Nonhuman primate models of human viral infections

JD Estes, SW Wong, JM Brenchley - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2018 - nature.com
Humans have a close phylogenetic relationship with nonhuman primates (NHPs) and share
many physiological parallels, such as highly similar immune systems, with them. Importantly …

Complete sequencing of a cynomolgus macaque major histocompatibility complex haplotype

JA Karl, TM Prall, HE Bussan, JM Varghese… - Genome …, 2023 - genome.cshlp.org
Macaques provide the most widely used nonhuman primate models for studying the
immunology and pathogenesis of human diseases. Although the macaque major …

Discovery of novel MHC-class I alleles and haplotypes in Filipino cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicularis) by pyrosequencing and Sanger sequencing: Mafa …

T Shiina, Y Yamada, A Aarnink, S Suzuki, A Masuya… - Immunogenetics, 2015 - Springer
Although the low polymorphism of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC)
transplantation genes in the Filipino cynomolgus macaque (Macaca fascicularis) is expected …

Testing sex-biased admixture origin of macaque species using autosomal and X-chromosomal genomic sequences

N Osada, K Matsudaira, Y Hamada… - Genome Biology and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The role of sex-specific demography in hybridization and admixture of genetically diverged
species and populations is essential to understand the origins of the genomic diversity of …

Unusual sequence characteristics of human chromosome 19 are conserved across 11 nonhuman primates

RA Harris, M Raveendran, KC Worley… - BMC Evolutionary …, 2020 - Springer
Background Human chromosome 19 has many unique characteristics including gene
density more than double the genome-wide average and 20 large tandemly clustered gene …

Whole-Genome Sequencing of Six Mauritian Cynomolgus Macaques (Macaca fascicularis) Reveals a Genome-Wide Pattern of Polymorphisms under Extreme …

N Osada, N Hettiarachchi… - Genome Biology and …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicularis) were introduced to the island of Mauritius by
humans around the 16th century. The unique demographic history of the Mauritian …

Resources for functional genomic studies of health and development in nonhuman primates

AJ Jasinska - American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Primates display a wide range of phenotypic variation underlaid by complex genetically
regulated mechanisms. The links among DNA sequence, gene function, and phenotype …

CD8+ cells and small viral reservoirs facilitate post-ART control of SIV replication in M3+ Mauritian cynomolgus macaques initiated on ART two weeks post-infection

OE Harwood, LM Matschke, RV Moriarty… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Sustainable HIV remission after antiretroviral therapy (ART) withdrawal, or post-treatment
control (PTC), remains a top priority for HIV treatment. We observed surprising PTC in an …

Immunization of BLT humanized mice redirects T cell responses to Gag and reduces acute HIV-1 viremia

DT Claiborne, TE Dudek, CR Maldini, KA Power… - Journal of …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT BLT (bone marrow-liver-thymus) humanized mice, which reconstitute a
functional human immune system, develop prototypic human virus-specific CD8+ T cell …

Preexisting simian immunodeficiency virus infection increases susceptibility to tuberculosis in mauritian cynomolgus macaques

MA Rodgers, C Ameel, AL Ellis-Connell… - Infection and …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is the leading cause of death
among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients. The precise mechanisms by …