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Brent E. Palmer is affiliated with the University of Colorado Denver in the United States. Their research spans across Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Immunology, Virology, and Emergency Medicine as key subfields.

Their research explores a variety of topics including gut microbiota and health, HIV research and treatment, HIV-related health complications and treatments, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, long-term effects of COVID-19, HIV/AIDS research and interventions, and the role of immune cells in cancer.

Brent E. Palmer has published extensively, with notable papers including:

  • Targeting tumor-derived NLRP3 reduces melanoma progression by limiting MDSCs expansion, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells associate with inflammation and reduced lung function in pulmonary post-acute sequalae of SARS-CoV-2, 2022, PLoS Pathogens
  • Can gut microbiota of men who have sex with men influence HIV transmission?, 2020, Gut Microbes
  • Intestinal microbial communities and Holdemanella isolated from HIV+/− men who have sex with men increase frequencies of lamina propria CCR5 + CD4 + T cells, 2021, Gut Microbes
  • SARS-CoV-2 infection relaxes peripheral B cell tolerance, 2022, The Journal of Experimental Medicine

Their frequent co-authors include C. Preston Neff, Catherine Lozupone, Thomas Campbell, Jennifer M. Schneider, and Suzanne Fiorillo.

The scientist's publications appear regularly in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Viral Immunology
  • Gut Microbes
  • Frontiers in Immunology

Best Publications

  • IL-37 is a fundamental inhibitor of innate immunity.

    Marcel F Nold;Claudia A Nold-Petry;Claudia A Nold-Petry;Jarod A Zepp;Brent E Palmer

  • Negative Immune Regulator Tim-3 Is Overexpressed on T Cells in Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Its Blockade Rescues Dysfunctional CD4+ and CD8+ T Cells

    Lucy Golden-Mason;Brent E. Palmer;Nasim Kassam;Lisa Townshend-Bulson

  • Alterations in the Gut Microbiota Associated with HIV-1 Infection

    Catherine A. Lozupone;Marcella Li;Thomas B. Campbell;Sonia C. Flores

  • Upregulation of PD-1 Expression on Circulating and Intrahepatic Hepatitis C Virus-Specific CD8+ T Cells Associated with Reversible Immune Dysfunction

    Lucy Golden-Mason;Brent Palmer;Jared Klarquist;John A. Mengshol

  • Programmed Death 1 Expression on HIV-Specific CD4+ T Cells Is Driven by Viral Replication and Associated with T Cell Dysfunction

    Michelle D’Souza;Andrew P. Fontenot;Doug G. Mack;Catherine Lozupone

  • Antigen-presenting intratumoral B cells affect CD4+ TIL phenotypes in non-small cell lung cancer patients

    Tullia C. Bruno;Peggy J. Ebner;Brandon L. Moore;Olivia G. Squalls

  • Influence of Plasma Viremia on Defects in Number and Immunophenotype of Blood Dendritic Cell Subsets in Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1–Infected Individuals

    Michelle A. Barron;Naomi Blyveis;Brent E. Palmer;Samantha MaWhinney

  • Extracellular forms of IL-37 inhibit innate inflammation in vitro and in vivo but require the IL-1 family decoy receptor IL-1R8.

    Suzhao Li;C. Preston Neff;Kristina Barber;Jaewoo Hong

  • Widespread colonization of the lung by Tropheryma whipplei in HIV infection.

    Catherine Lozupone;Adela Cota-Gomez;Brent E. Palmer;Derek J. Linderman

  • HIV-1 infection and CD4 T cell depletion in the humanized Rag2 -/- γc -/- (RAG-hu) mouse model

    Bradford K Berges;William H Wheat;Brent E Palmer;Elizabeth Connick

  • Functional and phenotypic characterization of CD57+CD4+ T cells and their association with HIV-1-induced T cell dysfunction.

    Brent E. Palmer;Naomi Blyveis;Andrew P. Fontenot;Cara C. Wilson

  • Association of Functional Impairment with Inflammation and Immune Activation in HIV Type 1–Infected Adults Receiving Effective Antiretroviral Therapy

    Kristine M. Erlandson;Amanda A. Allshouse;Catherine M. Jankowski;Eric J. Lee

  • HIV-induced alteration in gut microbiota: driving factors, consequences, and effects of antiretroviral therapy.

    Catherine A Lozupone;Matthew E Rhodes;Charles P Neff;Andrew P Fontenot

  • Targeting tumor-derived NLRP3 reduces melanoma progression by limiting MDSCs expansion

    Isak W. Tengesdal;Isak W. Tengesdal;Dinoop R. Menon;Douglas G. Osborne;Charles P. Neff

  • An exploration of Prevotella -rich microbiomes in HIV and men who have sex with men

    Abigail J. S. Armstrong;Michael Shaffer;Nichole M. Nusbacher;Christine Griesmer

  • Safety and Efficacy of a Lentiviral Vector Containing Three Anti-HIV Genes—CCR5 Ribozyme, Tat-rev siRNA, and TAR Decoy—in SCID-hu Mouse–Derived T Cells

    Joseph S Anderson;Ming Jie Li;Brent Palmer;Leila Remling

  • Multicenter Comparison of Lung and Oral Microbiomes of HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected Individuals.

    James M. Beck;Patrick D. Schloss;Arvind Venkataraman;Homer Twigg

  • Galectin-9 Functionally Impairs Natural Killer Cells in Humans and Mice

    Lucy Golden-Mason;Rachel H. McMahan;Rachel H. McMahan;Michael Strong;Richard Reisdorph

  • Diverse Intestinal Bacteria Contain Putative Zwitterionic Capsular Polysaccharides with Anti-inflammatory Properties.

    C. Preston Neff;Matthew E. Rhodes;Kathleen L. Arnolds;Colm B. Collins

  • Discordance between frequency of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-specific gamma interferon-producing CD4(+) T cells and HIV-1-specific lymphoproliferation in HIV-1-infected subjects with active viral replication.

    B. E. Palmer;E. Boritz;N. Blyveis;C. C. Wilson

  • Regulation of virus-specific CD4+ T cell function by multiple costimulatory receptors during chronic HIV infection.

    Afework Kassu;Roland A. Marcus;Michelle B. D’Souza;Elizabeth A. Kelly-McKnight

  • Identification and antigenicity of broadly cross-reactive and conserved human immunodeficiency virus type 1-derived helper T-lymphocyte epitopes.

    Cara C. Wilson;Brent Palmer;Scott Southwood;John Sidney

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew P. Fontenot
Andrew P. Fontenot University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Catherine A. Lozupone
Catherine A. Lozupone University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Cara C. Wilson
Cara C. Wilson University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Charles A. Dinarello
Charles A. Dinarello University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Martin D. McCarter
Martin D. McCarter University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Ramesh Akkina
Ramesh Akkina Colorado State University
Hugo R. Rosen
Hugo R. Rosen University of Southern California
Edward N. Janoff
Edward N. Janoff University of Colorado Denver
Rob Knight
Rob Knight University of California, San Diego
Elizabeth Connick
Elizabeth Connick University of Arizona

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