Machaela Palor

This study identifies neutrophil myeloperoxidase (MPO) as a biomarker for RSV severity and demonstrates its utility as a functional readout for evaluating antiviral therapies in an in vitro model.

This study identifies HVR-1 as an autoinhibitory region in HCV E1E2 that suppresses viral entry through conformational entropy, which is released upon receptor binding to enhance entry but reduce antibody resistance.

This study investigates how CD81 senses cholesterol and how this affects its function as a hepatitis C virus receptor, finding that cholesterol binding regulates CD81's conformation and receptor activity.