2020
Select autophagy genes maintain quiescence of tissue-resident macrophages and increase susceptibility to Listeria monocytogenes
Wang YT, Zaitsev K, Lu Q, Li S, Schaiff WT, Kim KW, Droit L, Wilen CB, Desai C, Balce DR, Orchard RC, Orvedahl A, Park S, Kreamalmeyer D, Handley SA, Pfeifer JD, Baldridge MT, Artyomov MN, Stallings CL, Virgin HW. Select autophagy genes maintain quiescence of tissue-resident macrophages and increase susceptibility to Listeria monocytogenes. Nature Microbiology 2020, 5: 272-281. PMID: 31959973, PMCID: PMC7147835, DOI: 10.1038/s41564-019-0633-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTissue-resident macrophagesAutophagy genesDegradative autophagyBeclin-1Maintenance of proteinMyeloid cells resultsAutophagy protein Beclin 1Protein Beclin 1Organelle integrityCellular processesMyeloid cellsBacterial microbiotaCytoplasmic contentsLysosomal digestionGenesCommensal microorganismsCells resultsAutophagyFIP200Homeostatic functionsListeria monocytogenes infectionAdaptive immune responsesKey functionsMice displayMacrophage response
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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCaliciviridae InfectionsCell ProliferationCytokinesEnterocytesMiceMicrobiotaNorovirusReceptors, ImmunologicViral TropismConceptsVirus infectionImmune promotionTuft cellsType 2 cytokinesEnteric virus infectionEnteric viral infectionsIntestinal epithelial cellsMNoV infectionNorovirus infectionCommensal microbiotaHost immunityViral infectionNorovirus pathogenesisRare typeImmune systemCellular tropismInfectionMouse intestineTarget cellsEpithelial cellsCell proliferationCytokinesTropismCD300lfCells
2013
Simultaneous zinc-finger nuclease editing of the HIV coreceptors ccr5 and cxcr4 protects CD4+ T cells from HIV-1 infection
Didigu CA, Wilen CB, Wang J, Duong J, Secreto AJ, Danet-Desnoyers GA, Riley JL, Gregory PD, June CH, Holmes MC, Doms RW. Simultaneous zinc-finger nuclease editing of the HIV coreceptors ccr5 and cxcr4 protects CD4+ T cells from HIV-1 infection. Blood 2013, 123: 61-69. PMID: 24162716, PMCID: PMC3879906, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2013-08-521229.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsC chemokine receptor 5HIV-1 infectionT cellsHIV-1HIV coreceptor CCR5Chemokine receptor 5Humanized mouse modelDrug-free treatmentHIV-1 entryHIV coreceptorsPharmacologic blockadeCoreceptor CCR5Mouse modelCells engraftReceptor 5Gene-modified cellsCXCR4InfectionPrimary humanCoreceptorCD4CCR5Genetic inactivationVirusCells
2011
Engineering HIV-Resistant Human CD4+ T Cells with CXCR4-Specific Zinc-Finger Nucleases
Wilen CB, Wang J, Tilton JC, Miller JC, Kim KA, Rebar EJ, Sherrill-Mix SA, Patro SC, Secreto AJ, Jordan AP, Lee G, Kahn J, Aye PP, Bunnell BA, Lackner AA, Hoxie JA, Danet-Desnoyers GA, Bushman FD, Riley JL, Gregory PD, June CH, Holmes MC, Doms RW. Engineering HIV-Resistant Human CD4+ T Cells with CXCR4-Specific Zinc-Finger Nucleases. PLOS Pathogens 2011, 7: e1002020. PMID: 21533216, PMCID: PMC3077364, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT cellsHIV-1Human CD4X4-tropic HIV-1X4 HIV-1CCR5-tropic virusHumanized mouse modelLoss of CXCR4CXCR4-tropic HIVHIV-1 entryHuman T cellsCCR5Δ32 polymorphismAdoptive transferAutologous transplantCell surface expressionCXCR4 coreceptorMouse modelCD4CCR5CXCR4Surface expressionHIVInfectionSuch cellsHost cells