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  1. Knockout of signal peptide peptidase in the eye reduces HSV-1 replication and eye disease in ocularly infected mice

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, October 2022, PLOS

    Homayon Ghiasi

  2. Absence of signal peptide peptidase in peripheral sensory neurons affects latency-reactivation in HSV-1 ocularly infected mice

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, January 2022, PLOS

    Homayon Ghiasi

  3. Essential role of M1 macrophages in blocking cytokine storm and pathology associated with murine HSV-1 infection

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, October 2021, PLOS

    Homayon Ghiasi

  4. Blocking HSV-1 glycoprotein K binding to signal peptide peptidase reduces virus infectivity in vitro and in vivo

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, August 2021, PLOS

    Homayon Ghiasi

  5. Increased phagocytosis in the presence of enhanced M2-like macrophage responses correlates with increased primary and latent HSV-1 infection

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, October 2020, PLOS

    Homayon Ghiasi

  6. CCR2+ migratory macrophages with M1 status are the early-responders in the cornea of HSV-1 infected mice

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2019, PLOS

    Homayon Ghiasi

  7. Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Latency and the Kinetics of Reactivation Are Regulated by a Complex Network of Interactions between the Herpesvirus Entry Mediator, Its Ligands (gD, BTLA, LIGHT, and CD160), and the Latency-Associated Transcript

    Article • Journal of Virology, October 2018, ASM Journals

    Homayon Ghiasi

  8. An M2 Rather than a T H 2 Response Contributes to Better Protection against Latency Reactivation following Ocular Infection of Naive Mice with a Recombinant Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Expressing Murine Interleukin-4

    Article • Journal of Virology, February 2018, ASM Journals

    Homayon Ghiasi

  9. The absence of DHHC3 affects primary and latent HSV-1 infection

    Article • Journal of Virology, November 2017, ASM Journals

    Homayon Ghiasi

  10. Highly Efficacious Novel Vaccine, Humoral Immunity, and Ocular Herpes Simplex Virus 1: Reality or Myth?

    Article • Journal of Virology, November 2017, ASM Journals

    Homayon Ghiasi

  11. Roles of M1 and M2 Macrophages in Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Infectivity

    Article • Journal of Virology, May 2017, ASM Journals

    Homayon Ghiasi

  12. Interrelationship of Primary Virus Replication, Level of Latency, and Time to Reactivation in the Trigeminal Ganglia of Latently Infected Mice

    Article • Journal of Virology, August 2016, ASM Journals

    Homayon Ghiasi

  13. Mutations within the Pathogenic Region of Herpes Simplex Virus 1 gK Signal Sequences Alter Cell Surface Expression and Neurovirulence

    Article • Journal of Virology, December 2014, ASM Journals

    Homayon Ghiasi

  14. Role of CD8+T Cells and Lymphoid Dendritic Cells in Protection from Ocular Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Challenge in Immunized Mice

    Article • Journal of Virology, May 2014, ASM Journals

    Homayon Ghiasi

  15. Coregulatory Interactions among CD8  Dendritic Cells, the Latency-Associated Transcript, and Programmed Death 1 Contribute to Higher Levels of Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Latency

    Article • Journal of Virology, March 2014, ASM Journals

    Homayon Ghiasi

  16. Interactions between Herpesvirus Entry Mediator (TNFRSF14) and Latency-Associated Transcript during Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Latency

    Article • Journal of Virology, December 2013, ASM Journals

    Homayon Ghiasi

  17. Role of Interleukin-2 and Herpes Simplex Virus 1 in Central Nervous System Demyelination in Mice

    Article • Journal of Virology, August 2013, ASM Journals

    Homayon Ghiasi