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Rhiannon R Penkert

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Jones B, Sealy R, Penkert R, Surman S, Birshtein B, Xu B, et al.
Viral Immunol . 2020 Feb; 33(4):307-315. PMID: 32105583
Males and females respond to pathogens differently and exhibit significantly different frequencies of autoimmune disease. For example, vaccinated adult females control influenza virus better than males, but females suffer systemic...
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Russell C, Penkert R, Kim S, Hurwitz J
Pathogens . 2020 Feb; 9(2). PMID: 32069879
Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) infects most children by five years of age. The virus can cause both upper and lower respiratory tract disease and can be life threatening. High-risk populations include...
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Jones B, Penkert R, Surman S, Sealy R, Pelletier S, Xu B, et al.
Cell Immunol . 2019 Nov; 346:103996. PMID: 31703914
Sex hormones are best known for their influences on reproduction, but they also have profound influences on the immune response. Examples of sex-specific differences include: (i) the relatively poor control...
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Patel N, Penkert R, Jones B, Sealy R, Surman S, Sun Y, et al.
Viruses . 2019 Oct; 11(10). PMID: 31575021
Maximizing vaccine efficacy is critical, but previous research has failed to provide a one-size-fits-all solution. Although vitamin A and vitamin D supplementation studies have been designed to improve vaccine efficacy,...
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Penkert R, Rowe H, Surman S, Sealy R, Rosch J, Hurwitz J
Front Immunol . 2019 Aug; 10:1576. PMID: 31379816
Vitamin A deficiencies and insufficiencies are widespread in developing countries, and may be gaining prevalence in industrialized nations. To combat vitamin A deficiency (VAD), the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends...
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Sealy R, Jones B, Surman S, Penkert R, Pelletier S, Neale G, et al.
Vaccines (Basel) . 2019 Mar; 7(1). PMID: 30818795
Despite extraordinary advances in fields of immunology and infectious diseases, vaccine development remains a challenge. The development of a respiratory syncytial virus vaccine, for example, has spanned more than 50...
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Jones B, Sealy R, Penkert R, Surman S, Maul R, Neale G, et al.
Int Immunol . 2018 Nov; 31(3):141-156. PMID: 30407507
Nuclear hormone receptors including the estrogen receptor (ERα) and the retinoic acid receptor regulate a plethora of biological functions including reproduction, circulation and immunity. To understand how estrogen and other...
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Penkert R, Hurwitz J, Thomas P, Rosch J, Dowdy J, Sun Y, et al.
Haematologica . 2017 Nov; 103(2):e50-e54. PMID: 29146708
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Penkert R, Iverson A, Rosch J, Hurwitz J
Vaccine . 2017 Oct; 35(46):6264-6268. PMID: 29032897
Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) is responsible for serious pediatric respiratory infections, and kills close to one million children under the age of five each year. Unfortunately, the Prevnar-13 vaccine (PCV-13) that...
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Hurwitz J, Jones B, Penkert R, Gansebom S, Sun Y, Tang L, et al.
J Pediatr . 2017 Jun; 187:323-327. PMID: 28578159
Retinol binding protein and vitamin D were measured in children aged <5 years hospitalized with lower respiratory tract infection and respiratory syncytial virus and/or human metapneumovirus detections. Low vitamin levels...