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Brian J. Willett is affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom and conducts research primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work covers several subfields including Infectious Diseases, Animal Science and Zoology, Genetics, Epidemiology, and Virology.

The main topics of Brian J. Willett's research include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Virus-based Gene Therapy Research
  • Virology and Viral Diseases
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing

Brian J. Willett has published extensively across multiple venues, with a notable concentration of publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Viruses
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Scientific Reports
  • Nature Microbiology

Recent published papers of Brian J. Willett include:

  • "SARS-CoV-2 Omicron is an immune escape variant with an altered cell entry pathway" (2022, Nature Microbiology)
  • "SARS-CoV-2 variant evasion of monoclonal antibodies based on in vitro studies" (2022, Nature Reviews Microbiology)
  • "Children develop robust and sustained cross-reactive spike-specific immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection" (2021, Nature Immunology)
  • "Reduced neutralisation of the Delta (B.1.617.2) SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern following vaccination" (2021, PLoS Pathogens)
  • "In vitro selection of Remdesivir resistance suggests evolutionary predictability of SARS-CoV-2" (2021, PLoS Pathogens)

Coauthors frequently collaborating with Willett include:

  • Nicola Logan
  • Emma C. Thomson
  • Christopher Davis
  • Sam Scott
  • Pablo R. Murcia

Best Publications

  • SARS-CoV-2 Omicron is an immune escape variant with an altered cell entry pathway

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  • SARS-CoV-2 variant evasion of monoclonal antibodies based on in vitro studies

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  • The hyper-transmissible SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant exhibits significant antigenic change, vaccine escape and a switch in cell entry mechanism

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  • FIV infection of the domestic cat: an animal model for AIDS

    B J Willett;J N Flynn;M J Hosie

  • Use of CD134 as a primary receptor by the feline immunodeficiency virus.

    Masayuki Shimojima;Takayuki Miyazawa;Takayuki Miyazawa;Yasuhiro Ikeda;Elizabeth L. McMonagle

  • Shared usage of the chemokine receptor CXCR4 by the feline and human immunodeficiency viruses.

    Brian J. Willett;Laurent Picard;Margaret J. Hosie;Julie D. Turner

  • Children develop robust and sustained cross-reactive spike-specific immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection

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  • Dynamics of a morbillivirus at the domestic–wildlife interface: Canine distemper virus in domestic dogs and lions

    Mafalda Viana;Sarah Cleaveland;Jason Matthiopoulos;Jo Halliday

  • Host and Viral Determinants of Mx2 Antiretroviral Activity

    Idoia Busnadiego;Melissa Kane;Suzannah J. Rihn;Hannah F. Preugschas

  • A Putative Cell Surface Receptor for Anemia-Inducing Feline Leukemia Virus Subgroup C Is a Member of a Transporter Superfamily

    Chetankumar S. Tailor;Brian J. Willett;David Kabat

  • Reduced neutralisation of the Delta (B.1.617.2) SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern following vaccination.

    Chris Davis;Nicola Logan;Grace Tyson;Richard Orton

  • In vitro selection of Remdesivir resistance suggests evolutionary predictability of SARS-CoV-2.

    Agnieszka M Szemiel;Andres Merits;Richard J Orton;Oscar A MacLean

  • Ectopic expression of human and feline CD9 in a human B cell line confers beta 1 integrin-dependent motility on fibronectin and laminin substrates and enhanced tyrosine phosphorylation

    Andrew R.E. Shaw;Agatha Domanska;Allan Mak;Anita Gilchrist

  • Effect of Mutations in the Second Extracellular Loop of CXCR4 on Its Utilization by Human and Feline Immunodeficiency Viruses

    Anne Brelot;Nikolaus Heveker;Karen Adema;Margaret J. Hosie

  • Histologic Classification and Immunophenotype of Lymphosarcomas in Cats with Naturally and Experimentally Acquired Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Infections

    J. J. Callanan;B. A. Jones;J. Irvine;B. J. Willett

  • Feline leukaemia virus: half a century since its discovery.

    Brian J. Willett;Margaret J. Hosie

  • Common mechanism of infection by lentiviruses

    Brian J. Willett;Margaret J. Hosie;James C. Neil;Julie D. Turner

  • Clinical and pathological findings in feline immunodeficiency virus experimental infection

    J.J. Callanan;H. Thompson;S.R. Toth;B. O'Neil

  • SARS-CoV-2-specific nasal IgA wanes 9 months after hospitalisation with COVID-19 and is not induced by subsequent vaccination

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  • DNA Vaccination Affords Significant Protection against Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Infection without Inducing Detectable Antiviral Antibodies

    Margaret J. Hosie;J. Norman Flynn;Mark A. Rigby;Celia Cannon

  • Infection with feline immunodeficiency virus is followed by the rapid expansion of a CD8+ lymphocyte subset.

    B J Willett;M J Hosie;J J Callanan;J C Neil

  • Productive infection of T-helper lymphocytes with feline immunodeficiency virus is accompanied by reduced expression of CD4.

    Brian J. Willett;Margaret J. Hosie;Tom H. Dunsford;James C. Neil

  • Blocking of feline immunodeficiency virus infection by a monoclonal antibody to CD9 is via inhibition of virus release rather than interference with receptor binding.

    A de Parseval;D L Lerner;P Borrow;B J Willett

  • A monoclonal antibody which blocks infection with feline immunodeficiency virus identifies a possible non-CD4 receptor.

    M J Hosie;B J Willett;T H Dunsford;O Jarrett

  • Identification of a putative cellular receptor for feline immunodeficiency virus as the feline homologue of CD9.

    B J Willett;M J Hosie;O Jarrett;J C Neil

Frequent Co-Authors

Margaret J Hosie
Margaret J Hosie University of Glasgow
Oswald Jarrett
Oswald Jarrett University of Glasgow
James C. Neil
James C. Neil University of Glasgow
Sarah Cleaveland
Sarah Cleaveland University of Glasgow
Massimo Palmarini
Massimo Palmarini University of Glasgow
Vivek Kapur
Vivek Kapur Pennsylvania State University
Arvind H. Patel
Arvind H. Patel University of Glasgow
Peter J. Hudson
Peter J. Hudson Pennsylvania State University
David Robertson
David Robertson Vanderbilt University
Ottar N. Bjørnstad
Ottar N. Bjørnstad Pennsylvania State University

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