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Felipe Diaz-Griffero is affiliated with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on various aspects of immunology and microbiology, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields including molecular biology, virology, infectious diseases, immunology, and epidemiology.

The scientist's research interests cover several key topics, notably:

  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Interferon and immune responses
  • RNA modifications and cancer

Frequent co-authors in their published works include Mirjana Persaud, Anastasia Selyutina, Charlotte Luchsinger, Pan Hu, and Baek Kim.

The primary publication venues for Felipe Diaz-Griffero include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Cell Reports
  • Scientific Reports

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Diaz-Griffero are:

  • "Nuclear Import of the HIV-1 Core Precedes Reverse Transcription and Uncoating," 2020, Cell Reports
  • "Cyclophilin A Prevents HIV-1 Restriction in Lymphocytes by Blocking Human TRIM5α Binding to the Viral Core," 2020, Cell Reports
  • "GS-CA1 and lenacapavir stabilize the HIV-1 core and modulate the core interaction with cellular factors," 2021, iScience
  • "Nucleic acid binding by SAMHD1 contributes to the antiretroviral activity and is enhanced by the GpsN modification," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "The HIV-1 capsid core is an opportunistic nuclear import receptor," 2023, Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Specific recognition and accelerated uncoating of retroviral capsids by the TRIM5α restriction factor

    Matthew Stremlau;Michel Perron;Mark Lee;Yuan Li

  • Peripheral Blood CCR4 + CCR6 + and CXCR3 + CCR6 + CD4 + T Cells Are Highly Permissive to HIV-1 Infection

    Annie Gosselin;Patricia Monteiro;Nicolas Chomont;Felipe Diaz-Griffero

  • The Retroviral Restriction Ability of SAMHD1, but Not Its Deoxynucleotide Triphosphohydrolase Activity, Is Regulated by Phosphorylation

    Tommy E. White;Alberto Brandariz-Nuñez;Jose Carlos Valle-Casuso;Sarah Amie

  • The ribonuclease activity of SAMHD1 is required for HIV-1 restriction

    Jeongmin Ryoo;Jongsu Choi;Changhoon Oh;Sungchul Kim

  • Nup153 and Nup98 bind the HIV-1 core and contribute to the early steps of HIV-1 replication

    Francesca Di Nunzio;Thomas Fricke;Annarita Miccio;Jose Carlos Valle-Casuso

  • Structural basis of HIV-1 capsid recognition by PF74 and CPSF6

    Akash Bhattacharya;Steven L. Alam;Thomas Fricke;Kaneil Zadrozny

  • Rapid turnover and polyubiquitylation of the retroviral restriction factor TRIM5

    Felipe Diaz-Griffero;Xing Li;Hassan Javanbakht;Byeongwoon Song

  • The Contribution of RING and B-box 2 Domains to Retroviral Restriction Mediated by Monkey TRIM5α

    Hassan Javanbakht;Felipe Diaz-Griffero;Matthew Stremlau;Zhihai Si

  • Human nucleoporins promote HIV-1 docking at the nuclear pore, nuclear import and integration.

    Francesca Di Nunzio;Anne Danckaert;Thomas Fricke;Patricio Perez

  • BCL9 Promotes Tumor Progression by Conferring Enhanced Proliferative, Metastatic, and Angiogenic Properties to Cancer Cells

    Mala Mani;Daniel E. Carrasco;Yunyu Zhang;Kohichi Takada

  • A B-Box 2 Surface Patch Important for TRIM5α Self-Association, Capsid Binding Avidity, and Retrovirus Restriction

    Felipe Diaz-Griffero;Xu Rong Qin;Fumiaki Hayashi;Takanori Kigawa

  • Retroviral Restriction Factor TRIM5α Is a Trimer

    Claudia C. Mische;Hassan Javanbakht;Byeongwoon Song;Felipe Diaz-Griffero

  • MxB binds to the HIV-1 core and prevents the uncoating process of HIV-1

    Thomas Fricke;Tommy E White;Bianca Schulte;Daniel A de Souza Aranha Vieira

  • Role of SAMHD1 nuclear localization in restriction of HIV-1 and SIVmac

    Alberto Brandariz-Nuñez;Jose Carlos Valle-Casuso;Tommy E White;Nadine Laguette

  • Contribution of SAM and HD domains to retroviral restriction mediated by human SAMHD1.

    Tommy E White;Alberto Brandariz-Nuñez;Jose Carlos Valle-Casuso;Sarah Amie

  • Role of lysosome rupture in controlling Nlrp3 signaling and necrotic cell death

    Heriberto Lima;Lee S Jacobson;Michael F Goldberg;Kartik Chandran

  • HIV-1 Uncoating is Facilitated by Dynein and Kinesin-1

    Zana Lukic;Adarsh Dharan;Thomas Fricke;Felipe Diaz-Griffero

  • Characterization of TRIM5α trimerization and its contribution to human immunodeficiency virus capsid binding

    Hassan Javanbakht;Wen Yuan;Darwin F. Yeung;Byeongwoon Song

  • Chromatin organization at the nuclear pore favours HIV replication.

    Mickaël Lelek;Nicoletta Casartelli;Danilo Pellin;Ermanno Rizzi

  • SAMHD1 Restricts Herpes Simplex Virus 1 in Macrophages by Limiting DNA Replication

    Eui Tae Kim;Tommy E. White;Alberto Brandariz-Núñez;Felipe Diaz-Griffero

Frequent Co-Authors

Baek Kim
Baek Kim Emory University
Joseph Sodroski
Joseph Sodroski Harvard Medical School
Borries Demeler
Borries Demeler University of Lethbridge
Nevan J. Krogan
Nevan J. Krogan University of California, San Francisco
Jeremy Luban
Jeremy Luban University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Pierre Charneau
Pierre Charneau Institut Pasteur
Marco Severgnini
Marco Severgnini National Research Council (CNR)
Li Wu
Li Wu University of Iowa
Kartik Chandran
Kartik Chandran Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Takanori Kigawa
Takanori Kigawa RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research

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