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2082
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1019

Overview

Theresa L. Murphy is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on immunology and microbiology, with specific work concentrated in the fields of immunology, oncology, molecular biology, genetics, and dermatology.

Their published work covers multiple topics related to immune system functions and disorders, including immunotherapy and immune responses, T-cell and B-cell immunology, immune cell function and interaction, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, diabetes and associated disorders, dermatology and skin diseases, and tryptophan and brain disorders.

Notable recent papers by or involving Murphy include:

  • cDC1 prime and are licensed by CD4+ T cells to induce anti-tumour immunity, 2020, Nature
  • Dendritic cells in cancer immunology, 2021, Cellular and Molecular Immunology
  • Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 activation in mature cDC1 promotes tolerogenic education of inflammatory cDC2 via metabolic communication, 2022, Immunity
  • Mechanisms of CD40-dependent cDC1 licensing beyond costimulation, 2022, Nature Immunology
  • Bcl6, Irf2, and Notch2 promote nonclassical monocyte development, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Murphy collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Kenneth M. Murphy, Tiantian Liu, Sun Kyung Kim, Stephen T. Ferris, and Renee Wu.

Their work has been published extensively in a range of scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues are The Journal of Immunology, Nature Immunology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Investigative Dermatology, and Nature.

Best Publications

  • Interleukin 17–producing CD4 + effector T cells develop via a lineage distinct from the T helper type 1 and 2 lineages

    Laurie E Harrington;Robin D Hatton;Paul R Mangan;Henrietta Turner

  • Batf3 Deficiency Reveals a Critical Role for CD8α+ Dendritic Cells in Cytotoxic T Cell Immunity

    Kai Hildner;Brian T. Edelson;Whitney E. Purtha;Mark Diamond

  • T-bet is a STAT1-induced regulator of IL-12R expression in naïve CD4+ T cells

    Maryam Afkarian;John R. Sedy;Jianfei Yang;Nils G. Jacobson

  • BTLA is a lymphocyte inhibitory receptor with similarities to CTLA-4 and PD-1.

    Norihiko Watanabe;Norihiko Watanabe;Maya Gavrieli;John R Sedy;Jianfei Yang;Jianfei Yang

  • Inhibition of Th1 Development Mediated by GATA-3 through an IL-4-Independent Mechanism

    Wenjun Ouyang;Sheila H Ranganath;Kathryn Weindel;Deepta Bhattacharya

  • Peripheral CD103+ dendritic cells form a unified subset developmentally related to CD8α+ conventional dendritic cells

    Brian T. Edelson;Wumesh Kc;Richard Juang;Masako Kohyama

  • Signaling and Transcription in T Helper Development

    Kenneth M. Murphy;Wenjun Ouyang;J. David Farrar;Jianfei Yang

  • B and T lymphocyte attenuator regulates T cell activation through interaction with herpesvirus entry mediator.

    John R Sedy;Maya Gavrieli;Karen G Potter;Michelle A Hurchla

  • Regulation of interleukin 12 p40 expression through an NF-kappa B half-site.

    T L Murphy;M G Cleveland;P Kulesza;J Magram

  • Zbtb46 expression distinguishes classical dendritic cells and their committed progenitors from other immune lineages

    Ansuman T. Satpathy;Wumesh Kc;Jörn C. Albring;Brian T. Edelson

  • The AP-1 transcription factor Batf controls TH17 differentiation

    Barbara U. Schraml;Kai Hildner;Wataru Ise;Wan-Ling Lee

  • Role for Spi-C in the development of red pulp macrophages and splenic iron homeostasis

    Masako Kohyama;Wataru Ise;Brian T. Edelson;Peter R. Wilker

  • cDC1 prime and are licensed by CD4+ T cells to induce anti-tumour immunity

    Stephen T. Ferris;Vivek Durai;Vivek Durai;Renee Wu;Derek J. Theisen

  • BATF–JUN is critical for IRF4-mediated transcription in T cells

    Peng Li;Rosanne Spolski;Wei Liao;Lu Wang

  • Notch2-dependent classical dendritic cells orchestrate intestinal immunity to attaching-and-effacing bacterial pathogens

    Ansuman T. Satpathy;Carlos G. Briseño;Jacob S. Lee;Dennis Ng

  • Specificity through cooperation: BATF-IRF interactions control immune-regulatory networks

    Theresa L. Murphy;Roxane Tussiwand;Kenneth M. Murphy

  • Compensatory dendritic cell development mediated by BATF–IRF interactions

    Roxane Tussiwand;Wan-Ling Lee;Theresa L. Murphy;Mona Mashayekhi

  • Lipoteichoic acid preparations of gram-positive bacteria induce interleukin-12 through a CD14-dependent pathway.

    M G Cleveland;J D Gorham;T L Murphy;E Tuomanen

  • CD8α+ dendritic cells are the critical source of interleukin-12 that controls acute infection by Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites

    Mona Mashayekhi;Michelle M. Sandau;Ildiko R. Dunay;Eva M. Frickel

  • Heme-Mediated SPI-C Induction Promotes Monocyte Differentiation into Iron-Recycling Macrophages

    Malay Haldar;Masako Kohyama;Alex Yick Lun So;Wumesh Kc

  • Transcriptional Control of Dendritic Cell Development

    Theresa L. Murphy;Gary E. Grajales-Reyes;Xiaodi Wu;Roxane Tussiwand

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth M. Murphy
Kenneth M. Murphy Washington University in St. Louis
Ansuman T. Satpathy
Ansuman T. Satpathy Stanford University
Wenjun Ouyang
Wenjun Ouyang Amgen (United States)
Robert D. Schreiber
Robert D. Schreiber Washington University in St. Louis
Marco Colonna
Marco Colonna Washington University in St. Louis
L. David Sibley
L. David Sibley Washington University in St. Louis
Emil R. Unanue
Emil R. Unanue Washington University in St. Louis
Michel C. Nussenzweig
Michel C. Nussenzweig Rockefeller University
Klaus Pfeffer
Klaus Pfeffer Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Hiroshi Nakajima
Hiroshi Nakajima Chiba University

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