Steven K. Lundy, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor,
Department of Internal Medicine - Rheumatology
http://sitemaker.umich.edu/lundylab/home

sklundy@umich.edu

Research Interests:

Regulation of the immune system in autoimmunity, asthma, cancer and infections by B lymphocytes

Research Activity

Our laboratory studies immune regulation of T lymphocytes at the level of interactions with antigen presenting cells. Over stimulation and/or deficient suppression of T cells is a major problem in autoimmune diseases and allergy. In contrast, poor stimulation or over-suppression of T cells can lead to decreased immune responses to infectious agents and/or inadequate tumor surveillance. The broad goal is to better understand the interactions between T cells and APC that cause disease, and to design methods to manipulate these interactions as treatment strategies. The current emphasis is on understanding the biology and effector functions of Fas ligand-positive, ‘killer’ B lymphocytes in animal models of autoimmune arthritis. Other projects include: 1) characterizing Fas ligand expression in human B cells; 2) identifying killer B cell subsets in mice; 3) developing new models of arthritis in mice; 4) studying T cell interactions with patient-derived synovial fibroblasts that act as antigen presenting cells; and 5) using natural exosomes and plastic beads to modulate T cell reactions in vitro and in vivo. Our lab has active collaborations with many Immunology Program faculty, as well as collaborations with the Dental School, School of Public Health, and the Biomedical Engineering Department.

Current funding is provided by the National Institutes of Health and the Arthritis Foundation.

Representative Recent Publications

Goronzy JJ, Xie C, Hu W, Lundy SK, Weyand CM: Restrictions in the repertoire of allospecific T-cells: Contribution of alpha-helical sequence polymorphisms of HLA-DR molecules. J. Immunol. 151(2):825-836, 1993. PMCID 8335912

Lundy SK, Lerman SP, Boros DL: Soluble egg antigen (SEA)-stimulated T helper lymphocyte apoptosis and evidence for cell death mediated by FasL+ T and B cells during murine Schistosoma mansoni infection. Infect. & Immun.: 69(1):271-280, 2001. PMCID 11119515

Lundy SK, Boros DL: Fas ligand-expressing B-1a lymphocytes mediate CD4+ T cell apoptosis during schistosomal infection: Induction by IL-4 and IL-10. Infect. & Immun. 70(2):812-819, 2002. PMCID 11796615

Lundy SK, Berlin AA, Lukacs NW: Interleukin-12 independent downmodulation of cockroach antigen-induced asthma in mice by intranasal exposure to bacterial lipopolysaccharide. Am. J. Pathology 163(5):1961-1968, 2003. PMCID 14578195

Benjamim CF, Lundy SK, Lukacs NW, Hogaboam CM, Kunkel SL: Reversal of long-term sepsis-induced immunosuppression by dendritic cells. Blood 105(9):3588-3595, 2005. PMCID 15604223

Lundy SK, Lira SA, Smit JJ, Cook DA, Berlin AA, Lukacs NW: Attenuation of allergen-induced responses in CCR6-/- mice is dependent upon altered pulmonary T lymphocyte activation. J. Immunol. 174(4):2054-2060, 2005. PMCID 15699135

Lundy SK, Berlin AA, Martens TF, Lukacs NW: Deficiency of regulatory B cells increases allergic airway inflammation. Inflamm. Res. 54:514-521, 2005. 16389573

Tran CN, Lundy SK, Fox DA: Synovial biology and T cells in rheumatoid arthritis. Review. Pathophysiology 12:183-189, 2005. PMCID 16112560

Tran CN, Davis MJ, Tesmer LA, Endres JL, Motyl CD, Smuda C, Somers EC, Chung KC, Urquhart AG, Lundy SK, Kovats S, Fox DA.  Presentation of arthritogenic peptide to antigen-specific T cells by fibroblast-like synoviocytes. Arth. & Rheum. 56(5):1497-1506, 2007. PMCID 17469112

Lundy SK, Sarkar S, Tesmer LA, Fox DA: Cells of the synovium in rheumatoid arthritis: T lymphocytes. Review. Arth. Res. & Ther. 9(1):202-212, 2007. PMCID 17306038

Tran CN, Lundy SK, White PT, Endres JL, Motyl CD, Gupta R, Wilke CM, Shelden EA, Chung KC, Urquhart AG, Fox DA.  Molecular interactions between T cells and fibroblast-like synoviocytes: Role of membrane TNF on cytokine-activated T cells. Amer. J.  Path., 171(5):1588-1598, 2007. PMCID 17823284

Lundy SK, Tesmer LA, Sarkar S, Fox DA. Th17 and human disease. Review. Immunological Reviews, 223:87-113, 2008. PMCID 18613831

Lundy SK. Killer B lymphocytes: The evidence and the potential. Review. Inflammation Research, 58(7):345-357, 2009. PMCID 19262989

Lundy SK, Fox DA. Reduced Fas ligand-expressing splenic CD5+ B lymphocytes in severe collagen-induced arthritis. Arthritis Res. Ther., 11(4):R128 EPub ahead of print, 2009. PMCID 19706160

Fox DA, Gizinski AM, Morgan RL, Lundy SK. Cell-cell interactions in rheumatoid arthritis synovium. Review. Rheum Dis Clin North Am., 36(2):311-323, 2010. PMCID 20510236