Paula B Kavathas PhD
Professor of Laboratory Medicine, of Genetics, of Immunobiology and of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology; Associate Chair for Research; Director, Science Education Outreach Program
Departments & Organizations
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Immunology | Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development
Cancer Immunology
Immunobiology: Science Education Outreach Program
Genetics
Laboratory Medicine
Immunology and Immunotherapy
Research Interests
Gene Regulation; Immunology; Molecular Cellular Entities; Receptors; Structure or Function (Health or Safety or Medical); Transgenic Animals more...
Education
- B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1972
- Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1980
Selected Publications
- The human CD8ß M-4 isoform dominant in effector memory T cells has distinct cytoplasmic motifs that confer unique properties. Thakral D, Coman MM, Bandyopadhyay A, Martin S, Riley JL, Kavathas PB. PLoS One. 2013;8(3):e59374. PMID: 23533620
- Nod1, but not the ASC inflammasome, contributes to induction of IL-1ß secretion in human trophoblasts after sensing of Chlamydia trachomatis. Kavathas PB, Boeras CM, Mulla MJ, Abrahams VM. Mucosal Immunol. 2013 Mar;6(2):235-43. PMID: 22763410
- Uric acid induces trophoblast IL-1ß production via the inflammasome: implications for the pathogenesis of preeclampsia. Mulla MJ, Myrtolli K, Potter J, Boeras C, Kavathas PB, Sfakianaki AK, Tadesse S, Norwitz ER, Guller S, Abrahams VM. Am J Reprod Immunol. 2011 Jun;65(6):542-8. PMID: 21352397
