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Overview

Tao Dong is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and has a significant research footprint in the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Their work prominently covers subfields including Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Oncology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their research focuses largely on topics related to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, including COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, Long-Term Effects of COVID-19, vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, and SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing.

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • Broad and strong memory CD4+ and CD8+ T cells induced by SARS-CoV-2 in UK convalescent individuals following COVID-19, 2020, Nature Immunology
  • Evidence of escape of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.351 from natural and vaccine-induced sera, 2021, Cell
  • Reduced neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617 by vaccine and convalescent serum, 2021, Cell
  • Antibody evasion by the P.1 strain of SARS-CoV-2, 2021, Cell
  • Reduced neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 variant by convalescent and vaccine sera, 2021, Cell

The scientist frequently collaborates with the following co-authors:

  • Yanchun Peng
  • Julian C. Knight
  • Graham S. Ogg
  • Alexander J. Mentzer
  • Paul Klenerman

Tao Dong has published widely in several scientific venues. Notable frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature Communications
  • Cell
  • Analytical Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Single-dose administration and the influence of the timing of the booster dose on immunogenicity and efficacy of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) vaccine: a pooled analysis of four randomised trials.

    M Voysey;S A Costa Clemens;S A Madhi;L Y Weckx

  • Broad and strong memory CD4 + and CD8 + T cells induced by SARS-CoV-2 in UK convalescent individuals following COVID-19.

    Y Peng;A J Mentzer;G Liu;G Liu;X Yao

  • HIV-Specific Cd8+T Cells Produce Antiviral Cytokines but Are Impaired in Cytolytic Function

    Victor Appay;Douglas F. Nixon;Sean M. Donahoe;Geraldine M.A. Gillespie

  • Preexisting influenza-specific CD4+ T cells correlate with disease protection against influenza challenge in humans

    T M Wilkinson;Li Ckf.;Chui Csc.;Huang Aky.;Huang Aky.

  • Evidence of escape of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.351 from natural and vaccine-induced sera.

    D Zhou;W Dejnirattisai;P Supasa;C Liu

  • Original antigenic sin and apoptosis in the pathogenesis of dengue hemorrhagic fever.

    Juthathip Mongkolsapaya;Wanwisa Dejnirattisai;Xiao-ning Xu;Sirijitt Vasanawathana

  • HIV-specific cytotoxic T-cells in HIV-exposed but uninfected Gambian women

    Sarah Rowland-Jones;Julian Sutton;Koya Ariyoshi;Tao Dong

  • Reduced neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617 by vaccine and convalescent serum.

    C Liu;H M Ginn;W Dejnirattisai;P Supasa

  • T cell and antibody responses induced by a single dose of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) vaccine in a phase 1/2 clinical trial.

    K J Ewer;Barrett;S Belij-Rammerstorfer;H Sharpe

  • Antibody evasion by the P.1 strain of SARS-CoV-2.

    W Dejnirattisai;D Zhou;P Supasa;C Liu

  • Immune Activation and CD8+ T-Cell Differentiation towards Senescence in HIV-1 Infection

    L Papagno;C A Spina;A Marchant;M Salio

  • Cytotoxic T cell responses to multiple conserved HIV epitopes in HIV-resistant prostitutes in Nairobi.

    S. L. Rowland-Jones;Tao Dong;K. R. Fowke;J. Kimani

  • HIV-1-specific mucosal CD8+ lymphocyte responses in the cervix of HIV-1-resistant prostitutes in Nairobi.

    Rupert Kaul;Francis A. Plummer;Francis A. Plummer;Joshua Kimani;Tao Dong

  • Memory T cells established by seasonal human influenza A infection cross-react with avian influenza A (H5N1) in healthy individuals

    Lee Ly-H.;Ha Dla.;C Simmons;C Simmons;de Jong

  • A blood atlas of COVID-19 defines hallmarks of disease severity and specificity

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  • Reduced neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 variant by convalescent and vaccine sera.

    P Supasa;D Zhou;W Dejnirattisai;C Liu

  • Longitudinal COVID-19 profiling associates IL-1Ra and IL-10 with disease severity and RANTES with mild disease.

    Y Zhao;L Qin;P Zhang;K Li

  • Invariant NKT cells reduce the immunosuppressive activity of influenza A virus–induced myeloid-derived suppressor cells in mice and humans

    Carmela De Santo;Mariolina Salio;S. Hajar Masri;Laurel Yong Hwa Lee

  • The antigenic anatomy of SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain.

    Wanwisa Dejnirattisai;Daming Zhou;Helen M. Ginn;Helen M.E. Duyvesteyn

  • Recognition of HLA-A3 and HLA-A11 by KIR3DL2 is peptide-specific

    Pokrath Hansasuta;Tao Dong;Hathairat Thananchai;Michael Weekes

  • Performance characteristics of five immunoassays for SARS-CoV-2: a head-to-head benchmark comparison

    M Ainsworth;M Andersson;M Andersson;K Auckland;J K Baillie

  • Single Dose Administration, And The Influence Of The Timing Of The Booster Dose On Immunogenicity and Efficacy Of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) Vaccine (preprint)

    Voysey, Merryn, Costa Clemens, Sue Ann, Madhi, Shabir A.;Weckx, Lily Yin, Folegatti, Pedro M.;Parvinder K. Aley;Angus, Brian John, Baillie, Vicky, Barnabas, Shaun L.

Frequent Co-Authors

Sarah Rowland-Jones
Sarah Rowland-Jones University of Sheffield
Andrew J. McMichael
Andrew J. McMichael University of Oxford
Christopher P. Conlon
Christopher P. Conlon University of Oxford
Hilton Whittle
Hilton Whittle London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Graham S. Ogg
Graham S. Ogg University of Oxford
Francis A. Plummer
Francis A. Plummer University of Manitoba
Juthathip Mongkolsapaya
Juthathip Mongkolsapaya University of Oxford
Rupert Kaul
Rupert Kaul University of Toronto
Paul Klenerman
Paul Klenerman University of Oxford
Julian C. Knight
Julian C. Knight University of Oxford

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