Washed microbiota transplantation vs. manual fecal microbiota transplantation: clinical findings, animal studies and in vitro screening

T Zhang, G Lu, Z Zhao, Y Liu, Q Shen, P Li… - Protein & …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) by manual preparation has been applied to treat
diseases for thousands of years. However, this method still endures safety risks and …

The salivary gland acts as a sink for tissue-resident memory CD8+ T cells, facilitating protection from local cytomegalovirus infection

JT Thom, TC Weber, SM Walton, N Torti, A Oxenius - Cell reports, 2015 - cell.com
Tissue-resident memory T cells (T RM) reside in barrier tissues and provide local immediate
protective immunity. Here, we show that the salivary gland (SG) most-effectively induces …

A spread-deficient cytomegalovirus for assessment of first-target cells in vaccination

CA Mohr, J Arapovic, H Mühlbach, M Panzer… - Journal of …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a human pathogen that causes severe disease primarily
in the immunocompromised or immunologically immature individual. To date, no vaccine is …

SARS-CoV-2 antibodies are persisting in saliva for more than 15 months after infection and become strongly boosted after vaccination

YT Pinilla, C Heinzel, LF Caminada… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in saliva serve as first line of defense against the virus. They are
present in the mucosa, more precisely in saliva, after a recovered infection and also …

The salivary gland as a target for enhancing immunization response

TA Ponzio, JW Sanders - Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and …, 2017 - Springer
Background An organism's immune response to a vaccine is dependent on a number of
factors, including the site of immunization. While muscle is the most common site for vaccine …

Spatial kinetics and immune control of murine cytomegalovirus infection in the salivary glands

CM Byrne, AC Márquez, B Cai… - PLOS Computational …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is the most common congenital infection. Several HCMV
vaccines are in development, but none have yet been approved. An understanding of the …

[HTML][HTML] Salivary glands act as mucosal inductive sites via the formation of ectopic germinal centers after site-restricted MCMV infection

JS Grewal, MJ Pilgrim, S Grewal, L Kasman… - The FASEB …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We investigated the hypothesis that salivary gland inoculation stimulates formation of
ectopic germinal centers (GCs), transforming the gland into a mucosal inductive site …

Murine cytomegalovirus infection of mouse macrophages stimulates early expression of suppressor of cytokine signaling (SOCS) 1 and SOCS3

CI Alston, RD Dix - PLoS One, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a species-specific β-herpesvirus that infects for life up to
80% of the world's population and causes severe morbidity in at-risk immunocompromised …

Small molecule inhibitors of the host cell COX/AREG/EGFR/ERK pathway attenuate cytomegalovirus-induced pathogenesis

M Melnick, G Abichaker, K Htet, P Sedghizadeh… - … and molecular pathology, 2011 - Elsevier
As with other herpesviruses, human cytomegalovirus (hCMV) has the ability to establish
lifelong persistence and latent infection following primary exposure, salivary glands (SMGs) …

Lytic viral replication and immunopathology in a cytomegalovirus-induced mouse model of secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

E Brisse, M Imbrechts, T Mitera, J Vandenhaute… - Virology journal, 2017 - Springer
Background Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare immunological disorder
caused by unbridled activation of T cells and macrophages, culminating in a life-threatening …