2021
Cutting Edge: Distinct B Cell Repertoires Characterize Patients with Mild and Severe COVID-19
Hoehn KB, Ramanathan P, Unterman A, Sumida TS, Asashima H, Hafler DA, Kaminski N, Dela Cruz CS, Sealfon SC, Bukreyev A, Kleinstein SH. Cutting Edge: Distinct B Cell Repertoires Characterize Patients with Mild and Severe COVID-19. The Journal Of Immunology 2021, 206: 2785-2790. PMID: 34049971, PMCID: PMC8627528, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2100135.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere COVID-19Mild COVID-19B cell responsesMemory B cellsB cell repertoireB cellsCell repertoireCOVID-19Cell responsesExtrafollicular B cell responsesLong-term immunitySymptomatic COVID-19Onset of symptomsB cell populationsGerminal center reactionProtective immunityPlasma cellsSingle-cell RNA sequencingCenter reactionPatientsCell populationsImmunityRNA sequencingCellsPostvaccination
2018
Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals microglia-like cells in cerebrospinal fluid during virologically suppressed HIV
Farhadian SF, Mehta SS, Zografou C, Robertson K, Price RW, Pappalardo J, Chiarella J, Hafler DA, Spudich SS. Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals microglia-like cells in cerebrospinal fluid during virologically suppressed HIV. JCI Insight 2018, 3: e121718. PMID: 30232286, PMCID: PMC6237230, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.121718.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCerebrospinal fluidHIV infectionImmune activationAntiretroviral therapyNeuronal injuryCentral nervous system immune activationLong-term suppressive antiretroviral therapySingle-cell RNA sequencingCNS immune activationDisease-associated microgliaSuppressive antiretroviral therapyImmune cell subsetsMicroglia-like cellsGene expression signaturesNeuronal damageNeuroinflammatory diseasesRNA sequencingCell subsetsCNS cellsNeurological conditionsRare subsetNeurocognitive impairmentMyeloid cellsCellular subsetsInfection
2017
Functional differences between PD-1+ and PD-1- CD4+ effector T cells in healthy donors and patients with glioblastoma multiforme
Goods BA, Hernandez AL, Lowther DE, Lucca LE, Lerner BA, Gunel M, Raddassi K, Coric V, Hafler DA, Love JC. Functional differences between PD-1+ and PD-1- CD4+ effector T cells in healthy donors and patients with glioblastoma multiforme. PLOS ONE 2017, 12: e0181538. PMID: 28880903, PMCID: PMC5589094, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181538.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune checkpoint inhibitorsPD-1 expressionEffector T cellsPD-1Effector cellsGlioblastoma multiformeCheckpoint inhibitorsTim-3T cellsHealthy subjectsCell death protein 1Features of exhaustionDeath protein 1T cell compartmentContext of GBMRecovery of functionCD4 effectorsCD4 cellsRNA sequencingTreatment of cancerHealthy donorsGBM patientsBrain cancerCD4Tumors