Dean Merrill, MD

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Title(s)Assistant Professor, Dermatology
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address513 Parnassus Avenue HSW, #1201H
San Francisco CA 94143
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    University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PABA05/2008Economics
    University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MOMD05/2018Medicine
    National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MDResearch Fellow05/2018Immunology
    George Washington University, Washington DCInternship06/2019Medicine
    University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CAResidency06/2022Dermatology

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    1. The fungal pathogen Candida auris exposes chitin to trigger IFN? and persist in hair follicles. Science. 2026 Aug 06; 393(6811):eadu6688. Merrill ED, Prudent V, Basso P, Rapp E, Moghadam P, Rodriguez A, Hung E, Hurabielle C, Cheng J, Cho RJ, Abegaze B, Buck A, Pyper K, Veinbachs A, Wells EKC, Scharschmidt TC, Rosenblum MD, Molofsky AB, Noble SM. PMID: 42561064.
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    2. Lung adventitial fibroblasts support type 2 Tregs to shape the response to influenza infection. bioRxiv. 2026 Apr 09. Chang AA, Balcerek J, Caryotakis SE, Pyper KB, Matatia P, Wells EB, Tsukui T, Ewing-Crystal NA, Merrill ED, Mroz NM, Dahlgren MW, Cautivo KM, Taruselli MT, Nakao-Inoue H, Molofsky AV, Sheppard D, Molofsky AB. PMID: 41993338; PMCID: PMC13082111.
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    3. Dynamic fibroblast-immune interactions shape recovery after brain injury. Nature. 2025 10; 646(8086):934-944. Ewing-Crystal NA, Mroz NM, Larpthaveesarp A, Lizama CO, Pennington R, Chiaranunt P, Dennis JI, Chang AA, Merrill ED, Caryotakis SE, Kirthivasan N, Teo L, Tsukui T, Katewa A, McKinsey GL, Nelson SCK, Ciesielska A, Lummis NC, Pintaric L, Dahlgren MW, Atakilit A, Paidassi H, Jain S, Liu X, Xu D, Aghi MK, Bourne JA, Paz JT, Daneman R, Gonzalez FF, Sheppard D, Molofsky AV, Arnold TD, Molofsky AB. PMID: 40903576; PMCID: PMC12545229.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 12     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    4. The emerging fungal pathogen Candida auris induces IFNγ to colonize mammalian hair follicles. bioRxiv. 2025 Jan 18. Merrill ED, Prudent V, Moghadam P, Rodriguez A, Hurabielle C, Wells EKC, Basso P, Scharschmidt TC, Rosenblum MD, Molofsky AB, Noble SM. PMID: 39868197; PMCID: PMC11760791.
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    5. Dynamic fibroblast-immune interactions shape wound healing after brain injury. bioRxiv. 2024 Mar 15. Ewing-Crystal NA, Mroz NM, Chang AA, Merrill ED, Caryotakis SE, Teo L, Larpthaveesarp A, Tsukui T, Katewa A, Pennington R, McKinsey GL, Nelson S, Ciesielska A, Dahlgren MW, Paidassi H, Jain S, Aghi MK, Bourne JA, Paz JT, Gonzalez FF, Sheppard D, Molofsky AV, Arnold TD, Molofsky AB. PMID: 40093059; PMCID: PMC11908209.
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    6. Association of Facial Pustular Neutrophilic Eruption With Messenger RNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine. JAMA Dermatol. 2021 09 01; 157(9):1128-1130. Merrill ED, Kashem SW, Amerson EH, Pincus LB, Lang UE, Shinkai K, Chang AY. PMID: 34319363.
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    7. Immunity to commensal skin fungi promotes psoriasiform skin inflammation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 07 14; 117(28):16465-16474. Hurabielle C, Link VM, Bouladoux N, Han SJ, Merrill ED, Lightfoot YL, Seto N, Bleck CKE, Smelkinson M, Harrison OJ, Linehan JL, Tamoutounour S, Lionakis MS, Kaplan MJ, Nakajima S, Belkaid Y. PMID: 32601220; PMCID: PMC7368261.
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    8. Symmetrical drug-related intertriginous and flexural exanthema: A little-known drug allergy. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2020 Oct; 8(9):3185-3189.e4. de Risi-Pugliese T, Barailler H, Hamelin A, Amsler E, Gaouar H, Kurihara F, Jullie ML, Merrill ED, Barbaud A, Moguelet P, Milpied-Homsi B, Soria A. PMID: 32376489.
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    9. MAIT cells are imprinted by the microbiota in early life and promote tissue repair. Science. 2019 10 25; 366(6464). Constantinides MG, Link VM, Tamoutounour S, Wong AC, Perez-Chaparro PJ, Han SJ, Chen YE, Li K, Farhat S, Weckel A, Krishnamurthy SR, Vujkovic-Cvijin I, Linehan JL, Bouladoux N, Merrill ED, Roy S, Cua DJ, Adams EJ, Bhandoola A, Scharschmidt TC, Aubé J, Fischbach MA, Belkaid Y. PMID: 31649166; PMCID: PMC7603427.
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    10. Contextual control of skin immunity and inflammation by Corynebacterium. J Exp Med. 2018 03 05; 215(3):785-799. Ridaura VK, Bouladoux N, Claesen J, Chen YE, Byrd AL, Constantinides MG, Merrill ED, Tamoutounour S, Fischbach MA, Belkaid Y. PMID: 29382696; PMCID: PMC5839758.
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    11. Utility of arterial stiffness assessment in children. Cardiol Young. 2018 Mar; 28(3):362-376. Panchangam C, Merrill ED, Raghuveer G. PMID: 29310742.
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    12. Differential expression of CCR4 in primary cutaneous gamma/delta (?/d) T cell lymphomas and mycosis fungoides: Significance for diagnosis and therapy. J Dermatol Sci. 2018 Jan; 89(1):88-91. Jour G, Aung PP, Merrill ED, Curry JL, Tetzlaff MT, Nagarajan P, Ivan D, Prieto VG, Duvic M, Miranda RN, Torres-Cabala CA. PMID: 29030090.
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    13. Primary Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphomas Showing Gamma-Delta (?d) Phenotype and Predominantly Epidermotropic Pattern are Clinicopathologically Distinct From Classic Primary Cutaneous ?d T-Cell Lymphomas. Am J Surg Pathol. 2017 Feb; 41(2):204-215. Merrill ED, Agbay R, Miranda RN, Aung PP, Tetzlaff MT, Young KH, Curry JL, Nagarajan P, Ivan D, Prieto VG, Medeiros LJ, Duvic M, Torres-Cabala CA. PMID: 27879514.
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    14. Primary Cutaneous Gamma-Delta (?/d) T-cell Lymphoma: An Unusual Case With Very Subtle Histopathological Findings. Am J Dermatopathol. 2016 Oct; 38(10):e147-9. Ramani NS, Curry JL, Merrill ED, Aung PP, Prieto V, Tetzlaff MT, Duvic M, Miranda RN, Torres-Cabala C. PMID: 27533072.
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    15. Merkel Cell Carcinoma Therapeutic Update. Curr Treat Options Oncol. 2016 Jul; 17(7):36. Cassler NM, Merrill D, Bichakjian CK, Brownell I. PMID: 27262710; PMCID: PMC5690804.
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    16. Vitamin D, Low-Grade Inflammation and Cardiovascular Risk in Young Children: A Pilot Study. Pediatr Cardiol. 2015 Oct; 36(7):1338-43. Singh J, Merrill ED, Sandesara PB, Schoeneberg L, Dai H, Raghuveer G. PMID: 25832850.
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    17. Outcomes after prolonged extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support in children with cardiac disease--Extracorporeal Life Support Organization registry study. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Aug; 148(2):582-8. Merrill ED, Schoeneberg L, Sandesara P, Molitor-Kirsch E, O'Brien J, Dai H, Raghuveer G. PMID: 24189317.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 22     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    18. Epidural recording of nerve conduction studies and surgical findings in radiculopathy. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 1994 Jan; 75(1):17-24. Sine RD, Merrill D, Date E. PMID: 8291956.
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