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  1. Post-tuberculosis mortality and morbidity: valuing the hidden epidemic

    Article • The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, April 2020, Elsevier

    Anna Coussens

  2. The Mtb-HIV syndemic interaction: why treating M. tuberculosis infection may be crucial for HIV-1 eradication

    Article • Future Virology, February 2020, Future Medicine

    Anna Coussens

  3. The effect of antiretroviral treatment on selected genes in whole blood from HIV-infected adults sensitised by Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2018, PLOS

    Anna Coussens

  4. The Wonder Years: What Can Primary School Children Teach Us About Immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis?

    Article • Frontiers in Immunology, December 2018, Frontiers

    Anna Coussens

  5. Neutrophils: Innate Effectors of TB Resistance?

    Article • Frontiers in Immunology, November 2018, Frontiers

    Anna Coussens

  6. Recent progress in understanding immune activation in the pathogenesis in HIV–tuberculosis co-infection

    Article • Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS, November 2018, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Anna Coussens

  7. Plasma Biomarkers to Detect Prevalent or Predict Progressive Tuberculosis Associated With Human Immunodeficiency Virus–1

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, September 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Anna Coussens

  8. Viral Apoptosis Evasion via the MAPK Pathway by Use of a Host Long Noncoding RNA

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, August 2018, Frontiers

    Anna Coussens

  9. Complement pathway gene activation and rising circulating immune complexes characterize early disease in HIV-associated tuberculosis

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, January 2018, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Anna Coussens

  10. Viral apoptosis evasion via the MAPK pathway by use of a host long noncoding RNA

    Article • June 2017, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Anna Coussens

  11. Paradoxical upgrading reaction in extra-pulmonary tuberculosis: association with vitamin D therapy

    Article • The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, June 2017, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

    Anna Coussens

  12. Matrix Degradation in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1–Associated Tuberculosis and Tuberculosis Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome: A Prospective Observational Study

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Anna Coussens

  13. Socio-political prescriptions for latent tuberculosis infection are required to prevent reactivation of tuberculosis

    Article • International Journal of Infectious Diseases, May 2017, Elsevier

    Anna Coussens

  14. Human Immunology of Tuberculosis

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, February 2017, ASM Journals

    Anna Coussens

  15. The role of UV radiation and vitamin D in the seasonality and outcomes of infectious disease

    Article • Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Anna Coussens

  16. Tuberculosis prevention must integrate technological and basic care innovation

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, October 2016, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Anna Coussens

  17. Characterization of progressive HIV-associated tuberculosis using 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-glucose positron emission and computed tomography

    Article • Nature Medicine, September 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Anna Coussens

  18. Phenylbutyrate Is Bacteriostatic against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Regulates the Macrophage Response to Infection, Synergistically with 25-Hydroxy-Vitamin D₃

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, July 2015, PLOS

    Anna Coussens

  19. High-dose vitamin D 3 reduces deficiency caused by low UVB exposure and limits HIV-1 replication in urban Southern Africans

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, June 2015, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Anna Coussens

  20. Neutrophil-Associated Central Nervous System Inflammation in Tuberculous Meningitis Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, August 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Anna Coussens

  21. Regulation of CYP27B1 and CYP24A1 hydroxylases limits cell-autonomous activation of vitamin D in dendritic cells

    Article • European Journal of Immunology, April 2014, Wiley

    Benny Chain, Anna Coussens

  22. Anti-Inflammatory and Antimicrobial Actions of Vitamin D in Combating TB/HIV

    Article • Scientifica, January 2014, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Anna Coussens

  23. Ethnic Variation in Inflammatory Profile in Tuberculosis

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, July 2013, PLOS

    Anna Coussens

  24. Vitamin D accelerates resolution of inflammatory responses during tuberculosis treatment

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, September 2012, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Anna Coussens

  25. Corticosteroid Therapy, Vitamin D Status, and Inflammatory Cytokine Profile in the HIV-Tuberculosis Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, June 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Anna Coussens, Prof Robert Colebunders

  26. Immunomodulatory Actions of Vitamin D Metabolites and their Potential Relevance to Human Lung Disease

    Article • Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews, December 2011, Bentham Science Publishers

    Anna Coussens

  27. High-dose vitamin D3 during intensive-phase antimicrobial treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis: a double-blind randomised controlled trial

    Article • The Lancet, January 2011, Elsevier

    Anna Coussens

  28. 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3inhibits matrix metalloproteinases induced byMycobacterium tuberculosisinfection

    Article • Immunology, August 2009, Wiley

    Anna Coussens

  29. In vitro differentiation of human calvarial suture derived cells with and without dexamethasone does not induce in vivo-like expression

    Article • Journal of Cellular Physiology, January 2009, Wiley

    Anna Coussens

  30. Identification of genes differentially expressed by prematurely fused human sutures using a novel in vivo – in vitro approach

    Article • Differentiation, June 2008, Elsevier

    Anna Coussens

  31. Unravelling the molecular control of calvarial suture fusion in children with craniosynostosis

    Article • BMC Genomics, January 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Anna Coussens

  32. Linkage disequilibrium analysis identifies an FGFR1 haplotype-tag SNP associated with normal variation in craniofacial shape

    Article • Genomics, May 2005, Elsevier

    Anna Coussens