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Samia Khoury

Professor of Neurology, American University of Beirut & visiting professor of Neurology …
Verified email at aub.edu.lb
Cited by 30498

Oral tolerance: immunologic mechanisms and treatment of animal and human organ-specific autoimmune diseases by oral administration of autoantigens

…, A Friedman, A Miller, SJ Khoury… - Annual review of …, 1994 - annualreviews.org
Khoury SJ, Lider 0, AI-Sabbagh A, Weiner HL. Suppression of experimental autoimmune
encephalo myelitis by … Sayegh MH, Khoury SJ, Hancock WHo Weiner HL, Carpenter CB. 1 992. …

Cytokines in multiple sclerosis: from bench to bedside

J Imitola, T Chitnis, SJ Khoury - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2005 - Elsevier
Cytokines play an important role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases including
multiple sclerosis (MS). Experimental models have played a critical role in unraveling the roles …

Immunopathogenesis of multiple sclerosis

M Comabella, SJ Khoury - Clinical immunology, 2012 - Elsevier
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disorder of the central nervous system characterized by
autoimmune inflammation, demyelination, and axonal damage. MS etiology remains …

The Tim-3 ligand galectin-9 negatively regulates T helper type 1 immunity

…, A Schubart, H Xiong, J Imitola, SJ Khoury… - Nature …, 2005 - nature.com
Tim-3 is a T helper type 1 (T H 1)–specific cell surface molecule that seems to regulate T H
1 responses and the induction of peripheral tolerance. However, the identity of the Tim-3 …

Directed migration of neural stem cells to sites of CNS injury by the stromal cell-derived factor 1α/CXC chemokine receptor 4 pathway

…, CA Walsh, EY Snyder, SJ Khoury - Proceedings of the …, 2004 - National Acad Sciences
Migration toward pathology is the first critical step in stem cell engagement during regeneration.
Neural stem cells (NSCs) migrate through the parenchyma along nonstereotypical …

The programmed death-1 (PD-1) pathway regulates autoimmune diabetes in nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice

…, T Yamazaki, M Azuma, H Iwai, SJ Khoury… - The Journal of …, 2003 - rupress.org
Programmed death-1 (PD-1) receptor, an inhibitory costimulatory molecule found on activated
T cells, has been demonstrated to play a role in the regulation of immune responses and …

IL-9 induces differentiation of TH17 cells and enhances function of FoxP3+ natural regulatory T cells

…, JC Renauld, VK Kuchroo, SJ Khoury - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
The development of T helper (T H )17 and regulatory T (T reg ) cells is reciprocally regulated
by cytokines. Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β alone induces FoxP3 + T reg cells, but …

Double-blind pilot trial of oral tolerization with myelin antigens in multiple sclerosis

HL Weiner, GA Mackin, M Matsui, EJ Orav, SJ Khoury… - Science, 1993 - science.org
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is thought to be an autoimmune disease mediated by T lymphocytes
that recognize myelin components of the central nervous system. In a 1-year double-blind …

Ratio stability and corporate failure

IG Dambolena, SJ Khoury - The Journal of Finance, 1980 - Wiley Online Library
Khoury very much appreciates the encouragement and support of Dr. Wendell Smith,
Provost, and Dr. Neil Shiffler, former Chairman of the Management Department, both of Bucknell …

Oral tolerance to myelin basic protein and natural recovery from experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis are associated with downregulation of inflammatory …

SJ Khoury, WW Hancock, HL Weiner - The Journal of experimental …, 1992 - rupress.org
Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) in the Lewis rat is a self-limited
inflammatory process localized to the central nervous system that is induced by the injection of …