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Ivona Pandrea is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research primarily intersects the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with respective publication counts of 46 and 40. Within these broader disciplines, their specialized subfields include Infectious Diseases, Virology, Immunology, Emergency Medicine, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work centers around topics related to HIV research and treatment, HIV-related health complications and treatments, HIV/AIDS research and interventions, immune cell function and interaction, HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment, gut microbiota and health, and T-cell and B-cell immunology.

Ivona Pandrea has contributed to multiple research papers, some of which include:

  • Pathogenesis of Aging and Age-related Comorbidities in People with HIV: Highlights from the HIV ACTION Workshop (2020), published in Pathogens and Immunity
  • CCR5 as a Coreceptor for Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Simian Immunodeficiency Viruses: A Prototypic Love-Hate Affair (2022), published in Frontiers in Immunology
  • African green monkeys avoid SIV disease progression by preventing intestinal dysfunction and maintaining mucosal barrier integrity (2020), published in PLoS Pathogens
  • New SHIVs and Improved Design Strategy for Modeling HIV-1 Transmission, Immunopathogenesis, Prevention, and Cure (2021), published in Journal of Virology
  • Distinct intestinal microbial signatures linked to accelerated systemic and intestinal biological aging (2024), published in Microbiome

Their coauthors frequently include Cristian Apetrei, Cuiling Xu, Ranjit Sivanandham, Adam J. Kleinman, and Dongzhu Ma, indicating ongoing collaborative efforts across multiple investigations in related fields.

Ivona Pandrea's publications appear predominantly in a core set of academic journals and venues. The most frequent venues where they have published include Frontiers in Immunology, PLoS Pathogens, Journal of Virology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Microbiome.

Best Publications

  • Critical loss of the balance between Th17 and T regulatory cell populations in pathogenic SIV infection.

    David Favre;Sharon Lederer;Bittoo Kanwar;Zhong Min Ma

  • Antiinflammatory profiles during primary SIV infection in African green monkeys are associated with protection against AIDS

    Christopher Kornfeld;Mickaël J.-Y. Ploquin;Ivona Pandrea;Abdourahmane Faye

  • Severe Depletion of Mucosal CD4+ T Cells in AIDS-Free Simian Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Sooty Mangabeys

    Shari N. Gordon;Nichole R. Klatt;Nichole R. Klatt;Steven E. Bosinger;Jason M. Brenchley

  • Acute loss of intestinal CD4+ T cells is not predictive of simian immunodeficiency virus virulence.

    Ivona V. Pandrea;Rajeev Gautam;Ruy M. Ribeiro;Jason M. Brenchley

  • Understanding the benign nature of SIV infection in natural hosts

    Guido Silvestri;Mirko Paiardini;Ivona Pandrea;Michael M. Lederman

  • Toward an AIDS vaccine: lessons from natural simian immunodeficiency virus infections of African nonhuman primate hosts.

    Donald L. Sodora;Jonathan S. Allan;Cristian Apetrei;Cristian Apetrei;Jason M. Brenchley

  • Envelope residue 375 substitutions in simian–human immunodeficiency viruses enhance CD4 binding and replication in rhesus macaques

    Hui Li;Shuyi Wang;Rui Kong;Wenge Ding

  • Low levels of SIV infection in sooty mangabey central memory CD4 + T cells are associated with limited CCR5 expression

    Mirko Paiardini;Barbara Cervasi;Barbara Cervasi;Elane Reyes-Aviles;Luca Micci;Luca Micci

  • Paucity of CD4+CCR5+ T cells is a typical feature of natural SIV hosts.

    Ivona Pandrea;Cristian Apetrei;Shari N Gordon;Shari N Gordon;Joseph Barbercheck

  • Into the wild: simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection in natural hosts.

    Ivona Pandrea;Donald L. Sodora;Guido Silvestri;Cristian Apetrei

  • Cutting Edge: Experimentally Induced Immune Activation in Natural Hosts of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Induces Significant Increases in Viral Replication and CD4+ T Cell Depletion

    Ivona Pandrea;Thaidra Gaufin;Jason M. Brenchley;Rajeev Gautam

  • CD4 downregulation by memory CD4+ T cells in vivo renders African green monkeys resistant to progressive SIVagm infection.

    Coreen M Beaumier;Levelle D Harris;Simoy Goldstein;Nichole R Klatt

  • Molecular Epidemiology of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus SIVsm in U.S. Primate Centers Unravels the Origin of SIVmac and SIVstm

    Cristian Apetrei;Amitinder Kaur;Nicholas W. Lerche;Michael Metzger

  • CD8+ Lymphocytes Control Viral Replication in SIVmac239-Infected Rhesus Macaques without Decreasing the Lifespan of Productively Infected Cells

    Nichole R. Klatt;Nichole R. Klatt;Emi Shudo;Alex M. Ortiz;Jessica C. Engram

  • Implications for Therapy

    Ivona Pandrea;Alan L. Landay

  • Use of a small molecule CCR5 inhibitor in macaques to treat simian immunodeficiency virus infection or prevent simian-human immunodeficiency virus infection.

    Ronald S. Veazey;Per Johan Klasse;Thomas J. Ketas;Jacqueline D. Reeves

  • Classic AIDS in a Sooty Mangabey after an 18-Year Natural Infection

    Binhua Ling;Cristian Apetrei;Ivona Pandrea;Ronald S. Veazey

  • Mucosal immune dysfunction in AIDS pathogenesis.

    Mirko Paiardini;Ian Frank;Ivona Pandrea;Cristian Apetrei

  • The AIDS resistance of naturally SIV-infected sooty mangabeys is independent of cellular immunity to the virus.

    Richard Dunham;Paola Pagliardini;Shari Gordon;Beth Sumpter

  • Simian Immunodeficiency Virus SIVagm.sab Infection of Caribbean African Green Monkeys: a New Model for the Study of SIV Pathogenesis in Natural Hosts

    Ivona Pandrea;Cristian Apetrei;Jason Dufour;Nora Dillon

Frequent Co-Authors

Cristian Apetrei
Cristian Apetrei University of Pittsburgh
Guido Silvestri
Guido Silvestri Emory University
Ruy M. Ribeiro
Ruy M. Ribeiro Los Alamos National Laboratory
Preston A. Marx
Preston A. Marx Tulane University
Pierre Roques
Pierre Roques University of Paris-Saclay
Ronald S. Veazey
Ronald S. Veazey Tulane University
Jason M. Brenchley
Jason M. Brenchley National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Andrew A. Lackner
Andrew A. Lackner Tulane University
Mirko Paiardini
Mirko Paiardini Emory University
François Simon
François Simon Université Paris Cité

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