Ian R. Rifkin, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Medicine
Biography
Expertise includes: Immunology; Autoimmunity; Systemic lupus erythematosus; and Nephrology.
Other Positions
- Graduate Faculty (Primary Mentor of Grad Students), Boston University School of Medicine, Division of Graduate Medical Sciences
- Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine
- Active Staff Privileges, Medicine, Boston Medical Center
Education
- University of the Witwatersrand, MBBCh
- University of Cambridge, PhD
- University of London, MSc
Publications
- Published on 6/30/2017
Rifkin IR, Bonegio RG. Editorial: Podocytes as Active Participants in Lupus Nephritis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2017 Aug; 69(8):1517-1520. PMID: 28544537.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/11/2017
Choo MK, Sano Y, Kim C, Yasuda K, Li XD, Lin X, Stenzel-Poore M, Alexopoulou L, Ghosh S, Latz E, Rifkin IR, Chen ZJ, Stewart GC, Chong H, Park JM. TLR sensing of bacterial spore-associated RNA triggers host immune responses with detrimental effects. J Exp Med. 2017 May 01; 214(5):1297-1311. PMID: 28400473.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/17/2017
Das A, Heesters BA, Bialas A, O'Flynn J, Rifkin IR, Ochando J, Mittereder N, Carlesso G, Herbst R, Carroll MC. Follicular Dendritic Cell Activation by TLR Ligands Promotes Autoreactive B Cell Responses. Immunity. 2017 Jan 17; 46(1):106-119. PMID: 28099860.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/1/2015
Duffau P, Menn-Josephy H, Cuda CM, Dominguez S, Aprahamian TR, Watkins AA, Yasuda K, Monach P, Lafyatis R, Rice LM, Kenneth Haines G, Gravallese EM, Baum R, Richez C, Perlman H, Bonegio RG, Rifkin IR. Promotion of Inflammatory Arthritis by Interferon Regulatory Factor 5 in a Mouse Model. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2015 Dec; 67(12):3146-57. PMID: 26315890.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/7/2015
Aprahamian TR, Zhong X, Amir S, Binder CJ, Chiang LK, Al-Riyami L, Gharakhanian R, Harnett MM, Harnett W, Rifkin IR. The immunomodulatory parasitic worm product ES-62 reduces lupus-associated accelerated atherosclerosis in a mouse model. Int J Parasitol. 2015 Mar; 45(4):203-7. PMID: 25666929.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/16/2015
Watkins AA, Yasuda K, Wilson GE, Aprahamian T, Xie Y, Maganto-Garcia E, Shukla P, Oberlander L, Laskow B, Menn-Josephy H, Wu Y, Duffau P, Fried SK, Lichtman AH, Bonegio RG, Rifkin IR. IRF5 deficiency ameliorates lupus but promotes atherosclerosis and metabolic dysfunction in a mouse model of lupus-associated atherosclerosis. J Immunol. 2015 Feb 15; 194(4):1467-79. PMID: 25595782.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/12/2015
Mathes AL, Rice L, Affandi AJ, DiMarzio M, Rifkin IR, Stifano G, Christmann RB, Lafyatis R. CpGB DNA activates dermal macrophages and specifically recruits inflammatory monocytes into the skin. Exp Dermatol. 2015 Feb; 24(2):133-9. PMID: 25425469.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/1/2015
Tan Y, Watkins AA, Freeman BB, Meyers JA, Rifkin IR, Lerner A. Inhibition of type 4 cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase blocks intracellular TLR signaling in chronic lymphocytic leukemia and normal hematopoietic cells. J Immunol. 2015 Jan 1; 194(1):101-12. PMID: 25416804.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/3/2014
Ericson JA, Duffau P, Yasuda K, Ortiz-Lopez A, Rothamel K, Rifkin IR, Monach PA. Gene expression during the generation and activation of mouse neutrophils: implication of novel functional and regulatory pathways. PLoS One. 2014; 9(10):e108553. PMID: 25279834.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/30/2014
Yasuda K, Watkins AA, Kochar GS, Wilson GE, Laskow B, Richez C, Bonegio RG, Rifkin IR. Interferon regulatory factor-5 deficiency ameliorates disease severity in the MRL/lpr mouse model of lupus in the absence of a mutation in DOCK2. PLoS One. 2014; 9(7):e103478. PMID: 25076492.
Read at: PubMed
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