Pathology

Jonathan W. Heusel, MD, PhD

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Director, Molecular Hematology and Oncology
Assistant Director, Molecular Pathology Laboratory, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Clinical Associate Professor of Pathology  - Clinical Pathology

Contact Information

Primary Office: C614 General Hospital
Iowa City, IA 52242
Primary Office Phone: 319-356-8616

Email: jon-heusel@uiowa.edu

Education

BS, Biology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
MD, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
PhD, Immunology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Fellowship, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Post Doctoral, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Residency, Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO

Licensure and Certifications

Diplomate in Clinical Pathology, American Board of Pathology
Diplomate in Molecular Genetic Pathology, American Board of Pathology

Education/Training Program Affiliations

Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology
Medical Scientist Training Program

Research Summary

Interests: Natural Killer (NK) cell responses in viral infection and malignancy; NK cell alloreactivity in the setting of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; clinical molecular test development.

Center, Program and Institute Affiliations

Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center

Selected Publications

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Perforin plays an unexpected role in regulating T-cell contraction during prolonged Listeria monocytogenes infection..  Schmidt N, Khanolkar A, Hancox L, Heusel J, Harty J.  European journal of immunology.  2012  March; 42 (3) :629-40.
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Glycosylation contributes to variability in expression of murine cytomegalovirus m157 and enhances stability of interaction with the NK-cell receptor Ly49H..  Guseva N, Fullenkamp C, Naumann P, Shey M, Ballas Z, Houtman J, Forbes C, Scalzo A, Heusel J.  European journal of immunology.  2010  September; 40 (9) :2618-31.
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Characterization of murine cytomegalovirus m157 from infected cells and identification of critical residues mediating recognition by the NK cell receptor Ly49H..  Davis A, Guseva N, Ball B, Heusel J.  Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950).  2008  July (3rd Quarter/Summer); 181 (1) :265-75.
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Recognition of a virus-encoded ligand by a natural killer cell activation receptor..  Smith H, Heusel J, Mehta I, Kim S, Dorner B, Naidenko O, Iizuka K, Furukawa H, Beckman D, Pingel J, Scalzo A, Fremont D, Yokoyama W.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.  2002  June; 99 (13) :8826-31.
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Vital involvement of a natural killer cell activation receptor in resistance to viral infection..  Brown M, Dokun A, Heusel J, Smith H, Beckman D, Blattenberger E, Dubbelde C, Stone L, Scalzo A, Yokoyama W.  Science (New York, N.Y.).  2001  May; 292 (5518) :934-7.
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Nonstochastic coexpression of activation receptors on murine natural killer cells..  Smith H, Chuang H, Wang L, Salcedo M, Heusel J, Yokoyama W.  The Journal of experimental medicine.  2000  April (2nd Quarter/Spring); 191 (8) :1341-54.
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Development of intra-natural killer complex (NKC) recombinant and congenic mouse strains for mapping and functional analysis of NK cell regulatory loci..  Scalzo A, Brown M, Chu D, Heusel J, Yokoyama W, Forbes C.  Immunogenetics.  1999  March; 49 (3) :238-41.
[PubMed]

Murine Nkg2d and Cd94 are clustered within the natural killer complex and are expressed independently in natural killer cells..  Ho E, Heusel J, Brown M, Matsumoto K, Scalzo A, Yokoyama W.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.  1998  May; 95 (11) :6320-5.
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Natural killer and lymphokine-activated killer cells require granzyme B for the rapid induction of apoptosis in susceptible target cells..  Shresta S, MacIvor D, Heusel J, Russell J, Ley T.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.  1995  June; 92 (12) :5679-83.
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Cytotoxic lymphocytes require granzyme B for the rapid induction of DNA fragmentation and apoptosis in allogeneic target cells..  Heusel J, Wesselschmidt R, Shresta S, Russell J, Ley T.  Cell.  1994  March; 76 (6) :977-87.
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