Prof Paul Moynagh
Professor
Biology
National University of Maynooth
Ireland
Biography
Prof. Paul Moynagh obtained his B.A. (Mod) and PhD from Trinity College Dublin. After postdoctoral fellowships he took up a lectureship in UCD Department of Pharmacology in 1995 before becoming founding Head of the UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science. In 2006 Prof. Moynagh moved to NUI Maynooth where is now Head of the Department of Biology and Director of the Institute of Immunology. He has published extensively in the area of immunology-related research. In 2009 he was awarded the NUI Centennial Prize for Academic Publishing in Medical and Health Sciences and is the recipient of the 2014 Irish Area Section Biochemical Society (IASBS) Medal.
Research Interest
Autoimmunity, Antiviral immunity, liver X receptor suppresses, Pro-inflammatory Cytokine TNF-α
Publications
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O'Shea D, Corrigan M, Dunne MR, Jackson R, Woods C, Gaoatswe G, Moynagh PN, O'Connell J, Hogan AE. (2013) 'Changes in human dendritic cell number and function in severe obesity may contribute to increased susceptibility to viral infection'. International Journal of Obesity, doi: 10.1038/ijo.2013.16
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Canavan M, McCarthy C, Larbi NB, Dowling J, Collins L, O'Sullivan F, Hurley G, Murphy C, Quinlan A, Moloney G, Darby T, Macsharry J, Kagechika H, Moynagh P, Melgar S, Loscher CE. (2013) 'Activation of liver X receptor suppresses the production of the IL-12 family of cytokines by blocking nuclear translocation of NF-Bp50'. INNATE IMMUNITY, PMID:24045337
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Doyle SL, Shirey KA, McGettrick AF, Kenny EF, Carpenter SB, Caffrey BE, Gargan S, Quinn SR, Caamao JH, Moynagh PN, Vogel SN, O'Neill LA. (2013) 'NFκB2 p52 has a role in antiviral immunity through IKKï¥-dependent induction of Sp1 and IL-15'. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 288 :25066-25075
