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Rachel H. McMahan

TitleAssoc Professor-Research
InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus
DepartmentSOM-SRG
Phone303/724-7229

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    K01DK096025     (MCMAHAN, RACHEL)Jul 1, 2013 - Jun 30, 2018
    NIH
    The effects of bile acid receptor activation on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Zillich L, Wagner J, McMahan RH, Park LM, Hodgkinson C, Kovacs EJ, Lohoff FW. Multi-omics analysis of alcohol effects on the liver in young and aged mice. Addict Biol. 2023 12; 28(12):e13342. PMID: 38017640.
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    2. Walrath T, Najarro KM, Giesy LE, Khair S, Frank DN, Robertson CE, Orlicky DJ, Quillinan N, Idrovo JP, McMahan RH, Kovacs EJ. REMOTE BURN INJURY IN AGED MICE INDUCES COLONIC LYMPHOID AGGREGATE EXPANSION AND DYSBIOSIS OF THE FECAL MICROBIOME WHICH CORRELATES WITH NEUROINFLAMMATION. Shock. 2023 10 01; 60(4):585-593. PMID: 37548929.
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    3. Khair S, Walrath TM, Curtis BJ, Orlicky DJ, McMahan RH, Kovacs EJ. Ethanol exacerbates pulmonary complications after burn injury in mice, regardless of frequency of ethanol exposures. Burns. 2023 Dec; 49(8):1935-1943. PMID: 37574341.
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    4. McMahan RH, Anton P, Coleman LG, Cresci GAM, Crews FT, Crotty KM, Luck ME, Molina PE, Vachharajani V, Weinberg J, Yeligar SM, Choudhry MA, McCullough RL, Kovacs EJ. Alcohol and Immunology: Mechanisms of multi-organ damage. Summary of the 2022 alcohol and Immunology research interest group (AIRIG) meeting. Alcohol. 2023 08; 110:57-63. PMID: 37061143.
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    5. Choy K, Dyamenahalli KU, Khair S, Colborn KL, Wiktor AJ, Idrovo JP, McMahan RH, Burnham EL, Kovacs EJ. Aberrant inflammatory responses in intoxicated burn-injured patients parallel impaired cognitive function. Alcohol. 2023 06; 109:35-41. PMID: 36690221.
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    6. Crotty K, Anton P, Coleman LG, Morris NL, Lewis SA, Samuelson DR, McMahan RH, Hartmann P, Kim A, Ratna A, Mandrekar P, Wyatt TA, Choudhry MA, Kovacs EJ, McCullough R, Yeligar SM. A critical review of recent knowledge of alcohol's effects on the immunological response in different tissues. Alcohol Clin Exp Res (Hoboken). 2023 01; 47(1):36-44. PMID: 36446606.
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    7. Walrath T, McMahan RH, Idrovo JP, Quillinan N, Kovacs EJ. Cutaneous burn injury induces neuroinflammation and reactive astrocyte activation in the hippocampus of aged mice. Exp Gerontol. 2022 11; 169:111975. PMID: 36208823.
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    8. McMahan RH, Hulsebus HJ, Najarro KM, Giesy LE, Frank DN, Kovacs EJ. Changes in gut microbiome correlate with intestinal barrier dysfunction and inflammation following a 3-day ethanol exposure in aged mice. Alcohol. 2023 03; 107:136-143. PMID: 36150609.
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    9. Boe DM, Hulsebus HJ, Najarro KM, Mullen JE, Kim H, Tan AC, McMahan RH, Kovacs EJ. Advanced age is associated with changes in alveolar macrophages and their responses to the stress of traumatic injury. J Leukoc Biol. 2022 12; 112(6):1371-1386. PMID: 36120937.
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    10. Dyamenahalli K, Choy K, Frank DN, Najarro K, Boe D, Colborn KL, Idrovo JP, Wagner AL, Wiktor AJ, Afshar M, Burnham EL, McMahan RH, Kovacs EJ. Age and Injury Size Influence the Magnitude of Fecal Dysbiosis in Adult Burn Patients. J Burn Care Res. 2022 09 01; 43(5):1145-1153. PMID: 35020913.
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    11. McMahan RH, Boe DM, Walrath TM, Idrovo JP, Kovacs EJ. Aging, Cutaneous Burn Injury and Multi-Organ Complications: The Role of the Gut. Adv Geriatr Med Res. 2022; 4(2). PMID: 35913894.
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    12. Khair S, Brenner LA, Koval M, Samuelson D, Cucinello-Regland JA, Anton P, Piano MR, Simon L, Crotty K, Sharieh F, Travers JB, Singh V, Cannon A, Kim A, McCullough RL, Yeligar SM, Wyatt TA, McMahan RH, Choudhry MA, Kovacs EJ. New insights into the mechanism of alcohol-mediated organ damage via its impact on immunity, metabolism, and repair pathways: A summary of the 2021 Alcohol and Immunology Research Interest Group (AIRIG) meeting. Alcohol. 2022 09; 103:1-7. PMID: 35659577.
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    13. Hulsebus HJ, Najarro KM, McMahan RH, Boe DM, Orlicky DJ, Kovacs EJ. Ethanol Intoxication Impairs Respiratory Function and Bacterial Clearance and Is Associated With Neutrophil Accumulation in the Lung After Streptococcus pneumoniae Infection. Front Immunol. 2022; 13:884719. PMID: 35603143.
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    14. McMahan RH, Hulsebus HJ, Najarro KM, Giesy LE, Frank DN, Orlicky DJ, Kovacs EJ. Age-Related Intestinal Dysbiosis and Enrichment of Gut-specific Bacteria in the Lung Are Associated With Increased Susceptibility to Streptococcus pneumoniae Infection in Mice. Front Aging. 2022; 3. PMID: 35392033.
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    15. Najarro KM, Boe DM, Walrath TM, Mullen JE, Paul MT, Frankel JH, Hulsebus HJ, Idrovo JP, McMahan RH, Kovacs EJ. Advanced age exacerbates intestinal epithelial permeability after burn injury in mice. Exp Gerontol. 2022 02; 158:111654. PMID: 34915110.
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    16. McMahan RH, Najarro KM, Mullen JE, Paul MT, Orlicky DJ, Hulsebus HJ, Kovacs EJ. Correction to: A novel murine model of multi-day moderate ethanol exposure reveals increased intestinal dysfunction and liver inflammation with age. Immun Ageing. 2021 Oct 21; 18(1):39. PMID: 34674721.
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    17. McMahan RH, Najarro KM, Mullen JE, Paul MT, Orlicky DJ, Hulsebus HJ, Kovacs EJ. A novel murine model of multi-day moderate ethanol exposure reveals increased intestinal dysfunction and liver inflammation with age. Immun Ageing. 2021 Sep 23; 18(1):37. PMID: 34556145.
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    18. Idrovo JP, Boe DM, Kaahui S, Walrath T, McMahan RH, Kovacs EJ. Advanced age heightens hepatic damage in a murine model of scald burn injury. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 04 01; 90(4):731-737. PMID: 33306599.
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    19. Walrath T, Dyamenahalli KU, Hulsebus HJ, McCullough RL, Idrovo JP, Boe DM, McMahan RH, Kovacs EJ. Age-related changes in intestinal immunity and the microbiome. J Leukoc Biol. 2021 06; 109(6):1045-1061. PMID: 33020981.
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    20. Burchill MA, Finlon JM, Goldberg AR, Gillen AE, Dahms PA, McMahan RH, Tye A, Winter AB, Reisz JA, Bohrnsen E, Schafer JB, D'Alessandro A, Orlicky DJ, Kriss MS, Rosen HR, McCullough RL, Jir?n Tamburini BA. Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein Drives Dysfunction of the Liver Lymphatic System. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021; 11(2):573-595. PMID: 32961356.
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    21. McMahan RH, Afshar M, Amedee AM, Bishehsari F, Carr RM, Coleman LG, Herrnreiter CJ, Lewis SL, Mandrekar P, McCullough RL, Morris NL, Vasiliou V, Wang HJ, Yeligar SM, Choudhry MA, Kovacs EJ. Summary of the 2019 alcohol and immunology research interest group (AIRIG) meeting: Alcohol-mediated mechanisms of multiple organ injury. Alcohol. 2020 09; 87:89-95. PMID: 32353591.
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    22. McGettigan B, McMahan R, Orlicky D, Burchill M, Danhorn T, Francis P, Cheng LL, Golden-Mason L, Jakubzick CV, Rosen HR. Dietary Lipids Differentially Shape Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Progression and the Transcriptome of Kupffer Cells and Infiltrating Macrophages. Hepatology. 2019 07; 70(1):67-83. PMID: 30516830.
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    23. Orlicky DJ, Libby AE, Bales ES, McMahan RH, Monks J, La Rosa FG, McManaman JL. Perilipin-2 promotes obesity and progressive fatty liver disease in mice through mechanistically distinct hepatocyte and extra-hepatocyte actions. J Physiol. 2019 03; 597(6):1565-1584. PMID: 30536914.
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    24. Trostel J, Truong LD, Roncal-Jimenez C, Miyazaki M, Miyazaki-Anzai S, Kuwabara M, McMahan R, Andres-Hernando A, Sato Y, Jensen T, Lanaspa MA, Johnson RJ, Garcia GE. Different effects of global osteopontin and macrophage osteopontin in glomerular injury. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2018 10 01; 315(4):F759-F768. PMID: 29717936.
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    25. Golden-Mason L, McMahan RH, Kriss MS, Kilgore AL, Cheng L, Dran RJ, Wieland A, Rosen HR. Early and late changes in natural killer cells in response to ledipasvir/sofosbuvir treatment. Hepatol Commun. 2018 04; 2(4):364-375. PMID: 29619416.
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    26. Wang Y, Singh NK, Spear TT, Hellman LM, Piepenbrink KH, McMahan RH, Rosen HR, Vander Kooi CW, Nishimura MI, Baker BM. How an alloreactive T-cell receptor achieves peptide and MHC specificity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 06 13; 114(24):E4792-E4801. PMID: 28572406.
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    27. McMahan RH, Porsche CE, Edwards MG, Rosen HR. Correction: Free Fatty Acids Differentially Downregulate Chemokines in Liver Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells: Insights into Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. PLoS One. 2016; 11(12):e0168301. PMID: 27930747.
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    28. McGettigan BM, McMahan RH, Luo Y, Wang XX, Orlicky DJ, Porsche C, Levi M, Rosen HR. Sevelamer Improves Steatohepatitis, Inhibits Liver and Intestinal Farnesoid X Receptor (FXR), and Reverses Innate Immune Dysregulation in a Mouse Model of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. J Biol Chem. 2016 10 28; 291(44):23058-23067. PMID: 27605663.
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    29. Truong LD, Trostel J, McMahan R, Chen JF, Garcia GE. Macrophage A2A Adenosine Receptors Are Essential to Protect from Progressive Kidney Injury. Am J Pathol. 2016 10; 186(10):2601-13. PMID: 27520357.
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    30. McMahan RH, Porsche CE, Edwards MG, Rosen HR. Free Fatty Acids Differentially Downregulate Chemokines in Liver Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells: Insights into Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. PLoS One. 2016; 11(7):e0159217. PMID: 27454769.
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    31. Spear TT, Riley TP, Lyons GE, Callender GG, Roszkowski JJ, Wang Y, Simms PE, Scurti GM, Foley KC, Murray DC, Hellman LM, McMahan RH, Iwashima M, Garrett-Mayer E, Rosen HR, Baker BM, Nishimura MI. Hepatitis C virus-cross-reactive TCR gene-modified T cells: a model for immunotherapy against diseases with genomic instability. J Leukoc Biol. 2016 09; 100(3):545-57. PMID: 26921345.
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    32. Ishimoto T, Lanaspa MA, Rivard CJ, Roncal-Jimenez CA, Orlicky DJ, Cicerchi C, McMahan RH, Abdelmalek MF, Rosen HR, Jackman MR, MacLean PS, Diggle CP, Asipu A, Inaba S, Kosugi T, Sato W, Maruyama S, S?nchez-Lozada LG, Sautin YY, Hill JO, Bonthron DT, Johnson RJ. High-fat and high-sucrose (western) diet induces steatohepatitis that is dependent on fructokinase. Hepatology. 2013 Nov; 58(5):1632-43. PMID: 23813872.
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    33. McMahan RH, Wang XX, Cheng LL, Krisko T, Smith M, El Kasmi K, Pruzanski M, Adorini L, Golden-Mason L, Levi M, Rosen HR. Bile acid receptor activation modulates hepatic monocyte activity and improves nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. J Biol Chem. 2013 Apr 26; 288(17):11761-70. PMID: 23460643.
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    34. Golden-Mason L, McMahan RH, Strong M, Reisdorph R, Mahaffey S, Palmer BE, Cheng L, Kulesza C, Hirashima M, Niki T, Rosen HR. Galectin-9 functionally impairs natural killer cells in humans and mice. J Virol. 2013 May; 87(9):4835-45. PMID: 23408620.
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    35. Altmann C, Andres-Hernando A, McMahan RH, Ahuja N, He Z, Rivard CJ, Edelstein CL, Barthel L, Janssen WJ, Faubel S. Macrophages mediate lung inflammation in a mouse model of ischemic acute kidney injury. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2012 Feb 15; 302(4):F421-32. PMID: 22114207.
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    36. Li H, Hughes AL, Bano N, McArdle S, Livingston S, Deubner H, McMahon BJ, Townshend-Bulson L, McMahan R, Rosen HR, Gretch DR. Genetic diversity of near genome-wide hepatitis C virus sequences during chronic infection: evidence for protein structural conservation over time. PLoS One. 2011 May 05; 6(5):e19562. PMID: 21573177.
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    37. McMahan RH, Golden-Mason L, Nishimura MI, McMahon BJ, Kemper M, Allen TM, Gretch DR, Rosen HR. Tim-3 expression on PD-1+ HCV-specific human CTLs is associated with viral persistence, and its blockade restores hepatocyte-directed in vitro cytotoxicity. J Clin Invest. 2010 Dec; 120(12):4546-57. PMID: 21084749.
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    38. Mengshol JA, Golden-Mason L, Arikawa T, Smith M, Niki T, McWilliams R, Randall JA, McMahan R, Zimmerman MA, Rangachari M, Dobrinskikh E, Busson P, Polyak SJ, Hirashima M, Rosen HR. A crucial role for Kupffer cell-derived galectin-9 in regulation of T cell immunity in hepatitis C infection. PLoS One. 2010 Mar 04; 5(3):e9504. PMID: 20209097.
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    39. Jordan KR, McMahan RH, Kemmler CB, Kappler JW, Slansky JE. Peptide vaccines prevent tumor growth by activating T cells that respond to native tumor antigens. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Mar 09; 107(10):4652-7. PMID: 20133772.
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    40. McWilliams JA, Sullivan RT, Jordan KR, McMahan RH, Kemmler CB, McDuffie M, Slansky JE. Age-dependent tolerance to an endogenous tumor-associated antigen. Vaccine. 2008 Mar 28; 26(15):1863-1873. PMID: 18329760.
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    41. Jordan KR, McMahan RH, Oh JZ, Pipeling MR, Pardoll DM, Kedl RM, Kappler JW, Slansky JE. Baculovirus-infected insect cells expressing peptide-MHC complexes elicit protective antitumor immunity. J Immunol. 2008 Jan 01; 180(1):188-97. PMID: 18097019.
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    42. McMahan RH, Slansky JE. Mobilizing the low-avidity T cell repertoire to kill tumors. Semin Cancer Biol. 2007 Aug; 17(4):317-29. PMID: 17651986.
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    43. McMahan RH, McWilliams JA, Jordan KR, Dow SW, Wilson DB, Slansky JE. Relating TCR-peptide-MHC affinity to immunogenicity for the design of tumor vaccines. J Clin Invest. 2006 Sep; 116(9):2543-51. PMID: 16932807.
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    44. Buenafe AC, Tsaknaridis L, Spencer L, Hicks KS, McMahan RH, Watson L, Culbertson NE, Latocha D, Wegmann K, Finn T, Bartholomew R, Burrows GG, Whitham R, Bourdette DN, Jones RE, Offner H, Chou YK, Vandenbark AA. Specificity of regulatory CD4+CD25+ T cells for self-T cell receptor determinants. J Neurosci Res. 2004 Apr 01; 76(1):129-40. PMID: 15048937.
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    45. McMahan RH, Watson L, Meza-Romero R, Burrows GG, Bourdette DN, Buenafe AC. Production, characterization, and immunogenicity of a soluble rat single chain T cell receptor specific for an encephalitogenic peptide. J Biol Chem. 2003 Aug 15; 278(33):30961-70. PMID: 12773544.
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    46. Buenafe AC, Tsu RC, McMahan R, Bebo BF, Vandenbark AA, Offner H. Rat RT1.B-transfected fibroblast lines process and present myelin antigens and activate T cells to induce experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. J Neuroimmunol. 2001 Jan 01; 112(1-2):106-14. PMID: 11108939.
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