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Overview

Robert E. Johnston is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with significant contributions in the fields of Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Immunology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Oncology.

The scientist's work spans a variety of topics including mosquito-borne diseases and control, viral infections and vectors, respiratory viral infections, virology and viral diseases, interferon and immune responses, viral infections and outbreaks research, and viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Robert E. Johnston include:

  • Nancy Davis
  • Alan C. Whitmore
  • Barzin Y. Nabet
  • Martha Collier
  • Mark T. Heise

Johnston has published extensively across several venues, with a notable presence in:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Regular and Young Investigator Award Abstracts
  • Cancer Research
  • Cell Reports Medicine
  • British Journal of Haematology

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Robert E. Johnston showcase research in oncology, immunology, and infectious diseases:

  • Immunomodulatory effects and improved outcomes with cisplatin- versus carboplatin-based chemotherapy plus atezolizumab in urothelial cancer, 2024, Cell Reports Medicine
  • Patient-derived xenograft models of ALK+ ALCL reveal preclinical promise for therapy with brigatinib, 2023, British Journal of Haematology
  • Successful Vaccination Strategies That Protect Aged Mice from Lethal Challenge from Influenza Virus and Heterologous Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • 606 IMpower110: Tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS) and clinical outcomes in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with first-line atezolizumab or chemotherapy, 2023, Regular and Young Investigator Award Abstracts
  • Stratified Medicine Pediatrics: Cell-Free DNA and Serial Tumor Sequencing Identifies Subtype-Specific Cancer Evolution and Epigenetic States, 2024, Cancer Discovery

Best Publications

  • Replicon-Helper Systems from Attenuated Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus: Expression of Heterologous Genes in Vitro and Immunization against Heterologous Pathogens in Vivo

    Peter Pushko;Michael Parker;George V. Ludwig;Nancy L. Davis

  • Adaptation of Sindbis Virus to BHK Cells Selects for Use of Heparan Sulfate as an Attachment Receptor

    William B. Klimstra;Kate D. Ryman;Robert E. Johnston

  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Papain-Like Protease Ubiquitin-Like Domain and Catalytic Domain Regulate Antagonism of IRF3 and NF-κB Signaling

    Matthew Frieman;Kiira M. Ratia;Robert E. Johnston;Andrew D. Mesecar

  • Role of Dendritic Cell Targeting in Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus Pathogenesis

    Gene H. MacDonald;Robert E. Johnston

  • Synthetic recombinant bat SARS-like coronavirus is infectious in cultured cells and in mice.

    Michelle M. Becker;Rachel Lauren Graham;Eric F. Donaldson;Barry Rockx

  • Vaccine Efficacy in Senescent Mice Challenged with Recombinant SARS-CoV Bearing Epidemic and Zoonotic Spike Variants

    Damon Deming;Timothy Sheahan;Mark Heise;Boyd Yount

  • Alpha/beta interferon protects adult mice from fatal Sindbis virus infection and is an important determinant of cell and tissue tropism.

    Kate D. Ryman;William B. Klimstra;Khuong B. Nguyen;Christine A. Biron

  • Mutations in the E2 glycoprotein of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus confer heparan sulfate interaction, low morbidity, and rapid clearance from blood of mice.

    Kristen A. Bernard;William B. Klimstra;Robert E. Johnston

  • Three-dimensional structure of a membrane-containing virus

    A M Paredes;D T Brown;R Rothnagel;W Chiu

  • Vaccination of Macaques against Pathogenic Simian Immunodeficiency Virus with Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus Replicon Particles

    Nancy L. Davis;Ian J. Caley;Kevin W. Brown;Michael R. Betts

  • Mechanism of neuroinvasion of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus in the mouse.

    Peter C. Charles;Eric Walters;Frank Margolis;Robert E. Johnston

  • Attenuating mutations in the E2 glycoprotein gene of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus: Construction of single and multiple mutants in a full-length cDNA clone

    Nancy L. Davis;Nathaniel Powell;Gary F. Greenwald;Loretta V. Willis

  • Specific Restrictions in the Progression of Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus-Induced Disease Resulting from Single Amino Acid Changes in the Glycoproteins

    Franziska B. Grieder;Nancy L. Davis;Judith F. Aronson;Peter C. Charles

  • Flow Cytometry-Based Assay for Titrating Dengue Virus

    C. R. Lambeth;L. J. White;R. E. Johnston;A. M. de Silva

  • Role of Alpha/Beta Interferon in Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus Pathogenesis: Effect of an Attenuating Mutation in the 5′ Untranslated Region

    Laura J. White;Jia-Gang Wang;Nancy L. Davis;Robert E. Johnston

  • Humoral, mucosal, and cellular immunity in response to a human immunodeficiency virus type 1 immunogen expressed by a Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus vaccine vector.

    Ian J. Caley;Michael R. Betts;David M. Irlbeck;Nancy L. Davis

  • Attenuated Mutants of Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus Containing Lethal Mutations in the PE2 Cleavage Signal Combined with a Second-Site Suppressor Mutation in E1

    Nancy L. Davis;Kevin W. Brown;Gary F. Greenwald;Allan J. Zajac

  • A viral vaccine vector that expresses foreign genes in lymph nodes and protects against mucosal challenge.

    N L Davis;K W Brown;R E Johnston

  • Influenza virus (A/HK/156/97) hemagglutinin expressed by an alphavirus replicon system protects chickens against lethal infection with Hong Kong-origin H5N1 viruses.

    Stacey Schultz-Cherry;Jody K. Dybing;Nancy L. Davis;Chad Williamson

  • Multivalent norovirus vaccines induce strong mucosal and systemic blocking antibodies against multiple strains.

    Anna D. LoBue;Lisa Lindesmith;Boyd Yount;Patrick R. Harrington

Frequent Co-Authors

Nancy L. Davis
Nancy L. Davis University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ralph S. Baric
Ralph S. Baric University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Mark T. Heise
Mark T. Heise University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ronald Swanstrom
Ronald Swanstrom University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jeffrey A. Frelinger
Jeffrey A. Frelinger University of Arizona
David C. Montefiori
David C. Montefiori Duke University
Jonathan F. Smith
Jonathan F. Smith Research Triangle Park Foundation
Boyd Yount
Boyd Yount University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Eric F. Donaldson
Eric F. Donaldson Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
Timothy P. Sheahan
Timothy P. Sheahan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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