Publications

2022

Melinda Walling. Arizona scientists have mapped 100,000 coronavirus genomes, but say the work isn’t done.May 6, 2022.

Melina Walling. Latent viruses like CMV enter our bodies while we’re young; after that, they establish a lifelong infection that researchers are only just beginning to understand.May 5, 2022.

Melina Walling. Scientists are looking at reactivation of latent viruses, and other existing post-infection syndromes, for answers about long-haul COVID-19.May 5, 2022.

Katherine Davis-Young. ’It’s terrifying’: Arizona’s COVID-19 long-haulers face exhaustion and uncertainty.May 4, 2022.

Maruyama, Junki, Reyna, Rachel A, Kishimoto-Urata, Megumi, et al. CD4 T-cell depletion prevents Lassa fever associated hearing loss in the mouse model. PLoS Pathog. 2022;18(5):e1010557. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1010557

Rhodes, Katherine A, Ma, Man Cheong, Rendón, María A, So, Magdalene. Neisseria genes required for persistence identified via in vivo screening of a transposon mutant library. PLoS Pathog. 2022;18(5):e1010497. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1010497

Uhrlaub, Jennifer L, Jergović, Mladen, Bradshaw, Christine M, et al. Quantitative restoration of immune defense in old animals determined by naive antigen-specific CD8 T-cell numbers. Aging Cell. 2022;21(4):e13582. doi:10.1111/acel.13582

Breshears, Lane E, Nguyen, Brandon T, Akarapipad, Patarajarin, et al. Sensitive, smartphone-based SARS-CoV-2 detection from clinical saline gargle samples. PNAS Nexus. 2022;1(1):pgac028. doi:10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac028

Pivniouk, Vadim, Pivniouk, Oksana, DeVries, Avery, et al. The OM-85 bacterial lysate inhibits SARS-CoV-2 infection of epithelial cells by downregulating SARS-CoV-2 receptor expression. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2022;149(3):923-933.e6. doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2021.11.019

Lee, Khui Hung, Bosco, Anthony, O’Sullivan, Michael, et al. Identifying gene network patterns and associated cellular immune responses in children with or without nut allergy. World Allergy Organ J. 2022;15(2):100631. doi:10.1016/j.waojou.2022.100631

T. V. Nguyen, R. H. Crumpacker, K. E. Calderon, et al. Post-stroke administration of the p75 neurotrophin receptor modulator, LM11A-31, attenuates chronic changes in brain metabolism, increases neurotransmitter levels, and improves recovery. Journal of Pharmacology and experimental Therapeutics. 2022;JPET-AR-2021-000711. doi:10.1124/jpet.121.000711

D. A. Becktel, J. C. Zbesko, J. B. Frye, et al. Repeated administration of 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HPβCD) attenuates the chronic inflammatory response to experimental stroke. Journal of Neuroscience. 2022;Jan 42; 2: 325-348. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0933-21.2021

Menghani, Sanjay V, Cutcliffe, Madeline P, Sanchez-Rosario, Yamil, et al. ,-Dimethyldithiocarbamate Elicits Pneumococcal Hypersensitivity to Copper and Macrophage-Mediated Clearance. Infect Immun. Published online January 1, 2022:e0059721. doi:10.1128/iai.00597-21

Jergović, Mladen, Uhrlaub, Jennifer L, Watanabe, Makiko, et al. Competent immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 variants in older adults following two doses of mRNA vaccination. Nat Commun. 2022;13(1):2891. doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30617-9

Jergović, Mladen, Coplen, Christopher P, Uhrlaub, Jennifer L, et al. Cutting Edge: T Cell Responses to B.1.1.529 (Omicron) SARS-CoV-2 Variant Induced by COVID-19 Infection and/or mRNA Vaccination Are Largely Preserved. J Immunol. 2022;208(11):2461-2465. doi:10.4049/jimmunol.2200175

Kim, Sangsik, Akarapipad, Patarajarin, Nguyen, Brandon T, et al. Direct capture and smartphone quantification of airborne SARS-CoV-2 on a paper microfluidic chip. Biosens Bioelectron. 2022;200:113912. doi:10.1016/j.bios.2021.113912

Sonar, Sandip Ashok, Uhrlaub, Jennifer L, Coplen, Christopher P, et al. Early age-related atrophy of cutaneous lymph nodes precipitates an early functional decline in skin immunity in mice with aging. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022;119(17):e2121028119. doi:10.1073/pnas.2121028119

Lee, Mark S, Tuohy, Peter J, Kim, Caleb Y, et al. Enhancing and inhibitory motifs regulate CD4 activity. Elife. 2022;11. doi:10.7554/eLife.79508

Zhang, Hao, Rice, Michael E, Alvin, Joseph W, et al. Extensive evaluation of ATAC-seq protocols for native or formaldehyde-fixed nuclei. BMC Genomics. 2022;23(1):214. doi:10.1186/s12864-021-08266-x

Zeltzer, Sebastian, Longmire, Pierce, Svoboda, Marek, Bosco, Giovanni, Goodrum, Felicia. Host translesion polymerases are required for viral genome integrity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022;119(33):e2203203119. doi:10.1073/pnas.2203203119

Bhattacharya, Deepta. Instructing durable humoral immunity for COVID-19 and other vaccinable diseases. Immunity. 2022;55(6):945-964. doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2022.05.004

Ripperger, Tyler J, Bhattacharya, Deepta. Less BMI-1 is more for chronic infections. Nat Immunol. 2022;23(1):6-8. doi:10.1038/s41590-021-01092-z

Read, James F, Serralha, Michael, Mok, Danny, et al. Lipopolysaccharide-induced interferon response networks at birth are predictive of severe viral lower respiratory infections in the first year of life. Front Immunol. 2022;13:876654. doi:10.3389/fimmu.2022.876654

Centuori, Sara M, Bhattacharya, Deepta. Locally produced autoantibodies in cancer. Cell. 2022;185(7):1110-1111. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2022.03.006