Montserrat Puig

Previously infected and recovered chimpanzees exhibit rapid responses that control hepatitis C virus replication upon rechallenge.

Sensitivity and reproducibility of HCV quantitation in chimpanzee sera using TaqMan real-time PCR assay.

Immunization of chimpanzees with an envelope protein-based vaccine enhances specific humoral and cellular immune responses that delay hepatitis C virus infection.

Hepatitis C virus kinetics and host responses associated with disease and outcome of infection in chimpanzees.

Long-term persistence of infection in chimpanzees inoculated with an infectious hepatitis C virus clone is associated with a decrease in the viral amino acid substitution rate and low levels of heterogeneity.

New antiviral pathway that mediates hepatitis C virus replicon interferon sensitivity through ADAR1.

CpG oligodeoxynucleotides protect newborn mice from a lethal challenge with the neurotropic Tacaribe arenavirus.

CD4+ immune escape and subsequent T-cell failure following chimpanzee immunization against hepatitis C virus.

Use of thermolytic protective groups to prevent G-tetrad formation in CpG ODN type D: structural studies and immunomodulatory activity in primates.

Evidence for a functional RNA element in the hepatitis C virus core gene.

Synthetic CpG oligodeoxynucleotides augment BAFF- and APRIL-mediated immunoglobulin secretion.

The IP10 (CXCL10) specific cDNA probe of the mCK-5c multiprobe RNase protection assay kit carries two nucleotide insertions that complicate the interpretation of results.

Immunotherapy with CpG oligonucleotides and antibodies to TNF-alpha rescues neonatal mice from lethal arenavirus-induced meningoencephalitis.

Inhibition of Taq polymerase as a method for screening heparin for oversulfated contaminants.

TLRs as therapeutic targets in CNS inflammation and infection.

High-throughput real-time PCR for early detection and quantitation of arenavirus Tacaribe.

Persistent growth of a human plasma-derived hepatitis C virus genotype 1b isolate in cell culture.

TLR9 and TLR7 agonists mediate distinct type I IFN responses in humans and nonhuman primates in vitro and in vivo.

Expression profiles of human interferon-alpha and interferon-lambda subtypes are ligand- and cell-dependent.

Regulatory T cells in γ irradiation-induced immune suppression.

High-throughput quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction array for absolute and relative quantification of rhesus macaque types I, II, and III interferon and their subtypes.

Defining the role of the nurse in population-based cancer screening programs.