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Overview

Raul Andino is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily centers on infectious diseases within the broader field of medicine, with substantial contributions in molecular biology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, epidemiology, and immunology.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Viral Infections and Immunology Research
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Respiratory viral infections research

Raul Andino has contributed to multiple recent papers, including:

  • Transmission, infectivity, and neutralization of a spike L452R SARS-CoV-2 variant (2021, Cell)
  • SARS-CoV-2 infects human pancreatic β cells and elicits β cell impairment (2021, Cell Metabolism)
  • In vivo monoclonal antibody efficacy against SARS-CoV-2 variant strains (2021, Nature)
  • Transmission, infectivity, and antibody neutralization of an emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant in California carrying a L452R spike protein mutation (2021, bioRxiv [Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory])
  • Androgen Signaling Regulates SARS-CoV-2 Receptor Levels and Is Associated with Severe COVID-19 Symptoms in Men (2020, Cell stem cell)

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Miguel Garcia-Knight (30 papers)
  • Peter V. Lidsky (22 papers)
  • Michel Tassetto (20 papers)
  • Yinghong Xiao (17 papers)
  • Khamal Anglin (17 papers)

Raul Andino's research has been published in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 20 publications
  • Cell with 6 publications
  • Nature with 5 publications
  • PLoS Pathogens with 5 publications
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases with 4 publications

Best Publications

  • Quasispecies diversity determines pathogenesis through cooperative interactions in a viral population

    Marco Vignuzzi;Jeffrey K. Stone;Jamie J. Arnold;Craig E. Cameron

  • RNA virus error catastrophe: direct molecular test by using ribavirin.

    Shane Crotty;Craig E. Cameron;Raul Andino

  • The broad-spectrum antiviral ribonucleoside ribavirin is an RNA virus mutagen.

    Shane Crotty;David Maag;Jamie J. Arnold;Weidong Zhong

  • Quasispecies Theory and the Behavior of RNA Viruses

    Adam S. Lauring;Raul Andino

  • Short interfering RNA confers intracellular antiviral immunity in human cells

    Leonid Gitlin;Sveta Karelsky;Raul Andino

  • Cytotoxic T-cell immunity to virus-infected non-haematopoietic cells requires presentation of exogenous antigen

    Luis J. Sigal;Shane Crotty;Raul Andino;Kenneth L. Rock

  • miR-328 Functions as an RNA Decoy to Modulate hnRNP E2 Regulation of mRNA Translation in Leukemic Blasts

    Anna M. Eiring;Jason G. Harb;Paolo Neviani;Christopher Garton

  • A functional ribonucleoprotein complex forms around the 5′ end of poliovirus RNA

    Raul Andino;Gabrielle E. Rieckhof;Gabrielle E. Rieckhof;David Baltimore;David Baltimore

  • The RNA silencing endonuclease Argonaute 2 mediates specific antiviral immunity in Drosophila melanogaster.

    Ronald P. van Rij;Maria-Carla Saleh;Bassam Berry;Catherine Foo

  • Switch from translation to RNA replication in a positive-stranded RNA virus

    Andrea V. Gamarnik;Raul Andino

  • The endocytic pathway mediates cell entry of dsRNA to induce RNAi silencing

    Maria-Carla Saleh;Ronald P. van Rij;Armin Hekele;Amethyst Gillis

  • Poliovirus RNA Replication Requires Genome Circularization through a Protein–Protein Bridge

    Jens Herold;Raul Andino

  • Temporal Analysis of the Honey Bee Microbiome Reveals Four Novel Viruses and Seasonal Prevalence of Known Viruses, Nosema, and Crithidia

    Charles Runckel;Charles Runckel;Michelle L. Flenniken;Juan C. Engel;J. Graham Ruby;J. Graham Ruby

  • Transmission, infectivity, and neutralization of a spike L452R SARS-CoV-2 variant.

    Xianding Deng;Miguel A. Garcia-Knight;Mir M. Khalid;Venice Servellita

  • Mutational and fitness landscapes of an RNA virus revealed through population sequencing

    Ashley Acevedo;Leonid Brodsky;Raul Andino

  • The role of mutational robustness in RNA virus evolution.

    Adam S. Lauring;Judith Frydman;Raul Andino

  • Two functional complexes formed by KH domain containing proteins with the 5' noncoding region of poliovirus RNA.

    A V Gamarnik;R Andino

  • High-throughput DNA sequencing errors are reduced by orders of magnitude using circle sequencing

    Dianne I. Lou;Jeffrey A. Hussmann;Ross M. McBee;Ashley Acevedo

  • Comparative Flavivirus-Host Protein Interaction Mapping Reveals Mechanisms of Dengue and Zika Virus Pathogenesis

    Priya S. Shah;Nichole Link;Gwendolyn M. Jang;Gwendolyn M. Jang;Phillip P. Sharp

  • Rationalizing the development of live attenuated virus vaccines.

    Adam S Lauring;Jeremy O Jones;Raul Andino

  • Antiviral immunity in Drosophila requires systemic RNA interference spread

    Maria-Carla Saleh;Maria-Carla Saleh;Michel Tassetto;Ronald P. van Rij;Ronald P. van Rij;Bertsy Goic

  • Poliovirus Escape from RNA Interference: Short Interfering RNA-Target Recognition and Implications for Therapeutic Approaches

    Leonid Gitlin;T. Jeffrey K. Stone;Raul Andino

  • Ribavirin's antiviral mechanism of action: lethal mutagenesis?

    Shane Crotty;Craig Cameron;Raul Andino

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark B. Feinberg
Mark B. Feinberg International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
Shane Crotty
Shane Crotty La Jolla Institute For Allergy & Immunology
Judith Frydman
Judith Frydman Stanford University
Marco Vignuzzi
Marco Vignuzzi Institut Pasteur
Craig E. Cameron
Craig E. Cameron University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Andrea V. Gamarnik
Andrea V. Gamarnik Fundación Instituto Leloir
Ronald P. van Rij
Ronald P. van Rij Radboud University
Adam S. Lauring
Adam S. Lauring University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Joseph L. DeRisi
Joseph L. DeRisi University of California, San Francisco
Nevan J. Krogan
Nevan J. Krogan University of California, San Francisco

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