Association between Q551R IL4R genetic variants and atopic asthma risk demonstrated by meta-analysisMatthew J Loza
Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Human Genomics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA
J Allergy Clin Immunol 120:578-85. 2007
..However, the results from studies testing for associations of the I50V and Q551R IL4R genetic variants are conflicting...
NKT and T cells: coordinate regulation of NK-like phenotype and cytokine productionMatthew J Loza
Jefferson Medical College, Kimmel Cancer Center, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Eur J Immunol 32:3453-62. 2002
..However, the results of their analysis can be taken as a model for immunotherapeutic approaches with T cells for which a nominal or surrogate antigen is defined...
Assembly of inflammation-related genes for pathway-focused genetic analysisMatthew J Loza
Center for Human Genomics, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
PLoS ONE 2:e1035. 2007
..For existing genome-wide association data, this list of key inflammation-related genes and associated subpathways can facilitate comprehensive inflammation pathway- focused association analyses...
Interactive effects of steroids and beta-agonists on accumulation of type 2 T cellsMatthew J Loza
Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Human Genomics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
J Allergy Clin Immunol 121:750.e1-5.e3. 2008
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Asthma and gender impact accumulation of T cell subtypesMatthew J Loza
Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Human Genomics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
Respir Res 11:103. 2010
..We sought to establish whether CD3+CD28-mediated and antigen-independent accumulation of type 1 and type 2 T cells differs significantly between nonasthmatic and asthmatic populations...
Atopy, asthma, and experimental approaches based on the linear model of T cell maturationM J Loza
Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Human Genomics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
Clin Exp Allergy 35:8-17. 2005
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Peripheral immature CD2-/low T cell development from type 2 to type 1 cytokine productionMatthew J Loza
Kimmel Cancer Center, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
J Immunol 169:3061-8. 2002
..They define the cellular bases to support that cell-mediated immune responses are regulated not only via Ag-induced activation of mature effector cells, but also via bystander monokine-induced maturation of immature T cells...
Expression of type 1 (interferon gamma) and type 2 (interleukin-13, interleukin-5) cytokines at distinct stages of natural killer cell differentiation from progenitor cellsMatthew J Loza
The Kimmel Cancer Center, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
Blood 99:1273-81. 2002
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beta-Agonist enhances type 2 T-cell survival and accumulationMatthew J Loza
Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Human Genomics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
J Allergy Clin Immunol 119:235-44. 2007
..beta-Adrenergic receptor ligands (beta-agonists) subserve numerous physiologic processes but also function as pathogenic or therapeutic agents in numerous diseases with inflammatory components...
Beta-agonists modulate T-cell functions via direct actions on type 1 and type 2 cellsMatthew J Loza
Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Human Genomics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Blvd, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
Blood 107:2052-60. 2006
..These findings identify direct effects of beta2AR activation on T-cell subtypes and suggest a complex role for GPCRs and PKA activity in modulating T-cell functions...
Human peripheral CD2-/lo T cells: an extrathymic population of early differentiated, developing T cellsMatthew J Loza
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, BLSB 750, 233 South, 10th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
Int Immunol 17:1213-25. 2005
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Peripheral NK cell phenotypes: multiple changing of faces of an adapting, developing cellBice Perussia
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
Mol Immunol 42:385-95. 2005
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The IL-12 signature: NK cell terminal CD56+high stage and effector functionsMatthew J Loza
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Jefferson Medical College, 233 South 10th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
J Immunol 172:88-96. 2004
..The significance of these findings to the NK cell-mediated regulation of immune responses and NK cell development is discussed...
Differential regulation of NK cell proliferation by type I and type II IFNMatthew J Loza
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
Int Immunol 16:23-32. 2004
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Linear "2-0-1" lymphocyte development: hypotheses on cellular bases for immunityBice Perussia
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Jefferson Medical College, BLSB 750, 233 S. 10th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
Trends Immunol 24:235-41. 2003
Accumulation of type 2 cytokine+ T cells: differentiation-independent proliferation of pre-existing type 2 T cellsMatthew J Loza
Jefferson Medical College, Kimmel Cancer Center, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Philadelphia, USA
Eur J Immunol 33:939-49. 2003
..These novel insights into the regulation of type 2 and type 1 cytokine(+) T cells provide a new understanding of the cellular bases for the regulation of immune responses and for manipulating the immune system in clinical settings...
Multiple color immunofluorescence for cytokine detection at the single-cell levelMatthew J Loza
Bice Perussia, Jefferson Medical College, Kimmel Cancer Institute, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
Mol Biotechnol 23:245-58. 2003
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Distinction between IL-13+ and IFN-gamma+ natural killer cells and regulation of their pool size by IL-4Matthew J Loza
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Jefferson Medical College, 233 S. 10th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
Eur J Immunol 32:413-23. 2002
..These data define the existence and regulation of two distinct resting peripheral NK cell subsets producing type 1 and type 2 cytokines, and suggest possible roles for IL-13+ NK cells in allergy...