Publications
See a complete PubMed list of publications by Lena Heung, MD, PhD.
Selected Key Publications
- Heung LJ. Monocytes and the Host Response to Fungal Pathogens. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2020 Feb 13;10:34. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.00034. PMID: 32117808; PMCID: PMC7031161.
- Heung LJ, Hohl TM. Inflammatory monocytes are detrimental to the host immune response during acute infection with Cryptococcus neoformans. PLoS Pathog. 2019 Mar 21;15(3):e1007627. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007627. PMID: 30897162; PMCID: PMC6428256.
- Heung LJ. Innate Immune Responses to Cryptococcus. J Fungi (Basel). 2017 Sep;3(3):35. doi: 10.3390/jof3030035. Epub 2017 Jul 2. PMID: 28936464; PMCID: PMC5604851.
- Heung LJ, Hohl TM. DAP12 Inhibits Pulmonary Immune Responses to Cryptococcus neoformans. Infect Immun. 2016 May 24;84(6):1879-86. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00222-16. PMID: 27068093; PMCID: PMC4907135.
- Brunel SF, Bain JM, King J, Heung LJ, Kasahara S, Hohl TM, Warris A. Live Imaging of Antifungal Activity by Human Primary Neutrophils and Monocytes in Response to A. fumigatus. J Vis Exp. 2017 Apr 19;(122):55444. doi: 10.3791/55444. PMID: 28448018; PMCID: PMC5508861.
- Heung LJ, Jhingran A, Hohl TM. Deploying FLAREs to Visualize Functional Outcomes of Host-Pathogen Encounters. PLoS Pathog. 2015 Jul 9;11(7):e1004912. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004912. PMID: 26158781; PMCID: PMC4497593.
- Jhingran A, Kasahara S, Shepardson KM, Junecko BA, Heung LJ, Kumasaka DK, Knoblaugh SE, Lin X, Kazmierczak BI, et al. Compartment-specific and sequential role of MyD88 and CARD9 in chemokine induction and innate defense during respiratory fungal infection. PLoS Pathog. 2015 Jan 26;11(1):e1004589. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004589. PMID: 25621893; PMCID: PMC4306481.
- Heung LJ, Kaiser AE, Luberto C, Del Poeta M. The role and mechanism of diacylglycerol-protein kinase C1 signaling in melanogenesis by Cryptococcus neoformans. J Biol Chem. 2005 Aug 5;280(31):28547-55. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M503404200. Epub 2005 Jun 9. PMID: 15946943.
- Heung LJ, Luberto C, Plowden A, Hannun YA, Del Poeta M. The sphingolipid pathway regulates Pkc1 through the formation of diacylglycerol in Cryptococcus neoformans. J Biol Chem. 2004 May 14;279(20):21144-53. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M312995200. Epub 2004 Mar 10. PMID: 15014071.
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