Yale School of Medicine

Molecular Virology

Molecular Virology

Department of Genetics
Sterling Hall of Medicine, I-141
333 Cedar Street
New Haven, CT 06510
Tel: 203-785-2679
Fax: 203-785-6765
daniel.dimaio@yale.edu

Virus-Related Publications

Sidney Altman

  • Yang, L., Wesolowski, D., Li, Y., and Altman, S. (2005) Analysis of putative RNase P RNA from orthopoxviruses. J. Mol. Biol. 354:529-535.

Karen Anderson

  • Basavapathruni, A., Vingerhoets, J., de Bethune, M.P., Chung, R., Bailey, C.M., Kim, J., and Anderson, K.S. (2006) Modulation of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 synergistic inhibition by reverse transcriptase mutations. Biochemistry 45:7334-7340.
  • Basavapathruni, A. and Anderson, K.S. (2006) Developing novel nonnucleoside HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitors: beyond the butterfly. Curr. Pharm. Des. 12:1857-1865.
  • Ruiz-Caro, J., Basavapathruni, A., Kim, J.T., Bailey, C.M., Wang, L., Anderson, K.S., Hamilton, A.D., and Jorgensen, W.L. (2006) Optimization of diarylamines as non-nucleoside inhibitors of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 16:668-671.
  • Jorgensen, W.L., Ruiz-Caro, J., Tirado-Rives, J., Basavapathruni, A., Anderson, K.S., and Hamilton, A.D. (2006) Computer-aided design of non-nucleoside inhibitors of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 16:663-667.
  • Ray, A.S., Hernandez-Santiago, B.I., Mathew, J.S., Murakami, E., Bozeman, C., Xie, N.Y., Dutschman, G.E., Gullen, E., Yang, Z., Hurwitz, S., Cheng, Y.C., Chu, C.K., McClure, H., Schinazi, R.F., and Anderson, K.S. (2005) Mechanism of anti-human immunodeficiency virus activity of beta-D-6-cyclopropylamino-2’,3’-didehydro-2’,3’-dideoxyguanosine. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 49:1994-2001.

Warren Andiman

  • Alexander, L., Cuchura, L., Simpson, B.J., and Andiman, W.A. (2006) Virologic and host characteristics of human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected pediatric long term survivors. Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. 25:135-141.

Janet Brandsma

  • Brandsma, J.L., Shylankevich, M., Su, Y., Zelterman, D., Rose, J.K., and Buonocore, L. (2009) Reversal of papilloma growth in rabbits therapeutically vaccinated against E6 without naked DNA and/or vesicular stomatitis virus vectors. Vaccine (In press).
  • Brandsma, J.L., Sun, Y., Lizardi, P.M., Tuck, D., Zelterman, D., Haines III, G.K., Martel, M., Harigopal, M., Schofield, K., and Neapolitano, M. (2009) Distinct human papillomavirus type 16 methylomes in cervical cells at different stages of premalignancy. Virology (In press).
  • Brandsma, J.L., Shylankevich, M., Su, Y., Roberts, A., Becker, S.M., Rose, J.K., Zelterman, D., and Buonocore, L. (2007) Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV)-based therapeutic vaccination targeted to the E1, E2, E6, and E7 proteins of cottontail rabbit papillomavirus (CRPV). J. Virol. 81:5749-5758.
  • Menon, G.K., Brandsma, J.L., and Schwartz, P.M. (2007) Particle mediated gene delivery and human skin: ultrastructural observations on stratum corneum barrier structures. Skin Pharmacol. Physiol. 20:141-147.
  • Brandsma, J.L., Shylankevich, J., Buonocore, L., Roberts, A., Becker, S.M., and Rose, J.K. (2007) Therapeutic efficacy of vesicular stomatitis virus-based E6 vaccination in rabbits. Vaccine 25:751-767.

Yung-Chi Cheng

  • Qin, X., Che, X., Wang, K., Polin, L., Kern, E.R., Drach, J.C., Gullen, E., Cheng, Y.C., and Zemlicka, J. (2006) Synthesis, antiviral, and antitumor activity of 2-substituted purine methylenecyclopropane analogues of nucleosides. Bioorg. Med. Chem. 14:1247-1254.
  • Cheng, Y.C., Ying, C.X., Leung, C.H., and Li, Y. (2005) New targets and inhibitors of HBV replication to combat drug resistance. J. Clin. Virol. 34S:S147-150.
  • Ambrose, A., Zemlicka, J., Kern, E.R., Drach, J.C., Gullen, E., and Cheng, Y.C. (2005) Phosphoralaninate pronucleotides of pyrimidine methylenecyclopropane analogues of nucleosides: synthesis and antiviral activity. Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucl. Acids 24:1763-1774.
  • Haraguchi, K., Takeda, S., Sumino, M., Tanaka, H., Dutschman, G.E., Cheng, Y.C., Nitanda, T., and Baba, M. (2005) A new approach to the synthesis of 4’-carbon-substituted nucleosides: development of a highly active anti-HIV agent 2’,3’-didehydro-3’-deoxy-4’-ethynylthymidine. Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucl. Acids 24:343-347.
  • Tanaka, H., Haraguchi, K., Kumamoto, H., Baba, M., and Cheng, Y.C. (2005) 4’-Ethynylstavudine (4’-Ed4T) has potent anti-HIV-1 activity with reduced toxicity and shows a unique activity profile against drug-resistant mutants. Antivir. Chem. Chemother. 16:217-221.
  • Nitanda, T., Wang, X., Kumamoto, H., Haraguchi, K., Tanaka, H., Cheng, Y.C., and Baba, M. (2005) Anti-human immunodeficiency virus type 1 activity and resistance profile of 2’,3’-didehydro-3’-deoxy-4’-ethynylthymidine in vitro. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 49:3355-3360.

Susan Compton

  • Compton, S.R. (2008) Prevention of murine norovirus infection in neonatal mice by fostering. JAALAS 47:25-30.
  • Smith, P.C., Nucifora, M., Reuter, J.D., and Compton, S.R. (2007) Reliability of soiled bedding transfer for the detection of mouse parvovirus and mouse hepatitis virus. Comp. Med. 57:90-96
  • Compton, S.R., Ball-Goodrich, L.J., Johnson, L.K., Johnson, E.A., Paturzo, F.X., and Macy, J.D. (2004) Pathogenesis of enterotropic mouse hepatitis virus in immunocompetent and immunodeficient mice. Comp. Med. 54:681-689.
  • Compton, S.R., Jacoby, R.O., Paturzo, F.X., and Smith, A.L. (2004) Persistent Seoul virus infection in Lewis rats. Arch. Virol. 149:1325-1339.
  • Compton, S.R., Ball-Goodrich, L.J., Paturzo, F.X., and Macy, J.D. (2004) Transmission of enterotropic mouse hepatitis virus from immunocompetent and immunodeficient mice. Comp. Med. 54:29-35.

Peter Cresswell

  • Abdullah, N., Srinivasan, B., Modiano, N., Cresswell, P., and Sau, A.K. (2009) Role of individual domains and identification of internal gap in human guanylate binding protein-1. J. Mol. Biol. 386:690-703.
  • Dong, G., Wearsch, P.A., Peaper, D.R., Cresswell, P., and Reinisch, K.M. (2009) Insights into MHC class I peptide loading from the structure of the tapasin/ERp57 heterodimer. Immunity 30:21-32.
  • Hinson, E.R. and Cresswell, P. (2009) The N-terminal amphipathic-helix of viperin mediates localization to the cytosolic face of the endoplasmic reticulum and inhibits protein secretion. J. Biol. Chem. 284:4705-4712.
  • Peaper, D.R. and Cresswell, P. (2008) The redox activity of ERp57 is not essential for its functions in MHC class I peptide loading. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105:10477-10482.
  • Sealy, R., Chaka, W., Surman, S., Brown, S.A., Cresswell, P., and Hurwitz, J.L. (2008) Target peptide sequence within infectious HIV-1 does not ensure envelope-specific T-helper cell re-activation: influences of cysteine protease and gamma-interferon induced thiol reductase activities. Clin. Vac. Immunol. 15:713-719.
  • Wang, X., Hinson, E.R., and Cresswell, P. (2007) The interferon-inducible protein viperin inhibits influenza virus release by perturbing lipid rafts. Cell Host Microbe 2:96-105.
  • Wearsch, P.A. and Cresswell, P. (2007) Selective loading of high affinity peptides onto Major Histocompatibility Complex class I molecules by the tapasin-ERp57 heterodimer. Nat. Immunol. 8:873-881.

Daniel DiMaio

  • Talbert-Slagle, K. and DiMaio, D. (2009) The bovine papillomavirus E5 protein and the PDGF beta receptor: It takes two to tango. Virology (minireview) 384:345-351.
  • Talbert-Slagle, K., Marlatt, S., Barrera, F.N., Khurana, E., Oates, J., Gerstein, M., Engelman, D.M., Dixon, A.M., and DiMaio, D. (2009) Artificial transmembrane oncoproteins smaller than the bovine papillomavirus E5 protein redefine sequence requirements for activation of the platelet-derived growth factor beta receptor. J. Virol. 83:9773-9785.
  • Goodwin, E.C., Atwood, W.J., and DiMaio, D. (2009) High-throughput cell-based screens for chemicals that inhibit infection by Simian virus 40 and human polyomaviruses. J. Virol. 83:5630-5639.
  • Yates, K.E., Korbel, G.A., Shtutman, M., Roninson, I.G., and DiMaio, D. (2008) Repression of the SUMO-specific protease Senp1 induces p53-dependent premature senescence in normal human fibroblasts. Aging Cell 7:609-621.
  • Ptacek, J.B., Edwards, A.P.B., Freeman-Cook, L.L., and DiMaio, D. (2007) Packing contacts can mediate highly specific interactions between artificial transmembrane proteins and the PDGF beta receptor.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 104:11945-11950.
  • Johung, K., Goodwin, E.C., and DiMaio, D. (2007) Human papillomavirus E7 repression in cervical carcinoma cells initiates a transcriptional cascade driven by the retinoblastoma family, resulting in senescence. J. Virol. 81:2102–2116.
  • BookPapillomaviruses. (2007) Garcea, R. and DiMaio, D., eds., 430 pp. Springer.

Savithramma Dinesh-Kumar

  • Popescu, S.C., Popescu, G.V., Bachan, S., Zhang, Z., Gerstein, M., Snyder, M., and Dinesh-Kumar, S.P. (2009) MAPK target networks in Arabidopsis thaliana revealed using functional protein microarrays. Genes Dev. 23:80-92. Epub 2008 Dec. 18.
  • Padmanabhan, M., Cournoyer, P., and Dinesh-Kumar, S.P. (2009) The leucine rich repeat domain in plant innate immunity: A wealth of possibilities. Cell Microbiol. 11:191-198. Epub 2008 Nov. 3.
  • Caplan, J.C., Mamillapalli, P., Burch-Smith, T.M., Czymmek, K., and Dinesh-Kumar, S.P. (2008) Chloroplastic protein NRIP1 mediates innate immune receptor recognition of a viral effector. Cell 132:449-462.
  • Caplan, J.C., Padmanabhan, M., and Dinesh-Kumar, S.P. (2008) Plant NB-LRR immune receptors: From recognition to transcriptional reprogramming. Cell Host & Microbe 3:126-135.
  • Patel, S. and Dinesh-Kumar, S.P. (2008) Arabidopsis ATG6 is required to limit the pathogen-associated cell death response. Autophagy 4:20-27.
  • Zhu, X. and Dinesh-Kumar, S.P. (2008) Virus induced gene silencing as a tool to identify host genes affecting viral pathogenicity. Meth. Mol. Biol. 451:641-648.
  • Seay, M. and Dinesh-Kumar, S.P. (2007) Autophagy takes its TOLL on innate immunity. Cell Host & Microbe 2:69-70.

Erol Fikrig

  • Town, T., Bai, F., Wang, T., Kaplan, A.T., Qian, F., Anderson, J.F., Montgomery, R., and Flavell, R.A., Fikrig, E. (2009) Tlr7 mitigates lethal West Nile encephalitis by affecting interleukin 23-dependent immune cell infiltration and homing. Immunity 30:1-12.
  • Krishnan, M.N., Ng, A., Sukumaran, B., Gilfoy, F.D., Uchil, P.D., Sultana, H., Brass, A.L., Adametz, R., Tsui, M., Qian, F., Montgomery, R.R., Lev, S., Mason, P.W., Koski, R.A., Elledge, S.J., Xavier, R.J., Agaisse, H., and Fikrig, E. (2008) RNA interference screen for human genes associated with West Nile virus infection. Nature 455:242-245.
  • Arjona, A., Foellmer, H.G., Town, T., Leng, L., McDonald, C., Wong, S.J., Montgomery, R.R., Fikrig, E., and Bucala, R. (2007) Abrogation of macrophage migration inhibitory factor decreases West Nile virus lethality by limiting viral neuroinvasion. J. Clin. Invest. 117:3059-3066.

Durland Fish

  • Spielman, A., Andreadis, T.G., Apperson, C.S., Cornel, A.J., Day, J.F., Edman, J.D., Fish, D., Harrington, L.C., Kiszewski, A.E., Lampman, R., Lanzaro, G.C., Matuschka, F.R., Munstermann, L.E., Nasci, R.S., Norris, D.E., Novak, R.J., Pollack, R.J., Reisen, W.K., Reiter, P., Savage, H.M., Tabachnikc, W.J., and Wesson, D.M. (2004) Outbreak of West Nile virus in North America. Science 306:1473-1475.

Frank Giordano

  • Yu, J., Lei, L., Liang, Y., Hinh, L., Hickey, R.P., Huang, Y., Liu, D., Yeh, J.L., Rebar, E., Case, C., Spratt, K., Sessa, W.C., and Giordano, F.J. (2006) An engineered VEGF-activating zinc finger protein transcription factor improves blood flow and limb salvage in advanced-age mice. FASEB J. 20:479-481.
  • Tang, N., Wang, L., Esko, J., Giordano, F.J., Huang, Y., Gerber, H.P., Ferrara, N., and Johnson, R.S. (2004) Loss of HIV-1alpha in endothelial cells disrupts a hypoxia-driven VEGF autocrine loop necessary for tumorigenesis. Cancer Cell 6:485-495.
  • Gratton, J.P., Yu, J., Griffith, J.W., Babbitt, R.W., Scotland, R.S., Hickey, R., Giordano, F.J., and Sessa, W.C. (2003) Cell-permeable peptides improve cellular uptake and therapeutic gene delivery of replication-deficient viruses in cells and in vivo. Nat. Med. 9:357-362. (Erratum: Nat. Med. 9:1221.)

Peter Glazer

  • Knauert, M.P., Kalish, J.M., Hegan, D.C., and Glazer, P.M. (2006) Triplex-stimulated intermolecular recombination at a single-copy genomic target. Mol. Ther. 14:392-400.
  • Shahid, K.A., Majumdar, A, Alam, R., Liu, S.T., Kuan, J.Y., Sui, X., Cuenoud, B., Glazer, P.M., Miller, P.S., and Seidman, M.M. (2006) Targeted cross-linking of the human b-globin gene in living cells mediated by a triple helix forming oligonucleotide. Biochemistry 45:1970-1978.
  • Kim, K.H., Nielsen, P.E., and Glazer, P.M. (2006) Site-specific gene modification by PNAs conjugated to psoralen. Biochemistry 45:314-323.
  • Kalish, J.M. and Glazer, P.M. (2005) Targeted genome modification via triple helix formation. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1058:151-161.
  • Rogers, F.A., Lloyd, J.A., and Glazer, P.M. (2005) Triplex-forming oligonucleotides as potential tools for modulation of gene expression. Curr. Med. Chem. Anticancer Agents 5:319-326.
  • Kalish, J.M., Seidman, M.M., Weeks, D.L., and Glazer, P.M. (2005) Triplex-induced recombination and repair in the pyrimidine motif. Nucl. Acids. Res. 33:3492-3502.

Martha Harding

  • Wilson, J.H., Paturzo, F.X., Johnson, L.K., Carreiro, M.P., Hixson, D.C., Boyer, J.L., Pober, J.S., and Harding, M.J. (2006) Rat hepatocyte engraftment in severe combined immunodeficient x beige mice using mouse-specific anti-fas antibody. Xenotransplantation 13:53-62.
  • Harding, M.J., Cao, X., Shams, H., Johnson, A.F., Vassilev, V.B., Gil, L.H., Wheeler, D.W., Haines, D., Siert, G.J., Nelson, L.D., Campos, M., and Donis, R.O. (2002) Role of bovine viral diarrhea virus biotype in the establishment of fetal infections. Am. J. Vet. Res. 63:1455-1463.

Robert Heimer

  • Shaboltas, A.V., Toussova, O.V., Hoffman, I.F., Heimer, R., Verevochkin, S.V., Ryder, R.W., Khoshnood, K., Perdue, T., Masse, B.R., and Kozlov, A.P. (2006) HIV prevalence, sociodemographic, and behavioral correlates and recruitment methods among injection drug users in St. Petersburg, Russia. J. Acquir. Immune Defic. Syndr. 41:657-663.
  • Uuskula, A., Heimer, R., Dehovitz, J., Fischer, K., and McNutt, L.A. (2005) Surveillance of HIV, hepatitis B virus, and hepatitis C virus in an Estonian injection drug-using population: sensitivity and specificity of testing syringes for public health surveillance. J. Infect. Dis. 193:455-457.
  • Abdala, N., Crowe, M., Tolstov, Y., and Heimer, R. (2004) Survival of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 after rinsing injection syringes with different cleaning solutions. Subst. Use Misuse 39:581-600.
  • Schmid, G.P., Buve, A., Mugyenyi, P., Garnett, G.P., Hayes, R.J., Williams, B.G., Calleja, J.G., De Cock, K.M., Whitworth, J.A., Kapiga, S.H., Ghys, P.D., Hankins, C., Zaba, B., Heimer, R., and Boerma, J.T. (2004) Transmission of HIV-1 infection in sub-Saharan Africa and effect of elimination of unsafe injections. Lancet 363:482-488.

Akiko Iwasaki

  • Tal, M.C., Sasai, M., Lee, H.K., Yordy, B., Shadel, G.S., and Iwasaki, A. (2009) Absence of autophagy results in reactive oxygen species-dependent amplification of RLR signaling. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 106:2770-2775.
  • Lee, H.K., Zamora, M., Linehan, M.M., Iijima, N., Gonzalez, D., Haberman, A., and Iwasaki, A. (2009) Differential roles of migratory and resident DCs in T cell priming after mucosal or skin HSV-1 infection. J. Exp. Med. 206:359-370.
  • Ichinohe, T., Lee, H.K., Ogura, Y., Flavell, R., and Iwasaki, A. (2009) Inflammasome recognition of influenza virus is essential for adaptive immune responses. J. Exp. Med. 206:79-87.
  • Iijima, N., Linehan, M.M., Zamora, M., Butkus, D., Dunn, R., Kehry, M.R., Laufer, T.M., and Iwasaki, A. (2008) Dendritic cells and B cells maximize mucosal Th1 memory response to herpes simplex virus. J. Exp. Med. 205:3041-3052.
  • Iwasaki, A. (2007) Mucosal dendritic cells. Annu. Rev. Immunol. 25:381-418.
  • Lee, H.K., Lund, J.M., Ramanathan, B., Mizushima, N., and Iwasaki, A. (2007) Autophagy-dependent viral recognition by plasmacytoid dendritic cells. Science 315:1398-1401.

Susan Kaech

  • Joshi, N.S., Cui, W., Chandele, A., Lee, H.K., Urso, D.R., Hagman, J., Gapin, L., and Kaech, S.M. (2007) Inflammation directs memory precursor and short-lived effector CD8(+) T cell fates via the graded expression of T-bet transcription factor. Immunity 27:281-295.
  • Kaech, S.M. and Wherry, E.J. (2007) Heterogeneity and cell fate decisions in effector and memory CD8+ T cell differentiation during viral infection. Immunity (In Press).
  • Hand, T.W., Morre, M., and Kaech, S.M. (2007) Expression of IL-7 receptor alpha is necessary but not sufficient for the formation of memory CD8 T cells during viral infection. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 104:11730-11735.
  • Chandele, A. and Kaech, S.M. (2005) Memory CD8 T cell maturation occurs independently of CD8alphaalpha. J. Immunol. 175:5619-5623.
  • Kaech, S.M., Tan, J.T., Wherry, E.J., Konieczny, B.T., Surh, C.D., and Ahmed, R. (2003) Selective expression of the interleukin 7 receptor identifies effector CD8 T cells that give rise to long-lived memory cells. Nat. Immunol. 4:1191-1198.
  • Kaech, S.M., Hemby, S., Kersh, E., and Ahmed, R. (2002) Molecular and functional profiling of memory CD8 T cell differentiation. Cell 111:837-851.
  • Kaech, S.M. and Ahmed, R. (2001) Memory CD8+ T cell differentiation: initial antigen encounter triggers a developmental program in naïve cells.Nat. Immunol. 2:415-422.

Jeffrey Kahn

  • Kahn, J.S. (2006) Epidemiology of human metapneumovirus. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 19:546-557.
  • Esper, F., Weibel, C., Ferguson, D., Landry, M.L., and Kahn, J.S. (2006) Coronavirus HKU1 infection in the United States. Emerg. Infect. Dis. 12:775-779.
  • Kahn, J.S. (2006) The widening scope of coronaviruses. Curr. Opin. Pediatr. 18:42-47.
  • Martinello, R.A., Esper, F., Weibel, C., Ferguson, D., Landry, M.L., and Kahn, J.S. (2006) Human metapneumovirus and exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. J. Infect. (Epub ahead of print).
  • Kahn, J.S. and McIntosh, K. (2005) History and recent advances in coronavirus discovery. Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. 24S:S223-227.
  • Leung, J., Esper, F., Weibel, C., and Kahn, J.S. (2005) Seroepidemiology of human metapneumovirus (hMPV) on the basis of a novel enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay utilizing hMPV fusion protein expressed in recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus. J. Clin. Microbiol. 43:1213-1219.

Michael Kozal

  • Simen, B.B., Huppler-Hullsiek, K., Novak, R.M., MacArthur, R.D., Baxter, J.D., Huang, C., Lubeski, C., Turenchalk, G.S., Braverman, M.S., Desany, B., Simons, J.F., Rothberg, J.M., Egholm, M., and Kozal, M.J. (2009) Low abundance drug resistant viral variants in chronically HIV-infected antiretroviral-naïve patients significantly impact treatment. J. Infect. Dis. 199:693-701.
  • Kozal, M.J. (2009) Drug-resistant human immunodeficiency virus. Supplement: Environmental changes, microbial systems and infections. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. 1:69-73.
  • Kozal, M.J., et al. (2007)The incidence of HIV drug resistance and its impact on progression of HIV disease among antiretroviral naïve participants started on three different antiretroviral therapy strategies. HIV Clin. Trials 6:357-370.
  • Desai, S.S., Kyriakides, T.C., Holodniy, M., Al-Salman, J., Griffith, B., and Kozal, M.J. (2007) Evolution of genotypic resistance algorithms and their impact on the interpretation of clinical trials: An OPTIMA trial substudy. HIV Clin. Trials 8:293-302.
  • Lataillade, M., Chiarella, J., and Kozal, M.J. (2007) Natural polymorphism of the HIV-1 integrase gene. Antiviral Ther. 12:563-570.
  • Kozal, M.J., Hullsiek, K.H., Leduc, R., Novak, R.M., MacArthur, R.D., Lawrence, J., Baxter, J.D., and Terry Beirn Community Programs for Clinical Research on AIDS (CPCRA). (2006) Prevalence and impact of HIV-1 protease codon 33 mutations and polymorphisms in treatment-naïve and treatment-experienced patients. Antivir. Ther. 11:457-463.
  • MacArthur, R.D., Novak, R.M., Peng, G., Chen, L., Xiang, Y., Huppler-Hullsiek, K., Kozal, M.J., et al. (2006) A comparison of three highly active antiretroviral treatment strategies consisting of non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, protease inhibitors, or both in the presence of nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors as initial therapy (CPCRA 058 FIRST Study): a long-term randomised trial. Lancet 368:2125-2135.

Priti Kumar

  • Kumar, P., Ban, H.S., Kim, S.S., Wu, H., Pearson, T., Greiner, D., Laouar, A., Yao, J., Haridas, V., Habiro, K., Yang, Y.G., Jeong, J.H., Lee, K.Y., Kim, Y.K., Kim, S.W., Peipp, M., Fey, G.H., Manjunath, N., Shultz, L.N., Lee, S.K., and Shankar, P. (2008) T cell-specific siRNA delivery suppresses HIV-1 infection in humanized mice. Cell 134:577-586.
  • Kumar, P., Wu, H., McBride, J.L., Jung, K.E., Moon, H.K., Davidson, B.L., Lee, S.K., Shankar, P., and Manjunath, N. (2007) Transvascular delivery of small interfering RNA to the central nervous system. Nature 448:39-43.
  • Kumar, P., Lee, S.K., Shankar, P., and Manjunath, N. (2006) A single siRNA suppresses fatal encephalitis induced by two different flaviviruses. PLOS Med. 3:e9.

Gary Kupfer

  • Durkin, S.S., Guo, X., Fryrear, K.A., Mihaylova, V.T., Gupta, S.K., Belgnaoui, S.M., Haoudi, A., Kupfer, G.M., and Semmes, O.J. (2008) HTLV-1 tax oncoprotein subverts the cellular DNA damage response via binding to DNA-dependent protein kinase. J. Biol. Chem. 283:36311-36320.
  • Mihaylova, V.T., Green, A.M., Khurgel, M., Semmes, O.J., and Kupfer, G.M. (2008) Human T-cell leukemia virus 1 tax protein sensitizes p53-mutant cells to DNA damage Cancer Res. 68:4843-4852.
  • Haoudi, A., Daniels, R.C., Wong, E., Kupfer, G., and Semmes, O.J. (2003) Human T-cell leukemia virus-1 tax oncoprotein functionally targets a subnuclear complex involved in cellular DNA damage-response. J. Biol. Chem. 278:37736-37744.

Brett Lindenbach

  • von Hahn, T., Lindenbach, B.D., Boullier, A., Quehenberger, O., Paulson, M., Rice, C.M., and McKeating, J.A. (2006) Oxidized low-density lipoprotein inhibits hepatitis C virus cell entry in human hepatoma cells. Hepatology 43:932-942.
  • Lindenbach, B.D., Meuleman, P., Ploss, A., Vanwolleghem, T., Syder, A.J., McKeating, J.A., Lanford, R.E., Feinstone, S.M., Major, M.E., Leroux-Roels, G., and Rice, C.M. (2006) Cell culture-grown hepatitis C virus in infectious in vivo and can be recultured in vitro. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103:3805-3809.
  • Tscherne, D.M., Jones, C.T., Evans, M.J., Lindenbach, B.D., McKeating, J.A., and Rice, C.M. (2006) Time- and temperature-dependent activation of hepatitis C virus for low-pH-triggered entry. J. Virol. 80:1734-1741.
  • Lindenbach, B.D. and Rice, C.M. (2005) Unravelling hepatitis C virus replication from genome to function. Nature 436:933-938.
  • Lindenbach, B.D., Evans, M.J., Syder, A.J., Wolk, B., Tellinghuisen, T.L., Liu, C.C., Maruyama, T., Hynes, R.O., Burton, D.R., McKeating, J.A., and Rice, C.M. (2005) Complete replication of hepatitis C virus in cell culture. Science 309:623-626.
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Laura Manuelidis

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Richard Martinello

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Robert Means

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Ruslan Medzhitov

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I. George Miller

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Yorgo Modis

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Walther Mothes

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Anna Marie Pyle

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Michael Robek

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John Rose

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Alanna Schepartz

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Christian Schlieker

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David Spiegel

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Joan Steitz

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Thomas Steitz

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Richard Sutton

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Peter Tattersall

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Paul Turner

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Anthony Van den Pol

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Yong Xiong

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