Rachel Wong PhD student MRB 240Y (520) 626-3319 rwong3@arizona.edu Current Position: Senior Scientist, Vir Biotechnology Alumni No Bhattacharya Lab
Jergović, Mladen, Watanabe, Makiko, Bhat, Ruchika, et al. T-cell cellular stress and reticulocyte signatures, but not loss of naïve T lymphocytes, characterize severe COVID-19 in older adults. Geroscience. 2023;45(3):1713-1728. doi:10.1007/s11357-022-00724-y
Wong, Rachel, Belk, Julia A, Govero, Jennifer, et al. Affinity-Restricted Memory B Cells Dominate Recall Responses to Heterologous Flaviviruses. Immunity. Published online January 1, 2020. doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2020.09.001
Ripperger, Tyler J, Uhrlaub, Jennifer L, Watanabe, Makiko, et al. Detection, prevalence, and duration of humoral responses to SARS-CoV-2 under conditions of limited population exposure. medRxiv. Published online January 1, 2020. doi:10.1101/2020.08.14.20174490
Jamwal, Deepa R, Laubitz, Daniel, Harrison, Christy A, et al. Intestinal Epithelial Expression of MHCII Determines Severity of Chemical, T-Cell-Induced, and Infectious Colitis in Mice. Gastroenterology. Published online January 1, 2020. doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2020.06.049
Ripperger, Tyler J, Uhrlaub, Jennifer L, Watanabe, Makiko, et al. Orthogonal SARS-CoV-2 Serological Assays Enable Surveillance of Low-Prevalence Communities and Reveal Durable Humoral Immunity. Immunity. Published online January 1, 2020. doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2020.10.004
Wong, Rachel, Bhattacharya, Deepta. ZBTB38 is dispensable for antibody responses. PLoS One. 2020;15(9):e0235183. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0235183
Wong, Rachel, Bhattacharya, Deepta. Basics of memory B-cell responses: lessons from and for the real world. Immunology. 2019;156(2):120-129. doi:10.1111/imm.13019
Lam, Wing Y, Jash, Arijita, Yao, Cong-Hui, et al. Metabolic and Transcriptional Modules Independently Diversify Plasma Cell Lifespan and Function. Cell Rep. 2018;24(9):2479-2492.e6. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2018.07.084
Bhattacharya, Deepta, Wong, Rachel. The Chosen Few: Only a Subset of Memory B Cells Responds to Secondary Dengue Virus Infections. EBioMedicine. 2016;12:12-13. doi:10.1016/j.ebiom.2016.09.032
Lam, Wing Y, Becker, Amy M, Kennerly, Krista M, et al. Mitochondrial Pyruvate Import Promotes Long-Term Survival of Antibody-Secreting Plasma Cells. Immunity. 2016;45(1):60-73. doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2016.06.011