Publications by authors named "Maia S Gower"
Article Synopsis
- Blood transcriptional profiling is used to evaluate immune responses to infections, but traditional blood collection methods hinder accurate analysis during dynamic infections like COVID-19.
- A new at-home self-collection method allows participants to collect blood and nasal swabs every other day, enabling high-frequency measurement of immune response during acute SARS-CoV-2 infections.
- The study found significant differences in immune responses between healthy and COVID-19+ individuals, revealing distinct patterns based on vaccination status, and demonstrating the effectiveness of at-home sampling in tracking immune kinetics.
A Modular Microscale Granuloma Model for Immune-Microenvironment Signaling Studies .
Front Bioeng Biotechnol
August 2020
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most potent infectious diseases in the world, causing more deaths than any other single infectious agent. TB infection is caused by inhalation of (Mtb) and subsequent phagocytosis and migration into the lung tissue by innate immune cells (e.g.
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