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Overview

Cheryl L. Day is affiliated with Emory University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on infectious diseases, immunology, and epidemiology within the broader fields of medicine and immunology and microbiology.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Tuberculosis research and epidemiology
  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
  • Immune cell function and interaction
  • T-cell and B-cell immunology
  • HIV research and treatment
  • Immunodeficiency and autoimmune disorders

Cheryl L. Day has published extensively in several key journals and venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Tuberculosis
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their recent papers demonstrate engagement with several aspects of infectious disease and immune response. Selected recent publications are:

  • Tryptophan catabolism reflects disease activity in human tuberculosis, 2020, JCI Insight
  • Repeated Plasmodium falciparum infection in humans drives the clonal expansion of an adaptive γδ T cell repertoire, 2021, Science Translational Medicine
  • Distinct Human NK Cell Phenotypes and Functional Responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Adults From TB Endemic and Non-endemic Regions, 2020, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • HIV Is Associated with Modified Humoral Immune Responses in the Setting of HIV/TB Coinfection, 2020, mSphere
  • Increased Risk of Incident Diabetes Among Individuals With Latent Tuberculosis Infection, 2022, Diabetes Care

They have collaborated frequently with several researchers. Some of the most frequent co-authors are:

  • Neel R. Gandhi
  • Angela Campbell
  • Samuel Gurrion Ouma
  • Jyothi Rengarajan
  • J. Ernst

Best Publications

  • PD-1 expression on HIV-specific T cells is associated with T-cell exhaustion and disease progression

    Cheryl L Day;Daniel E Kaufmann;Photini Kiepiela;Julia A Brown

  • Dominant influence of HLA-B in mediating the potential co-evolution of HIV and HLA.

    Photini Kiepiela;Alasdair J. Leslie;Isobella Honeyborne;Danni Ramduth

  • A Functional Role for Antibodies in Tuberculosis

    Lenette L. Lu;Lenette L. Lu;Amy W. Chung;Amy W. Chung;Tracy R. Rosebrock;Musie Ghebremichael

  • Dominant TNF-α + Mycobacterium tuberculosis –specific CD4 + T cell responses discriminate between latent infection and active disease

    Alexandre Harari;Virginie Rozot;Felicitas Bellutti Enders;Matthieu Perreau

  • Functional capacity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific T cell responses in humans is associated with mycobacterial load

    Cheryl L. Day;Cheryl L. Day;Deborah A. Abrahams;Lesedi Lerumo;Esme Janse van Rensburg

  • High resolution analysis of cellular immune responses in resolved and persistent hepatitis C virus infection

    Georg M. Lauer;Eleanor Barnes;Eleanor Barnes;Michaela Lucas;Joerg Timm

  • Ex vivo analysis of human memory CD4 T cells specific for hepatitis C virus using MHC class II tetramers

    Cheryl L. Day;Nilufer P. Seth;Michaela Lucas;Heiner Appel

  • Broad Specificity of Virus-Specific CD4+ T-Helper-Cell Responses in Resolved Hepatitis C Virus Infection

    Cheryl L. Day;Georg M. Lauer;Gregory K. Robbins;Barbara McGovern;Barbara McGovern

  • Comprehensive analysis of CD8(+)-T-cell responses against hepatitis C virus reveals multiple unpredicted specificities.

    Georg M. Lauer;Kei Ouchi;Raymond T. Chung;Tam N. Nguyen

  • Preferential loss of IL‐2–secreting CD4+ T helper cells in chronic HCV infection

    Nasser Semmo;Cheryl L. Day;Scott M. Ward;Michaela Lucas

  • Broad Repertoire of the CD4+ Th Cell Response in Spontaneously Controlled Hepatitis C Virus Infection Includes Dominant and Highly Promiscuous Epitopes

    Julian Schulze zur Wiesch;Georg M. Lauer;Cheryl L. Day;Arthur Y. Kim

  • Mycobacterium Tuberculosis-Specific CD8+ T Cells Are Functionally and Phenotypically Different Between Latent Infection and Active Disease

    Virginie Rozot;Selena Vigano;Jesica Mazza-Stalder;Elita Idrizi

  • First-in-human trial of the post-exposure tuberculosis vaccine H56:IC31 in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infected and non-infected healthy adults.

    Angelique Kany Kany Luabeya;Benjamin M N Kagina;Michele D Tameris;Hennie Geldenhuys

  • Dendritic Cell Stimulation by Mycobacterial Hsp70 Is Mediated Through CCR5

    R. Andres Floto;Paul A. MacAry;Paul A. MacAry;Jessica M. Boname;Tan Suet Mien

  • Biomarkers on patient T cells diagnose active tuberculosis and monitor treatment response

    Toidi Adekambi;Chris C. Ibegbu;Stephanie Cagle;Ameeta S. Kalokhe

  • HIV-1 infection impairs the bronchoalveolar T-cell response to mycobacteria.

    Barbara Kalsdorf;Thomas J. Scriba;Kathryn Wood;Cheryl L. Day

  • Safety and immunogenicity of candidate vaccine M72/AS01E in adolescents in a TB endemic setting

    Adam Penn-Nicholson;Hennie Geldenhuys;Wivine Burny;Robbert van der Most

  • Induction and regulation of T-cell immunity by the novel tuberculosis vaccine M72/AS01 in South African adults.

    Cheryl L. Day;Michele Tameris;Nazma Mansoor;Michele van Rooyen

  • Detection of polyfunctional Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific T cells and association with viral load in HIV-1-infected persons.

    Cheryl L Day;Cheryl L Day;Nompumelelo Mkhwanazi;Sharon Reddy;Zenele Mncube

  • Proliferative capacity of epitope-specific CD8 T-cell responses is inversely related to viral load in chronic human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection.

    Cheryl L. Day;Photini Kiepiela;Alasdair J. Leslie;Mary van der Stok

  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1-Hepatitis C Virus Coinfection: Intraindividual Comparison of Cellular Immune Responses against Two Persistent Viruses

    Georg M. Lauer;Tam N. Nguyen;Cheryl L. Day;Gregory K. Robbins

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce D. Walker
Bruce D. Walker Harvard University
Paul Klenerman
Paul Klenerman University of Oxford
Willem A. Hanekom
Willem A. Hanekom University College London
Philip J. R. Goulder
Philip J. R. Goulder University of Oxford
Thomas J. Scriba
Thomas J. Scriba University of Cape Town
Raymond T. Chung
Raymond T. Chung Harvard University
Georg M. Lauer
Georg M. Lauer Harvard University
Arthur Y. Kim
Arthur Y. Kim Harvard University
Giuseppe Pantaleo
Giuseppe Pantaleo University of Lausanne
Christian Brander
Christian Brander University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia

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