Research

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John J O'Shea, M.D.
Molecular Immunology and Inflammation Branch
Scientific Director


Phone: 301-496-2612
Fax: 301-402-0012
Building: 10, Room: 6N204
E-mail: osheajo@mail.nih.gov 

After receiving a Bachelor of Science from St. Lawrence University and a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Cincinnati, Dr. O'Shea served as a resident in Internal Medicine at the State University of New York-Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse. He came to the NIH in 1981 for subspecialty training in Allergy and Immunology in the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. He did additional postdoctoral work in the Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. He started his own group in the National Cancer Institute in 1989 and then moved to the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases in 1994 as Chief of the Lymphocyte Cell Biology Section of the Arthritis and Rheumatism Branch.

He has served on the editorial boards of several journals including: Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Immunology, and Blood. Presently, he is associate editor of the Journal of Biological Chemistry and Arthritis Research. He is a member of several professional societies, including the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the American Association of Immunologists, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the American College of Rheumatology. Dr. O'Shea has been an ad hoc member of the Ad Hoc member NIH Experimental Immunology and Immunobiology NIH and the Arthritis Foundation Study Sections. He is on the American College of Rheumatology Abstract Selection Committee and served as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Scholars Advisor. Dr. O'Shea has been an invited lecturer at numerous universities and international meetings in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Asia.

Dr. O'Shea has received a number of awards, including the U.S. Public Health Service Physician Researcher of the Year and the National Institutes of Health Director's Award.

Dr. O'Shea is one of the course directors for Immunology 521.

 

Other NIAMS Affiliations

Lymphocyte Cell Biology Section
Office of the Clinical Director
Office of the Scientific Director

 


Selected Publications

Tamura T, Tailor P, Yamaoka K, Kong HJ, Tsujimura H, O'shea JJ, Singh H, Ozato K. IFN regulatory factor-4 and -8 govern dendritic cell subset development and their functional diversity. J Immunol. 2005; 174(5):2573-81. PubMed Icon

Pesu M, Candotti F, Husa M, Hofmann SR, Notarangelo LD, O'Shea JJ. Jak3, severe combined immunodeficiency, and a new class of immunosuppressive drugs. Immunol Rev. 2005; 203:127-42. PubMed Icon

O'Shea JJ, Kanno Y, Chen X, Levy DE. Cell signaling. Stat acetylation--a key facet of cytokine signaling? Science. 2005; 307(5707): 217-8. PubMed Icon

O'Shea JJ, Pesu M, Borie DC, Changelian PS. A new modality for immunosuppression: targeting the JAK/STAT pathway. Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2004; 3(7):555-64. PubMed Icon

Moriguchi M, Hissong BD, Gadina M, Yamaoka K, Tiffany HL, Murphy PM, Candotti F, O'shea JJ. CXCL12 signaling is independent of Jak2 and Jak3. J Biol Chem. 2004; [Epub ahead of print] PubMed Icon

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