Diabetes Center at UCSF - Lewis Lanier, Ph.D

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Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center (DERC)

DERC was established to support and enhance interactions among an outstanding team of investigators involved in Type 1 or 2 diabetes research.

UCSF JDRF CENTER (CCCT)

The mission of the center is to develop and test a new approach to the treatment of Type 1 diabetes by bringing together researchers from 5 academic institutions and 1 commercial partner.

Lewis Lanier, Ph.D

Lanier, L.L., Corliss, BC, Wu, J, Leong, C and Phillips, JH. 1998. Immunoreceptor DAP12 bearing a tyrosine-based activation motif is involved in activating NK cells. Nature 391: 703-707.

Wu, J., Song, Y, Bakker, ABH, Bauer, S, Spies, T, Lanier, LL and Phillips, JH. 1999. An activating immunoreceptor complex formed by NKG2D and DAP10. Science 285: 730-732.

Ravetch, J.V. and L.L. Lanier. 2000. Immune inhibitory receptors. Science 290:84-89.

Arase, H., E.S. Mocarski, A.E. Campbell, A.B. Hill, and L.L. Lanier. 2002. Direct recognition of cytomegalovirus by activating and inhibitory NK cell receptors. Science 296:1323-1326.

Ogasawara, K. J.A. Hamerman, H. Hsin, S. Chikuma, H. Jordon, T. Chen, T. Pertel, C. Carnaud, J.A. Bluestone and L.L. Lanier. 2003. Impairment of NK cell function by NKG2D modulation in NOD mice. Immunity 18:41-51.