Research Bench Lab
James Verbsky, MD, PhD

James Verbsky, MD, PhD

Professor, Pediatrics (Rheumatology) and Microbiology & Immunology; Medical Director, Clinical Immunology Research Laboratory; Medical Director, Clinical and Translational Research

Locations

  • Children's Wisconsin
    Children's Corporate Center
    Suite C465

Contact Information

General Interests

Primary Immune Deficiency, Immune Dysregulation Syndromes

Education

PhD, Immunology, Washington University, 2000
MD, Washington University, 2000
Fellowship, Pediatric Rheumatology, Washington University

Research Interests

My research interests focus on immune regulation, and my research program is based on the premise of taking genetically defined immune deficiencies from humans and modeling these diseases in the laboratory. Since I see patients with immune deficiencies and inflammatory disorders, the first step in this program is to define the immune deficiency in these patients. Using genetic technologies, such as copy number variation analysis, targeted gene sequencing, and next generation genetic sequencing, we have been successful at defining several primary immune deficiencies, and have used these findings to model these diseases in the laboratory to help us understand immunity and immune regulation.

Publications

  • Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia in a Child With Deficiency of Adenosine Deaminase 2.

    (Mandviwala MM, Verbsky JW, Khammar AJ, Walsh RD.) J Neuroophthalmol. 2023 Mar 01;43(1):e12-e13 PMID: 34629408 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85148113853 10/12/2021

  • Intraarticular steroids as DMARD-sparing agents for juvenile idiopathic arthritis flares: Analysis of the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry.

    (Hahn T, Daymont C, Beukelman T, Groh B, Hays K, Bingham CA, Scalzi L, CARRA Registry investigators.) Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2022 Nov 25;20(1):107 PMID: 36434731 PMCID: PMC9701017 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85142929640 11/27/2022

  • Disease Recapture Rates After Medication Discontinuation and Flare in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: An Observational Study Within the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry.

    (Ringold S, Dennos AC, Kimura Y, Beukelman T, Shrader P, Phillips TA, Kohlheim M, Schanberg LE, Yeung RSM, Horton DB, Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry Investigators.) Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2022 Aug 03 PMID: 35921198 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85141945959 08/04/2022

  • Genetic Defects that Predispose to Serious Viral Infections.

    (Verbsky J.) Crit Care Clin. 2022 Apr;38(2):443-453 PMID: 35369956 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85127361875 04/05/2022

  • Social determinants of health influence disease activity and functional disability in Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.

    (Soulsby WD, Balmuri N, Cooley V, Gerber LM, Lawson E, Goodman S, Onel K, Mehta B, CARRA Registry Investigators.) Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2022 Mar 07;20(1):18 PMID: 35255941 PMCID: PMC8903717 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85125972287 03/09/2022

  • Donor chimerism and immune reconstitution following haploidentical transplantation in sickle cell disease.

    (Chu Y, Talano JA, Baxter-Lowe LA, Verbsky JW, Morris E, Mahanti H, Ayello J, Keever-Taylor C, Johnson B, Weinberg RS, Shi Q, Moore TB, Fabricatore S, Grossman B, van de Ven C, Shenoy S, Cairo MS.) Front Immunol. 2022;13:1055497 PMID: 36569951 PMCID: PMC9780682 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85144637382 12/27/2022

  • Baseline characteristics of children with juvenile dermatomyositis enrolled in the first year of the new Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance registry

    (Neely J, Ardalan K, Huber A, Kim S, Abel N, Abulaban K, Adams A, Adams M, Agbayani R, Aiello J, Akoghlanian S, Alejandro C, Allenspach E, Alperin R, Alpizar M, Amarilyo G, Ambler W, Anderson E, Ardoin S, Armendariz S, Baker E, Balboni I, Balevic S, Ballenger L, Ballinger S, Balmuri N, Barbar-Smiley F, Barillas-Arias L, Basiaga M, Baszis K, Becker M, Bell-Brunson H, Beltz E, Benham H, Benseler S, Bernal W, Beukelman T, Bigley T, Binstadt B, Black C, Blakley M, Bohnsack J, Boland J, Boneparth A, Bowman S, Bracaglia C, Brooks E, Brothers M, Brown A, Brunner H, Buckley M, Buckley M, Bukulmez H, Bullock D, Cameron B, Canna S, Cannon L, Carper P, Cartwright V, Cassidy E, Cerracchio L, Chalom E, Chang J, Chang-Hoftman A, Chauhan V, Chira P, Chinn T, Chundru K, Clairman H, Co D, Confair A, Conlon H, Connor R, Cooper A, Cooper J, Cooper S, Correll C, Corvalan R, Costanzo D, Cron R, Curiel-Duran L, Curington T, Curry M, Dalrymple A, Davis A, Davis C, Davis C, Davis T, De Benedetti F, De Ranieri D, Dean J, Dedeoglu F, DeGuzman M, Delnay N, Dempsey V, DeSantis E, Dickson T, Dingle J, Donaldson B, Dorsey E.) Pediatric Rheumatology. December 2022;20(1) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85134362198 12/01/2022

  • Childhood-onset lupus nephritis in the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry: Short-term kidney status and variation in care

    (Smitherman EA, Chahine RA, Beukelman T, Lewandowski LB, Rahman AF, Wenderfer SE, Curtis JR, Hersh AO, Abel N, Abulaban K, Adams A, Adams M, Agbayani R, Aiello J, Akoghlanian S, Alejandro C, Allenspach E, Alperin R, Alpizar M, Amarilyo G, Ambler W, Anderson E, Ardoin S, Armendariz S, Baker E, Balboni I, Balevic S, Ballenger L, Ballinger S, Balmuri N, Barbar-Smiley F, Barillas-Arias L, Basiaga M, Baszis K, Becker M, Bell-Brunson H, Beltz E, Benham H, Benseler S, Bernal W, Beukelman T, Bigley T, Binstadt B, Black C, Blakley M, Bohnsack J, Boland J, Boneparth A, Bowman S, Bracaglia C, Brooks E, Brothers M, Brown A, Brunner H, Buckley M, Buckley M, Bukulmez H, Bullock D, Cameron B, Canna S, Cannon L, Carper P, Cartwright V, Cassidy E, Cerracchio L, Chalom E, Chang J, Chang-Hoftman A, Chauhan V, Chira P, Chinn T, Chundru K, Clairman H, Co D, Confair A, Conlon H, Connor R, Cooper A, Cooper J, Cooper S, Correll C, Corvalan R, Costanzo D, Cron R, Curiel-Duran L, Curington T, Curry M, Dalrymple A, Davis A, Davis C, Davis C, Davis T, De Benedetti F, De Ranieri D, Dean J, Dedeoglu F, DeGuzman M, Delnay N, Dempsey V, DeSantis E.) Arthritis Care and Research. 2022 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85143289701 01/01/2022

  • Impact of the Season of Birth on the Development of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in the United States: A Nationwide Registry-based Study.

    (Dave I, Estroff B, Gergely T, Rostad CA, Ponder LA, McCracken C, Prahalad S, CARRA Registry Investigators.) J Rheumatol. 2021 Dec;48(12):1856-1862 PMID: 34329181 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85121840101 07/31/2021

  • Community poverty level influences time to first pediatric rheumatology appointment in Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

    (Balmuri N, Soulsby WD, Cooley V, Gerber L, Lawson E, Goodman S, Onel K, Mehta B, Abel N, Abulaban K, Adams A, Adams M, Agbayani R, Aiello J, Akoghlanian S, Alejandro C, Allenspach E, Alperin R, Alpizar M, Amarilyo G, Ambler W, Anderson E, Ardoin S, Armendariz S, Baker E, Balboni I, Balevic S, Ballenger L, Ballinger S, Balmuri N, Barbar-Smiley F, Barillas-Arias L, Basiaga M, Baszis K, Becker M, Bell-Brunson H, Beltz E, Benham H, Benseler S, Bernal W, Beukelman T, Bigley T, Binstadt B, Black C, Blakley M, Bohnsack J, Boland J, Boneparth A, Bowman S, Bracaglia C, Brooks E, Brothers M, Brown A, Brunner H, Buckley M, Buckley M, Bukulmez H, Bullock D, Cameron B, Canna S, Cannon L, Carper P, Cartwright V, Cassidy E, Cerracchio L, Chalom E, Chang J, Chang-Hoftman A, Chauhan V, Chira P, Chinn T, Chundru K, Clairman H, Co D, Confair A, Conlon H, Connor R, Cooper A, Cooper J, Cooper S, Correll C, Corvalan R, Costanzo D, Cron R, Curiel-Duran L, Curington T, Curry M, Dalrymple A, Davis A, Davis C, Davis C, Davis T, De Benedetti F, De Ranieri D, Dean J, Dedeoglu F, DeGuzman M, Delnay N, Dempsey V, DeSantis E.) Pediatric Rheumatology. December 2021;19(1) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85112689252 12/01/2021

  • Patterns of etanercept use in juvenile idiopathic arthritis in the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry

    (Beukelman T, Lougee A, Matsouaka RA, Collier D, Rumsey DG, Schenfeld J, Stryker S, Twilt M, Kimura Y, Abel N, Abulaban K, Adams A, Adams M, Agbayani R, Aiello J, Akoghlanian S, Alejandro C, Allenspach E, Alperin R, Alpizar M, Amarilyo G, Ambler W, Anderson E, Ardoin S, Armendariz S, Baker E, Balboni I, Balevic S, Ballenger L, Ballinger S, Balmuri N, Barbar-Smiley F, Barillas-Arias L, Basiaga M, Baszis K, Becker M, Bell-Brunson H, Beltz E, Benham H, Benseler S, Bernal W, Bigley T, Binstadt B, Black C, Blakley M, Bohnsack J, Boland J, Boneparth A, Bowman S, Bracaglia C, Brooks E, Brothers M, Brown A, Brunner H, Buckley M, Buckley M, Bukulmez H, Bullock D, Cameron B, Canna S, Cannon L, Carper P, Cartwright V, Cassidy E, Cerracchio L, Chalom E, Chang J, Chang-Hoftman A, Chauhan V, Chira P, Chinn T, Chundru K, Clairman H, Co D, Confair A, Conlon H, Connor R, Cooper A, Cooper J, Cooper S, Correll C, Corvalan R, Costanzo D, Cron R, Curiel-Duran L, Curington T, Curry M, Dalrymple A, Davis A, Davis C, Davis C, Davis T, De Benedetti F, De Ranieri D, Dean J, Dedeoglu F, DeGuzman M, Delnay N, Dempsey V, DeSantis E.) Pediatric Rheumatology. December 2021;19(1) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85113302791 12/01/2021

  • Role of GATA2 in Human NK Cell Development.

    (Wang D, Uyemura B, Hashemi E, Bjorgaard S, Riese M, Verbsky J, Thakar MS, Malarkannan S.) Crit Rev Immunol. 2021;41(2):21-33 PMID: 34348000 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85113414587 08/05/2021