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Shabaana A. Khader is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on immunology, infectious diseases, and molecular biology, with a strong emphasis on tuberculosis and COVID-19 related studies.

The main fields of study for Khader include:

  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology

Subfields of particular interest encompass:

  • Immunology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Epidemiology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Oncology

Khader's work addresses multiple key topics, including:

  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Immune responses and vaccinations
  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Immune Response and Inflammation

The scientist has frequently published in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Immunology
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Khader include:

  • Trained immunity, tolerance, priming and differentiation: distinct immunological processes, 2020, Nature Immunology
  • The immunoregulatory landscape of human tuberculosis granulomas, 2022, Nature Immunology
  • Responses to acute infection with SARS-CoV-2 in the lungs of rhesus macaques, baboons and marmosets, 2020, Nature Microbiology
  • The immune landscape in tuberculosis reveals populations linked to disease and latency, 2020, Cell Host & Microbe
  • S100A8/A9 regulates CD11b expression and neutrophil recruitment during chronic tuberculosis, 2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation

Khader collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Deepak Kaushal
  • Mushtaq Ahmed
  • Joaquín Zúñiga
  • Shibali Das
  • Dhiraj Kumar Singh

Best Publications

  • IL-23 and IL-17 in the establishment of protective pulmonary CD4 + T cell responses after vaccination and during Mycobacterium tuberculosis challenge

    Shabaana A Khader;Guy K Bell;John E Pearl;Jeffrey J Fountain

  • Itaconate Links Inhibition of Succinate Dehydrogenase with Macrophage Metabolic Remodeling and Regulation of Inflammation

    Vicky Lampropoulou;Alexey Sergushichev;Monika Bambouskova;Sharmila Nair

  • IL-23 Compensates for the Absence of IL-12p70 and Is Essential for the IL-17 Response during Tuberculosis but Is Dispensable for Protection and Antigen-Specific IFN-γ Responses if IL-12p70 Is Available

    Shabaana A. Khader;John E. Pearl;Kaori Sakamoto;Leigh Gilmartin

  • Th17 cells at the crossroads of innate and adaptive immunity against infectious diseases at the mucosa

    Shabaana A. Khader;Sarah L. Gaffen;Jay K. Kolls

  • Trained immunity, tolerance, priming and differentiation: distinct immunological processes.

    Maziar Divangahi;Peter Aaby;Shabaana A. Khader;Luis B. Barreiro

  • The development of inducible bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue depends on IL-17

    Javier Rangel-Moreno;Damian M Carragher;Maria de la Luz Garcia-Hernandez;Ji Young Hwang

  • The role of cytokines in the initiation, expansion, and control of cellular immunity to tuberculosis

    Andrea M. Cooper;Shabaana A. Khader

  • Interleukin 12p40 is required for dendritic cell migration and T cell priming after Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

    Shabaana A. Khader;Santiago Partida-Sanchez;Guy Bell;Dawn M. Jelley-Gibbs

  • Influenza A Inhibits Th17-Mediated Host Defense against Bacterial Pneumonia in Mice

    Anupa Kudva;Erich V. Scheller;Keven M. Robinson;Chris R. Crowe

  • IL-23 and IL-17 in tuberculosis

    Shabaana A. Khader;Andrea M. Cooper

  • Cutting edge: IFN-γ regulates the induction and expansion of IL-17-producing CD4 T cells during mycobacterial infection

    Andrea Cruz;Shabaana A. Khader;Egídio Torrado;Alexandra G. Fraga

  • Cytokines and Chemokines in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection

    Racquel Domingo-Gonzalez;Oliver Prince;Andrea Cooper;Shabaana A. Khader

  • IL-12p40: an inherently agonistic cytokine

    Andrea M. Cooper;Shabaana A. Khader

  • Interleukin-17 Is Required for T Helper 1 Cell Immunity and Host Resistance to the Intracellular Pathogen Francisella tularensis

    Yinyao Lin;Shane Ritchea;Alison Logar;Samantha Slight

  • Unexpected Role for IL-17 in Protective Immunity against Hypervirulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis HN878 Infection

    Radha Gopal;Leticia Monin;Samantha Slight;Uzodinma Uche

  • CXCR5+ T helper cells mediate protective immunity against tuberculosis

    Samantha R. Slight;Javier Rangel-Moreno;Radha Gopal;Yinyao Lin

  • S100A8/A9 Proteins Mediate Neutrophilic Inflammation and Lung Pathology during Tuberculosis

    Radha Gopal;Leticia Monin;Diana Torres;Samantha Slight

  • The role of Th17 cytokines in primary mucosal immunity

    Jay K. Kolls;Shabaana Abdul Khader

  • IL-23 Is Required for Long-Term Control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and B Cell Follicle Formation in the Infected Lung

    Shabaana A. Khader;Lokesh Guglani;Javier Rangel-Moreno;Radha Gopal

  • Mucosal vaccination with attenuated Mycobacterium tuberculosis induces strong central memory responses and protects against tuberculosis.

    Deepak Kaushal;Taylor W. Foreman;Uma S. Gautam;Xavier Alvarez

  • Th17 cells confer long-term adaptive immunity to oral mucosal Candida albicans infections

    Nydiaris Hernández-Santos;Anna R. Huppler;Alanna C. Peterson;Shabaana A. Khader

Frequent Co-Authors

Javier Rangel-Moreno
Javier Rangel-Moreno University of Rochester
Jay K. Kolls
Jay K. Kolls Tulane University
Joaquín Zúñiga
Joaquín Zúñiga Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education
Deepak Kaushal
Deepak Kaushal Texas Biomedical Research Institute
Andrea M. Cooper
Andrea M. Cooper University of Leicester
Troy D. Randall
Troy D. Randall University of Alabama at Birmingham
Makedonka Mitreva
Makedonka Mitreva Washington University in St. Louis
Mihai G. Netea
Mihai G. Netea Radboud University
Todd A. Reinhart
Todd A. Reinhart University of Pittsburgh
Ramnik J. Xavier
Ramnik J. Xavier Broad Institute

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