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Overview

Michael R. Betts is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a significant focus on Immunology, Infectious Diseases, and Virology as subfields. The body of work reflects substantial contributions to understanding immune system function and infectious agents.

The scientist's research covers a variety of topics, including:

  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Diabetes and associated disorders

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Leticia Kuri-Cervantes
  • M. Betina Pampena
  • E. John Wherry
  • Divij Mathew
  • Scott E. Hensley

Michael R. Betts has published extensively in several scientific outlets, with notable frequent publication venues as follows:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Nature Immunology
  • Science Immunology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Michael R. Betts include:

  • Deep immune profiling of COVID-19 patients reveals distinct immunotypes with therapeutic implications, 2020, Science
  • mRNA vaccines induce durable immune memory to SARS-CoV-2 and variants of concern, 2021, Science
  • Comprehensive mapping of immune perturbations associated with severe COVID-19, 2020, Science Immunology
  • Distinct antibody and memory B cell responses in SARS-CoV-2 naïve and recovered individuals after mRNA vaccination, 2021, Science Immunology
  • Cellular and humoral immune responses following SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination in patients with multiple sclerosis on anti-CD20 therapy, 2021, Nature Medicine

Best Publications

  • Coregulation of CD8+ T cell exhaustion by multiple inhibitory receptors during chronic viral infection

    Shawn D Blackburn;Haina Shin;W Nicholas Haining;W Nicholas Haining;Tao Zou

  • HIV nonprogressors preferentially maintain highly functional HIV-specific CD8+ T-cells

    Michael R. Betts;Martha C. Nason;Sadie M. West;Stephen C. De Rosa

  • Sensitive and viable identification of antigen-specific CD8+ T cells by a flow cytometric assay for degranulation

    Michael R. Betts;Jason M. Brenchley;David A. Price;Stephen C. De Rosa

  • HIV preferentially infects HIV-specific CD4 + T cells

    Daniel C. Douek;Jason M. Brenchley;Michael R. Betts;David R. Ambrozak

  • Deep immune profiling of COVID-19 patients reveals distinct immunotypes with therapeutic implications

    Divij Mathew;Josephine R. Giles;Amy E. Baxter;Derek A. Oldridge

  • Expression of CD57 defines replicative senescence and antigen-induced apoptotic death of CD8+ T cells

    Jason M. Brenchley;Nitin J. Karandikar;Michael R. Betts;David R. Ambrozak

  • Analysis of total human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-specific CD4(+) and CD8(+) T-cell responses: relationship to viral load in untreated HIV infection

    Michael R. Betts;David R. Ambrozak;Daniel C. Douek;Sebastian Bonhoeffer

  • mRNA vaccines induce durable immune memory to SARS-CoV-2 and variants of concern.

    Rishi R. Goel;Mark M. Painter;Sokratis A. Apostolidis;Divij Mathew

  • Comprehensive mapping of immune perturbations associated with severe COVID-19.

    Leticia Kuri-Cervantes;M. Betina Pampena;Wenzhao Meng;Aaron M. Rosenfeld

  • Assessment of thymic output in adults after haematopoietic stem-cell transplantation and prediction of T-cell reconstitution

    Daniel C Douek;Robert A Vescio;Michael R Betts;Jason M Brenchley

  • Distinct antibody and memory B cell responses in SARS-CoV-2 naïve and recovered individuals following mRNA vaccination.

    Rishi R. Goel;Sokratis A. Apostolidis;Mark M. Painter;Divij Mathew

  • Immunization with vaccinia virus induces polyfunctional and phenotypically distinctive CD8+ T cell responses

    Melissa L. Precopio;Michael R. Betts;Janie Parrino;David A. Price

  • Factors affecting thymic function after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

    Kenneth Weinberg;Bruce R. Blazar;Bruce R. Blazar;Bruce R. Blazar;John E. Wagner;John E. Wagner;John E. Wagner;Edward Agura;Edward Agura;Edward Agura

  • Ex vivo identification, isolation and analysis of tumor-cytolytic T cells

    Valerie Rubio;Tor B. Stuge;Naileshni S Singh;Michael R. Betts

  • Cellular and humoral immune responses following SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination in patients with multiple sclerosis on anti-CD20 therapy.

    Sokratis A. Apostolidis;Mihir Kakara;Mark M Painter;Rishi Raj Goel

  • Quantum dot semiconductor nanocrystals for immunophenotyping by polychromatic flow cytometry

    Pratip K Chattopadhyay;David A Price;Theresa F Harper;Michael R Betts;Michael R Betts

  • Rapid induction of antigen-specific CD4 + T cells is associated with coordinated humoral and cellular immunity to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination.

    Mark M. Painter;Divij Mathew;Rishi R. Goel;Sokratis A. Apostolidis

  • Avidity for antigen shapes clonal dominance in CD8 + T cell populations specific for persistent DNA viruses

    David A. Price;Jason M. Brenchley;Laura E. Ruff;Michael R. Betts

  • Perforin Expression Directly Ex Vivo by HIV-Specific CD8 + T-Cells Is a Correlate of HIV Elite Control

    Adam R. Hersperger;Florencia Pereyra;Martha Nason;Korey R. Demers

  • Acquisition of direct antiviral effector functions by CMV-specific CD4+ T lymphocytes with cellular maturation

    Joseph P. Casazza;Michael R. Betts;David A. Price;Melissa L. Precopio

  • Sustained transgene expression despite T lymphocyte responses in a clinical trial of rAAV1-AAT gene therapy

    Mark L. Brantly;Jeffrey D. Chulay;Lili Wang;Christian Mueller

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard A. Koup
Richard A. Koup National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Daniel C. Douek
Daniel C. Douek National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
David Price
David Price University of Aberdeen
E. John Wherry
E. John Wherry University of Pennsylvania
Mario Roederer
Mario Roederer National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Guido Silvestri
Guido Silvestri Emory University
Emma Gostick
Emma Gostick Cardiff University
Jason M. Brenchley
Jason M. Brenchley National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Ali Naji
Ali Naji University of Pennsylvania
Steven G. Deeks
Steven G. Deeks University of California, San Francisco

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