Search Results - "Ruibal, Paula"
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Chimeric Mice with Competent Hematopoietic Immunity Reproduce Key Features of Severe Lassa Fever
Published in PLoS pathogens (01-05-2016)“…Lassa fever (LASF) is a highly severe viral syndrome endemic to West African countries. Despite the annual high morbidity and mortality caused by LASF, very…”
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Human Diversity of Killer Cell Immunoglobulin-Like Receptors and Human Leukocyte Antigen Class I Alleles and Ebola Virus Disease Outcomes
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-01-2021)“…We investigated the genetic profiles of killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) in Ebola virus-infected patients. We studied the relationship between…”
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Ebola Virus Disease Is Characterized by Poor Activation and Reduced Levels of Circulating CD16⁺ Monocytes
Published in The Journal of infectious diseases (15-10-2016)“…A number of previous studies have identified antigen-presenting cells (APCs) as key targets of Ebola virus (EBOV), but the role of APCs in human Ebola virus…”
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Ebola Virus Disease Survivors Show More Efficient Antibody Immunity than Vaccinees Despite Similar Levels of Circulating Immunoglobulins
Published in Viruses (20-08-2020)“…The last seven years have seen the greatest surge of Ebola virus disease (EVD) cases in equatorial Africa, including the 2013-2016 epidemic in West Africa and…”
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Regulation of Ebola virus VP40 matrix protein by SUMO
Published in Scientific reports (16-11-2016)“…The matrix protein of Ebola virus (EBOV) VP40 regulates viral budding, nucleocapsid recruitment, virus structure and stability, viral genome replication and…”
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Mtb HLA-E-tetramer-sorted CD8+ T cells have a diverse TCR repertoire
Published in iScience (15-03-2024)“…HLA-E molecules can present self- and pathogen-derived peptides to both natural killer (NK) cells and T cells. T cells that recognize HLA-E peptides via their…”
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The role of donor‐unrestricted T‐cells, innate lymphoid cells, and NK cells in anti‐mycobacterial immunity
Published in Immunological reviews (01-05-2021)“…Vaccination strategies against mycobacteria, focusing mostly on classical T‐ and B‐cells, have shown limited success, encouraging the addition of alternative…”
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Antigen presentation by MHC-E: a putative target for vaccination?
Published in Trends in immunology (01-05-2022)“…The essentially monomorphic human antigen presentation molecule HLA-E is an interesting candidate target to enable vaccination irrespective of genetic…”
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Domains of the Hepatitis B Virus Small Surface Protein S Mediating Oligomerization
Published in Journal of virology (01-06-2018)“…During hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections, subviral particles (SVP) consisting only of viral envelope proteins and lipids are secreted. Heterologous expression…”
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Efficacy of Favipiravir Alone and in Combination With Ribavirin in a Lethal, Immunocompetent Mouse Model of Lassa Fever
Published in The Journal of infectious diseases (15-03-2016)“…We studied the therapeutic potential of favipiravir (T-705) for Lassa fever, both alone and in combination with ribavirin. Favipiravir suppressed Lassa virus…”
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Avatar Mice Underscore the Role of the T Cell-Dendritic Cell Crosstalk in Ebola Virus Disease and Reveal Mechanisms of Protection in Survivors
Published in Journal of virology (28-09-2022)“…Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a complex infectious disease characterized by high inflammation, multiorgan failure, the dysregulation of innate and adaptive…”
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Peptide Binding to HLA-E Molecules in Humans, Nonhuman Primates, and Mice Reveals Unique Binding Peptides but Remarkably Conserved Anchor Residues
Published in The Journal of immunology (1950) (15-11-2020)“…Ag presentation via the nonclassical MHC class Ib molecule HLA-E, with nearly complete identity between the two alleles expressed in humans, HLA-E*01:01 and…”
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T-Cell Receptor Diversity and the Control of T-Cell Homeostasis Mark Ebola Virus Disease Survival in Humans
Published in The Journal of infectious diseases (22-11-2018)“…Differences in T-cell phenotype, particularly the expression of markers of T-cell homeostasis, have been observed in fatal and nonfatal Ebola virus disease…”
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Identification of novel HLA-E-binding Mtb-derived epitopes through improved prediction models
Published in The Journal of immunology (1950) (12-09-2022)“…Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the deadliest infectious diseases worldwide, posing great social and economic burden to affected countries. Novel vaccine…”
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Identification of HLA-E Binding Mycobacterium tuberculosis -Derived Epitopes through Improved Prediction Models
Published in The Journal of immunology (1950) (15-10-2022)“…Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the deadliest infectious diseases worldwide, posing great social and economic burden to affected countries. Novel vaccine…”
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Ebola virus disease in mice with transplanted human hematopoietic stem cells
Published in Journal of virology (01-04-2015)“…The development of treatments for Ebola virus disease (EVD) has been hampered by the lack of small-animal models that mimick human disease. Here we show that…”
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Discovery of HLA-E-Presented Epitopes: MHC-E/Peptide Binding and T-Cell Recognition
Published in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) (2022)“…Understanding the interactions involved during the immunological synapse between peptide, HLA-E molecules, and TCR is crucial to effectively target protective…”
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Thermal‐exchange HLA‐E multimers reveal specificity in HLA‐E and NKG2A/CD94 complex interactions
Published in Immunology (01-03-2023)“…There is growing interest in HLA‐E‐restricted T‐cell responses as a possible novel, highly conserved, vaccination targets in the context of infectious and…”
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Longitudinal soluble marker profiles reveal strong association between cytokine storms resulting from macrophage activation and disease severity in COVID-19 disease
Published in Scientific reports (05-06-2024)“…SARS-CoV2 infection results in a range of disease severities, but the underlying differential pathogenesis is still not completely understood. At presentation…”
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Ebola virus infection kinetics in chimeric mice reveal a key role of T cells as barriers for virus dissemination
Published in Scientific reports (03-03-2017)“…Ebola virus (EBOV) causes severe systemic disease in humans and non-human primates characterized by high levels of viremia and virus titers in peripheral…”
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