Abel Kakuru

The paper examines how exposure to P. falciparum and common cold viruses influences vaccine responses in Ugandan infants, finding positive associations between microbial exposure and antibody levels.

This study shows that malaria exposure increases cytotoxic Vδ2+ T cell expansion in human tonsil and spleen organoids, with clonal expansion and activation, while not significantly affecting influenza vaccine responses.

The paper examines how maternal malaria and early-life infections affect P. falciparum-specific antibody responses in infants, finding no protective association between maternal antibodies or early infections and clinical malaria.

The paper shows congenital CMV infection leads to oligoclonal expansion of cytotoxic γδ T cells with fetal-like TCR features in neonates.

The paper compares methylation profiles of placentas with non-malarial and PM-associated FGR, finding distinct differentially methylated CpGs and a shared hypomethylated site in BMP4.

The paper compares transcriptional profiles of maternal and fetal placental macrophages in term pregnancies, finding distinct gene expression patterns linked to gravidity.