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Brian Hetrick

George Mason UniversityORCID 0000-0001-6394-8593Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 4 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 4 Organism:human· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Organism:chicken / avian· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Approach:genetic perturbation / CRISPR· 1 Organism:non-human primate· 1

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Yuntao WuiD· 4 shared Yang HaniD· 2 shared Amrita Haikerwal· 1 shared Anthony GriffithsiD· 1 shared Christopher LockhartiD· 1 shared Dan WangiD· 1 shared David G. RusselliD· 1 shared David W. GludishiD· 1 shared

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintMar 4, 2026

Development of hybrid alphavirus-influenza A, B, and D pseudovirions for rapid quantification of neutralization antibodies and antiviral drugs

Brian Hetrick, Dongyang Yu, Eric Mazur…·Yuntao Wu

This paper develops hybrid alphavirus-influenza pseudovirions for rapid neutralization antibody and antiviral drug testing, showing consistency with traditional assays.

DOI 10.64898/2026.03.03.709407

chicken / avianproteomics

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MicrobiologyRetrovirologyPeer-reviewedFeb 11, 2026

Versatile HIV Rev-dependent reporter cell system for stringent and sensitive quantification of viral reservoirs, neutralizing antibodies, and restriction factors

Mark Spear, Joseph Choi, Brian Hetrick…·David W. Gludish

DOI 10.1186/s12977-026-00675-8

humanexperimental assay

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ImmunologybioRxivPreprintMar 15, 2025

CD34 serves as an intrinsic innate immune guardrail protecting stem cells from replicating retroviruses

Sijia He, Amrita Haikerwal, Sameer Tiwari…·Yuntao Wu

The paper identifies CD34 as an intrinsic innate immune factor that restricts retrovirus replication in stem cells by inactivating progeny virions.

DOI 10.1101/2025.03.15.643450

humanexperimental assay

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintFeb 17, 2025

Development of a novel hybrid alphavirus-Nipah virus pseudovirion for rapid quantification of neutralization antibodies

Brian Hetrick, Sravya Sowdamini Nakka, Dongyang Yu…·Yuntao Wu

This study develops a hybrid pseudovirion for rapid nAB quantification against Nipah virus, showing good correlation with PRNT in BSL-2 conditions.

DOI 10.1101/2025.02.17.638738

non-human primateexperimental assay

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