Albert C Shaw, MD, PhD
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Dr. Shaw is a graduate of Harvard College who completed his M.D. training at Harvard Medical School and his Ph.D. in the laboratory of Philip Leder. After completing his clinical training in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital, he was a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Fred Alt. Dr. Shaw joined the faculty at Yale in 2001, and is currently Professor of Medicine in the Section of Infectious Diseases. His research focuses on the immunology of aging, and his laboratory has interests in age-associated alterations in innate immune function and vaccine response in humans, as well as circadian regulation of immune response and mechanisms of inflammatory dysregulation in medication-associated treatment of opioid use disorder. He was a Howard Hughes Postdoctoral Physician Research Fellow, Brookdale National Fellow, and T. Franklin Williams Scholar, and he is a Fellow of the Infectious Disease Society of America and member of the Interurban Clinical Club.
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Infectious Diseases
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Other Departments & Organizations
- Center for Infection and Immunity
- Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center
- CPIRT - Center for Pulmonary Injury, Inflammation, Repair and Therapeutics
- Human and Translational Immunology Program
- Infectious Diseases
- Internal Medicine
- Rheumatic Diseases Research Core
- Yale Center for Research on Aging (Y-Age)
- Yale Medicine
- Yale Ventures
- Yale-UPR Integrated HIV Basic and Clinical Sciences Initiative
Education & Training
- Fellow
- Massachusetts General Hospital (1997)
- Intern and Resident
- Massachusetts General Hospital (1994)
- PhD
- Harvard University (1991)
- MD
- Harvard Medical School (1991)
- AB
- Harvard College (1983)
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Ruth R Montgomery, PhD
Akiko Iwasaki, PhD
Albert Ko, MD
Steven Kleinstein, PhD
Nathan Grubaugh, PhD
Anne Wyllie, PhD
Aging
Immunity, Innate
Influenza Vaccines
Toll-Like Receptors
Immune System
Publications
2024
IgM N-glycosylation correlates with COVID-19 severity and rate of complement deposition
Ozonoff A, Ehrlich L, Melamed E, Sesma A, Simon V, Pulendran B, Nadeau K, Davis M, McCoey G, Sekaly R, Baden L, Levy O, Schaenman J, Reed E, Shaw A, Hafler D, Montgomery R, Kleinstein S, Becker P, Augustine A, Calfee C, Erle D, DeBakey M, Corry D, Kheradmand F, Atkinson M, Brakenridge S, Higuita N, Metcalf J, Hough C, Messer W, Kraft M, Bime C, Peters B, Milliren C, Syphurs C, McEnaney K, Barton B, Lentucci C, Saluvan M, Chang A, Hoch A, Albert M, Shaheen T, Kho A, Liu S, Thomas S, Chen J, Murphy M, Cooney M, Hayati A, Bryant R, Abraham J, Jayavelu N, Presnell S, Jancsyk T, Maguire C, Qi J, Lee B, Fourati S, Esserman D, Guan L, Gygi J, Pawar S, Brito A, Fragiadakis G, Patel R, Overton J, Vita R, Westendorf K, Shannon C, Tebbutt S, Thyagarajan R, Rousseau J, Wylie D, Triplett T, Kojic E, Chinthrajah S, Ahuja N, Rogers A, Artandi M, Geng L, Yendewa G, Powell D, Kim J, Simmons B, Goonewardene I, Smith C, Martens M, Sherman A, Walsh S, Issa N, Salehi-Rad R, Dela Cruz C, Farhadian S, Iwasaki A, Ko A, Anderson E, Mehta A, Sevransky J, Seyfert-Margolis V, Leligdowicz A, Matthay M, Singer J, Kangelaris K, Hendrickson C, Krummel M, Langelier C, Woodruff P, Corry D, Kheradmand F, Anderson M, Guirgis F, Drevets D, Brown B, Siegel S, Lu Z, Mosier J, Kimura H, Khor B, van Bakel H, Rahman A, Stadlbauer D, Dutta J, Xie H, Kim-Schulze S, Gonzalez-Reiche A, van de Guchte A, Carreño J, Singh G, Raskin A, Tcheou J, Bielak D, Kawabata H, Kelly G, Patel M, Nie K, Yellin T, Fried M, Sullivan L, Morris S, Sieg S, Steen H, van Zalm P, Fatou B, Mendez K, Lasky-Su J, Hutton S, Michelotti G, Wong K, Jha M, Viode A, Kanarek N, Petrova B, Zhao Y, Bosinger S, Boddapati A, Tharp G, Pellegrini K, Beagle E, Cowan D, Hamilton S, Ribeiro S, Hodder T, Rosen L, Lee S, Wilson M, Dandekar R, Alvarenga B, Rajan J, Eckalbar W, Schroeder A, Tsitsiklis A, Mick E, Guerrero Y, Love C, Maliskova L, Adkisson M, Siles N, Geltman J, Hurley K, Saksena M, Altman D, Srivastava K, Eaker L, Bermúdez-González M, Beach K, Sominsky L, Azad A, Mulder L, Kleiner G, Lee A, Do E, Fernandes A, Manohar M, Hagan T, Blish C, Din H, Roque J, Yang S, Sigal N, Chang I, Tribout H, Harris P, Consolo M, Edwards C, Lee E, Lin E, Croen B, Semenza N, Rogowski B, Melnyk N, Bell M, Furukawa S, McLin R, Schearer P, Sheidy J, Tegos G, Nagle C, Smolen K, Desjardins M, van Haren S, Mitre X, Cauley J, Li X, Tong A, Evans B, Montesano C, Licona J, Krauss J, Chang J, Izaguirre N, Rooks R, Elashoff D, Brook J, Ramires-Sanchez E, Llamas M, Rivera A, Perdomo C, Ward D, Magyar C, Fulcher J, Pickering H, Sen S, Chaudhary O, Coppi A, Fournier J, Mohanty S, Muenker C, Nelson A, Raddassi K, Rainone M, Ruff W, Salahuddin S, Schulz W, Vijayakumar P, Wang H, Wunder E, Young H, Rothman J, Konstorum A, Chen E, Cotsapas C, Grubaugh N, Wang X, Xu L, Asashima H, Bristow L, Hussaini L, Hellmeister K, Samaha H, Wimalasena S, Cheng A, Spainhour C, Scherer E, Johnson B, Bechnak A, Ciric C, Hewitt L, Carter E, Mcnair N, Panganiban B, Huerta C, Usher J, Vaysman T, Holland S, Abe-Jones Y, Asthana S, Beagle A, Bhide S, Carrillo S, Chak S, Ghale R, Gonzalez A, Jauregui A, Jones N, Lea T, Lee D, Lota R, Milush J, Nguyen V, Pierce L, Prasad P, Rao A, Samad B, Shaw C, Sigman A, Sinha P, Ward A, Willmore A, Zhan J, Rashid S, Rodriguez N, Tang K, Altamirano L, Betancourt L, Curiel C, Sutter N, Paz M, Tietje-Ulrich G, Leroux C, Thakur N, Vasquez J, Santhosh L, Song L, Nelson E, Moldawer L, Borresen B, Roth-Manning B, Ungaro R, Oberhaus J, Booth J, Sinko L, Brunton A, Sullivan P, Strnad M, Lyski Z, Coulter F, Micheleti C, Conway M, Francisco D, Molzahn A, Erickson H, Wilson C, Schunk R, Sierra B, Hughes T. IgM N-glycosylation correlates with COVID-19 severity and rate of complement deposition. Nature Communications 2024, 15: 404. PMID: 38195739, PMCID: PMC10776791, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44211-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2023
Prior cycles of anti-CD20 antibodies affect antibody responses after repeated SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination
Asashima H, Kim D, Wang K, Lele N, Buitrago-Pocasangre N, Lutz R, Cruz I, Raddassi K, Ruff W, Racke M, Wilson J, Givens T, Grifoni A, Weiskopf D, Sette A, Kleinstein S, Montgomery R, Shaw A, Li F, Fan R, Hafler D, Tomayko M, Longbrake E. Prior cycles of anti-CD20 antibodies affect antibody responses after repeated SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination. JCI Insight 2023, 8: e168102. PMID: 37606046, PMCID: PMC10543713, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.168102.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsSARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccinationB-cell-depleted patientsB-cell depletionAntibody responseMRNA vaccinationThird doseCell depletionT cellsClaude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence CenterB cellsNational Multiple Sclerosis SocietyAnti-CD20 antibodySpike-specific antibodiesMultiple Sclerosis SocietyLow cumulative exposureLogistic regression modelsImportant clinical needCD20 therapyCD20 treatmentMost patientsThird vaccineSerologic responseVaccine dosesMRNA vaccinesVaccination strategiesIncreasing sensitivity of antibody-antigen interactions using photo-cross-linking
de la Peña A, Sewall L, de Paiva Froes Rocha R, Jackson A, Pratap P, Bangaru S, Cottrell C, Mohanty S, Shaw A, Ward A. Increasing sensitivity of antibody-antigen interactions using photo-cross-linking. Cell Reports Methods 2023, 3: 100509. PMID: 37426749, PMCID: PMC10326447, DOI: 10.1016/j.crmeth.2023.100509.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsPolyclonal immune responseImmune responseTime pointsRational vaccine designLater time pointsEarly time pointsVaccine immunogensAnimal modelsAntibody detectionVaccine designIntermediate antibodiesEarly timepointsLater timepointsAntibodiesViral glycoproteinsTimepointsDifferent viral glycoproteinsSensitivity of detectionAntibody-antigen interactionsResponsePatientsVaccinationThe Plasma Cell Infiltrate Populating the Muscle Tissue of Patients with Inclusion Body Myositis Features Distinct B Cell Receptor Repertoire Properties
Jiang R, Roy B, Wu Q, Mohanty S, Nowak R, Shaw A, Kleinstein S, O’Connor K. The Plasma Cell Infiltrate Populating the Muscle Tissue of Patients with Inclusion Body Myositis Features Distinct B Cell Receptor Repertoire Properties. ImmunoHorizons 2023, 7: 310-322. PMID: 37171806, PMCID: PMC10579972, DOI: 10.4049/immunohorizons.2200078.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsInclusion body myositisMemory B cellsCell infiltrateBody myositisB cellsIBM muscle biopsiesB-cell infiltratesPlasma cell infiltrateClass-switched IgGMuscle tissueAdaptive immune receptor repertoire sequencingHumoral responseHealthy controlsIgA isotypePlasma cellsCell repertoireMuscle biopsyInfiltratesDegenerative disordersDisease pathologyRepertoire sequencingSkeletal muscleDermatomyositisPolymyositisMyositisBuilding an Infectious Disease Diversity, Equity, and Antiracism (ID2EA) Curriculum: A Single Center's Experience and Reflections
Gleeson S, Zapata H, Bathgate M, Emu B, Frederick J, Friedland G, Golden M, Meyer J, Radin J, Sideleau R, Shaw A, Shenoi S, Trubin P, Virata M, Barakat L, Desruisseaux M. Building an Infectious Disease Diversity, Equity, and Antiracism (ID2EA) Curriculum: A Single Center's Experience and Reflections. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2023, 77: 703-710. PMID: 37078888, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciad236.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsEducational activitiesHealthcare inequitiesInfectious Diseases SectionSingle-center experienceCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemicDisease 2019 pandemicMixed-methods assessmentLearning objectivesPilot curriculumEducational trainingCurriculumCenter experienceLong-term behavioral changesProgram outcomesDisease sectionDisease diversityPhysician perspectivesResponse rateHealth disparitiesYale SchoolInequitiesAntiracismBehavioral changesRacismEquityHigh Levels of Detection of Nonpneumococcal Species of Streptococcus in Saliva from Adults in the United States
Hislop M, Allicock O, Thammavongsa D, Mbodj S, Nelson A, Shaw A, Weinberger D, Wyllie A. High Levels of Detection of Nonpneumococcal Species of Streptococcus in Saliva from Adults in the United States. Microbiology Spectrum 2023, 11: e05207-22. PMID: 37067447, PMCID: PMC10269540, DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.05207-22.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and ConceptsFeatured Cover
Konstorum A, Mohanty S, Zhao Y, Melillo A, Vander Wyk B, Nelson A, Tsang S, Blevins T, Belshe R, Chawla D, Rondina M, Gill T, Montgomery R, Allore H, Kleinstein S, Shaw A. Featured Cover. Aging Cell 2023, 22 PMCID: PMC9924937, DOI: 10.1111/acel.13801.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPlatelet response to influenza vaccination reflects effects of aging
Konstorum A, Mohanty S, Zhao Y, Melillo A, Vander Wyk B, Nelson A, Tsang S, Blevins T, Belshe R, Chawla D, Rondina M, Gill T, Montgomery R, Allore H, Kleinstein S, Shaw A. Platelet response to influenza vaccination reflects effects of aging. Aging Cell 2023, 22: e13749. PMID: 36656789, PMCID: PMC9924941, DOI: 10.1111/acel.13749.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsCommunity-dwelling older adultsPlatelet activationOlder adultsInfluenza vaccinationAge-associated chronic inflammationInfluence platelet functionRNA expressionPro-inflammatory diseasesAge-associated increasePlatelet activation pathwaysAge-associated differencesActivation pathwayPlatelet transcriptomeGeriatric conditionsChronic inflammationImmune responsePlatelet functionPlatelet responseSNF residentsVaccinationActivation responseYoung individualsProtein levelsAdultsYounger participantsPD-1highCXCR5–CD4+ peripheral helper T cells promote CXCR3+ plasmablasts in human acute viral infection
Asashima H, Mohanty S, Comi M, Ruff W, Hoehn K, Wong P, Klein J, Lucas C, Cohen I, Coffey S, Lele N, Greta L, Raddassi K, Chaudhary O, Unterman A, Emu B, Kleinstein S, Montgomery R, Iwasaki A, Dela Cruz C, Kaminski N, Shaw A, Hafler D, Sumida T. PD-1highCXCR5–CD4+ peripheral helper T cells promote CXCR3+ plasmablasts in human acute viral infection. Cell Reports 2023, 42: 111895. PMID: 36596303, PMCID: PMC9806868, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111895.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsAcute viral infectionTph cellsViral infectionCXCR3 expressionClinical outcomesHelper TSevere viral infectionsB cell helpBetter clinical outcomesProtective humoral immunityT cell-B cell interactionsKey immune responsesPlasmablast expansionB cell differentiationCell subsetsHumoral immunityCell helpImmune responseInterferon γPlasmablast differentiationB cellsPlasmablastsCell responsesInfectionCD4
2022
492. Dectin-1 Stimulation Promotes a Distinct Inflammatory Signature in the Setting of Aging and HIV-infection
Zapata H, Kumar A, Wang J, Shaw A, Zhou H, Radcliffe C, Barakat L, Vander Wyk B, Allore H, Zhao H, Tsang S, Manager D, Mohanty S. 492. Dectin-1 Stimulation Promotes a Distinct Inflammatory Signature in the Setting of Aging and HIV-infection. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2022, 9: ofac492.550. PMCID: PMC9751937, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac492.550.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDistinct inflammatory signatureIntracellular cytokine stainingPro-inflammatory phenotypeDendritic cellsHIV infectionInflammatory signatureInnate immune pattern recognition receptorsHIV-positive older adultsImmune pattern recognition receptorsOlder adultsDectin-1 functionDendritic cell signatureMonocytes of HIVCohort of HIVPro-inflammatory environmentInnate immune cellsIFN-γ responsesDectin-1 stimulationSetting of agingMTORC-1Whole glucan particleDistinct gene signaturesPattern recognition receptorsDectin-1 agonistCytokine staining
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Immune Response Analysis in Lymph Node Tissue
HIC ID2000032631RoleSub InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date04/30/2027Recruiting ParticipantsEffects of circadian regulation and sleep on immune responses
HIC ID2000027037RolePrincipal InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date02/28/2025Recruiting ParticipantsGenderBothAge21+ yearsImpact of HIV Infection on Immunologic, Transcriptomic, and Metabolomic Signatures
HIC ID1608018239RoleSub InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date09/01/2021Recruiting ParticipantsGenderBothAge18+ years
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