Research interests:
I am interested in antiviral defenses of mammals, such as the interferon response. I recently started exploring a model system based on Nodamura virus (NoV). While NoV infects insects, its RNA can replicate in a wide variety of hosts, including mammalian cells. The requirements for replication, detection of viral RNA by the host, and various host-pathogen interactions can be illuminated in this system.
Publications:
- Melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (MDA5) is involved in the innate immune response to Paramyxoviridae infection in vivo.
Gitlin L, Benoit L, Song C, Cella M, Gilfillan S, Holtzman MJ, Colonna M.
PLoS Pathog. 2010 Jan 22;6(1):e1000734.
- Essential role of mda-5 in type I IFN responses to polyriboinosinic:polyribocytidylic acid and encephalomyocarditis picornavirus.
Gitlin L, Barchet W, Gilfillan S, Cella M, Beutler B, Flavell RA, Diamond MS, Colonna M.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 May 30;103(22):8459-64. Epub 2006 May 19.
- Poliovirus escape from RNA interference: short interfering RNA-target recognition and implications for therapeutic approaches.
Gitlin L, Stone JK, Andino R.
J Virol. 2005 Jan;79(2):1027-35.
- Short interfering RNA confers intracellular antiviral immunity in human cells.
Gitlin L, Karelsky S, Andino R.
Nature. 2002 Jul 25;418(6896):430-4. Epub 2002 Jun 26.
