Alessandra Franco • UCSD Profiles (original) (raw)

  1. Characterization of the SARS-CoV-2-Specific T Cell Responses in Rheumatoid Arthritis Subjects Vaccinated for COVID-19 Protection. Eur J Immunol. 2025 Dec; 55(12):e70105. Song J, da Silva Antunes R, Seyede MA, Guma M, Sette A, Franco A. PMID: 41416941; PMCID: PMC12716210.
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  2. More on Pre-Covid-19, SARS-CoV-2-Negative MIS-C. N Engl J Med. 2024 02 22; 390(8):771. Franco A, Tremoulet A, Burns JC. PMID: 38381691.
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  3. T Cell Responses in Pregnant Women Who Received mRNA-Based Vaccination to Prevent COVID-19 Revealed Unknown Exposure to the Natural Infection and Numerous SARS-CoV-2-Specific CD4- CD8- Double Negative T Cells and Regulatory T Cells. Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Feb 07; 25(4). Chambers CD, Song J, da Silva Antunes R, Sette A, Franco A. PMID: 38396707; PMCID: PMC10889590.
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  4. SARS-CoV-2 spike-specific regulatory T cells (Treg) expand and develop memory in vaccine recipients suggesting a role for immune regulation in preventing severe symptoms in COVID-19. Autoimmunity. 2023 12; 56(1):2259133. Franco A, Song J, Chambers C, Sette A, Grifoni A. PMID: 37724524; PMCID: PMC12167603.
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  5. T Cells in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Have a Predominant CD4+ T Helper Response to SARS-CoV-2 Peptides and Numerous Virus-Specific CD4- CD8- Double-Negative T Cells. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Jun 29; 23(13). Hsieh LE, Song J, Grifoni A, Shimizu C, Tremoulet AH, Dummer KB, Burns JC, Sette A, Franco A. PMID: 35806225; PMCID: PMC9266459.
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  6. Intravenous immunoglobulin induces IgG internalization by tolerogenic myeloid dendritic cells that secrete IL-10 and expand Fc-specific regulatory T cells. Clin Exp Immunol. 2022 06 23; 208(3):361-371. Hsieh LE, Song J, Tremoulet AH, Burns JC, Franco A. PMID: 35536993; PMCID: PMC9226148.
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  7. Immune Regulatory Functions of IgG in the Ontogeny of Human Natural Regulatory T Cells. Crit Rev Immunol. 2022; 42(2):29-33. Franco A. PMID: 37017286.
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  8. Anakinra Treatment in Patients with Acute Kawasaki Disease with Coronary Artery Aneurysms: A Phase I/IIa Trial. J Pediatr. 2022 04; 243:173-180.e8. Yang J, Jain S, Capparelli EV, Best BM, Son MB, Baker A, Newburger JW, Franco A, Printz BF, He F, Shimizu C, Hoshino S, Bainto E, Moreno E, Pancheri J, Burns JC, Tremoulet AH. PMID: 34953816.
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  9. SARS-CoV-2-specific T cell responses and immune regulation in infected pregnant women. J Reprod Immunol. 2022 02; 149:103464. Hsieh LE, Grifoni A, Dave H, Wang J, Johnson D, Zellner J, Sidney J, Chambers C, Franco A. PMID: 34953325; PMCID: PMC8665650.
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  10. Characterization of SARS-CoV-2 and common cold coronavirus-specific T-cell responses in MIS-C and Kawasaki disease children. Eur J Immunol. 2022 01; 52(1):123-137. Hsieh LE, Grifoni A, Sidney J, Shimizu C, Shike H, Ramchandar N, Moreno E, Tremoulet AH, Burns JC, Franco A. PMID: 34599760; PMCID: PMC8646471.
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  11. Characterization of the T Cell Response to Lactobacillus casei Cell Wall Extract in Children With Kawasaki Disease and Its Potential Role in Vascular Inflammation. Front Pediatr. 2021; 9:633244. Hsieh LE, Tremoulet AH, Burns JC, Noval Rivas M, Arditi M, Franco A. PMID: 33681107; PMCID: PMC7933244.
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  12. IgG Epitopes Processed and Presented by IgG+ B Cells Induce Suppression by Human Thymic-Derived Regulatory T Cells. J Immunol. 2021 03 15; 206(6):1194-1203. Hsieh LE, Sidney J, Burns JC, Boyle DL, Firestein GS, Altman Y, Sette A, Franco A. PMID: 33579724; PMCID: PMC7939040.
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  13. Phase I/IIa Trial of Atorvastatin in Patients with Acute Kawasaki Disease with Coronary Artery Aneurysm. J Pediatr. 2019 12; 215:107-117.e12. Tremoulet AH, Jain S, Jone PN, Best BM, Duxbury EH, Franco A, Printz B, Dominguez SR, Heizer H, Anderson MS, Glodé MP, He F, Padilla RL, Shimizu C, Bainto E, Pancheri J, Cohen HJ, Whitin JC, Burns JC. PMID: 31561960; PMCID: PMC6878161.
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  14. HLA-C variants associated with amino acid substitutions in the peptide binding groove influence susceptibility to Kawasaki disease. Hum Immunol. 2019 Sep; 80(9):731-738. Shimizu C, Kim J, Eleftherohorinou H, Wright VJ, Hoang LT, Tremoulet AH, Franco A, Hibberd ML, Takahashi A, Kubo M, Ito K, Tanaka T, Onouchi Y, Coin LJM, Levin M, Burns JC, Shike H, International Kawasaki Disease Genetic Consortium. PMID: 31122742; PMCID: PMC10793643.
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  15. Pediatric tolerogenic DCs expressing CD4 and immunoglobulin-like transcript receptor (ILT)-4 secrete IL-10 in response to Fc and adenosine. Eur J Immunol. 2018 03; 48(3):482-491. Franco A, Kumar J, Lin G, Behnamfar N, Hsieh LE, Shimizu C, Tremoulet AH, Burns JC, Linden J. PMID: 29244203.
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  16. The TRPA1 ion channel is expressed in CD4+ T cells and restrains T-cell-mediated colitis through inhibition of TRPV1. Gut. 2017 09; 66(9):1584-1596. Bertin S, Aoki-Nonaka Y, Lee J, de Jong PR, Kim P, Han T, Yu T, To K, Takahashi N, Boland BS, Chang JT, Ho SB, Herdman S, Corr M, Franco A, Sharma S, Dong H, Akopian AN, Raz E. PMID: 27325418; PMCID: PMC5173457.
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  17. Rationale and study design for a phase I/IIa trial of anakinra in children with Kawasaki disease and early coronary artery abnormalities (the ANAKID trial). Contemp Clin Trials. 2016 05; 48:70-5. Tremoulet AH, Jain S, Kim S, Newburger J, Arditi M, Franco A, Best B, Burns JC. PMID: 27080929; PMCID: PMC5221485.
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  18. Introduction. Autoimmunity. 2015 May; 48(3):137-8. Franco A. PMID: 25831239.
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  19. Fine specificities of natural regulatory T cells after IVIG therapy in patients with Kawasaki disease. Autoimmunity. 2015 May; 48(3):181-8. Burns JC, Touma R, Song Y, Padilla RL, Tremoulet AH, Sidney J, Sette A, Franco A. PMID: 25822882; PMCID: PMC4784966.
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  20. The immunomodulatory effects of intravenous immunoglobulin therapy in Kawasaki disease. Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2015; 11(7):819-25. Burns JC, Franco A. PMID: 26099344; PMCID: PMC4985263.
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  21. The ion channel TRPV1 regulates the activation and proinflammatory properties of CD4⁺ T cells. Nat Immunol. 2014 Nov; 15(11):1055-1063. Bertin S, Aoki-Nonaka Y, de Jong PR, Nohara LL, Xu H, Stanwood SR, Srikanth S, Lee J, To K, Abramson L, Yu T, Han T, Touma R, Li X, González-Navajas JM, Herdman S, Corr M, Fu G, Dong H, Gwack Y, Franco A, Jefferies WA, Raz E. PMID: 25282159; PMCID: PMC4843825.
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  22. Specificity of regulatory T cells that modulate vascular inflammation. Autoimmunity. 2014 Mar; 47(2):95-104. Franco A, Touma R, Song Y, Shimizu C, Tremoulet AH, Kanegaye JT, Burns JC. PMID: 24490882.
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  23. Treatment response in Kawasaki disease is associated with sialylation levels of endogenous but not therapeutic intravenous immunoglobulin G. PLoS One. 2013; 8(12):e81448. Ogata S, Shimizu C, Franco A, Touma R, Kanegaye JT, Choudhury BP, Naidu NN, Kanda Y, Hoang LT, Hibberd ML, Tremoulet AH, Varki A, Burns JC. PMID: 24324693; PMCID: PMC3855660.
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  24. The role of TGF-β and myofibroblasts in the arteritis of Kawasaki disease. Hum Pathol. 2013 Feb; 44(2):189-98. Shimizu C, Oharaseki T, Takahashi K, Kottek A, Franco A, Burns JC. PMID: 22955109; PMCID: PMC3518690.
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  25. Calcineurin inhibitor treatment of intravenous immunoglobulin-resistant Kawasaki disease. J Pediatr. 2012 Sep; 161(3):506-512.e1. Tremoulet AH, Pancoast P, Franco A, Bujold M, Shimizu C, Onouchi Y, Tamamoto A, Erdem G, Dodd D, Burns JC. PMID: 22484354; PMCID: PMC3613150.
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  26. Endoplasmic reticulum stress drives a regulatory phenotype in human T-cell clones. Cell Immunol. 2010; 266(1):1-6. Franco A, Almanza G, Burns JC, Wheeler M, Zanetti M. PMID: 20951371.
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  27. Memory T-cells and characterization of peripheral T-cell clones in acute Kawasaki disease. Autoimmunity. 2010 Jun; 43(4):317-24. Franco A, Shimizu C, Tremoulet AH, Burns JC. PMID: 20166878; PMCID: PMC2871072.
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  28. Glycoconjugates as vaccines for cancer immunotherapy: clinical trials and future directions. Anticancer Agents Med Chem. 2008 Jan; 8(1):86-91. Franco A. PMID: 18220508.
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  29. Translating the concept of suppressor/regulatory T cells to clinical applications. Int Rev Immunol. 2006 Jan-Apr; 25(1-2):27-47. Franco A, Albani S. PMID: 16669133.
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