Prosper N. Boyaka

Professor
Department of Veterinary Biosciences
Food Animal Health Research Program, OARDC
United States of America

Professor Immunology
Biography

Prosper N. Boyaka had done his Master's in Biochemistry from University Dennis Diderot (Paris 7), Paris, France and Predoctoral Fellow from Institut National Agronomique (INRA), Paris, France. He completed his PhD in Toxicology / Immuno-Toxicology from University Dennis Diderot (Paris 7), Paris, France and Post-Doctoral Fellow from Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology Vaccine Center, The University of Alabama at Birmingham. He was Research Associate in  Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology Vaccine Center, The University of Alabama at Birmingham. He was also Research Assistant Professor in Department of Microbiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham (1999-2006) and Associate Professor at The Ohio State University (2006-2010). At present he is Professor at The Ohio State University.

Research Intrest

T helper cells differentiation Mucosal immunity Mucosal inflammation /allergy Adjuvants and vaccines

List of Publications
Duverger A, Jackson RJ, van Ginkel FW, Fischer R, Tafaro A, Leppla SH, Fujihashi K, Kiyono H, McGhee JR, Boyaka PN. 2006. Bacillus anthracis edema toxin acts as an adjuvant for mucosal immune responses to nasally administered vaccine antigens. J Immunol. 176(3):1776-83
Youn HJ, Ko SY, Lee KA, Ko HJ, Lee YS, Fujihashi K, Boyaka PN, Kim SH, Horimoto T, Kweon MN, Kang CY. 2007. A single intranasal immunization with inactivated influenza virus and alpha-galactosylceramide induces long-term protective immunity without redirecting antigen to the central nervous system. Vaccine. 25(28):5189-98.
Fischer R, Tome D, McGhee JR, Boyaka PN. 2007. Th1 and Th2 cells are required for both eosinophil - and neutrophil-associated airway inflammatory responses in mice. Biochem biophys Res Commun. 357(1):44-9.
Fischer R, Debbabi H, Blais A, Dubarry M, Rautureau M, Boyaka PN, Tome D. 2007. Uptake of ingested bovine lactoferrin and its accumulation in adult mouse tissues. Int Immunopharmacol. 7(10):1387-93.
Fukuiwa. T., S. Sekine, R. Kobayashi, H. Suzuki, K. Kataoka, R.S. Gilbert, Y. Kurono, P.N. Boyaka, A.M. Krieg, J.R. McGhee, and K. Fujihashi. 2008. A combination of Flt3 ligand cDNA and CPG ODN as nasal adjuvant elicits NALT dendritic cells for prolonged mucosal immunity. Vaccine. 26:4849-59.
Rennolds. J., P.N. Boyaka, S.L. Bellis, and E. Cormet-Boyaka, E. 2008. Low temperature induces the delivery of mature and immature CFTR to the plasma membrane. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 366:1025-9.
Cormet-Boyaka, E., J.S. Hong, B.K. Berdiev, J.A. Fortenberry, J. Rennolds, J.P. Clancy, D.J. Benos, P.N. Boyaka, and E.J. Sorscher. 2009. A truncated CFTR protein rescues endogenous Delta F598-CFTR and corrects chloride transport in mice. FASEB Journal. 23(11):3743-51.