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Mucosal Innate and Adaptive Immunity and HIV

Publications/Resources
Council researchers' names appear in boldface type.

In press or submitted
Trapp, Susanna, Nina Derby, Rachel Singer, Andrew Shaw, Vennansha G. Williams, Stuart G. Turville, Julian W. Bess Jr., Jeffrey D. Lifson, and Melissa Robbiani. “The double stranded RNA analog poly(I:C) inhibits HIV amplification in dendritic cells,” submitted.

Vachot, Laurence, Vennansha G. Williams, Julian W. Bess Jr., Jeffrey D. Lifson, and Melissa Robbiani. “Candida albicans–induced DC activation reduces HIV amplification by DCs while increasing DC-to-T-cell spread of HIV,” Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, in press.

Vachot, Laurence, Vennansha G. Williams, and Melissa Robbiani. “Differential innate and adaptive responses of emigrated skin dendritic cell–T cell mixtures against different forms of Candida albicans,” submitted.

2007
Morrow, Gavin, Laurence Vachot, Panagiotis Vagenas, and Melissa Robbiani. “Current concepts of HIV transmission,” Current HIV/AIDS Reports 4:29–35. (abstract)

2006
Trapp, Susanna, Stuart G. Turville, and Melissa Robbiani. “Slamming the door on unwanted guests: Why preemptive strikes at the mucosa may be the best-case strategy against HIV,” Journal of Leukocyte Biology 80(5): 1076–1083. (offsite link)

Turville, Stuart G., Silvia Peretti, and Melissa Pope. "Lymphocyte–dendritic cell interactions and mucosal acquisition of SIV/HIV infection," Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS 1(1): 3–9. (abstract)

2005
Peretti, Silvia, Andrew Shaw, James Blanchard, Rudolf Bohm, Gavin Morrow, Jeffrey D. Lifson, Agegnehu Gettie, and Melissa Pope. “Immunomodulatory effects of HSV-2 infection on immature macaque dendritic cells modify innate and adaptive responses,” Blood 106(4): 1305–1313. (abstract)

2004
Teleshova, Natalia, Jessica Kenney, Jennifer Jones, Jason Marshall, Gary Van Nest, Jason Dufour, Rudolf Bohm, Jeffrey D. Lifson, Agegnehu Gettie, and Melissa Pope. “CpG-C ISS-ODN activation of plasmacytoid dendritic cells in rhesus macaques to augment the activation of IFN-γ-secreting SIV-specific T cells,” Journal of Immunology 173(3): 1647–1657. (abstract)

Presentations

2008
Crostarosa, Federica. “Increased susceptibility of HSV-2-infected monkeys to SHIV-RT,” poster presentation, Keystone Symposia on HIV Vaccines/HIV Pathogenesis, Banff, Alberta, Canada, March.

2007
Morrow, Gavin. “The pros and cons of dendritic cells in HIV transmission,” invited speaker, X International Congress of Reproductive Immunology, Croatia, June.

Robbiani, Melissa. “Biology of transmission: Dendritic cells”, plenary speaker, 2nd International Workshop on HIV Transmission: Principles of Intervention, Washington, DC, August.

Trapp, Susanna. “The activation of cellular defense mechanisms by poly(IC) to block DC-driven HIV infection,” poster presentation, Keystone Symposia on HIV Vaccines/HIV Pathogenesis, Whistler, British Columbia, March.

Vachot, Laurence. “HIV infection of dendritic cells modulates innate and adaptive responses elicited against Candida albicans," poster presentation, Keystone Symposia on HIV Vaccines/HIV Pathogenesis, Whistler, British Columbia, March.

Vagenas, Panagiotis. “CpG C ISS-ODN activates mucosal dendritic cells and B cells: A potent adjuvant for mucosal HIV vaccines,” oral and poster presentation, 13th International Congress of Immunology, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August.

2006
Morrow, Gavin. “Innate and adaptive mucosal immune responses in macaques during immunodeficiency virus infection,” poster presentation, Keystone Symposia on HIV Vaccines/HIV Pathogenesis, Keystone, CO, March.

Morrow, Gavin. “Innate mucosal immune responses in macaques during SIV/HSV-2 infection,” poster presentation, 4th International Innate Immunity Conference, Corfu, Greece, June.

Vachot, Laurence. “AT-2 inactivated HIV-1 does not influence the innate responses elicited by dendritic cells towards Candida albicans,” poster presentation, Keystone Symposia on HIV Vaccines/HIV Pathogenesis, Keystone, CO, March.

Vachot, Laurence. “Innate immune responses against Candida albicans induced in cord blood cells compared to adult blood cells,” poster presentation, 4th International Innate Immunity Conference, Corfu, Greece, June.

2005
Pope, Melissa. “Strategies to prevent dendritic cell–driven infection across the mucosa,” invited speaker, International Meeting of the Institute of Human Virology, Baltimore, MD, August/September.

2004
Pope, Melissa. “Dendritic cells and HIV infection: Activating DCs to boost mucosal immunity,” plenary speaker, 5th World Workshop on Oral Health and Disease in AIDS, Phuket, Thailand, 6–10 July.

Pope, Melissa. “Exploiting dendritic cells for improved vaccines,” invited speaker, Keystone Symposium, Rational Design of Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, Keystone, CO, 6–11 January.

Pope, Melissa. “Mechanisms of sexual transmission of HIV,” plenary speaker at Microbicides 2004, London, 28–31 March.

Pope, Melissa. “Overcoming the exploitation of dendritic cells to boost anti-HIV immunity,” invited seminar, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, May.  

2003
Pope, Melissa. “Aspects of dendritic cells that influence virus spread over immune activation,” invited speaker, International Meeting of the Institute of Human Virology, Baltimore, October.

Pope, Melissa. “How HIV exploits dendritic cells to drive infection,” invited seminar, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, January.

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15 April 2008