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Dr. Johann Gudjonsson, MD, PhD is the Arthur C. Curtis Professor of Molecular Skin Immunology and the Frances and Kenneth Eisenberg Emerging Scholar of the Taubman Medical Research Institute. A graduate of the University of Iceland Medical School, he completed his internship and dermatology residency training at the University of Michigan. Dr. Gudjonsson has served on the faculty of the University of Michigan Department of Dermatology since 2008. He provides general medical dermatology patient care at the University of Michigan Taubman Center, and maintains clinical and research interests in inflammatory and autoimmune disorders involving the skin.
Dr. Gudjonsson leads an NIH-funded research group examining the immunological and genetic drivers of inflammatory skin disease, with projects directed at improving the diagnosis and treatment of disorders, such as atopic dermatitis, cutaneous lupus, hidradenitis suppurativa, lichen planus, psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.
Dr. Gudjonsson's research has been supported by research awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the American Skin Association, Dermatology Foundation, Doris Duke Foundation, among others. He is director of the U-M Skin Biology and Disease Resource-based Center which provides resources, training and support to new and early career investigators engaged in skin research and fosters interdisciplinary engagement and collaboration.
Dr. Gudjonsson is a foremost expert in dermatological science, who received the 2007 Young Investigator Award from the American Academy of Dermatology, was named the 2018 Rising Star Lecturer for the Society for Investigative Dermatology and was recipient of the American Skin Association Research Achievement Award in Psoriasis in 2021. He serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (JACI), and on the Editorial Board of JCI Insight. Dr. Gudjonsson is a standing member of the NIH Arthritis, Connective Tissue and Skin Study Section.
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Center MemberTaubman Institute
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Center MemberSamuel and Jean Frankel Cardiovascular Center
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Petrova E, López-Gay JM, Fahrner M, Leturcq F, de Villartay J-P, Barbieux C, Gonschorek P, Tsoi LC, Gudjonsson JE, Schilling O, Hovnanian A. Commun Biol, 2024 Feb 5; 7 (1): 152Journal ArticleComparative analyses of Netherton syndrome patients and Spink5 conditional knock-out mice uncover disease-relevant pathways.
DOI:10.1038/s42003-024-05780-y PMID: 38316920 -
Ma F, Tsou P-S, Gharaee-Kermani M, Plazyo O, Xing X, Kirma J, Wasikowski R, Hile GA, Harms PW, Jiang Y, Xing E, Nakamura M, Ochocki D, Brodie WD, Pillai S, Maverakis E, Pellegrini M, Modlin RL, Varga J, Tsoi LC, Lafyatis R, Kahlenberg JM, Billi AC, Khanna D, Gudjonsson JE. Nat Commun, 2024 Jan 3; 15 (1): 210Journal ArticleSystems-based identification of the Hippo pathway for promoting fibrotic mesenchymal differentiation in systemic sclerosis.
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Gudjonsson J. 2024 Apr 5;PresentationHippo-pathway as a pathogenic circuit in Systemic Sclerosis
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Shao S, Sun Z, Chu M, Chen J, Cao T, Swindell WR, Bai Y, Li Q, Ma J, Zhu Z, Schuler A, Helfrich Y, Billi AC, Li Z, Hao J, Xiao C, Dang E, Gudjonsson JE, Wang G. Br J Dermatol, 2024 Mar 15; 190 (4): 536 - 548.Journal ArticleFormylpeptide receptor 1 contributes to epidermal barrier dysfunction-induced skin inflammation through NOD-like receptor C4-dependent keratinocyte activation.
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Jiang Y, Gruszka D, Zeng C, Swindell WR, Gaskill C, Sorensen C, Brown W, Gangwar RS, Tsoi LC, Webster J, Sigurdardottir SL, Sarkar MK, Uppala R, Kidder A, Xing X, Plazyo O, Xing E, Billi AC, Maverakis E, Kahlenberg JM, Gudjonsson J, Ward NL. JCI Insight, 2024 Mar 12;Journal ArticleSuppression of TCF4 promotes a ZC3H12A-mediated self-sustaining inflammatory feedback cycle involving IL-17RA/IL-17RE epidermal signaling.
DOI:10.1172/jci.insight.172764 PMID: 38470486 -
Yu Z, Vieyra-Garcia P, Benezeder T, Crouch JD, Kim IR, O'Malley JT, Devlin PM, Gehad A, Zhan Q, Gudjonsson JE, Sarkar MK, Kahlenberg JM, Gerard N, Teague JE, Kupper TS, LeBoeuf NR, Larocca C, Tawa M, Pomahac B, Talbot SG, Orgill DP, Wolf P, Clark RA. J Invest Dermatol, 2024 Mar; 144 (3): 621 - 632.e1.Journal ArticlePhototherapy Restores Deficient Type I IFN Production and Enhances Antitumor Responses in Mycosis Fungoides.
DOI:10.1016/j.jid.2023.06.212 PMID: 37716650 -
Xing Lai FY, Bachelez H, Gudjonsson J, Skov L, Zachariae C, van de Kerkhof PCM, Barker JNWN. 2024 Mar;PresentationProceedings of the Gunnar Lomholt Symposium during the IPC 2023 Think Tank at Faroe Islands, Friday, September 8, 2023.
DOI:10.1016/j.xjidi.2024.100267 PMID: 38487676 -
Uppala R, Sarkar MK, Young KZ, Ma F, Vemulapalli P, Wasikowski R, Plazyo O, Swindell WR, Maverakis E, Gharaee-Kermani M, Billi AC, Tsoi LC, Kahlenberg JM, Gudjonsson JE. iScience, 2024 Feb 16; 27 (2): 108986Journal ArticleHERC6 regulates STING activity in a sex-biased manner through modulation of LATS2/VGLL3 Hippo signaling.
DOI:10.1016/j.isci.2024.108986 PMID: 38327798