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Vimali J, Yong YK, Murugesan A, Govindaraj S, Raju S, Balakrishnan P, Larsson M, Velu V, Shankar EM. Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Human Pegivirus Coinfected Individuals Display Functional Mucosal-Associated Invariant T Cells and Follicular T Cells Irrespective of PD-1 Expression. Viral Immunol. 2024 Jun;37(5):240-250. doi: 10.1089/vim.2024.0007. Epub 2024 May 29. PMID: 38808464.
Saravanan S, Shankar EM, Vignesh R, Ganesh PS, Sankar S, Velu V, Smith DM, Balakrishnan P, Viswanathan D, Govindasamy R, Venkateswaran AR. Occult hepatitis B virus infection and current perspectives on global WHO 2030 eradication. J Viral Hepat. 2024 Jul;31(7):423-431. doi: 10.1111/jvh.13928. Epub 2024 Apr 5. PMID: 38578122.
Vimali J, Yong YK, Murugesan A, Tan HY, Zhang Y, Ashwin R, Raju S, Balakrishnan P, Larsson M, Velu V, Shankar EM. Chronic Viral Infection Compromises the Quality of Circulating Mucosal-Associated Invariant T Cells and Follicular T Helper Cells via Expression of Inhibitory Receptors. Front Biosci (Landmark Ed). 2024 Mar 22;29(3):128. doi: 10.31083/j.fbl2903128. PMID: 38538288.
Selvavinayagam ST, Karishma SJ, Hemashree K, Yong YK, Suvaithenamudhan S, Rajeshkumar M, Aswathy B, Kalaivani V, Priyanka J, Kumaresan A, Kannan M, Gopalan N, Chandramathi S, Vignesh R, Murugesan A, Anshad AR, Ganesh B, Joseph N, Babu H, Govindaraj S, Larsson M, Kandasamy SL, Palani S, Singh K, Byrareddy SN, Velu V, Shankar EM, Raju S. Clinical characteristics and novel mutations of omicron subvariant XBB in Tamil Nadu, India - a cohort study. Lancet Reg Health Southeast Asia. 2023 Sep 4;19:100272. doi: 10.1016/j.lansea.2023.100272. PMID: 38076717; PMCID: PMC10709680.
Balakrishnan P, Saravanan S, Vignesh R, Shankar EM. Recent advances in HIV diagnostics: Point-of-care CD4 + T-cell count & viral load assays. Indian J Med Res. 2023 Nov 1;158(5&6):447-450. doi: 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_1616_23. Epub 2024 Jan 24. PMID: 38063301; PMCID: PMC10878476.
Selvavinayagam ST, Aswathy B, Yong YK, Frederick A, Murali L, Kalaivani V, Karishma SJ, Rajeshkumar M, Anusree A, Kannan M, Gopalan N, Vignesh R, Murugesan A, Tan HY, Zhang Y, Chandramathi S, Sivasankaran MP, Balakrishnan P, Govindaraj S, Byrareddy SN, Velu V, Larsson M, Shankar EM, Raju S. Plasma CXCL8 and MCP-1 as surrogate plasma biomarkers of latent tuberculosis infection among household contacts-A cross-sectional study. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023 Nov 22;3(11):e0002327. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002327. PMID: 37992019; PMCID: PMC10664947.
Chaubey I, Vijay H, Govindaraj S, Babu H, Cheedarla N, Shankar EM, Vignesh R, Velu V. Impact of COVID-19 Vaccination on Pregnant Women. Pathogens. 2023 Mar 9;12(3):431. doi: 10.3390/pathogens12030431. PMID: 36986353; PMCID: PMC10056326.
Vignesh R, Balakrishnan P, Tan HY, Yong YK, Velu V, Larsson M, Shankar EM. Tuberculosis-Associated Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome-An Extempore Game of Misfiring with Defense Arsenals. Pathogens. 2023 Jan 29;12(2):210. doi: 10.3390/pathogens12020210. PMID: 36839482; PMCID: PMC9964757.
Sankar S, Ganesh PS, Subramaniam S, Shankar EM, Yuwanati M, Govindasamy R, Thiruvengadam M. Host cell responses against the pseudomonal biofilm: A continued tale of host-pathogen interactions. Microb Pathog. 2023 Jan;174:105940. doi: 10.1016/j.micpath.2022.105940. Epub 2022 Dec 10. PMID: 36513294.
Vimali J, Yong YK, Murugesan A, Vishnupriya K, Ashwin R, Daniel EA, Balakrishnan P, Raju S, Rosmawati M, Velu V, Larsson M, Shankar EM. Plasma interleukin-7 correlation with human immunodeficiency virus RNA and CD4+ T cell counts, and interleukin-5 with circulating hepatitis B virus DNA may have implications in viral control. Front Med (Lausanne). 2022 Nov 3;9:1019230. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.1019230. PMID: 36405584; PMCID: PMC9668853.
Vimali J, Yong YK, Murugesan A, Ashwin R, Balakrishnan P, Raju S, Velu V, Larsson M, Shankar EM. Surrogate Biomarkers of Disease Progression in Human Pegivirus Seropositive Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Individuals. Viral Immunol. 2023 Jan;36(1):55-62. doi: 10.1089/vim.2022.0144. Epub 2022 Nov 10. PMID: 36355180; PMCID: PMC10024059.
Selvavinayagam ST, Yong YK, Joseph N, Hemashree K, Tan HY, Zhang Y, Rajeshkumar M, Kumaresan A, Kalpana R, Kalaivani V, Monika AVD, Suvaithenamudhan S, Kannan M, Murugesan A, Narayanasamy K, Palani S, Larsson M, Shankar EM, Raju S. Low SARS-CoV-2 viral load among vaccinated individuals infected with Delta B.1.617.2 and Omicron BA.1.1.529 but not with Omicron BA.1.1 and BA.2 variants. Front Public Health. 2022 Sep 20;10:1018399. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1018399. PMID: 36211690; PMCID: PMC9540788.
Suvaithenamudhan S, Ananth S, Mariappan V, Dhayabaran VV, Parthasarathy S, Ganesh PS, Shankar EM. In Silico Evaluation of Bioactive Compounds of Artemisia pallens Targeting the Efflux Protein of Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (LAC-4 Strain). Molecules. 2022 Aug 15;27(16):5188. doi: 10.3390/molecules27165188. PMID: 36014428; PMCID: PMC9414700.
Yong YK, Wong WF, Vignesh R, Chattopadhyay I, Velu V, Tan HY, Zhang Y, Larsson M, Shankar EM. Dengue Infection - Recent Advances in Disease Pathogenesis in the Era of COVID-19. Front Immunol. 2022 Jul 6;13:889196. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.889196. PMID: 35874775; PMCID: PMC9299105.
Raju MK, Vivian Thangaraj JW, Selvavinayagam TS, Somasundaram A, Parthipan K, Sivadoss R, Sabarinathan R, Subramaniam S, A Rozario AG, Rani SD, Suganya E, Murhekar MV. Clinical profile of patients infected with suspected SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant of concern, Tamil Nadu, India, December 2021-January 2022. Indian J Med Res. 2022 Jan;155(1):165-170. doi: 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_312_22. PMID: 35417991; PMCID: PMC9552397.
Selvavinayagam ST, Yong YK, Tan HY, Zhang Y, Subramanian G, Rajeshkumar M, Vasudevan K, Jayapal P, Narayanasamy K, Ramesh D, Palani S, Larsson M, Shankar EM, Raju S. Factors Associated With the Decay of Anti-SARS-CoV-2 S1 IgG Antibodies Among Recipients of an Adenoviral Vector-Based AZD1222 and a Whole-Virion Inactivated BBV152 Vaccine. Front Med (Lausanne). 2022 Jun 13;9:887974. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.887974. PMID: 35770011; PMCID: PMC9235407.
Tan HY, Yong YK, Xue YC, Liu H, Furihata T, Shankar EM, Ng CS. cGAS and DDX41-STING mediated intrinsic immunity spreads intercellularly to promote neuroinflammation in SOD1 ALS model. iScience. 2022 May 13;25(6):104404. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104404. PMID: 35712074; PMCID: PMC9194172.