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Valerie K. Rezek

University of California, Los AngelesORCID 0000-0002-2336-7599Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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

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A Novel Glia-immune humanized mouse model for investigation of HIV CNS infection and neuroinflammation.

Shallu Tomer, Lin Pan, Jeffrey S. Harding, Valerie K. Rezek, Mitchell C. Krawczyk, Ethan Cook, Nandita Kedia, Li Wang, Jonathan Le, Christopher Platt, Heather A. Martin, Erik Gramajo, Xiang Li, Yewen Zhang, Ariel S. Peng, , Anjie Zhen

This paper develops a humanized mouse model with human glia and immune cells to study HIV CNS infection and neuroinflammation, showing HIV replication and synapse loss in the brain.

bioRxiv · Mar 5, 2025 · PreprintImmunology

Rapamycin Enhances CAR-T Control of HIV Replication and Reservoir Elimination in vivo.

Wenli Mu, Shallu Tomer, Jeffrey S. Harding, Nandita Kedia, Valerie K. Rezek, Ethan Cook, Vaibahavi Patankar, Mayra A. Carrillo, Heather A. Martin, Hwee L. Ng, Li Wang, Matthew D. Marsden, Scott G. Kitchen, Anjie Zhen

This study shows that rapamycin enhances CAR-T cell function and reduces HIV viral rebound and reservoir in HIV-infected humanized mice.

Journal of Clinical Investigation · Feb 11, 2025Peer-reviewedImmunology