Daniel Conrad

Summary

Affiliation: Virginia Commonwealth University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi CD23: an overlooked regulator of allergic disease
    Daniel H Conrad
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, PO Box 980678, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
    Curr Allergy Asthma Rep 7:331-7. 2007
  2. ncbi BCR ligation antagonizes the IL-21 enhancement of anti-CD40/IL-4 plasma cell differentiation and IgE production found in low density human B cell cultures
    Timothy H Caven
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
    Cell Immunol 247:49-58. 2007
  3. ncbi Effect of cell density on in vitro mouse immunoglobulin E production
    Dania Rabah
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
    Immunology 106:503-10. 2002
  4. ncbi 129/SvJ mice have mutated CD23 and hyper IgE
    Jill W Ford
    Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, P O Box 980678, MCV Station, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
    Cell Immunol 254:124-34. 2009
  5. ncbi In vivo murine CD23 destabilization enhances CD23 shedding and IgE synthesis
    Jill W Ford
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, PO Box 980678, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
    Cell Immunol 243:107-17. 2006
  6. ncbi IL-21 dependent IgE production in human and mouse in vitro culture systems is cell density and cell division dependent and is augmented by IL-10
    Timothy H Caven
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
    Cell Immunol 238:123-34. 2005
  7. ncbi Mouse B cell activation is inhibited by CD44 cross-linking
    Tiana L Wyant
    Virginia Commonwealth University MCV, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
    Immunol Invest 34:399-416. 2005
  8. ncbi Differential T cell-mediated regulation of CD23 (Fc epsilonRII) in B cells and follicular dendritic cells
    Selvakumar Sukumar
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
    J Immunol 176:4811-7. 2006
  9. ncbi CD23 trimers are preassociated on the cell surface even in the absence of its ligand, IgE
    Michelle A Kilmon
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
    J Immunol 172:1065-73. 2004
  10. ncbi CD23 Sheddase A disintegrin and metalloproteinase 10 (ADAM10) is also required for CD23 sorting into B cell-derived exosomes
    Joel A Mathews
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia 23298, USA
    J Biol Chem 285:37531-41. 2010

Research Grants

  1. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE LYMPHOCYTE FCE RECEPTOR
    Daniel H Conrad; Fiscal Year: 2010
  2. FACSCALIBER
    Daniel Conrad; Fiscal Year: 2002
  3. STRUCTURE/FUNCTION OF THE LYMPHOCYTE FCE RECEPTOR
    Daniel Conrad; Fiscal Year: 2002
  4. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE B LYMPHOCYTE FCE RECEPTOR
    Daniel Conrad; Fiscal Year: 2003
  5. IGE CONTROL BY OVEREXPRESSION OF CD23
    Daniel Conrad; Fiscal Year: 2003
  6. Biacore 3000 shared instrument
    Daniel Conrad; Fiscal Year: 2005
  7. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE B LYMPHOCYTE FCE RECEPTOR
    Daniel Conrad; Fiscal Year: 2006
  8. Training in Hypersensitivity and Cancer Immunology
    Daniel Conrad; Fiscal Year: 2006
  9. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE B LYMPHOCYTE FCE RECEPTOR
    Daniel Conrad; Fiscal Year: 2007
  10. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE LYMPHOCYTE FC-E RECEPTOR
    Daniel Conrad; Fiscal Year: 1993

Collaborators

Detail Information

Publications22

  1. ncbi CD23: an overlooked regulator of allergic disease
    Daniel H Conrad
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, PO Box 980678, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
    Curr Allergy Asthma Rep 7:331-7. 2007
    ..Current data suggest that stabilizing cell-surface CD23 would be a natural means to decrease IgE synthesis and thus control type I hypersensitivity...
  2. ncbi BCR ligation antagonizes the IL-21 enhancement of anti-CD40/IL-4 plasma cell differentiation and IgE production found in low density human B cell cultures
    Timothy H Caven
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
    Cell Immunol 247:49-58. 2007
    ..In summary, IL-21 enhances IgE production at low densities through stimulating cell division and plasma cell differentiation and this activity is reduced upon BCR cross-linking...
  3. ncbi Effect of cell density on in vitro mouse immunoglobulin E production
    Dania Rabah
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
    Immunology 106:503-10. 2002
    ..These data not only highlight the caveat against using a single B-cell dose for IgE production in vitro but also suggest for the first time a possible IgE regulatory mechanism mediated by cell density...
  4. ncbi 129/SvJ mice have mutated CD23 and hyper IgE
    Jill W Ford
    Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, P O Box 980678, MCV Station, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
    Cell Immunol 254:124-34. 2009
    ..Overall, this study further suggests that CD23 is an important regulatory factor for IgE production...
  5. ncbi In vivo murine CD23 destabilization enhances CD23 shedding and IgE synthesis
    Jill W Ford
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, PO Box 980678, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
    Cell Immunol 243:107-17. 2006
    ..Overall, the data provide a direct demonstration for CD23's role in regulating IgE production in vivo and suggest that therapies aimed at stabilizing cell surface CD23 would be beneficial in controlling allergic disease...
  6. ncbi IL-21 dependent IgE production in human and mouse in vitro culture systems is cell density and cell division dependent and is augmented by IL-10
    Timothy H Caven
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
    Cell Immunol 238:123-34. 2005
    ....
  7. ncbi Mouse B cell activation is inhibited by CD44 cross-linking
    Tiana L Wyant
    Virginia Commonwealth University MCV, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
    Immunol Invest 34:399-416. 2005
    ..These results suggest that CD44 cross-linking could control polyclonal B cell activation by CD40L, but allow sIgM/CD40L activation to continue...
  8. ncbi Differential T cell-mediated regulation of CD23 (Fc epsilonRII) in B cells and follicular dendritic cells
    Selvakumar Sukumar
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
    J Immunol 176:4811-7. 2006
    ..Previous studies suggest that high levels of FDC-CD23 inhibit IgE production, and this IFN-gamma and CD40L-mediated up-regulation of FDC-CD23 may explain, at least in part, why Th1 responses are associated with low IgE responses in vivo...
  9. ncbi CD23 trimers are preassociated on the cell surface even in the absence of its ligand, IgE
    Michelle A Kilmon
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
    J Immunol 172:1065-73. 2004
    ..These data reveal important information about the structure of CD23 that may be useful in modulating IgE production...
  10. ncbi CD23 Sheddase A disintegrin and metalloproteinase 10 (ADAM10) is also required for CD23 sorting into B cell-derived exosomes
    Joel A Mathews
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia 23298, USA
    J Biol Chem 285:37531-41. 2010
    ..The increased cleavage at endosomal pH also has implications for other ADAM10 substrates...
  11. ncbi ADAM10 is essential for Notch2-dependent marginal zone B cell development and CD23 cleavage in vivo
    David R Gibb
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
    J Exp Med 207:623-35. 2010
    ..Moreover, it has important implications for the treatment of numerous CD23- and Notch-mediated pathologies, ranging from allergy to cancer...
  12. ncbi Necessity of the stalk region for immunoglobulin E interaction with CD23
    Bing-Hung Chen
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
    Immunology 107:373-81. 2002
    ..The lz-CD23 constructs represent a possible alternative for both blocking the IgE/FcepsilonRI interaction and inhibiting IgE production by B lymphocytes...
  13. ncbi Temperature effect on IgE binding to CD23 versus Fc epsilon RI
    Bing-Hung Chen
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
    J Immunol 170:1839-45. 2003
    ..Changes in CD23 oligomerization also plays a role in the decreased binding seen at physiological temperatures...
  14. ncbi Pooled protein immunization for identification of cell surface antigens in Streptococcus sanguinis
    Xiuchun Ge
    Philips Institute of Oral and Craniofacial Molecular Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 5:e11666. 2010
    ..We developed an approach to identify surface antigens rapidly in Streptococcus sanguinis, a common infective endocarditis causative species...
  15. ncbi Interruption of the NF-kappaB pathway by Bay 11-7082 promotes UCN-01-mediated mitochondrial dysfunction and apoptosis in human multiple myeloma cells
    Yun Dai
    Department of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond 23298, USA
    Blood 103:2761-70. 2004
    ..Together, these findings suggest that a strategy combining UCN-01 with disruption of the IkappaB kinase (IKK)/IkappaB/NF-kappaB pathway warrants attention in MM...
  16. ncbi Soluble CD23 monomers inhibit and oligomers stimulate IGE synthesis in human B cells
    Natalie McCloskey
    Medical Research Council Asthma UK Centre in Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma and the Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King s College London, New Hunt s House, Guy s Campus, London SE1 1UL, United Kingdom
    J Biol Chem 282:24083-91. 2007
    ..We show that the monomers inhibit and the oligomer stimulates IgE synthesis in human B cells after heavy chain switching to IgE. CD23 fragments could be targets for therapeutic intervention in allergic disease...
  17. ncbi Intestinal epithelial CD23 mediates enhanced antigen transport in allergy: evidence for novel splice forms
    Linda C H Yu
    Intestinal Disease Research Programme, HSC 3N5C, McMaster University, 1200 Main Street W, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3Z5
    Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 285:G223-34. 2003
    ..Our results suggest that the classic and alternative forms of CD23b display distinct endocytic properties, suggesting that they are likely to play different roles in transepithelial transport of IgE and allergens...
  18. ncbi The level of IgE produced by a B cell is regulated by norepinephrine in a p38 MAPK- and CD23-dependent manner
    Georg Pongratz
    Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology, and Medical Genetics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
    J Immunol 177:2926-38. 2006
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  19. ncbi Interaction of a monoclonal IgE-specific antibody with cell-surface IgE-Fc epsilon RI: characterization of equilibrium binding and secretory response
    Richard G Posner
    Department of Biology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona 86011, USA
    Biochemistry 43:11352-60. 2004
    ..There is no simple relationship between receptor aggregation at equilibrium and the degranulation response. Further studies are needed to establish how 23G3-induced aggregation of IgE-FcepsilonRI correlates with cellular responses...
  20. ncbi Differential role for CD23 splice forms in apical to basolateral transcytosis of IgE/allergen complexes
    Guillaume Montagnac
    Department of Infectious Diseases, Cochin Institute, INSERM U567 CNRS UMR 8104 Universitè Paris 5, Paris, France
    Traffic 6:230-42. 2005
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  21. ncbi ADAM10 is a principal 'sheddase' of the low-affinity immunoglobulin E receptor CD23
    Gisela Weskamp
    Arthritis and Tissue Degeneration Program, Hospital for Special Surgery and Department of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10021, USA
    Nat Immunol 7:1293-8. 2006
    ..Our findings provide a likely target for the treatment of allergic reactions and set the stage for further studies of the involvement of ADAM10 in CD23-dependent pathologies...
  22. ncbi Intracellular trafficking of CD23: differential regulation in humans and mice by both extracellular and intracellular exons
    Guillaume Montagnac
    Department of Infectious Diseases, Cochin Institute, Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, Unité 567, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 8104, Universite Paris 5, Paris, France
    J Immunol 174:5562-72. 2005
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Research Grants30

  1. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE LYMPHOCYTE FCE RECEPTOR
    Daniel H Conrad; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..This application proposes to study mechanisms involved in this regulation in order to develop new protocols to control allergic disease. ..
  2. FACSCALIBER
    Daniel Conrad; Fiscal Year: 2002
    ..In addition, the unit is also available on a charge per hour basis to other users at MCV/NCU after appropriate training. At present, we have seven other laboratories that use the instrument on a less frequent basis. ..
  3. STRUCTURE/FUNCTION OF THE LYMPHOCYTE FCE RECEPTOR
    Daniel Conrad; Fiscal Year: 2002
    ..New knowledge from these studies may help in the development of new treatments for Type I allergy and for control of inflammatory cytokine release. ..
  4. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE B LYMPHOCYTE FCE RECEPTOR
    Daniel Conrad; Fiscal Year: 2003
    ..Finally, the current grant period has indicated that mouse CD23b is produced in intestinal epithelial cells and the parameters regulating this expression will be explored. ..
  5. IGE CONTROL BY OVEREXPRESSION OF CD23
    Daniel Conrad; Fiscal Year: 2003
    ....
  6. Biacore 3000 shared instrument
    Daniel Conrad; Fiscal Year: 2005
    ..Support for the instrument operation and maintenance will be through user fees as well as university support from the cancer center and life sciences center. ..
  7. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE B LYMPHOCYTE FCE RECEPTOR
    Daniel Conrad; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..Finally, the current grant period has indicated that mouse CD23b is produced in intestinal epithelial cells and the parameters regulating this expression will be explored. ..
  8. Training in Hypersensitivity and Cancer Immunology
    Daniel Conrad; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..The participating faculty represent an exceptionally strong and focused community of immunologists that will continue to provide an excellent environment for training. ..
  9. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE B LYMPHOCYTE FCE RECEPTOR
    Daniel Conrad; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Finally, the current grant period has indicated that mouse CD23b is produced in intestinal epithelial cells and the parameters regulating this expression will be explored. ..
  10. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE LYMPHOCYTE FC-E RECEPTOR
    Daniel Conrad; Fiscal Year: 1993
    ..Finally, as these findings indicate new roles for IgE complexes, the effect of in vivo targeting the Fc-epsilon-RII on TH phenotype will be assayed...
  11. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE LYMPHOCYTE FCE RECEPTOR
    Daniel Conrad; Fiscal Year: 1992
    ..The overall aim is to gain further insight into the structure and regulation of the low affinity FceR and to determine if FceR/anti-FceR related components are useful in the regulation of IgE synthesis...