Who We Are » Sharyn Walker, Ph.D.
Sharyn Walker obtained her Ph.D. in cellular immunology from Stanford University in 1974. She was one of the first scientists to investigate a cytokine. From 1976-1979 she was a post-doctoral fellow at Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation and was a tenure track member for the next 4 years, researching immunological tolerance. In 1983 she joined Children's Hospital Los Angeles/University of Southern California Medical School to research autoimmune disease and was tenured in 1985. In 2004, Dr. Walker joined National Genetics Institute as VP of Research to investigate the role of environmental factors in autism, partly due to the unproven, yet very public suspicion that vaccines are a cause. Dr. Walker has published over 40 papers in peer-reviewed journals and has received grants from NIH and Cure Autism Now.
Publications
Resistance of superantigen-presenting B cell lines from cystic fibrosis patients to down-regulation by glucocorticoids. Ben-Ari J, Dorio RJ, Arora YK, Reiff A, and Walker SM. Superantigens and cystic fibrosis: Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology 7:553-5, 2000.
Quantitation of intrathecal measles virus IgG antibody synthesis rate: subacute sclerosing panencephalitis and multiple sclerosis. Conrad AJ, Chiang EY, Andeen LE, Avoilio C, Nagy A, Mirazayan R, Bauhefner RW, Minassian B, Chen Y, Walker SM, and Tourtellotte WW. J Neuroimmunology 54:99-108, 1994.
Intravenous immunoglobulin contains antibodies inhibitory to activation of T cells by staphylococcal toxin superantigens. Takei S, Arora Y, and Walker SM. J Clinical Investigation 91:602-607, 1993.
Prevalence and concentration of IgM rheumatoid factor in polyarticular onset disease as compared to systemic or pauciarticular onset disease in active juvenile rheumatoid arthritis as measured by ELISA. Walker SM, Shaham B, McCurdy DK, Weitting H, Arora Y, Hanson V, and Bernstein B. J Rheumatology 17:936-940, 1990.
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