Lloyd Mayer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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gastroenterologist
Date of Birth: 21-Jun-1952
Place of Birth: The Bronx, New York, United States
Date of Death: 05-Sep-2013
Profession: teacher
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Lloyd Mayer
- Lloyd Mayer (June 21, 1952 – September 5, 2013) was an American gastroenterologist and immunologist.
- He was Professor and Co-Director of the Immunology institute at the Mount Sinai Medical Center, now known as the Lloyd Mayer Immunology Institute.Mayer's research on inflammatory bowel disease pathogenesis was among the first to demonstrate the role played by T-regulatory cells in setting the stage for chronic mucosal inflammation (IBD).
- He was the first to describe the role of T cells in immunoglobulin class switching and to identify a novel T-cell-derived cytokine (446-BCDF) that stimulates antibody secretion by human B cells.Mayer was Professor and Co-Director of the Immunology institute at the Mount Sinai Medical Center and the Dorothy and David Merksamer Professor of Medicine, as well as Professor of Microbiology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.Mayer was the author of multiple book chapters and close to 200 peer-reviewed papers.
- He has been included in New York Magazine’s list of Best Doctors since its inception in the 1990s.Dr.
- Mayer died following a three-year battle with brain cancer (Glioblastoma) in September 2013.
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