Rocky Baker, PharmD

Associate Research Professor, Immunology and Microbiology


Publications

  • Delong T, Baker RL, He J, Haskins K. Novel autoantigens for diabetogenic CD4 T cells in autoimmune diabetes. Immunol Res. 2013 Mar;55(1-3):167-72. PubMed PMID: 22971988
  • Baker RL, Delong T, Barbour G, Bradley B, Nakayama M, Haskins K. Cutting edge: CD4 T cells reactive to an islet amyloid polypeptide peptide accumulate in the pancreas and contribute to disease pathogenesis in nonobese diabetic mice. J Immunol. 2013 Oct 15;191(8):3990-4. PubMed PMID: 24043895
  • Gottlieb PA, Delong T, Baker RL, Fitzgerald-Miller L, Wagner R, Cook G, Rewers MR, Michels A, Haskins K. Chromogranin A is a T cell antigen in human type 1 diabetes. J Autoimmun. 2013 Nov 12. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24239002
  • Gottlieb PA, Delong T, Baker RL, Fitzgerald-Miller L, Wagner R, Cook G, Rewers MR, Michels A, Haskins K. Chromogranin A is a T cell antigen in human type 1 diabetes. J Autoimmun. 2014 May;50:38-41. PubMed PMID: 24239002
  • Viret C, Mahiddine K, Baker RL, Haskins K, Guerder S. The T Cell Repertoire-Diversifying Enzyme TSSP Contributes to Thymic Selection of Diabetogenic CD4 T Cell Specificities Reactive to ChgA and IAPP Autoantigens. J Immunol. 2015 Sep 1;195(5):1964-73. PubMed PMID: 26209627
  • Baker RL, Bradley B, Wiles TA, Lindsay RS, Barbour G, Delong T, Friedman RS, Haskins K. Cutting Edge: Nonobese Diabetic Mice Deficient in Chromogranin A Are Protected from Autoimmune Diabetes. J Immunol. 2016 Jan 1;196(1):39-43. PubMed PMID: 26608914
  • Wiles TA, Delong T, Baker RL, Bradley B, Barbour G, Powell RL, Reisdorph N, Haskins K. An insulin-IAPP hybrid peptide is an endogenous antigen for CD4 T cells in the non-obese diabetic mouse. J Autoimmun. 2016 Oct 29. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27802879
  • Delong T, Wiles TA, Baker RL, Bradley B, Barbour G, Reisdorph R, Armstrong M, Powell RL, Reisdorph N, Kumar N, Elso CM, DeNicola M, Bottino R, Powers AC, Harlan DM, Kent SC, Mannering SI, Haskins K. Pathogenic CD4 T cells in type 1 diabetes recognize epitopes formed by peptide fusion. Science. 2016 Feb 12;351(6274):711-4. PubMed PMID: 26912858
  • Baker RL, Bradley B, Wiles TA, Lindsay RS, Barbour G, Delong T, Friedman RS, Haskins K. Cutting Edge: Nonobese Diabetic Mice Deficient in Chromogranin A Are Protected from Autoimmune Diabetes. J Immunol. 2016 Jan 1;196(1):39-43. PubMed PMID: 26608914
  • Wiles TA, Delong T, Baker RL, Bradley B, Barbour G, Powell RL, Reisdorph N, Haskins K. An insulin-IAPP hybrid peptide is an endogenous antigen for CD4 T cells in the non-obese diabetic mouse. J Autoimmun. 2017 Mar;78:11-18. PubMed PMID: 27802879
  • Baker RL, Jamison BL, Wiles TA, Lindsay RS, Barbour G, Bradley B, Delong T, Friedman RS, Nakayama M, Haskins K. CD4 T Cells Reactive to Hybrid Insulin Peptides Are Indicators of Disease Activity in the NOD Mouse. Diabetes. 2018 Sep;67(9):1836-1846. PubMed PMID: 29976617
  • Dirice E, Kahraman S, De Jesus DF, El Ouaamari A, Basile G, Baker RL, Yigit B, Piehowski PD, Kim MJ, Dwyer AJ, Ng RWS, Schuster C, Vethe H, Martinov T, Ishikawa Y, Teo AKK, Smith RD, Hu J, Haskins K, Serwold T, Qian WJ, Fife BT, Kissler S, Kulkarni RN. Increased ß-cell proliferation before immune cell invasion prevents progression of type 1 diabetes. Nat Metab. 2019 May;1(5):509-518. PubMed PMID: 31423480
  • Baker RL, Rihanek M, Hohenstein AC, Nakayama M, Michels A, Gottlieb PA, Haskins K, Delong T. Hybrid Insulin Peptides Are Autoantigens in Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes. 2019 Sep;68(9):1830-1840. PubMed PMID: 31175101
  • Baker RL, Jamison BL, Haskins K. Hybrid insulin peptides are neo-epitopes for CD4 T cells in autoimmune diabetes. Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes. 2019 Aug;26(4):195-200. PubMed PMID: 31166225
  • Jamison BL, Neef T, Goodspeed A, Bradley B, Baker RL, Miller SD, Haskins K. Nanoparticles Containing an Insulin-ChgA Hybrid Peptide Protect from Transfer of Autoimmune Diabetes by Shifting the Balance between Effector T Cells and Regulatory T Cells. J Immunol. 2019 Jul 1;203(1):48-57. PubMed PMID: 31109955
  • Arribas-Layton D, Guyer P, Delong T, Dang M, Chow IT, Speake C, Greenbaum CJ, Kwok WW, Baker RL, Haskins K, James EA. Hybrid Insulin Peptides Are Recognized by Human T Cells in the Context of DRB1*04:01. Diabetes. 2020 Jul;69(7):1492-1502. PubMed PMID: 32291282
  • Firdessa-Fite R, Johnson SN, Leon MA, Khosravi-Maharlooei M, Baker RL, Sestak JO, Berkland C, Creusot RJ. Soluble Antigen Arrays Efficiently Deliver Peptides and Arrest Spontaneous Autoimmune Diabetes. Diabetes. 2021 Jan 19. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33468513
  • Jamison BL, DiLisio JE, Beard KS, Neef T, Bradley B, Goodman J, Gill RG, Miller SD, Baker RL, Haskins K. Tolerogenic Delivery of a Hybrid Insulin Peptide Markedly Prolongs Islet Graft Survival in the NOD Mouse. Diabetes. 2022 Mar 1;71(3):483-496. PubMed PMID: 35007324
  • Srivastava N, Hu H, Vomund AN, Peterson OJ, Baker RL, Haskins K, Teyton L, Wan X, Unanue ER. Chromogranin A Deficiency Confers Protection From Autoimmune Diabetes via Multiple Mechanisms. Diabetes. 2021 Dec;70(12):2860-2870. PubMed PMID: 34497137
  • Wiles TA, Hohenstein A, Landry LG, Dang M, Powell R, Guyer P, James EA, Nakayama M, Haskins K, Delong T, Baker RL. Characterization of Human CD4 T Cells Specific for a C-Peptide/C-Peptide Hybrid Insulin Peptide. Front Immunol. 2021;12:668680. PubMed PMID: 34113344
  • Firdessa-Fite R, Johnson SN, Leon MA, Khosravi-Maharlooei M, Baker RL, Sestak JO, Berkland C, Creusot RJ. Soluble Antigen Arrays Efficiently Deliver Peptides and Arrest Spontaneous Autoimmune Diabetes. Diabetes. 2021 Jun;70(6):1334-1346. PubMed PMID: 33468513
  • Wenzlau JM, DiLisio JE, Barbour G, Dang M, Hohenstein AC, Nakayama M, Delong T, Baker RL, Haskins K. Insulin B-chain hybrid peptides are agonists for T cells reactive to insulin B:9-23 in autoimmune diabetes. Front Immunol. 2022;13:926650. PubMed PMID: 36032090
  • Crawford SA, Wiles TA, Wenzlau JM, Powell RL, Barbour G, Dang M, Groegler J, Barra JM, Burnette KS, Hohenstein AC, Baker RL, Tse HM, Haskins K, Delong T. Cathepsin D Drives the Formation of Hybrid Insulin Peptides Relevant to the Pathogenesis of Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes. 2022 Dec 1;71(12):2793-2803. PubMed PMID: 36041196
  • Jamison BL, DiLisio JE, Beard KS, Neef T, Bradley B, Goodman J, Gill RG, Miller SD, Baker RL, Haskins K. Tolerogenic Delivery of a Hybrid Insulin Peptide Markedly Prolongs Islet Graft Survival in the NOD Mouse. Diabetes. 2022 Mar 1;71(3):483-496. PubMed PMID: 35007324