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22820
World Ranking
1630
National Ranking
812

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - AAI-BioLegend Herzenberg Award, American Association of Immunologists
  • 2019 - Distinguished Fellows of the American Association of Immunologists (AAI)

Overview

Susan K. Pierce is affiliated with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a focus on subfields including Immunology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, Physiology, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Complement system in diseases
  • Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology
  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Blood properties and coagulation
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Susan K. Pierce include:

  • "Longitudinal analysis of naturally acquired PfEMP1 CIDR domain variant antibodies identifies associations with malaria protection," 2020, JCI Insight
  • "Desperately Seeking Therapies for Cerebral Malaria," 2020, The Journal of Immunology
  • "B cell responses to membrane-presented antigens require the function of the mechanosensitive cation channel Piezo1," 2023, Science Signaling
  • "The tangled web of autoreactive B cells in malaria immunity and autoimmune disease," 2022, Trends in Parasitology
  • "DON in pediatric cerebral malaria, a phase I/IIA dose-escalation safety study: study protocol for a clinical trial," 2024, Trials

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Susan K. Pierce are:

  • Louis H. Miller
  • Kihyuck Kwak
  • Haewon Sohn
  • Rachel George
  • Charles Torgbor

They commonly publish in the following venues:

  • The Journal of Immunology
  • JCI Insight
  • Science Signaling
  • Trends in Parasitology
  • Trials

Susan K. Pierce has received the following awards:

  • AAI-BioLegend Herzenberg Award, American Association of Immunologists, 2020
  • Distinguished Fellows of the American Association of Immunologists (AAI), 2019

Best Publications

  • Chronic active B-cell-receptor signalling in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

    R. Eric Davis;Vu N. Ngo;Georg Lenz;Pavel Tolar

  • Location is Everything: Lipid Rafts and Immune Cell Signaling*

    Michelle Dykstra;Anu Cherukuri;Hae Won Sohn;Shiang-Jong Tzeng

  • A Role for Lipid Rafts in B Cell Antigen Receptor Signaling and Antigen Targeting

    Paul C. Cheng;Michelle L. Dykstra;Richard N. Mitchell;Susan K. Pierce

  • B cell memory: building two walls of protection against pathogens

    Munir Akkaya;Kihyuck Kwak;Susan K. Pierce

  • Atypical memory B cells are greatly expanded in individuals living in a malaria-endemic area

    Greta E. Weiss;Peter D. Crompton;Shanping Li;Laura A. Walsh

  • A prospective analysis of the Ab response to Plasmodium falciparum before and after a malaria season by protein microarray.

    Peter D Crompton;Matthew A Kayala;Boubacar Traore;Kassoum Kayentao

  • Lipid rafts and B-cell activation.

    Susan K. Pierce

  • A peptide binding protein having a role in antigen presentation is a member of the HSP70 heat shock family.

    A Vanbuskirk;B L Crump;E Margoliash;S K Pierce

  • Malaria immunity in man and mosquito: insights into unsolved mysteries of a deadly infectious disease.

    Peter D Crompton;Jacqueline Moebius;Silvia Portugal;Michael Waisberg

  • Advances and challenges in malaria vaccine development

    Peter D. Crompton;Susan K. Pierce;Louis H. Miller

  • Chronic Exposure to Plasmodium falciparum Is Associated with Phenotypic Evidence of B and T Cell Exhaustion

    Joseph Illingworth;Noah S. Butler;Sophie Roetynck;Sophie Roetynck;Jedida Mwacharo

  • The B cell receptor governs the subcellular location of Toll-like receptor 9 leading to hyperresponses to DNA-containing antigens.

    Akanksha Chaturvedi;David Dorward;Susan K. Pierce

  • Malaria-associated atypical memory B cells exhibit markedly reduced B cell receptor signaling and effector function

    Silvia Portugal;Christopher M. Tipton;Haewon Sohn;Younoussou Kone

  • The constant region of the membrane immunoglobulin mediates B cell-receptor clustering and signaling in response to membrane antigens.

    Pavel Tolar;Joseph Hanna;Peter D. Krueger;Susan K. Pierce

  • The initiation of antigen-induced B cell antigen receptor signaling viewed in living cells by fluorescence resonance energy transfer.

    Pavel Tolar;Hae Won Sohn;Susan K Pierce

  • The CD19/CD21 complex functions to prolong B cell antigen receptor signaling from lipid rafts

    Anu Cherukuri;Paul C. Cheng;Hae Won Sohn;Susan K. Pierce

  • The Plasmodium falciparum-Specific Human Memory B Cell Compartment Expands Gradually with Repeated Malaria Infections

    Greta E Weiss;Boubacar Zan Traoré;Kassoum Kayentao;Aissata Ongoiba

  • Floating the raft hypothesis: lipid rafts play a role in immune cell activation.

    Anu Cherukuri;Michelle Dykstra;Susan K Pierce

  • Lipid Rafts Unite Signaling Cascades with Clathrin to Regulate BCR Internalization

    Angela Stoddart;Michelle L Dykstra;Bruce K Brown;Wenxia Song

  • Separation of subcellular compartments containing distinct functional forms of MHC class II.

    Yin Qiu;Xiaoxing Xu;A. Wandinger-Ness;D. P. Dalke

  • The B cell receptor governs the subcellular location of Toll-like receptor 9 leading to hyper-responses to DNA-containing antigens

    Akanksha Chaturvedi;Susan Pierce

Frequent Co-Authors

Louis H. Miller
Louis H. Miller National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Peter D. Crompton
Peter D. Crompton National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Wanli Liu
Wanli Liu Tsinghua University
Nancy A. Speck
Nancy A. Speck University of Pennsylvania
Norman R. Klinman
Norman R. Klinman Scripps Research Institute
Ogobara K. Doumbo
Ogobara K. Doumbo University of Bamako
David L. Narum
David L. Narum National Institutes of Health
Silvia Bolland
Silvia Bolland National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
David W. Dorward
David W. Dorward National Institutes of Health
Kazutoyo Miura
Kazutoyo Miura National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

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