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Sunil Thomas

Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood, PA
Verified email at mlhs.org
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Type I interferons act directly on CD8 T cells to allow clonal expansion and memory formation in response to viral infection

GA Kolumam, S Thomas, LJ Thompson… - The Journal of …, 2005 - rupress.org
T cell expansion and memory formation are generally more effective when elicited by live
organisms than by inactivated vaccines. Elucidation of the underlying mechanisms is important …

A benchmark study on problems related to CO2 storage in geologic formations: Summary and discussion of the results

…, A Naderi Beni, RJ Pawar, A Sbai, SG Thomas… - Computational …, 2009 - Springer
This paper summarises the results of a benchmark study that compares a number of
mathematical and numerical models applied to specific problems in the context of carbon dioxide (…

Indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase pathways of pathogenic inflammation and immune escape in cancer

GC Prendergast, C Smith, S Thomas… - Cancer immunology …, 2014 - Springer
Genetic and pharmacological studies of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) have established
this tryptophan catabolic enzyme as a central driver of malignant development and …

The host microbiome regulates and maintains human health: a primer and perspective for non-microbiologists

S Thomas, J Izard, E Walsh, K Batich… - Cancer research, 2017 - AACR
Humans consider themselves discrete autonomous organisms, but recent research is
rapidly strengthening the appreciation that associated microorganisms make essential …

T‐cell tolerance or function is determined by combinatorial costimulatory signals

R Nurieva, S Thomas, T Nguyen… - The EMBO …, 2006 - embopress.org
Activated in immune responses, T lymphocytes differentiate into effector cells with potent
immune function. CD28 is the most prominent costimulatory receptor for T‐cell activation. …

[HTML][HTML] The structure of the membrane protein of SARS-CoV-2 resembles the sugar transporter SemiSWEET

S Thomas - Pathogens and Immunity, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is responsible
for the disease COVID-19 that has decimated the health and economy of our planet. The …

[HTML][HTML] IPS-1 is essential for the control of West Nile virus infection and immunity

MS Suthar, DY Ma, S Thomas, JM Lund… - PLoS …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
The innate immune response is essential for controlling West Nile virus (WNV) infection but
how this response is propagated and regulates adaptive immunity in vivo are not defined. …

Innate inflammatory signals induced by various pathogens differentially dictate the IFN-I dependence of CD8 T cells for clonal expansion and memory formation

LJ Thompson, GA Kolumam, S Thomas… - The Journal of …, 2006 - journals.aai.org
Type-I IFNs (IFN-I) provide direct survival signals to T cells during Ag-driven proliferation.
Because IFN-I production differs depending on the pathogen, we assessed CD8 T cell …

What really makes a promotional campaign succeed on a crowdfunding platform?: Guilt, utilitarian products, emotional messaging, and fewer but meaningful rewards …

S Chen, S Thomas, C Kohli - Journal of …, 2016 - journalofadvertisingresearch.com
Online crowdfunding is a popular platform for entrepreneurs to engage consumers by raising
funds for creative projects. The purpose of this research was to conceptualize a theoretical …

Cancer vaccines: a brief overview

S Thomas, GC Prendergast - … Design: Methods and Protocols: Volume 1 …, 2016 - Springer
Vaccine approaches for cancer differ from traditional vaccine approaches for infectious
disease in tending to focus on clearing active disease rather than preventing disease. In this …