James M. Killian, M.D.
Professor of Neurology
Clinical Service Area
Neurology
Specialty
EMG and Nerve Conduction Studies
Musculoskeletal Disorders
Neuromuscular Disease
General Neurology
Board Certification
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Neurology
Clinic Appointments
713-798-7422
Consult
713-798-7422
Medical School
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Internship
Internal Medicine, Charity Hospital of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA
Residency
Neurology, Charity Hospital and Tulane School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Fellowship
Neurology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Queen's Square, London, United Kingdom
Clinical Interests
Multiple sclerosis, peripheral neuropathy, EMG and nerve conduction studies in the evaluation of neuromuscular and musculoskeletal disorders
Clinic Location
Baylor Neurology
Neurosensory Building
6501 Fannin, NB336
Houston, Texas 77030
Publications
- Zang YC, Li S, Rivera VM, Hong J, Robinson RR, Breitbach WT, Killian J, Zhang JZ. Increased CD8+ cytotoxic T cell responses to myelin basic protein in multiple sclerosis. J Immunol. 2004;172:5120-7.
- Smith RG, Roher AE, Appel SH, Doody RS, Killian JM, Corey-Bloom J, Sabbagh MN. Autonomic sudomotor dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease. Curr Med Chem – Imun Endoc Metab Agents. 2003;3:77-84.
- Zang YC, Hong J, Rivera VM, Killian J, Zhang JZ. Human anti-idiotypic T cells induced by TCR peptides corresponding to a common CDR3 sequence motif in myelin basic protein-reactive T cells. Int Immunol. 2003;15:1073-80.
- Tejada-Simon MV, Zang YC, Hong J, Rivera VM, Killian JM, Zhang JZ. Detection of viral DNA and immune responses to the human herpesvirus 6 101-kilodalton virion protein in patients with multiple sclerosis and in controls. J Virol. 2002;76:6147-54.
- Zhang JZ, Rivera VM, Tejada-Simon MV, Yang D, Hong J, Li S, Haykal H, Killian J, Zang YC. T cell vaccination in multiple sclerosis: results of a preliminary study. J Neurol. 2002;249:212-8.
- Killian JM, Foreman PJ. Clinical utility of dorsal sural nerve conduction studies. Muscle Nerve. 2001;24:817-20.
- Hong J, Zang YC, Tejada-Simon MV, Li S, Rivera VM, Killian J, Zhang JZ. Reactivity and regulatory properties of human anti-idiotypic antibodies induced by T cell vaccination. J Immunol. 2000;165:6858-64.
- Tejada-Simon MV, Zang YC, Yang D, Hong J, Li S, Singh RA, Van den Berg-Loonen E, Killian JM, Rivera VM, Zhang JZ. Aberrant T cell responses to myelin antigens during clinical exacerbation in patients with multiple sclerosis. Int Immunol. 2000;12:1641-50.
- Zang YC, Hong J, Rivera VM, Killian J, Zhang JZ. Preferential recognition of TCR hypervariable regions by human anti-idiotypic T cells induced by T cell vaccination. J Immunol. 2000;164:4011-7.
- Zang YC, Hong J, Tejada-Simon MV, Li S, Rivera VM, Killian JM, Zhang JZ. Th2 immune regulation induced by T cell vaccination in patients with multiple sclerosis. Eur J Immunol. 2000;30:908-13.
- Hong J, Zang YC, Tejada-Simon MV, Kozovska M, Li S, Singh RA, Yang D, Rivera VM, Killian JK, Zhang JZ. A common TCR V-D-J sequence in V beta 13.1 T cells recognizing an immunodominant peptide of myelin basic protein in multiple sclerosis. J Immunol. 1999;163:3530-8.
- Kozovska ME, Hong J, Zang YC, Li S, Rivera VM, Killian JM, Zhang JZ. Interferon beta induces T-helper 2 immune deviation in MS. Neurology. 1999;53:1692-7.
- Zang YC, Kozovska MM, Hong J, Li S, Mann S, Killian JM, Rivera VM, Zhang JZ. Impaired apoptotic deletion of myelin basic protein-reactive T cells in patients with multiple sclerosis. Eur J Immunol. 1999;29:1692-700.
- Greenberg F, Lewis RA, Potocki L, Glaze D, Parke J, Killian J, Murphy MA, Williamson D, Brown F, Dutton R, McCluggage C, Friedman E, Sulek M, Lupski JR. Multi-disciplinary clinical study of Smith-Magenis syndrome (deletion 17p11.2). Am J Med Genet. 1996;62:247-54.
- Killian JM, Tiwari PS, Jacobson S, Jackson RD, Lupski JR. Longitudinal studies of the duplication form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth polyneuropathy. Muscle Nerve. 1996;19:74-8.
- Warner LE, Hilz MJ, Appel SH, Killian JM, Kolodry EH, Karpati G, Carpenter S, Watters GV, Wheeler C, Witt D, Bodell A, Nelis E, Van Broeckhoven C, Lupski JR. Clinical phenotypes of different MPZ (P0) mutations may include Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1B, Dejerine-Sottas, and congenital hypomyelination. Neuron. 1996;17:451-60.
- Killian JM, Wilfong AA, Burnett L, Appel SH, Boland D. Decremental motor responses to repetitive nerve stimulation in ALS. Muscle Nerve. 1994;17:747-54.
- Roa BB, Garcia CA, Pentao L, Killian JM, Trask BJ, Suter U, Snipes GJ, Ortiz-Lopez R, Shooter EM, Patel PI, Lupski JR. Evidence for a recessive PMP22 point mutation in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A. Nat Genet. 1993;5:189-94.
- Lupski JR, de Oca-Luna RM, Slaugenhaupt S, Pentao L, Guzzetta V, Trask BJ, Saucedo-Cardenas O, Barker DF, Killian JM, Garcia CA, Chakravarti A, Patel PI. DNA duplication associated with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A. Cell. 1991;66:219-32.
- Engelhardt JI, Appel SH, Killian JM. Motor neuron destruction in guinea pigs immunized with bovine spinal cord ventral horn homogenate: experimental autoimmune gray matter disease. J Neuroimmunol. 1990;27:21-31.
- Engelhardt JI, Appel SH, Killian JM. Experimental autoimmune motoneuron disease. Ann Neurol. 1989;26:368-76.
- Hayman LA, Taber KH, Jhingran SG, Killian JM, Carroll RG. Cerebral infarction: diagnosis and assessment of prognosis by using 123IMP-SPECT and CT. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1989;10:557-62.
- Killian JM, Bressler RB, Armstrong RM, Huston DP. Controlled pilot trial of monthly intravenous cyclophosphamide in multiple sclerosis. Arch Neurol. 1988;45:27-30.
- Spitz MC, Jankovic J, Killian JM. Familial tic disorder, parkinsonism, motor neuron disease, and acanthocytosis: a new syndrome. Neurology. 1985;35:366-70.
Poster Presentations
- Sabbagh N, Smith RG, Lynn P, Doody RS, Appel SH, Killian JH. Pharmacologic evidence for autonomic psudomotor dysfunction in patients with Alzheimer's disease. Neurology. 1996;46(2):A162.
Contact Information
James M. Killian, M.D.
Department of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine
One Baylor Plaza, MS NB302
Houston, Texas 77030
Tel: 713-798-7422
Fax: 713-798-8827
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