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CpG Oligodeoxyribonucleotides Rescue Mature Spleen B Cells from Spontaneous Apoptosis and Promote Cell Cycle Entry
1998
Update on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic hepatitis B: AASLD 2018 hepatitis B guidance
2018 Standout
Integrin β 1: A Mechanosignaling Sensor Essential for Connective Tissue Deposition by Fibroblasts
2013
Target-conditioned diffusion generates potent TNFR superfamily antagonists and agonists
2024 StandoutScienceNobel
Molecular mechanisms for B lymphocyte selection: induction and regulation of antigen-receptor-mediated apoptosis of mature B cells in normal mice and their defect in autoimmunity-prone mice
1994 StandoutNobel
Validation of connective tissue growth factor (CTGF/CCN2) and its gene polymorphisms as noninvasive biomarkers for the assessment of liver fibrosis
2009
Elements of cancer immunity and the cancer–immune set point
2017 StandoutNature
Siglecs and their roles in the immune system
2007 Standout
B1b Lymphocytes Confer T Cell-Independent Long-Lasting Immunity
2004 StandoutNobel
Plasma CCN2 (connective tissue growth factor; CTGF) is a potential biomarker in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)
2011
Induction of Apoptosis by Apo-2 Ligand, a New Member of the Tumor Necrosis Factor Cytokine Family
1996 Standout
Limited efficacy of inactivated influenza vaccine in elderly individuals is associated with decreased production of vaccine-specific antibodies
2011
ERM proteins and merlin: integrators at the cell cortex
2002 Standout
Development of Lupus-like Autoimmune Diseases by Disruption of the PD-1 Gene Encoding an ITIM Motif-Carrying Immunoreceptor
1999 StandoutNobel
The tumour microenvironment after radiotherapy: mechanisms of resistance and recurrence
2015 Standout
CpG DNA rescues B cells from apoptosis by activating NFκB and preventing mitochondrial membrane potential disruption via a chloroquine-sensitive pathway
1999
The Role of Tubular Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Progressive Kidney Disease
2007
Identification of novel hypoxia dependent and independent target genes of the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) tumour suppressor by mRNA differential expression profiling
2000 StandoutNobel
Causes, consequences, and reversal of immune system aging
2013
Hypoxia and the extracellular matrix: drivers of tumour metastasis
2014 StandoutNobel
Cyclin G2 Is Up-regulated during Growth Inhibition and B Cell Antigen Receptor-mediated Cell Cycle Arrest
1997
Store-Operated Calcium Channels
2005 Standout
Diabetic Retinopathy
2012 Standout
Connective tissue growth factor: a fibrogenic master switch in fibrotic liver diseases
2008
TEAD mediates YAP-dependent gene induction and growth control
2008 Standout
Mechanisms of Hepatic Fibrogenesis
2008 Standout
The Angio-Fibrotic Switch of VEGF and CTGF in Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy
2008
Fibrosis of two: Epithelial cell-fibroblast interactions in pulmonary fibrosis
2013
Therapeutic targets in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
2017
Systemic sclerosis: a prototypic multisystem fibrotic disorder
2007 Standout
Strategies in the design of nanoparticles for therapeutic applications
2010 Standout
A novel moesin-, ezrin-, radixin-like gene is a candidate for the neurofibromatosis 2 tumor suppressor
1993 Standout
Mechanisms of fibrosis: therapeutic translation for fibrotic disease
2012 Standout
Inhibitory and stimulatory signaling via immunoglobulin receptors: dichotomous responses elicited in clonal B cell populations
1992
Angiotensin inhibition enhances drug delivery and potentiates chemotherapy by decompressing tumour blood vessels
2013 StandoutNobel
TNF receptor agonists induce distinct receptor clusters to mediate differential agonistic activity
2021
Self-Tolerance Checkpoints in B Lymphocyte Development
1995
Programmed Cell Death in the Immune System
1991
Clonal selection and learning in the antibody system
1996 StandoutNature
Characterization of Antibodies Induced by Vaccination with Hepatitis C Virus Envelope Glycoproteins
2010 StandoutNobel
Novel vaccine strategies to T-independent antigens
2001
Phase 1 Study of Anti-CTGF Monoclonal Antibody in Patients with Diabetes and Microalbuminuria
2010
Hypoxic induction ofCtgfis directly mediated by Hif-1
2004
Organizing the cell cortex: the role of ERM proteins
2010 Standout
Targeting the TGFβ, endothelin-1 and CCN2 axis to combat fibrosis in scleroderma
2008
C. elegans cell survival gene ced-9 encodes a functional homolog of the mammalian proto-oncogene bcl-2
1994 StandoutNobel
Biomimetic Engineering of Carbon Nanotubes by Using Cell Surface Mucin Mimics
2004 StandoutNobel
Ezrin is a cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase anchoring protein
1997
Direct Interaction of the Mitochondrial Membrane Protein Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase I with Bcl-2
1997 StandoutNobel
Structural basis of the membrane-targeting and unmasking mechanisms of the radixin FERM domain
2000
Lymphoma models for B cell activation and tolerance
1990
Imbalanced Host Response to SARS-CoV-2 Drives Development of COVID-19
2020 Standout
Hierarchical Assembly of Model Cell Surfaces:  Synthesis of Mucin Mimetic Polymers and Their Display on Supported Bilayers
2007 StandoutNobel
Immunization of chimpanzees confers protection against challenge with human immunodeficiency virus.
1991 StandoutNobel
Ezrin has a COOH-terminal actin-binding site that is conserved in the ezrin protein family.
1994
Inhibitory Coreceptors Activated by Antigens But Not by Anti-Ig Heavy Chain Antibodies Install Requirement of Costimulation Through CD40 for Survival and Proliferation of B Cells
2003
Exosomes
2019 Standout
NaturallyArisingCD4+RegulatoryT Cells forImmunologicSelf-Tolerance andNegativeControl ofImmuneResponses
2003 StandoutNobel
Cell Biology of Acid Secretion by the Parietal Cell
2003
Divergent Functions of Neuronal Rab11b in Ca2+-Regulated versus Constitutive Exocytosis
2003 StandoutNobel
Potential Therapeutic Targets for Cardiac Fibrosis
2010
Apoptosis: A Review of Programmed Cell Death
2007 Standout
Ezrin oligomers are major cytoskeletal components of placental microvilli: a proposal for their involvement in cortical morphogenesis.
1995
Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition induces cell cycle arrest and parenchymal damage in renal fibrosis
2015 StandoutNobel
Lectins:  Carbohydrate-Specific Proteins That Mediate Cellular Recognition
1998 Standout
Cytotoxicity-dependent APO-1 (Fas/CD95)-associated proteins form a death-inducing signaling complex (DISC) with the receptor.
1995 Standout
Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 and Cardiovascular Disease
2013 StandoutNobel
CpG Motifs in Bacterial DNA and Their Immune Effects
2002 Standout
Bcl-2 heterodimerizes in vivo with a conserved homolog, Bax, that accelerates programed cell death
1993 Standout
Ezrin is concentrated in the apical microvilli of a wide variety of epithelial cells whereas moesin is found primarily in endothelial cells
1993
Rab11a redistributes to apical secretory canaliculus during stimulation of gastric parietal cells
1998
Wound Healing: A Cellular Perspective
2018 Standout
Antibody Avidity and Immunoglobulin G Isotype Distribution following Immunization with a Monovalent Meningococcal B Outer Membrane Vesicle Vaccine
2002
Lectin Receptors as Lymphocyte Surface Markers
1983
Fibrosis — A Common Pathway to Organ Injury and Failure
2015 Standout
The secretion-stimulated 80K phosphoprotein of parietal cells is ezrin, and has properties of a membrane cytoskeletal linker in the induced apical microvilli.
1991
Mechanisms of Diabetic Complications
2013 Standout
Annexin V for flow cytometric detection of phosphatidylserine expression on B cells undergoing apoptosis
1994 Standout
Regulation of ventilatory sensitivity and carotid body proliferation in hypoxia by the PHD2/HIF‐2 pathway
2015 StandoutNobel
Connective Tissue Growth Factor–Specific Monoclonal Antibody Therapy Inhibits Pancreatic Tumor Growth and Metastasis
2006
An adjuvant formulation that selectively elicits the formation of antibodies of protective isotypes and of cell-mediated immunity
1986
Vaccine-induced protection of chimpanzees against infection by a heterologous human immunodeficiency virus type 1
1995 StandoutNobel
2013 IDSA Clinical Practice Guideline for Vaccination of the Immunocompromised Host
2013 Standout
All in the CCN family: essential matricellular signaling modulators emerge from the bunker
2006
ERM-Merlin and EBP50 Protein Families in Plasma Membrane Organization and Function
2000
Oxygen-dependent regulation of mitochondrial respiration by hypoxia-inducible factor 1
2007 StandoutNobel
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
2018 Standout
Mechanisms and Genes of Cellular Suicide
1995 StandoutScience

Works of William R. Usinger being referenced

Bactericidal Monoclonal Antibodies That Define Unique Meningococcal B Polysaccharide Epitopes That Do Not Cross-React with Human Polysialic Acid
1998
Cooperative interaction of CTGF and TGF-β in animal models of fibrotic disease
2011
N-terminal connective tissue growth factor is a marker of the fibrotic phenotype in scleroderma
2005
Bovine T cells do not require auxiliary cells for response to selected mitogens
1981
Immunological localization of an 80-kDa phosphoprotein to the apical membrane of gastric parietal cells
1989
Avidity as a Determinant of the Protective Efficacy of Human Antibodies to Pneumococcal Capsular Polysaccharides
1999
Two molecularly independent surface receptors identify bovine T lymphocytes
1981
Urinary Connective Tissue Growth Factor Excretion in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes and Nephropathy
2003
Accumulation of NH2-Terminal Fragment of Connective Tissue Growth Factor in the Vitreous of Patients With Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy
2004
Connective Tissue Growth Factor and Susceptibility to Renal and Vascular Disease Risk in Type 1 Diabetes
2008
Characteristics of bacterium GB-2, a presumptiveCytophaga species with novel immunoregulatory properties
1985
Connective Tissue Growth Factor Is Increased in Plasma of Type 1 Diabetic Patients With Nephropathy
2004
Growth regulation of the B lymphoma cell line WEHI-231 by anti-immunoglobulin, lipopolysaccharide, and other bacterial products.
1986
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