Professor Luke O'Neill
The group of Prof O誰eill is investigating the molecular and cellular basis to inflammation and innate immunity. Particular areas of interest include Toll-like receptors, proinflammatory cytokines, signal transduction in the immune system, and molecular analysis of inflammatory and infectious diseases.
Figures of Research Work This figure depicts the 4 major families of pathogen sensors that sense the microbial world during infection, triggering signalling pathways that culminate in increased expression of immune and inflammatory genes.
Key Publications
Bruton's tyrosine kinase is a TIR domain
binding protein that participates in
NFkappa B activation by Toll-like
receptor 4.
J Biol Chem. 278(28):26258-64, 2003.
Jefferies CA, Doyle S, Brunner C,
Dunne A, Brint E, Wietek C, Walch E,
Wirth T, O'Neill LA.
ST2 is an inhibitor of IL-1R and TLR4
signalling and maintains endotoxin
tolerance.
Nature Immunol. 5, 373-379, 2004.
Brint, E, Xu, D, Liu, H, Dunne, A,
McKenzie, A, O誰eill, LAJ* and Liew
FY* (*Joint senior authorship)
Suppressor of cytokine signaling
(SOCS)-1 negatively regulates Toll-like
receptor signaling by targeting Mal for
degradation.
Nature Immunol. 7(2):148-55, 2006.
Mansell, A, Simth, R, Doyle S, Gray P,
Fennen JE, Crack P, Nicholson S, Hilton
DJ, O誰eill LA* and Hertzog P* (*Joint
senior authorship).
A functional variant in MAL/TIRAP and
protection against invasive
pneumococcal disease, bacteraemia,
malaria and tuberculosis.
Nature Genetics 39(4):523-8, 2007.
Khor, CC, Chapman, SJ, Vannberg, FO,
Dunne A, Murphy C, Ling EY, Frodsham
AJ, Walley, A, Kyrieleis, O, Khan, A,
Aucan, C, Segal, S, Moore, CE, Know,
K, Campbell, SJ, Lienhardt, C, Scott, A,
Aaby, P, Sow, OY, Grignani, RT, Peshu,
N, Williams, TN, Maitland, K, Davies,
RJO, Kwiatkowski, DP, Day, NP, Yala,
D, Crook, DW, Marsh, K, Berkley, JA,
O誰eill LAJ* and Hill, AVS*. (*Joint
Senior Author)
The family of five: TIR domain
containing adapters in TLR signalling.
Nat Rev Immunol 7, 353-364, 2007.
O誰eill LA and Bowie AG.