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Joan W. Berman is affiliated with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the United States. Their research primarily covers the fields of Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology, and Neuroscience, with a strong focus on subfields such as Virology, Neurology, Immunology, Emergency Medicine, and Epidemiology.

The main topics explored in their work include HIV Research and Treatment, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, HIV-related health complications and treatments, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Autophagy in Disease and Therapy, Immune cells in cancer, and Tryptophan and brain disorders.

Some recent publications by Joan W. Berman include:

  • "Central Nervous System (CNS) Viral Seeding by Mature Monocytes and Potential Therapies To Reduce CNS Viral Reservoirs in the cART Era," 2021, published in mBio
  • "Higher circulating intermediate monocytes are associated with cognitive function in women with HIV," 2021, published in JCI Insight
  • "HIV Neuropathogenesis in the Presence of a Disrupted Dopamine System," 2020, published in Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology
  • "Methamphetamine Increases the Proportion of SIV-Infected Microglia/Macrophages, Alters Metabolic Pathways, and Elevates Cell Death Pathways: A Single-Cell Analysis," 2020, published in Viruses
  • "Interactions of Monocytes, HIV, and ART Identified by an Innovative scRNAseq Pipeline: Pathways to Reservoirs and HIV-Associated Comorbidities," 2020, published in mBio

Frequent coauthors in Joan W. Berman's publications include:

  • Tina M. Calderon
  • Rosiris León-Rivera
  • Laura Cheney
  • John M. Barbaro
  • Vanessa Chilunda

Their research has been published multiple times in venues such as:

  • Cells
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • JCI Insight
  • mBio
  • Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Best Publications

  • Cytokine production by human fetal microglia and astrocytes. Differential induction by lipopolysaccharide and IL-1 beta.

    S. C. Lee;Wei Liu;D. W. Dickson;C. F. Brosnan

  • Circulating levels of cytokines and their endogenous modulators in patients with mild to severe congestive heart failure due to coronary artery disease or hypertension

    Marco Testa;Michael Yeh;Paul Lee;Joan W Berman

  • CD36, a Class B Scavenger Receptor, Is Expressed on Microglia in Alzheimer's Disease Brains and Can Mediate Production of Reactive Oxygen Species in Response to β-Amyloid Fibrils

    Indra Sethy Coraci;Jens Husemann;Joan W. Berman;Christine Hulette

  • CCL2/monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 mediates enhanced transmigration of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected leukocytes across the blood-brain barrier : A potential mechanism of HIV-CNS invasion and NeuroAIDS

    Eliseo A. Eugenin;Kristin Osiecki;Lillie Lopez;Harris Goldstein

  • MCP-1, MCP-2 and MCP-3 expression in multiple sclerosis lesions: an immunohistochemical and in situ hybridization study.

    Carrie McManus;Joan W Berman;Francesca M Brett;Hugh Staunton

  • LOCALIZATION OF MONOCYTE CHEMOATTRACTANT PEPTIDE-1 EXPRESSION IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM IN EXPERIMENTAL AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS AND TRAUMA IN THE RAT

    Joan W. Berman;Michelle P. Guida;Jeffrey Warren;Jose Amat

  • HIV-1 Tat induces monocyte chemoattractant protein-1-mediated monocyte transmigration across a model of the human blood-brain barrier and up-regulates CCR5 expression on human monocytes.

    Jonathan M. Weiss;Avindra Nath;Eugene O. Major;Joan W. Berman

  • MCP-1 (CCL2) protects human neurons and astrocytes from NMDA or HIV-tat-induced apoptosis.

    Eliseo Eugenin;T. G. D'Aversa;L. Lopez;T. M. Calderon

  • Tunneling nanotubes (TNT) are induced by HIV-infection of macrophages: a potential mechanism for intercellular HIV trafficking.

    Eliseo Eugenin;P. J. Gaskill;J. W. Berman

  • Pathophysiological correlates of increased serum tumor necrosis factor in patients with congestive heart failure. Relation to nitric oxide-dependent vasodilation in the forearm circulation.

    Stuart D. Katz;Ramanath Rao;Joan W. Berman;Michael Schwarz

  • Human immunodeficiency virus infection of human astrocytes disrupts blood-brain barrier integrity by a gap junction-dependent mechanism.

    Eliseo A. Eugenin;Janice E. Clements;M. Christine Zink;Joan W. Berman

  • Expression of CSF-1, c-fms, and MCP-1 in the central nervous system of rats with experimental allergic encephalomyelitis.

    K Hulkower;C F Brosnan;D A Aquino;W Cammer

  • Astrocyte-shed extracellular vesicles regulate the peripheral leukocyte response to inflammatory brain lesions

    Alex M. Dickens;Luis B. Tovar-Y-Romo;Seung Wan Yoo;Amanda L. Trout

  • HIV tat and neurotoxicity

    J. E. King;Eliseo Eugenin;C. M. Buckner;J. W. Berman

  • Astrocyte-Derived Monocyte-Chemoattractant Protein-1 Directs the Transmigration of Leukocytes Across a Model of the Human Blood-Brain Barrier

    Jonathan M. Weiss;Sherry A. Downie;William D. Lyman;Joan W. Berman

  • TNF-α Plus IFN-γ Induce Connexin43 Expression and Formation of Gap Junctions Between Human Monocytes/Macrophages That Enhance Physiological Responses

    Eliseo A. Eugenín;Eliseo A. Eugenín;María C. Brañes;Joan W. Berman;Juan C. Sáez;Juan C. Sáez

  • Chemokine and Chemokine-Receptor Expression in Human Glial Elements: Induction by the HIV Protein, Tat, and Chemokine Autoregulation

    Carrie M. McManus;Karen Weidenheim;Scott Eric Woodman;Jeranil Nunez

  • Cytokine induction of MIP-1 alpha and MIP-1 beta in human fetal microglia.

    Carrie M. McManus;Celia F. Brosnan;Joan W. Berman

  • Monocyte maturation, HIV susceptibility, and transmigration across the blood brain barrier are critical in HIV neuropathogenesis

    Dionna W. Williams;Eliseo A. Eugenin;Tina M. Calderon;Joan W. Berman

  • Proinflammatory Effects of Tweak/Fn14 Interactions in Glomerular Mesangial Cells

    Sean Campbell;Linda C. Burkly;Hua Xin Gao;Joan W. Berman

  • Macrophage colony-stimulating factor in human fetal astrocytes and microglia. Differential regulation by cytokines and lipopolysaccharide, and modulation of class II MHC on microglia

    S. C. Lee;Wei Liu;P. Roth;D. W. Dickson

  • HIV-tat induces formation of an LRP–PSD-95– NMDAR–nNOS complex that promotes apoptosis in neurons and astrocytes

    Eliseo A. Eugenin;Jessie E. King;Avindra Nath;Tina M. Calderon

Frequent Co-Authors

Eliseo A. Eugenin
Eliseo A. Eugenin The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Celia F. Brosnan
Celia F. Brosnan Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Susan Morgello
Susan Morgello Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Juan C. Sáez
Juan C. Sáez University of Valparaíso
Michael V. L. Bennett
Michael V. L. Bennett Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Louis M. Weiss
Louis M. Weiss Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Arturo Casadevall
Arturo Casadevall Johns Hopkins University
Eugene O. Major
Eugene O. Major National Institutes of Health
Herbert B. Tanowitz
Herbert B. Tanowitz Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Murray Wittner
Murray Wittner Yeshiva University

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