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Overview

Thomas A. Ferguson is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research spans several areas within medicine, with primary contributions in epidemiology, ophthalmology, and molecular biology. Ferguson's work also includes topics related to fluid flow and transfer processes as well as aerospace engineering.

The scientist has made contributions to key topics including:

  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Retinal Diseases and Treatments
  • Connexins and lens biology
  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Molten salt chemistry and electrochemical processes
  • Nuclear reactor physics and engineering
  • Iron and Steelmaking Processes

Ferguson's recent publications reflect a focus on autophagy mechanisms in the eye and retinal health, alongside engineering topics related to nuclear reactor development. Notable papers include:

  • Development of a bench-scale Kroll reactor: Experimental results and preliminary findings, 2025, Results in Engineering
  • Autophagy Regulates Müller Glial Cell Inflammatory Activation, 2025, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
  • Autophagy in the eye: from physiology to pathophysiology, 2023, Autophagy Reports
  • Autophagy activation and photoreceptor survival in retinal detachment, 2021, Experimental Eye Research

Frequent co-authors in Ferguson's research include:

  • David N. Zacks
  • Paloma B. Liton
  • Kathleen Boesze-Battaglia
  • Michael E. Boulton
  • Patricia Boya

Among the publication venues where Ferguson has contributed are:

  • Autophagy Reports
  • Experimental Eye Research
  • Results in Engineering
  • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Fas Ligand-Induced Apoptosis as a Mechanism of Immune Privilege

    Thomas S. Griffith;Thomas Brunner;Sharon M. Fletcher;Douglas R. Green

  • IMMUNOGENIC AND TOLEROGENIC CELL DEATH

    Douglas R. Green;Thomas Ferguson;Laurence Zitvogel;Laurence Zitvogel;Guido Kroemer;Guido Kroemer

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • The Rd8 Mutation of the Crb1 Gene Is Present in Vendor Lines of C57BL/6N Mice and Embryonic Stem Cells, and Confounds Ocular Induced Mutant Phenotypes

    Mary J. Mattapallil;Eric F. Wawrousek;Chi-Chao Chan;Hui Zhao

  • The sepsis seesaw: tilting toward immunosuppression.

    Richard S Hotchkiss;Craig M Coopersmith;Jonathan E McDunn;Thomas A Ferguson

  • Induction of Immunological Tolerance by Apoptotic Cells Requires Caspase-Dependent Oxidation of High-Mobility Group Box-1 Protein

    Hirotaka Kazama;Jean Ehrland Ricci;John M. Herndon;George Hoppe

  • CD95 ligand (FasL)-induced apoptosis is necessary for corneal allograft survival.

    P M Stuart;T S Griffith;N Usui;J Pepose

  • CD95-Induced Apoptosis of Lymphocytes in an Immune Privileged Site Induces Immunological Tolerance

    Thomas S Griffith;Xinhong Yu;John M Herndon;Douglas R Green

  • Noncanonical autophagy promotes the visual cycle

    Ji-Young Kim;Hui Zhao;Jennifer Martinez;Teresa Ann Doggett

  • IL-7 Promotes T Cell Viability, Trafficking, and Functionality and Improves Survival in Sepsis

    Jacqueline Unsinger;Margaret McGlynn;Kevin R. Kasten;Kevin R. Kasten;Andrew S. Hoekzema

  • Fas ligand is positioned in mouse uterus and placenta to prevent trafficking of activated leukocytes between the mother and the conceptus.

    J S Hunt;D Vassmer;T A Ferguson;L Miller

  • The role of Fas ligand in immune privilege

    Douglas R. Green;Thomas A. Ferguson

  • The role of FasL-induced apoptosis in immune privilege

    Thomas S. Griffith;Thomas A. Ferguson

  • Senescence regulates macrophage activation and angiogenic fate at sites of tissue injury in mice

    Jennifer Kelly;Aslam Ali Khan;Jiyi Yin;Thomas A. Ferguson

  • Macrophages Inhibit Neovascularization in a Murine Model of Age-Related Macular Degeneration

    Rajendra S Apte;Jennifer Richter;John Herndon;Thomas A Ferguson

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Mice deficient in IL-1beta manifest impaired contact hypersensitivity to trinitrochlorobenzone.

    L. P. Shornick;P. De Togni;Sanjeev Mariathasan;J. Goellner

  • Antiinflammatory Effects of CD95 Ligand (FasL)-induced Apoptosis

    Yakun Gao;John M. Herndon;Hui Zhang;Thomas S. Griffith

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas S. Griffith
Thomas S. Griffith University of Minnesota
Douglas R. Green
Douglas R. Green St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Richard S. Hotchkiss
Richard S. Hotchkiss Washington University in St. Louis
Henry J. Kaplan
Henry J. Kaplan University of Louisville
Sergio Lavandero
Sergio Lavandero University of Chile
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Daniel J. Klionsky
Daniel J. Klionsky University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Guido Kroemer
Guido Kroemer Université Paris Cité
Maurizio Molinari
Maurizio Molinari Universita della Svizzera Italiana
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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