Non-human primates: a model for tuberculosis research

JL Flynn, SV Capuano, D Croix, S Pawar, A Myers… - Tuberculosis, 2003 - Elsevier
A variety of animals have been used for tuberculosis research, and each animal model has
its strengths and weaknesses. We sought to develop a non-human primate model of …

Experimental Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection of Cynomolgus Macaques Closely Resembles the Various Manifestations of Human M. tuberculosis Infection

SV Capuano III, DA Croix, S Pawar, A Zinovik… - Infection and …, 2003 - Am Soc Microbiol
Nonhuman primates were used to develop an animal model that closely mimics human
Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Cynomolgus macaques were infected with low doses of …

[HTML][HTML] A rhesus macaque model of Asian-lineage Zika virus infection

…, EG Rakasz, HA Simmons, S Capuano… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Infection with Asian-lineage Zika virus (ZIKV) has been associated with Guillain–Barré
syndrome and fetal abnormalities, but the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. …

Quantitative comparison of active and latent tuberculosis in the cynomolgus macaque model

…, A Myers, C Bigbee, I Chiosea, SV Capuano… - Infection and …, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
We previously described that low-dose Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in cynomolgus
macaques results in a spectrum of disease similar to that of human infection: primary …

Impact of proto-oncogene mutation detection in cytological specimens from thyroid nodules improves the diagnostic accuracy of cytology

…, S Marchisotta, S Capuano… - The Journal of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Context: Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is the gold standard for the differential
diagnosis of thyroid nodules but has the limitation of inadequate sampling or indeterminate …

Early Events in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Cynomolgus Macaques

…, C Fuhrman, TA Reinhart, SV Capuano… - Infection and …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
Little is known regarding the early events of infection of humans with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
The cynomolgus macaque is a useful model of tuberculosis, with strong similarities to …

[HTML][HTML] Design and testing of a humanized porcine donor for xenotransplantation

…, X Tan, S Yin, IJ Anwar, D Aufhauser, S Capuano… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Recent human decedent model studies 1 , 2 and compassionate xenograft use 3 have explored
the promise of porcine organs for human transplantation. To proceed to human studies, …

Subdominant CD8+ T-Cell Responses Are Involved in Durable Control of AIDS Virus Replication

…, EJ León, T Soma, G Napoe, SV Capuano III… - Journal of …, 2007 - Am Soc Microbiol
“Elite controllers” are individuals that durably control human immunodeficiency virus or
simian immunodeficiency virus replication without therapeutic intervention. The study of these …

Tumor necrosis factor neutralization results in disseminated disease in acute and latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection with normal granuloma structure in a …

…, I Chiosea, NN Voitenek, SV Capuano… - … : Official Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Objective An increased risk of tuberculosis has been documented in humans treated with
tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα)–neutralizing agents. In murine models, impaired signaling by …

[HTML][HTML] Highly efficient maternal-fetal Zika virus transmission in pregnant rhesus macaques

…, SR Permar, EG Rakasz, EL Mohr, S Capuano III… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Infection with Zika virus (ZIKV) is associated with human congenital fetal anomalies. To
model fetal outcomes in nonhuman primates, we administered Asian-lineage ZIKV …