Andrew J Macpherson

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Affiliation: University Hospital
Country: Switzerland

Publications

  1. ncbi Innate and adaptive immunity cooperate flexibly to maintain host-microbiota mutualism
    Emma Slack
    Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada
    Science 325:617-20. 2009
  2. ncbi Homeland security: IgA immunity at the frontiers of the body
    Andrew J Macpherson
    Maurice Müller Laboratories, DKF, Universitätsklinik für Viszerale Chirurgie und Medizin, University Hospital Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    Trends Immunol 33:160-7. 2012
  3. ncbi The habitat, double life, citizenship, and forgetfulness of IgA
    Andrew J Macpherson
    Mucosal Immunology Lab, Maurice Müller Laboratories, University Clinic for Visceral Surgery and Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    Immunol Rev 245:132-46. 2012
  4. ncbi Immunoglobulin A: a bridge between innate and adaptive immunity
    Andrew J Macpherson
    Mucosal Immunology Lab, Maurice Müller Laboratories, University Clinic for Visceral Surgery and Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland
    Curr Opin Gastroenterol 27:529-33. 2011
  5. ncbi The mucosal firewalls against commensal intestinal microbes
    Andrew J Macpherson
    DKF, Maurice Müller Laboratories, Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, University of Bern, Room G801, Bern, Switzerland
    Semin Immunopathol 31:145-9. 2009
  6. ncbi Reversible microbial colonization of germ-free mice reveals the dynamics of IgA immune responses
    Siegfried Hapfelmeier
    DKF Maurice Müller Laboratories, MEM, Universitätsklinik für Viszerale Chirurgie und Medizin UVCM, University of Bern, 3013 Bern, Switzerland
    Science 328:1705-9. 2010
  7. ncbi Intestinal bacterial colonization induces mutualistic regulatory T cell responses
    Markus B Geuking
    Maurice Müller Laboratories DKF, Universitätsklinik für Viszerale Chirurgie und Medizin Inselspital, Murtenstrasse 35, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    Immunity 34:794-806. 2011
  8. ncbi Use of axenic animals in studying the adaptation of mammals to their commensal intestinal microbiota
    Karen Smith
    Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Semin Immunol 19:59-69. 2007
  9. ncbi The continuum of intestinal CD4+ T cell adaptations in host-microbial mutualism
    Markus B Geuking
    Maurice Müller Laboratories, DKF, Bern, Switzerland
    Gut Microbes 2:353-7. 2011
  10. ncbi The functional interactions of commensal bacteria with intestinal secretory IgA
    Andrew J Macpherson
    Department of Medicine, McMaster University Medical Centre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Curr Opin Gastroenterol 23:673-8. 2007

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Publications13

  1. ncbi Innate and adaptive immunity cooperate flexibly to maintain host-microbiota mutualism
    Emma Slack
    Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada
    Science 325:617-20. 2009
    ..Spontaneous hyper-activation of adaptive immunity against the intestinal microbiota, secondary to innate immune deficiency, may clarify the underlying mechanisms of inflammatory diseases where immune dysfunction is implicated...
  2. ncbi Homeland security: IgA immunity at the frontiers of the body
    Andrew J Macpherson
    Maurice Müller Laboratories, DKF, Universitätsklinik für Viszerale Chirurgie und Medizin, University Hospital Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    Trends Immunol 33:160-7. 2012
    ....
  3. ncbi The habitat, double life, citizenship, and forgetfulness of IgA
    Andrew J Macpherson
    Mucosal Immunology Lab, Maurice Müller Laboratories, University Clinic for Visceral Surgery and Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    Immunol Rev 245:132-46. 2012
    ..There is both a continuum between innate and adaptive immune mechanisms and compartmentalization of the mucosal immune system from systemic immunity that function to preserve host microbial mutualism...
  4. ncbi Immunoglobulin A: a bridge between innate and adaptive immunity
    Andrew J Macpherson
    Mucosal Immunology Lab, Maurice Müller Laboratories, University Clinic for Visceral Surgery and Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland
    Curr Opin Gastroenterol 27:529-33. 2011
    ..Although IgA is by far the most abundant antibody produced by mammals, direct experimental evidence for its function is still lacking...
  5. ncbi The mucosal firewalls against commensal intestinal microbes
    Andrew J Macpherson
    DKF, Maurice Müller Laboratories, Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, University of Bern, Room G801, Bern, Switzerland
    Semin Immunopathol 31:145-9. 2009
    ..In this review article, we present the different mucosal firewalls that contain and allow mutualism with the intestinal microbiota...
  6. ncbi Reversible microbial colonization of germ-free mice reveals the dynamics of IgA immune responses
    Siegfried Hapfelmeier
    DKF Maurice Müller Laboratories, MEM, Universitätsklinik für Viszerale Chirurgie und Medizin UVCM, University of Bern, 3013 Bern, Switzerland
    Science 328:1705-9. 2010
    ....
  7. ncbi Intestinal bacterial colonization induces mutualistic regulatory T cell responses
    Markus B Geuking
    Maurice Müller Laboratories DKF, Universitätsklinik für Viszerale Chirurgie und Medizin Inselspital, Murtenstrasse 35, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    Immunity 34:794-806. 2011
    ..Thus, microbiota colonization-induced Treg cell responses are a fundamental intrinsic mechanism to induce and maintain host-intestinal microbial T cell mutualism...
  8. ncbi Use of axenic animals in studying the adaptation of mammals to their commensal intestinal microbiota
    Karen Smith
    Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Semin Immunol 19:59-69. 2007
    ....
  9. ncbi The continuum of intestinal CD4+ T cell adaptations in host-microbial mutualism
    Markus B Geuking
    Maurice Müller Laboratories, DKF, Bern, Switzerland
    Gut Microbes 2:353-7. 2011
    ..Therefore, Treg, IL-10 and Th17 are crucial regulatory mechanisms in the intestine not only for controlling inflammation, but also to establish a continuum of CD4(+) T cell homeostasis upon commensal colonization...
  10. ncbi The functional interactions of commensal bacteria with intestinal secretory IgA
    Andrew J Macpherson
    Department of Medicine, McMaster University Medical Centre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Curr Opin Gastroenterol 23:673-8. 2007
    ..The aim of this article is to describe the immune geography of IgA induction by commensal intestinal bacteria and the underlying mechanisms of cytokine and costimulatory signalling between dendritic cells, B cells and T cells...
  11. ncbi APRIL in the intestine: a good destination for immunoglobulin A(2)
    Andrew J Macpherson
    Department of Medicine, McMaster University Medical Centre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Immunity 26:755-7. 2007
    ..In this issue, He et al. (2007) find that bacterial molecules promote IgA(2) generation via the cytokine APRIL, produced by intestinal epithelial and dendritic cells...
  12. ncbi Innate and adaptive immunity in host-microbiota mutualism
    Andrew J Macpherson
    Maurice Müller Laboratories, University Clinic for Visceral Surgery and Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    Front Biosci (Schol Ed) 4:685-98. 2012
    ..Here we summarize the mechanisms of mucosal immune compartmentalization and its importance for a healthy host-microbiota mutualism...
  13. ncbi Mesenteric lymph nodes at the center of immune anatomy
    Andrew J Macpherson
    Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada
    J Exp Med 203:497-500. 2006
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