Researcher Profile

Passarelli, GV, Whang, SN, Gilbert, NM & Hu, J 2026, '1 The vaginal microbiome, papillomavirus infection, and cervical cancer: Established associations in search of model systems and mechanistic answers', mBio, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.02677-25

Brendle, S, Li, J, Lu, S, Schell, TD, Kozak, M, Walter, V, Shearer, D, Place, J, Balogh, K, Casanova, JL, Christensen, N, Burgener, AD, Murooka, TT, Zhu, Y, Béziat, V & Hu, J 2026, 'CD28-deficient mice are vulnerable to mouse papillomavirus MmuPV1 infection of the skin and mucosae', PLoS pathogens, vol. 22, no. 3 March, e1013968. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1013968

Savage, D, Hu, J, Burgener, AD, Raouf, A & Murooka, TT 2026, 'Cell-Mediated Immunity Against Human Papillomavirus Infection: From Viral Clearance to Oncogenesis', Viruses, vol. 18, no. 3, 362. https://doi.org/10.3390/v18030362

El-Bayoumy, K, Christensen, N, Broach, J, Meyers, C, Stairs, D, Machtay, M, Hu, J, Bitzer, ZT, Schell, TD, Chen, K-M, Sun, Y-W, Desai, D, Walter, V & Zhu, J 2025, 'Current challenges and potential opportunities for interception and prevention of head and neck cancer', Carcinogenesis, vol. 46, no. 2, bgaf025. https://doi.org/10.1093/carcin/bgaf025

Brendle, SA, Li, J, Sun, D, Zhu, J, Henderson-Redmond, AN, Morgan, D, Balogh, KK, Covington, D, Shearer, DA & Hu, J 2025, 'Intraperitoneal delivery of cannabidiol (CBD) and Δ⁹-tetrahydocannabinol (THC) promotes papillomavirus infections in athymic nude mice', Tumour Virus Research, vol. 19, 200307. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvr.2024.200307

Schell, TD, Bitzer, ZT, Chen, KM, Aliaga, C, Sun, YW, Desai, D, Lanza, M, Hu, J, Christensen, N & El-Bayoumy, K 2025, 'The effects of Co-exposure of tobacco smoke with Dibenzo[a,l]pyrene diol epoxide on molecular targets and immune cells in the mouse oral cavity', Chemico-Biological Interactions, vol. 420, 111694. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbi.2025.111694

Kozak, M & Hu, J 2024, 'DNA Vaccines: Their Formulations, Engineering and Delivery', Vaccines, vol. 12, no. 1, 71. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines12010071

Momenilandi, M, Lévy, R, Sobrino, S, Li, J, Lagresle-Peyrou, C, Esmaeilzadeh, H, Fayand, A, Le Floc'h, C, Guérin, A, Mina, ED, Shearer, D, Delmonte, OM, Yatim, A, Mulder, K, Mancini, M, Rinchai, D, Denis, A, Neehus, AL, Balogh, K, Brendle, S, Rokni-Zadeh, H, Changi-Ashtiani, M, Seeleuthner, Y, Deswarte, C, Bessot, B, Cremades, C, Materna, M, Cederholm, A, Ogishi, M, Philippot, Q, Beganovic, O, Ackermann, M, Wuyts, M, Khan, T, Fouéré, S, Herms, F, Chanal, J, Palterer, B, Bruneau, J, Molina, TJ, Leclerc-Mercier, S, Prétet, JL, Youssefian, L, Vahidnezhad, H, Parvaneh, N, Claeys, KG, Schrijvers, R, Luka, M, Pérot, P, Fourgeaud, J, Nourrisson, C, Poirier, P, Jouanguy, E, Boisson-Dupuis, S, Bustamante, J, Notarangelo, LD, Christensen, N, Landegren, N, Abel, L, Marr, N, Six, E, Langlais, D, Waterboer, T, Ginhoux, F, Ma, CS, Tangye, SG, Meyts, I, Lachmann, N, Hu, J, Shahrooei, M, Bossuyt, X, Casanova, JL & Béziat, V 2024, 'FLT3L governs the development of partially overlapping hematopoietic lineages in humans and mice', Cell, vol. 187, no. 11, pp. 2817-2837.e31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2024.04.009

Fobian, SF, Mei, X, Crezee, J, Snoek, BC, Steenbergen, RDM, Hu, J, ten Hagen, TLM, Vermeulen, L, Stalpers, LJA & Oei, AL 2024, 'Increased human papillomavirus viral load is correlated to higher severity of cervical disease and poorer clinical outcome: A systematic review', Journal of Medical Virology, vol. 96, no. 6, e29741. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.29741

Atkins, HM, Uslu, AA, Li, JJ, Shearer, DA, Brendle, SA, Han, C, Kozak, M, Lopez, P, Nayar, D, Balogh, KK, Abendroth, C, Copper, J, Cheng, KC, Christensen, ND, Zhu, Y, Avril, S, Burgener, AD, Murooka, TT & Hu, J 2024, 'Monitoring mouse papillomavirus-associated cancer development using longitudinal Pap smear screening', mBio, vol. 15, no. 8, pp. e0142024. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.01420-24

Jiang, P, Majerciak, V, Hu, J, Balogh, K, Meyer, TJ, Cam, M, Shearer, D, Lanza, M, Christensen, N & Zheng, ZM 2024, 'The full transcription map of cottontail rabbit papillomavirus in tumor tissues', PLoS pathogens, vol. 20, no. 10 October, e1012649. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1012649

Chen, K-M, Sun, Y-W, Hu, J, Balogh, K, Gowda, K, Aliaga, C, Sun, D, Christensen, N, Amin, S & El-Bayoumy, K 2023, 'Gender Difference in DNA Damage Induced by the Environmental Carcinogen Dibenzo[def,p]chrysene Individually and in Combination with Mouse Papillomavirus Infection in the Mouse Oral Cavity', ACS Omega. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c09611

Brendle, SA, Li, JJ, Walter, V, Schell, T, Kozak, M, Balogh, KK, Lu, S, Christensen, ND, Zhu, Y, El-Bayoumy, K & Hu, J 2023, 'Immune Responses in Oral Papillomavirus Clearance in the MmuPV1 Mouse Model', Pathogens, vol. 12, no. 12, 1452. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12121452

Kozak, M & Hu, J 2023, 'The Integrated Consideration of Vaccine Platforms, Adjuvants, and Delivery Routes for Successful Vaccine Development', Vaccines, vol. 11, no. 3, 695. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11030695

Hu, J, Brendle, SA, Li, JJ, Walter, V, Cladel, NM, Cooper, T, Shearer, DA, Balogh, KK & Christensen, ND 2022, 'Depo Medroxyprogesterone (DMPA) Promotes Papillomavirus Infections but Does Not Accelerate Disease Progression in the Anogenital Tract of a Mouse Model', Viruses, vol. 14, no. 5, 980. https://doi.org/10.3390/v14050980

Cladel, NM, Xu, J, Peng, X, Jiang, P, Christensen, ND, Zheng, ZM & Hu, J 2022, 'Modeling HPV-Associated Disease and Cancer Using the Cottontail Rabbit Papillomavirus', Viruses, vol. 14, no. 9, 1964. https://doi.org/10.3390/v14091964

Brendle, SA, Li, J, Cladel, NM, Balogh, KK, Booth, J, Shearer, DA, Walter, V, Lu, S, Christensen, ND, Covington, D, DeBroff, J, Milici, J, Zhu, Y, Viscidi, R & Hu, J 2022, 'Passive Immunization with a Single Monoclonal Neutralizing Antibody Protects against Cutaneous and Mucosal Mouse Papillomavirus Infections', Journal of virology, vol. 96, no. 16. https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.00703-22

Olczak, P, Matsui, K, Wong, M, Alvarez, J, Lambert, P, Christensen, ND, Hu, J, Huber, B, Kirnbauer, R, Wang, JW & Roden, RBS 2022, 'RG2-VLP: a Vaccine Designed to Broadly Protect against Anogenital and Skin Human Papillomaviruses Causing Human Cancer', Journal of virology, vol. 96, no. 13. https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.00566-22