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Catherine Suzanne Christin Forconi PhD

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InstitutionUMass Chan Medical School
DepartmentMedicine
AddressUMass Chan Medical School
364 Plantation Street LRB 240E
Worcester MA 01605
Phone508-856-4562
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    InstitutionT.H. Chan School of Medicine
    DepartmentMedicine
    DivisionInfectious Diseases


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    University of Nantes, Nantes, , FranceBSBiochemistry
    University of Tours, Tours, , FranceMAInfect Diseases & Immunology
    Universite Francois Rabelais, Tours, , FrancePHDLife Science & Health

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    1. Binder RA, Matta AM, Forconi CS, Oduor CI, Bedekar P, Patrone PN, Kearsley AJ, Odwar B, Batista J, Forrester SN, Leftwich HK, Cavacini LA, Moormann AM. Minding the margins: Evaluating the impact of COVID-19 among Latinx and Black communities with optimal qualitative serological assessment tools. PLoS One. 2024; 19(7):e0307568. PMID: 39052608.
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    2. Binder RA, Matta AM, Forconi CS, Oduor CI, Bedekar P, Patrone PN, Kearsley AJ, Odwar B, Batista J, Forrester SN, Leftwich HK, Cavacini LA, Moormann AM. Minding the margins: Evaluating the impact of COVID-19 among Latinx and Black communities with optimal qualitative serological assessment tools. medRxiv. 2024 May 24. PMID: 38826359.
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    3. Forconi CS, Nixon C, Wu HW, Odwar B, Pond-Tor S, Ong'echa JM, Kurtis J, Moormann AM. T follicular helper cell profiles differ by malaria antigen and for children compared to adults. bioRxiv. 2024 Apr 16. PMID: 38659768.
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    4. Muriuki BM, Forconi CS, Kirwa EK, Maina TK, Ariera BO, Bailey JA, Ghansah A, Moormann AM, Ong'echa JM. Evaluation of KIR3DL1/KIR3DS1 allelic polymorphisms in Kenyan children with endemic Burkitt lymphoma. PLoS One. 2023; 18(8):e0275046. PMID: 37647275.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    5. Bucci V, Ward DV, Bhattarai S, Rojas-Correa M, Purkayastha A, Holler D, Qu MD, Mitchell WG, Yang J, Fountain S, Zeamer A, Forconi CS, Fujimori G, Odwar B, Cawley C, Moormann AM, Wessolossky M, Maldonado-Contreras A. The intestinal microbiota predicts COVID-19 severity and fatality regardless of hospital feeding method. mSystems. 2023 08 31; 8(4):e0031023. PMID: 37548476.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    6. Leftwich HK, Vargas-Robles D, Rojas-Correa M, Yap YR, Bhattarai S, Ward DV, Fujimori G, Forconi CS, Yeboah T, Carter A, Kastrinakis A, Asirwatham AM, Bucci V, Moormann AM, Maldonado-Contreras A. The microbiota of pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2 and their infants. Microbiome. 2023 06 26; 11(1):141. PMID: 37365606.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    7. Oluoch PO, Forconi CS, Oduor CI, Ritacco DA, Akala HM, Bailey JA, Juliano JJ, Ong'echa JM, M?nz C, Moormann AM. Distinctive Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Serological Profile during Acute Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Episodes. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Apr 04; 24(7). PMID: 37047683.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    8. Saikumar Lakshmi P, Oduor CI, Forconi CS, M'Bana V, Bly C, Gerstein RM, Otieno JA, Ong'echa JM, M?nz C, Luftig MA, Brehm MA, Bailey JA, Moormann AM. Endemic Burkitt lymphoma avatar mouse models for exploring inter-patient tumor variation and testing targeted therapies. Life Sci Alliance. 2023 05; 6(5). PMID: 36878637.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    9. Binder RA, Fujimori GF, Forconi CS, Reed GW, Silva LS, Lakshmi PS, Higgins A, Cincotta L, Dutta P, Salive MC, Mangolds V, Anya O, Calvo Calle JM, Nixon T, Tang Q, Wessolossky M, Wang Y, Ritacco DA, Bly CS, Fischinger S, Atyeo C, Oluoch PO, Odwar B, Bailey JA, Maldonado-Contreras A, Haran JP, Schmidt AG, Cavacini L, Alter G, Moormann AM. SARS-CoV-2 Serosurveys: How Antigen, Isotype and Threshold Choices Affect the Outcome. J Infect Dis. 2023 02 01; 227(3):371-380. PMID: 36314635.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    10. Karger AB, Brien JD, Christen JM, Dhakal S, Kemp TJ, Klein SL, Pinto LA, Premkumar L, Roback JD, Binder RA, Boehme KW, Boppana S, Cordon-Cardo C, Crawford JM, Daiss JL, Dupuis AP, Espino AM, Firpo-Betancourt A, Forconi C, Forrest JC, Girardin RC, Granger DA, Granger SW, Haddad NS, Heaney CD, Hunt DT, Kennedy JL, King CL, Krammer F, Kruczynski K, LaBaer J, Lee FE, Lee WT, Liu SL, Lozanski G, Lucas T, Mendu DR, Moormann AM, Murugan V, Okoye NC, Pantoja P, Payne AF, Park J, Pinninti S, Pinto AK, Pisanic N, Qiu J, Sariol CA, Simon V, Song L, Steffen TL, Stone ET, Styer LM, Suthar MS, Thomas SN, Thyagarajan B, Wajnberg A, Yates JL, Sobhani K. The Serological Sciences Network (SeroNet) for COVID-19: Depth and Breadth of Serology Assays and Plans for Assay Harmonization. mSphere. 2022 08 31; 7(4):e0019322. PMID: 35703544.
      Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    11. Topazian HM, Moser KA, Ngasala B, Oluoch PO, Forconi CS, Mhamilawa LE, Aydemir O, Kharabora O, Deutsch-Feldman M, Read AF, Denton M, Lorenzo A, Mideo N, Ogutu B, Moormann AM, M?rtensson A, Odwar B, Bailey JA, Akala H, Ong'echa JM, Juliano JJ. Low Complexity of Infection Is Associated With Molecular Persistence of Plasmodium falciparum in Kenya and Tanzania. Front Epidemiol. 2022; 2:852237. PMID: 38455314.
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    12. Becerra-Artiles A, Calvo-Calle JM, Co MD, Nanaware PP, Cruz J, Weaver GC, Lu L, Forconi C, Finberg RW, Moormann AM, Stern LJ. Broadly recognized, cross-reactive SARS-CoV-2 CD4 T cell epitopes are highly conserved across human coronaviruses and presented by common HLA alleles. Cell Rep. 2022 06 14; 39(11):110952. PMID: 35675811.
      Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    13. Figueiredo JC, Hirsch FR, Kushi LH, Nembhard WN, Crawford JM, Mantis N, Finster L, Merin NM, Merchant A, Reckamp KL, Melmed GY, Braun J, McGovern D, Parekh S, Corley DA, Zohoori N, Amick BC, Du R, Gregersen PK, Diamond B, Taioli E, Sariol C, Espino A, Weiskopf D, Gifoni A, Brien J, Hanege W, Lipsitch M, Zidar DA, Scheck McAlearney A, Wajnberg A, LaBaer J, Yvonne Lewis E, Binder RA, Moormann AM, Forconi C, Forrester S, Batista J, Schieffelin J, Kim D, Biancon G, VanOudenhove J, Halene S, Fan R, Barouch DH, Alter G, Pinninti S, Boppana SB, Pati SK, Latting M, Karaba AH, Roback J, Sekaly R, Neish A, Brincks AM, Granger DA, Karger AB, Thyagarajan B, Thomas SN, Klein SL, Cox AL, Lucas T, Furr-Holden D, Key K, Jones N, Wrammerr J, Suthar M, Yu Wong S, Bowman NM, Simon V, Richardson LD, McBride R, Krammer F, Rana M, Kennedy J, Boehme K, Forrest C, Granger SW, Heaney CD, Knight Lapinski M, Wallet S, Baric RS, Schifanella L, Lopez M, Fern?ndez S, Kenah E, Panchal AR, Britt WJ, Sanz I, Dhodapkar M, Ahmed R, Bartelt LA, Markmann AJ, Lin JT, Hagan RS, Wolfgang MC, Skarbinski J. Mission, Organization, and Future Direction of the Serological Sciences Network for COVID-19 (SeroNet) Epidemiologic Cohort Studies. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Jun; 9(6):ofac171. PMID: 35765315.
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    14. Karger AB, Brien JD, Christen JM, Dhakal S, Kemp TJ, Klein SL, Pinto LA, Premkumar L, Roback JD, Binder RA, Boehme KW, Boppana S, Cordon-Cardo C, Crawford JM, Daiss JL, Dupuis AP, Espino AM, Firpo-Betancourt A, Forconi C, Forrest JC, Girardin RC, Granger DA, Granger SW, Haddad NS, Heaney CD, Hunt DT, Kennedy JL, King CL, Krammer F, Kruczynski K, LaBaer J, Lee FE, Lee WT, Liu SL, Lozanski G, Lucas T, Mendu DR, Moormann AM, Murugan V, Okoye NC, Pantoja P, Payne AF, Park J, Pinninti S, Pinto AK, Pisanic N, Qiu J, Sariol CA, Simon V, Song L, Steffen TL, Stone ET, Styer LM, Suthar MS, Thomas SN, Thyagarajan B, Wajnberg A, Yates JL, Sobhani K. The Serological Sciences Network (SeroNet) for COVID-19: Depth and Breadth of Serology Assays and Plans for Assay Harmonization. medRxiv. 2022 Mar 14. PMID: 35262095.
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    15. Forconi CS, Mulama DH, Saikumar Lakshmi P, Foley J, Otieno JA, Kurtis JD, Berg LJ, Ong'echa JM, M?nz C, Moormann AM. Interplay between IL-10, IFN-?, IL-17A and PD-1 Expressing EBNA1-Specific CD4+ and CD8+ T Cell Responses in the Etiologic Pathway to Endemic Burkitt Lymphoma. Cancers (Basel). 2021 Oct 27; 13(21). PMID: 34771539.
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    16. Muriuki BM, Forconi CS, Oluoch PO, Bailey JA, Ghansah A, Moormann AM, Ong'echa JM. Association of killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors with endemic Burkitt lymphoma in Kenyan children. Sci Rep. 2021 05 31; 11(1):11343. PMID: 34059753.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:HumansCellsPHPublic Health
    17. Caduff N, McHugh D, Rieble L, Forconi CS, Ong'echa JM, Oluoch PO, Raykova A, Murer A, B?ni M, Zuppiger L, Schulz TF, Blackbourn DJ, Chijioke O, Moormann AM, M?nz C. KSHV infection drives poorly cytotoxic CD56-negative natural killer cell differentiation in?vivo upon KSHV/EBV dual infection. Cell Rep. 2021 05 04; 35(5):109056. PMID: 33951431.
      Citations: 12     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    18. Oluoch PO, Oduor CI, Forconi CS, Ong'echa JM, M?nz C, Dittmer DP, Bailey JA, Moormann AM. Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Infection and Endemic Burkitt Lymphoma. J Infect Dis. 2020 06 16; 222(1):111-120. PMID: 32072172.
      Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    19. Forconi CS, Oduor CI, Oluoch PO, Ong'echa JM, M?nz C, Bailey JA, Moormann AM. A New Hope for CD56negCD16pos NK Cells as Unconventional Cytotoxic Mediators: An Adaptation to Chronic Diseases. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2020; 10:162. PMID: 32373555.
      Citations: 21     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    20. Movassagh M, Oduor C, Forconi C, Moormann AM, Bailey JA. Sensitive detection of EBV microRNAs across cancer spectrum reveals association with decreased survival in adult acute myelocytic leukemia. Sci Rep. 2019 12 30; 9(1):20321. PMID: 31889055.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    21. Moormann AM, Nixon CE, Forconi CS. Immune effector mechanisms in malaria: An update focusing on human immunity. Parasite Immunol. 2019 08; 41(8):e12628. PMID: 30972776.
      Citations: 10     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsPHPublic Health
    22. Forconi CS, Cosgrove CP, Saikumar-Lakshmi P, Nixon CE, Foley J, Ong'echa JM, Otieno JA, Alter G, M?nz C, Moormann AM. Poorly cytotoxic terminally differentiated CD56negCD16pos NK cells accumulate in Kenyan children with Burkitt lymphomas. Blood Adv. 2018 05 22; 2(10):1101-1114. PMID: 29764843.
      Citations: 27     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    23. Gatault P, Al-Hajj S, Noble J, Chevallier E, Piollet M, Forconi C, Gaudy-Graffin C, Thibault G, Miquelestorena-Standley E, Halimi JM, B?chler M, Lemoine R, Baron C. CMV-infected kidney grafts drive the expansion of blood-borne CMV-specific T cells restricted by shared class I HLA molecules via presentation on donor cells. Am J Transplant. 2018 08; 18(8):1904-1913. PMID: 29377506.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    24. Falanga YT, Frascoli M, Kaymaz Y, Forconi C, Ong'echa JM, Bailey JA, Berg LJ, Moormann AM. High pathogen burden in childhood promotes the development of unconventional innate-like CD8+ T cells. JCI Insight. 2017 Aug 03; 2(15). PMID: 28768916.
      Citations: 12     Fields:    
    25. Forconi C, Gatault P, Miquelestorena-Standley E, Noble J, Al-Hajj S, Guillemain R, Stern M, Hoffmann T, Prat L, Suberbielle C, Masson E, Cesbron-Gautier A, Gaudy-Graffin C, Goudeau A, Thibault G, Ivanes F, Guibon R, Kazma I, Lebranchu Y, B?chler M, Magnan A, Halimi JM, Baron C. Polymorphism in programmed cell death 1 gene is strongly associated with lung and kidney allograft survival in recipients from CMV-positive donors. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2017 Mar; 36(3):315-324. PMID: 27751774.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    26. Baron C, Forconi C, Lebranchu Y. Revisiting the effects of CMV on long-term transplant outcome. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2010 Aug; 15(4):492-8. PMID: 20631617.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
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