Search Results - "CROTTY, Shane"
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Pre-existing immunity to SARS-CoV-2: the knowns and unknowns
Published in Nature reviews. Immunology (01-08-2020)“…T cell reactivity against SARS-CoV-2 was observed in unexposed people; however, the source and clinical relevance of the reactivity remains unknown. It is…”
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Immunological memory to SARS‐CoV‐2 infection and COVID‐19 vaccines
Published in Immunological reviews (01-09-2022)“…Immunological memory is the basis of protective immunity provided by vaccines and previous infections. Immunological memory can develop from multiple branches…”
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The 1-1-1 fallacy
Published in Immunological reviews (01-05-2012)“…T‐cell help to B cells is a fundamental aspect of adaptive immunity and the generation of B‐cell memory (memory B cells and plasma cells). Follicular helper…”
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Factors in B cell competition and immunodominance
Published in Immunological reviews (01-07-2020)“…The majority of all vaccines work by inducing protective antibody responses. The mechanisms by which the B cells responsible for producing protective…”
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Immunological memory to SARS-CoV-2 assessed for up to 8 months after infection
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (05-02-2021)“…Understanding immune memory to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is critical for improving diagnostics and vaccines and for…”
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Cutting edge: STAT1 is required for IL-6-mediated Bcl6 induction for early follicular helper cell differentiation
Published in The Journal of immunology (1950) (01-04-2013)“…Bcl6 is required for CD4 T cell differentiation into T follicular helper cells (Tfh). In this study, we examined the role of IL-6 in early processes of in vivo…”
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Multifaceted Effects of Antigen Valency on B Cell Response Composition and Differentiation In Vivo
Published in Immunity (Cambridge, Mass.) (15-09-2020)“…How antigen valency affects B cells in vivo during immune responses is not well understood. Here, using HIV immunogens with defined valencies ranging from 1 to…”
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LEF-1 and TCF-1 orchestrate TFH differentiation by regulating differentiation circuits upstream of the transcriptional repressor Bcl6
Published in Nature immunology (01-09-2015)“…Follicular helper T cells (T FH cells) are specialized effector CD4 + T cells that help B cells develop germinal centers and memory. Crotty and colleagues show…”
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Dengue virus infection elicits highly polarized CX3CR1⁺ cytotoxic CD4⁺ T cells associated with protective immunity
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (04-08-2015)“…Dengue virus (DENV) is a rapidly spreading pathogen with unusual pathogenesis, and correlates of protection from severe dengue disease and vaccine efficacy…”
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Comparative analysis of activation induced marker (AIM) assays for sensitive identification of antigen-specific CD4 T cells
Published in PloS one (24-10-2017)“…The identification and study of antigen-specific CD4 T cells, both in peripheral blood and in tissues, is key for a broad range of immunological research,…”
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IL-21 and IL-6 are critical for different aspects of B cell immunity and redundantly induce optimal follicular helper CD4 T cell (Tfh) differentiation
Published in PloS one (14-03-2011)“…Cytokines are important modulators of lymphocytes, and both interleukin-21 (IL-21) and IL-6 have proposed roles in T follicular helper (Tfh) differentiation,…”
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BCL6 orchestrates Tfh cell differentiation via multiple distinct mechanisms
Published in The Journal of experimental medicine (06-04-2015)“…Follicular helper T cells (Tfh cells) are required for T cell help to B cells, and BCL6 is the defining transcription factor of Tfh cells. However, the…”
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Sustained antigen availability during germinal center initiation enhances antibody responses to vaccination
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (25-10-2016)“…Natural infections expose the immune system to escalating antigen and inflammation over days to weeks, whereas nonlive vaccines are single bolus events. We…”
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HIV-1 broadly neutralizing antibody precursor B cells revealed by germline-targeting immunogen
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (25-03-2016)“…Induction of broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) is a major HIV vaccine goal. Germline-targeting immunogens aim to initiate bnAb induction by activating…”
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NVX-CoV2373 vaccination induces functional SARS-CoV-2–specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cell responses
Published in The Journal of clinical investigation (03-10-2022)“…NVX-CoV2373 is an adjuvanted recombinant full-length SARS-CoV-2 spike trimer protein vaccine demonstrated to be protective against COVID-19 in efficacy trials…”
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CXCL13 is a plasma biomarker of germinal center activity
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (08-03-2016)“…Significantly higher levels of plasma CXCL13 [chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 13] were associated with the generation of broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs)…”
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Apolipoprotein AI prevents regulatory to follicular helper T cell switching during atherosclerosis
Published in Nature communications (15-03-2018)“…Regulatory T (Treg) cells contribute to the anti-inflammatory response during atherogenesis. Here we show that during atherogenesis Treg cells lose Foxp3…”
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Allergen-specific immunotherapy modulates the balance of circulating Tfh and Tfr cells
Published in Journal of allergy and clinical immunology (01-02-2018)“…Capsule summary Follicular helper T cells (Tfh cells) are a CD4 T cell subset essential for germinal center formation and B cell responses, although their role…”
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Increased Peripheral Blood Neutrophil Activation Phenotypes and Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Formation in Critically Ill Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Patients: A Case Series and Review of the Literature
Published in Clinical infectious diseases (11-02-2022)“…Abstract Background Increased inflammation has been well defined in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), while definitive pathways driving severe forms of this…”
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Design and validation of HIV peptide pools for detection of HIV-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cells
Published in PloS one (16-08-2022)“…Reagents to monitor T cell responses to the entire HIV genome, based on well characterized epitopes, are missing. Evaluation of HIV-specific T cell responses…”
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