Arthur Weiss, MD, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Medicine
School of Medicine

415-476-1291

Research Interest:

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The response of lymphocytes to antigen which initiates an antigen specific immune response also represents a unique opportunity to study how complex molecular interactions between cells can lead to developmental decisions, cell differentiation and proliferation. We are interested in understanding how receptors involved in antigen recognition can initiate signal transduction events that regulate cell responses in the immune system. We know that receptors involved in antigen recognition functionally interact with tyrosine kinases and phosphatases, enzymes that regulate protein phosphorylation, to induce signaling pathways that regulate cellular responses and gene expression. We are using genetically selective small molecule inhibitors of kinases together with phosphatase mutants to study how thresholds for the initiation of immune responses are set and how feedback circuits influence responses. We would like to understand how the tyrosine kinases and phosphatases in these pathways are regulated and how they control cellular responses in development, in normal immune responses and in autoimmune diseases such as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.

Awards

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  • Eberly Lecture, U. Pittsburgh, 2019
  • Establishment of Arthur Weiss Lectureship in Rheumatology and Immunology, UCSF, 2019
  • Associate Member, European Molecular Biology Organization, 2017
  • Ephraim P. Engleman Memorial Lecture, American College of Rheumatology, 2016
  • Merit Award, NIH, NIAID, 2016
  • Frank and Shirley Fitch Lecture, University of Chicago, 2016
  • Lifetime Achievement Award, American Association of Immunologists, 2012
  • Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award, UCSF, 2012
  • Distinguished Investigator Award, American College of Rheumatology, 2004
  • Member, Institute of Medicine, 2004
  • Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2004
  • Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2003
  • American Association of Immunologists-Huang Foundation Meritorious Career Award, American Association of Immunologists, 2001
  • Forty-first Faculty Research Lecturer, UCSF, 1998
  • Lee C. Howley Prize, Arthritis Foundation, 1997
  • Junior Investigator Award, American Association of Immunologists, 1993
  • Henry Kunkel Young Investigator Award, American College of Rheumatology, 1990
  • Young Investigator Award, Western Society for Clinical Investigation, 1990

Education & Training

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  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2022
  • MD, PhD Immunology Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago 1979
  • Residency Rheumatology University of California, San Francisco

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Grants and Projects

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Publications (340)

Top publication keywords:
Jurkat CellsLeukocyte Common AntigensProto-Oncogene Proteins pp60(c-src)T-LymphocytesReceptors, Antigen, T-CellAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingLymphocyte ActivationProtein-Tyrosine KinasesB-LymphocytesInterleukin-2src-Family KinasesSignal TransductionZAP-70 Protein-Tyrosine KinaseLymphocyte Specific Protein Tyrosine Kinase p56(lck)Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell

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