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    Lukas Jeker, MD, PhD

    TitleAssistant Professor
    SchoolUCSF School of Medicine
    DepartmentDiabetes Center
    Address513 Parnassus Ave, Med Sci
    San Francisco CA 94143
    Phone415-514-2327

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      My main interests are how immune regulation and immunologic tolerance are controlled by small RNAs. I primarily use genetic mouse models to study the function of microRNAs in cells pertinent to T cell tolerance.


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      1. Jeker LT, Bluestone JA. MicroRNA regulation of T-cell differentiation and function. Immunol Rev. 2013 May; 253(1):65-81.
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      2. Jeker LT, Zhou X, Gershberg K, de Kouchkovsky D, Morar MM, Stadthagen G, Lund AH, Bluestone JA. MicroRNA 10a marks regulatory T cells. PLoS One. 2012; 7(5):e36684.
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      3. Park CY, Jeker LT, Carver-Moore K, Oh A, Liu HJ, Cameron R, Richards H, Li Z, Adler D, Yoshinaga Y, Martinez M, Nefadov M, Abbas AK, Weiss A, Lanier LL, de Jong PJ, Bluestone JA, Srivastava D, McManus MT. A resource for the conditional ablation of microRNAs in the mouse. Cell Rep. 2012 Apr 19; 1(4):385-91.
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      4. Jeker LT, Bour-Jordan H, Bluestone JA. Breakdown in peripheral tolerance in type 1 diabetes in mice and humans. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 2012 Mar; 2(3):a007807.
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      5. Lei Y, Ripen AM, Ishimaru N, Ohigashi I, Nagasawa T, Jeker LT, Bösl MR, Holländer GA, Hayashi Y, Malefyt Rde W, Nitta T, Takahama Y. Aire-dependent production of XCL1 mediates medullary accumulation of thymic dendritic cells and contributes to regulatory T cell development. J Exp Med. 2011 Feb 14; 208(2):383-94.
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      6. Jeker LT, Bluestone JA. Small RNA regulators of T cell-mediated autoimmunity. J Clin Immunol. 2010 May; 30(3):347-57.
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      7. Zhou X, Bailey-Bucktrout SL, Jeker LT, Penaranda C, Martínez-Llordella M, Ashby M, Nakayama M, Rosenthal W, Bluestone JA. Instability of the transcription factor Foxp3 leads to the generation of pathogenic memory T cells in vivo. Nat Immunol. 2009 Sep; 10(9):1000-7.
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      8. Zhou X, Bailey-Bucktrout S, Jeker LT, Bluestone JA. Plasticity of CD4(+) FoxP3(+) T cells. Curr Opin Immunol. 2009 Jun; 21(3):281-5.
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      9. Zuklys S, Gill J, Keller MP, Hauri-Hohl M, Zhanybekova S, Balciunaite G, Na KJ, Jeker LT, Hafen K, Tsukamoto N, Amagai T, Taketo MM, Krenger W, Holländer GA. Stabilized beta-catenin in thymic epithelial cells blocks thymus development and function. J Immunol. 2009 Mar 1; 182(5):2997-3007.
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      10. Zhou X, Jeker LT, Fife BT, Zhu S, Anderson MS, McManus MT, Bluestone JA. Selective miRNA disruption in T reg cells leads to uncontrolled autoimmunity. J Exp Med. 2008 Sep 1; 205(9):1983-91.
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      11. Jeker LT, Barthlott T, Keller MP, Zuklys S, Hauri-Hohl M, Deng CX, Holländer GA. Maintenance of a normal thymic microenvironment and T-cell homeostasis require Smad4-mediated signaling in thymic epithelial cells. Blood. 2008 Nov 1; 112(9):3688-95.
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      12. Hauri-Hohl MM, Zuklys S, Keller MP, Jeker LT, Barthlott T, Moon AM, Roes J, Holländer GA. TGF-beta signaling in thymic epithelial cells regulates thymic involution and postirradiation reconstitution. Blood. 2008 Aug 1; 112(3):626-34.
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      13. Recher M, Lang KS, Navarini A, Hunziker L, Lang PA, Fink K, Freigang S, Georgiev P, Hangartner L, Zellweger R, Bergthaler A, Hegazy AN, Eschli B, Theocharides A, Jeker LT, Merkler D, Odermatt B, Hersberger M, Hengartner H, Zinkernagel RM. Extralymphatic virus sanctuaries as a consequence of potent T-cell activation. Nat Med. 2007 Nov; 13(11):1316-23.
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      14. Rossi SW, Jeker LT, Ueno T, Kuse S, Keller MP, Zuklys S, Gudkov AV, Takahama Y, Krenger W, Blazar BR, Holländer GA. Keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) enhances postnatal T-cell development via enhancements in proliferation and function of thymic epithelial cells. Blood. 2007 May 1; 109(9):3803-11.
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      15. Jeker LT, Hejazi M, Burek CL, Rose NR, Caturegli P. Mouse thyroid primary culture. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1999 Apr 13; 257(2):511-5.
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