A L Howell

Summary

Affiliation: Dartmouth Medical School
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection of cells and tissues from the upper and lower human female reproductive tract
    A L Howell
    Department of Veterans Affairs, White River Junction, Vermont 05009, USA
    J Virol 71:3498-506. 1997
  2. ncbi HIV-1 infection of the female reproductive tract
    Alexandra L Howell
    VA Medical Center, 215 North Main Street, White River Junction, VT 05009, USA
    Curr HIV/AIDS Rep 2:35-8. 2005
  3. ncbi Increased potency of Fc-receptor-targeted antigens
    P M Guyre
    Department of Physiology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
    Cancer Immunol Immunother 45:146-8. 1997
  4. ncbi Human immunodeficiency virus-specific and CD3-redirected cytotoxic T lymphocyte activity in the human female reproductive tract: lack of correlation between mucosa and peripheral blood
    H D White
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
    J Infect Dis 183:977-83. 2001
  5. ncbi Estradiol and progesterone regulate HIV type 1 replication in peripheral blood cells
    Susana N Asin
    V A Medical Center, White River Junction, Vermont 05009, USA
    AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 24:701-16. 2008
  6. ncbi Transmission of HIV-1 by primary human uterine epithelial cells and stromal fibroblasts
    Susana N Asin
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
    J Infect Dis 190:236-45. 2004
  7. ncbi Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection of human uterine epithelial cells: viral shedding and cell contact-mediated infectivity
    Susana N Asin
    Department of Microbiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
    J Infect Dis 187:1522-33. 2003
  8. ncbi HIV type 1 infection in women: increased transcription of HIV type 1 in ectocervical tissue explants
    Susana N Asin
    Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 215 N Main Street, White River Junction, VT 05009, USA
    J Infect Dis 200:965-72. 2009
  9. ncbi Chemokine receptor expression in the human ectocervix: implications for infection by the human immunodeficiency virus-type I
    Grant R Yeaman
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH, USA
    Immunology 113:524-33. 2004
  10. ncbi Human immunodeficiency virus receptor and coreceptor expression on human uterine epithelial cells: regulation of expression during the menstrual cycle and implications for human immunodeficiency virus infection
    Grant R Yeaman
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
    Immunology 109:137-46. 2003

Detail Information

Publications10

  1. ncbi Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection of cells and tissues from the upper and lower human female reproductive tract
    A L Howell
    Department of Veterans Affairs, White River Junction, Vermont 05009, USA
    J Virol 71:3498-506. 1997
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  2. ncbi HIV-1 infection of the female reproductive tract
    Alexandra L Howell
    VA Medical Center, 215 North Main Street, White River Junction, VT 05009, USA
    Curr HIV/AIDS Rep 2:35-8. 2005
    ..This indicates that several mechanisms for viral infection and transmission are present throughout the FRT...
  3. ncbi Increased potency of Fc-receptor-targeted antigens
    P M Guyre
    Department of Physiology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
    Cancer Immunol Immunother 45:146-8. 1997
    ..Overall, these studies suggest that targeting antigens to CD64 represents an effective approach to enhancing the effectiveness of vaccines in vivo...
  4. ncbi Human immunodeficiency virus-specific and CD3-redirected cytotoxic T lymphocyte activity in the human female reproductive tract: lack of correlation between mucosa and peripheral blood
    H D White
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
    J Infect Dis 183:977-83. 2001
    ..Thus, CTL activity in PBMC may fail to correlate with mucosal activity. The finding of CTL activity in the FRT of patient 872 represents the first description of CTL in upper and lower FRT tissues of an HIV-positive woman...
  5. ncbi Estradiol and progesterone regulate HIV type 1 replication in peripheral blood cells
    Susana N Asin
    V A Medical Center, White River Junction, Vermont 05009, USA
    AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 24:701-16. 2008
    ..An additional indirect mechanism of sex hormone regulation of cytokine and chemokine secretion cannot be excluded...
  6. ncbi Transmission of HIV-1 by primary human uterine epithelial cells and stromal fibroblasts
    Susana N Asin
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
    J Infect Dis 190:236-45. 2004
    ..These data suggest that uterine cells are targets for productive infection with X4-tropic strains and release unmodified R5-tropic viruses that would then be able to infect submucosal target cells, including T cells and macrophages...
  7. ncbi Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection of human uterine epithelial cells: viral shedding and cell contact-mediated infectivity
    Susana N Asin
    Department of Microbiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
    J Infect Dis 187:1522-33. 2003
    ..These data demonstrated that HIV-1 infects human epithelial cells of upper reproductive tract origin and that productive viral infection of epithelial cells may be an important mechanism of transmission of HIV-1 infection in women...
  8. ncbi HIV type 1 infection in women: increased transcription of HIV type 1 in ectocervical tissue explants
    Susana N Asin
    Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 215 N Main Street, White River Junction, VT 05009, USA
    J Infect Dis 200:965-72. 2009
    ..Mucosal surfaces of the female reproductive tract are the main routes of heterosexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), but the contribution of each of the reproductive sites to mucosal transmission is unknown...
  9. ncbi Chemokine receptor expression in the human ectocervix: implications for infection by the human immunodeficiency virus-type I
    Grant R Yeaman
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH, USA
    Immunology 113:524-33. 2004
    ..These findings are important to define potential targets of HIV-1 infection within the FRT, and for the future design of approaches to reduce the susceptibility of women to infection by HIV-1...
  10. ncbi Human immunodeficiency virus receptor and coreceptor expression on human uterine epithelial cells: regulation of expression during the menstrual cycle and implications for human immunodeficiency virus infection
    Grant R Yeaman
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
    Immunology 109:137-46. 2003
    ..In addition, these studies provide evidence that the uterus, and potentially the entire upper reproductive tract, are important sites for the initial events involved in HIV infection...