2016
Viral Spread to Enteric Neurons Links Genital HSV-1 Infection to Toxic Megacolon and Lethality
Khoury-Hanold W, Yordy B, Kong P, Kong Y, Ge W, Szigeti-Buck K, Ralevski A, Horvath TL, Iwasaki A. Viral Spread to Enteric Neurons Links Genital HSV-1 Infection to Toxic Megacolon and Lethality. Cell Host & Microbe 2016, 19: 788-799. PMID: 27281569, PMCID: PMC4902295, DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2016.05.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenital HSV-1 infectionEnteric nervous systemHSV-1 infectionSensory nervous systemNervous systemGenital herpesToxic megacolonHSV-1Genital mucosal epithelial cellsPeripheral sensory nervous systemDorsal root gangliaPathological inflammatory responsesMucosal epithelial cellsHerpes simplex virus 1Simplex virus 1Urinary retentionEnteric neuronsLaxative treatmentAutonomic gangliaRoot gangliaInflammatory responseViral gene transcriptionMouse modelInfectionEpithelial cells
2015
Control of adaptive immunity by the innate immune system
Iwasaki A, Medzhitov R. Control of adaptive immunity by the innate immune system. Nature Immunology 2015, 16: 343-353. PMID: 25789684, PMCID: PMC4507498, DOI: 10.1038/ni.3123.Peer-Reviewed Original Research