Immunology

COVID-19, Vaccines and How They Work

View a presentation from Professor Tania Watts explaining the immunology of COVID-19 as well as information relating to the newly developed vaccines.

COVID-19 Infosheets

Graduate students from our department have created info sheets on the current COVID-19 pandemic that help explain some of the immunology-related issues.

Recent Publications From Our Department

Isho B, Abe KT, et al. 2020. Persistence of serum and saliva antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 spike antigens in COVID-19 patients. Science Immunology. 5

Xia MH, Luo TNYX, et al. 2020. Effect of Ibrutinib on the IFN Response of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Cells. Journal Of Immunology. 205:2629-2639

Preuss F, Chatterjee D, et al. 2020. Nucleotide Binding, Evolutionary Insights, and Interaction Partners of the Pseudokinase Unc-51-like Kinase 4. Structure. 28:1184

Girard M, Law JC, et al. 2020. Type I interferons drive the maturation of human DC3s with a distinct costimulatory profile characterized by high GITRL. Science Immunology. 5

Thai E, Costa G, et al. 2020. A high-affinity antibody against the CSP N-terminal domain lacks Plasmodium falciparum inhibitory activity. Journal Of Experimental Medicine. 217

Vultaggio A, Agache I, et al. 2020. Considerations on biologicals for patients with allergic disease in times of the COVID-19 pandemic: An EAACI statement. Allergy. 75:2764-2774

Kohno M, Murakami J, et al. 2020. Foxp3(+) Regulatory T Cell Depletion after Nonablative Oligofractionated Irradiation Boosts the Abscopal Effects in Murine Malignant Mesothelioma. Journal Of Immunology. 205:2519

Besaw JE, Ou WL, et al. 2020. The crystal structures of a chloride-pumping microbial rhodopsin and its proton-pumping mutant illuminate proton transfer determinants. Journal Of Biological Chemistry. 295:14793-14804

Kaur S, Auger C, et al. 2020. Adipose Tissue Metabolic Function and Dysfunction: Impact of Burn Injury. Frontiers In Cell And Developmental Biology. 8

Zhou Q, Chen V, et al. 2020. Interferon-alpha 2b Treatment for COVID-19 (vol 11, 1061, 2020). Frontiers In Immunology. 11

Wang A, Rojas O, et al. . Regulation of neuroinflammation by B cells and plasma cells. Immunological Reviews. 

Kojovic D, Ghoneim RH, et al. 2020. Role of HIV and Antiretroviral Therapy on the Expression of Placental Transporters in Women with HIV. Aaps Journal. 22

Rajakumar SA, Danska JS. . Bad to the bone: B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells mediate bone destruction. Molecular & Cellular Oncology. 

Born W, Zuniga-Pflucker JC, et al. . Wendy Havran: Scientist, mentor, advocate. Immunological Reviews. 

Anderson MK, Selvaratnam JS. . Interaction between gamma delta TCR signaling and the E protein-Id axis in gamma delta T cell development. Immunological Reviews. 

Rodrigues E, Jung J, et al. 2020. A versatile soluble siglec scaffold for sensitive and quantitative detection of glycan ligands. Nature Communications. 11

Matsuyama T, Kubli SP, et al. . An aberrant STAT pathway is central to COVID-19. Cell Death And Differentiation. 

Meza-Escobar LE, Rehou S, et al. . Sepsis Definitions in Burns. Surgical Infections. 

Hoghooghi V, Palmer AL, et al. 2020. Cystatin C Plays a Sex-Dependent Detrimental Role in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis. Cell Reports. 33

Agache I, Song Y, et al. . Efficacy and safety of dupilumab for moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis: A systematic review for the EAACI biologicals guidelines. Allergy. 

Girardin SE, Cuziol C, et al. . The eIF2 alpha kinase HRI in innate immunity, proteostasis, and mitochondrial stress. Febs Journal. 

Abe KT, Li ZJ, et al. 2020. A simple protein-based surrogate neutralization assay for SARS-CoV-2. JCI Insight. 5

Sokolowska M, Lukasik ZM, et al. 2020. Immunology of COVID-19: Mechanisms, clinical outcome, diagnostics, and perspectives-A report of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI). Allergy. 75:2445-2476

Breiteneder H, Peng YQ, et al. . Biomarkers for diagnosis and prediction of therapy responses in allergic diseases and asthma. Allergy. 

Kent OA, Saha M, et al. 2020. Haploinsufficiency of RREB1 causes a Noonan-like RASopathy via epigenetic reprogramming of RAS-MAPK pathway genes. Nature Communications. 11

Rajakumar SA, Papp E, et al. 2020. B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells mediate RANK-RANKL-dependent bone destruction. Science Translational Medicine. 12

Last Updated December 4, 2020