Lisa Abernathy-Close, PhD

 Lisa Close
Research Investigator
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University of Michigan Medical School
Internal Medicine - Rheumatology
2800 Plymouth Rd Building 18
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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Lisa Abernathy-Close, PhD
Lisa Close
Research Investigator
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    • Qualifications
    • Ph.D., Immunology and Microbiology
      Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States
      2009 - 2015
    • B.S., Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
      Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
      2003 - 2007

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    • Journal Article
      Lupus dermal fibroblasts are pro-inflammatory and exhibit a pro-fibrotic phenotype in scarring skin disease.
      Shoffner-Beck SK, Abernathy-Close L, Lazar S, Ma F, Gharaee-Kermani M, Hurst A, Dobry C, Pandian D, Wasikowski R, Victory A, Arnold K, Gudjonsson JE, Tsoi LC, Kahlenberg JM. JCI Insight, 2024 Mar 1; DOI:10.1172/jci.insight.173437
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      2957. Decreased microbial diversity and baseline intestinal inflammation are associated with worse outcome in aged, female mice infected with Clostridioides difficile
      Nguyen N, Vendrov K, Abernathy-Close L, Dieterle M, Young VB. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2023 Nov 28; 10 (Supplement_2): ofad500.196 DOI:10.1093/ofid/ofad500.196
      PMID: PMC10678590
    • Journal Article
      Distinct stimulus-dependent neutrophil dynamics revealed by real-time imaging of intestinal mucosa after acute injury.
      Azcutia V, Kelm M, Kim S, Luissint A-C, Flemming S, Abernathy-Close L, Young VB, Nusrat A, Miller MJ, Parkos CA. PNAS Nexus, 2022 Nov; 1 (5): pgac249 DOI:10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac249
      PMID: PMC9802210
    • Journal Article
      Intestinal Inflammation Reversibly Alters the Microbiota to Drive Susceptibility to Clostridioides difficile Colonization in a Mouse Model of Colitis
      Barron MR, Sovacool KL, Abernathy-Close L, Vendrov KC, Standke AK, Bergin IL, Schloss PD, Young VB. Mbio, 2022 Aug 1; 13 (4): DOI:10.1128/mbio.01904-22
      PMID: 35900107
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      Cutaneous Type I IFN Responses in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Are Associated with Inflammatory Phenotype and Altered Wound Healing Function of Lupus Fibroblasts from Non-Lesional Skin
      Abernathy-Close L, Shoffner-Beck S, Lu A, Victory A, Hurst A, Dobry C, Wasikowski R, Gudjonsson J, Tsoi A, Kahlenberg JM. ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY, 2022 74: 1318 - 1319.
      PMID: 5V7DI
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      Lupus Fibroblasts from Non-lesional Skin Exhibit Exaggerated Responses to Inflammatory Cytokines and Upregulate Pro-fibrotic Collagens in Patients with Scarring Lesions
      Shoffner-Beck S, Abernathy-Close L, Lazar S, Hurst A, Dobry C, Pandian D, Wasikowski R, Arnold K, Gudjonsson J, Tsoi L, Kahlenberg JM. ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY, 2022 74: 1286 - 1288.
      PMID: 5V7DI
    • Journal Article
      B cell signatures distinguishes cutaneous lupus erythematosus subtypes and the presence of systemic disease activity
      Abernathy-Close L, Lazar S, Stannard J, Tsoi LC, Eddy S, Rizvi S, Yee C, Myers EM, Namas R, Lowe L, Reed TJ, Wen F, Gudjonsson JE, Kahlenberg JM, Berthier CC. Front Immunol, 2021 Nov 19; 12:
    • Journal Article
      Intestinal inflammation and altered gut microbiota associated with inflammatory bowel disease render mice susceptible to clostridioides difficile colonization and infection
      Abernathy-Close L, Barron MR, George JM, Dieterle MG, Vendrov KC, Bergin IL, Young VB. Mbio, 2021 Jun 1; 12 (3): DOI:10.1128/mBio.02733-20
      PMID: 34126769