Latest publications: February 2022

Congratulations to members of the Department who have recently had their research findings published. Here’s our round-up of the latest publication successes.


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Title Canonical journal title Publication type Authors OR Authors/Contributors Publication date
Airway mucins promote immunopathology in virus-exacerbated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease The Journal of Clinical Investigation Journal Article Singanayagam A, Footitt J, Marczynski M, Radicioni G, Cross MT, Finney LJ, Trujillo-Torralbo MB, Calderazzo MA, Zhu J, Aniscenko J, Clarke TB, Molyneaux PL, Bartlett NW, Moffatt MF, Cookson WO, Wedzicha JA, Evans CM, Boucher RC, Kesimer M, Lieleg O, Mallia P, Johnston SL 03/03/2022
Antiviral metabolite 3′-Deoxy-3′,4′-didehydro-cytidine is detectable in serum and identifies acute viral infections including COVID-19. Med (N Y) Journal Article Mehta R, Chekmeneva E, Jackson H, Sands C, Mills E, Arancon D, Li HK, Arkell P, Rawson TM, Hammond R, Amran M, Haber A, Cooke G, Noursadeghi M, Kaforou M, Lewis MR, Takats Z, Sriskandan S 31/01/2022
Histone acetylome-wide associations in immune cells from individuals with active Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection Nature Microbiology Article, Journal del Rosario RCH, Poschmann J, Lim C, Cheng CY, Kumar P, Riou C, Ong ST, Gerges S, Hajan HS, Kumar D, Marzuki M, Lu X, Lee A, Wijaya GC, Rayan NA, Zhuang Z, Du Bruyn E, Chee CBE, Lee B, Lum J, Zolezzi F, Poidinger M, Rotzschke O, Khor CC, Wilkinson RJ, Wang YT, Chandy GK, De Libero G, Singhal A, Prabhakar S 31/01/2022
T cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 spike cross-recognize Omicron. Nature Journal Article Keeton R, Tincho MB, Ngomti A, Baguma R, Benede N, Suzuki A, Khan K, Cele S, Bernstein M, Karim F, Madzorera SV, Moyo-Gwete T, Mennen M, Skelem S, Adriaanse M, Mutithu D, Aremu O, Stek C, du Bruyn E, Van Der Mescht MA, de Beer Z, de Villiers TR, Bodenstein A, van den Berg G, Mendes A, Strydom A, Venter M, Giandhari J, Naidoo Y, Pillay S, Tegally H, Grifoni A, Weiskopf D, Sette A, Wilkinson RJ, de Oliveira T, Bekker L-G, Gray G, Ueckermann V, Rossouw T, Boswell MT, Bihman J, Moore PL, Sigal A, Ntusi NAB, Burgers WA, Riou C 31/01/2022
UK standards for microbiology investigations of ear infection (SMI B1) are inadequate for the recovery of fungal pathogens and laboratory diagnosis of otomycosis: A real-life prospective evaluation Mycoses: diagnosis, therapy and prophylaxis of fungal diseases Article, Early Access, Journal Rawson TM, Fatania N, Abdolrasouli A 31/01/2022
Multiplexed immunosensors for point-of-care diagnostic applications. Biosensors and Bioelectronics Journal Article Gil Rosa B, Akingbade OE, Guo X, Gonzalez-Macia L, Crone MA, Cameron LP, Freemont P, Choy K-L, Güder F, Yeatman E, Sharp DJ, Li B 29/01/2022
‘Bouncing Back’ from subclinical malaria: inflammation and erythrocytosis after resolution of P. falciparum infection in Gambian children Frontiers in Immunology Article Mooney JP, DonVito SM, Jahateh M, Bittaye H, Keith M, Galloway LJ, Ndow M, Cunnington AJ, D’Alessandro U, Bottomley C, Riley EM 28/01/2022
Development of a sensitive, quantitative assay with broad subtype specificity for detection of total HIV-1 nucleic acids in plasma and PBMC Scientific Reports Article, Journal Kibirige CN, Manak M, King D, Abel B, Hack H, Wooding D, Liu Y, Fernandez N, Dalel J, Kaye S, Imami N, Jagodzinski L, Gilmour J 28/01/2022
Variability in detection of SARS-CoV-2-specific antibody responses following mild infection: a prospective multicentre cross-sectional study, London, United Kingdom, 17 April to 17 July 2020 Eurosurveillance Article, Journal Pallett SJ, Jones R, Abdulaal A, Pallett MA, Rayment M, Patel A, Denny SJ, Mughal N, Khan M, de Oliveira CR, Pantelidis P, Randell P, Toumazou C, O’Shea MK, Tedder R, McClure MO, Davies GW, Moore LSP 27/01/2022
Ex vivo evaluation of mucosal responses to vaccination with ALVAC and  AIDSVAX of non-human primates Vaccines Article Herrera C, Veazey R, Lemke MM, Arnold K, Kim JH, Shattock RJ 25/01/2022
SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccine effectiveness in England (REACT-1): a series of cross-sectional random community surveys. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine Journal Article Chadeau-Hyam M, Wang H, Eales O, Haw D, Bodinier B, Whitaker M, Walters CE, Ainslie KEC, Atchison C, Fronterre C, Diggle PJ, Page AJ, Trotter AJ, Ashby D, Barclay W, Taylor G, Cooke G, Ward H, Darzi A, Riley S, Donnelly CA, Elliott P, COVID-19 Genomics UK consortium 24/01/2022
Long-term persistence of natural anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and mild impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection in CML patients: results from a seroprevalence study Leukemia and Lymphoma Letter, Early Access, Journal Claudiani S, Parker EL, Milojkovic D, Rosadas C, Khan A, Katsanovskaja K, Marchesin F, Khan M, Tedder RS, Innes AJ, McClure MO, Apperley JF 23/01/2022
Detection and quantification of antibody to SARS CoV 2 receptor binding domain provides enhanced sensitivity, specificity and utility. Journal of Virological Methods Journal Article Rosadas C, Khan M, Parker E, Marchesin F, Katsanovskaja K, Sureda-Vives M, Fernandez N, Randell P, Harvey R, Lilley A, Harris BHL, Zuhair M, Fertleman M, Ijaz S, Dicks S, Short C-E, Quinlan R, Taylor GP, Hu K, McKay P, Rosa A, Roustan C, Zuckerman M, El Bouzidi K, Cooke G, Flower B, Moshe M, Elliott P, Spencer AJ, Lambe T, Gilbert SC, Kingston H, Baillie JK, Openshaw PJM, Semple MG, Cherepanov P, McClure MO, Tedder RS, ISARIC4C Investigators 22/01/2022
Dispatcher-assisted CPR for cardiac arrest in children – Conventional versus compression-only CPR. Resuscitation Editorial Maconochie I, Thompson N 22/01/2022
Pandemic preparedness: synthetic biology and publicly funded biofoundries can rapidly accelerate response time COMMENT Nature Communications Editorial Material, Editorial material, Journal Vickers CE, Freemont PS 21/01/2022
Immunological factors, but not clinical features, predict visceral leishmaniasis relapse in patients co-infected with HIV CELL REPORTS MEDICINE Article, Journal Takele Y, Mulaw T, Adem E, Shaw CJ, Franssen SU, Womersley R, Kaforou M, Taylor GP, Levin M, Muller I, Cotton JA, Kropf P 18/01/2022
Clonality of HIV-1-and HTLV-1-Infected Cells in Naturally Coinfected Individuals Journal of Infectious Diseases Article, Journal Katsuya H, Cook LBM, Rowan AG, Melamed A, Turpin J, Ito J, Islam S, Miyazato P, Tan BJY, Matsuo M, Miyakawa T, Nakata H, Matsushita S, Taylor GP, Bangham CRM, Kimura S, Satou Y 15/01/2022
Heterologous infection and vaccination shapes immunity against SARS-CoV-2 variants Science Article, Journal Reynolds CJ, Gibbons JM, Pade C, Lin K-M, Sandoval DM, Pieper F, Butler DK, Liu S, Otter AD, Joy G, Menacho K, Fontana M, Smit A, Kele B, Cutino-Moguel T, Maini MK, Noursadeghi M, Brooks T, Semper A, Manisty C, Treibel TA, Moon JC, McKnight A, Altmann DM, Boyton RJ 14/01/2022
Innovative vaccine approaches-a Keystone Symposia report Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Article, Early Access, Journal Cable J, Rappuoli R, Klemm EJ, Kang G, Mutreja A, Wright GJ, Pizza M, Castro SA, Hoffmann JP, Alter G, Carfi A, Pollard AJ, Krammer F, Gupta RK, Wagner CE, Machado V, Modjarrad K, Corey L, Gilbert PB, Dougan G, Lurie N, Bjorkman PJ, Chiu C, Nemes E, Gordon SB, Steer AC, Rudel T, Blish CA, Sandberg JT, Brennan K, Klugman KP, Stuart LM, Madhi SA, Karp CL 14/01/2022
Modelling upper respiratory viral load dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 BMC Medicine Article, Journal Challenger JD, Foo CY, Wu Y, Yan AWC, Marjaneh MM, Liew F, Thwaites RS, Okell LC, Cunnington AJ 13/01/2022