Clara Abraham, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Departments & Organizations
Yale Medical Group
Internal Medicine: Digestive Diseases:
(Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program)
(Liver Center)
Pediatric IBD Program
Research Interests
Regulation of the intestinal immune system; T cell trafficking and activation; genetics and immunobiology of inflammatory bowel disease more...
Education
- BS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1985
- M.D., University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 1989
Selected Publications
- Sarin R, Wu X, Abraham C. Inflammatory disease protective R381Q IL23R polymorphism results in decreased primary CD4+ and CD8+ human T cell functional responses. Proc Natl Acad of Sci USA, Epub May 23, 2011. 108:9560-9565.
- Hedl, M and Abraham C. Distinct roles for Nod2 and autocrine IL-1beta in MDP-induced MAPK activation and cytokine secretion in human macrophages. The J Biol Chem. 286:26440-26449, 2011.
- Abraham C and Medzhitov R. Interactions between the Host Innate Immune System and Microbes in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Gastroenterology, 140:1729-1737, 2011
