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Vasileios C. Kyttaris is affiliated with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions in immunology and microbiology. The main subfields of their work include rheumatology, immunology, surgery, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and epidemiology.

The scientist has a substantial body of published work covering topics such as systemic lupus erythematosus research, T-cell and B-cell immunology, immune cell function and interaction, rheumatoid arthritis research and therapies, osteoarthritis treatment and mechanisms, monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research, and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research.

Some of their recent papers include:

  • The CD38/NAD/SIRTUIN1/EZH2 Axis Mitigates Cytotoxic CD8 T Cell Function and Identifies Patients with SLE Prone to Infections (2020, Cell Reports)
  • Splicing factor SRSF1 controls T cell homeostasis and its decreased levels are linked to lymphopenia in systemic lupus erythematosus (2020, Lara D. Veeken)
  • A National Survey of Burnout and Depression Among Fellows Training in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (2020, CHEST Journal)
  • Estrogen-Induced hsa-miR-10b-5p Is Elevated in T Cells From Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Down-Regulates Serine/Arginine-Rich Splicing Factor 1 (2021, Arthritis & Rheumatology)
  • Immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in rituximab-treated patients: Effect of timing and immunologic parameters (2021, Clinical Immunology)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Vasileios C. Kyttaris include:

  • Karen H. Costenbader
  • Mariana J. Kaplan
  • Richard Furie
  • Bonnie L. Bermas
  • Daniel H. Solomon

The scholar's work appears consistently in several publication venues, with the highest number of articles published in:

  • Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • Rheumatology International
  • ACR Open Rheumatology
  • Lara D. Veeken
  • Clinical Immunology

Best Publications

  • Expanded Double Negative T Cells in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Produce IL-17 and Infiltrate the Kidneys

    José C. Crispín;Mohammed Oukka;George Bayliss;Robert A. Cohen

  • Pathogenesis of human systemic lupus erythematosus: recent advances

    José C. Crispín;Stamatis-Nick C. Liossis;Katalin Kis-Toth;Linda A. Lieberman

  • The Role of IL-23/IL-17 Axis in Lupus Nephritis

    Zheng Zhang;Vasileios C. Kyttaris;George C. Tsokos

  • T cells as therapeutic targets in SLE

    José C. Crispín;Vasileios C. Kyttaris;Cox Terhorst;George C. Tsokos

  • Cutting Edge: IL-23 Receptor Deficiency Prevents the Development of Lupus Nephritis in C57BL/6–lpr/lpr Mice

    Vasileios C. Kyttaris;Zheng Zhang;Vijay K. Kuchroo;Vijay K. Kuchroo;Mohamed Oukka;Mohamed Oukka

  • Systemic lupus erythematosus serum IgG increases CREM binding to the IL-2 promoter and suppresses IL-2 production through CaMKIV.

    Yuang-Taung Juang;Ying Wang;Elena E. Solomou;Yansong Li

  • Phosphorylated ERM Is Responsible for Increased T Cell Polarization, Adhesion, and Migration in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Yansong Li;Tatsuhiro Harada;Yuang-Taung Juang;Yuang-Taung Juang;Vasileios C. Kyttaris;Vasileios C. Kyttaris;Vasileios C. Kyttaris

  • Protein phosphatase 2A is a negative regulator of IL-2 production in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

    Christina G. Katsiari;Vasileios C. Kyttaris;Yuang-Taung Juang;George C. Tsokos

  • Stat3 promotes IL-10 expression in lupus T cells through trans-activation and chromatin remodeling

    Christian M. Hedrich;Christian M. Hedrich;Thomas Rauen;Thomas Rauen;Sokratis A. Apostolidis;Alexandros P. Grammatikos

  • Differential expression and molecular associations of Syk in systemic lupus erythematosus T cells.

    Sandeep Krishnan;Yuang Taung Juang;Bhabadeb Chowdhury;Abigail Magilavy

  • The CD38/NAD/SIRTUIN1/EZH2 Axis Mitigates Cytotoxic CD8 T Cell Function and Identifies Patients with SLE Prone to Infections.

    Eri Katsuyama;Abel Suarez-Fueyo;Sean J. Bradley;Masayuki Mizui

  • Immune cells and cytokines in systemic lupus erythematosus: an update.

    Vasileios C Kyttaris;Yuang-Taung Juang;George C Tsokos

  • Increased expression of STAT3 in SLE T cells contributes to enhanced chemokine-mediated cell migration.

    Tatsuhiro Harada;Vasileios Kyttaris;Yansong Li;Yuang-Taung Juang

  • How signaling and gene transcription aberrations dictate the systemic lupus erythematosus T cell phenotype

    José C. Crispín;Vasileios C. Kyttaris;Yuang-Taung Juang;George C. Tsokos

  • Increased levels of NF-ATc2 differentially regulate CD154 and IL-2 genes in T cells from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

    Vasileios C. Kyttaris;Ying Wang;Ying Wang;Yuang-Taung Juang;Yuang-Taung Juang;Arthur Weinstein

  • IL-23 Limits the Production of IL-2 and Promotes Autoimmunity in Lupus.

    Hong Dai;Fan He;George C. Tsokos;Vasileios C. Kyttaris

  • cAMP response element modulator α controls IL2 and IL17A expression during CD4 lineage commitment and subset distribution in lupus.

    Christian M. Hedrich;Jose C. Crispin;Thomas Rauen;Christina Ioannidis

  • Glutaminase 1 Inhibition Reduces Glycolysis and Ameliorates Lupus-like Disease in MRL/lpr Mice and Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis.

    Michihito Kono;Nobuya Yoshida;Kayaho Maeda;Abel Suárez‐Fueyo

  • Targeting Syk in Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases

    Guo-Min Deng;Vasileios C. Kyttaris;George C. Tsokos

  • Circulating adiponectin is inversely associated with risk of thyroid cancer: in vivo and in vitro studies.

    Nicholas Mitsiades;Kalliopi Pazaitou-Panayiotou;Konstantinos N. Aronis;Hyun Seuk Moon

  • Increased Caspase-3 Expression and Activity Contribute to Reduced CD3ζ Expression in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus T Cells

    Sandeep Krishnan;Juliann G. Kiang;Carolyn U. Fisher;Madhusoodana P. Nambiar

  • Promoter Hypomethylation Results in Increased Expression of Protein Phosphatase 2A in T Cells from Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Katsue Sunahori;Yuang-Taung Juang;Vasileios C. Kyttaris;George C. Tsokos

Frequent Co-Authors

George C. Tsokos
George C. Tsokos Harvard Medical School
Thomas Rauen
Thomas Rauen RWTH Aachen University
Christian M. Hedrich
Christian M. Hedrich University of Liverpool
Cox Terhorst
Cox Terhorst Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Kenneth S. K. Tung
Kenneth S. K. Tung University of Virginia
Johannes Roth
Johannes Roth University of Münster
Vijay K. Kuchroo
Vijay K. Kuchroo Harvard University
Roderick T. Bronson
Roderick T. Bronson Harvard University
Tanya N. Mayadas
Tanya N. Mayadas Brigham and Women's Hospital
Zhong Yin Zhang
Zhong Yin Zhang Purdue University West Lafayette

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