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Here are the publications of the Dittmer Lab from 2013 to 2018. Click on the title to download/open the paper in PDF version. Click the PMID number for the NCBI page.

2013

The open chromatin landscape of Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus.
Hilton IB, Simon JM, Lieb JD, Davis IJ, Damania B, Dittmer DP.
J Virol. 2013 Nov;87(21):11831-42. doi: 10.1128/JVI.01685-13. Epub 2013 Aug 28.
PMID: 23986576

Latency locus complements MicroRNA 155 deficiency in vivo.
Sin SH, Kim YB, Dittmer DP.
J Virol. 2013 Nov;87(21):11908-11. doi: 10.1128/JVI.01620-13. Epub 2013 Aug 21.
PMID: 23966392

Incidence and timing of cancer in HIV-infected individuals following initiation of combination antiretroviral therapy.
Yanik EL, Napravnik S, Cole SR, Achenbach CJ, Gopal S, Olshan A, Dittmer DP, Kitahata MM, Mugavero MJ, Saag M, Moore RD, Mayer K, Mathews WC, Hunt PW, Rodriguez B, Eron JJ.
Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Sep;57(5):756-64. doi: 10.1093/cid/cit369. Epub 2013 Jun 4.
PMID: 23735330

Early experience after developing a pathology laboratory in Malawi, with emphasis on cancer diagnoses.
Gopal S, Krysiak R, Liomba NG, Horner MJ, Shores CG, Alide N, Kamiza S, Kampani C, Chimzimu F, Fedoriw Y, Dittmer DP, Hosseinipour MC, Hoffman IF.
PLoS One. 2013 Aug 7;8(8):e70361. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070361. eCollection 2013.
PMID: 23950924

Systemically circulating viral and tumor-derived microRNAs in KSHV-associated malignancies.
Chugh PE, Sin SH, Ozgur S, Henry DH, Menezes P, Griffith J, Eron JJ, Damania B, Dittmer DP.
PLoS Pathog. 2013;9(7):e1003484. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003484. Epub 2013 Jul 18.
PMID: 23874201

Kaposi sarcoma associated herpesvirus pathogenesis (KSHV)–an update.
Dittmer DP, Damania B.
Curr Opin Virol. 2013 Jun;3(3):238-44. doi: 10.1016/j.coviro.2013.05.012. Epub 2013 Jun 13. Review.
PMID: 23769237

Poisson factor models with applications to non-normalized microRNA profiling.
Lee S, Chugh PE, Shen H, Eberle R, Dittmer DP.
Bioinformatics. 2013 May 1;29(9):1105-11. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btt091. Epub 2013 Feb 21.
PMID: 23428639

Recent cancer incidence trends in an observational clinical cohort of HIV-infected patients in the US, 2000 to 2011.
Yanik EL, Tamburro K, Eron JJ, Damania B, Napravnik S, Dittmer DP.
Infect Agent Cancer. 2013 May 24;8(1):18. doi: 10.1186/1750-9378-8-18.
PMID: 23705808

Maribavir inhibits Epstein-Barr virus transcription through the EBV protein kinase.
Whitehurst CB, Sanders MK, Law M, Wang FZ, Xiong J, Dittmer DP, Pagano JS.
J Virol. 2013 May;87(9):5311-5. doi: 10.1128/JVI.03505-12. Epub 2013 Feb 28.
PMID: 23449792

mTOR inhibitors block Kaposi sarcoma growth by inhibiting essential autocrine growth factors and tumor angiogenesis.
Roy D, Sin SH, Lucas A, Venkataramanan R, Wang L, Eason A, Chavakula V, Hilton IB, Tamburro KM, Damania B, Dittmer DP.
Cancer Res. 2013 Apr 1;73(7):2235-46. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-12-1851. Epub 2013 Feb 4.
PMID: 23382046

Viral latency locus augments B-cell response in vivo to induce chronic marginal zone enlargement, plasma cell hyperplasia, and lymphoma.
Sin SH, Dittmer DP.
Blood. 2013 Apr 11;121(15):2952-63. doi: 10.1182/blood-2012-03-415620. Epub 2013 Jan 30.
PMID: 23365457

Complete genome sequence of pathogenic Guinea pig cytomegalovirus from salivary gland homogenates of infected animals.
Yang D, Tamburro K, Dittmer D, Cui X, McVoy MA, Hernandez-Alvarado N, Schleiss MR.
Genome Announc. 2013 Mar 14;1(2):e0005413. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00054-13.
PMID: 23516193

Tousled-like kinases modulate reactivation of gammaherpesviruses from latency.
Dillon PJ, Gregory SM, Tamburro K, Sanders MK, Johnson GL, Raab-Traub N, Dittmer DP, Damania B.
Cell Host Microbe. 2013 Feb 13;13(2):204-14. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2012.12.005.
PMID: 23414760

2014

Human cytomegalovirus gene expression in long-term infected glioma stem cells.
Fiallos E, Judkins J, Matlaf L, Prichard M, Dittmer D, Cobbs C, Soroceanu L.
PLoS One
. 2014 Dec 30;9(12):e116178. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116178. eCollection 2014.
PMID: 25549333

Regulation of the hepatitis C virus RNA replicase by endogenous lipid peroxidation.
Yamane D, McGivern DR, Wauthier E, Yi M, Madden VJ, Welsch C, Antes I, Wen Y, Chugh PE, McGee CE, Widman DG, Misumi I, Bandyopadhyay S, Kim S, Shimakami T, Oikawa T, Whitmire JK, Heise MT, Dittmer DP, Kao CC, Pitson SM, Merrill AH Jr, Reid LM, Lemon SM.
Nat Med
. 2014 Aug;20(8):927-35. doi: 10.1038/nm.3610. Epub 2014 Jul 27.
PMID: 25064127

Chugh PE, Damania BA, Dittmer DP.
PLoS One
. 2014 Aug 15;9(8):e104770. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104770. eCollection 2014.
PMID: 25127040

Viral profiling identifies multiple subtypes of Kaposi’s sarcoma.
Hosseinipour MC, Sweet KM, Xiong J, Namarika D, Mwafongo A, Nyirenda M, Chiwoko L, Kamwendo D, Hoffman I, Lee J, Phiri S, Vahrson W, Damania B, Dittmer DP.
MBio
. 2014 Sep 23;5(5):e01633-14. doi: 10.1128/mBio.01633-14.
PMID: 25249280

Complete genome sequence of cell culture-attenuated Guinea pig cytomegalovirus cloned as an infectious bacterial artificial chromosome.
Yang D, Alam Z, Cui X, Chen M, Sherrod CJ, McVoy MA, Schleiss MR, Dittmer DP.
Genome Announc
. 2014 Oct 16;2(5). pii: e00928-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00928-14.
PMID: 25323707

Interleukin 1 receptor-associated kinase 1 (IRAK1) mutation is a common, essential driver for Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus lymphoma.
Yang D, Chen W, Xiong J, Sherrod CJ, Henry DH, Dittmer DP.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2014 Nov 4;111(44):E4762-8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1405423111. Epub 2014 Oct 23.
PMID: 25341731

An important role for mitochondrial antiviral signaling protein in the Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus life cycle.
West JA, Wicks M, Gregory SM, Chugh P, Jacobs SR, Zhang Z, Host KM, Dittmer DP, Damania B.
J Virol. 2014 May;88(10):5778-87. doi: 10.1128/JVI.03226-13. Epub 2014 Mar 12.
PMID: 24623417

Zidovudine-based lytic-inducing chemotherapy for Epstein-Barr virus-related lymphomas.
Bayraktar UD, Diaz LA, Ashlock B, Toomey N, Cabral L, Bayraktar S, Pereira D, Dittmer DP, Ramos JC.
Leuk Lymphoma. 2014 Apr;55(4):786-94. doi: 10.3109/10428194.2013.818142. Epub 2013 Aug 28.
PMID: 23837493

Dual inhibition of the PI3K/mTOR and MAPK pathways in Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.
Anders P, Bhende PM, Foote M, Dittmer DP, Park SI, Damania B.
Leuk Lymphoma. 2014 Apr 25. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.
PMID: 24766470

Relationship of immunologic response to antiretroviral therapy with non-AIDS defining cancer incidence.
Yanik EL, Napravnik S, Cole SR, Achenbach CJ, Gopal S, Dittmer DP, Olshan AF, Kitahata MM, Mugavero MJ, Saag M, Moore RD, Mathews WC, Hunt P, Eron JJ.
AIDS. 2014 Apr 24;28(7):979-87. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000167.
PMID: 24681415

Moving forward in HIV-associated cancer.
Gopal S, Achenbach CJ, Yanik EL, Dittmer DP, Eron JJ, Engels EA.
J Clin Oncol. 2014 Mar 20;32(9):876-80. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2013.53.1376. Epub 2014 Feb 18.
PMID: 24550416

Not like a wrecking ball: EBV fine-tunes MYC lymphomagenesis.
Dittmer DP.
Blood. 2014 Jan 23;123(4):460-1. doi: 10.1182/blood-2013-11-537076.
PMID: 24458272

Expression profile of microRNAs in Epstein-Barr virus-infected AGS gastric carcinoma cells.
Marquitz AR, Mathur A, Chugh PE, Dittmer DP, Raab-Traub N.
J Virol. 2014 Jan;88(2):1389-93. doi: 10.1128/JVI.02662-13. Epub 2013 Nov 13.
PMID: 24227849

2015

Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Latency Locus Compensates for Interleukin-6 in Initial B Cell Activation.
Sin SH, Kang SA, Kim Y, Eason A, Tan K, An H, Dittmer DP.
J Virol. 2015 Dec 9;90(4):2150-4. doi: 10.1128/JVI.02456-15.
PMID: 26656696

“Virus Hunting” Using Radial Distance Weighted Discrimination.
Xiong J, Dittmer D.P., Marron J.S.
The Annals of Applied Statistics 2015, Vol. 9, No. 4, 2090–2109.
DOI: 10.1214/15-AOAS869

KSHV Latency Locus Cooperates with Myc to Drive Lymphoma in Mice.
Sin SH, Kim Y, Eason A, Dittmer DP.
PLoS Pathog
. 2015 Sep 1;11(9):e1005135. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005135. eCollection 2015 Sep.
PMID: 26327622

Source and Purity of Dengue-Viral Preparations Impact Requirement for Enhancing Antibody to Induce Elevated IL-1β Secretion: A Primary Human Monocyte Model.
Callaway JB, Smith SA, Widman DG, McKinnon KP, Scholle F, Sempowski GD, Dittmer DP, Crowe JE Jr, de Silva AM, Ting JP.
PLoS One
. 2015 Aug 24;10(8):e0136708. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136708. eCollection 2015.
PMID: 26301593

Complete Genome Sequences of Mandrillus leucophaeus and Papio ursinus Cytomegaloviruses.
Blewett EL, Sherrod CJ, Texier JR, Conrad TM, Dittmer DP.
Genome Announc
. 2015 Aug 6;3(4). pii: e00781-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00781-15.
PMID: 26251484

Characteristics and survival for HIV-associated multicentric Castleman disease in Malawi.
Gopal S, Liomba NG, Montgomery ND, Moses A, Kaimila B, Nyasosela R, Chikasema M, Dhungel BM, Kampani C, Sanders MK, Krysiak R, Dittmer DP, Fedoriw Y.
J Int AIDS Soc
. 2015 Aug 3;18:20122. doi: 10.7448/IAS.18.1.20122. eCollection 2015.
PMID: 26242311

Modulation of the cGAS-STING DNA sensing pathway by gammaherpesviruses.
Ma Z, Jacobs SR, West JA, Stopford C, Zhang Z, Davis Z, Barber GN, Glaunsinger BA, Dittmer DP, Damania B.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2015 Aug 4;112(31):E4306-15. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1503831112. Epub 2015 Jul 21.
PMID: 26199418

High Accuracy of Common HIV-Related Oral Disease Diagnoses by Non-Oral Health Specialists in the AIDS Clinical Trial Group.
Shiboski CH, Chen H, Secours R, Lee A, Webster-Cyriaque J, Ghannoum M, Evans S, Bernard D, Reznik D, Dittmer DP, Hosey L, Sévère P, Aberg JA; Oral HIV/AIDS Research Alliance, Subcommittee of the AIDS Clinical Trial Group.
PLoS One
. 2015 Jul 6;10(7):e0131001. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131001. eCollection 2015.
PMID: 26148192

Self-Reported Reproductive Tract Infections and Ultrasound Diagnosed Uterine Fibroids in African-American Women.
Moore KR, Cole SR, Dittmer DP, Schoenbach VJ, Smith JS, Baird DD.
J Womens Health (Larchmt)
. 2015 Jun;24(6):489-95. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2014.5051. Epub 2015 Apr 22.
PMID: 25901468

Identification of human papillomaviruses from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded pre-cancer and invasive cervical cancer specimens in Zambia: a cross-sectional study.
Bateman AC, Katundu K, Polepole P, Shibemba A, Mwanahamuntu M, Dittmer DP, Parham GP, Chibwesha CJ.
Virol J
. 2015 Jan 16;12:2. doi: 10.1186/s12985-014-0234-8.
PMID: 25591541

2016

Differential IgM expression distinguishes two types of pediatric Burkitt lymphoma in mouse and human.
Eason AB, Sin SH, Lin C, Damania B, Park S, Fedoriw Y, Bacchi CE, Dittmer DP.
Oncotarget. 2016 Sep 27;7(39):63504-63513. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.11531.
PMID: 27566574

2017

Oral shedding of herpesviruses in HIV-infected patients with varying degrees of immune status.
Dittmer DP, Tamburro K, Chen H, Lee A, Sanders MK, Wade TA, Napravnik S, Webster-Cyriaque J, Ghannoum M, Shiboski CH, Aberg JA.
AIDS. 2017 Sep 24;31(15):2077-2084. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001589.
PMID: 28723706

Genome Sequences of Diverse Human Cytomegalovirus Strains with Utility in Drug Screening and Vaccine Evaluation.
Corcoran K, Sherrod CJ, Perkowski EF, Texier J, Li F, Wang IM, McVoy M, Fu TM, Dittmer DP.
Genome Announc. 2017 Jan 19;5(3). pii: e01433-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01433-16.
PMID: 28104650

2018

Large-scale, cross-flow based isolation of highly pure and endocytosis-competent extracellular vesicles.
McNamara RP, Caro-Vegas CP, Costantini LM, Landis JT, Griffith JD, Damania BA, Dittmer DP.
J Extracell Vesicles. 2018 Nov 30;7(1):1541396. doi: 10.1080/20013078.2018.1541396. eCollection 2018.
PMID: 30533204

Epstein-Barr virus enhances genome maintenance of Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus.
Bigi R, Landis JT, An H, Caro-Vegas C, Raab-Traub N, Dittmer DP.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Nov 27;115(48):E11379-E11387. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1810128115. Epub 2018 Nov 14.
PMID: 30429324

Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Latency Locus Renders B Cells Hyperresponsive to Secondary Infections.
Sin SH, Eason AB, Bigi R, Kim Y, Kang S, Tan K, Seltzer TA, Venkataramanan R, An H, Dittmer DP.
J Virol. 2018 Sep 12;92(19). pii: e01138-18. doi: 10.1128/JVI.01138-18. Print 2018 Oct 1.
PMID: 30021906

Nef Secretion into Extracellular Vesicles or Exosomes Is Conserved across Human and Simian Immunodeficiency Viruses.
McNamara RP, Costantini LM, Myers TA, Schouest B, Maness NJ, Griffith JD, Damania BA, MacLean AG, Dittmer DP.
MBio. 2018 Feb 6;9(1). pii: e02344-17. doi: 10.1128/mBio.02344-17.
PMID: 29437924