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Andrea J. Sant is affiliated with the University of Rochester Medical Center in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine, immunology, and microbiology. Their research primarily focuses on immunology, infectious diseases, and molecular biology, with significant work related to influenza virus research, immune cell interactions, and responses to viral infections.

The scientist's work spans multiple main topics including:

  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Vaccines and Immunoinformatics Approaches
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Immune Response and Inflammation

Publications by Andrea J. Sant have appeared in a range of journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • npj Vaccines
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Virology
  • The Journal of Immunology

Notable recent papers include:

  • "SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination elicits a robust and persistent T follicular helper cell response in humans" (2021, Cell)
  • "Recombinant HA-based vaccine outperforms split and subunit vaccines in elicitation of influenza-specific CD4 T cells and CD4 T cell-dependent antibody responses in humans" (2020, npj Vaccines)
  • "Heterologous viral protein interactions within licensed seasonal influenza virus vaccines" (2020, npj Vaccines)
  • "The Negative Effect of Preexisting Immunity on Influenza Vaccine Responses Transcends the Impact of Vaccine Formulation Type and Vaccination History" (2022, The Journal of Infectious Diseases)
  • "Intranasal Nanoparticle Vaccination Elicits a Persistent, Polyfunctional CD4 T Cell Response in the Murine Lung Specific for a Highly Conserved Influenza Virus Antigen That Is Sufficient To Mediate Protection from Influenza Virus Challenge" (2021, Journal of Virology)

Frequent co-authors in Andrea J. Sant's research projects include:

  • Katherine A. Richards
  • Paul G. Thomas
  • Maryah A. Glover
  • Sean A. Nelson
  • Chantelle L. White

Best Publications

  • Contemporary H3N2 influenza viruses have a glycosylation site that alters binding of antibodies elicited by egg-adapted vaccine strains.

    Seth J. Zost;Kaela Parkhouse;Megan E. Gumina;Kangchon Kim

  • The Kinetic Stability of MHC Class II:Peptide Complexes Is a Key Parameter that Dictates Immunodominance

    Christopher A. Lazarski;Christopher A. Lazarski;Francisco A. Chaves;Scott A. Jenks;Shenhong Wu

  • Revealing the role of CD4(+) T cells in viral immunity.

    Andrea J. Sant;Andrew McMichael

  • The relationship between immunodominance, DM editing, and the kinetic stability of MHC class II:peptide complexes.

    Andrea J. Sant;Francisco A. Chaves;Scott A. Jenks;Katherine A. Richards

  • The requirement for DM in class II-restricted antigen presentation and SDS-stable dimer formation is allele and species dependent.

    C C Stebbins;G E Loss;C G Elias;A Chervonsky

  • MR1 uses an endocytic pathway to activate mucosal-associated invariant T cells

    Shouxiong Huang;Susan Gilfillan;Sojung Kim;Bruce Thompson

  • Invariant chain and DM edit self-peptide presentation by major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II molecules.

    John E Katz;Christopher Stebbins;Ettore Appella;Andrea J. Sant

  • Invariant chain is the core protein of the Ia-associated chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan.

    A J Sant;S E Cullen;K S Giacoletto;B D Schwartz

  • Cutting Edge: CD4 T Cells Generated from Encounter with Seasonal Influenza Viruses and Vaccines Have Broad Protein Specificity and Can Directly Recognize Naturally Generated Epitopes Derived from the Live Pandemic H1N1 Virus

    Katherine A. Richards;David Topham;Francisco A. Chaves;Andrea J. Sant

  • MHC class II antigen processing: biology of invariant chain.

    Andrea J. Sant;Jim Miller

  • DM determines the cryptic and immunodominant fate of T cell epitopes.

    Navreet K. Nanda;Andrea J. Sant

  • Invariant chain retains MHC class II molecules in the endocytic pathway.

    G E Loss;A J Sant

  • CD4+ T-Cell Expansion Predicts Neutralizing Antibody Responses to Monovalent, Inactivated 2009 Pandemic Influenza A(H1N1) Virus Subtype H1N1 Vaccine

    Jennifer L. Nayak;Theresa F. Fitzgerald;Katherine A. Richards;Hongmei Yang

  • The impact of DM on MHC class II–restricted antigen presentation can be altered by manipulation of MHC–peptide kinetic stability

    Christopher A. Lazarski;Christopher A. Lazarski;Francisco A. Chaves;Andrea J. Sant

  • Major histocompatibility complex class II-restricted presentation of an internally synthesized antigen displays cell-type variability and segregates from the exogenous class II and endogenous class I presentation pathways.

    G E Loss;C G Elias;P E Fields;R K Ribaudo

  • Infection of HLA-DR1 Transgenic Mice with a Human Isolate of Influenza A Virus (H1N1) Primes a Diverse CD4 T-Cell Repertoire That Includes CD4 T Cells with Heterosubtypic Cross-Reactivity to Avian (H5N1) Influenza Virus

    Katherine A. Richards;Francisco A. Chaves;Andrea J. Sant

  • Direct ex vivo analyses of HLA-DR1 transgenic mice reveal an exceptionally broad pattern of immunodominance in the primary HLA-DR1-restricted CD4 T-cell response to influenza virus hemagglutinin.

    Katherine A. Richards;Francisco A. Chaves;Frederick R. Krafcik;David J. Topham

  • Ovalbumin(323-339) peptide binds to the major histocompatibility complex class II I-A(d) protein using two functionally distinct registers.

    Benjamin J. McFarland;Andrea J. Sant;Terry P. Lybrand;Craig Beeson

  • CD4 T Cell Help Is Limiting and Selective during the Primary B Cell Response to Influenza Virus Infection

    Shabnam Alam;Zackery A. G. Knowlden;Mark Y. Sangster;Andrea J. Sant

  • Cutting Edge: A Single, Essential Hydrogen Bond Controls the Stability of Peptide-MHC Class II Complexes

    Benjamin J. McFarland;Craig Beeson;Andrea J. Sant

Frequent Co-Authors

John J. Treanor
John J. Treanor University of Rochester Medical Center
David J. Topham
David J. Topham University of Rochester Medical Center
Craig C. Beeson
Craig C. Beeson Medical University of South Carolina
Ronald N. Germain
Ronald N. Germain National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Alexander V. Chervonsky
Alexander V. Chervonsky University of Chicago
Patrick C. Wilson
Patrick C. Wilson Cornell University
Randy A. Albrecht
Randy A. Albrecht Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Ted H. Hansen
Ted H. Hansen Washington University in St. Louis
Stephen Dewhurst
Stephen Dewhurst University of Rochester
Steven M. Varga
Steven M. Varga University of Iowa

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