2020
Acute encephalopathy with elevated CSF inflammatory markers as the initial presentation of COVID-19
Farhadian S, Glick LR, Vogels CBF, Thomas J, Chiarella J, Casanovas-Massana A, Zhou J, Odio C, Vijayakumar P, Geng B, Fournier J, Bermejo S, Fauver JR, Alpert T, Wyllie AL, Turcotte C, Steinle M, Paczkowski P, Dela Cruz C, Wilen C, Ko AI, MacKay S, Grubaugh ND, Spudich S, Barakat LA. Acute encephalopathy with elevated CSF inflammatory markers as the initial presentation of COVID-19. BMC Neurology 2020, 20: 248. PMID: 32552792, PMCID: PMC7301053, DOI: 10.1186/s12883-020-01812-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInitial presentationCentral nervous system inflammationSARS-CoV-2 infectionCSF inflammatory markersNervous system inflammationCerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytokinesSeizure-like activityCOVID-19 infectionVirus SARS-CoV-2COVID-19SARS-CoV-2BackgroundCOVID-19Inflammatory markersNeurologic complicationsSystem inflammationImmunocompromised womanNeurologic manifestationsNeurologic symptomsViral neuroinvasionCase presentationWeInfected patientsMental statusRespiratory pathogensConclusionOur findingsInflammation
2019
A Secreted Viral Nonstructural Protein Determines Intestinal Norovirus Pathogenesis
Lee S, Liu H, Wilen CB, Sychev ZE, Desai C, Hykes BL, Orchard RC, McCune BT, Kim KW, Nice TJ, Handley SA, Baldridge MT, Amarasinghe GK, Virgin HW. A Secreted Viral Nonstructural Protein Determines Intestinal Norovirus Pathogenesis. Cell Host & Microbe 2019, 25: 845-857.e5. PMID: 31130511, PMCID: PMC6622463, DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2019.04.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNS1 secretionTuft cellsIFN-λ responseAnti-capsid antibodiesMNoV infectionAcute infectionIntestinal infectionsLack of inductionPersistent infectionNorovirus pathogenesisCaspase-3 cleavageIFN responseInfectionSecretionViral nonstructural proteinsIFNProtein 1/2Viral proteinsMurine norovirusNS1Lower percentageNonstructural proteinsCellsLow numberVaccination
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
2017
Norovirus Cell Tropism Is Determined by Combinatorial Action of a Viral Non-structural Protein and Host Cytokine
Lee S, Wilen CB, Orvedahl A, McCune BT, Kim KW, Orchard RC, Peterson ST, Nice TJ, Baldridge MT, Virgin HW. Norovirus Cell Tropism Is Determined by Combinatorial Action of a Viral Non-structural Protein and Host Cytokine. Cell Host & Microbe 2017, 22: 449-459.e4. PMID: 28966054, PMCID: PMC5679710, DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2017.08.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntestinal epithelial cellsViral surface proteinsCellular tropismPersistent viral infectionNon-structural protein NS1Expression of NS1MNoV infectionSurface proteinsHost cytokinesAntiviral immunityHost determinantsInterferon lambdaViral infectionKey host determinantsViral non-structural proteinsCell tropismFecal sheddingNon-structural proteinsTropism determinantsEpithelial cellsGlobal causeInfectionTropismProtein NS1MNoV
2015
Markers of Intestinal Inflammation for the Diagnosis of Infectious Gastroenteritis
Gonzalez MD, Wilen CB, Burnham CA. Markers of Intestinal Inflammation for the Diagnosis of Infectious Gastroenteritis. Clinics In Laboratory Medicine 2015, 35: 333-344. PMID: 26004646, DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2015.02.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfectious gastroenteritisIntestinal inflammationSystemic biomarkersInfectious diarrheaInvasive testingFecal biomarkersParasitic infectionsHost responseMajor causeGastroenteritisDiagnosisAdjunct diagnosticsStand-alone testsBiomarkersAssaysInexpensive assayMorbidityDiarrheaInflammationTherapyInfection