The initial interplay between HIV and mucosal innate immunity

V Caputo, M Libera, S Sisti, B Giuliani… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is still one of the major global health issues, and
despite significant efforts that have been put into studying the pathogenesis of HIV infection …

Advances in the oral microbiota and rapid detection of oral infectious diseases

X Xiao, S Liu, H Deng, Y Song, L Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Several studies have shown that the dysregulation of the oral microbiota plays a crucial role
in human health conditions, such as dental caries, periodontal disease, oral cancer, other …

Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 isolates, namely the Wuhan strain, Delta variant, and Omicron variant, identifies differential immune profiles

S Shahbaz, N Bozorgmehr, J Lu, M Osman… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
There is an urgent need to better understand the impact of different severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants on immune response and disease …

Galectin-9 promotes natural killer cells activity via interaction with CD44

A Rahmati, S Bigam, S Elahi - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Natural killer (NK) cells are a potent innate source of cytokines and cytoplasmic granules.
Their effector functions are tightly synchronized by the balance between the stimulatory and …

Hematopoietic responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection

S Elahi - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2022 - Springer
Under physiological conditions, hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) in the
bone marrow niches are responsible for the highly regulated and interconnected …

Elevated ATP via enhanced miRNA-30b, 30c, and 30e downregulates the expression of CD73 in CD8+ T cells of HIV-infected individuals

S Shahbaz, I Okoye, G Blevins, S Elahi - PLoS Pathogens, 2022 - journals.plos.org
CD8+ T cells play a crucial role against chronic viral infections, however, their effector
functions are influenced by the expression of co-stimulatory/inhibitory receptors. For …

Exploring the role of galectin-9 and artemin as biomarkers in long COVID with chronic fatigue syndrome: links to inflammation and cognitive function

S Elahi, M Rezaeifar, M Osman, S Shahbaz - Frontiers in Immunology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
This study aimed to assess plasma galectin-9 (Gal-9) and artemin (ARTN) concentrations as
potential biomarkers to differentiate individuals with Long COVID (LC) patients with myalgic …

Microbiome analysis in individuals with human papillomavirus oral infection

DI Escobar Marcillo, GF Privitera, F Rollo, A Latini… - Scientific Reports, 2025 - nature.com
Microbiome gained attention as a cofactor in cancers originating from epithelial tissues. High-
risk (hr) HPV infection causes oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma but only in a fraction …

Bipotential B-neutrophil progenitors are present in human and mouse bone marrow and emerge in the periphery upon stress hematopoiesis

S Shahbaz, EP Rosero, H Syed, M Hnatiuk… - Mbio, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Hematopoiesis is a tightly regulated process that gets skewed toward myelopoiesis. This
restrains lymphopoiesis, but the role of lymphocytes in this process is not well defined. To …

[HTML][HTML] Diverse immunological dysregulation, chronic inflammation, and impaired erythropoiesis in long COVID patients with chronic fatigue syndrome

S Saito, S Shahbaz, M Osman, D Redmond… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
A substantial number of patients recovering from acute SARS-CoV-2 infection present
serious lingering symptoms, often referred to as long COVID (LC). However, a subset of …