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47
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15807
World Ranking
18549
National Ranking
7576

Overview

Terry K. Means is affiliated with Sanofi in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of immunology and microbiology, with additional work in medicine. Their research spans several subfields including immunology, molecular biology, nephrology, epidemiology, and rheumatology.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics, notably:

  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Dialysis and Renal Disease Management

Terry K. Means has published in various scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Science Translational Medicine
  • Science Advances
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Biofabrication

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Means include:

  • "Immune correlates of tuberculosis disease and risk translate across species," 2020, Science Translational Medicine
  • "Linking indirect effects of cytomegalovirus in transplantation to modulation of monocyte innate immune function," 2020, Science Advances
  • "SCARF1-Induced Efferocytosis Plays an Immunomodulatory Role in Humans, and Autoantibodies Targeting SCARF1 Are Produced in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus," 2022, The Journal of Immunology
  • "An immunocompetent human kidney on-a-chip model to study renal inflammation and immune-mediated injury," 2024, Biofabrication
  • "A pan-family screen of nuclear receptors in immunocytes reveals ligand-dependent inflammasome control," 2024, Immunity

Frequent collaborators include Virginia Savova, Mouly F. Rahman, Joseph El Khoury, Andrew D. Luster, and April Jorge.

Best Publications

  • The microglial sensome revealed by direct RNA sequencing

    Suzanne E Hickman;Nathan D Kingery;Toshiro K Ohsumi;Mark L Borowsky

  • Toll-like receptors stimulate human neutrophil function

    Fumitaka Hayashi;Terry K. Means;Andrew D. Luster

  • In vivo imaging of specialized bone marrow endothelial microdomains for tumour engraftment

    Dorothy A. Sipkins;Xunbin Wei;Juwell W. Wu;Judith M. Runnels

  • Human lupus autoantibody–DNA complexes activate DCs through cooperation of CD32 and TLR9

    Terry K. Means;Eicke Latz;Fumitaka Hayashi;Mandakolathur R. Murali

  • Toll-like receptor 4 imparts ligand-specific recognition of bacterial lipopolysaccharide

    Egil Lien;Terry K. Means;Holger Heine;Atsutoshi Yoshimura

  • Reduced atherosclerosis in MyD88-null mice links elevated serum cholesterol levels to activation of innate immunity signaling pathways.

    Harry Björkbacka;Vidya V Kunjathoor;Kathryn J Moore;Stephanie Koehn

  • CD36 Mediates the Innate Host Response to β-Amyloid

    Joseph B. El Khoury;Kathryn J. Moore;Terry K. Means;Josephine Leung

  • Different Toll-like receptor agonists induce distinct macrophage responses

    Bryan W. Jones;Terry K. Means;Kurt A. Heldwein;Marc A. Keen

  • The Toll-Like Receptor 5 Stimulus Bacterial Flagellin Induces Maturation and Chemokine Production in Human Dendritic Cells

    Terry K. Means;Fumitaka Hayashi;Kelly D. Smith;Kelly D. Smith;Alan Aderem

  • The biology of Toll-like receptors

    Terry K. Means;Douglas T. Golenbock;Matthew J. Fenton

  • Differential Effects of a Toll-Like Receptor Antagonist on Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Induced Macrophage Responses

    Terry K. Means;Bryan W. Jones;Andra B. Schromm;Beth A. Shurtleff

  • A Consensus Definitive Classification of Scavenger Receptors and Their Roles in Health and Disease

    Mercy R. PrabhuDas;Cynthia L. Baldwin;Paul L. Bollyky;Dawn M.E. Bowdish

  • Bacterial c-di-GMP Is an Immunostimulatory Molecule

    David K R Karaolis;Terry K Means;De Yang;Munehisa Takahashi

  • Evolutionarily conserved recognition and innate immunity to fungal pathogens by the scavenger receptors SCARF1 and CD36

    Terry K. Means;Terry K. Means;Eleftherios Mylonakis;Emmanouil Tampakakis;Richard A. Colvin

  • CD1d-restricted NKT cells express a chemokine receptor profile indicative of Th1-type inflammatory homing cells.

    Seddon Y. Thomas;Runhua Hou;Jonathan E. Boyson;Terry K. Means

  • Standardizing scavenger receptor nomenclature

    Mercy PrabhuDas;Dawn Bowdish;Kurt Drickamer;Maria Febbraio

  • An inflammatory checkpoint regulates recruitment of graft-versus-host reactive T cells to peripheral tissues

    Ronjon Chakraverty;Daniel Côté;Jennifer Buchli;Pete Cotter

  • The scavenger receptor SCARF1 mediates the clearance of apoptotic cells and prevents autoimmunity

    Zaida G Ramirez-Ortiz;William F Pendergraft;William F Pendergraft;Amit Prasad;Michael H Byrne

  • Structure and function of Toll-like receptor proteins.

    Terry K. Means;Douglas T. Golenbock;Matthew J. Fenton

  • IFN-inducible protein 10/CXC chemokine ligand 10-independent induction of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.

    Robyn S. Klein;Leonid Izikson;Terry Means;Hilary D. Gibson

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew D. Luster
Andrew D. Luster Harvard University
Nir Hacohen
Nir Hacohen Harvard University
Edwin P. Alyea
Edwin P. Alyea Harvard University
Robert J. Soiffer
Robert J. Soiffer Harvard University
Christian Brander
Christian Brander University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia
Megan Sykes
Megan Sykes Columbia University
Catherine J. Wu
Catherine J. Wu Harvard University
Jerome Ritz
Jerome Ritz Harvard University
Kathryn J. Moore
Kathryn J. Moore New York University Langone Medical Center
Vincent Plagnol
Vincent Plagnol University College London

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