Students Profiles

David Fernandez
Ph.D. (3rd year)
fernandd@upstate.edu

Department: Microbiology
Advisor: Andras Perl, MD/PhD

Publications:

Fernandez D, Bonilla E, Mirza, N, Niland B, Perl A. Rapamycin reduces disease activity and normalizes T cell activation-induced calcium fluxing in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Rheum. 54(9):2983-8. 2006.

Nagy G, Ward J, Mosser, DD, Koncz, A, Gergely P JR, Stancato C, Oian Y, Fernandez, D, Niland,B, Grossman CE, Telarico, T, Banki K, Perl A. Regulation of CD4 expression via recycling by HRES-1RAB4 controls susceptibility to HIV infection. J Biol Chem 281:34574-34591, 2006.

Fernandez, D., Bonilla, Phillips, P.E. and Perl, A. Signaling abnormalities in systemic lupus erythematosus as potential drug targets. Endocrin, Metabolic & Immune Disorders - Drug Targets. 6: 305-311, 2006

Nagy, G., Koncz, A., Fernandez, D. and Perl A. Nitric oxide, mitochondrial hyperpolarization, and T-cell activation. Free Radic. Biol. Med. 42: 1625-1631, 2007.

Perl, A., Nagy, G., Koncz, A., Gergely, P., Fernandez, D., Doherty, E., Telarico, T., Bonilla, E. and Phillips, P.E. (2008) Molecular mimicry and immunomodulation by the HRES-1 endogenous retrovirus in SLE. Autoimmunity, in press.