JamesMKillianMD

Neurology • Houston, TX

Neurophysiology

Professor, Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine

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Office
7200 Cambridge St.
9th floor, Suite 9 A
Houston, TX 77030
Phone+1 713-798-8259

Fax+1 713-798-7561
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Education & Training

Tulane UniversityResidency, Neurology, 1963 - 1964
Louisiana State University School of MedicineResidency, Neurology, 1959 - 1961
Louisiana State University School of MedicineInternship, Transitional Year, 1958 - 1959
Medical College of WisconsinClass of 1958

Certifications & Licensure

TX State Medical License 1969 - 2025
LA State Medical License 1959 - 2013
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

90 citations
GSK3β mediates muscle pathology in myotonic dystrophy
Karlie Jones, Christina Wei, Polina Iakova, Enrico Bugiardini, Christiane Schneider-Gold, Giovanni Meola, James R. Woodgett, James M. Killian, Nikolai A. Timchenko, Lu...> ;The Journal of Clinical Investigation. 2012 Dec 3
3 citations
Comparison of sudomotor and sensory nerve testing in painful sensory neuropathies.
James M. Killian, Shane Smyth, Rudy Guerra, Ishan Adhikari, Yadollah Harati> ;Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease. 2011 Mar 1
106 citations
CUGBP1 overexpression in mouse skeletal muscle reproduces features of myotonic dystrophy type 1
Amanda J. Ward, Mendell Rimer, James M. Killian, James J. Dowling, Thomas A. Cooper> ;Human Molecular Genetics. 2010 Sep 15
11 citations
Regulatory and pro-inflammatory phenotypes of myelin basic protein-autoreactive T cells in multiple sclerosis
Jian Hong, Haiyan Li, Meiyue Chen, Ying C. Q. Zang, Sheri M. Skinner, James M. Killian, Jingwu Zhang> ;International Immunology. 2009 Dec 1
69 citations
Regulatory effects of IFN-β on production of osteopontin and IL-17 by CD4+ T Cells in MS
Meiyue Chen, Guangjie Chen, Hong Nie, Xin Zhang, Xiaoyin Niu, Ying C. Q. Zang, Sheri M. Skinner, Jingwu Zhang, James M. Killian, Jian Hong> ;European Journal of Immunology. 2009 Sep 1
110 citations
Increased CD8+ Cytotoxic T Cell Responses to Myelin Basic Protein in Multiple Sclerosis
Ying C. Q. Zang, Sufang Li, Victor M. Rivera, Jian Hong, Rachel Robinson, Wini Breitbach, James M. Killian, Jingwu Zhang> ;Journal of Immunology. 2004 Apr 15
17 citations
Human anti-idiotypic T cells induced by TCR peptides corresponding to a common CDR3 sequence motif in myelin basic protein-reactive T cells.
Ying C. Q. Zang, Jian Hong, Victor M. Rivera, James M. Killian, Jingwu Zhang> ;International Immunology. 2003 Sep 1
42 citations
Detection of Viral DNA and Immune Responses to the Human Herpesvirus 6 101-Kilodalton Virion Protein in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis and in Controls
Maria V. Tejada-Simon, Ying C. Q. Zang, Jian Hong, Victor M. Rivera, James M. Killian, Jingwu Zhang> ;Journal of Virology. 2002 Jun 15
41 citations
T cell vaccination in multiple sclerosis: results of a preliminary study.
Jingwu Zhang, Victor M. Rivera, Maria V. Tejada-Simon, Deye Yang, Jian Hong, Sufanfg Li, Hani Haykal, James M. Killian, Ying C. Q. Zang> ;Journal of Neurology. 2002 Feb 1
52 citations
Clinical utility of dorsal sural nerve conduction studies.
James M. Killian, P. Jay Foreman> ;Muscle & Nerve. 2001 Jun 1
55 citations
Preferential Recognition of TCR Hypervariable Regions by Human Anti-Idiotypic T Cells Induced by T Cell Vaccination
Ying C. Q. Zang, Jian Hong, Victor M. Rivera, James M. Killian, Jingwu Zhang> ;Journal of Immunology. 2000 Apr 15
31 citations
Reactivity and regulatory properties of human anti-idiotypic antibodies induced by T cell vaccination.
Jian Hong, Ying C. Q. Zang, Maria V. Tejada-Simon, Sufang Li, Victor M. Rivera, James M. Killian, Jingwu Zhang> ;Journal of Immunology. 2000 Dec 15
28 citations
Aberrant T cell responses to myelin antigens during clinical exacerbation in patients with multiple sclerosis.
Maria V. Tejada-Simon, Ying C. Q. Zang, Deye Yang, Jian Hong, Sufang Li, Rana A. K. Singh, Ella Van den Berg-Loonen, James M. Killian, Jingwu Zhang> ;International Immunology. 2000 Dec 1
42 citations
Th2 immune regulation induced by T cell vaccination in patients with multiple sclerosis.
Ying C. Q. Zang, Jian Hong, Maria V. Tejada-Simon, Sufang Li, James M. Killian, Jingwu Zhang> ;European Journal of Immunology. 2000 Mar 1
91 citations
Interferon beta induces T-helper 2 immune deviation in MS
M.E. Kozovska, J. Hong, Ying C. Q. Zang, S. Li, Victor M. Rivera, James M. Killian, Jingwu Zhang> ;Neurology. 1999 Nov 1
74 citations
Impaired apoptotic deletion of myelin basic protein-reactive T cells in patients with multiple sclerosis.
Ying C. Q. Zang, Milena M. Kozovska, Jian Hong, Sufang Li, Savita Mann, James M. Killian, Victor M. Rivera, Jingwu Zhang> ;European Journal of Immunology. 1999 May 1
53 citations
DNA Rearrangements on Both Homologues of Chromosome 17 in a Mildly Delayed Individual with a Family History of Autosomal Dominant Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Lorraine Potocki, Ken-Shiung Chen, Thearith Koeuth, James M. Killian, Susan T. Iannaccone, Stuart K. Shapira, Catherine D. Kashork, Aimee S. Spikes, Lisa G. Shaffer, J...> ;American Journal of Human Genetics. 1999 Feb 1
292 citations
Clinical Phenotypes of Different MPZ (P0) Mutations May Include Charcot–Marie–Tooth Type 1B, Dejerine–Sottas, and Congenital Hypomyelination
Laura E. Warner, Max J. Hilz, Stanley H. Appel, James M. Killian, Edwin H. Kolodny, George Karpati, Stirling Carpenter, Gordon V. Watters, Calvin Wheeler, David R. Wit...> ;Neuron. 1996 Sep 1
218 citations
Multi-disciplinary clinical study of Smith-Magenis syndrome (deletion 17p11.2)
Frank Greenberg, Richard A. Lewis, Lorraine Potocki, Daniel G. Glaze, Julie T. Parke, James M. Killian, Mary A. Murphy, Daniel Williamson, Frank R. Brown, Robert V. Du...> ;American Journal of Medical Genetics. 1996 Mar 29
47 citations
Longitudinal studies of the duplication form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth polyneuropathy
James M. Killian, Pinky S. Tiwari, Sheila Jacobson, Robert D. Jackson, James R. Lupski> ;Muscle & Nerve. 1996 Jan 1
61 citations
Decremental motor responses to repetitive nerve stimulation in ALS
James M. Killian, Angus A. Wilfong, Leanne Burnett, Stanley H. Appel, Dennis Boland> ;Muscle & Nerve. 1994 Jul 1
136 citations
Evidence for a recessive PMP22 point mutation in Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease type 1A
Benjamin B. Roa, Carlos A. Garcia, Liu Pentao, James M. Killian, Barbara J. Trask, Ueli Suter, G. Jackson Snipes, Rocio Ortiz-Lopez, Eric M. Shooter, Pragna Patel, Jam...> ;Nature Genetics. 1993 Oct 1
68 citations
Clinical, cytogenetic, and molecular evidence for an infant with Smith-Magenis syndrome born from a mother having a mosaic 17p11.2p12 deletion.
Roberto T. Zori, James R. Lupski, Zhang Heju, Frank Greenberg, James M. Killian, Brian A. Gray, Daniel J. Driscoll, Pragna Patel, Joleen L. Zackowski> ;American Journal of Medical Genetics. 1993 Sep 15
1066 citations
DNA duplication associated with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A
James R. Lupski, Roberto Montes de Oca-Luna, Susan A. Slaugenhaupt, Liu Pentao, V Guzzetta, Barbara J. Trask, Odila Saucedo-Cardenas, David F. Barker, James M. Killian...> ;Cell. 1991 Jul 26
North Carolina's dominant progressive foveal dystrophy: how progressive is it?
Small KW, Killian J, McLean WC> ;Br J Ophthalmol. 1991-07-01
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