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Overview

Stephanie L. James is affiliated with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the United States. Their research spans a range of topics within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with significant contributions in agricultural and biological sciences as well.

The core areas of their research focus include:

  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Genetically Modified Organisms Research
  • Animal Genetics and Reproduction
  • Insect Resistance and Genetics
  • Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience

James's work is grounded in several subfields, including molecular biology, insect science, public health, environmental and occupational health, cognitive neuroscience, and epidemiology.

The scientist has published prolifically in venues such as:

  • Transgenic Research
  • Malaria Journal
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • International Journal of Comparative Psychology
  • Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Recent notable papers include:

  • Toward the Definition of Efficacy and Safety Criteria for Advancing Gene Drive-Modified Mosquitoes to Field Testing (2020, Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases)
  • Regulatory and policy considerations for the implementation of gene drive-modified mosquitoes to prevent malaria transmission (2023, Transgenic Research)
  • Perspectives of African stakeholders on gene drives for malaria control and elimination: a multi-country survey (2023, Malaria Journal)
  • The Promise and Challenge of Genetic Biocontrol Approaches for Malaria Elimination (2023, Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease)
  • A gene drive is a gene drive: the debate over lumping or splitting definitions (2023, Nature Communications)

Frequent collaborators in their research include Brinda Dass, Hector Quemada, David A. O'Brochta, Michael R. Santos, and Fredros O. Okumu.

Best Publications

  • IL-10 inhibits parasite killing and nitrogen oxide production by IFN-gamma-activated macrophages.

    R T Gazzinelli;I P Oswald;S L James;A Sher

  • Funding for malaria genome sequencing

    Stephen L. Hoffman;William H. Bancroft;Gottlieb Michael;Stephanie L. James

  • The microbicidal activity of interferon-gamma-treated macrophages against Trypanosoma cruzi involves an L-arginine-dependent, nitrogen oxide-mediated mechanism inhibitable by interleukin-10 and transforming growth factor-beta.

    Ricardo T. Gazzinelli;Isabel P. Oswald;Sara Hieny;Stephanie L. James

  • Role of T-cell derived cytokines in the downregulation of immune responses in parasitic and retroviral infection.

    Alan Sher;Ricardo T. Gazzinelli;Isabelle P. Oswald;Mario Clerici

  • IL-10 synergizes with IL-4 and transforming growth factor-beta to inhibit macrophage cytotoxic activity.

    I P Oswald;R T Gazzinelli;A Sher;S L James

  • Interleukin 10 inhibits macrophage microbicidal activity by blocking the endogenous production of tumor necrosis factor alpha required as a costimulatory factor for interferon gamma-induced activation.

    Isabelle P. Oswald;Thomas A. Wynn;Alan Sher;Stephanie L. James

  • Macrophage cytotoxicity against schistosomula of Schistosoma mansoni involves arginine-dependent production of reactive nitrogen intermediates.

    S L James;J Glaven

  • Induction of protective immunity against Schistosoma mansoni by vaccination with schistosome paramyosin (Sm97), a nonsurface parasite antigen.

    E J Pearce;S L James;S Hieny;D E Lanar

  • Role of nitric oxide in parasitic infections

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  • Identification of paramyosin as schistosome antigen recognized by intradermally vaccinated mice.

    David E. Lanar;Edward J. Pearce;Stephanie L. James;Alan Sher

  • Pathway to Deployment of Gene Drive Mosquitoes as a Potential Biocontrol Tool for Elimination of Malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recommendations of a Scientific Working Group

    Stephanie James;Frank H. Collins;Philip A. Welkhoff;Claudia Emerson

  • Studies with Double Cytokine-Deficient Mice Reveal That Highly Polarized Th1- and Th2-Type Cytokine and Antibody Responses Contribute Equally to Vaccine-Induced Immunity to Schistosoma mansoni

    Karl F. Hoffmann;Stephanie L. James;Allen W. Cheever;Thomas A. Wynn

  • Optimal vaccination against Schistosoma mansoni requires the induction of both B cell- and IFN-gamma-dependent effector mechanisms.

    Dragana Jankovic;Thomas A. Wynn;Marika C. Kullberg;Sara Hieny

  • Mechanisms of protective immunity against Schistosoma mansoni infection in mice vaccinated with irradiated cercariae. II. Analysis of immunity in hosts deficient in T lymphocytes, B lymphocytes, or complement.

    A Sher;S Hieny;S L James;R Asofsky

  • ELEVATED EXPRESSION OF TH1 CYTOKINES AND NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE IN THE LUNGS OF VACCINATED MICE AFTER CHALLENGE INFECTION WITH SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI

    Thomas A. Wynn;Isabelle P. Oswald;Isam A. Eltoum;Patricia Caspar

  • IL-12 enhances vaccine-induced immunity to schistosomes by augmenting both humoral and cell-mediated immune responses against the parasite.

    T A Wynn;A Reynolds;S James;A W Cheever

  • Endothelial cells are activated by cytokine treatment to kill an intravascular parasite, Schistosoma mansoni, through the production of nitric oxide

    Isabelle P. Oswald;Isam Eltoum;Thomas A. Wynn;Bertrand Schwartz

  • Immunochemical characterization and purification of Sm-97, a Schistosoma mansoni antigen monospecifically recognized by antibodies from mice protectively immunized with a nonliving vaccine.

    E J Pearce;S L James;J Dalton;A Barrall

  • Comparison of Th1- and Th2-associated immune reactivities stimulated by single versus multiple vaccination of mice with irradiated Schistosoma mansoni cercariae.

    Z Caulada-Benedetti;F al-Zamel;A Sher;S James

  • Guidance for contained field trials of vector mosquitoes engineered to contain a gene drive system: recommendations of a scientific working group

    Mark Benedict;Peter D'Abbs;Stephen Dobson;Michael Gottlieb

  • The respiratory burst is not required for killing of intracellular and extracellular parasites by a lymphokine-activated macrophage cell line

    Phillip Scott;Stephanie James;Alan Sher

  • NO as an effector molecule of parasite killing: modulation of its synthesis by cytokines.

    I.P. Oswald;T.A. Wynn;A. Sher;S.L. James

  • Guidance framework for testing of genetically modified mosquitoes

    Mark Benedict;Mike Bonsall;Anthony A James;Stephanie James

  • The role of nitrogen oxides as effector molecules of parasite killing

    S.L. James;J.B. Hibbs

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan Sher
Alan Sher National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Edward J. Pearce
Edward J. Pearce Johns Hopkins University
Sara Hieny
Sara Hieny National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Patricia Caspar
Patricia Caspar National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Thomas A. Wynn
Thomas A. Wynn Pfizer (United States)
Monte S. Meltzer
Monte S. Meltzer Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira
Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Allen W. Cheever
Allen W. Cheever National Institutes of Health
Ricardo T. Gazzinelli
Ricardo T. Gazzinelli Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Anthony A. James
Anthony A. James University of California, Irvine

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