Karen M. Haas, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Microbiology and Immunology

Karen M. Haas, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
Comprehensive Cancer Center

Contact Information

Academic: 336-716-0966 | Department: 336-716-0966

Email: kmhaas@wakehealth.edu

Education & Training

B.A., St Mary's University of Minnesota , 1995
Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia , 2000
Fellowship, Immunology, Duke University School of Medicine, 2006

Karen M. Haas, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Immunology Comprehensive Cancer Center

Research Interests

immunology/allergy/inflammatio, infectious diseases, model development, vaccines

Contact Information

Academic: 336-716-0966 | Department: 336-716-0966

Email: kmhaas@wakehealth.edu

Recent Publications

Yammani RD, Haas KM. Primate B-1 cells generate antigen-specific B cell responses to T cell-independent type 2 antigens. J Immunol. 2013;190(7):3100-3108.

Crump KE, Juneau DG, Poole LB, Haas KM, Grayson JM. The reversible formation of cysteine sulfenic acid promotes B-cell activation and proliferation. Eur J Immunol. 2012;42(8):2152-2164.

Haas K. PD-1:PD-1 ligand interactions suppress B-1b cell responses to T cell-independent type 2 antigens [abstract]. J Immunol. 2011;186(1 Meeting Abstracts):61.7.

Crump K, Liu C, Konopitski A, Poole L, Haas K, Grayson J. The role of reactive oxygen intermediates in B cell activiation and differentiation [abstract]. J Immunol. 2011;186(1 Meeting Abstracts):45.12.

Haas KM. Programmed cell death 1 suppresses B-1b cell expansion and long-lived IgG production in response to T cell-independent type 2 antigens. J Immunol. 2011;187(10):5183-5195.

Tracy ET, Haas KM, Gentry T, Danko M, Roberts JL, Kurtzberg J, Rice HE. Partial splenectomy but not total splenectomy preserves immunoglobulin M memory B cells in mice. J Pediatr Surg. 2011;46(9):1706-1710.

Haas KM, Watanabe R, Matsushita T, Nakashima H, Ishiura N, Okochi H, Fujimoto M, Tedder TF. Protective and pathogenic roles for B cells during systemic autoimmunity in NZB/W F1 mice. J Immunol. 2010;184(9):4789-4800.

Smith SH, Haas KM, Poe JC, Yanaba K, Ward CD, Migone T-S, Tedder TF. B-cell homeostasis requires complementary CD22 and BLyS/BR3 survival signals. Int Immunol. 2010;22(8):681-691.