Kathleen Collins, MD, PhD

Kathleen L. Collins
Professor of Internal Medicine
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and Associate Dean for Physician Scientist Education and Training
Medical School
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Kathleen Collins, MD, PhD
Kathleen L. Collins
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    • Journal Article
      Inferring differential dynamics from multi-lineage, multi-omic, and multi-sample single-cell data with MultiVeloVAE
      Li C, Gu Y, Virgilio MC, Lee KH, Collins KL, Welch JD. Nature Communications, 2025 Dec 1; 16 (1): DOI:10.1038/s41467-025-66287-6
      PMID: 41266355
    • Journal Article
      Variation in HIV-1 Tat activity is a key determinant in the establishment of latent infection
      Gomez-Rivera F, Terry VH, Chen C, Painter MM, Virgilio MC, Yaple-Maresh ME, Collins KL. Jci Insight, 2025 Jan 23; 10 (2): DOI:10.1172/jci.insight.184711
      PMID: 39636695
    • Journal Article
      Virus-induced vesicular acidification enhances HIV immune evasion.
      Yaple-Maresh ME, Flores GG, Zimmerman GE, Gomez-Rivera F, Collins KL. bioRxiv, 2024 Dec 18; DOI:10.1101/2024.12.17.628989
      PMID: PMC11702596
    • Journal Article
      HIV-1 Vpr combats the PU.1-driven antiviral response in primary human macrophages
      Virgilio MC, Ramnani B, Chen T, Disbennett WM, Lubow J, Welch JD, Collins KL. Nature Communications, 2024 Dec 1; 15 (1): DOI:10.1038/s41467-024-49635-w
      PMID: 38951492
    • Journal Article
      ER-associated degradation adapter Sel1L is required for CD8+ T cell function and memory formation following acute viral infection
      Correa-Medero LO, Jankowski SE, Hong HS, Armas ND, Vijendra AI, Reynolds MB, Fogo GM, Awad D, Dils AT, Inoki KA, Williams RG, Ye AM, Svezhova N, Gomez-Rivera F, Collins KL, O'Riordan MX, Sanderson TH, Lyssiotis CA, Carty SA. Cell Reports, 2024 May 28; 43 (5): DOI:10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114156
      PMID: 38687642
    • Journal Article
      Structure-Activity Relationships of Natural and Semisynthetic Plecomacrolides Suggest Distinct Pathways for HIV-1 Immune Evasion and Vacuolar ATPase-Dependent Lysosomal Acidification
      McCauley M, Huston M, Condren AR, Pereira F, Cline J, Yaple-Maresh M, Painter MM, Zimmerman GE, Robertson AW, Carney N, Goodall C, Terry V, Müller R, Sherman DH, Collins KL. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2025 Apr 23; 67 (6): 4483 - 4495. DOI:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c01574
    • Preprint
      HIV-1 Vpr combats the PU.1-driven antiviral response in primary human macrophages.
      Virgilio MC, Ramnani B, Chen T, Disbennett WM, Lubow J, Welch JD, Collins KL. 2024 Feb 27; DOI:10.1101/2023.03.21.533528
      PMID: 36993393
    • Journal Article
      Streamlined and sensitive mono- and di-ribosome profiling in yeast and human cells
      Ferguson L, Upton HE, Pimentel SC, Mok A, Lareau LF, Collins K, Ingolia NT. Nature Methods, 2023 Nov 1; 20 (11): 1704 - 1715. DOI:10.1038/s41592-023-02028-1
      PMID: 37783882

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