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Davidson A, Diamond B. (2010) Nat Med. 16(6):635-6.

Venkatesh J, Kawabata D, Kim, Xu X, Chinnasamy P, Paul E, Diamond B, Grimaldi CM. (2009) Selective regulation of autoreactive B cells by FcγRIIB. J. Autoimmunity. May-Jun;32(3-4): 149-57.

Lee YI, Huerta PT, Zhang J, Kowal C, Bertini E, Volpe BT, Diamond B. (2009) Maternal lupus and congenital cortical impairment. Nat Med. 15: 91-96. PMC2615794.

Fragoso-Loyo H, Cabiedes J, Orozco-Narvaez O, Davila-Maldonado L, Atisha-Fregoso Y, Diamond B, Llorente L, Sanchez-Guerrero J. (2008) Serum and cerebrospinal fluid autoantibodies in patients with neuropsychiatric lupus erythematosus. Implications for diagnosis and pathogenesis. PloS One. 10: 3347-54. PMC2556096.

Zhang J, Jacobi AM, Wang T, Diamond B. (2008) Pathogenic autoantibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus are derived from both self-reactive and non-self-reactive B cells. Mol Med. 14: 675-681. PMC2493535.

Zhang J, Jacobi AM, Mackay M, Aranow C, Wang T, Chinnasamy P, Diamond B. (2008) Identification of DNA-reactive B cells in patients with SLE. J Immunol Methods. 338: 79-84. PMC2577778.

Kim SJ, Caton M, Wang C, Khalil M, Zhou ZJ, Hardin J, Diamond B. (2008) Increased IL-12 inhibits B cells differentiation to germinal center cells and promotes differentiation to short lived plasmablasts. J Exp Med. 205: 2437-2448. PMC2556778.

Wang Y, Diamond, B. (2008)B cell receptor revision diminishes the autoreactive B cell response after antigen activation in mice. J Clin Invest. 118: 2896-2907. PMC2467385.

Jacobi AN, Reiter K, Mackay M, Aranow C, Hiepe F, Radbruch A, Hansen A, Burmester GR, Diamond B, Lipsky PE, Dorner, T. (2008) Activated memory B cell sub-sets correlate with disease activity in SLE: Delineation by expression of CD27, IgD, and CD95. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 58: 1768-1773.

Batova I, Kowal C, May R, Scharff MD, Diamond, B. (2007) Human recombinant fab fragments with sub-nanomolar affinities for acetylated histones. J Immunol Methods. 329: 1-10.

Kim SJ, Diamond B. (2007) Generation and maturation of bone marrow-derived DCs under serum-free conditions. J Immunol Methods. 323: 101-108.

Looney RJ, Diamond B, Hoers VM, Levesque MC, Moreland L, Nahm MN, St. Clair EW. (2007) Guidelines for assessing immunocompetency in clinical trials for autoimmune disease. Clinical Immunol. 123: 235-243.

Boder J, Fehervari Z, Diamond B, Sakaguchi S. ICER/CREM-mediated transcriptional attenuation of IL-2 and its role in suppression by regulatory T cells. Eur I Immunol. 37: 884-895.

Tseng CE, Buyon JP, Kim M, Belmont HM, Mackay M, Diamond B, Marer G, Rosenthal P, Haines K, Ilie V, Abramson SB. (2007) The effect of moderate-dose corticosteroids in preventing severe flares in patients with serologically active, but clinically stable, systemic lupus erythematosus: findings of a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Arthritis Rheum. 54: 3623-3632.

Kowal C, DeGiorgio LA, Lee JY, Edgard ME, Huerta PT, Volpe BT, Diamond B. (2006) Human lupus autoantibodies against NMDA receptors mediate cognitive impairment. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 103: 19854-19859.

Mackay M, Stanevsky A, Wang T, Aranow C, Li M, Koening S, Ravech JV, Diamond B. (2006) Selective dysregulation of the FC (gamma)IIB receptor on memory B cells in SLE. J Exp Med. 203: 2157-2164.
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Peeva E, Gonzalez J, Hicks R, Diamond B. (2006) Cutting Edge: Lupus susceptibility interval Sle3/5 confers responsiveness to prolactin in C57Bl6 mice. J Immunol. 177: 1401-1405.

Ramanujam M, Wang X, Huang W, Liu Z, Schiffer L, Tao H, Frank D, Rice J, Diamond B, Yu K, Porcelli S, Davidson A. (2006) Similarities and differences between selective and non-selective BAFF blockade in murine SLE. J Clin Invest. 116: 724-734.

Venkatesh J, Peeva E, Xu X, Diamond B. (2006) Cutting Edge: Hormonal milieu, not antigenic specificity, determines the mature phenotype of autoreactive B cells. J Immunol. 176: 3311-3314.

Lapteva L, Nowak M, Yarboro CH, Takada K, Roebuck T, Weickert T, Bleiberg J, Rosenstein D, Pao M, Volpe B, Diamond B, Illei G. (2006) Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate (NMDA) Receptor antibodies, cognitive dysfunction and depression in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 54: 2505-2514.

Roebuck-Spencer TM, Yarboro CH, Nowak M, Takada K, Jacobs G, Lapteva L, Weickert T, Volpe B, Diamond B, Illei, Bleiberg J. (2006) Use of computerized assessment to predict neuropsychological functioning and emotional distress in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Arthritis Rheum. 55: 434-441.
 


Huerta PT, Kowal C, DeGiorgio LA, Volpe BT, Diamond B. (2006) Immunology and behavior: antibodies alter emotion. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 103: 678-683.
 


Grimaldi C, Jeganathan V, Diamond B. (2006) Hormonal regulation of B cell development: 17 beta-estradiol impairs negative selection of high affinity DNA-reactive B cells at more than one developmental checkpoint. J Immunol. 176: 2703-2710.

Petri M, Kim M, Kalunian KC, Grossman J, Hahn BH, Sammaritano L, Lockshin M, Merrill JT, Belmont HM, Askanase AD, McCune WJ, Hearth-Holmes M, Dooley MA, Feldt JV, Friedman A, Tan M, Davis J, Cronin M, Diamond B, Mackay M, Sigler L, Fillius M, Rupel A, Buyon JP. (2005) Combined oral contraceptives in women with systemic lupus erythematosus. NEJM. 353: 2550-2558.

Prabhakaran S, Bramlage M, Edgar MA, Diamond B, Hardin JA, Volpe BT. (2005) Overwhelming leukoencephalophay as the only sign of neuropsychiatric lupus. Case Report J Rheumatol. 32: 1843-1845.

Peeva E, Venkatesh J, Diamond B. (2005) Tamoxifen blocks estrogen-induced B cell maturation, but not survival. J Immunol. 175: 1415-1423.

 
Chowdhry IA, Kowal C, Hardin J, Zhou Z, Diamond B. (2005) Autoantibodies that bind glomeruli: cross-reactivity with bacterial antigen. Arthritis Rheum. 52: 2403-2410.

Forestier C, Molano A, Im JS, Dutronc Y, Diamond B, Davidson A, Illarionov PA, Besra GS, Porcelli SA. (2005) Expansion and hyperactivity of CD1d-restricted NKT cells during the progression of systemic lupus erythematosus in New Zealand black x New Zealand white) F1 Mice1. J Immunol. 175: 763-770.

Rice JS, Newman J, Wang C, Michael DJ, Diamond B. (2005) Receptor editing in peripheral B cell tolerance. Proc Natl Acad Sci.102: 1608-1613.

Grimaldi CM, Hill L, Xu H, Peeva E, Diamond B. (2005) Hormonal modulation of B cell development and repertoire selection. Mol Immunol. 42: 811-820.

Kowal C, DeGiorgio LA, Nakaoka T, Hetherington H, Huerta PT, Diamond B, Volpe BT. (2004) Cognition and Immunity: Antibody impairs memory. Immunity. 21: 179-20.

Chu YP, Spatz L, Diamond B. (2004) A second heavy chain permits survival of high affinity autoreactive B cells. Autoimmunity. 37: 27-32.

Ramanujam N, Wang X, Huang W, Schiffer L, Grimaldi C, Akkerman A, Diamond B, Madaio M, Davidson A. (2003) The mechanism of action of TACI-Ig in murine SLE. J Immunol. 173: 3524-3534.

Wang C, Khalil M, Ravetch J, Diamond B. (2003) The naïve B cell repertoire predisposes to antigen-induced systemic lupus erythematosus. J Immunol. 170: 4826-4832.

Peeva E, Rice J, Chen ME, Cleary J, Michael D, Diamond B. (2003) Prolactin modulates the naïve B cell repertoire. J Clin Invest. 111: 275-283.

Sharma A, Isenberg D, Diamond B. (2003) Studies of human polyclonal and monoclonal a antibodies binding to lupus autoantigens and crossreactive antigens. Rheumatology. 42: 453-463.

Newman J, Rice JS, Wang C, Harris SL, Diamond B. (2003) Identification of an antigen specific B cell population. J Immunol Methods. 272: 177-18.

Grimaldi CM, Cleary J, Dagtas AS, Moussai D, Diamond B. (2002) Estrogen alters thresholds for B cell apoptosis and activation. J Clin Invest. 109: 1625-1633.

Harris S, Dagtas AS, Chen H, Diamond B. (2002) Regulating the isotypic and idiotypic profile of an anti-PC antibody response: lessons from peptide mimics. Mol Immunol. 39: 263-272.

Chu YP, Taylor D, Yan HG, Diamond B, Spatz L. (2002) Persistence of partially functional double stranded DNA binding B cells in mice transgenic for the IgM heavy chain of an anti-dsDNA antibody. Int Immunol. 14: 45-54.

DeGiorgio LA, Konstantinov KN, Lee SC, Hardin JA, Volpe BT, Diamond B. (2001) Novel mechanism for brain injury in SLE: a subset of lupus anti-DNA antibodies cross-reacts with the NR2 glutamate receptor. Nat Med. 7: 1189-1193.

Grimaldi CM, Michael DJ, Diamond B. (2001) Cutting Edge: Expansion and activation of a population ofautoreactive marginal zone B cells in a model of estrogen-induced lupus. J Immunol. 167: 1886.

Lee HB, Diamond BA, Blaufox MD. (2001) In-vivo detection of deposition of radiolabeled lupus anti-kidney antibody and its inhibition by soluble antigen. J Nuclear Medicine. 42: 138.

Sharma A, Isenberg D, Diamond B. (2001) Crossreactivity of human anti-dsDNA antibodies to phosphorylcholine: clue to their origin.  J Autoimmunity. 16:1.

Khalil M, Inaba K, Steinman R, Ravetch J, Diamond B. (2001) T cell studies in a peptideinduced model of systemic lupus erythematosus. J. Immunol. 166: 1667.
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