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wpeB.jpg (43375 bytes) Kathleen A. Hoag, Ph.D., MT(ASCP)
Assistant Professor


Human Nutrition
Medical Technology Program
Nutritional Immunology Program

Profile

Degrees:  
Medical Technology: B.S. 1988 Michigan Technological University
Medical Technology: M.S. 1991 Texas Christian University
Immunology: Ph.D. 1996 Univ. Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Research Interests: 
Nutritional Immunology, role of vitamin A in immune system development, maintenance, and function, especially in regards to antigen-specific immune responses.

Undergraduate Advising:  Medical Technology

Graduate Advising: Human Nutrition, Medical Technology

Publications: 

Huffnagle GB, Lipscomb MF, Lovchik JA, Hoag KA and NE Street. 1994. The role of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in the protective inflammatory response to a pulmonary cryptococcal infection. J. Leuk. Biol. 55:35-42.

Hoag KA, Street NE, Huffnagle GB and MF Lipscomb. 1995. Early cytokine production in pulmonary Cryptococcus neoformans infections distinguishes susceptible and resistant mice. Am J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 13:487-495

Hoag K.A, Lipscomb MF, Izzo AA and NE Street. 1997. IL-12 and IFN-gamma are required for initiating the protective Th 1 response to pulmonary cryptococcosis in resistant C.B- 17 mice. Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 17:733-739

Hoag K.A. Clise-Dwyer K, Lim Y-H, Nashold FE, Gestwicki JE, Cancro MP and CE Hayes. 2000. A quantitative-trait locus controlling peripheral B-cell deficiency maps to mouse Chromosome 15. Immunogenetics. 51: 924-929.

Nashold FE, Hoag KA, Goverman J and CE Hayes. 2001. Rag-1-dependent cells are necessary for 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) prevention of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. J. Neuroimmunol. 119:16-29.

Hoag, K.A., F.E. Nashold, J. Goverman, and C.E. Hayes. 2002. Retinoic Acid Enhances T Helper 2 Cell Development that is Essential for Robust Antibody Responses Through its Action on Antigent-Presenting Cells, J. Nutr. 132:3736-3739.

Email: hoagk@msu.edu
Office: 322 N. Kedzie Hall
Phone: (517) 353-7800
Fax (517) 432-2006
Office Hours: by appointment