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U. J. Okaa

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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B. S. Klein· 1 shared C. Ledesma Taira· 1 shared D. D. Thomson· 1 shared D. L. Moyes· 1 shared E. Bignell· 1 shared H. E. Dobson· 1 shared J. R. Naglik· 1 shared M. Bertuzzi· 1 shared

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B. S. Klein

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Aspergillus fumigatus drives tissue damage via iterative assaults upon mucosal integrity and immune homeostasis

U. J. Okaa, M. Bertuzzi, R. Fortune-Grant, D. D. Thomson, D. L. Moyes, J. R. Naglik, E. Bignell

This paper investigates how Aspergillus fumigatus causes lung damage by analyzing host responses to different fungal morphotypes and secreted products in cultured cells and a mouse model.

bioRxiv · Nov 9, 2021Microbiology

Combination adjuvants enhance recombinant protein vaccine protection against fungal infection

M. Wuethrich, H. E. Dobson, C. Ledesma Taira, U. J. Okaa, N. Petrovsky, B. S. Klein

This study shows that combining adjuvants with a fungal recombinant protein vaccine enhances protection against Blastomyces dermatitidis infection by inducing specific T cell responses.

bioRxiv · Mar 11, 2021Immunology