Search Results - "Farrington, Lila A."
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Opsonized antigen activates Vδ2+ T cells via CD16/FCγRIIIa in individuals with chronic malaria exposure
Published in PLoS pathogens (01-10-2020)“…Vγ9Vδ2 T cells rapidly respond to phosphoantigens produced by Plasmodium falciparum in an innate-like manner, without prior antigen exposure or processing. Vδ2…”
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Malaria and Early Life Immunity: Competence in Context
Published in Frontiers in immunology (19-02-2021)“…Childhood vaccines have been the cornerstone tool of public health over the past century. A major barrier to neonatal vaccination is the "immaturity" of the…”
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The Development of Plasmodium falciparum -Specific IL10 CD4 T Cells and Protection from Malaria in Children in an Area of High Malaria Transmission
Published in Frontiers in immunology (19-10-2017)“…Cytokine-producing CD4 T cells have important roles in immunity against malaria. However, the factors influencing functional differentiation of specific CD4 T…”
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Decline of FoxP3+ Regulatory CD4 T Cells in Peripheral Blood of Children Heavily Exposed to Malaria
Published in PLoS pathogens (01-07-2015)“…FoxP3+ regulatory CD4 T cells (Tregs) help to maintain the delicate balance between pathogen-specific immunity and immune-mediated pathology. Prior studies…”
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Vδ2+ T cell response to malaria correlates with protection from infection but is attenuated with repeated exposure
Published in Scientific reports (13-09-2017)“…Vδ2 + γδ T cells are semi-innate T cells that expand markedly following P. falciparum (Pf) infection in naïve adults, but are lost and become dysfunctional…”
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Competition for antigen at the level of the APC is a major determinant of immunodominance during memory inflation in murine cytomegalovirus infection
Published in The Journal of immunology (1950) (01-04-2013)“…The unique ability of CMV to drive the expansion of virus-specific T cell populations during the course of a lifelong, persistent infection has generated…”
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Frequent Malaria Drives Progressive Vδ2 T-Cell Loss, Dysfunction, and CD16 Up-regulation During Early Childhood
Published in The Journal of infectious diseases (01-05-2016)“…γδ T cells expressing Vδ2 may be instrumental in the control of malaria, because they inhibit the replication of blood-stage parasites in vitro and expand…”
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Effective Antimalarial Chemoprevention in Childhood Enhances the Quality of CD4⁺ T Cells and Limits Their Production of Immunoregulatory Interleukin 10
Published in The Journal of infectious diseases (15-07-2016)“…Background. Experimental inoculation of viable Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites administered with chemoprevention targeting blood-stage parasites results in…”
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Effector Phenotype of Plasmodium falciparum-Specific CD4⁺ T Cells Is Influenced by Both Age and Transmission Intensity in Naturally Exposed Populations
Published in The Journal of infectious diseases (01-08-2015)“…Background. Mechanisms mediating immunity to malaria remain unclear, but animal data and experimental human vaccination models suggest a critical role for CD4⁺…”
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Evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 serology assays reveals a range of test performance
Published in Nature biotechnology (01-10-2020)“…Appropriate use and interpretation of serological tests for assessments of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) exposure, infection and…”
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Opsonized antigen activates V[delta]2+ T cells via CD16/FC[gamma]RIIIa in individuals with chronic malaria exposure
Published in PLoS pathogens (21-10-2020)“…V[gamma]9V[delta]2 T cells rapidly respond to phosphoantigens produced by Plasmodium falciparum in an innate-like manner, without prior antigen exposure or…”
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Test performance evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 serological assays
Published in Nature biotechnology (27-08-2020)“…Appropriate use and interpretation of serological tests for assessments of SARS-CoV-2 exposure, infection and potential immunity require accurate assay…”
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Competition for antigen at the level of the antigen presenting cell is a major determinant of immunodominance during memory inflation in murine cytomegalovirus infection
Published in The Journal of immunology (1950) (01-03-2013)“…Cytomegalovirus’s (CMV’s) unique ability to drive the expansion of virus-specific T-cell populations over the course of a lifelong, persistent infection has…”
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Decline of FoxP3+ Regulatory CD4 T Cells in Peripheral Blood of Children Heavily Exposed to Malaria: e1005041
Published in PLoS pathogens (01-07-2015)“…FoxP3+ regulatory CD4 T cells (Tregs) help to maintain the delicate balance between pathogen-specific immunity and immune-mediated pathology. Prior studies…”
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