Abstract

Through comparative analysis, different coronaviruses, including the novel SARS-CoV-2 and human seasonal coronaviruses hCoV-OC43 and hCoV-NL63 will be used to unveil both their similarities and differences in cellular susceptibility and permissiveness, innate immune responses, and immune modulatory potential in primary human cell systems including monocyte derived dendritic cells (MDDCs), normal human bronchial epithelial cells (NHBEs), and an ex vivo tonsil histoculture (HC) system. We will use state of the art techniques to analyze tose responses intracellularly and extracellularly. Our group specializes in the manipulation of primary human cell systems and investigating both innate immune responses to viral infection as well as viral antagonism of innate immune sensing. As such we are uniquely positioned to respond to this new public health threat and provide critical information regarding the molecular biology of SARS-CoV-2.

Public Health Relevance

In this proposal we will analyze the early and late immune responses induced by human coronaviruses, including the new SARS-CoV-2 in primary human systems. Using state of the art immunological and biological techniques we will investigate the strategies of immune evasion used by different coronaviruses at the cellular level. The data generated in this proposal will inform on vaccine and antiviral drug design for human coronaviruses.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Type
Research Program--Cooperative Agreements (U19)
Project #
3U19AI118610-06S2
Application #
10157384
Study Section
Program Officer
Kelly, Halonna R
Project Start
2020-06-08
Project End
2021-05-31
Budget Start
2020-06-08
Budget End
2021-05-31
Support Year
6
Fiscal Year
2020
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Department
Type
DUNS #
078861598
City
New York
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
10029

  Publications

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Amir, El-Ad David; Guo, Xinzheng V; Mayovska, Oksana et al. (2018) Average Overlap Frequency: A simple metric to evaluate staining quality and community identification in high dimensional mass cytometry experiments. J Immunol Methods 453:20-29
Premkumar, Lakshmanane; Collins, Matthew; Graham, Stephen et al. (2018) Development of Envelope Protein Antigens To Serologically Differentiate Zika Virus Infection from Dengue Virus Infection. J Clin Microbiol 56:
Balmaseda, Angel; Zambrana, José Victor; Collado, Damaris et al. (2018) Comparison of Four Serological Methods and Two Reverse Transcription-PCR Assays for Diagnosis and Surveillance of Zika Virus Infection. J Clin Microbiol 56:
Kalayci, Selim; Gümü?, Zeynep H (2018) Exploring Biological Networks in 3D, Stereoscopic 3D, and Immersive 3D with iCAVE. Curr Protoc Bioinformatics 61:8.27.1-8.27.26
Katzelnick, Leah C; Ben-Shachar, Rotem; Mercado, Juan Carlos et al. (2018) Dynamics and determinants of the force of infection of dengue virus from 1994 to 2015 in Managua, Nicaragua. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 115:10762-10767
Mishra, Nischay; Caciula, Adrian; Price, Adam et al. (2018) Diagnosis of Zika Virus Infection by Peptide Array and Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay. MBio 9:

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