2024
Immunological and microbial shifts in the aging rhesus macaque lung during nontuberculous mycobacterial infection
Cinco I, Napier E, Rhoades N, Davies M, Allison D, Kohama S, Bermudez L, Winthrop K, Fuss C, Spindel E, Messaoudi I. Immunological and microbial shifts in the aging rhesus macaque lung during nontuberculous mycobacterial infection. MBio 2024, 15: e00829-24. PMID: 38771046, PMCID: PMC11237422, DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00829-24.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNTM pulmonary diseaseIncreased disease severityNontuberculous mycobacteriaDisease severityBacterial DNAAged animalsAntigen-specific T cellsPulmonary diseaseAssociated with increased disease severityDysregulated macrophage responsePersistence of bacterial DNALack of animal modelsRhesus macaquesSingle-cell RNA sequencingNontuberculous mycobacterial infectionsImmune cell infiltrationRhesus macaque modelBacterial loadAged rhesus macaquesTesting novel therapeuticsRight caudal lobeLower respiratory microbiomeYears of ageMAH infectionMicrobial communities
2022
Expanded NK cells used for adoptive cell therapy maintain diverse clonality and contain long-lived memory-like NK cell populations
Allan D, Wu C, Mortlock R, Chakraborty M, Rezvani K, Davidson-Moncada J, Dunbar C, Childs R. Expanded NK cells used for adoptive cell therapy maintain diverse clonality and contain long-lived memory-like NK cell populations. Molecular Therapy Oncology 2022, 28: 74-87. PMID: 36699615, PMCID: PMC9842935, DOI: 10.1016/j.omto.2022.12.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRhesus Macaque Model of Pulmonary Aging and Non-tuberculous Mycobacterium Infection Reveals Age Related Mechanisms of Disease Severity
Rhoades N, Davies M, Kohama S, Bermudez L, Winthrop K, Mattison J, Fuss C, Spindel E, Messaoudi I. Rhesus Macaque Model of Pulmonary Aging and Non-tuberculous Mycobacterium Infection Reveals Age Related Mechanisms of Disease Severity. 2022, a2155-a2155. DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2022.205.1_meetingabstracts.a2155.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFunctional, transcriptional, and microbial shifts associated with healthy pulmonary aging in rhesus macaques
Rhoades N, Davies M, Lewis S, Cinco I, Kohama S, Bermudez L, Winthrop K, Fuss C, Mattison J, Spindel E, Messaoudi I. Functional, transcriptional, and microbial shifts associated with healthy pulmonary aging in rhesus macaques. Cell Reports 2022, 39: 110725. PMID: 35443183, PMCID: PMC9096119, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110725.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT cellsCD8<sup>+</sup> T cellsCD8<sup>+</sup> TRhesus macaque modelPulmonary function testsSevere respiratory infectionsSeverity of respiratory diseasePulmonary ageCross-sectional studyMacaque modelInfiltrating macrophagesImmunological landscapeRespiratory infectionsImpact of ageComprehensive cross-sectional studyIncreased riskAge-related changesFunction testsAged animalsIncreased prevalenceHealthy humansRespiratory tractRhesus macaquesConsequence of agingLung
2020
Immune Cells in the Placental Villi Contribute to Intra-amniotic Inflammation
Toothaker JM, Presicce P, Cappelletti M, Stras SF, McCourt CC, Chougnet CA, Kallapur SG, Konnikova L. Immune Cells in the Placental Villi Contribute to Intra-amniotic Inflammation. Frontiers In Immunology 2020, 11: 866. PMID: 32528468, PMCID: PMC7256198, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.00866.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFetal-maternal interfaceIntra-amniotic inflammationImmune cellsVillous placentaT cellsPlacental villiNatural killerTumor necrosis factor alphaAbundance of neutrophilsIA LPS exposureCD8 T cellsMemory T cellsAntigen-presenting cellsRhesus macaque modelNecrosis factor alphaDistinct immunological profilePotential therapeutic targetTNFα blockadeLPS exposureSignificant morbidityMacaque modelProinflammatory cytokinesImmunological profileFactor alphaImmunological response
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