Publications
Gelman AE, LaRosa DF, Zhang J, Walsh PT, Choi Y, Sunyer O, and Turka LA. The adaptor molecule MyD88 activates PI-3 kinase signaling in CD4(+) T cells and enables CpG oligodeoxynucleotide-mediated costimulation. Immunity 25:783-793, 2006.
Walsh PT, Buckler JL, Zhang J, Gelman AE, Dalton NM, Taylor DK, Bensinger SJ, Hancock WW, and Turka LA. PTEN regulates the IL-2 receptor responsiveness of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells. J Clin Invest 116:2521-2531, 2006.
Porrett PM, Yuan X, LaRosa DF, Walsh PT, Yang J, Gao W, Li P, Zhang J, Ansari JM, Hancock WW, Sayegh MH, Koulmanda M, Strom TB, and Turka LA. Mechanisms underlying blockade of allograft acceptance by TLR ligands. J Immunol 181:1692-1699, 2008.
Liu X, Karnell JL, Yin B, Zhang R, Zhang J, Li P, Choi Y, Maltzman JS, Pear WS, Bassing CH, and Turka LA. Distinct roles for PTEN in prevention of T cell lymphoma and autoimmunity in mice. J Clin Invest 120:2497-507, 2010.
Rahman, A.H., Zhang, R., Blosser, C.D., Hou, B., DeFranco, A.L., Maltzman, J.S., Wherry, E.J., and L.A. Turka: Anti-viral memory CD8 T cell differentiation, maintenance and secondary expansion occur independently of MyD88. Blood 117:31233130, 2011.
Zhang R, Huynh A, Whitcher G, Chang J, Maltzman JS, and Turka LA. An obligate cell-intrinsic function for CD28 in regulatory T cells. J Clin Invest 123:580-93, 2013.