2020
Single cell immune profiling of dengue virus patients reveals intact immune responses to Zika virus with enrichment of innate immune signatures
Zhao Y, Amodio M, Vander Wyk B, Gerritsen B, Kumar MM, van Dijk D, Moon K, Wang X, Malawista A, Richards MM, Cahill ME, Desai A, Sivadasan J, Venkataswamy MM, Ravi V, Fikrig E, Kumar P, Kleinstein SH, Krishnaswamy S, Montgomery RR. Single cell immune profiling of dengue virus patients reveals intact immune responses to Zika virus with enrichment of innate immune signatures. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2020, 14: e0008112. PMID: 32150565, PMCID: PMC7082063, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008112.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsZika virusCell subsetsDengue virusConcurrent dengue infectionInnate cell responsesInnate immune signaturesVirus-infected individualsDivergent clinical outcomesMosquito-borne human pathogenIntact immune responsePre-existing infectionInnate cell typesSingle-cell immune profilingPublic health importanceCell typesImmune signaturesVirus patientsWest Nile virusAcute patientsClinical outcomesImmune profilingDengue infectionImmune statusFunctional statusImmune cells
2015
Slow-growing cells within isogenic populations have increased RNA polymerase error rates and DNA damage
van Dijk D, Dhar R, Missarova AM, Espinar L, Blevins WR, Lehner B, Carey LB. Slow-growing cells within isogenic populations have increased RNA polymerase error rates and DNA damage. Nature Communications 2015, 6: 7972. PMID: 26268986, PMCID: PMC4557116, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8972.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscriptional stress responseDNA damageDNA damage responseIsogenic populationsRNA polymerase fidelityDamage responseTranscriptional differencesIsogenic cellsEnvironmental stressCell variabilityStress responseGrowth ratePolymerase fidelityCulture conditionsPolymerase error rateOxidative stressCellsSuch cellsSame environmentTranscriptomeTransposonSubpopulationsTranscriptsGenotypicStress