Publications

de Menezes EGMarques, Liu JS, Bowler SA, Giron LB, D'Antoni ML, Shikuma CM, Abdel-Mohsen M, Ndhlovu LC, Norris PJ. Circulating brain-derived extracellular vesicles expressing neuroinflammatory markers are associated with HIV-related neurocognitive impairment. Front Immunol. 2022;13:1033712.

Esemu LF, Awanakam H, Nanfa D, Besong M, Tsayem I, Nkenfou CNguefeu, Bigoga J, Leke R, Eugene S, Ndhlovu LC, Loni GEkali. Expression profiles of miR3181 and miR199a in plasma and placenta of virally suppressed HIV-1 infected Cameroonian pregnant women at delivery. PLoS One. 2022;17(5):e0268820.

Yeung ST, Premeaux TA, Du L, Niki T, Pillai SK, Khanna KM, Ndhlovu LC. Galectin-9 protects humanized-ACE2 immunocompetent mice from SARS-CoV-2 infection. Front Immunol. 2022;13:1011185.

Farhadian SF, Lindenbaum O, Zhao J, Corley MJ, Im Y, Walsh H, Vecchio A, Garcia-Milian R, Chiarella J, Chintanaphol M, Calvi R, Wang G, Ndhlovu LC, Yoon J, Trotta D, Ma S, Kluger Y, Spudich S. HIV viral transcription and immune perturbations in the CNS of people with HIV despite ART. JCI Insight. 2022;7(13).

Pang APS, Higgins-Chen AT, Comite F, Raica I, Arboleda C, Went H, Mendez T, Schotsaert M, Dwaraka V, Smith R, Levine ME, Ndhlovu LC, Corley MJ. Longitudinal Study of DNA Methylation and Epigenetic Clocks Prior to and Following Test-Confirmed COVID-19 and mRNA Vaccination. Front Genet. 2022;13:819749.

Kong W, Montano M, Corley MJ, Helmy E, Kobayashi H, Kinisu M, Suryawanshi R, Luo X, Royer LA, Roan NR, Ott M, Ndhlovu LC, Greene WC. Neuropilin-1 Mediates SARS-CoV-2 Infection of Astrocytes in Brain Organoids, Inducing Inflammation Leading to Dysfunction and Death of Neurons. mBio. 2022;:e0230822.

de Menezes EGMarques, Deng X, Liu J, Bowler SA, Shikuma CM, Stone M, Hunt PW, Ndhlovu LC, Norris PJ. Plasma CD16+ Extracellular Vesicles Associate with Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness in HIV+ Adults on Combination Antiretroviral Therapy. mBio. 2022;13(3):e0300521.

Bolzenius J, Sacdalan C, Ndhlovu LC, Sailasuta N, Trautmann L, Tipsuk S, Crowell TA, Suttichom D, Colby DJ, Phanuphak N, Chan P, Premeaux T, Kroon E, Vasan S, Hsu DC, Valcour V, Ananworanich J, Robb ML, Ake JA, Pohl KM, Sriplienchan S, Spudich S, Paul R. Brain volumetrics differ by Fiebig stage in acute HIV infection. AIDS. 2023;37(6):861-869.

Johnston CD, de Menezes EGMarques, Bowler S, Siegler EL, Friday C, Norris PJ, Rice MC, Choi ME, Glesby MJ, Ndhlovu LC. Correction to: Plasma extracellular vesicles and cell-free mitochondrial DNA are associated with cognitive dysfunction in treated older adults with HIV. J Neurovirol. 2023;.

Premeaux TA, Ndhlovu LC. Decrypting biological hallmarks of aging in people with HIV. Curr Opin HIV AIDS. 2023;18(5):237-245.

Premeaux TA, Yeung ST, Pillai SK, Ndhlovu LC. Elevated Galectin-9 across the human brain correlates with HIV neuropathology and detrimental cognitive states. J Neurovirol. 2023;.

Lyons DE, Kumar P, Roan NR, Defechereux PA, Feschotte C, Lange UC, Murthy N, Sameshima P, Verdin E, Ake JA, Parsons MS, Nath A, Gianella S, Smith DM, Kallas EG, Villa TJ, Strange R, Mwesigwa B, O'Brien RLFurler, Nixon DF, Ndhlovu LC, Valente ST, Ott M. HIV-1 Remission: Accelerating the Path to Permanent HIV-1 Silencing. Viruses. 2023;15(11).

Larson EC, Ellis AL, Rodgers MA, Gubernat AK, Gleim JL, Moriarty RV, Balgeman AJ, Menezes YK, Ameel CL, Fillmore DJ, Pergalske SM, Juno JA, Maiello P, White AG, H Borish J, Godfrey DI, Kent SJ, Ndhlovu LC, O'Connor SL, Scanga CA. Host Immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection Is Similar in Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV)-Infected, Antiretroviral Therapy-Treated and SIV-Naïve Juvenile Macaques. Infect Immun. 2023;:e0055822.

Du L, Bouzidi MS, Gala A, Deiter F, Billaud J-N, Yeung ST, Dabral P, Jin J, Simmons G, Dossani ZY, Niki T, Ndhlovu LC, Greenland JR, Pillai SK. Human galectin-9 potently enhances SARS-CoV-2 replication and inflammation in airway epithelial cells. J Mol Cell Biol. 2023;15(4).

Shikuma CM, Wojna V, De Gruttola V, Siriwardhana C, Souza SA, Rodriguez-Benitez RJ, Turner EH, Kallianpur K, Bolzenius J, Chow D, Matos M, Shiramizu B, Clements DM, Premeaux TA, Ndhlovu LC, Paul R. Impact of antiretroviral therapy intensification with C-C motif chemokine receptor 5 antagonist maraviroc on HIV-associated neurocognitive impairment. AIDS. 2023;37(13):1987-1995.

Promsote W, Chumpolkulwong K, Musich T, Corley MJ, Ndhlovu LC, Sopanaporn J, Inthawong D, Nadee P, Silsorn D, Sirisrisopa S, Wongsawanonkul S, Parsons MS, Cowden J, Imerbsin R, Lugo-Roman L, Vasan S, Hsu DC. Impact of sleep deprivation on neurocognition and inflammation in rhesus macaques. Brain Behav Immun Health. 2023;33:100683.

Moar P, Premeaux TA, Atkins A, Ndhlovu LC. The latent HIV reservoir: current advances in genetic sequencing approaches. mBio. 2023;:e0134423.

Cheng D, Luo Z, Fitting S, Stoops W, Heath SL, Ndhlovu LC, Jiang W. The link between chronic cocaine use, B cell perturbations, and blunted immune recovery in HIV-infected individuals on suppressive ART. NeuroImmune Pharm Ther. 2023;2(1):71-79.

Sugawara S, Hueber B, Woolley G, Terry K, Kroll K, Manickam C, Ram DR, Ndhlovu LC, Goepfert P, Jost S, R Reeves K. Multiplex interrogation of the NK cell signalome reveals global downregulation of CD16 signaling during lentivirus infection through an IL-18/ADAM17-dependent mechanism. PLoS Pathog. 2023;19(9):e1011629.

Nana BChristine, Esemu LForgu, Besong MEbangha, Atchombat DHyacinthe, Ogai K, Sobgui TMPatricia, Nana CMarco Mbia, Seumko'o RMedouen Nd, Awanakan H, Ekali GLoni, Leke RGana Fomba, Okamoto S, Ndhlovu LC, Megnekou R. Soluble biomarkers of HIV-1-related systemic immune activation are associated with high plasma levels of growth factors implicated in the pathogenesis of Kaposi sarcoma in adults. Front Immunol. 2023;14:1216480.