2016
Pediatric Kawasaki Disease and Adult Human Immunodeficiency Virus Kawasaki-Like Syndrome Are Likely the Same Malady
Johnson RM, Bergmann KR, Manaloor JJ, Yu X, Slaven JE, Kharbanda AB. Pediatric Kawasaki Disease and Adult Human Immunodeficiency Virus Kawasaki-Like Syndrome Are Likely the Same Malady. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2016, 3: ofw160. PMID: 27704015, PMCID: PMC5047405, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofw160.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchKawasaki-like syndromeHuman immunodeficiency virusEnzyme-linked immunosorbent assayMultiplex enzyme-linked immunosorbent assayPediatric Kawasaki diseaseKawasaki diseaseAcute phase reactantsInflammatory signatureFebrile controlsKD subjectsAsymptomatic human immunodeficiency virusElevated acute phase reactantsCommon etiologic agentTumor necrosis factorSimilar physical findingsAntiretroviral therapyConvalescent phaseFebrile illnessCytokine milieuIg therapyInflamed arteriesCommon etiologyImmunodeficiency virusPhysical findingsTherapeutic response
2014
An atypical CD8 T‐cell response to Chlamydia muridarum genital tract infections includes T cells that produce interleukin‐13
Johnson RM, Kerr MS, Slaven JE. An atypical CD8 T‐cell response to Chlamydia muridarum genital tract infections includes T cells that produce interleukin‐13. Immunology 2014, 142: 248-257. PMID: 24428415, PMCID: PMC4008232, DOI: 10.1111/imm.12248.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenital tract infectionCD8 T cellsCD8 T cell responsesCD8 T cell clonesT cell responsesTract infectionsT cell clonesT cellsProtective immunityInterleukin-13T helper type 1 cell responsesC. muridarum genital tract infectionChlamydia muridarum Genital Tract InfectionMHC class Ia moleculesCD4 T cellsRole of TNFAntigen-presenting cellsTumor necrosis factorReproductive tract epitheliumClass Ia moleculesCD8 clonesCD8 levelsChlamydia replicationNaive splenocytesIntracellular bacterial pathogen