Microbiology: Virology -- The Evolution of Gammaretrovirus Restriction Factors in the Mouse -- Herpesvirus Research at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: Thirty Years of Progress -- Why Study Mouse Retroviruses? -- Functions of the Rotavirus RNA Polymerase in Virus Replication -- Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1, Cellular Transformation, and Adult T-Cell Leukemia -- Microbiology: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) -- Roles for Chemokine Receptors in HIV Pathogenesis -- HIV-1 Accessory Proteins: Crucial Elements for Virus-Host Interactions -- Microbiology: Bacteriology -- Exploring the Cause of Human Q Fever: Recent Advances in Coxiella burnetii Research -- Plague in the 21st Century: Global Public Health Challenges and Goals -- Molecular Biology of Staphylococcal Pathogenesis -- Investigations of Relapsing Fever at Home and Abroad -- Molecular Sleuthing with the Lyme Disease Agent -- Modeling of Acute Respiratory Melioidosis and Glanders -- Microbiology: Mycology -- Cryptococcosis: From Discovering the Natural Reservoir of its Etiology to the Genetic Manipulation of Cryptococcus neoformans: Milestones in Cryptococcal Research by Intramural Investigators at NIAID -- Microbiology: Parasitology -- Lessons from Parasites on CD4+ T-Cell Subset Differentiation and Function -- Molecular Aspects of Parasite – Vector Interactions In Leishmaniasis -- Microbiology: Malaria -- Mosquito Strategies Against Plasmodium: A Tale of Restrained Response and Immune Evasion -- The Plasmodial Surface Anion Channel: A Model Microbial Ion Channel and Target for Antimalarial Drug Development -- Genomics and Genetics of Drug Resistance and Regulation of Malaria Parasite Development -- Immunology: Cellular Immunology -- Modulation of Human Dendritic Cells by Highly Virulent Pathogens -- Making Friends in Out-of-the- Way Places: How Cells of the Immune System Get Together and How They Conduct Their Business as Revealed by Intravital Imaging -- Role of Regulatory/Suppressor T Cells in Immune Responses -- Proliferation versus Contraction of Immune Cells, the Non-Apoptotic Role of Caspase 8 In Immune Homeostasis -- Features of Plasma Cell-Related Neoplasms in Mice -- A Role of IRF8 in Transcriptional Control of B-Cell Development -- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology -- Immunology: The Role of Receptors -- Structure and Function of Immunoreceptors -- Role of the NKG2D Receptor in Health and Disease -- Allergy -- G-Protein-Evoked Signaling Mechanisms in Asthma and Allergic Disease -- Mast Cell Precursors and Signaling Pathways -- Clinical Medicine: Infectious Diseases -- Prion Biochemistry and Therapeutics -- Neutrophils in the Resolution of Infection -- Reactive Oxidant-Dependent Innate Immune Defenses of the Airway Epithelium: The Dual Oxidase-Lactoperoxidase-Thiocyanate System -- Chronic Granulomatous Disease: From Lethal Pediatric Mystery to Complex Chronic Disease -- Pneumonia Virus of Mice (PVM): Exploring Novel Therapeutic Options In a Severe Respiratory Disease Model -- The 1918 Influenza Pandemic: Pathology and Pathogenesis -- Clinical Medicine: Autoimmune Diseases -- Mind Your Xs and Ys: Genetics of the Autoimmune Disease Systemic Lupus Erythematosus -- A Bench-to-Bedside Trail of Research Leading to the Understanding and Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis -- Clinical Medicine: Vaccines -- Structural Biology and the Design of Effective Vaccines for HIV-1 and Other Viruses -- How Do You Say “B-Cell Biology” In “Vaccinology”: Translational Research In the NIAID -- Malaria Vaccine Development -- The Development of Live-Attenuated Vaccines for Pandemic Influenza -- Targeting the Messenger: Vector-Based Vaccines to Control Leishmania Infection and Transmission.

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