng;Lauren E Holz;Joel Z Ma

  • Tissue-resident memory CD8 + T cells promote melanoma-immune equilibrium in skin

    Simone L Park;Anthony Buzzai;Jai Rautela;Jyh Liang Hor

  • Local proliferation maintains a stable pool of tissue-resident memory T cells after antiviral recall responses.

    Simone L Park;Ali Zaid;Jyh Liang Hor;Susan N Christo

  • Persistence of skin-resident memory T cells within an epidermal niche

    Ali Zaid;Laura K. Mackay;Azad Rahimpour;Asolina Braun

  • Spatiotemporally Distinct Interactions with Dendritic Cell Subsets Facilitates CD4+ and CD8+ T Cell Activation to Localized Viral Infection

    Jyh Liang Hor;Paul G. Whitney;Ali Zaid;Andrew G. Brooks

  • Regulation of Homeostatic Chemokine Expression and Cell Trafficking During Immune Responses

    Scott N. Mueller;Karoline A. Hosiawa-Meagher;Bogumila T. Konieczny;Brandon M. Sullivan

  • Enhancing therapeutic vaccination by blocking PD-1–mediated inhibitory signals during chronic infection

    Sang Jun Ha;Scott N. Mueller;E. John Wherry;Daniel L. Barber

  • Progression of armed CTL from draining lymph node to spleen shortly after localized infection with herpes simplex virus 1

    Richard M. Coles;Scott N. Mueller;William R. Heath;Francis R. Carbone

  • Viral targeting of fibroblastic reticular cells contributes to immunosuppression and persistence during chronic infection

    Scott N. Mueller;Mehrdad Matloubian;Daniel M. Clemens;Arlene H. Sharpe

  • Rapid Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Activation Occurs in the Draining Lymph Nodes After Cutaneous Herpes Simplex Virus Infection as a Result of Early Antigen Presentation and Not the Presence of Virus

    Scott N. Mueller;Claerwen M. Jones;Chris M. Smith;William R. Heath

  • Targeting Antigen to Mouse Dendritic Cells via Clec9A Induces Potent CD4 T Cell Responses Biased toward a Follicular Helper Phenotype

    Mireille H. Lahoud;Fatma Ahmet;Susie Kitsoulis;Soo San Wan

  • Aire regulates the transfer of antigen from mTECs to dendritic cells for induction of thymic tolerance.

    François-Xavier Hubert;Sarah A. Kinkel;Sarah A. Kinkel;Gayle M. Davey;Belinda Phipson

Frequent Co-Authors

William R. Heath
William R. Heath University of Melbourne
Francis R. Carbone
Francis R. Carbone University of Melbourne
Laura K. Mackay
Laura K. Mackay University of Melbourne
Thomas Gebhardt
Thomas Gebhardt University of Melbourne
Irina Caminschi
Irina Caminschi Monash University
Rafi Ahmed
Rafi Ahmed Emory University
Gordon K. Smyth
Gordon K. Smyth Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Sammy Bedoui
Sammy Bedoui University of Melbourne
Ken Shortman
Ken Shortman Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Geoffrey J. Lindeman
Geoffrey J. Lindeman Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

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