Marilyn Halonen, PhD

Professor, Pharmacology

Contact Information

• Pharmacology/Arizona Respiratory Center/ Keating Bg 325
• Phone: 626-6537
• Email: mhalonen@arc.arizona.edu
• Faculty Member's BIO5 Webpage

Education

• University of Arizona, 1974.

Research

Immunology of Allergy; Immunopharmacology
The major areas of focus in my laboratory currently involve (a) the maturation of, response mechanisms of, and exposure effects on human adaptive and innate immune cells in early life, especially in relation to asthma, and (b) the biology of identified polymorphisms in genes for cytokine and cell surface receptors.

Publications

• Stern DA, Morgan WJ, Halonen M, Wright AL, Martinez FD. Wheezing and bronchial hyper-responsiveness in early childhood as predictors of newly diagnosed asthma in early adulthood: a longitudinal birth-cohort study.Lancet. Sep 20;372(9643):1058-64 2008.

• Rothers J, Stern DA, Spangenberg A, Lohman IC, Halonen M, Wright AL. Influence of early day-care exposure on total IgE levels through age 3 years. J Allergy Clin Immunol. Nov; 120(5):1201-7, 2007

• Krishnan S, Halonen M.Suppression of innate immune cytokines and interferon regulatory factor-1 by endogenous interferon-alpha in response to respiratory syncytial virus in neonate mononuclear cells. Immunol Invest. 36(4):441-56, 2007.

• Guerra S, Lohman IC, LeVan T, Wright A, Martinez F, Halonen M. The differential effect of genetic variation on soluble CD14 levels in human plasma and milk. J Reprod Immunol, 52:204-211, 2004.

• Stern DA, Lohman IC, Wright AL, Taussig L, Martinez FD, Halonen M: Dynamic changes in sensitization to specific aeroallergens in children raised in a desert environment. Clin Exper Allergy, 34:1563-1569, 2004.

Peer-reviewed publications

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