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Christine A. Biron

Christine A. Biron

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Immunology

D-Index
90
Citations
34400
World Ranking
1067
National Ranking
575

Medicine

D-Index
90
Citations
34400
World Ranking
12100
National Ranking
6208

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2021 - Distinguished Fellows of the American Association of Immunologists (AAI)
  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Christine A. Biron was affiliated with Brown University in the United States. Their research primarily focused on the field of Medicine, contributing extensively to Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, General Health Professions, Immunology, and Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist's publication record encompassed a range of topics including Healthcare Systems and Practices, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment, Migration, Identity, and Health, and Migration, Health and Trauma.

Christine A. Biron contributed to notable research articles, including:

  • " Optimisation du parcours PASS/CFPD ": évaluation du partenariat entre un centre fédératif prévention dépistage et une permanence d'accès aux soins de santé de 2012 à 2019, 2020, Médecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Frequent coauthors in their works included:

  • J. Coutherut
  • F. Raffi
  • M. Lefèbvre
  • N. Sevin
  • Patricia Blanco

The prominent venues for publication featured:

  • Médecine et Maladies Infectieuses Formation
  • Médecine et Maladies Infectieuses
  • Nature Communications
  • European Journal of Immunology
  • Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Some of the recent papers associated with Christine A. Biron's collaborations or research network included:

  • Metabolic requirements of NK cells during the acute response against retroviral infection, 2021, Nature Communications
  • FURIN regulates cytotoxic T-lymphocyte effector function and memory cell transition in mice, 2023, European Journal of Immunology
  • Étude qualitative par focus groups de la qualité de vie sexuelle et la satisfaction des personnes suivies pour PrEP, 2020, Médecine et Maladies Infectieuses
  • Quelles pratiques de diagnostic et de prise en charge des séquelles de tuberculose pulmonaire chez les migrants primo-arrivants dans un CLAT?, 2020, Médecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Throughout their career, Christine A. Biron received recognition through awards such as the Distinguished Fellows of the American Association of Immunologists (AAI) in 2021 and became a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2002.

Best Publications

  • NATURAL KILLER CELLS IN ANTIVIRAL DEFENSE: Function and Regulation by Innate Cytokines

    Christine A. Biron;Khuong B. Nguyen;Gary C. Pien;Leslie P. Cousens

  • Severe herpesvirus infections in an adolescent without natural killer cells.

    Christine A. Biron;Kevin S. Byron;John L. Sullivan

  • TNF/iNOS-producing dendritic cells mediate innate immune defense against bacterial infection.

    Natalya V Serbina;Thais P Salazar-Mather;Christine A Biron;William A Kuziel

  • Mouse type I IFN-producing cells are immature APCs with plasmacytoid morphology.

    Carine Asselin-Paturel;Andre Boonstra;Marc Dalod;Isabelle Durand

  • Type 1 Interferons and the Virus-Host Relationship: A Lesson in Détente

    Adolfo García-Sastre;Christine A. Biron

  • The role of adrenocorticoids as modulators of immune function in health and disease: neural, endocrine and immune interactions.

    Bruce S McEwen;Christine A Biron;Kenneth W Brunson;Karen Bulloch

  • Interferons α and β as Immune Regulators—A New Look

    Christine A Biron

  • T-bet Regulates the Terminal Maturation and Homeostasis of NK and Vα14i NKT Cells

    Michael J Townsend;Amy S Weinmann;Jennifer L Matsuda;Rachelle Salomon

  • Coordinated and distinct roles for IFN-alpha beta, IL-12, and IL-15 regulation of NK cell responses to viral infection.

    Khuong B. Nguyen;Thais P. Salazar-Mather;Marc Y Dalod;Jeffrey B. Van Deusen

  • Requirement for natural killer cell-produced interferon gamma in defense against murine cytomegalovirus infection and enhancement of this defense pathway by interleukin 12 administration.

    Jordan S. Orange;Baoping Wang;Cox Terhorst;Christine A. Biron

  • Immune modulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis during viral infection.

    Marni N. Silverman;Brad D. Pearce;Christine A. Biron;Andrew H. Miller

  • Critical Role for STAT4 Activation by Type 1 Interferons in the Interferon-γ Response to Viral Infection

    Khuong B. Nguyen;Wendy T. Watford;Rachelle Salomon;Sigrun R. Hofmann

  • Interferon α/β and Interleukin 12 Responses to Viral Infections Pathways Regulating Dendritic Cell Cytokine Expression In Vivo

    Marc Dalod;Thais P. Salazar-Mather;Lene Malmgaard;Casey Lewis

  • A novel role for HMGB1 in TLR9-mediated inflammatory responses to CpG-DNA.

    Stanimir Ivanov;Ana Maria Dragoi;Xin Wang;Corrado Dallacosta

  • NK cells and NKT cells in innate defense against viral infections.

    Christine A Biron;Laurent Brossay

  • Activation and function of natural killer cell responses during viral infections

    Christine A Biron

  • Characterization of early IL-12, IFN-alphabeta, and TNF effects on antiviral state and NK cell responses during murine cytomegalovirus infection.

    J S Orange;C A Biron

  • Role of early cytokines, including alpha and beta interferons (IFN-alpha/beta), in innate and adaptive immune responses to viral infections.

    Christine A Biron

  • Dendritic Cell Responses to Early Murine Cytomegalovirus Infection Subset Functional Specialization and Differential Regulation by Interferon α/β

    Marc Dalod;Tanya Hamilton;Rachelle Salomon;Thais P. Salazar-Mather

  • mTORC1-Dependent Metabolic Reprogramming Is a Prerequisite for NK Cell Effector Function

    Raymond P. Donnelly;Róisín M. Loftus;Sinéad E. Keating;Kevin T. Liou

  • A novel role for HMGB1 in TLR9-mediated inflammatory responses to CpG-DNA Running title: Mechanism of TLR9 activation

    Wen-Ming Chu;Giovanni Sitia;George S. Yap;Yinsheng Wan

Frequent Co-Authors

Jordan S. Orange
Jordan S. Orange University of Pennsylvania
Raymond M. Welsh
Raymond M. Welsh University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Marc Dalod
Marc Dalod Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy
Andrew H. Miller
Andrew H. Miller Emory University
Cox Terhorst
Cox Terhorst Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Giorgio Trinchieri
Giorgio Trinchieri National Institutes of Health
Joan E. Durbin
Joan E. Durbin Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Silvia M. Vidal
Silvia M. Vidal McGill University
Eric Vivier
Eric Vivier Aix-Marseille University
Steven M. Opal
Steven M. Opal Brown University

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