James Forman, D.M.D, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School Medical School
Department Immunology
Graduate Programs Immunology, Molecular Microbiology
Education
- Graduate School
- Tufts University
- Graduate School
- Tufts University (1965)
- Graduate School
- Tufts University (1971)
Research Interest
- CD8 T cells
- class I antigens
- Innate immunity
- NK cells
Publications
Featured Publications
- Memory CD8+ T Cells Provide Innate Immune Protection against Listeria monocytogenes
- Berg, R., Crossley, E., Murray, S. and Forman, J. J. Experimental Medicine 2003 198 1583
- MHC Class Ib Restricted CTL Provide Protection Against Primary and Secondary Listeria monocytogenes Infection.
- Seaman, M., Wang, C.-R., and J. Forman. J. Immunology 2000 165 5192-5201
- The pathway for processing leader-derived peptides that regulate the maturation and expression of Qa-1b.
- Bai, A., Broen, J and Forman, J. Immunity 1998 9 413-421
- The effect of the proteasome inhibitor lactacystin on the presentation of Tap-dependent and -independent peptide epitopes by class I molecules.
- Bai, A. and Forman, J. J. Immunol. 1997 159 2139-46
- Identification of a Tap-dependent leader peptide recognized by alloreactive T cells specific for a class IB antigen.
- Aldrich, C.J., DeCloux, A., Woods, A.S., Cotter, R.J., Soloski, M., and Forman, J. Cell 1994 79 649-658
- Negative and positive selection of antigen-specific cytotoxic T lymhoyctes affected by the 3 domain of MHC I molecules.
- Aldrich, C.J., Hammer, R.E., Koszinowski, U., Hood, L., Stroynowski, I., and Forman, J. Nature 1991 352 718-721
- Imatinib mesylate inhibits antigen-specific memory CD8 T cell responses in vivo.
- Parisa Sinai, Rance E. Berg, J. Marshall Haynie, Merrill J. Egorin, Robert L. Ilaria Jr, and James Forman J. Immunology February 2007 178 2028-2037
- Thymus-dependent memory phenotype CD8 T cells in naive B6.H-2Kb-/-Db-/- animals mediate an antigen-specific response against Listeria monocytogenes.
- Su, Jie, Berg, R.E., Murray, S., and Forman, J J. Immunology Fall 2005 in press
- The role of TCR stimulation and TGF-beta in controlling the expression of CD94/NKG2A receptors on CD8 T cells.
- Gunturi, A, Berg, R.E., Crossley, E., Murray, S. and Forman J. European J. Immunology 2005 35 766-775
- CD4-CD8- T cells control intracellular bacterial infections both in vitro and in vivo.
- Cowley SC, Hamilton E, Frelinger JA, Su J, Forman J, Elkins KL. J. Experimental Medicine 2005 202 309-319