The current and future state of vaccines, antivirals and gene therapies against emerging coronaviruses

LV Tse, RM Meganck, RL Graham… - Frontiers in microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Emerging coronaviruses (CoV) are constant global public health threats to society. Multiple
ongoing clinical trials for vaccines and antivirals against CoVs showcase the availability of …

SARS-CoV-2 infection produces chronic pulmonary epithelial and immune cell dysfunction with fibrosis in mice

KH Dinnon III, SR Leist, K Okuda, H Dang… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
A subset of individuals who recover from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) develop
post-acute sequelae of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV …

Dengue mouse models for evaluating pathogenesis and countermeasures

RE Chen, MS Diamond - Current opinion in virology, 2020 - Elsevier
Dengue virus (DENV) causes the most prevalent arbovirus illness worldwide and is
responsible for many debilitating epidemics. The four circulating DENV serotypes infect …

The diversity outbred mouse population is an improved animal model of vaccination against tuberculosis that reflects heterogeneity of protection

SL Kurtz, AP Rossi, GL Beamer, DM Gatti, I Kramnik… - Msphere, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Many studies of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and immunity have used mouse
models. However, outcomes of vaccination and challenge with M. tuberculosis in inbred …

A multitrait locus regulates sarbecovirus pathogenesis

A Schäfer, SR Leist, LE Gralinski, DR Martinez… - Mbio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Infectious diseases have shaped the human population genetic structure, and genetic
variation influences the susceptibility to many viral diseases. However, a variety of …

Update on and future directions for use of anti–SARS-CoV-2 antibodies: National Institutes of Health Summit on Treatment and Prevention of COVID-19

C Boggiano, RW Eisinger, AM Lerner… - Annals of internal …, 2022 - acpjournals.org
As the fourth wave of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic encircles the globe, there remains an
urgent challenge to identify safe and effective treatment and prevention strategies that can …

Baseline T cell immune phenotypes predict virologic and disease control upon SARS-CoV infection in Collaborative Cross mice

JB Graham, JL Swarts, SR Leist, A Schäfer… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed that infection with SARS-CoV-2 can result in a wide
range of clinical outcomes in humans. An incomplete understanding of immune correlates of …

Host genetic variation guides hepacivirus clearance, chronicity, and liver fibrosis in mice

AJ Brown, JJ Won, R Wolfisberg, U Fahnøe… - Hepatology, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Background & Aims: Human genetic variation is thought to guide the outcome of
HCV infection, but model systems within which to dissect these host genetic mechanisms …

Thirdhand tobacco smoke exposure increases the genetic background-dependent risk of pan-tumor development in Collaborative Cross mice

H Yang, X Wang, P Wang, L He, SF Schick… - Environment …, 2023 - Elsevier
Increasing evidence has shown that thirdhand smoke (THS) exposure is likely to induce
adverse health effects. An important knowledge gap remains in our understanding of THS …

Wild-type Caenorhabditis elegans isolates exhibit distinct gene expression profiles in response to microbial infection

P Lansdon, M Carlson, BD Ackley - BMC genomics, 2022 - Springer
The soil-dwelling nematode Caenorhabditis elegans serves as a model system to study
innate immunity against microbial pathogens. C. elegans have been collected from around …