Positions

Selected Publications

Academic Article

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2019 Hypomorphic caspase activation and recruitment domain 11 (CARD11) mutations associated with diverse immunologic phenotypes with or without atopic disease 2019
2019 Allergic airway sensitization impairs antibacterial IgG antibody responses during bacterial respiratory tract infections 2019
2018 A previously unrecognized 22q13.2 microdeletion syndrome that encompasses TCF20 and TNFRSF13C 2018
2018 A rapid and simple chemical method for the preparation of Ag colloids for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy using the Ag mirror reaction 2018
2018 Analysis of the tonsillar microbiome in young adults with sore throat reveals a high relative abundance of Fusobacterium necrophorum with low diversity 2018
2017 Mycoplasma pneumoniae from the respiratory tract and beyond 2017
2017 Inter- and intra-strain variability of tandem repeats in Mycoplasma pneumoniae based on next-generation sequencing data 2017
2017 Shaken or stirred?: Comparison of methods for dispersion of Mycoplasma pneumoniae aggregates for persistence in vivo 2017
2017 Ureaplasma infection-mediated release of matrix metalloproteinase-9 and PGP: A novel mechanism of preterm rupture of membranes and chorioamnionitis 2017
2016 Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors are associated with common variable immune deficiency pathogenesis 2016
2016 Dermatological clues to the diagnosis of atypical complete DiGeorge syndrome 2016
2016 The Extended Clinical Phenotype of 26 Patients with Chronic Mucocutaneous Candidiasis due to Gain-of-Function Mutations in STAT1 2016
2015 Disseminated Primary Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection in a 22-Year-Old male. 2015
2015 Comparative genome analysis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae 2015
2015 Macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae, United States 2015
2015 Specificity and strain-typing capabilities of nanorod array-surface enhanced raman spectroscopy for Mycoplasma pneumoniae detection 2015
2015 Fusobacterium-Positive and Streptococcal-Positive Pharyngitis 2015
2015 Sore Throat: Avoid Overcomplicating the Uncomplicated 2015
2015 The clinical presentation of Fusobacterium-positive and streptococcal-positive pharyngitis in a university health clinic: A cross-sectional study 2015
2014 Dominant-activating germline mutations in the gene encoding the PI(3)K catalytic subunit p110δ result in T cell senescence and human immunodeficiency 2014
2014 Genetic Defects in Cytolysis in Macrophage Activation Syndrome 2014
2014 Hypogammaglobulinemia after cardiopulmonary bypass in infants 2014
2014 Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in childhood 2014
2014 Somatic reversion in dedicator of cytokinesis 8 immunodeficiency modulates disease phenotype 2014
2014 Suppression of antimicrobial peptide expression by Ureaplasma species 2014
2013 Is asthma an infectious disease? New evidence 2013
2013 Thematic Issue on Mycoplasma pneumoniae 2013
2013 High doses of infliximab in the management of juvenile idiopathic arthritis 2013
2013 Genotype-Phenotype Correlations Emerging from the Identification of Missense Mutations in MBTPS2 2013
2013 Clinical presentation and laboratory findings of Mycoplasma pneumoniae respiratory infections in children 2013
2013 Mycoplasma pneumoniae: Does it have a role in asthma pathogenesis? 2013
2012 Human immunodeficiency-causing mutation defines CD16 in spontaneous NK cell cytotoxicity 2012
2012 Immune deficiency and autoimmunity 2012
2012 Feasibility of exercising adults with asthma: a randomized pilot study 2012
2011 Stevens-Johnson syndrome in a boy with macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia 2011
2010 Critical role of macrophages and their activation via MyD88-NFκB signaling in lung innate immunity to Mycoplasma pneumoniae 2010
2009 Rituximab Therapy for Severe Refractory Chronic Henoch-Schönlein Purpura 2009
2009 The role of Mycoplasma in upper respiratory infections 2009
2009 Deficient immune response to Mycoplasma pneumoniae in childhood asthma 2009
2009 Emerging macrolide resistance in mycoplasma pneumoniae in children: Detection and characterization of resistant isolates 2009
2008 New insights into the pathogenesis and detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections 2008
2008 Epidemiology, clinical manifestations, pathogenesis and laboratory detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections 2008
2008 Inhibition of message for FcεRI α chain blocks mast cell IL-4 production induced by co-culture with Mycoplasma pneumoniae 2008
2007 Pulmonary aneurysms and intracardiac thrombi due to Behçet's disease in an African-American adolescent with oculocutaneous albinism 2007
2007 Dominant inhibition of Fas ligand-mediated apoptosis due to a heterozygous mutation associated with autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS) Type Ib 2007
2007 Activation-induced changes in alternate splice acceptor site usage 2007
2005 Induction of a late asthmatic response associated with airway inflammation in mice 2005
2005 A role for the Mycoplasma pneumoniae adhesin P1 in interleukin (IL)-4 synthesis and release from rodent mast cells 2005
2005 Oral and nasal sensitization promote distinct immune responses and lung reactivity in a mouse model of peanut allergy 2005
2004 Aerobic Exercise Attenuates Airway Inflammatory Responses in a Mouse Model of Atopic Asthma 2004
2003 Splice variant in TCRζ links T cell receptor signaling to a G-protein-related signaling pathway 2003
2002 Primary immunodeficiency studies at University of Alabama at Birmingham: Continuing the search for genetic causes 2002
2002 Pleiotropic defects in lymphocyte activation caused by caspase-8 mutations lead to human immunodeficiency 2002
2002 Mycoplasma pneumoniae-induced activation and cytokine production in rodent mast cells. 2002
2002 Identification of an alternatively spliced isoform of the fyn tyrosine kinase 2002
2001 An immune defect causing dominant chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis and thyroid disease maps to chromosome 2p in a single family 2001
2001 Cd5 (OKT1) augments CD3-mediated intracellular signaling events in human T lymphocytes 2001
2001 TcR-α/β+ CD4-CD8- T cells in humans with the autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome express a novel CD45 isoform that is analogous to murine B220 and represents a marker of altered O-glycan biosynthesis 2001
2000 High prevalence of complement component C6 deficiency among African- Americans in the South-eastern USA 2000
2000 Early expression of Iε, CD23 (FcεRII), IL-4Rα, and IgE in the human fetus 2000
1999 Defects of T-cell effector function and post-thymic maturation in X- linked hyper-IgM syndrome 1999
1999 Genetic linkage of hyper-IgE syndrome to chromosome 4 1999
1998 A novel type II complement C2 deficiency allele in an African-American family 1998
1998 Susceptibility locus for IgA deficiency and common variable immunodeficiency in the HLA-DR3, -B8, -A1 haplotypes 1998
1998 CD50 (ICAM-3) costimulates CD3 activated human T lymphocytes 1998
1998 Molecular defects leading to human complement component C6 deficiency in an African-American family 1998
1998 Leukocyte transfusion-associated granulocyte responses in a patient with x-linked hyper-IgM syndrome 1998
1997 Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency in a child with X-linked lymphoproliferative disease. 1997
1997 Chronic granulomatous disease in two children with recurrent infections: Family studies using dihydrorhodamine-based flow cytometry 1997
1996 Cross-linking of cd5 synergizes with anti-cds induced phosphatidylinositol hydrolysis in t lymphocytes 1996
1996 Ligands for plc-y isozymes in human b and t lymphocytes: evidence for functional differences between PLC-γ1 and PLC-γ2 1996
1996 Translocation of phospholipase C-γ2 induced by in vitro activation of protein Tyrosine kinase activity in mast cell lysates 1996
1996 Granulocyte response to cellular infusions in a severely neutropenic patient with dysgammaglobulinemia 1996
1995 Phosphatidylinositol hydrolysis in freshly isolated human T lymphocytes 1995
1988 Histamine release from human basophils by synthetic block co-polymers composed of polyoxyethylene and polyoxypropylene and synergy with immunologic and non-immunologic stimuli 1988
1988 In vitro release of histmaine from murine mast cells by block co-polymers composed of polyoxyethylene and polyoxypropylene 1988
1988 Ion transport mediated by copolymers composed of polyoxyethylene and polyoxypropylene 1988
1988 Ion transport mediated by copolymers composed of polyoxyethylene and polyoxypropylene. 1988
1985 Induction of suppressor cells by reverse block copolymers 1985
1984 Direct quantitation of antibody production in cell populations using an enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay 1984

Chapter

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2005 Immune responses to mycoplasma.  1451-1464. 2005

Teaching Activities

  • 52-421 - PEDIATRIC ALLERGY (Fall Term 2019) 2019
  • 28-306 - IMMUNOLOGY (Fall Term 2018) 2018
  • 52-421 - PEDIATRIC ALLERGY (Fall Term 2018) 2018
  • 28-306 - IMMUNOLOGY (Spring Term 2018) 2018
  • 52-421 - PEDIATRIC ALLERGY (Spring Term 2018) 2018
  • 28-306 - IMMUNOLOGY (Spring Term 2017) 2017
  • 52-421 - PEDIATRIC ALLERGY (Spring Term 2017) 2017
  • 52-421 - PEDIATRIC ALLERGY (Spring Term 2017) 2017
  • 28-306 - IMMUNOLOGY (Fall Term 2016) 2016
  • 52-421 - PEDIATRIC ALLERGY (Fall Term 2016) 2016
  • 52-421 - PEDIATRIC ALLERGY (Fall Term 2014) 2014
  • 52-421 - PEDIATRIC ALLERGY (Fall Term 2013) 2013
  • 52-421 - PEDIATRIC ALLERGY (Fall Term 2012) 2012
  • 52-421 - PEDIATRIC ALLERGY (Fall Term 2012) 2012
  • 28-306 - IMMUNOLOGY (Spring Term 2012) 2012
  • 28-306 - IMMUNOLOGY (Spring Term 2012) 2012
  • 28-306 - IMMUNOLOGY (Spring Term 2012) 2012
  • 28-306 - IMMUNOLOGY (Spring Term 2012) 2012
  • OBHS121 - Fundamentals of Dent and Opt 2 (Fall Term 2011) 2011
  • 52-421 - PEDIATRIC ALLERGY (Fall Term 2011) 2011
  • 52-421 - PEDIATRIC ALLERGY (Fall Term 2011) 2011
  • MIC778 - Primary Immune Deficiencies (Spring Term 2011) 2011
  • 52-421 - PEDIATRIC ALLERGY (Spring Term 2010) 2010
  • 52-421 - PEDIATRIC ALLERGY (Spring Term 2010) 2010
  • 52-421 - PEDIATRIC ALLERGY (Spring Term 2010) 2010
  • OBHS121 - Fundamentals of Dent and Opt 2 (Fall Term 2009) 2009
  • 28-306 - IMMUNOLOGY (Fall Term 2009) 2009
  • 52-421 - PEDIATRIC ALLERGY (Fall Term 2009) 2009
  • 52-421 - PEDIATRIC ALLERGY (Fall Term 2009) 2009
  • MIC778 - Primary Immune Deficiencies (Fall Term 2008) 2008
  • 52-421 - PEDIATRIC ALLERGY (Fall Term 2008) 2008
  • 52-421 - PEDIATRIC ALLERGY (Spring Term 2008) 2008
  • 52-421 - PEDIATRIC ALLERGY (Fall Term 2007) 2007
  • 52-421 - PEDIATRIC ALLERGY (Fall Term 2007) 2007
  • 52-421 - PEDIATRIC ALLERGY (Spring Term 2007) 2007
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    • Education And Training

  • UAB Hospital, Internship 1988
  • Georgetown University Hospital, Residency 1990
  • UAB Hospital, Residency 1989
  • National Institute of Health, Postdoctoral Fellowship 1992

    • Full Name

  • Thomas Atkinson