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Immunology

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Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

W. Conrad Liles is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States and has a research focus primarily within the field of Medicine, with a significant emphasis on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Epidemiology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases. Their body of work encompasses a variety of topics including Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, COVID-19 diagnosis using AI, Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances, and Respiratory Support and Mechanisms.

Their recent publications include:

  • Cytokines in CAR T Cell-Associated Neurotoxicity, 2020, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Comparison of Clinical Features and Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 versus Influenza, 2020, Annals of the American Thoracic Society
  • Mesenchymal stromal (stem) cell therapy modulates miR-193b-5p expression to attenuate sepsis-induced acute lung injury, 2021, European Respiratory Journal
  • Mesenchymal stromal/stem cells modulate response to experimental sepsis-induced lung injury via regulation of miR-27a-5p in recipient mice, 2020, Thorax
  • sTREM-1 predicts mortality in hospitalized patients with infection in a tropical, middle-income country, 2020, BMC Medicine

Frequently publishing in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Critical Care Explorations, Research Square, European Respiratory Journal, and Scientific Reports, Liles has contributed extensively across journals that address critical care, respiratory health, and immunology topics.

W. Conrad Liles often collaborates with a core group of fellow researchers, including Pavan K. Bhatraju, Mark M. Wurfel, Eric D. Morrell, Carmen Mikacenic, and Neha A. Sathe, reflecting a network of cooperative work in clinical and translational research.

The scientist's research topics highlight a multifaceted approach to lung injury, sepsis, and COVID-19, with specific studies on cellular therapies, immune responses, and clinical outcomes in critically ill patient populations. Their investigations into sepsis diagnosis and treatment and respiratory disease mechanisms situate them within key areas of medical research concerning emergent infections and critical care medicine.

Among their professional recognitions, they hold membership in the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Rapid mobilization of murine and human hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells with AMD3100, a CXCR4 antagonist

    Hal E. Broxmeyer;Christie M. Orschell;D. Wade Clapp;Giao Hangoc

  • Endothelial Activation and Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption in Neurotoxicity after Adoptive Immunotherapy with CD19 CAR-T Cells.

    Juliane Gust;Kevin A. Hay;Kevin A. Hay;Laïla-Aïcha Hanafi;Daniel Li

  • Kinetics and biomarkers of severe cytokine release syndrome after CD19 chimeric antigen receptor-modified T-cell therapy.

    Kevin A. Hay;Kevin A. Hay;Laïla-Aïcha Hanafi;Daniel Li;Juliane Gust

  • The phagocytes: neutrophils and monocytes

    David C. Dale;Laurence Boxer;W. Conrad Liles

  • Mesenchymal Stem Cells Reduce Inflammation while Enhancing Bacterial Clearance and Improving Survival in Sepsis

    Shirley H. J. Mei;Jack J. Haitsma;Claudia C. Dos Santos;Yupu Deng

  • Mobilization of hematopoietic progenitor cells in healthy volunteers by AMD3100, a CXCR4 antagonist.

    W. Conrad Liles;W. Conrad Liles;Hal E. Broxmeyer;Hal E. Broxmeyer;Elin Rodger;Elin Rodger;Brent Wood;Brent Wood

  • Prevention of LPS-induced acute lung injury in mice by mesenchymal stem cells overexpressing angiopoietin 1.

    Shirley H. J Mei;Sarah D McCarter;Yupu Deng;Colleen H Parker

  • Differential expression of Fas (CD95) and Fas ligand on normal human phagocytes: implications for the regulation of apoptosis in neutrophils.

    W C Liles;P A Kiener;J A Ledbetter;A Aruffo

  • Endogenous Bacterial Endophthalmitis: Report of a Ten-year Retrospective Study

    Annabelle A. Okada;R. Paul Johnson;W. Conrad Liles;Donald J. D'Amico

  • Neutrophil Apoptosis in the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

    Gustavo Matute-Bello;W. Conrad Liles;Frank Radella;Kenneth P. Steinberg

  • Augmented mobilization and collection of CD34+ hematopoietic cells from normal human volunteers stimulated with granulocyte–colony-stimulating factor by single-dose administration of AMD3100, a CXCR4 antagonist†

    W. Conrad Liles;Elin Rodger;Hal E. Broxmeyer;Christine Dehner

  • Biomarkers of endothelial activation/dysfunction in infectious diseases

    Andrea V Page;W Conrad Liles

  • Fas (CD95) Induces Alveolar Epithelial Cell Apoptosis in Vivo: Implications for Acute Pulmonary Inflammation

    Gustavo Matute-Bello;Robert K. Winn;Mechthild Jonas;Emil Y. Chi

  • Phase I/II trial of neutrophil transfusions from donors stimulated with G-CSF and dexamethasone for treatment of patients with infections in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

    Thomas H. Price;Raleigh A. Bowden;Michael Boeckh;Juergen Bux

  • Differential Induction of Apoptosis by Fas-Fas Ligand Interactions in Human Monocytes and Macrophages

    Peter A. Kiener;Patricia M. Davis;Gary C. Starling;Christopher Mehlin

  • Fas (CD95) induces proinflammatory cytokine responses by human monocytes and monocyte-derived macrophages

    David R. Park;Anni R. Thomsen;Charles W. Frevert;Uyenvy Pham

  • Modulation of neutrophil apoptosis by granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor during the course of acute respiratory distress syndrome.

    Gustavo Matute-bello;W. Conrad Liles;Frank Radella;Kenneth P. Steinberg

  • Angiopoietin-1 and angiopoietin-2 as clinically informative prognostic biomarkers of morbidity and mortality in severe sepsis.

    Daniel R. Ricciuto;Claudia C. dos Santos;Michael Hawkes;Lisa J. Toltl

  • Serum angiopoietin-1 and -2 levels discriminate cerebral malaria from uncomplicated malaria and predict clinical outcome in African children.

    Fiona E. Lovegrove;Noppadon Tangpukdee;Robert O. Opoka;Erin I. Lafferty

  • 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

  • Cytokines in CAR T Cell-Associated Neurotoxicity.

    Juliane Gust;Juliane Gust;Rafael Ponce;W. Conrad Liles;Gwenn A. Garden

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin C. Kain
Kevin C. Kain University Health Network
David C. Dale
David C. Dale University of Washington
Thomas R. Martin
Thomas R. Martin University of Washington
Sina A. Gharib
Sina A. Gharib University of Washington
Charles W. Frevert
Charles W. Frevert University of Washington
Jonathan Himmelfarb
Jonathan Himmelfarb University of Washington
Stephen M. Schwartz
Stephen M. Schwartz University of Washington
Dominic W. Chung
Dominic W. Chung University of Washington
Emil Y. Chi
Emil Y. Chi University of Washington
Peter A. Kiener
Peter A. Kiener AstraZeneca (United Kingdom)

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