
Recent Publications:
Won W-Jai., Bachman, M.F., and Kearney, J.F. Expression of CD36 by
developing B cell subsets and during their responses to antigen., J.Immunol:
180, 230-237, 2008.
Liu.Y., Li.,L., Kumar, K.R., Xie, C., Lightfoot, S.,
Zhou, X.J., Kearney, J.F., Weigert,
M., and Mohan, C. Lupus susceptibility genes may breaches tolerance
to DNA by impairing receptor editing of nuclear antigen-reactive B cells:
J. Immunology: 179: 1340-1352, 2007.
Steichen, C.T, Kearney, J. F., and Turnbough, C.L. Jr. Non-uniform assembly of the Bacillus anthracis exosporium and a bottle cap model for spore germination and outgrowth: Mol. Microbiol. 64:359-367, 2007
Berland, R., Kari, E., Fernandez, L., Kearney, J. F., Wortis, H., and Imanishi-Kari, T. Loss of tolerance of anergic self-reactive B lymphocytes. Immunity: 25, 429-4, 2006.
Boydston, J.A., Yue, L., Kearney, J.F., and Turnbough. C.T., Jr. The ExsY protein is required for complete formation of the exosporium of Bacillus anthracis. J. Bacteriol.: 188: 7440-7448, 2006.
Swiecki,
MK, Lisanby, M.W, Turnbough, CL, Jr., and Kearney,
JF. Monoclonal antibodies for Bacillus
anthracis spore detection and functional analyses of spore germination and
outgrowth. J. Immunol.:15;176: 6076-84, 2006
Lopes-Carvalho,
T., Foote, J., and Kearney, J. F.
Marginal zone B cells in lymphocyte activation and
regulation. Curr. Opin.
Immunol. 17(3):244-50, 2005. Summary
Thai,
To-Ha and Kearney, J. F. Isoforms
of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase: developmental aspects and
function. Adv.
Immunol. 86:113-36., 2005. Summary
Attanavanich, K. and Kearney, J.
F. Marginal zone but not
follicular B cells are potent activators of naïve CD4 T cells.
J. Immunol.
172:803-811, 2004. Summary
Cancro, M.P. and
Kearney, J. F. B cell positive selection:
roadmap to the primary repertoire? J.
Immunol. 173:15-19, 2004. Summary
Thai, To-Ha and Kearney, J. F.
Distinct and opposite activities of human terminal
deoxynucleotidyl transferase splice variants. J. Immunol.
173:4009-4919, 2004. Summary
Steichen, C., Chen, P., Kearney,
J.F., and Turnbough, C.L., Jr.
Identification of the immunodominant and other proteins of the Bacillus anthracis
exosporium. J.
Bacteriol. 185:1903-1910, 2003. Summary
Balazs, M., Martin, F., Zhou, T., and Kearney, J.F. Blood dendritic cells interact with splenic mariginal zone B cells to initiate T-independent immune responses. Immunity 17(3):341-52, Sep, 2002. Summary
Martin, F. and Kearney, J.F. Marginal-zone B cells. Nature Reviews Immunology 2(5):323-35, May 2002. Summary
Thai, T.H., Purugganan, M.M., Roth, D.B., and Kearney, J.F. Distinct and opposite diversifying activities of terminal transferase splice variants. Nat. Immunol. 3(5):457-62, May 2002. Summary
Won, W.J. and Kearney, J.F. CD9 is a unique marker for marginal zone B cells, B1 cells, and plasma cells in mice. J. Immunol. 168(11):5605-11, Jun 1, 2002. Summary
Benedict, C.L., Gilfillan, S., and Kearney, J.F. The long isoform of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase enters the nucleus and, rather than catalyzing nontemplated nucleotide addition, modulates the catalytic activity of the short isoform. J. Exp. Med. 193:89-99, 2001. Summary
Martin, F. and Kearney, J.F. B1 cells: Similarities and differences with other B cell subsets. Curr. Opin. Immunol. 13:195-201, 2001. Summary
Martin, F., Oliver, A.M., and Kearney, J.F. Marginal zone and B1 B cells unite in the early response against T-independent blood-borne particulate antigens. Immunity 14:617-629, 2001. Summary
Benedict, C.L., Gilfillan, S., Thai, T-H., and Kearney, J.F. Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase and lymphocyte repertoire development. Immunol. Rev. 175:150-157, 2000. Summary
Martin, F. and Kearney, J.F. Positive selection from newly formed to marginal zone B cells depends on the rate of clonal production, CD19, and btk. Immunity 12(1):39-49, 2000. Summary
Martin, F. and Kearney, J.F. B cell subsets and the mature pre-immune repertoire. Marginal zone and B1 B cells as part of a "natural immune memory". Immunol. Rev. 175:70-79, 2000. Summary
Benedict, C.L. and Kearney, J.F. Increased junctional diversity in fetal B cells results in a loss of protective anti-phosphorylcholine antibodies in adult mice. Immunity 10:607-617, 1999. SummaryChen, X., Martin, F., Forbush, K.A., Perlmutter, R.M., and Kearney, J.F. Evidence for selection of a population of multi-reactive B cells into the splenic marginal zone. Inter. Immunol. 9:27-41, 1997.Summary
Martin, F., Chen, X., and Kearney, J.F. Development of VH81X transgene bearing B cells in fetus and adult: sites for expansion and deletion in conventional and CD5/B1 lineage cells. Inter. Immunol. 9:493-505, 1997. Summary
Oliver, A.M., Martin, F., Gartland, G.L., Carter, R.H., and Kearney, J.F. Marginal zone B cells exhibit unique activation, proliferation, and immunoglobulin secretory responses. Eur. J. Immunol. 27:2366-2374, 1997. Summary