2023
Immunogenicity and Pre-Clinical Efficacy of an OMV-Based SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine
Grandi A, Tomasi M, Ullah I, Bertelli C, Vanzo T, Accordini S, Gagliardi A, Zanella I, Benedet M, Corbellari R, Di Lascio G, Tamburini S, Caproni E, Croia L, Ravà M, Fumagalli V, Di Lucia P, Marotta D, Sala E, Iannacone M, Kumar P, Mothes W, Uchil P, Cherepanov P, Bolognesi M, Pizzato M, Grandi G. Immunogenicity and Pre-Clinical Efficacy of an OMV-Based SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine. Vaccines 2023, 11: 1546. PMID: 37896949, PMCID: PMC10610814, DOI: 10.3390/vaccines11101546.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSARS-CoV-2 vaccinesSARS-CoV-2Outer membrane vesiclesImmune responseSARS-CoV-2 elicitsSARS-CoV-2 variantsPotent immune responsesEffective immune responsePre-clinical efficacyDiverse SARS-CoV-2 variantsInherent adjuvanticityVaccinated miceIntranasal challengeVaccine dosesNeutralization titresEffective vaccineVirus infectionVaccination campaignHeterologous antigensVaccineVirus replicationSpike proteinInfectivity assaysTitresPotential need
2018
Small Interfering RNA-Mediated Control of Virus Replication in the CNS Is Therapeutic and Enables Natural Immunity to West Nile Virus
Beloor J, Maes N, Ullah I, Uchil P, Jackson A, Fikrig E, Lee SK, Kumar P. Small Interfering RNA-Mediated Control of Virus Replication in the CNS Is Therapeutic and Enables Natural Immunity to West Nile Virus. Cell Host & Microbe 2018, 23: 549-556.e3. PMID: 29606496, PMCID: PMC6074029, DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2018.03.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWest Nile virusWNV infectionCell-mediated immune responsesLate-stage therapySubsequent WNV infectionWNV-infected miceLong-term immunityNile virusWNV E proteinViral burdenIntranasal routeVirus clearanceVirus infectionImmune responseMice succumbPeripheral tissuesNatural immunitySurvival rateDisease resultsDay 9Virus replicationInfectionImmunityCNSVirus
2012
TRIM Protein-Mediated Regulation of Inflammatory and Innate Immune Signaling and Its Association with Antiretroviral Activity
Uchil PD, Hinz A, Siegel S, Coenen-Stass A, Pertel T, Luban J, Mothes W. TRIM Protein-Mediated Regulation of Inflammatory and Innate Immune Signaling and Its Association with Antiretroviral Activity. Journal Of Virology 2012, 87: 257-272. PMID: 23077300, PMCID: PMC3536418, DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01804-12.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInnate immune signalingNF-κBMurine leukemia virusImmune signalingInterferon productionAP-1Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) gene expressionNF-κB/APHIV-1 resistanceVesicular stomatitis virus replicationTRIM proteinsLipopolysaccharide challengeAntiretroviral activityHIV-1NF-κB siteInnate immunityViral replicationVirus replicationPrimary macrophagesLeukemia virusCritical regulatorPathway upstreamSignalingKnockdownGene expression