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Melissa Robbiani (Pope), Ph.D.
Senior Scientist and
Director of Biomedical HIV Research

Selected Publications

Frank, Ines, Hella Stössel, Agegnehu Gettie, Stuart G. Turville, Julian W. Bess Jr., Jeffrey D. Lifson, Irving Sivin, Nikolaus Romani, and Melissa Robbiani. 2008. "A fusion inhibitor prevents spread of immunodeficiency viruses, but not activation of virus-specific T cells, by dendritic cells," Journal of Virology 82(11): 5329–5339. (abstract)

Morrow, Gavin, Laurence Vachot, Panagiotis Vagenas, and Melissa Robbiani. 2007. "Current concepts of HIV transmission," Current HIV/AIDS Reports 4(1): 29–35. (abstract)

Teleshova, Natalia, Jessica Kenney, and Melissa Robbiani. 2006. "Dendritic cells and HIV infection: Activating dendritic cells to boost immunity," Advances in Dental Research 19(1): 36–41. (abstract)

Teleshova, Natalia, Jessica Kenney, Vennansha Williams, Gary Van Nest, Jason Marshall, Jeffrey D. Lifson, Irvin Sivin, Jason Dufour, Rudolf Bohm, Agegnehu Gettie, and Melissa Pope. 2006. "CpG-C ISS-ODN activation of blood-derived B cells from healthy and chronic immunodeficiency virus-infected macaques," Journal of Leukocyte Biology 79(2): 257–267. (abstract)

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

Turville, Stuart G., Silvia Peretti, and Melissa Pope. 2006. "Lymphocyte–dendritic cell interactions and mucosal acquisition of SIV/HIV infection," Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS 1(1): 3–9. (abstract)

Vachot, Laurence, Stuart G. Turville, Susanna Trapp, Silvia Peretti, Gavin Morrow, Ines Frank, and Melissa Pope. 2006. “Sleeping with the enemy: The insidious relationship between dendritic cells and immunodeficiency viruses,” in Manfred B. Lutz, Nikolaus Romani, and Alexander Steinkasserer (eds.), Handbook of Dendritic Cells: Biology, Diseases and Therapies. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, pp. 773–797.

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

Sprague, Wendy S., Melissa Pope, and Edward A. Hoover. 2005. "Culture and characterization of feline myeloid dendritic cells generated from CD14+ monocytes," Journal of Comparative Pathology 133(2–3): 136–145. (abstract)

Eisenblätter, Martin, Christiane Stahl-Hennig, Seraphin Kuate, Nicole Stolte, Edith Jasny, Helmut Hahn, Melissa Pope, Klara Tenner-Racz, Paul Racz, Ralph M. Steinman, Klaus Überla, and Ralf Ignatius. 2004. "Induction of neutralising antibodies restricts the use of human granulocyte/macrophage colony stimulating factor for vaccine studies in rhesus macaques," Vaccine 22(25–26): 3295–3302. (abstract)

Turville, Stuart G., John J. Santos, Ines Frank, Paul U. Cameron, John Wilkinson, Monica Miranda-Saksena, Joanne Dable, Hella Stössel, Nikolaus Romani, Michael Piatak, Jr., Jeffrey D. Lifson, Melissa J. Pope, and Anthony L. Cunningham. 2004. “Immunodeficiency virus uptake, turnover, and 2-phase transfer in human dendritic cells,” Blood 103(6): 2170–2179. (abstract)



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7 July 2008