John Cambier, PhD, MS

Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Immunology and Microbiology

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Professional Titles

  • Distinguished Professor

Publications

  • Hinman RM, Smith MJ, Cambier JC. B cells and type 1 diabetes …in mice and men. Immunol Lett. 2014 Jan 25. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24472603
  • Hardy IR, Anceriz N, Rousseau F, Seefeldt MB, Hatterer E, Irla M, Buatois V, Chatel LE, Getahun A, Fletcher A, Cons L, Pontini G, Hertzberg NA, Magistrelli G, Malinge P, Smith MJ, Reith W, Kosco-Vilbois MH, Ferlin WG, Cambier JC. Anti-CD79 antibody induces B cell anergy that protects against autoimmunity. J Immunol. 2014 Feb 15;192(4):1641-50. PubMed PMID: 24442438
  • Packard TA, Cambier JC. B lymphocyte antigen receptor signaling: initiation, amplification, and regulation. F1000Prime Rep. 2013;5:40. PubMed PMID: 24167721
  • Abdul-Sater AA, Tattoli I, Jin L, Grajkowski A, Levi A, Koller BH, Allen IC, Beaucage SL, Fitzgerald KA, Ting JP, Cambier JC, Girardin SE, Schindler C. Cyclic-di-GMP and cyclic-di-AMP activate the NLRP3 inflammasome. EMBO Rep. 2013 Oct;14(10):900-6. PubMed PMID: 24008845
  • Bounab Y, Getahun A, Cambier JC, Daëron M. Phosphatase regulation of immunoreceptor signaling in T cells, B cells and mast cells. Curr Opin Immunol. 2013 Jun;25(3):313-20. PubMed PMID: 23684445
  • Cambier JC. Autoimmunity risk alleles: hotspots in B cell regulatory signaling pathways. J Clin Invest. 2013 May 1;123(5):1928-31. PubMed PMID: 23619359
  • Jin L, Getahun A, Knowles HM, Mogan J, Akerlund LJ, Packard TA, Perraud AL, Cambier JC. STING/MPYS mediates host defense against Listeria monocytogenes infection by regulating Ly6C(hi) monocyte migration. J Immunol. 2013 Mar 15;190(6):2835-43. PubMed PMID: 23378430
  • Slansky JE, Cohen JJ, Cambier JC. Integrated immunology in Colorado. Immunol Res. 2013 Mar;55(1-3):1-2. PubMed PMID: 22975788
  • Packard TA, Li QZ, Cosgrove GP, Bowler RP, Cambier JC. COPD is associated with production of autoantibodies to a broad spectrum of self-antigens, correlative with disease phenotype. Immunol Res. 2013 Mar;55(1-3):48-57. PubMed PMID: 22941590
  • Hardy IR, Anceriz N, Rousseau F, Seefeldt MB, Hatterer E, Irla M, Buatois V, Chatel LE, Getahun A, Fletcher A, Cons L, Pontini G, Hertzberg NA, Magistrelli G, Malinge P, Smith MJ, Reith W, Kosco-Vilbois MH, Ferlin WG, Cambier JC. Anti-CD79 antibody induces B cell anergy that protects against autoimmunity. J Immunol. 2014 Feb 15;192(4):1641-50. PubMed PMID: 24442438
  • Hinman RM, Smith MJ, Cambier JC. B cells and type 1 diabetes ...in mice and men. Immunol Lett. 2014 Aug;160(2):128-32. PubMed PMID: 24472603
  • Hinman RM, Cambier JC. Role of B lymphocytes in the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes. Curr Diab Rep. 2014 Nov;14(11):543. PubMed PMID: 25189436
  • Smith MJ, Packard TA, O'Neill SK, Henry Dunand CJ, Huang M, Fitzgerald-Miller L, Stowell D, Hinman RM, Wilson PC, Gottlieb PA, Cambier JC. Loss of Anergic B Cells in Pre-diabetic and New Onset T1D Patients. Diabetes. 2014 Dec 18. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25524915
  • White MJ, McArthur K, Metcalf D, Lane RM, Cambier JC, Herold MJ, van Delft MF, Bedoui S, Lessene G, Ritchie ME, Huang DC, Kile BT. Apoptotic Caspases Suppress mtDNA-Induced STING-Mediated Type I IFN Production. Cell. 2014 Dec 18;159(7):1549-62. PubMed PMID: 25525874
  • Huang Y, Heiser RA, Detanico TO, Getahun A, Kirchenbaum GA, Casper TL, Aydintug MK, Carding SR, Ikuta K, Huang H, Cambier JC, Wysocki LJ, O'Brien RL, Born WK. ?d T cells affect IL-4 production and B-cell tolerance. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Jan 6;112(1):E39-48. PubMed PMID: 25535377
  • Huang Y, Getahun A, Heiser RA, Detanico TO, Aviszus K, Kirchenbaum GA, Casper TL, Huang C, Aydintug MK, Carding SR, Ikuta K, Huang H, Wysocki LJ, Cambier JC, O'Brien RL, Born WK. ?d T Cells Shape Preimmune Peripheral B Cell Populations. J Immunol. 2016 Jan 1;196(1):217-31. PubMed PMID: 26582947
  • Chen Z, Getahun A, Chen X, Dollin Y, Cambier JC, Wang JH. Imbalanced PTEN and PI3K Signaling Impairs Class Switch Recombination. J Immunol. 2015 Dec 1;195(11):5461-71. PubMed PMID: 26500350
  • Getahun A, Cambier JC. Of ITIMs, ITAMs, and ITAMis: revisiting immunoglobulin Fc receptor signaling. Immunol Rev. 2015 Nov;268(1):66-73. PubMed PMID: 26497513
  • Akerlund J, Getahun A, Cambier JC. B cell expression of the SH2-containing inositol 5-phosphatase (SHIP-1) is required to establish anergy to high affinity, proteinacious autoantigens. J Autoimmun. 2015 Aug;62:45-54. PubMed PMID: 26152931
  • Huang Y, Heiser RA, Detanico TO, Getahun A, Kirchenbaum GA, Casper TL, Aydintug MK, Carding SR, Ikuta K, Huang H, Cambier JC, Wysocki LJ, O'Brien RL, Born WK. ?d T cells affect IL-4 production and B-cell tolerance. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Jan 6;112(1):E39-48. PubMed PMID: 25535377
  • Smith MJ, Packard TA, O'Neill SK, Henry Dunand CJ, Huang M, Fitzgerald-Miller L, Stowell D, Hinman RM, Wilson PC, Gottlieb PA, Cambier JC. Loss of anergic B cells in prediabetic and new-onset type 1 diabetic patients. Diabetes. 2015 May;64(5):1703-12. PubMed PMID: 25524915
  • Seay HR, Yusko E, Rothweiler SJ, Zhang L, Posgai AL, Campbell-Thompson M, Vignali M, Emerson RO, Kaddis JS, Ko D, Nakayama M, Smith MJ, Cambier JC, Pugliese A, Atkinson MA, Robins HS, Brusko TM. Tissue distribution and clonal diversity of the T and B cell repertoire in type 1 diabetes. JCI Insight. 2016 Dec 8;1(20):e88242. PubMed PMID: 27942583
  • Packard TA, Smith MJ, Conrad FJ, Johnson SA, Getahun A, Lindsay RS, Hinman RM, Friedman RS, Thomas JW, Cambier JC. B Cell Receptor Affinity for Insulin Dictates Autoantigen Acquisition and B Cell Functionality in Autoimmune Diabetes. J Clin Med. 2016 Nov 8;5(11). PubMed PMID: 27834793
  • Franks SE, Getahun A, Hogarth PM, Cambier JC. Targeting B cells in treatment of autoimmunity. Curr Opin Immunol. 2016 Dec;43:39-45. PubMed PMID: 27718447
  • Noges LE, White J, Cambier JC, Kappler JW, Marrack P. Contamination of DNase Preparations Confounds Analysis of the Role of DNA in Alum-Adjuvanted Vaccines. J Immunol. 2016 Aug 15;197(4):1221-30. PubMed PMID: 27357147
  • Smith MJ, Rihanek M, Coleman BM, Gottlieb PA, Sarapura VD, Cambier JC. Activation of thyroid antigen-reactive B cells in recent onset autoimmune thyroid disease patients. J Autoimmun. 2017 Dec 9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29233566
  • Getahun A, Beavers NA, Larson SR, Shlomchik MJ, Cambier JC. Continuous inhibitory signaling by both SHP-1 and SHIP-1 pathways is required to maintain unresponsiveness of anergic B cells. J Exp Med. 2016 May 2;213(5):751-69. PubMed PMID: 27114609
  • Kerur N, Fukuda S, Banerjee D, Kim Y, Fu D, Apicella I, Varshney A, Yasuma R, Fowler BJ, Baghdasaryan E, Marion KM, Huang X, Yasuma T, Hirano Y, Serbulea V, Ambati M, Ambati VL, Kajiwara Y, Ambati K, Hirahara S, Bastos-Carvalho A, Ogura Y, Terasaki H, Oshika T, Kim KB, Hinton DR, Leitinger N, Cambier JC, Buxbaum JD, Kenney MC, Jazwinski SM, Nagai H, Hara I, West AP, Fitzgerald KA, Sadda SR, Gelfand BD, Ambati J. cGAS drives noncanonical-inflammasome activation in age-related macular degeneration. Nat Med. 2017 Nov 27. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29176737
  • Smith MJ, Simmons KM, Cambier JC. B cells in type 1 diabetes mellitus and diabetic kidney disease. Nat Rev Nephrol. 2017 Oct 17;13(11):712-720. PubMed PMID: 29038537
  • Getahun A, Wemlinger SM, Rudra P, Santiago ML, van Dyk LF, Cambier JC. Impaired B cell function during viral infections due to PTEN-mediated inhibition of the PI3K pathway. J Exp Med. 2017 Apr 3;214(4):931-941. PubMed PMID: 28341640
  • Huang Y, Getahun A, Heiser RA, Detanico TO, Aviszus K, Kirchenbaum GA, Casper TL, Huang C, Aydintug MK, Carding SR, Ikuta K, Huang H, Wysocki LJ, Cambier JC, O'Brien RL, Born WK. ?d T Cells Shape Preimmune Peripheral B Cell Populations. J Immunol. 2016 Jan 1;196(1):217-31. PubMed PMID: 26582947
  • Smith MJ, Packard TA, O'Neill SK, Hinman RM, Rihanek M, Gottlieb PA, Cambier JC. Detection and Enrichment of Rare Antigen-specific B Cells for Analysis of Phenotype and Function. J Vis Exp. 2017 Feb 16;(120). PubMed PMID: 28287549
  • Seay HR, Yusko E, Rothweiler SJ, Zhang L, Posgai AL, Campbell-Thompson M, Vignali M, Emerson RO, Kaddis JS, Ko D, Nakayama M, Smith MJ, Cambier JC, Pugliese A, Atkinson MA, Robins HS, Brusko TM. Tissue distribution and clonal diversity of the T and B cell repertoire in type 1 diabetes. JCI Insight. 2016 Dec 8;1(20):e88242. PubMed PMID: 27942583
  • Packard TA, Smith MJ, Conrad FJ, Johnson SA, Getahun A, Lindsay RS, Hinman RM, Friedman RS, Thomas JW, Cambier JC. B Cell Receptor Affinity for Insulin Dictates Autoantigen Acquisition and B Cell Functionality in Autoimmune Diabetes. J Clin Med. 2016 Nov 8;5(11). PubMed PMID: 27834793
  • Franks SE, Getahun A, Hogarth PM, Cambier JC. Targeting B cells in treatment of autoimmunity. Curr Opin Immunol. 2016 Dec;43:39-45. PubMed PMID: 27718447
  • Noges LE, White J, Cambier JC, Kappler JW, Marrack P. Contamination of DNase Preparations Confounds Analysis of the Role of DNA in Alum-Adjuvanted Vaccines. J Immunol. 2016 Aug 15;197(4):1221-30. PubMed PMID: 27357147
  • Getahun A, Beavers NA, Larson SR, Shlomchik MJ, Cambier JC. Continuous inhibitory signaling by both SHP-1 and SHIP-1 pathways is required to maintain unresponsiveness of anergic B cells. J Exp Med. 2016 May 2;213(5):751-69. PubMed PMID: 27114609
  • Huang Y, Getahun A, Heiser RA, Detanico TO, Aviszus K, Kirchenbaum GA, Casper TL, Huang C, Aydintug MK, Carding SR, Ikuta K, Huang H, Wysocki LJ, Cambier JC, O'Brien RL, Born WK. ?d T Cells Shape Preimmune Peripheral B Cell Populations. J Immunol. 2016 Jan 1;196(1):217-31. PubMed PMID: 26582947
  • Benhamou D, Labi V, Getahun A, Benchetrit E, Dowery R, Rajewsky K, Cambier JC, Melamed D. The c-Myc/miR17-92/PTEN Axis Tunes PI3K Activity to Control Expression of Recombination Activating Genes in Early B Cell Development. Front Immunol. 2018;9:2715. PubMed PMID: 30524445
  • Walker MM, Crute BW, Cambier JC, Getahun A. B Cell-Intrinsic STING Signaling Triggers Cell Activation, Synergizes with B Cell Receptor Signals, and Promotes Antibody Responses. J Immunol. 2018 Nov 1;201(9):2641-2653. PubMed PMID: 30282750
  • Smith MJ, Hinman RM, Getahun A, Kim S, Packard TA, Cambier JC. Silencing of high-affinity insulin-reactive B lymphocytes by anergy and impact of the NOD genetic background in mice. Diabetologia. 2018 Dec;61(12):2621-2632. PubMed PMID: 30255377
  • Franks SE, Cambier JC. Putting on the Brakes: Regulatory Kinases and Phosphatases Maintaining B Cell Anergy. Front Immunol. 2018;9:665. PubMed PMID: 29681901
  • Kogut I, McCarthy SM, Pavlova M, Astling DP, Chen X, Jakimenko A, Jones KL, Getahun A, Cambier JC, Pasmooij AMG, Jonkman MF, Roop DR, Bilousova G. High-efficiency RNA-based reprogramming of human primary fibroblasts. Nat Commun. 2018 Feb 21;9(1):745. PubMed PMID: 29467427
  • Smith MJ, Rihanek M, Wasserfall C, Mathews CE, Atkinson MA, Gottlieb PA, Cambier JC. Loss of B-Cell Anergy in Type 1 Diabetes Is Associated With High-Risk HLA and Non-HLA Disease Susceptibility Alleles. Diabetes. 2018 Apr;67(4):697-703. PubMed PMID: 29343548
  • Ruiz-Moreno JS, Hamann L, Shah JA, Verbon A, Mockenhaupt FP, Puzianowska-Kuznicka M, Naujoks J, Sander LE, Witzenrath M, Cambier JC, Suttorp N, Schumann RR, Jin L, Hawn TR, Opitz B. The common HAQ STING variant impairs cGAS-dependent antibacterial responses and is associated with susceptibility to Legionnaires' disease in humans. PLoS Pathog. 2018 Jan;14(1):e1006829. PubMed PMID: 29298342
  • Smith MJ, Rihanek M, Coleman BM, Gottlieb PA, Sarapura VD, Cambier JC. Activation of thyroid antigen-reactive B cells in recent onset autoimmune thyroid disease patients. J Autoimmun. 2018 May;89:82-89. PubMed PMID: 29233566
  • Kerur N, Fukuda S, Banerjee D, Kim Y, Fu D, Apicella I, Varshney A, Yasuma R, Fowler BJ, Baghdasaryan E, Marion KM, Huang X, Yasuma T, Hirano Y, Serbulea V, Ambati M, Ambati VL, Kajiwara Y, Ambati K, Hirahara S, Bastos-Carvalho A, Ogura Y, Terasaki H, Oshika T, Kim KB, Hinton DR, Leitinger N, Cambier JC, Buxbaum JD, Kenney MC, Jazwinski SM, Nagai H, Hara I, West AP, Fitzgerald KA, Sadda SR, Gelfand BD, Ambati J. cGAS drives noncanonical-inflammasome activation in age-related macular degeneration. Nat Med. 2018 Jan;24(1):50-61. PubMed PMID: 29176737
  • Atif SM, Mack DG, McKee AS, Rangel-Moreno J, Martin AK, Getahun A, Maier LA, Cambier JC, Tuder R, Fontenot AP. Protective role of B cells in sterile particulate-induced lung injury. JCI Insight. 2019 May 16;5. PubMed PMID: 31094704
  • Franks SE, Getahun A, Cambier JC. A Precision B Cell-Targeted Therapeutic Approach to Autoimmunity Caused by Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Pathway Dysregulation. J Immunol. 2019 Jun 15;202(12):3381-3393. PubMed PMID: 31076529
  • Getahun A, Cambier JC. Non-Antibody-Secreting Functions of B Cells and Their Contribution to Autoimmune Disease. Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol. 2019 Oct 6;35:337-356. PubMed PMID: 30883216
  • Tu MM, Lee FYF, Jones RT, Kimball AK, Saravia E, Graziano RF, Coleman B, Menard K, Yan J, Michaud E, Chang H, Abdel-Hafiz HA, Rozhok AI, Duex JE, Agarwal N, Chauca-Diaz A, Johnson LK, Ng TL, Cambier JC, Clambey ET, Costello JC, Korman AJ, Theodorescu D. Targeting DDR2 enhances tumor response to anti-PD-1 immunotherapy. Sci Adv. 2019 Feb;5(2):eaav2437. PubMed PMID: 30801016
  • Smith MJ, Ford BR, Rihanek M, Coleman BM, Getahun A, Sarapura VD, Gottlieb PA, Cambier JC. Elevated PTEN expression maintains anergy in human B cells and reveals unexpectedly high repertoire autoreactivity. JCI Insight. 2019 Feb 7;4(3). [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30728334
  • Leon MA, Wemlinger SM, Larson NR, Ruffalo JK, Sestak JO, Middaugh CR, Cambier JC, Berkland C. Soluble Antigen Arrays for Selective Desensitization of Insulin-Reactive B Cells. Mol Pharm. 2019 Apr 1;16(4):1563-1572. PubMed PMID: 30681867
  • Benhamou D, Labi V, Getahun A, Benchetrit E, Dowery R, Rajewsky K, Cambier JC, Melamed D. The c-Myc/miR17-92/PTEN Axis Tunes PI3K Activity to Control Expression of Recombination Activating Genes in Early B Cell Development. Front Immunol. 2018;9:2715. PubMed PMID: 30524445
  • Walker MM, Crute BW, Cambier JC, Getahun A. B Cell-Intrinsic STING Signaling Triggers Cell Activation, Synergizes with B Cell Receptor Signals, and Promotes Antibody Responses. J Immunol. 2018 Nov 1;201(9):2641-2653. PubMed PMID: 30282750
  • Smith MJ, Hinman RM, Getahun A, Kim S, Packard TA, Cambier JC. Silencing of high-affinity insulin-reactive B lymphocytes by anergy and impact of the NOD genetic background in mice. Diabetologia. 2018 Dec;61(12):2621-2632. PubMed PMID: 30255377
  • Franks SE, Cambier JC. Putting on the Brakes: Regulatory Kinases and Phosphatases Maintaining B Cell Anergy. Front Immunol. 2018;9:665. PubMed PMID: 29681901
  • Kogut I, McCarthy SM, Pavlova M, Astling DP, Chen X, Jakimenko A, Jones KL, Getahun A, Cambier JC, Pasmooij AMG, Jonkman MF, Roop DR, Bilousova G. High-efficiency RNA-based reprogramming of human primary fibroblasts. Nat Commun. 2018 Feb 21;9(1):745. PubMed PMID: 29467427
  • Smith MJ, Rihanek M, Wasserfall C, Mathews CE, Atkinson MA, Gottlieb PA, Cambier JC. Loss of B-Cell Anergy in Type 1 Diabetes Is Associated With High-Risk HLA and Non-HLA Disease Susceptibility Alleles. Diabetes. 2018 Apr;67(4):697-703. PubMed PMID: 29343548
  • Ruiz-Moreno JS, Hamann L, Shah JA, Verbon A, Mockenhaupt FP, Puzianowska-Kuznicka M, Naujoks J, Sander LE, Witzenrath M, Cambier JC, Suttorp N, Schumann RR, Jin L, Hawn TR, Opitz B. The common HAQ STING variant impairs cGAS-dependent antibacterial responses and is associated with susceptibility to Legionnaires' disease in humans. PLoS Pathog. 2018 Jan;14(1):e1006829. PubMed PMID: 29298342
  • Smith MJ, Rihanek M, Coleman BM, Gottlieb PA, Sarapura VD, Cambier JC. Activation of thyroid antigen-reactive B cells in recent onset autoimmune thyroid disease patients. J Autoimmun. 2018 May;89:82-89. PubMed PMID: 29233566
  • Kerur N, Fukuda S, Banerjee D, Kim Y, Fu D, Apicella I, Varshney A, Yasuma R, Fowler BJ, Baghdasaryan E, Marion KM, Huang X, Yasuma T, Hirano Y, Serbulea V, Ambati M, Ambati VL, Kajiwara Y, Ambati K, Hirahara S, Bastos-Carvalho A, Ogura Y, Terasaki H, Oshika T, Kim KB, Hinton DR, Leitinger N, Cambier JC, Buxbaum JD, Kenney MC, Jazwinski SM, Nagai H, Hara I, West AP, Fitzgerald KA, Sadda SR, Gelfand BD, Ambati J. cGAS drives noncanonical-inflammasome activation in age-related macular degeneration. Nat Med. 2018 Jan;24(1):50-61. PubMed PMID: 29176737
  • Crute BW, Sheraden R, Ott VL, Harley ITW, Getahun A, Cambier JC. Inhibitory Receptor Trap: A Platform for Discovery of Inhibitory Receptors That Utilize Inositol Lipid and Phosphotyrosine Phosphatase Effectors. Front Immunol. 2020;11:592329. PubMed PMID: 33193438
  • Smith MJ, Cambier JC, Gottlieb PA. Endotypes in T1D: B lymphocytes and early onset. Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes. 2020 Aug;27(4):225-230. PubMed PMID: 32618634
  • Walker MM, Kim S, Crisler WJ, Nguyen K, Lenz LL, Cambier JC, Getahun A. Selective Loss of Responsiveness to Exogenous but Not Endogenous Cyclic-Dinucleotides in Mice Expressing STING-R231H. Front Immunol. 2020;11:238. PubMed PMID: 32153571


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