Adjunct Faculty
Adjunct faculty typically have an academic or research appointment at another institution and contribute or collaborate with one or more School of Medicine faculty members or programs.
Adjunct rank detailsMargarita Dominguez-Villar, PhD
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Education & Training
- Postdoctoral Associate
- Yale School of Medicine (2012)
- Postdoctoral Associate
- Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital (2010)
- PhD
- University of Cadiz (2007)
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Karolinska Institute (2007)
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Medical Research Interests
Autoimmune Diseases
ORCID
0000-0002-9719-0028
Research at a Glance
Yale Co-Authors
Frequent collaborators of Margarita Dominguez-Villar's published research.
David A. Hafler, MD, FANA, MSc
Kevin C O'Connor, PhD
Richard Nowak, MD, MS
Steven Kleinstein, PhD
Publications
2025
IL‐10‐ and IL‐13‐Biased T Cell Responses to SARS‐CoV‐2 Vaccination in Diabetes
Jones E, Sourij C, Stradner M, Schlenke P, Sereban N, Moser O, Quinlan R, Short C, Harris B, Fertleman M, Taylor G, Oliver N, Sourij H, Dominguez‐Villar M. IL‐10‐ and IL‐13‐Biased T Cell Responses to SARS‐CoV‐2 Vaccination in Diabetes. European Journal Of Immunology 2025, 55: e70112. PMID: 41367201, PMCID: PMC12690275, DOI: 10.1002/eji.70112.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsVaccine-specific T cellsT cell responsesType 2 diabetesT cellsT-cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 vaccinationCD8+ T cell responsesIL-10Response to SARS-CoV-2 vaccinationSevere respiratory viral infectionsRespiratory virus infectionsRespiratory viral infectionsSARS-CoV-2 vaccinesExpression of IL-10Type 1 diabetesCD4+Tolerogenic phenotypeIL-13Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Vaccination strategiesHealthy individualsViral infectionVirus infectionType 1Author Correction: TLR7 induces anergy in human CD4+ T cells
Dominguez-Villar M, Gautron A, de Marcken M, Keller M, Hafler D. Author Correction: TLR7 induces anergy in human CD4+ T cells. Nature Immunology 2025, 26: 2343-2343. PMID: 41087729, DOI: 10.1038/s41590-025-02327-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetric
2024
Sphingosine‐1‐Phosphate Signalling Inhibition Suppresses Th1‐Like Treg Generation by Reversing Mitochondrial Uncoupling
Coulombeau R, Selck C, Giang N, Al‐Mohammad A, Ng N, Maher A, Argüello R, Scalfari A, Varley J, Nicholas R, Dominguez‐Villar M. Sphingosine‐1‐Phosphate Signalling Inhibition Suppresses Th1‐Like Treg Generation by Reversing Mitochondrial Uncoupling. Immunology 2024, 174: 153-166. PMID: 39444366, PMCID: PMC11652410, DOI: 10.1111/imm.13870.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsConceptsTh1-like TregsSphingosine-1-PhosphateSuppressive functionMitochondrial uncouplingSignaling inhibitionIncreased suppressive functionMultiple sclerosisTreg plasticityTreg reprogrammingTreg frequencyTreg generationTregsAutoimmune conditionsExpression of genesInflammatory environmentMS patientsS1P inhibitionFTY720Defective functionS1PMTORC1 signalingInhibitionReprogrammingCell Culture Evaluation Hints Widely Available HIV Drugs Are Primed for Success if Repurposed for HTLV-1 Prevention
Kalemera M, Maher A, Dominguez-Villar M, Maertens G. Cell Culture Evaluation Hints Widely Available HIV Drugs Are Primed for Success if Repurposed for HTLV-1 Prevention. Pharmaceuticals 2024, 17: 730. PMID: 38931397, PMCID: PMC11206710, DOI: 10.3390/ph17060730.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsAdult T-cell leukaemia/lymphomaIntegrase strand transfer inhibitorsNucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitorsHTLV-1Reservoir of latently infected CD4+ T cellsDevelopment of adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphomaHIV-1Latently infected CD4+ T cellsHuman T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1Infected CD4+ T cellsCD4+ T cellsHTLV-1 endemic areasAssociated with poor prognosisHTLV-1-associated pathologiesAntiretroviral therapy prescriptionT-cell leukaemia/lymphomaStrand transfer inhibitorsHTLV-1 infectionHTLV-1 transmissionReverse transcriptase inhibitorsShorter overall survivalVirus type 1HIV pillsOverall survivalHIV therapyHTLV-1 induces an inflammatory CD4+CD8+ T cell population in HTLV-1–associated myelopathy
Maher A, Aristodemou A, Giang N, Tanaka Y, Bangham C, Taylor G, Dominguez-Villar M. HTLV-1 induces an inflammatory CD4+CD8+ T cell population in HTLV-1–associated myelopathy. JCI Insight 2024, 9: e173738. PMID: 38193535, PMCID: PMC10906466, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.173738.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsHTLV-1-associated myelopathyDP T cellsT cellsHTLV-1Double-positive T cellsAdult T-cell leukemiaT cell populationsT-cell tropismHTLV-1 infectionHuman T-cell leukemia virus type 1Virus type 1T-cell leukemiaCXCR3 expressionPreferential CD4Asymptomatic infectionCNS pathologyIL-6Asymptomatic carriersInflammatory diseasesCytotoxic phenotypeCell leukemiaCell tropismType 1CD4Cell populations
2014
Pathogenic Antigen-Specific Th17 Cells Drive Autoimmunity Myasthenia Gravis (P1.059)
Cao Y, Dominguez-Villar M, Amezquita R, Liu S, Kleinstein S, Goldstein J, Nowak R, O'Connor K. Pathogenic Antigen-Specific Th17 Cells Drive Autoimmunity Myasthenia Gravis (P1.059). Neurology 2014, 82 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.82.10_supplement.p1.059.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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