Antigen presentation in viral infections and mechanisms of natural and acquired resistance to ectromelia virus.
Luis Sigal, DVM, PhD
Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
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                    Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Research & Clinical Interests
Publications
- The roles of CD4+ T cell help, sex, and dose in the induction of protective CD8+ T cells against a lethal poxvirus by mRNA-LNP vaccines
 - Innate and adaptive immune responses that control lymph-borne viruses in the draining lymph node
 - mRNA-LNP vaccine-induced CD8+ T cells protect mice from lethal SARS-CoV-2 infection in the absence of specific antibodies
 - Dietary L-Tryptophan consumption determines the number of colonic regulatory T cells and susceptibility to colitis via GPR15
 - Multiple and Consecutive Genome Editing Using i-GONAD and Breeding Enrichment Facilitates the Production of Genetically Modified Mice
 
Most Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications
- A virus-encoded type I interferon decoy receptor enables evasion of host immunity through cell-surface binding
 - Migratory Dendritic Cells, Group 1 Innate Lymphoid Cells, and Inflammatory Monocytes Collaborate to Recruit NK Cells to the Virus-Infected Lymph Node
 - With some risk-taking and luck: A veterinarian’s adventures in viral immunology
 - Cutting Edge: Protection by Antiviral Memory CD8 T Cells Requires Rapidly Produced Antigen in Large Amounts
 - DAI Senses Influenza A Virus Genomic RNA and Activates RIPK3-Dependent Cell Death
 - Activation of CD8 T Lymphocytes during Viral Infections
 - The Pathogenesis and Immunobiology of Mousepox
 - The natural killer cell dysfunction of aged mice is due to the bone marrow stroma and is not restored by IL-15/IL-15Rα treatment
 - Protective CD8+ T cell memory without help
 - CD4+ T cell help is dispensable for protective CD8+ T cell memory against mousepox virus following vaccinia virus immunization
 - Sequential Activation of Two Pathogen-Sensing Pathways Required for Type I Interferon Expression and Resistance to an Acute DNA Virus Infection
 - Targeted blockade of JAK/STAT3 signaling inhibits ovarian carcinoma growth
 - Impact of distinct poxvirus infections on the specificities and functionalities of CD4+ T cell responses
 - MyD88-dependent immunity to a natural model of vaccinia virus infection does not involve toll-like receptor 2
 - Crosstalk between the type 1 interferon and nuclear factor kappa B pathways confers resistance to a lethal virus infection
 - Immunology: Memory cells sound the alarm
 - Memory CD8+ T cells can outsource IFN-γ production but not cytolytic killing for antiviral protection
 - Getting in front and behind the enemy lines to counter virus infection
 - Memory CD8+ T cell protection
 - Characterization of ectromelia virus deficient in EVM036, thehomolog of vaccinia virus F13l, and its application for rapid generation of recombinant viruses