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Donald N. Forthal

University of California, IrvineORCID 0000-0001-6687-6775Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Immunology· 2 Microbiology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 3 Organism:mouse· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Delia F. TifreaiD· 2 shared Johannes S. GachiD· 2 shared Afshana QuadiriiD· 1 shared Alan G. BarbouriD· 1 shared Aminah A. Rangwala· 1 shared Ana MiloviciD· 1 shared Anthony B. Nesburn· 1 shared Assia El Babsiri· 1 shared

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2024-2026 · peak 2/yr

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10 top collaborators · 21 mutual co-author links

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ImmunologyPLoS PathogensPeer-reviewedOct 29, 2026

Phagocytosis of SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid- and RNA-Containing Immune Complexes Drives Inflammatory Cytokine Production and Endothelial Dysfunction

Johannes S. Gach, Daniel Kim, Khoa Vu…·Donald N. Forthal

This study investigates how SARS-CoV-2 RNA and nucleocapsid-containing immune complexes drive inflammation and endothelial dysfunction through Fcγ receptor and TLR-8 pathways.

DOI 10.1371/journal.ppat.1014664

humanproteomics

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintMay 3, 2026

SARS-CoV-2 virus infection of Peromyscus leucopus demonstrates that infection tolerance is not limited to agents for which deermice are reservoirs

Ana Milovic, Johannes S. Gach, Ioulia Chatzistamou…·Alan G. Barbour

This study infects deermice with SARS-CoV-2 to show infection tolerance extends to novel pathogens, with limited inflammation and effective immune control.

DOI 10.64898/2026.03.13.711660

mousebulk RNA-seq

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ImmunologybioRxivPreprintFeb 14, 2024

A Broad-Spectrum Multi-Antigen mRNA/LNP-Based Pan-Coronavirus Vaccine Induced Potent Cross-Protective Immunity Against Infection and Disease Caused by Highly Pathogenic and Heavily Spike-Mutated SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern in the Syrian Hamster Model

Swayam Prakash, Nisha Rajeswari Dhanushkodi, Mahmoud Singer…·Lbachir BenMohamed

This paper develops a multi-antigen mRNA/LNP-based pan-CoV vaccine that provides cross-protective immunity against multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants in a hamster model.

10 citations

mouseexperimental assay

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