Korea VirusResearch Institute

FRET-based hACE2 receptor mimic peptide conjugated nanoprobe for simple detection of SARS-CoV-2

Byunghoon Kang, Youngjin Lee, Jaewoo Lim, Dongeun Yong, Young Ki Choi, Sun Woo Yoon, Seungbeom Seo, Soojin Jang, Seong Uk Son, Taejoon Kang, Juyeon Jung, Kyu-Sun Lee, Myung Hee Kim*, Eun-Kyung Lim* [Chemical Engineering Journal 442:1, 136143-(2022)]

COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, hACE2 mimic peptide, hACE2

The generation of stem cell-like memory cells early after BNT162b2 vaccination is associated with durability of memory CD8+ T cell responses

Sungmin Jung, Jae Hyung Jung, Ji Yun Noh, Woo-Joong Kim, Soo-Young Yoon, Jongtak Jung, Eu Suk Kim, Hong Bin Kim, Hee Jin Cheong, Woo Joo Kim, Su-Hyung Park, Kyoung-Ho Song*, Joon Young Song*, Eui-Cheol Shin* [Cell Reports 40:4(2022)]

CD8(+) T cell, COVID-19, CP: Immunology, MHC class I multimer, SARS-CoV-2, memory cell, vaccine

BNT162b2-induced memory T cells respond to the Omicron variant with preserved polyfunctionality

Min Kyung Jung, Seong Dong Jeong, Ji Yun Noh, Dong-Uk Kim, Sungmin Jung, Joon Young Song*, Hye Won Jeong*, Su-Hyung Park*, Eui-Cheol Shin* [NATURE MICROBIOLOGY 7:6, 909-917(2022)]

Viral infection, T cell

Infection Route Impacts the Pathogenesis of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus in Ferrets

Su-Jin Park*, Young-Il Kim, Mark Anthony Casel, Eun-Ha Kim, Se-Mi Kim, Kwang-Min Yu, Rare Rollon, Seung-Gyu Jang, Hye Won Jeong, Young Ki Choi* [Viruses 14:6(2022)]

SFTSV, aged ferret, animal model, infection routes

Modeling Incorporating the Severity-Reducing Long-term Immunity: Higher Viral Transmission Paradoxically Reduces Severe COVID-19 During Endemic Transition

Hyukpyo Hong, Ji Yun Noh, Hyojung Lee, Sunhwa Choi, Boseung Choi, Jae Kyoung Kim*, Eui-Cheol Shin* [IMMUNE NETWORK 22:3(2022)]

COVID-19, Endemic transition, Immunity, SARS-CoV-2, Severity

Development of Machine Learning Models Predicting Estimated Blood Loss during Liver Transplant Surgery

Sujung Park, Kyemyung Park, Jae Geun Lee, Tae Yang Choi, Sungtaik Heo, Bon-Nyeo Koo*, Dongwoo Chae* [Journal of Personalized Medicine 12, 7-(2022)]

estimated blood loss, liver transplantation, machine learning

Identification of a distinct NK-like hepatic T-cell population activated by NKG2C in a TCR-independent manner

June-Young Koh, Min-Seok Rha, Seong Jin Choi, Ha Seok Lee, Ji Won Han, Heejin Nam, Dong-Uk Kim, Jae Geun Lee, Myoung Soo Kim, Jun Yong Park*, Su-Hyung Park*, Dong Jin Joo*, Eui-Cheol Shin* [Journal of Hepatology (2022)]

CD8(+) T cell, CITE-seq, NK cell receptor, NK-like T cell, NKG2C, liver

KIRs mark killers suppressing autoimmunity

June-Young Koh, Eui-Cheol Shin* [Immunity 55:5, 735-737(2022)]

KIR, COVID-19, CD8+ T cell