Lester T. May

New York Medical College — United States

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions(9), Immune Cell Function and Interaction(7), interferon and immune responses(7), Immune Response and Inflammation(5), Virus-based gene therapy research(4)

Publications30 total

Distinct Classes of Chaperoned IL-6 in Human Blood: Differential Immunological and Biological Availability
The Journal of Immunology·1998· 31 citedOpen Access
Effects of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Colony-Stimulating Factors on the Production of Interleukin 6 and Tumor Necrosis Factor α by Monocyte/Macrophages
AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses·1997· 15 cited
Interleukin‐6 Chaperones in Blooda
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences·1995· 17 cited
Induction of Interleukin 6 (IL-6) by Hypoxia in Vascular Cells
Journal of Biological Chemistry·1995· 349 citedOpen Access
Phosphorylation of interleukin-6 at serine54: An early event in the secretory pathway in human fibroblasts
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications·1992· 12 cited
Expression of Retrovirally Transduced IL-1 α in IL-6-Dependent B Cells: A Murine Model of Aggressive Multiple Myeloma
Growth Factors·1991· 24 cited
Regulation of Expression of Interleukin‐6
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences·1989· 93 cited
Identification and Characterization of Interleukin‐6/Interferon‐β<sub>2</sub> in Synovial Effusions of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Other Arthritides
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences·1989
Interferon‐β<sub>2</sub>/Interleukin‐6 in Plasma and Body Fluids during Acute Bacterial Infection
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences·1989· 8 cited
Production of IL‐6 by Keratinocytes
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences·1989· 107 cited
Cytokine‐induced Production of IL‐6 by Freshly Explanted Human Endometrial Stromal Cells
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences·1989· 3 cited
Multiple Forms of Human Interleukin‐6
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences·1989· 43 cited
Interleukin‐1 and Interleukin‐6 Synergize to Increase Plasma Amyloid P and C3 Concentrations in the Mouse<sup>a</sup>
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences·1989· 5 cited
Interleukin-6 gene expression in human endothelial cells: RNA start sites, multiple IL-6 proteins and inhibition of proliferation
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications·1989· 125 cited
Role of interleukin-6 in regulating synthesis of C-reactive protein and serum amyloid A in human hepatoma cell lines
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications·1988· 157 cited
Phosphorylation of secreted forms of human β2-interferon/hepatocyte stimulating factor/interleukin-6
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications·1988· 72 cited
Regional localization of the interferon-β2B-cell stimulatory factor 2/hepatocyte stimulating factor gene to human chromosome 7p15-p21
Genomics·1988· 123 cited
Monocyte-Derived Human B-Cell Growth Factor Identified as Interferon-β <sub>2</sub> (BSF-2, IL-6)
Science·1988· 275 cited
Human β <sub>2</sub> Interferon and B-Cell Differentiation Factor BSF-2 Are Identical
Science·1987· 196 cited
Structure, Genetics and Function of Human β2 Interferon
1987
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Frequent Co-authors

Pravinkumar B. Sehgal(24), Uma Santhanam(6), Stephen B. Tatter(5), Anurag D. Sagar(4), J Vilček(3), Anuradha Ray(3), Frank H. Ruddle(3), David Helfgott(3), John Ghrayeb(3), Masayoshi Kohase(2), Igor Tamm(2), Nina Bhardwaj(2), MacKevin Ndubuisi(2), Kirit Patel(2), Pravin B. Sehgal(2), Masayori Inouye(2), Doris L. Slate(2), Lester M. Shulman(2), D Henriksen-DeStefano(1), Shi Fang Yan(1)