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Michael Gale is a researcher affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions in immunology and microbiology. Their research extends across several subfields including infectious diseases, immunology, epidemiology, molecular biology, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas related to viral infections and immune responses. Key themes in their publications include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Interferon and immune responses
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing

Among the recent papers featuring Michael Gale's research contributions are:

  • Functional SARS-CoV-2-Specific Immune Memory Persists after Mild COVID-19 (2020), published in Cell
  • New horizons in adjuvants for vaccine development (2020), published in Current Opinion in Immunology
  • STING-induced regulatory B cells compromise NK function in cancer immunity (2022), published in Nature
  • An Alphavirus-derived replicon RNA vaccine induces SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody and T cell responses in mice and nonhuman primates (2020), published in Science Translational Medicine
  • Imprinted SARS-CoV-2-specific memory lymphocytes define hybrid immunity (2022), published in Cell

Michael Gale collaborates regularly with multiple co-authors, including:

  • Tien-Ying Hsiang
  • Jennifer Tisoncik-Go
  • Elise Smith
  • Leanne S. Whitmore
  • Linhui Hao

The researcher has published extensively in a range of scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • Frontiers in Immunology

Best Publications

  • Immune Signaling by RIG-I-like Receptors

    Yueh Ming Loo;Michael Gale

  • Shared and Unique Functions of the DExD/H-Box Helicases RIG-I, MDA5, and LGP2 in Antiviral Innate Immunity

    Mitsutoshi Yoneyama;Mika Kikuchi;Kanae Matsumoto;Tadaatsu Imaizumi

  • Viruses and interferon: a fight for supremacy

    Michael G. Katze;Yupeng He;Michael Gale

  • Immune evasion by hepatitis C virus NS3/4A protease-mediated cleavage of the Toll-like receptor 3 adaptor protein TRIF

    Kui Li;Eileen Foy;Josephine C. Ferreon;Mitsuyasu Nakamura

  • Distinct RIG-I and MDA5 Signaling by RNA Viruses in Innate Immunity

    Yueh Ming Loo;Jamie Fornek;Nanette Crochet;Gagan Bajwa

  • Regulating Intracellular Antiviral Defense and Permissiveness to Hepatitis C Virus RNA Replication through a Cellular RNA Helicase, RIG-I

    Rhea Sumpter;Yueh Ming Loo;Eileen Foy;Kui Li

  • Regulation of Interferon Regulatory Factor-3 by the Hepatitis C Virus Serine Protease

    Eileen Foy;Kui Li;Chunfu Wang;Rhea Sumpter

  • Evidence that hepatitis C virus resistance to interferon is mediated through repression of the PKR protein kinase by the nonstructural 5A protein

    Michael J. Gale;Marcus J. Korth;Norina M. Tang;Seng Lai Tan

  • 2′-O methylation of the viral mRNA cap evades host restriction by IFIT family members

    Stephane Daffis;Kristy J. Szretter;Jill Schriewer;Jianqing Li

  • Regulation of innate antiviral defenses through a shared repressor domain in RIG-I and LGP2

    Takeshi Saito;Reiko Hirai;Yueh Ming Loo;David Owen

  • Innate immunity induced by composition-dependent RIG-I recognition of hepatitis C virus RNA

    Takeshi Saito;David M. Owen;David M. Owen;Fuguo Jiang;Joseph Marcotrigiano

  • Evasion of intracellular host defence by hepatitis C virus

    Michael Gale;Eileen M. Foy

  • Small self-RNA generated by RNase L amplifies antiviral innate immunity

    Krishnamurthy Malathi;Beihua Dong;Michael Gale;Robert H. Silverman

  • Control of PKR Protein Kinase by Hepatitis C Virus Nonstructural 5A Protein: Molecular Mechanisms of Kinase Regulation

    Michael Gale;Collin M. Blakely;Bart Kwieciszewski;Seng Lai Tan

  • Inhibition of Retinoic Acid-Inducible Gene I-Mediated Induction of Beta Interferon by the NS1 Protein of Influenza A Virus

    Masaki Mibayashi;Luis Martínez-Sobrido;Yueh Ming Loo;Washington B. Cárdenas

  • Control of antiviral defenses through hepatitis C virus disruption of retinoic acid-inducible gene-I signaling.

    Eileen Foy;Kui Li;Rhea Sumpter;Yueh Ming Loo

  • Hepatitis C virus production by human hepatocytes dependent on assembly and secretion of very low-density lipoproteins

    Hua Huang;Fang Sun;David M. Owen;Weiping Li

  • Functional SARS-CoV-2-Specific Immune Memory Persists after Mild COVID-19.

    Lauren B. Rodda;Jason Netland;Laila Shehata;Kurt B. Pruner

  • Nonself RNA-Sensing Mechanism of RIG-I Helicase and Activation of Antiviral Immune Responses

    Kiyohiro Takahasi;Mitsutoshi Yoneyama;Mitsutoshi Yoneyama;Tatsuya Nishihori;Reiko Hirai

  • Structural basis of RNA recognition and activation by innate immune receptor RIG-I

    Fuguo Jiang;Anand Ramanathan;Matthew T. Miller;Guo Qing Tang

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael S. Diamond
Michael S. Diamond Washington University in St. Louis
Mehul S. Suthar
Mehul S. Suthar Emory University
Edward A. Clark
Edward A. Clark University of Washington
Stanley M. Lemon
Stanley M. Lemon University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Robert H. Silverman
Robert H. Silverman Kent State University
M. Juliana McElrath
M. Juliana McElrath University of Washington
Stephen J. Polyak
Stephen J. Polyak University of Washington
Ralph S. Baric
Ralph S. Baric University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Curt H. Hagedorn
Curt H. Hagedorn University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Guido Silvestri
Guido Silvestri Emory University

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