Kristen M . Drescher, PhD

Department

Med. Microbiology & Immunology

Position

Professor

Books

• Maresso Karen Colbert, Bishehsari Faraz, Silberstein Peter, Jung Barbara H., Lynch Henry T., Drescher Kristen, Sharma Poonam, Snyder Carrie, Lynch Jane F., Knezetic Joseph, Hitchins Megan, Lanspa Stephen, Patterson Sherri, Bownik Hiliary, Chiorean Michael V., Yun Laura, Vilar Eduardo, Hawk Ernest, Prevention and Screening Risk Factors, Screening, and Chemoprevention [Book Chapter] 2014
• RNA Technologies and Their Applications, RNA Technologies
  Liu Jun, Hu Guoku, Drescher Kristen M., Chen Xian-Ming, MicroRNAs in Epithelial Antimicrobial Immunity [Book Chapter] 2010
• Group B Coxsackieviruses
  Oberste Steven, Drescher Kristen, Tracy Steven, Group B Coxsackieviruses [Book Chapter] 2008
• Group B Coxsackieviruses
  Drescher Kristen M., Tracy Steven, The CVB and etiology of type 1 diabetes [Book Chapter] 2008
• How Do We Best Employ Animal Models for Type 1 Diabetesand Multiple Sclerosis
  Tracy Steven, Drescher Kristen M., Coxsackievirus infections and NOD mice [Book Chapter] 2007

Articles

• Kanno Toru, Kim Kisoon, Kono Ken, Drescher Kristen M., Chapman Nora M., Tracy Steven, Erratum 2006

Publications

• Journal of visualized experiments
  Nguyen Brian T., Chapman Nora M., Mullican John C., Drescher Kristen M., Transfection of a Molecular Clone of Naegleria gruberi rDNA into N. gruberi Trophozoites 2024
• Microbiology resource announcements
  Nguyen Brian T, Johnson Niklas, Stessman Holly A F, Tracy Steven, Chapman Nora M, Drescher Kristen M, Complete sequence of the closed circular extrachromosomal element of Naegleria pringsheimi De Jonckheere (strain Singh), p. e0080623 2024
• Microbiology resource announcements
  Nguyen Brian T., Chapman Nora M., Johnson Niklas, Stessman Holly A. F., Tracy Steven, Drescher Kristen M., Complete sequence of the closed circular extrachromosomal element (CERE) of Naegleria australiensis De Jonckheere (strain PP 397) 2023
• Nutrients
  Law David, Magrini Mitchel A., Siedlik Jacob A., Eckerson Joan, Drescher Kristen M., Bredahl Eric C., Creatine and Resistance Training: A Combined Approach to Attenuate Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity
  15:18, p. 4048 2023
• Microbiology resource announcements
  Nguyen Brian T, Chapman Nora M, Stessman Holly A F, Tracy Steven, Drescher Kristen M, Complete Sequence of the Closed Circular Extrachromosomal Element of Naegleria jadini Willaert and Ray (Strain ITMAP400), p. e0006123 - e0006123 2023
• Nature communications
  Deng Silu, Strauss-Soukup Juliane K, Belshan Michael, Chen Xian-Ming, He Wei, Gong Ai-Yu, Li Min, Wang Yang, Xia Zijie, Zhang Xin-Tiang, Huang Pacheco Andrew S, Naqib Ankur, Jenkins Mark, Swanson Patrick C, Drescher Kristen M, Cryptosporidium uses CSpV1 to activate host type I interferon and attenuate antiparasitic defenses
  14:1, p. 1456 - 17 2023
• Medicine and science in sports and exercise
  Bredahl Eric C., Johnson Nik, Kettler Elizabeth, Law David, Dalicandro Megan, Siedlik Jake, Drescher Kristen, Magrini Mitchel, Eckerson Joan, Controlled Metabolic Depression With Adenosine Receptor Agonists
  54:9S, p. 670 - 670 2022
• Medicine and science in sports and exercise
  Johnson Niklas, Bredahl Eric, Siedlik Jake, Eckerson Joan, Drescher Kristen, Effects Of Creatine Supplementation On The Viability Of Walker 256 Mammary Carcinomas
  54:9S, p. 607 - 607 2022
• Journal of Neuroinflammation
  Mathy Nicholas W., Burleigh Olivia, Kochvar Andrew, Whiteford Erin R., Behrens Matthew, Marta Patrick, Tian Cong, Chen Xian Ming, Gong Ai Yu, Drescher Kristen M., Steyger Peter S., Shibata Annemarie, A novel long intergenic non-coding RNA, Nostrill, regulates iNOS gene transcription and neurotoxicity in microglia
  18:1 2021
• Plasmid
  Nguyen B. T., Chapman N. M., Tracy S., Drescher K. M., The extrachromosomal elements of the Naegleria genus
  115 2021
• Nutrients
  Bredahl Eric C., Eckerson Joan M., Tracy Steven M., McDonald Thomas L., Drescher Kristen M., The role of creatine in the development and activation of immune responses
  13:3, p. 1 - 17 2021
• Nutrition and Cancer
  Bredahl Eric Christopher, Najdawi Wisam, Pass Caroline, Siedlik Jake, Eckerson Joan, Drescher Kristen, Use of Creatine and Creatinine to Minimize Doxorubicin-Induced Cytotoxicity in Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle Myoblasts
  73:11-12, p. 2597 - 2604 2021
• Microbiology Resource Announcements
  Mullican John C., Drescher Kristen M., Chapman Nora M., Tracy Steven, Complete genome sequence of the naegleria fowleri (strain lee) closed circular extrachromosomal ribosomal DNA element
  9:49 2020
• Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
  Bredahl Eric C., Sharif Salaheddin, Siedlik Jacob A., Wagner Meghan K., Twaddell MacKenzie D., Tigner Allison T., Dovgan Matthew D., Najdawi Wisam O., Hydock David S., Eckerson Joan M., Drescher Kristen M., Resistance Training during Chemotherapy with Doxorubicin
  52:12, p. 2529 - 2537 2020
• Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  BREDAHL ERIC C., TIGNER ALLISON T., DOVGAN MATTHEW D., NAJDAWI WISAM O., HYDOCK DAVID S., ECKERSON JOAN M., SHARIF SALAHEDDIN, SIEDLIK JACOB A., WAGNER MEGHAN K., TWADDELL MACKENZIE D., DRESCHER KRISTEN M., Resistance training during chemotherapy with doxorubicin
  52:12, p. 2529 - 2537 2020
• Medicine and science in sports and exercise
  Legenza Ashton, Reyes Chase, Dovgan Matthew, Tigner Allison, Najdawi Wisam, Bredahl Eric, Siedlik Jacob, Eckerson Joan, Drescher Kristen, The Effects of Resistance Training On Cardiac Muscle Function During Cancer Cachexia
  51:6S, p. 613 - 613 2019
• Medicine and science in sports and exercise
  Najdawi Wisam, Bredahl Eric, Eckerson Joan, Siedlik Jacob, Drescher Kristen, The Effect Of Doxorubicin On Myocardial Extracellular Matrix Degradation: 951 Board #185 May 29 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
  51:6 Suppl, p. 245 - 245 2019
• Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
  Pandya Amit N., Prathipati Pavan K., Hegde Pooja, Li Wei, Graham Kyle F., Ordway Diane, Mandal Subhra, Drescher Kristen M., Destache Christopher J., Jackson Mary, Northa E. Jeffrey, Indole-2-carboxamides are active against mycobacterium abscessus in a mouse model of acute infection
  63:3 2019
• Cytokine
  Riesberg Lisa A., McDonald Thomas L., Wang Yang, Chen Xian Ming, Holzmer Stephanie W., Tracy Steven M., Drescher Kristen M., Creatinine downregulates TNF-α in macrophage and T cell lines
  110, p. 29 - 38 2018
• Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  Kaufenberg Mikayla, Tigner Allison, Hook Sarah, Twaddell MacKenzie, Wagner Meghan, Drescher Kristen, Bredahl Eric, Siedlik Jake, Eckerson Joan, Effect of Resistance Training on Contractile Force Production during Doxorubicin-Treatment
  50:5S, p. 644 - 644 2018
• Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  Bredahl Eric, Najdawi Wisam, Siedlik Jake, Hook Sarah, Eckerson Joan, Drescher Kristen, The effect of creatine and creatinine on myocellular injury in doxorubicin-treated skeletal muscle myoblasts
  50:5S, p. 644 - 644 2018
• Scientific American
  Drescher Kristen M., Tracy Steven, Medicine van quishing diabetes
  318:2, p. 54 - 59 2018
• Medicine and science in sports and exercise
  Eckerson Joan M., Moon Brittany, Riesberg Lisa A., Serreyn Kyle, Yee Jennifer, Moore Geri A., Kurata Laura, Katsavelis Dimitrios, Bredahl Eric, Drescher Kristen, Fukuda David, The Effect of Creatine Supplementation on Upper Body Strength and Immune Function in Men
  49:5S, p. 1027 2017
• Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  Bredahl Eric C., Kottensette Sarah A., Marshall Nathaniel R., Wagner Meghan K., Drescher Kristen, Eckerson Joan M., The Effects Of Creatine And Creatinine On Rates Of Apoptosis In Doxorubicin-treated Myoblasts
  49:5S, p. 7 - 7 2017
• International Immunopharmacology
  Riesberg Lisa A., Weed Stephanie A., McDonald T. L., Eckerson Joan M., Drescher Kristen M., Beyond Muscles: The Untapped Potential of Creatine
  37, p. 31 - 42 2016
• Journal of Immunology
  Hu Guoku, Gong Ai-Yu, Wang Yang, Ma Shibin, Chen Xian-Ming, Su Chun-Jen, Shibata Annemarie, Strauss-Soukup Juliane K., Drescher Kristen M., LincRNA-Cox2 Promotes Late Inflammatory Gene Transcription in Macrophages through Modulating SWI/SNF-Mediated Chromatin Remodeling
  196:6, p. 2799 - 2808 2016
• Reviews in Medical Virology
  Drescher Kristen M., von Herrath M., Tracy S., Enteroviruses, hygiene and type 1 diabetes: toward a preventive vaccine
  25:1, p. 19 - 32 2015
• Current Treatment Options in Oncology
  Lynch Henry T., Drescher Kristen M., Knezetic Joseph A., Lanspa Stephen J., Genetics, biomarkers, hereditary cancer syndrome diagnosis, heterogeneity and treatment: a review
  15:3, p. 429 - 442 2014
• Journal of Microbiological Methods
  Smithee Shane, Drescher Kristen M., Pitz Lisa A., McDonald Thomas, Tracy Steven, A novel, broadly applicable approach to isolation of fungi in diverse growth media
  105, p. 155 - 161 2014
• Journal of Neuroimmunology
  Drescher Kristen M., Chen Xian-Ming, Schenk W. Brad., Hendricks Thomas, Leland Korey, miR-684 regulation of neurexophilin-1 and alpha-neurexin expression
  253:2-Jan, p. 63 - 63 2012
• Frontiers in Genetics
  Hu Guoku, Drescher Kristen M., Chen Xian-Ming, Exosomal microRNAs: biological properties and therapeutic potential.
  3, p. 56 2012
• PLoS One
  Zhou Rui, Hu Guoku, Gong Ai-Yu, Drescher Kristen M., Chen Xian-Ming, Li Xiaoqing, miR-16 Targets Transcriptional Corepressor SMRT and Modulates NF-kappaB-Regulated Transactivation of Interleukin-8 Gene
  7:1, p. e30772 2012
• Journal of Antibiotics
  McDonald Thomas, Drescher Kristen M., Weber Annika, Tracy Steven, Creatinine inhibits bacterial replication
  65:3, p. 153 - 156 2012
• Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews
  Tracy Steven, Drescher Kristen M., Chapman Nora M., Enteroviruses and type 1 diabetes
  27:8, p. 820 - 823 2011
• Grün K, Drescher K, Kuhnt K, Hekmat K, Doenst T, Gummert J, Renner A, Börgermann J, Heterotopic rat heart transplantation: Accumulation of Ubiquinone in the rat heart allograft depends on ischemia/reperfusion 2011
• International Immunopharmacology
  Leland Korey M., McDonald Thomas L., Drescher Kristen M., Effect of creatine, creatinine, and creatine ethyl ester on TLR expression in macrophages
  11:9, p. 1341 - 1347 2011
• Reviews in Medical Virology
  Tracy S., Drescher K. M., Jackson J. D., Kim K., Kono K., Enteroviruses, type 1 diabetes and hygiene
  20:2, p. 106 - 116 2010
• Journal of Infectious Diseases
  Gong Ai-Yu, Zhou Rui, Hu Guoku, Liu Jun, Sosnowska Danuta, Drescher Kristen M., Dong Haidong, Chen Xian-Ming, Cryptosporidium parvum Induces B7-H1 Expression in Cholangiocytes by Down-Regulating MicroRNA-513
  201:1, p. 160 - 169 2010
• Clinical & developmental immunology
  Drescher Kristen M., Sharma Poonam, Lynch Henry T., Current hypotheses on how microsatellite instability leads to enhanced survival of lynch syndrome patients
  2010, p. 170432 2010
• PLoS Pathogens
  Zhou Rui, Hu Guoku, Liu Jun, Gong Ai-Yu, Drescher Kristen M., Chen Xian-Ming, NF-kappaB p65-dependent transactivation of miRNA genes following Cryptosporidium parvum infection stimulates epithelial cell immune responses
  5:12, p. e1000681 2009
• Familial Cancer
  Drescher Kristen M., Sharma Poonam, Watson Patrice, Lynch Henry T., Thibodeau Stephen N., Gatalica Zoran, Lymphocyte recruitment into the tumor site is altered in patients with MSI-H colon cancer
  8:3, p. 231 - 239 2009
• The Journal of immunology (1950)
  Drescher Kristen M., Schemmel Andrew, Leland Korey, Impact of TLR deletion on brain pathology in a mouse model of encephalitis (128.22)
  182:1_Supplement, p. 128 - 128.22 2009
• International Reviews of Immunology
  Liu Jun, Drescher Kristen M., Chen Xian-Ming, MicroRNAs and Epithelial Immunity
  28:4-Mar, p. 139 - 154 2009
• Virology
  Chapman Nora M., Kim Kyung Soo, Drescher Kristen M., Oka Kuniyuki, Tracy Steven, 5′ terminal deletions in the genome of a coxsackievirus B2 strain occurred naturally in human heart
  375:2, p. 480 - 491 2008
• Gastroenterology
  Lynch Henry T., Drescher Kristen M., De La Chapelle A., Immunology and the lynch syndrome
  134:4, p. 1246 - 1249 2008
• Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
  Drescher Kristen M., Tracy S., Establishment of a model to examine the early events involved in the development of virus-induced demyelinating lesions
  1103, p. 152 - 156 2007
• Virology
  Drescher Kristen M., Tracy Steven M., Injection of the sciatic nerve with TMEV
  359:1, p. 233 - 242 2007
• Sonnino Roberta E., Scofield Margaret A., Enarson C. E., Chatterjee Archana, Gentry-Nielsen Martha J., Drescher Kristen M., Partnership between a SOM - based Women in Medicine and Science and Minority Faculty Development programs and AAMC: Getting the message across 2006
• Journal of Virology
  Kanno Toru, Kim Kisoon, Kono Ken, Drescher Kristen M., Chapman Nora M., Tracy Steven, Group B coxsackievirus diabetogenic phenotype correlates with replication efficiency
  80:11, p. 5637 - 5643 2006
• Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
  Tracy S., Chapman N. M., Drescher K. M., Kono K., Tapprich W., Evolution of virulence in picornaviruses
  299, p. 193 - 209 2006
• Clinical and Applied Immunology Reviews
  Drescher Kristen M., Lynch Henry T., Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs): Lessons learned in 30 years of study
  5:3, p. 149 - 166 2005
• Journal of General Virology
  Lee C. K., Kono K., Haas E., Kim K. S., Drescher K. M., Chapman N. M., Tracy S., Characterization of an infectious cDNA copy of the genome of a naturally occurring, avirulent coxsackievirus B3 clinical isolate
  86:1, p. 197 - 210 2005
• Virology
  Drescher Kristen M., Kono Ken, Bopegamage Shubhada, Carson Steven D., Tracy Steven, Coxsackievirus B3 infection and type 1 diabetes development in NOD mice
  329:2, p. 381 - 394 2004
• Journal of Neuroscience
  Pavelko Kevin D., Howe Charles L., Drescher Kristen M., Gamez Jeff D., Johnson Aaron J., Wei Tao, Ransohoff Richard M., Rodriguez Moses, Interleukin-6 protects anterior horn neurons from lethal virus-induced injury
  23:2, p. 481 - 492 2003
• Journal of Virology
  Tracy S., Carson S. D., Drescher K. M., Chapman N. M., Kim K.-S., Pirruccello S., Lane P. H., Leser J. S., Romero J. R., Toward testing the hypothesis that Group B Coxsackieviruses (CVB) trigger insulin-dependent diabetes: inoculating nonobese diabetic mice with CVB markedly lowers diabetes incidence
  76:23, p. 12097 - 12111 2002
• Journal of Neurovirology
  Drescher Kristen M., Zoecklein L. J., Rodriguez M., ICAM-1 is crucial for protection from TMEV-induced neuronal damage but not demyelination
  8:5, p. 452 - 458 2002
• Drescher K, Plotzky P, Effect of belaperidone on cholinergic activity in rat prefrontal cot nucleus accumbens and corpus striatum - interaction with methamphetamine 2001
• Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences
  Pavelko Kevin D., David Chella S., Rodriguez Moses, Drescher Kristen M., McGavern Dorian B., HLA-DQ polymorphism influences progression of demyelination and neurologic deficits in a viral model of multiple sclerosis
  15:6, p. 495 - 509 2000
• Journal of Immunology
  Drescher Kristen M., Murray Paul D., Lin Xiaoqi, Carlino Joseph A., Rodriguez Moses, TGF-β2 reduces demyelination, virus antigen expression, and macrophage recruitment in a viral model of multiple sclerosis
  164:6, p. 3207 - 3213 2000
• International immunology
  Drescher K, Johnston S, Hogancamp W, Nabozny G, David C, Rimm I, Wettstein P, Rodriguez M, V sub( beta )8 super(+) T cells protect from demyelinating disease in a viral model of multiple sclerosis
  12:3, p. 271 - 280 2000
• Human Immunology
  Das Pritam, Drescher Kristen M., Geluk Annemieke, Bradley David S., Rodriguez Moses, David Chella S., Complementation between specific HLA-DR and HLA-DQ genes in transgenic mice determines susceptibility to experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis
  61:3, p. 279 - 289 2000
• Brain Pathology
  Drescher Kristen M., Zoecklein Laurie J., Pavelko Kevin D., Rivera-Quinones Cynthia, Hollenbaugh Diane, Rodriguez Moses, CD40L is critical for protection from demyelinating disease and development of spontaneous remyelination in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis
  10:1, p. 1 - 15 2000
• International Immunology
  Drescher Kristen M., Wettstein Peter J., Rodriguez Moses, Johnston Sean L., Hogancamp William, Nabozny Gerald H., David Chella S., Rimm Ilonna J., V(β)8+ T cells protect from demyelinating disease in a viral model of multiple sclerosis
  12:3, p. 271 - 280 2000
• Experimental Neurology
  McGavern Dorian B., Zoecklein Laurie, Drescher Kristen M., Rodriguez Moses, Quantitative assessment of neurologic deficits in a chronic progressive murine model of CNS demyelination
  158:1, p. 171 - 181 1999
• Brain Pathology
  Drescher Kristen M., Murray Paul D., David Chella S., Pease Larry R., Rodriguez Moses, CNS cell populations are protected from virus-induced pathology by distinct arms of the immune system
  9:1, p. 21 - 31 1999
• Journal of neuroimmunology
  Das P., David C., Rodriguez M., Drescher K., Bradley D., HLA-Dr is critical for the induction of EAE, while HLA-DQ can modulate the severity of disease: Studies in HLA transgenic mice
  90:1, p. 62 - 62 1998
• Journal of Neuroimmunology
  Drescher Kristen M., Rivera-Quinones Cynthia, Lucchinetti Claudia F., Rodriguez Moses, Failure of treatment with Linomide or oral myelin tolerization to ameliorate demyelination in a viral model of multiple sclerosis
  88:1-2, p. 111 - 119 1998
• Journal of Clinical Investigation
  Drescher Kristen M., Nguyen Loc T., Taneja Veena, Coenen Michael J., Leibowitz Julian L., Rodriguez Moses, Strauss Gundrun, Hammerling Gunter J., David Chella S., Expression of the human histocompatibility leukocyte antigen DR3 transgene reduces the severity of demyelination in a murine model of multiple sclerosis
  101:8, p. 1765 - 1774 1998
• Immunological Reviews
  Drescher Kristen M., Pease Larry R., Rodriguez Moses, Antiviral immune responses modulate the nature of central nervous system (CNS) disease in a murine model of multiple sclerosis
  159, p. 177 - 193 1997
• Virology
  Drescher Kristen M., Whittum-Hudson Judith A., Evidence for induction of interferon-α and interferon-β in retinal glial cells of Muller
  234:2, p. 309 - 316 1997
• Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
  Drescher Kristen M., Whittum-Hudson Judith A., Herpes simplex virus type 1 alters transcript levels of tumor necrosis factor-α and interleukin-6 in retinal glial cells
  37:11, p. 2302 - 2312 1996
• Journal of Neuroimmunology
  Drescher Kristen M., Whittum-Hudson Judith A., Modulation of immune-associated surface markers and cytokine production by murine retinal glial cells
  64:1, p. 71 - 81 1996
• Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
  Drescher K. M., Katz N., Dias L. C., Coles G. C., Rogers E. J., Bruce J. I., Response of drug resistant isolates of Schistosoma mansoni to antischistosomal agents.
  88:1, p. 89 - 95 1993

Presentations

• Presentation for the Health Sciences Educator Development Program How to Improve Your Teaching: Insight From the Evaluation Committee 2015
• Drescher, KM and Tracy, SM Injection of the Sciatic Nerve with Theilers Virus: A Model of Virus-Induced Peripheral Demyelination; Positive Strand Meeting; Washington DC (poster) 2007
• Tracy, SM and Drescher, KM COXSACKIEVIRUS AND NOD MICE: RELEVANT MODELS OF PROTECTION FROM, AND INDUCTION OF, TYPE 1 DIABETES 2006
• Drescher, KM and Tracy, SM Establishment of a model to examine the events involved in the development of virus-induced demyelinating lesions. NY Acad Sciences, Animal Models of MS and TID, San Franscisco 2006
• National Multiple Sclerosis Society - Nebraska Chapter; TRENDS meeting; Roundtable Discussion on Research 2006
• Drescher KM and Tracy S Coxsackie B virus replication in pancreatic islets: virus associates with the four major islet cell types, not merely beta cells American Society of Virology, Madison, WI. 2006
• 6. Tracy, S.M., Drescher, K.M., Jackson, J.D., Sanderson, S Vaccinating NOD mice against CVB-induced rapid T1D onset: type-specific immunity is not required to lower T1D incidence American Society of Virology, Madison, WI. 2006
• Neuregulins in the peripheral nervous system in virus infections and autoimmune disease 2006
• Role of C3 in a model of virus-induced encephalitis 2006
• Impact of C3 deletion in a mouse model of virus induced demyelinating disease UNMC Department of Cell Biology and Genetics 2006
• Birth of a successful women in medicine and science program in a private, Jesuit medical school; R.E. Sonnino, M. Gentry-Nielsen, K.M. Drescher, M. Schofield, A. Chatterjee; AAMC Meeting 2005
• Neuregulin is upregulated in the sciatic nerve following infection with TMEV; KM Drescher, A Heller, S Tracy; International Congress of Virology 2005
• Group B Coxsackievirus infections in NOD mice: Towards clarifying a role of enteroviruses in human type 1 diabetes onset, S, Tracy and K. Drescher, International Congress of Virology 2005
• American College of Cardiology 2005
• Hounsfield Lecture (Imperial College, London) Developing A Novel Ultrasound Method Of Imaging Molecular Activities Dr J Yeh Dr C Sennoga Prof M Blomley Mr P Muckett Dr R Eckersley Prof S Tracy Dr K Drescher Dr YW Li Dr C Tang Dr J Boyle Dr J Mason8 Dr S Nourshargh Prof J Seddon Prof D Haskard Dr P Nihoyannopoulos 2005
• America's Conference on the Treatment and Immunology of Multiple Sclerosis 2004
• CVB-induces diabetes in older NOD mice; SM Tracy, KM Drescher, K Kono, S Bopegamage, SD Carson 2004
• International Congress on Immunology 2004
• Coxsackie B virus replicates in islets of old NOD mice and initiates type 1 diabetes. Steven Tracy, Kristen M. Drescher, Ken Kono, Steven D. Carson, Shubhada Bopegamage; Seventh International Symposium on positive-strand RNA viruses; San Francisco, CA 2004
• Paula Kocakova and Kristen M. Drescher C3 is required for efficient clearance of virus from the brains of TMEV-infected mice; Federation of the American Society of Experimental Biology 2004
• Cary M. Wolter,Jill R. Fuhrman, and Kristen M. Drescher Localization of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) in the brains of TMEV-infected mice Midwest Medical Student Research Forum (poster) 2004
• Oshunleti, O. and Drescher, K.M. Use of CVB chimeric viruses as vaccine vectors in an animal model of multiple sclerosis - National Medical Fellowship Program 2004
• Paula Kocakova and Kristen M. Drescher C3 is required for efficient clearance of virus from the brains of TMEV-infected mice, Midwest Medical Student Research Forum 2004
• Immunology Group - Use of CVB chimerae as vaccines in a model of multiple sclerosis 2002
• Johnson, T.D., Marsh, L.B., Ray, T., Drescher, K.M. The relative contribution of B cells and complement in protection of the brain from Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus. Minority summer student poster session 2002
• Tracy et al, X!!th International COngress of Virology 2002
• Modulation of activin/inhibin mRNA levels following TMEV infection XIIth International Congress of Virology (Paris, France) 2002
• Theiler's Virus model of multiple sclerosis 2002
• Ukpo,O.C., S.E. Hopkins and K.M. Drescher. Identification of apoptotic cells in the brains and spinal cords of TMEV-infected mice. Minority Summer Student Research Forum (Poster) 2001
• Hopkins, S.E., O.C. Ukpo, and K.M. Drescher. Apoptosis in the brains of TMEV-infected C57BL6/J and B10.Q mice. Minority High School Student Research Forum (Poster). 2001
• Texas A & M University - Neuroscience Seminar Series 2001
• University of Nebraska Medical Center - Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy 2001
• Cooper, D.M. and Drescher, K.M. - Regional ASM Meeting - oral presentation 2001
• University of Nebraska Medical Center - Immunology Interest Group 2001
• Cooper, D.C. and Drescher, K.D. Midwest Student Research Forum - poster 2001
• Cooper, D.M. and Drescher, K.D. - Regional AAAS Meeting - poster 2000
• Flores, N., Cooper, D.M. and Drescher, K.M. - Minority summer student poster session 2000
• 10/22/99;VA Hospital;"Expression of the HLA-DR3 Transgene reduces the severity of demyelination in a viral model of multiple sclerosis" 1999

Awards

• National Award
  Jr. Investigator Award
  NY Academy of Sciences