Dr. James A Harker MD
Pathologist | Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
2400 N Rockton Ave Rockford IL, 61103About
Dr. James Harker is a pathologist practicing in Rockford, IL. Dr. Harker is a doctor who specializes in the study of bodily fluids and tissues. As a pathologist, Dr. Harker can help your primary care doctor make a diagnosis about your medical condition. Dr. Harker may perform a tissue biopsy to determine if a patient has cancer, practice genetic testing, and complete a number of laboratory examinations. Pathologists can also perform autopsies which can determine a persons cause of death and gain information about genetic progression of a disease.
Education and Training
Univ of Il Coll of Med, Chicago Il 1986
University of Illinois College of Medicine 1986
Board Certification
PathologyAmerican Board of PathologyABP
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Interleukin 18 coexpression during respiratory syncytial virus infection results in enhanced disease mediated by natural killer cells.
- Delivery of cytokines by recombinant virus in early life alters the immune response to adult lung infection.
- CD25+ natural regulatory T cells are critical in limiting innate and adaptive immunity and resolving disease following respiratory syncytial virus infection.
- Genetic susceptibility to the delayed sequelae of neonatal respiratory syncytial virus infection is MHC dependent.
- RSV-induced bronchial epithelial cell PD-L1 expression inhibits CD8+ T cell nonspecific antiviral activity.
- Late interleukin-6 escalates T follicular helper cell responses and controls a chronic viral infection.
- Plasmacytoid dendritic cells are productively infected and activated through TLR-7 early after arenavirus infection.
- Preexposure to CpG protects against the delayed effects of neonatal respiratory syncytial virus infection.
- T-cell exhaustion due to persistent antigen: quantity not quality?
- Neonatal antibody responses are attenuated by interferon-γ produced by NK and T cells during RSV infection.
- Cell-intrinsic IL-27 and gp130 cytokine receptor signaling regulates virus-specific CD4⁺ T cell responses and viral control during chronic infection.
- Delayed sequelae of neonatal respiratory syncytial virus infection are dependent on cells of the innate immune system.
- Cell-Intrinsic gp130 Signaling on CD4+ T Cells Shapes Long-Lasting Antiviral
- Location, Location, Location: Localized Memory Cells Take Residence in the Allergic Lung.
- Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 Inactivation Drives T-bet-Mediated Downregulation of
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