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Gluchowski M, Yu X, Abrenica B, Yao S, Kimani J, Douville R, et al.
Viruses . 2022 Mar; 14(3). PMID: 35336878
Interferon (IFN) -stimulated genes (ISGs) are critical effectors of IFN response to viral infection, but whether ISG expression is a correlate of protection against HIV infection remains elusive. A well-characterized...
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McLean M, Wragg K, Lopez E, Kiazyk S, Ball T, Bueti J, et al.
Clin Transl Immunology . 2021 Nov; 10(11):e1355. PMID: 34765193
Objectives: Tuberculosis comorbidity with chronic diseases including diabetes, HIV and chronic kidney disease is of rising concern. In particular, latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) comorbidity with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) is...
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Card C, Abrenica B, McKinnon L, Ball T, Su R
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses . 2021 Sep; 38(2):111-126. PMID: 34465136
Resting CD4 T cells are primary targets of early HIV infection events , but do not readily support HIV replication . This barrier to infection can be overcome by exposing...
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Udenwobele D, Su R, Good S, Ball T, Varma Shrivastav S, Shrivastav A
Front Immunol . 2017 Jul; 8:751. PMID: 28713376
Protein N-myristoylation is a cotranslational lipidic modification specific to the alpha-amino group of an N-terminal glycine residue of many eukaryotic and viral proteins. The ubiquitous eukaryotic enzyme, N-myristoyltransferase, catalyzes the...
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Su R, Plesniarski A, Ao Z, Kimani J, Sivro A, Jaoko W, et al.
Mol Ther Nucleic Acids . 2015 Oct; 4:e259. PMID: 26506037
Cells from women who are epidemiologically deemed resistant to HIV infection exhibit a 40-60% reduction in endogenous IRF-1 (interferon regulatory factor-1), an essential regulator of host antiviral immunity and the...
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Aboud L, Ball T, Tjernlund A, Burgener A
Am J Reprod Immunol . 2013 Dec; 71(1):12-23. PMID: 24325760
Antiproteases play diverse roles in nature, from regulating protease activity to innate defense against microorganisms. Recently, antiproteases have been shown to play important roles in HIV pathogenesis including, inhibiting HIV...
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Card C, Ball T, Fowke K
Retrovirology . 2013 Nov; 10:141. PMID: 24257114
Aberrant immune activation is a strong correlate of HIV disease progression, but little is known about how immune activation alters susceptibility to HIV infection. Susceptibility to HIV infection varies between...
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Luo M, Capina R, Daniuk C, Tuff J, Peters H, Kimani M, et al.
Vaccine . 2013 May; 31(29):3000-8. PMID: 23664989
Developing an effective preventative vaccine against HIV-1 has proved to be a great challenge. The classical and proven vaccine approach has failed so far or produced a modest effect, new...
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Stein D, Burgener A, Ball T
Curr Opin HIV AIDS . 2013 Feb; 8(2):140-6. PMID: 23380655
Purpose Of Review: There is still a fundamental lack of understanding of what protected vaccinee's in the moderately successful RV144 Thailand trial. It is clear that better tools are needed...
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Turk W, Kimani J, Bielawny T, Wachihi C, Ball T, Plummer F, et al.
AIDS . 2012 Oct; 27(1):7-15. PMID: 23032415
Objective: To determine the association between human leukocyte antigens (HLA)-G genotypes and resistance or susceptibility to HIV-1. Design: A group of sex workers in Pumwani, Kenya can be epidemiologically defined...