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Debra K. Duso

Trudeau Institute

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1

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Mouse Models Uniformly Featuring Human-like Lesions Harboring Drug-tolerant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Gaëlle Guiewi Makafe, Timothy C. Low-Beer, Kelsey L. Travis, Laura Cole, Derek T. Bernacki, Debra K. Duso, Matthew Cole, Larry Kummer, Alan Roberts, Tricia Hart, Kathryn Roemer, William W. Reiley, Mike Tighe, Brian C. Weinrick

The paper develops two mouse models that consistently produce human-like hypoxic necrotic lesions with drug-tolerant Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

bioRxiv · Oct 17, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology

Characterization of Collaborative Cross mouse founder strain CAST/EiJ as a novel model for lethal COVID-19

Candice N. Baker, Debra K. Duso, Naga Rama Kothapalli, Tricia Hart, Sean Casey, Tres S. Cookenham, Larry W. Kummer, Janine Hvizdos, Kathleen G. Lanzer, Purva Vats, Priya Shanbhag, Isaac Bell, Mike Tighe, Kelsey L. Travis, Frank M. Szaba, , Nadia A Rosenthal

The paper characterizes the CAST/EiJ mouse strain as a model for severe COVID-19 by showing it develops high viral burdens, severe lung pathology, and cytokine dysregulation leading to mortality.

Scientific Reports · Oct 24, 2024Peer-reviewedImmunology