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Overview

Thomas R. Hawn is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research spans multiple core fields including Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a particular focus on infectious diseases and immune system functions.

The scientist's work prominently covers the following main topics:

  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders
  • Immune responses and vaccinations
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Thomas R. Hawn are:

  • "Clinical Development of New TB Vaccines: Recent Advances and Next Steps," 2020, published in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Latent Tuberculosis Infection and Subclinical Coronary Atherosclerosis in Peru and Uganda," 2020, published in Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • "Monocyte Transcriptional Responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Associate with Resistance to Tuberculin Skin Test and Interferon Gamma Release Assay Conversion," 2022, published in mSphere
  • "Specific CD4+ T cell phenotypes associate with bacterial control in people who 'resist' infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis," 2024, published in Nature Immunology
  • "Kimma: flexible linear mixed effects modeling with kinship covariance for RNA-seq data," 2023, published in Bioinformatics

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Thomas R. Hawn include:

  • Catherine M. Stein
  • W. Henry Boom
  • Harriet Mayanja-Kizza
  • Kimberly A. Dill-McFarland
  • Glenna J. Peterson

Thomas R. Hawn's publications are often found in specialized venues aligned with immunology, infectious diseases, and biomedical research. Key publication sources include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • PLoS ONE
  • Nature Immunology

The subfields of study for this researcher are primarily:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Immunology
  • Epidemiology
  • Surgery
  • Molecular Biology

Best Publications

  • The innate immune response to bacterial flagellin is mediated by Toll-like receptor 5.

    Fumitaka Hayashi;Kelly D. Smith;Adrian Ozinsky;Thomas R. Hawn;Thomas R. Hawn

  • A Common Dominant TLR5 Stop Codon Polymorphism Abolishes Flagellin Signaling and Is Associated with Susceptibility to Legionnaires' Disease

    Thomas R. Hawn;Annelies Verbon;Annelies Verbon;Kamilla D. Lettinga;Lue Ping Zhao

  • Pyogenic Bacterial Infections in Humans with IRAK-4 Deficiency

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  • Toll-Like Receptor-4 Mediates Vascular Inflammation and Insulin Resistance in Diet-Induced Obesity

    Francis Kim;Matilda Pham;Ian Luttrell;Douglas D. Bannerman

  • Host Genotype-Specific Therapies Can Optimize the Inflammatory Response to Mycobacterial Infections

    David M. Tobin;Francisco J. Roca;Sungwhan F. Oh;Ross McFarland

  • The influence of host and bacterial genotype on the development of disseminated disease with Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Maxine Caws;Maxine Caws;Guy Thwaites;Sarah Dunstan;Sarah Dunstan;Thomas R. Hawn

  • The lta4h Locus Modulates Susceptibility to Mycobacterial Infection in Zebrafish and Humans

    David M. Tobin;Jay C. Vary;John P. Ray;Gregory S. Walsh

  • Bacteriophage trigger antiviral immunity and prevent clearance of bacterial infection

    Johanna M. Sweere;Jonas D. Van Belleghem;Heather Ishak;Michelle S. Bach

  • Toll-like receptor polymorphisms and susceptibility to human disease

    E. Ann Misch;Thomas R. Hawn

  • Cutting Edge: A Toll-Like Receptor 2 Polymorphism That Is Associated with Lepromatous Leprosy Is Unable to Mediate Mycobacterial Signaling

    Pierre-Yves Bochud;Thomas R. Hawn;Thomas R. Hawn;Alan Aderem;Alan Aderem

  • Immunological mechanisms of human resistance to persistent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

    Jason D. Simmons;Catherine Marie Stein;Chetan Seshadri;Monica Campo

  • COMPASS identifies T-cell subsets correlated with clinical outcomes

    Lin Lin;Greg Finak;Kevin Ushey;Chetan Seshadri

  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis, macrophages, and the innate immune response: does common variation matter?

    William R. Berrington;Thomas R. Hawn

  • IFN-γ-independent immune markers of Mycobacterium tuberculosis exposure.

    Lenette L. Lu;Lenette L. Lu;Malisa T. Smith;Krystle K. Q. Yu;Corinne Luedemann

  • Toll-Like Receptor Polymorphisms and Susceptibility to Urinary Tract Infections in Adult Women

    Thomas R. Hawn;Delia Scholes;Shuying S. Li;Hongwei Wang

  • Cutting edge: Tlr5-/- mice are more susceptible to Escherichia coli urinary tract infection.

    Erica Andersen-Nissen;Thomas R. Hawn;Kelly D. Smith;Alex Nachman

  • A common human TLR1 polymorphism regulates the innate immune response to lipopeptides

    Thomas R. Hawn;Thomas R. Hawn;E. Ann Misch;Sarah J. Dunstan;Guy E. Thwaites

  • Toll-like receptor 4 polymorphisms are associated with resistance to Legionnaires' disease

    Thomas R. Hawn;Thomas R. Hawn;Annelies Verbon;Annelies Verbon;Marta Janer;Lue Ping Zhao

  • A polymorphism in Toll-interleukin 1 receptor domain containing adaptor protein is associated with susceptibility to meningeal tuberculosis

    Thomas R. Hawn;Thomas R. Hawn;Sarah J. Dunstan;Guy E. Thwaites;Cameron P. Simmons

  • Differential constitutive and cytokine-modulated expression of human Toll-like receptors in primary neutrophils, monocytes, and macrophages.

    D. Shane O'Mahony;Uyenvy Pham;Ramesh Iyer;Thomas R. Hawn

  • A stop codon polymorphism of Toll-like receptor 5 is associated with resistance to systemic lupus erythematosus

    Thomas R. Hawn;Hui Wu;Jennifer M. Grossman;Bevra H. Hahn

Frequent Co-Authors

Shawn J. Skerrett
Shawn J. Skerrett University of Washington
Willem A. Hanekom
Willem A. Hanekom University College London
Alan Aderem
Alan Aderem Seattle Children's Hospital
Sarah J. Dunstan
Sarah J. Dunstan University of Melbourne
Jeremy Farrar
Jeremy Farrar World Health Organization
Thomas J. Scriba
Thomas J. Scriba University of Cape Town
Kelly D. Smith
Kelly D. Smith University of Washington
W. Henry Boom
W. Henry Boom Case Western Reserve University
Guy E. Thwaites
Guy E. Thwaites University of Oxford
Gilla Kaplan
Gilla Kaplan Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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