Allergies; food allergies; eosinophil biology; gastrointestinal inflammation

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BSC: Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 1998.

PhD: John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 1998.

Munitz A, Cole ET, Beichler A, Groschwitz K, Ahrens R, Steinbrecher K, Willson T, Han X, Denson L, Rothenberg ME, Hogan SP. Paired immunoglobulin-like receptor B (PIR-B) negatively regulates macrophage activation in experimental colitis. Gastroenterology. 2010 Aug;139(2):530-41.

Osterfeld H, Ahrens R, Strait R, Finkelman FD, Renauld JC, Hogan SP. Differential roles for the IL-9/IL-9 receptor alpha-chain pathway in systemic and oral antigen-induced anaphylaxis. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2010 Feb;125(2):469-476.e2.

Finkelman FD, Hogan SP, Hershey GK, Rothenberg ME, Wills-Karp M. Importance of cytokines in murine allergic airway disease and human asthma. J Immunol. 2010 Feb 15;184(4):1663-74. Review.

Groschwitz KR, Ahrens R, Osterfeld H, Gurish MF, Han X, Abrink M, Finkelman FD, Pejler G, Hogan SP. Mast cells regulate homeostatic intestinal epithelial migration and barrier function by a chymase/Mcpt4-dependent mechanism. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Dec 29;106(52):22381-6.

Herbert DR, Yang JQ, Hogan SP, Groschwitz K, Khodoun M, Munitz A, Orekov T, Perkins C, Wang Q, Brombacher F, Urban JF Jr, Rothenberg ME, Finkelman FD. Intestinal epithelial cell secretion of RELM-beta protects against gastrointestinal worm infection. J Exp Med. 2009 Dec 21;206(13):2947-57.

Groschwitz KR, Hogan SP. Intestinal barrier function: molecular regulation and disease pathogenesis. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2009 Jul;124(1):3-20; quiz 21-2. Review.

Munitz A, Seidu L, Cole ET, Ahrens R, Hogan SP, Rothenberg ME. Resistin-like molecule alpha decreases glucose tolerance during intestinal inflammation. J Immunol. 2009 Feb 15;182(4):2357-63.

Hogan SP. Functional role of eosinophils in gastrointestinal inflammation. Immunol AllergyClin North Am. 2009 Feb;29(1):129-40, xi. Review.

Munitz A, Waddell A, Seidu L, Cole ET, Ahrens R, Hogan SP, Rothenberg ME. Resistin-like molecule alpha enhances myeloid cell activation and promotes colitis. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2008 Dec;122(6):1200-1207.e1.

Ahrens R, Waddell A, Seidu L, Blanchard C, Carey R, Forbes E, Lampinen M, Wilson T, Cohen E, Stringer K, Ballard E, Munitz A, Xu H, Lee N, Lee JJ, Rothenberg ME, Denson L, Hogan SP. Intestinal macrophage/epithelial cell-derived CCL11/eotaxin-1 mediates eosinophil recruitment and function in pediatric ulcerative colitis. J Immunol. 2008 Nov 15;181(10):7390-9.