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Overview

Willi K. Born is affiliated with the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on immunology and microbiology, with a concentration in immunology and related subfields such as oncology and genetics.

Their scientific work covers various aspects of immune cell function and interaction, particularly emphasizing T-cell and B-cell immunology. Key topics in their research include CAR-T cell therapy, immunotherapy, immune responses, and conditions such as psoriasis and diabetes. Their work also touches on the roles of mast cells and histamine.

Willi K. Born has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed scientific journals. The primary venues where their studies have appeared include:

  • Immunological Reviews
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Biomolecules
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis

Selected recent publications by Willi K. Born include:

  • "Two functionally distinct subsets of IL-17 producing γδ T cells," published in 2020 in Immunological Reviews
  • "γδ T Cells Activated in Different Inflammatory Environments Are Functionally Distinct," published in 2022 in The Journal of Immunology
  • "A Distinctive γδ T Cell Repertoire in NOD Mice Weakens Immune Regulation and Favors Diabetic Disease," published in 2022 in Biomolecules
  • "Editorial: γδ T Cells in Cancer," published in 2020 in Frontiers in Immunology
  • "BW5147 and Derivatives for the Study of T Cells and their Antigen Receptors," published in 2020 in Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis

They have collaborated with several researchers in their field. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Rebecca L. O'Brien
  • Dieter Kabelitz
  • Deming Sun
  • Nymph Chan
  • Hui Shao

Best Publications

  • Gammadelta T cell effector functions: a blend of innate programming and acquired plasticity.

    Marc Bonneville;Rebecca L. O'Brien;Willi K. Born

  • Stimulation of a major subset of lymphocytes expressing T cell receptor γδ by an antigen derived from mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Rebecca L. O'Brien;Mary Pat Happ;Angela Dallas;Ed Palmer

  • γδ T cells: an important source of IL-17

    Christina L Roark;Philip L Simonian;Andrew P Fontenot;Willi K Born

  • IL-17A Produced by γδ T Cells Plays a Critical Role in Innate Immunity against Listeria monocytogenes Infection in the Liver

    Satoru Hamada;Masayuki Umemura;Takeru Shiono;Kensho Tanaka

  • Exacerbation of Collagen-Induced Arthritis by Oligoclonal, IL-17-Producing γδ T Cells

    Christina L. Roark;Jena D. French;Molly A. Taylor;Alison M. Bendele

  • T-cell receptor δ gene rearrangements in early thymocytes

    Yueh-Hsiu Chien;M. Iwashima;D. A. Wettstein;K. B. Kaplan

  • Recognition of a peptide antigen by heat shock--reactive gamma delta T lymphocytes.

    Willi Born;Lisa Hall;Angela Dallas;Joel Boymel

  • Recognition of heat shock proteins and γΔ cell function

    Willi Born;Mary Pat Happ;Angela Dallas;Christopher Reardon

  • γδ T cells protect against lung fibrosis via IL-22

    Philip L. Simonian;Fabian Wehrmann;Christina L. Roark;Willi K. Born

  • Immunoregulatory functions of gamma delta T cells

    Willi Born;Carol Cady;Jessica Jones-Carson;Akiko Mukasa

  • Immune protection and control of inflammatory tissue necrosis by gamma delta T cells.

    Yang Xin Fu;Christina Ellis Roark;Katherine Kelly;Douglas Drevets

  • The function of γδ T cells in innate immunity

    Willi K Born;Christopher L Reardon;Rebecca L O’Brien

  • Negative regulation of airway responsiveness that is dependent on gammadelta T cells and independent of alphabeta T cells.

    Michael Lahn;Arihiko Kanehiro;Katsuyuki Takeda;Anthony Joetham

  • Rearrangement of T-cell receptor beta-chain genes during T-cell development

    Willi Born;Jordi Yague;Edward Palmer;John Kappler

  • Heat shock protein Hsp60-reactive gamma delta cells: a large, diversified T-lymphocyte subset with highly focused specificity

    Rebecca L. O'brien;Yang Xin Fu;Robin Cranfill;Angela Dallas

  • IL-17-producing gammadelta T cells.

    Rebecca L. O'Brien;Christina L. Roark;Willi K. Born

  • Th17-Polarized Immune Response in a Murine Model of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis and Lung Fibrosis

    Philip L. Simonian;Christina L. Roark;Fabian Wehrmann;Allison K. Lanham

  • Limited diversity of T-cell receptor gamma-chain expression of murine Thy-1+ dendritic epidermal cells revealed by V gamma 3-specific monoclonal antibody

    Wendy L. Havran;Stanley Grell;Gail Duwe;John Kimura

  • V gamma 1+ T cells suppress and V gamma 4+ T cells promote susceptibility to coxsackievirus B3-induced myocarditis in mice.

    S A Huber;D Graveline;M K Newell;W K Born

  • Different Potentials of γδ T Cell Subsets in Regulating Airway Responsiveness: Vγ1+ Cells, but Not Vγ4+ Cells, Promote Airway Hyperreactivity, Th2 Cytokines, and Airway Inflammation

    Youn-Soo Hahn;Christian Taube;Niyun Jin;Laura Sharp

Frequent Co-Authors

Rebecca L. O'Brien
Rebecca L. O'Brien National Jewish Health
Erwin W. Gelfand
Erwin W. Gelfand University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Henry J. Kaplan
Henry J. Kaplan University of Louisville
Katsuyuki Takeda
Katsuyuki Takeda National Jewish Health
Yang-Xin Fu
Yang-Xin Fu Tsinghua University
Ralph T. Kubo
Ralph T. Kubo Johns Hopkins University
Andrew P. Fontenot
Andrew P. Fontenot University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Koichi Ikuta
Koichi Ikuta Kyoto University
Anthony Joetham
Anthony Joetham National Jewish Health
Philippa Marrack
Philippa Marrack National Jewish Health

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