François Villinger

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

ORCID: 0000-0002-7790-2008

Also affiliated with University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Immunology and MicrobiologyMedicine

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Driven by 58 papers. Top paper: “Adjuvanting a subunit COVID-19 vaccine to induce protective immunity”.

Adjuvanting a subunit COVID-19 vaccine to induce protective immunity

Nature(2021)10.1038/s41586-021-03530-2

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4.7DataRank · unranked

355 citations

Alexandra C. Walls, Nadia Golden, Caroline Atyeo, Stephanie Fischinger, Chunfeng Li +56 more

Immunization with germ line–targeting SOSIP trimers elicits broadly neutralizing antibody precursors in infant macaques

Science Immunology(2024)10.1126/sciimmunol.adm7097

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23 citations

Xiaoying Shen, Sravani Vekatayogi, Shiyu Zhang, Gabriel Ozorowski, Maria Dennis +37 more

Distinct sensitivities to SARS-CoV-2 variants in vaccinated humans and mice

Cell Reports(2022)10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111299

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16 citations

Laura A. VanBlargan, Kaichun Wu, Angela Choi, Mary Jane Navarro, Diana Lee +25 more

TGF-β blockade drives a transitional effector phenotype in T cells reversing SIV latency and decreasing SIV reservoirs in vivo

Nature Communications(2024)10.1038/s41467-024-45555-x

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15 citations

Deepanwita Bose, Mariluz Araínga, Muhammad R. Haque, Christine M. Fennessey, Rachel A Caddell +14 more

PET/CT targeted tissue sampling reveals virus specific dIgA can alter the distribution and localization of HIV after rectal exposure

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.12.23.423870

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Sixia Xiao, Ann M. Carias, Michael D. McRaven, Divya N. Thakkar, Mariluz Araínga +14 more

Elicitation of broadly protective sarbecovirus immunity by receptor-binding domain nanoparticle vaccines

Cell(2021)10.1016/j.cell.2021.09.015

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190 citations

Marcos C. Miranda, Alexandra Schäfer, Minh N. Pham, Allison J. Greaney, Prabhu S. Arunachalam +44 more

IL-21 and IFNα therapy rescues terminally differentiated NK cells and limits SIV reservoir in ART-treated macaques

Nature Communications(2021)10.1038/s41467-021-23189-7

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42 citations

Nicolas Huot, Luca Micci, Gregory K. Tharp, Colin T. King, Philippe Rascle +13 more

PET/CT targeted tissue sampling reveals virus specific dIgA can alter the distribution and localization of HIV after rectal exposure

PLoS Pathogens(2021)10.1371/journal.ppat.1009632

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17 citations

Sixia Xiao, Ann M. Carias, Michael D. McRaven, Divya N. Thakkar, Mariluz Araínga +14 more

IL-21 enhances influenza vaccine responses in aged macaques with suppressed SIV infection

JCI Insight(2021)10.1172/jci.insight.150888

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17 citations

Suresh Pallikkuth, Tirupataiah Sirupangi, Rajendra Pahwa, Alexander Kizhner, Constantinos Petrovas +3 more

Parainfluenza Virus 5 Priming Followed by SIV/HIV Virus-Like-Particle Boosting Induces Potent and Durable Immune Responses in Nonhuman Primates

Frontiers in Immunology(2021)10.3389/fimmu.2021.623996

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16 citations

Krista Dienger-Stambaugh, Xuemin Chen, Huiling Wei, Shannon I. Phan, Ashley C. Beavis +7 more

Localization of infection in neonatal rhesus macaques after oral viral challenge

PLoS Pathogens(2021)10.1371/journal.ppat.1009855

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8 citations

Michael D. McRaven, Ann M. Carias, Meegan R. Anderson, Edgar Matias, Mariluz Araínga +12 more

Anatomic Distribution of Intravenously Injected IgG Takes Approximately 1 Week to Achieve Stratum Corneum Saturation in Vaginal Tissues

The Journal of Immunology(2021)10.4049/jimmunol.2100253

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10 citations

Jeffrey R. Schneider, Patrick Madden, Ramón Lorenzo-Redondo, Mariluz Araínga, Amarendra Pegu +7 more

Cooperation Between Systemic IgG1 and Mucosal Dimeric IgA2 Monoclonal Anti-HIV Env Antibodies: Passive Immunization Protects Indian Rhesus Macaques Against Mucosal SHIV Challenges

Frontiers in Immunology(2021)10.3389/fimmu.2021.705592

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10 citations

Samir K. Lakhashe, Dinesh Hariraju, Hanna B. Scinto, Antonio Lanzavecchia, Elisabetta Cameroni +8 more

Tuberculosis detection in nonhuman primates is enhanced by use of testing algorithms that include an interferon-γ release assay

American Journal of Veterinary Research(2021)10.2460/ajvr.21.08.0124

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8 citations

Kamm Prongay, Koen K. A. Van Rompay, Suthirote Meesawat, Taratorn Kemthong, Bryson Halley +10 more

Development of an In Vivo Probe to Track SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Rhesus Macaques

Frontiers in Immunology(2021)10.3389/fimmu.2021.810047

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8 citations

Muhammad Arif, Mark E. Becker, Michael D. McRaven, Ann M. Carias, Ramón Lorenzo-Redondo +17 more

Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Susceptibility, Immunology, and Microbiome in the Female Genital Tract of Adolescent Versus Adult Pigtail Macaques

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses(2021)10.1089/aid.2020.0271

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4 citations

Charlene Miller, Mariluz Araínga, Courtney A. Broedlow, Laura Noël‐Romas, Luca Schifanella +11 more

Viremia controls Env-specific antibody-secreting cell responses in simian immunodeficiency virus infected macaques pre and post-antiretroviral therapy

AIDS(2021)10.1097/qad.0000000000002998

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0 citations

Jung Joo Hong, Praveen K. Amancha, Kenneth A. Rogers, Aftab A. Ansari, Siddappa N. Byrareddy +2 more

Durable protection against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant is induced by an adjuvanted subunit vaccine

Science Translational Medicine(2022)10.1126/scitranslmed.abq4130

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60 citations

Yupeng Feng, Usama Ashraf, Mengyun Hu, Alexandra C. Walls, Venkata Viswanadh Edara +40 more

Safety, immunogenicity, and protection provided by unadjuvanted and adjuvanted formulations of a recombinant plant-derived virus-like particle vaccine candidate for COVID-19 in nonhuman primates

Cellular and Molecular Immunology(2022)10.1038/s41423-021-00809-2

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59 citations

Prabhu S. Arunachalam, Guadalupe Andreani, Nadia Golden, Jane Fontenot, Pyone P. Aye +18 more

Lymph node CXCR5+ NK cells associate with control of chronic SHIV infection

JCI Insight(2022)10.1172/jci.insight.155601

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32 citations

James M. Billingsley, Ashish Sharma, Tiffany M. Styles, Sakthivel Govindaraj, Uma Shanmugasundaram +13 more

Blockade of TGF-β signaling reactivates HIV-1/SIV reservoirs and immune responses in vivo

JCI Insight(2022)10.1172/jci.insight.162290

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26 citations

Yanique Thomas, Mariluz Araínga, Crystal Carter, Lisa Shirreff, Muhammad Arif +20 more

Identification of a Novel Anti-HIV-1 Protein from Momordica balsamina Leaf Extract

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health(2022)10.3390/ijerph192215227

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13 citations

Mahfuz Khan, Erick Gbodossou, Amad Diop, Kenya DeBarros, Hao A. Duong +7 more

Hypo-osmolar rectal douche tenofovir formulation prevents simian/human immunodeficiency virus acquisition in macaques

JCI Insight(2022)10.1172/jci.insight.161577

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2 citations

Sanjeev Gumber, Mark A. Marzinke, Thuy Hoang, Rohan Myers, Abhijit A. Date +9 more

Elicitation of broadly protective sarbecovirus immunity by receptor-binding domain nanoparticle vaccines

UNC Libraries(2022)10.17615/xtsh-sx84

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1 citations

Natalie Brunette, Kaitlin R. Sprouse, Deleah Pettie, Douglas E. Ferrell, Wesley C. Van Voorhis +44 more

A ferritin-based COVID-19 nanoparticle vaccine that elicits robust, durable, broad-spectrum neutralizing antisera in non-human primates

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2022)10.1101/2022.12.25.521784

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16 citations

Mrinmoy Sanyal, Natalia Friedland, Shaogeng Tang, Prabhu S. Arunachalam, Mengyun Hu +15 more

An immunoPET probe to SARS-CoV-2 reveals early infection of the male genital tract in rhesus macaques

Research Square(2022)10.21203/rs.3.rs-1479315/v1

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11 citations

Yanique Thomas, Robert V. Blair, Sadia Samer, Mark Doyle, Cecily C. Midkiff +13 more

An immunoPET probe to SARS-CoV-2 reveals early infection of the male genital tract in rhesus macaques

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2022)10.1101/2022.02.25.481974

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7 citations

Yanique Thomas, Robert V. Blair, Sadia Samer, Mark Doyle, Cecily C. Midkiff +13 more

Durable protection against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron induced by an adjuvanted subunit vaccine

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2022)10.1101/2022.03.18.484950

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5 citations

Yupeng Feng, Usama Ashraf, Mengyun Hu, Venkata Viswanadh Edara, Veronika I. Zarnitsyna +30 more

A ferritin-based COVID-19 nanoparticle vaccine that elicits robust, durable, broad-spectrum neutralizing antisera in non-human primates

Nature Communications(2023)10.1038/s41467-023-37417-9

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78 citations

Mrinmoy Sanyal, Natalia Friedland, Shaogeng Tang, Prabhu S. Arunachalam, Mengyun Hu +15 more

Broadly neutralizing antibodies against sarbecoviruses generated by immunization of macaques with an AS03-adjuvanted COVID-19 vaccine

Science Translational Medicine(2023)10.1126/scitranslmed.adg7404

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63 citations

Meng Yuan, John M. Powers, Mengyun Hu, Jennifer E. Munt, Prabhu S. Arunachalam +22 more

Anti-human immunodeficiency virus-1 activity of MoMo30 protein isolated from the traditional African medicinal plant Momordica balsamina

Virology Journal(2023)10.1186/s12985-023-02010-5

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11 citations

Amad Diop, Erick Gbodossou, Peng Xiao, Morgan I. Coleman, Kenya De Barros +9 more

Cytomegalovirus Infection Facilitates the Costimulation of CD57+CD28− CD8 T Cells in HIV Infection and Atherosclerosis via the CD2–LFA-3 Axis

The Journal of Immunology(2023)10.4049/jimmunol.2300267

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9 citations

Soumya Panigrahi, Anokhi Haria, Archeesha Chakraborty, Xi Su, Bonnie Chen +18 more

IL‐21‐IgFc immunotherapy alters transcriptional landscape of lymph node cells leading to enhanced flu vaccine response in aging and SIV infection

Aging Cell(2023)10.1111/acel.13984

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4 citations

Daniel Kvistad, Tirupataiah Sirupangi, Alexander Kizhner, Rajendra Pahwa, Mark J. Cameron +8 more

Multivariate analysis of FcR-mediated NK cell functions identifies unique clustering among humans and rhesus macaques

Frontiers in Immunology(2023)10.3389/fimmu.2023.1260377

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3 citations

Rachel L. Spreng, Brady Hueber, Junsuke Nohara, Derrick Goodman, Cliburn Chan +21 more

Extremely potent pan-sarbecovirus neutralizing antibodies generated by immunization of macaques with an AS03-adjuvanted monovalent subunit vaccine against SARS-CoV-2

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.01.19.524784

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6 citations

Meng Yuan, John M. Powers, Mengyun Hu, Jennifer E. Munt, Prabhu S. Arunachalam +19 more

Germline-targeting SOSIP trimer immunization elicits precursor CD4 binding-site targeting broadly neutralizing antibodies in infant macaques

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.11.07.565306

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2 citations

Xiaoying Shen, Sravani Vekatayogi, Shiyu Zhang, Gabriel Ozorowski, Maria Dennis +36 more

TGF-β blockade drives a transitional effector phenotype in T cells reversing SIV latency and decreasing SIV reservoirs in vivo

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.09.05.556422

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1 citations

Deepanwita Bose, Mariluz Araínga, Muhammad R. Haque, Christine M. Fennessey, Rachel A Caddell +14 more

Broadly neutralizing antibodies against sarbecoviruses generated by immunization of macaques with an AS03-adjuvanted COVID-19 vaccine

UNC Libraries(2023)10.17615/qmp0-v509

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Derek T. O’Hagan, John M. Powers, Sumana Sundaramurthy, A. Moreno, Bali Pulendran +22 more

Germline-targeting HIV vaccination induces neutralizing antibodies to the CD4 binding site

Science Immunology(2024)10.1126/sciimmunol.adk9550

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40 citations

Max Medina-Ramírez, Shiyu Zhang, Sven Kratochvil, Yuejiao Xian, Ja‐Hyun Koo +42 more

Development of a novel representation of drug 3D structures and enhancement of the TSR-based method for probing drug and target interactions

Computational Biology and Chemistry(2024)10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2024.108117

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15 citations

Yuhong Wang, Ryan L. Fontenot, Poorya Khajouie, François Villinger, Vijay V. Raghavan +2 more

PLGA-Chitosan Encapsulated IL-10 Nanoparticles Modulate Chlamydia Inflammation in Mice

International Journal of Nanomedicine(2024)10.2147/ijn.s432970

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10 citations

Rajnish Sahu, Praseetha Subbarayan, François Villinger, Mamie T. Coats, Shree R. Singh +2 more

PET/CT Targeted Tissue Sampling Reveals Intravenously Administered HGN194 IgG1 Affects HIV Distribution after Rectal Exposure

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses(2024)10.1089/aid.2024.0019

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2 citations

Sixia Xiao, Ann M. Carias, Michael D. McRaven, Divya N. Thakkar, Mariluz Araínga +17 more

Epigenetic MLH1 silencing concurs with mismatch repair deficiency in sporadic, naturally occurring colorectal cancer in rhesus macaques

Journal of Translational Medicine(2024)10.1186/s12967-024-04869-6

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6 citations

Brendan J. Johnson, Karina Ray, George W. Schaaf, Declan Patrick Ryan, Cassandra Cullin +20 more

IL-15/IL-15Ra Synergies with IL-12 to Induce Functional CD8 T Cells and NK Cells During Chronic SHIV Infection

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses(2024)10.1089/aid.2024.0043

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2 citations

Chris Ibegbu, Syed Abid Ali, Hemalatha Babu, Uma Shanmugasundaram, François Villinger +3 more

SHIV-C109p5 NHP induces rapid disease progression in elderly macaques with extensive GI viral replication

Journal of Virology(2024)10.1128/jvi.01652-23

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4 citations

Nihar R. Deb Adhikary, Peng Xiao, Kenneth A. Rogers, Douglas E. Ferrell, Cecilia Cheng‐Mayer +3 more

Visualizing lipid nanoparticle trafficking for mRNA vaccine delivery in non-human primates

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2024)10.1101/2024.06.21.600088

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6 citations

Mariluz Araínga, Laura Maiorino, Ivan S. Pires, Beomjoon Kim, Katarzyna Kaczmarek Michaels +9 more

Modulation of antigen delivery and lymph node activation in non-human primates by saponin adjuvant SMNP

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2024)10.1101/2024.08.28.608716

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4 citations

Yiming J. Zhang, Laura Maiorino, Mariane B. Melo, Mariluz A. Arainga Ramirez, Sidath C. Kumarapperuma +18 more

Visualizing lipid nanoparticle trafficking for mRNA vaccine delivery in non-human primates

Molecular Therapy(2025)10.1016/j.ymthe.2025.01.008

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44 citations

Mariluz Araínga, Laura Maiorino, Ivan S. Pires, Beomjoon Kim, Katarzyna Kaczmarek Michaels +9 more

IL-21 and anti-α4β7 dual therapy during ART promotes immunological and microbiome responses in SIV-infected macaques

JCI Insight(2025)10.1172/jci.insight.184491

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5 citations

María Pino, Arpan Acharya, Julien Clain, Deepanwita Bose, Kevin Nguyen +5 more

Age‐Associated Expansion of HIV / SIV Reservoirs in People With HIV and SIV ‐Infected Macaques

Aging Cell(2025)10.1111/acel.70252

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1 citations

Debapriya Sutar, Mahesh Mohan, Varan Govind, François Villinger, Suresh Pallikkuth +2 more

Myeloid cell recruitment and activation through systemic and mucosae‐directed cytokine therapy

Immunology and Cell Biology(2025)10.1111/imcb.70061

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Rhianna Jones, Nihar R. Deb Adhikary, Kyle Kroll, Karen Terry, Harikrishnan Balachandran +5 more

Enhanced HIV immune responses elicited by an apoptotic single-cycle SHIV lentivector DNA vaccine

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology(2025)10.3389/fcimb.2025.1481427

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Kenneth A. Rogers, Lisa Shirreff, Yahia Chebloune, François Villinger, Deepanwita Bose

Pre-clinical evaluation of immunogenicity and protective efficacy of a pan-orthoebolavirus virus-like particle (VLP) vaccine 3075

The Journal of Immunology(2025)10.1093/jimmun/vkaf283.914

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Hung Lê, Bishal Marasini, Peng Xiao, François Villinger, Kyle L. O’Donnell +3 more

3M-052, a synthetic TLR-7/8 agonist, induces durable HIV-1 envelope–specific plasma cells and humoral immunity in nonhuman primates

Science Immunology(2020)10.1126/sciimmunol.abb1025

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152 citations

Mohammed Ata Ur Rasheed, Colin Havenar‐Daughton, Mathew Pham, Traci Legere, Zarpheen Jinnah Sher +25 more

Intravaginal delivery of mRNA-encoded antibodies with enhanced breadth and potency for SHIV/HIV protection

Nature Communications(2025)10.1038/s41467-025-65456-x

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Peng Xiao, Susan P. John, Daryll Vanover, Hannah E. Peck, Loren E. Sasser +7 more

CX3CL1 and IL-15 Promote CD8 T cell chemoattraction in HIV and in atherosclerosis

PLoS Pathogens(2020)10.1371/journal.ppat.1008885

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33 citations

Bonnie Chen, Mike Fang, Daria M. Potashnikova, Alexey A. Komissarov, Аnna Lebedeva +18 more

Safety and Immunological Evaluation of Interleukin-21 Plus Anti-α4β7 mAb Combination Therapy in Rhesus Macaques

Frontiers in Immunology(2020)10.3389/fimmu.2020.01275

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6 citations

Srijayaprakash Uppada, Kabita Pandey, Colin T. King, Kevin Nguyen, In‐Bo Shim +5 more

Protective Immune Responses Elicited by Deglycosylated Live-Attenuated Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Vaccine Are Associated with IL-15 Effector Functions

The Journal of Immunology(2020)10.4049/jimmunol.1901431

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5 citations

Masayuki Fujino, Yohei Saito, Nursarat Ahmed, Hirotaka Sato, Chie Sugimoto +9 more