Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology
Research Programs
- Treatment of HIV-infected Persons
- Viral Immunology
- DNA Vaccines
- Antibacterial Host Defenses
- Intracellular Signalling
- Antiviral effects of Nitric Oxide
- Cellular Growth Regulation
- Innate immune recognition and signalling in humans and insects
Recent Publications
Antiviral responses: different roles for different tolls. Finberg RW, Wang JP. Immunity. 2009 Feb;30(2):173-5. PMID: 19239899
ROLE OF P38 AND EGR-1 IN THE MACROPHAGE RESPONSE TO GROUP B STREPTOCOCCUS. Kenzel S, Santos-Sierra S, Deshmukh SD, Moeller I, Ergin B, Fitzgerald KA, Lien E, Akira S, Golenbock DT, Henneke P. Infect Immun. 2009 Mar 30. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 19332535
Regulation of chemokine receptor by Toll-like receptor 2 is critical to neutrophil migration and resistance to polymicrobial sepsis. Alves-Filho JC, Freitas A, Souto FO, Spiller F, Paula-Neto H, Silva JS, Gazzinelli RT, Teixeira MM, Ferreira SH, Cunha FQ. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Mar 10;106(10):4018-23. Epub 2009 Feb 20. PMID: 19234125
Impact of Toll-like Receptor 4 on the Severity of Acute Pancreatitis and Pancreatitis-Associated Lung Injury in Mice. Sharif R, Dawra RK, Wasiluk K, Phillips P, Dudeja V, Kurt-Jones E, Finberg R, Saluja AK. Gut. 2009 Feb 6. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 19201771
Distinct Patterns of Dendritic Cell Cytokine Release Stimulated by Fungal {beta}-Glucans and Toll-Like Receptor Agonists. Huang H, Ostroff GR, Lee CK, Wang JP, Specht CA, Levitz SM. Infect Immun. 2009 Mar 9. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 19273561
Increased activity of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase in serum from acutely infected dengue patients linked to gamma interferon antiviral function. Becerra A, Warke RV, Xhaja K, Evans B, Evans J, Martin K, de Bosch N, Rothman AL, Bosch I. J Gen Virol. 2009 Apr;90(Pt 4):810-7. Epub 2009 Mar 4. PMID: 19264674