Publications

Original Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

Title
Author(s)
Journal
Pub.
Year
Nucleotide oligomerization domain-containing proteins instruct T cell helper type 2 immunity through stromal activation.
Magalhaes JG, Rubino SJ, Travassos LH, Le Bourhis L, Duan W, Sellge G, Geddes K, Reardon C, Lechmann M, Carneiro LA, Selvanantham T, Fritz JH, Taylor BC, Artis D, Mak TW, Comeau MR, Croft M, Girardin SE, Philpott DJ

Proc Natl Acad Sci
2011
Therapeutic potential of targeting TNF/TNFR family members in asthma

Doherty TA, Croft M
Immunotherapy
2011
Targeting OX40 promotes lung-resident memory CD8 T cell populations that protect against respiratory poxvirus infection.

Salek-Ardakani S, Moutaftsi M, Sette A, Croft M
J Virol 2011
Nitric oxide modulates TGF-beta-directive signals to suppress Foxp3+ regulatory T cell differentiation and potentiate Th1 development

Lee SW, Choi H, Eun SY, Fukuyama S, Croft M
J Immunol
2011
The tumor necrosis factor family member LIGHT is a target for asthmatic airway remodeling.

Doherty TA, Soroosh P, Khorram N, Fukuyama S, Rosenthal P, Cho JY, Norris PS, Choi H, Scheu S, Pfeffer K, Zuraw BL, Ware CF, Broide DH, Croft M

Nat Med
2011
B cell-specific expression of B7-2 is required for follicular Th cell function in response to vaccinia virus.

Salek-Ardakani S, Choi YS, Rafii-El-Idrissi Benhnia M, Flynn R, Arens R, Schoenberger S, Crotty S, Croft M, Salek-Ardakani S

J Immunol
2011
Herpesvirus entry mediator (TNFRSF14) regulates the persistence of T helper memory cell populations.

Soroosh P, Doherty TA, So T, Mehta AK, Khorram N, Norris PS, Scheu S, Pfeffer K, Ware C, Croft M

J Exp Med
2011
Nasal cardiac myosin peptide treatment and OX40 blockade protect mice from acute and chronic virally-induced myocarditis.

Fousteri G, Dave A, Morin B, Omid S, Croft M, von Herrath MG J Autoimmun
2011
OX40 complexes with phosphoinositide 3-kinase and protein kinase B (PKB) to augment TCR-dependent PKB signaling.

So T, Choi H, Croft M
J Immunol
2011
Antigen-independent signalosome of CARMA1, PKC(theta), and TNF receptor-associated factor 2 (TRAF2) determines PKB signaling.

So T, Soroosh P, Eun SY, Altman A, Croft M

Proc Natl Acad Sci
2011
The TNFR family members OX40 and CD27 link viral virulence to protective T cell vaccines in mice
Salek-Ardakani S, Flynn R, Arens R, Yagita H, Smith GL, Borst J, Schoenberger SP, Croft M

J Clin Invest
2011
Innate signals from Nod2 block respiratory tolerance and program T(H)2-driven allergic inflammation.

Duan W, Mehta AK, Magalhaes JG, Ziegler SF, Dong C, Philpott DJ, Croft M.  J Allergy Clin Immun.  2010 
Virtual optimization of nasal insulin therapy predicts immunization frequency to be crucial for diabetes protection. 
  
Fousteri G, Chan JR, Zheng Y, Whiting C, Dave A, Bresson D, Croft M, von Herrath M.  Diabetes. 2010 
Biphasic role of 4-1BB in the regulation of mouse cytomegalovirus-specific CD8(+) T cells.  
Humphreys IR, Lee SW, Jones M, Loewendorf A, Gostick E, Price DA, Benedict CA, Ware CF, Croft M. Eur J Immunol.  2010 
CD137 is required for M cell functional maturation but not lineage commitment.  

Hsieh EH, Fernandez X, Wang J, Hamer M, Calvillo S, Croft M, Kwon BS, Lo DD. Am J Pathol.  2010 
The antigen presentation function of bone marrow-derived mast cells is spatiotemporally restricted to a subset expressing high levels of cell surface FcepsilonRI and MHC II. 

Gong J, Yang NS, Croft M, Weng IC, Sun L, Liu FT, Chen SS.  BMC Immunol. 2010 
Control of immunity by the TNFR-related molecule OX40 (CD134).  


Croft M. 
Annu Rev Immunol.  2010 
Tumor necrosis factor receptor/tumor necrosis factor family members in antiviral CD8 T-cell immunity.

 
Salek-Ardakani S, Croft M.  J Interferon Cytokine Res. 2010 
T cells need Nod too?

Salek-Ardakani S, Croft M.  Nat Immunol.  2009
Anti-Siglec-F Antibody Reduces Allergen-Induced Eosinophilic Inflammation and Airway Remodeling.  Song DJ, Cho JY, Lee SY, Miller M, Rosenthal P, Soroosh P, Croft M, Zhang M, Varki A, Broide DH.  J Immunol.  2009
CD4+ T cell help has an epitope-dependent impact on CD8+ T cell memory inflation during murine cytomegalovirus infection.

Snyder CM, Loewendorf A, Bonnett EL, Croft M, Benedict CA, Hill AB.  J Immunol.  2009
Cooperation between molecular targets of costimulation in promoting T cell persistence and tumor regression.

Zhao B, Song A, Haque R, Lei F, Weiler L, Xiong X, Wu Y, Croft M, Song J.  J Immunol.
2009
Hypercostimulation through 4-1BB distorts homeostasis of immune cells.

Lee SW, Salek-Ardakani S, Mittler RS, Croft M.  J Immunol.  2009
The significance of OX40 and OX40L to T-cell biology and immune disease.

Croft M, So T, Duan W, Soroosh P.  Immunol Rev.  2009
The adaptor molecule MyD88 directly promotes CD8 T cell responses to vaccinia virus.

Zhao Y, De Trez C, Flynn R, Ware CF, Croft M, Salek-Ardakani S.  J Immunol. 
2009
The role of TNF superfamily members in T-cell function and diseases.

Croft M. Nat Rev Immunol. 2009
Correlates of protection efficacy induced by vaccinia virus-specific CD8+ T-cell epitopes in the murine intranasal challenge model.

Moutaftsi M, Salek-Ardakani S, Croft M, Peters B, Sidney J, Grey H, Sette A.  Eur J Immunol.  2009
Preferential use of B7.2 and not B7.1 in priming of vaccinia virus-specific CD8 T cells.

Salek-Ardakani S, Arens R, Flynn R, Sette A, Schoenberger SP, Croft M.  J Immunol.  2009
CD4+ cells are required for chronic eosinophilic lung inflammation but not airway remodeling.

Doherty TA, Soroosh P, Broide DH, Croft M.  Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol.  2009
4-1BB as a therapeutic target for human disease. In Therapeutic Targets of the TNFR Superfamily.

Seung-Woo Lee, Michael Croft Landes Bioscience
2009
Antagonism of airway tolerance by endotoxin/LPS through promoting OX40L and suppressing antigen-specific Foxp3+ T regulatory cells.
Duan W, So T, Croft M.
J Immunol.
2008
OX40 drives protective vaccinia virus-specific CD8 T cells.
Salek-Ardakani S, Moutaftsi M, Crotty S, Sette A, Croft M.
J Immunol.
2008
Identification of regulatory functions for 4-1BB and 4-1BBL in myelopoiesis and the development of dendritic cells.

Lee SW, Park Y, So T, Kwon BS, Cheroutre H, Mittler RS, Croft M.
Nat Immunol.
2008
The kinases aurora B and mTOR regulate the G1-S cell cycle progression of T lymphocytes.

Song J, Salek-Ardakani S, So T, Croft M.
Nat Immunol.
2007
Signals from OX40 regulate NFATc1 and Th2 lineage commitment. 

So T, Song J, Sugie K, Altman A, Croft M.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.
2006
Sustained survivin expression from OX40 costimulatory signals drives T cell clonal expansion.

Song J, So T, Cheng M, Tang X, Croft M.
Immunity.
2005
The costimulation-regulated duration of PKB activation controls T cell longevity.

Song J, Salek-Ardakani S, Rogers PR, Cheng M, Van Parijs L, Croft M.
Nat Immunol.
2004
Co-stimulatory members of the TNFR family: Keys to Effective T cell immunity.

Croft M.
Nat Rev Immunol.
2003
OX40 (CD134) controls memory T helper 2 cells that drive lung inflammation.

Salek-Ardakani S, Song J, Halteman BS, Jember AG, Akiba H, Yagita H, Croft M. J Exp Med. 2003
OX40 promotes Bcl-xL and Bcl-2 expression and is essential for long-term survival of CD4 T cells.

Rogers PR, Song J, Gramaglia I, Killeen N, Croft M.
Immunity.
2001
Signaling through OX40 (CD134) breaks peripheral T cell tolerance.
Bansal-Pakala P, Jember AG, Croft M.
Nat Med.
2001