2018
Tropism for tuft cells determines immune promotion of norovirus pathogenesis
Wilen CB, Lee S, Hsieh LL, Orchard RC, Desai C, Hykes BL, McAllaster MR, Balce DR, Feehley T, Brestoff JR, Hickey CA, Yokoyama CC, Wang YT, MacDuff DA, Kreamalmayer D, Howitt MR, Neil JA, Cadwell K, Allen PM, Handley SA, van Lookeren Campagne M, Baldridge MT, Virgin HW. Tropism for tuft cells determines immune promotion of norovirus pathogenesis. Science 2018, 360: 204-208. PMID: 29650672, PMCID: PMC6039974, DOI: 10.1126/science.aar3799.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVirus infectionImmune promotionTuft cellsType 2 cytokinesEnteric virus infectionEnteric viral infectionsIntestinal epithelial cellsMNoV infectionNorovirus infectionCommensal microbiotaHost immunityViral infectionNorovirus pathogenesisRare typeImmune systemCellular tropismInfectionMouse intestineTarget cellsEpithelial cellsCell proliferationCytokinesTropismCD300lfCells
2016
Altered Virome and Bacterial Microbiome in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Associated Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Monaco CL, Gootenberg DB, Zhao G, Handley SA, Ghebremichael MS, Lim ES, Lankowski A, Baldridge MT, Wilen CB, Flagg M, Norman JM, Keller BC, Luévano JM, Wang D, Boum Y, Martin JN, Hunt PW, Bangsberg DR, Siedner MJ, Kwon DS, Virgin HW. Altered Virome and Bacterial Microbiome in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Associated Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. Cell Host & Microbe 2016, 19: 311-322. PMID: 26962942, PMCID: PMC4821831, DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2016.02.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnti-retroviral therapyEnteric viromePeripheral CD4 T-cell countLower CD4 T countsCD4 T-cell countHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionProgressive HIV infectionT-cell countsImmunodeficiency virus infectionAcquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeHIV-uninfectedUgandan patientsHIV infectionImmunodeficiency syndromeIntestinal translocationDisease progressionVirus infectionART treatmentBacterial microbiomeCell countInfectionGut bacterial communitiesPatientsImmunodeficiencySpecific bacteria