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Christopher C. Broder is affiliated with the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medical fields related to infectious diseases, epidemiology, virology, molecular biology, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the study of viral infections, viral diseases, and COVID-19 clinical research. Their main research topics include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Virology and Viral Diseases
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing

Christopher C. Broder's recent publications demonstrate their involvement in high-impact virology and infectious disease research. Some notable papers are:

  • "Nipah virus dynamics in bats and implications for spillover to humans" (2020) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and immunogenicity of a human monoclonal antibody targeting the G glycoprotein of henipaviruses in healthy adults: a first-in-human, randomised, controlled, phase 1 study" (2020) published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • "SARS-CoV-2 BA.1 variant is neutralized by vaccine booster-elicited serum but evades most convalescent serum and therapeutic antibodies" (2022) published in Science Translational Medicine
  • "Vaccines to Emerging Viruses: Nipah and Hendra" (2020) published in Annual Review of Virology
  • "Architecture and antigenicity of the Nipah virus attachment glycoprotein" (2022) published in Science

The scientist collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Eric D. Laing
  • Timothy Burgess
  • David R. Tribble
  • Simon Pollett
  • Lianying Yan

Christopher C. Broder's publications appear most often in venues such as:

  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Viruses
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Emerging Infectious Diseases

Best Publications

  • HIV-1 Entry Cofactor: Functional cDNA Cloning of a Seven-Transmembrane, G Protein–Coupled Receptor

    Yu Feng;Christopher C. Broder;Paul E. Kennedy;Edward A. Berger

  • CC CKR5: A RANTES, MIP-1α, MIP-1β Receptor as a Fusion Cofactor for Macrophage-Tropic HIV-1

    Ghalib Alkhatib;Christophe Combadiere;Christopher C. Broder;Yu Feng

  • Comparative Analysis of Bat Genomes Provides Insight into the Evolution of Flight and Immunity

    Guojie Zhang;Christopher Cowled;Zhengli Shi;Zhiyong Huang

  • Ephrin-B2 ligand is a functional receptor for Hendra virus and Nipah virus

    Matthew I. Bonaparte;Antony S. Dimitrov;Katharine N. Bossart;Gary Crameri

  • Hendra and Nipah viruses: different and dangerous

    Bryan T. Eaton;Christopher C. Broder;Deborah Middleton;Lin-Fa Wang

  • Fusogenic mechanisms of enveloped-virus glycoproteins analyzed by a novel recombinant vaccinia virus-based assay quantitating cell fusion-dependent reporter gene activation.

    O Nussbaum;C C Broder;E A Berger

  • Regions in β-Chemokine Receptors CCR5 and CCR2b That Determine HIV-1 Cofactor Specificity

    Joseph Rucker;Michel Samson;Benjamin J Doranz;Frédérick Libert

  • A neutralizing human monoclonal antibody protects against lethal disease in a new ferret model of acute nipah virus infection.

    Katharine N. Bossart;Zhongyu Zhu;Deborah Middleton;Jessica Klippel

  • Quantitative analysis of Nipah virus proteins released as virus-like particles reveals central role for the matrix protein

    Jared R Patch;Gary Crameri;Lin-Fa Wang;Bryan T Eaton

  • Broadly cross-reactive HIV-1-neutralizing human monoclonal Fab selected for binding to gp120–CD4–CCR5 complexes

    Maxime Moulard;Sanjay K. Phogat;Yuuei Shu;Aran F. Labrijn

  • Native oligomeric human immunodeficiency virus type 1 envelope glycoprotein elicits diverse monoclonal antibody reactivities.

    P. L. Earl;C. C. Broder;D. Long;S. A. Lee

  • Differential utilization of CCR5 by macrophage and T cell tropic simian immunodeficiency virus strains

    Aimee L. Edinger;Angela Amedee;Karen Miller;Benjamin J. Doranz

  • Cloning, sequence analysis, and expression in Escherichia coli of a streptococcal plasmin receptor.

    R Lottenberg;C C Broder;M D Boyle;S J Kain

  • Inhibitors of protein-disulfide isomerase prevent cleavage of disulfide bonds in receptor-bound glycoprotein 120 and prevent HIV-1 entry.

    Angelo Gallina;Timothy M. Hanley;Richard Mandel;Meg Trahey

  • Feline Model of Acute Nipah Virus Infection and Protection with a Soluble Glycoprotein-Based Subunit Vaccine

    Bruce A. Mungall;Deborah Middleton;Gary Crameri;John Bingham

  • Hendra Virus Vaccine, a One Health Approach to Protecting Horse, Human, and Environmental Health

    Deborah Middleton;Jackie Pallister;Reuben Klein;Yan-Ru Feng

  • Potent neutralization of Hendra and Nipah viruses by human monoclonal antibodies.

    Zhongyu Zhu;Antony S. Dimitrov;Katharine N. Bossart;Gary Crameri

  • Constitutive cell surface association between CD4 and CCR5

    Xiaodong Xiao;Lijun Wu;Tzanko S. Stantchev;Yan-Ru Feng

  • Host cell recognition by the henipaviruses: crystal structures of the Nipah G attachment glycoprotein and its complex with ephrin-B3.

    Kai Xu;Kanagalaghatta R. Rajashankar;Yee-Peng Chan;Juha P. Himanen

  • Nipah virus dynamics in bats and implications for spillover to humans

    Jonathan H. Epstein;Simon J. Anthony;Ariful Islam;A. Marm Kilpatrick

  • Receptor binding, fusion inhibition, and induction of cross-reactive neutralizing antibodies by a soluble G glycoprotein of Hendra virus

    Katharine N. Bossart;Gary Crameri;Antony S. Dimitrov;Bruce A. Mungall

  • Membrane Fusion Tropism and Heterotypic Functional Activities of the Nipah Virus and Hendra Virus Envelope Glycoproteins

    Katharine N. Bossart;Lin-Fa Wang;Michael N. Flora;Kaw Bing Chua

Frequent Co-Authors

Lin-Fa Wang
Lin-Fa Wang Duke NUS Graduate Medical School
Dimiter S. Dimitrov
Dimiter S. Dimitrov University of Pittsburgh
Gary Crameri
Gary Crameri Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness
Edward A. Berger
Edward A. Berger National Institutes of Health
Bryan T. Eaton
Bryan T. Eaton Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness
Thomas W. Geisbert
Thomas W. Geisbert The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Heinz Feldmann
Heinz Feldmann National Institutes of Health
Patricia L. Earl
Patricia L. Earl National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Joan B. Geisbert
Joan B. Geisbert The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
James L. N. Wood
James L. N. Wood University of Cambridge

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