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Overview

Avindra Nath is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research contributions primarily focus on the field of Medicine, with extensive work in related subfields such as Neurology, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Virology, and Genetics.

The scientist's research covers multiple prominent topics within biomedical science, including:

  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research
  • HIV-related health complications and treatments
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations

Avindra Nath's publication history includes high-impact articles such as:

  • Microvascular Injury in the Brains of Patients with Covid-19, 2020, published in New England Journal of Medicine
  • Mild respiratory COVID can cause multi-lineage neural cell and myelin dysregulation, 2022, published in Cell
  • TDP-43 loss and ALS-risk SNPs drive mis-splicing and depletion of UNC13A, 2022, published in Nature
  • Nervous system consequences of COVID-19, 2022, published in Science
  • Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and the spectrum of JC virus-related disease, 2020, published in Nature Reviews Neurology

The scientist has coauthored frequently with several researchers, notably:

  • Bryan Smith, with 35 joint publications
  • Joseph Steiner, with 19 joint publications
  • Gina Norato, with 18 joint publications
  • Tara T. Doucet-O'Hare, with 17 joint publications
  • Catherine DeMarino, with 17 joint publications

Avindra Nath's research is regularly published in venues including:

  • Neurology (19 publications)
  • Annals of Neurology (10 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (8 publications)
  • Neurotherapeutics (6 publications)
  • Neuro-Oncology (6 publications)

The scientist has also contributed to book publications, for instance:

  • Neuroinfectious Diseases - Case Report Collection 2022, published by Frontiers Media in 2023

Best Publications

  • Chemotherapy-Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma and Indolent B-Cell Malignancies Can Be Effectively Treated With Autologous T Cells Expressing an Anti-CD19 Chimeric Antigen Receptor

    James N. Kochenderfer;Mark E. Dudley;Sadik H. Kassim;Robert P.T. Somerville

  • Cancer regression and neurological toxicity following anti-MAGE-A3 TCR gene therapy.

    Richard A. Morgan;Nachimuthu Chinnasamy;Daniel Abate-Daga;Alena Gros

  • A full genome search in multiple sclerosis

    G C Ebers;K Kukay;D E Bulman;A D Sadovnick

  • TNF neutralization in MS - Results of a randomized, placebo-controlled multicenter study

    Arnason Bgw.;G Jacobs;M Hanlon;B H Clay

  • PML diagnostic criteria: Consensus statement from the AAN neuroinfectious disease section

    Joseph R. Berger;Allen J. Aksamit;David B. Clifford;Larry Davis

  • Natalizumab-associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in patients with multiple sclerosis: lessons from 28 cases

    David B Clifford;Andrea DeLuca;David M Simpson;Gabriele Arendt

  • Induction of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in HIV-1 Tat-stimulated astrocytes and elevation in AIDS dementia

    Katherine Conant;Alfredo Garzino-Demo;Avindra Nath;Justin C. McArthur

  • Microvascular Injury in the Brains of Patients with Covid-19.

    Myoung Hwa Lee;Daniel P. Perl;Govind Nair;Wenxue Li

  • Human endogenous retrovirus-K contributes to motor neuron disease

    Wenxue Li;Myoung Hwa Lee;Lisa Henderson;Richa Tyagi

  • Molecular biology, epidemiology, and pathogenesis of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, the JC virus-induced demyelinating disease of the human brain.

    Michael W. Ferenczy;Leslie J. Marshall;Christian D. S. Nelson;Walter J. Atwood

  • HIV-1 Protein Tat Induces Apoptosis of Hippocampal Neurons by a Mechanism Involving Caspase Activation, Calcium Overload, and Oxidative Stress

    Inna I. Kruman;Avindra Nath;Mark P. Mattson

  • Uptake of HIV-1 tat protein mediated by low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein disrupts the neuronal metabolic balance of the receptor ligands.

    Ying Liu;Melina Jones;Cynthia M. Hingtgen;Guojun Bu

  • Transient Exposure to HIV-1 Tat Protein Results in Cytokine Production in Macrophages and Astrocytes A HIT AND RUN PHENOMENON

    Avindra Nath;Katherine Conant;Peiqin Chen;Catherine Scott

  • Identification of active loci of a human endogenous retrovirus in neurons of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Renée Douville;Jiankai Liu;Jiankai Liu;Jeffrey Rothstein;Avindra Nath

  • PML-IRIS in patients with HIV infection Clinical manifestations and treatment with steroids

    K. Tan;R. Roda;L. Ostrow;J. McArthur

  • Identification of a human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Tat epitope that is neuroexcitatory and neurotoxic.

    Avindra Nath;Karen Psooy;Carol Martin;Bodo Knudsen

  • HIV-1 Tat induces monocyte chemoattractant protein-1-mediated monocyte transmigration across a model of the human blood-brain barrier and up-regulates CCR5 expression on human monocytes.

    Jonathan M. Weiss;Avindra Nath;Eugene O. Major;Joan W. Berman

  • Immediate anticoagulation of embolic stroke: brain hemorrhage and management options

    Robert G. Hart;Kathleen I. Lock-Wood;Antoine M. Hakim;Richard Koller

  • Cell death in HIV dementia.

    M P Mattson;M P Mattson;N J Haughey;A Nath

  • Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and the spectrum of JC virus-related disease.

    Irene Cortese;Daniel S Reich;Avindra Nath

  • Pembrolizumab Treatment for Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy

    Irene Cortese;Pawel Muranski;Yoshimi Enose-Akahata;Seung-Kwon Ha

  • Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 tat activates non-N-methyl-D-aspartate excitatory amino acid receptors and causes neurotoxicity.

    David S. K. Magnuson;Bodo E. Knudsen;Jonathan D. Geiger;Robert M. Brownstone

  • Neurobiological aspects of human immunodeficiency virus infection: neurotoxic mechanisms.

    Avindra Nath;Jonathan Geiger

  • The Tat Protein of HIV-1 Induces Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Production IMPLICATIONS FOR HIV-1-ASSOCIATED NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES

    Peiqin Chen;Michael Mayne;Christopher Power;Avindra Nath

Frequent Co-Authors

Justin C. McArthur
Justin C. McArthur Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Norman J. Haughey
Norman J. Haughey Tulane University
Eugene O. Major
Eugene O. Major National Institutes of Health
Joseph R. Berger
Joseph R. Berger University of Pennsylvania
Christopher Power
Christopher Power University of Alberta
Mark P. Mattson
Mark P. Mattson Johns Hopkins University
Robert J. Cotter
Robert J. Cotter Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Peter A. Calabresi
Peter A. Calabresi Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
David B. Clifford
David B. Clifford Washington University in St. Louis
Jonathan D. Geiger
Jonathan D. Geiger University of Manitoba

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