2021
Intranasal priming induces local lung-resident B cell populations that secrete protective mucosal antiviral IgA
Oh JE, Song E, Moriyama M, Wong P, Zhang S, Jiang R, Strohmeier S, Kleinstein SH, Krammer F, Iwasaki A. Intranasal priming induces local lung-resident B cell populations that secrete protective mucosal antiviral IgA. Science Immunology 2021, 6: eabj5129. PMID: 34890255, PMCID: PMC8762609, DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.abj5129.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVirus infectionIgA secretionB cellsMucosal surfacesIgA-secreting B cellsIgA-expressing cellsRole of IgARespiratory virus infectionsIgA-secreting cellsLower respiratory tractInfluenza virus infectionEffective immune protectionHeterologous virus infectionMemory B cellsSecretory immunoglobulin AProtein-based vaccinesB cell populationsPredominant Ig isotypeSite of entryIntranasal primingBronchoalveolar spaceProtective immunityVaccine strategiesRespiratory mucosaImmune protection
2012
The Blood Transcriptional Signature of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Is Consistent with an Ongoing Interferon-Mediated Antiviral Response
Bolen CR, Robek MD, Brodsky L, Schulz V, Lim JK, Taylor MW, Kleinstein SH. The Blood Transcriptional Signature of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Is Consistent with an Ongoing Interferon-Mediated Antiviral Response. Journal Of Interferon & Cytokine Research 2012, 33: 15-23. PMID: 23067362, PMCID: PMC3539252, DOI: 10.1089/jir.2012.0037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsHCV patientsHealthy volunteersChronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infectionChronic hepatitis C virusInfected individualsTreatment-naïve HCV patientsHepatitis C virus infectionBlood transcriptional profilesBlood transcriptional signaturesC virus infectionChronic HCV infectionOngoing immune responseBlood mononuclear cellsHepatitis C virusBlood transcriptional profilingDrug treatment responseHCV infectionSubset of IFNMononuclear cellsC virusIFN signatureHealthy controlsTreatment responseVirus infection
2008
Interleukin-29 Functions Cooperatively with Interferon to Induce Antiviral Gene Expression and Inhibit Hepatitis C Virus Replication*
Pagliaccetti NE, Eduardo R, Kleinstein SH, Mu XJ, Bandi P, Robek MD. Interleukin-29 Functions Cooperatively with Interferon to Induce Antiviral Gene Expression and Inhibit Hepatitis C Virus Replication*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2008, 283: 30079-30089. PMID: 18757365, PMCID: PMC2662072, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m804296200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntiviral gene expressionIFN-alpha/betaIL-29IFN-alphaVirus replicationIFN-gammaInhibits Hepatitis C Virus ReplicationCritical innate immune responseAntiviral activityHepatitis C virus replicationChronic viral infectionsC virus replicationGreater antiviral activityInnate immune responseIFN-gamma combinationHepatitis CGene expressionCellular antiviral responseCytokines interleukinHCV replicationImmune responseViral infectionIndividual cytokinesVesicular stomatitis virusAntiviral response