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Dawn Smilek, MD, PhD

Publications
  1. van Dooren HJ, van Schaik M, Dorjée AL, Arends EJ, Mackay M, Laura C, Fox DA, Wofsy D, Smilek D, Aranow C, Dall'Era M, Huizinga TWJ, van Kooten C, Toes REM, Diamond B, Teng YKO, Suurmond J. Differences in dynamics of specific anti-nuclear antibodies and their susceptibility to B cell targeting treatment in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) 2025. PMID: 40356198


  2. Rosenberg A, Smilek DE. Editorial: Innovative approaches to immune tolerance and regulation with gene, cellular, protein, and microbiome based therapeutics. Frontiers in immunology 2024. PMID: 38482015


  3. Xiao Q, Mears J, Nathan A, Ishigaki K, Baglaenko Y, Lim N, Cooney LA, Harris KM, Anderson MS, Fox DA, Smilek DE, Krueger JG, Raychaudhuri S. Immunosuppression causes dynamic changes in expression QTLs in psoriatic skin. Nature communications 2023. PMID: 37805522


  4. Harris KM, Smilek DE, Byron M, Lim N, Barry WT, McNamara J, Garcet S, Konrad RJ, Stengelin M, Bathala P, Korman NJ, Feldman SR, Boh EE, Barber K, Laumann AE, Helfrich YR, Krueger GG, Sofen H, Bissonnette R, Krueger JG. Effect of Costimulatory Blockade With Abatacept After Ustekinumab Withdrawal in Patients With Moderate to Severe Plaque Psoriasis: The PAUSE Randomized Clinical Trial. A pilot telephone-based intervention for patients with poorly-controlled diabetes mellitus. 2021. PMID: 34643650


  5. Huffaker MF, Sanda S, Chandran S, Chung SA, St Clair EW, Nepom GT, Smilek DE. Approaches to Establishing Tolerance in Immune Mediated Diseases. A pilot telephone-based intervention for patients with poorly-controlled diabetes mellitus. 2021. PMID: 34616405


  6. McKinney EF, Cuthbertson I, Harris KM, Smilek DE, Connor C, Manferrari G, Carr EJ, Zamvil SS, Smith KGC. A CD8+ NK cell transcriptomic signature associated with clinical outcome in relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis. Nature communications 2021. PMID: 33504809


  7. Atisha-Fregoso Y, Malkiel S, Harris KM, Byron M, Ding L, Kanaparthi S, Barry WT, Gao W, Ryker K, Tosta P, Askanase AD, Boackle SA, Chatham WW, Kamen DL, Karp DR, Kirou KA, Lim SS, Marder B, McMahon M, Parikh SV, Pendergraft WF, Podoll AS, Saxena A, Wofsy D, Diamond B, Smilek DE, Aranow C, Dall'Era M. CALIBRATE: A Phase 2 Randomized Trial of Rituximab Plus Cyclophosphamide Followed by Belimumab for the Treatment of Lupus Nephritis. Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) 2020. PMID: 32755035


  8. Arazi A, Rao DA, Berthier CC, Davidson A, Liu Y, Hoover PJ, Chicoine A, Eisenhaure TM, Jonsson AH, Li S, Lieb DJ, Zhang F, Slowikowski K, Browne EP, Noma A, Sutherby D, Steelman S, Smilek DE, Tosta P, Apruzzese W, Massarotti E, Dall'Era M, Park M, Kamen DL, Furie RA, Payan-Schober F, Pendergraft WF, McInnis EA, Buyon JP, Petri MA, Putterman C, Kalunian KC, Woodle ES, Lederer JA, Hildeman DA, Nusbaum C, Raychaudhuri S, Kretzler M, Anolik JH, Brenner MB, Wofsy D, Hacohen N, Diamond B. Publisher Correction: The immune cell landscape in kidneys of patients with lupus nephritis. Nature immunology 2019. PMID: 31409923


  9. Arazi A, Rao DA, Berthier CC, Davidson A, Liu Y, Hoover PJ, Chicoine A, Eisenhaure TM, Jonsson AH, Li S, Lieb DJ, Zhang F, Slowikowski K, Browne EP, Noma A, Sutherby D, Steelman S, Smilek DE, Tosta P, Apruzzese W, Massarotti E, Dall'Era M, Park M, Kamen DL, Furie RA, Payan-Schober F, Pendergraft WF, McInnis EA, Buyon JP, Petri MA, Putterman C, Kalunian KC, Woodle ES, Lederer JA, Hildeman DA, Nusbaum C, Raychaudhuri S, Kretzler M, Anolik JH, Brenner MB, Wofsy D, Hacohen N, Diamond B. The immune cell landscape in kidneys of patients with lupus nephritis. Nature immunology 2019. PMID: 31209404


  10. Glatigny S, Höllbacher B, Motley SJ, Tan C, Hundhausen C, Buckner JH, Smilek D, Khoury SJ, Ding L, Qin T, Pardo J, Nepom GT, Turka LA, Harris KM, Campbell DJ, Bettelli E. Abatacept Targets T Follicular Helper and Regulatory T Cells, Disrupting Molecular Pathways That Regulate Their Proliferation and Maintenance. Volume 202 of Issue 5. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2019. PMID: 30683697


  11. Smilek DE, Lim N, Ding L, Murray SG, Diamond B, Wofsy D. Correlation of hypogammaglobulinaemia with proteinuria, and the relationship between hypogammaglobulinaemia and infection in active lupus nephritis. Volume 4 of Issue 1. Lupus science & medicine 2017. PMID: 29214037


  12. Khoury SJ, Rochon J, Ding L, Byron M, Ryker K, Tosta P, Gao W, Freedman MS, Arnold DL, Sayre PH, Smilek DE. ACCLAIM: A randomized trial of abatacept (CTLA4-Ig) for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. Volume 23 of Issue 5. 2016. PMID: 27481207


  13. Dall'Era M, Cisternas MG, Smilek DE, Straub L, Houssiau FA, Cervera R, Rovin BH, Mackay M. Predictors of long-term renal outcome in lupus nephritis trials: lessons learned from the Euro-Lupus Nephritis cohort. Volume 67 of Issue 5. Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) 2015. PMID: 25605554


  14. Smilek DE, St Clair EW. Solving the puzzle of autoimmunity: critical questions. Volume 7. 2015. PMID: 25750735


  15. Smilek DE, Ehlers MR, Nepom GT. Restoring the balance: immunotherapeutic combinations for autoimmune disease. Volume 7 of Issue 5. 2014. PMID: 24795433


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