Lisa Abernathy-Close
Research Investigator
Internal Medicine
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Available to mentor
Lisa Abernathy-Close
Research Investigator
  • Qualifications
  • Recent Publications
    • Qualifications
    • Ph.D., Immunology and Microbiology
      Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 2015
    • B.S., Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
      Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 2007
    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Journal Article
      Lupus dermal fibroblasts are proinflammatory and exhibit a profibrotic phenotype in scarring skin disease.
      Shoffner-Beck SK, Abernathy-Close L, Lazar S, Ma F, Gharaee-Kermani M, Hurst A, Dobry C, Pandian D, Wasikowski R, Victory A, Arnold K, Gudjonsson JE, Tsoi LC, Kahlenberg JM. JCI Insight, 2024 Feb 15; 9 (6): DOI:10.1172/jci.insight.173437
      PMID: 38358820
    • Journal Article
      2957. Decreased microbial diversity and baseline intestinal inflammation are associated with worse outcome in aged, female mice infected with Clostridioides difficile
      Nguyen N, Vendrov K, Abernathy-Close L, Dieterle M, Young VB. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2023 Nov 27; 10 (Supplement_2): ofad500.196 DOI:10.1093/ofid/ofad500.196
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      Lupus fibroblasts hyperrespond to inflammatory cytokines and upregulate pro-fibrotic collagens in patients with scarring skin lesions
      Shoffner-Beck SK, Abernathy-Close L, Lazar S, Ma F, Hurst A, Dobry C, Pandian D, Wasikowski R, Victory A, Arnold K, Gudjonsson J, Tsoi LC, Kahlenberg JM. JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY, 2023 143 (5): S55 - S55.
    • Journal Article
      Distinct stimulus-dependent neutrophil dynamics revealed by real-time imaging of intestinal mucosa after acute injury.
      Azcutia V, Kelm M, Kim S, Luissint A-C, Flemming S, Abernathy-Close L, Young VB, Nusrat A, Miller MJ, Parkos CA. PNAS Nexus, 2022 Nov; 1 (5): pgac249 DOI:10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac249
      PMID: 36712325
    • Journal Article
      Intestinal Inflammation Reversibly Alters the Microbiota to Drive Susceptibility to Clostridioides difficile Colonization in a Mouse Model of Colitis.
      Barron MR, Sovacool KL, Abernathy-Close L, Vendrov KC, Standke AK, Bergin IL, Schloss PD, Young VB. mBio, 2022 Aug 30; 13 (4): e0190422 DOI:10.1128/mbio.01904-22
      PMID: 35900107
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      Cutaneous Type I IFN Responses in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Are Associated with Inflammatory Phenotype and Altered Wound Healing Function of Lupus Fibroblasts from Non-Lesional Skin
      Abernathy-Close L, Shoffner-Beck S, Lu A, Victory A, Hurst A, Dobry C, Wasikowski R, Gudjonsson J, Tsoi A, Kahlenberg JM. ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY, 2022 74: 1318 - 1319.
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      Lupus Fibroblasts from Non-lesional Skin Exhibit Exaggerated Responses to Inflammatory Cytokines and Upregulate Pro-fibrotic Collagens in Patients with Scarring Lesions
      Shoffner-Beck S, Abernathy-Close L, Lazar S, Hurst A, Dobry C, Pandian D, Wasikowski R, Arnold K, Gudjonsson J, Tsoi L, Kahlenberg JM. ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY, 2022 74: 1286 - 1288.
    • Journal Article
      B Cell Signatures Distinguish Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus Subtypes and the Presence of Systemic Disease Activity.
      Abernathy-Close L, Lazar S, Stannard J, Tsoi LC, Eddy S, Rizvi SM, Yee CM, Myers EM, Namas R, Lowe L, Reed TJ, Wen F, Gudjonsson JE, Kahlenberg JM, Berthier CC. Front Immunol, 2021 12: 775353 DOI:10.3389/fimmu.2021.775353
      PMID: 34868043