2008
T Cell-Specific siRNA Delivery Suppresses HIV-1 Infection in Humanized Mice
Kumar P, Ban HS, Kim SS, Wu H, Pearson T, Greiner DL, Laouar A, Yao J, Haridas V, Habiro K, Yang YG, Jeong JH, Lee KY, Kim YH, Kim SW, Peipp M, Fey GH, Manjunath N, Shultz LD, Lee SK, Shankar P. T Cell-Specific siRNA Delivery Suppresses HIV-1 Infection in Humanized Mice. Cell 2008, 134: 577-586. PMID: 18691745, PMCID: PMC2943428, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2008.06.034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV infectionAntiviral siRNAsT cellsAnimal modelsCD4 T-cell countCD4 T-cell lossPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsSuppress HIV-1 infectionHu-HSC miceHu-PBL miceT-cell countsT cell lossHIV-1 infectionBlood mononuclear cellsNaive T cellsPreclinical animal modelsSuitable animal modelHumanized miceInfected miceMononuclear cellsSuppress viremiaCell countCell lossTherapeutic potentialHematopoietic stem cells
2003
Screening for T cell-eliciting proteins of Japanese encephalitis virus in a healthy JE-endemic human cohort using recombinant baculovirus-infected insect cell preparations
Kumar P, Uchil PD, Sulochana P, Nirmala G, Chandrashekar R, Haridattatreya M, Satchidanandam V. Screening for T cell-eliciting proteins of Japanese encephalitis virus in a healthy JE-endemic human cohort using recombinant baculovirus-infected insect cell preparations. Archives Of Virology 2003, 148: 1569-1591. PMID: 12898332, DOI: 10.1007/s00705-003-0118-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntigens, ViralBaculoviridaeCells, CulturedCohort StudiesEncephalitis Virus, JapaneseEncephalitis, JapaneseEndemic DiseasesFemaleHumansImmunologic MemoryLymphocyte ActivationMaleRecombinant ProteinsRNA HelicasesSerine EndopeptidasesSpodopteraT-LymphocytesViral Nonstructural ProteinsViral ProteinsConceptsJapanese encephalitis virusCell-mediated immune responsesT cell responsesImmune responseJEV infectionT cellsCell responsesEncephalitis virusAdaptive T cell responsesHuman cohortsTh1 immune responseMemory T cellsCell preparationsImmune controlHealthy individualsCohortWhole cell preparationsViral proteinsInfectionNS3 proteinImportant targetVirusCritical determinantNS1NS5 protein