Stephen Ira Katz , M.D. Ph. D.

Corresponding Member of the Division of Mathematics and the Natural Sciences abroad since 2005

Deceased on 20/12/2018

• National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH

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Selected Memberships:

• Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, USA
• Association of American Physicians
• American Society for Clinical Investigation
• American Association of Immunologists
• Society for Investigative Dermatology
• American Dermatological Association
• American Academy of Dermatology

Selected Prizes:

• Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon from the Emperor of Japan
• SID Albert M. Kligman / Philip Frost Leadership Lecture Award
• Goldmedaille der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Dermatologie und Venerologie
• Dr. h. c. Semmelweis LSU Munich
• Dr. h. c. Semmelweis University of Athens

Selected Publications:

• Enk, A.; Katz, S. I. (1992) Early molecular events in the induction phase of contact sensitivity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), Bd. 89, S. 1398-1402.
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• Hauser, C.; Katz, S. I. (1988) Activation and expansion of hapten- and protein-specific T helper cells from nonsensitized mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), Bd. 85, S. 5625-5628.
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• Stanley, J. R.; Hawley-Nelson, P.; Yuspa, S. H.; Shevach, E. M.; Katz, S. I. (1981) Characterization of bullous pemphigid antigen - a unique basement membrane protein of stratified squamous epithelia. Cell, Bd. 24, S. 897-903.
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• Katz, S. I.; Tamaki, K.; Sachs, D. H. (1979) Epidermal Langerhans cells are derived from cells originating in bone marrow. Nature, Bd. 282, S. 324-326.
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• Katz, S.; Parker, D.; Sommer, G.; Turk, J. (1974) Suppressor cells during normal immunization as a basic homeostatic phenomenon. Nature, Bd. 248, S. 612-614.
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