Austin  D.  Schenk

Entering Class: 2002
PhD Program: Pathology/Immunology
Advisor: Robert Fairchild
Laboratory: NB3-30

Undergraduate Institution: Dartmouth College
Hometown: East Hartford, CT.

Research Interests: Solid organ and bone marrow transplantation.

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Featured Publication:

Schenk AD, Gorbacheva V, Rabant M, Fairchild RL, Valujskikh A. Effector functions of donor-reactive CD8 memory T cells are dependent on ICOS induced during division in cardiac grafts. Am J Transplant. 2009 Jan;9(1):64-73.

Additional Publications:

Schenk AD, Nozaki T, Rabant M, Valujskikh A, Fairchild RL. Donor-reactive CD8 memory T cells infiltrate cardiac allografts within 24-h posttransplant in naive recipients. Am J Transplant. 2008 Aug;8(8):1652-61.

Ishii D, Schenk AD, Baba S, Fairchild R. Role of TNF-α in early chemokine production and leukocyte infiltration into heart allografts. Am J Transplant. Accepted for publication 8/17/2009.

Fukuzawa N, Schenk AD, Petro M, Nonomura K, Baldwin WM 3rd, Fairchild RL. High renal ischemia temperature increases neutrophil chemoattractant production and tissue injury during reperfusion without an identifiable role for CD4 T cells in the injury. Transpl Immunol. 2009 Aug 4. [Epub ahead of print]

Nozaki T, Rosenblum J, Schenk AD, Ishii D, Fairchild R. CCR5 is required for regulation of alloreactive T cell responses to single class II MHC-mismatched murine cardiac grafts. Am J Transplant. 2009 Jul 28. [Epub ahead of print]

Zhang QW, Rabant M, Schenk AD, Valujskikh A. ICOS-Dependent and -independent functions of memory CD4 T cells in allograft rejection. Am J Transplant. 2008 Mar;8(3):497-506.

Schenk AD, Rosenblum JM, Fairchild RL. Chemokine-directed strategies to attenuate allograft rejection. Clin Lab Med. 2008 Sep;28(3):441-454.

Schenk AD, Araki M, Fairchild RL. Cytokines and chemokines: roles in the pathophysiology and therapy of ischemia reperfusion injury. Current Opinions in Organ Transplantation. 2004 June;9(2):139-144.

Wilcox DE, Schenk AD, Feldman BM, Xu Y.Oxidation of zinc-binding cysteine residues in transcription factor proteins. Antioxid Redox Signal. 2001 Aug;3(4):549-64.

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