University of South Carolina  DEPARTMENT GRAD PROGRAM SEMINARS UNIVERSITY
 
Dr Robert McKallip
 

M.S. 1994  Microbiology and Immunology,  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA.

Ph.D. 2000 Molecular and Cellular Oncology The George Washington University, Washington, DC.
 

Assistant Professor of Pathology and Microbiology

 

 

Phone: 803-253-5837
Fax: 803-733-1515
Email:
rmckallip
@uscmed.sc.edu

Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 29208


 

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Research Interests

 
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McKallip, R.J., Do, Y., Fisher, M.T., Robertson, J.L., Nagarkatti P.S., Nagarkatti M. 2002. Role of CD44 in activation-induced cell death: CD44 deficient mice exhibit enhanced T cell response to conventional and superantigens. International Immunology 14(9):1015.

Zeytun, A., McKallip R.J., Fisher, M., Camacho, I., Nagarkatti M., and Nagarkatti, P.S. 2002. Analysis of TCDD-induced gene expression profile in vivo using pathway-specific cDNA arrays. Toxicology 178(3):241

Mustafa, A., McKallip, R.J., Fisher, M., Duncan, R., Nagarkatti, P.S., Nagarkatti, M. 2002. Regulation of IL-2-induced vascular leak syndrome by targeting CD44 using hyaluronic acid and anti-CD44 antibodies. Journal of Immunotherapy 25(6):476

McKallip, R.J., Fisher, M., Szakal A., Nagarkatti, P.S., Nagarkatti, M. 2003. Targeted deletion of CD44v7 exon leads to decreased endothelial cell injury and vascular leak syndrome induced by IL-2 activated cytolytic lymphocytes. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 278(44):43818.

Do, Y., Rafi-Janajreh, A., McKallip, R.J., Nagarkatti, P.S., Nagarkatti, M. 2003. Combined Deficiency of CD44 and Fas Leads to Early Onset and More Severe Form of Lymphoproliferative Disease. International Immunology 15(11): 1327.

Lombard, C., McKallip, R.J., Nagarkatti, P.S., Nagarkatti, M. 2003. Fas ligand dependent and independent mechanisms of toxicity seen in lymphoid and non-lymphoid organs of tumor-bearing mice. Clinical Immunology 109(2):144.

Do, Y., McKallip, R.J., Nagarkatti, M., Nagarkatti, P.S., 2004. Ligation of cannabinoid CB1 and CB2 receptors on dendritic cells triggers apoptosis: novel role for endogenous and exogenous cannabinoids in immunoregulation. The Journal of Immunology. 173(4):2373.

McKallip, R.J., Fisher, M., Gunthert, U., Szakal, A., Nagarkatti, P.S., Nagarkatti, M. 2005. Role of CD44 and its v7 isoform in SEB-induced Toxic Shock: CD44 Deficiency on Hepatic Mononuclear Cells Leads to Reduced Activation-induced Apoptosis Resulting in Increased Liver Damage. Infection and Immunity 73(1):50-61.

McKallip, R.J., Nagarkatti, M., Nagarkatti, P.S. 2005. The Effects of Cannabinoid Exposure on Tumor Growth and the Anti-Tumor Immune Response. The Journal of Immunology 174(6):3281-9.

McKallip, R. J., Jia, W., Schlomer J., Nagarkatti, M., Nagarkatti, P.S. 2005. Cannabidiol-induced apoptosis in human leukemia cells: A novel role of cannabidiol in the regulation of p22phox and NOX4 expression. In Preparation.

McKallip, R. J., Nagarkatti, P.S., Nagarkatti, M. 2005. The role of CD44 isoforms in immunotherapy of melanoma. In Preparation.

McKallip, R. J. Nagarkatti, P.S., Nagarkatti, M. 2005. Direct stimulation of lung NKT following exposure to SEB leads to acute respiratory distress syndrome. In Preparation.
 

 


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