Denning WL, Xu J, Guo S, Klug CA, Hel Z. 2011. Limited transplantation of antigen-expressing hematopoietic stem cells induces long-lasting cytotoxic T cell responses. PLoS One. 6(2):e16897. PMID:21379572

Hel Z, Stringer E, Mestecky J. Sex steroid hormones, hormonal contraception, and the immunobiology of human immunodeficiency virus-1 infection. Endocr Rev. 31(1):79-97. PMID: 19903932

Mestecky J, Moldoveanu Z, Smith PD, Hel Z, Alexander RC. 2009. Mucosal immunology of the genital and gastrointestinal tracts and HIV-1 infection. J Reprod Immunol. 83(1-2):196-200. Review. PMID: 19853927

Guo S, Xu J, Denning W, Hel Z. 2009. Induction of protective cytotoxic T-cell responses by a B-cell-based cellular vaccine requires stable expression of antigen. Gene Ther. 16: 1300-1313 PMID: 19641529

Xu J, Kelly M, Denning W, Hel Z. 2009. A model for testing the immunogenicity of simian immunodeficiency virus and simian-human immunodeficiency virus vaccine candidates in mice. J Virol Methods. 158(1-2):70-6.  PMID: 19428572.

Raska M, Moldoveanu Z, Novak J, Hel Z, Novak L, Bozja J, Compans RW, Yang C, Mestecky J. 2008. Delivery of DNA HIV-1 vaccine to the liver induces high and long-lasting humoral immune responses. Vaccine. 26(12):1541-51.  PMID: 18304708

Hel Z, McGhee JR, Mestecky J. 2006. HIV infection: first battle decides the war. Trends Immunol. 27(6):274-81.  PMID: 16679064.

Pal R, Venzon D, Santra S, Kalyanaraman VS, Montefiori DC, Hocker L, Hudacik L, Rose N, Nacsa J, Edghill-Smith Y, Moniuszko M, Hel Z, Belyakov IM, Berzofsky JA, Parks RW, Markham PD, Letvin NL, Tartaglia J, Franchini G. 2006. Systemic immunization with an ALVAC-HIV-1/protein boost vaccine strategy protects rhesus macaques from CD4+ T-cell loss and reduces both systemic and mucosal simian-human immunodeficiency virus SHIVKU2 RNA levels. J Virol. 80(8):3732-42. PMID: 16571790

Hel Z, Tsai WP, Tryniszewska E, Nacsa J, Markham PD, Lewis MG, Pavlakis GN, Felber BK, Tartaglia J, Franchini G.2006.  Improved vaccine protection from simian AIDS by the addition of nonstructural simian immunodeficiency virus genes. J Immunol. 176(1):85-96. PMID: 16365399.

Garnon J, Lachance C, Di Marco S, Hel Z, Marion D, Ruiz MC, Newkirk MM, Khandjian EW, Radzioch D. 2005. Fragile X-related protein FXR1P regulates proinflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor expression at the post-transcriptional level. J Biol Chem. 280(7):5750-63. PMID: 15548538.

Hel Z, Nacsa J, Tsai WP, Thornton A, Giuliani L, Tartaglia J, Franchini G. 2002. Equivalent immunogenicity of the highly attenuated poxvirus-based ALVAC-SIV and NYVAC-SIV vaccine candidates in SIVmac251-infected macaques. Virology. 304(1):125-34. PMID: 12490410.

Franchini G, Nacsa J, Hel Z, Tryniszewska E. 2002. Immune intervention strategies for HIV-1 infection of humans in the SIV macaque model. Vaccine. 20 Suppl 4:A52-60.  PMID: 12477429.

Tryniszewska E, Nacsa J, Lewis MG, Silvera P, Montefiori D, Venzon D, Hel Z, Parks RW, Moniuszko M, Tartaglia J, Smith KA, Franchini G. 2002. Vaccination of macaques with long-standing SIVmac251 infection lowers the viral set point after cessation of antiretroviral therapy. J Immunol. 169(9):5347-57. PMID: 12391256.

Hel Z, Nacsa J, Tryniszewska E, Tsai WP, Parks RW, Montefiori DC, Felber BK, Tartaglia J, Pavlakis GN, Franchini G.2002.  Containment of simian immunodeficiency virus infection in vaccinated macaques: correlation with the magnitude of virus-specific pre- and postchallenge CD4+ and CD8+ T cell responses. J Immunol. 169(9):4778-87. PMID: 12391187.

Hel Z, Johnson JM, Tryniszewska E, Tsai WP, Harrod R, Fullen J, Tartaglia J, Franchini G. 2002. A novel chimeric Rev, Tat, and Nef (Retanef) antigen as a component of an SIV/HIV vaccine. Vaccine. 20(25-26):3171-86. PMID: 12163269.

Stevceva L, Kelsall B, Nacsa J, Moniuszko M, Hel Z, Tryniszewska E, Franchini G. 2002. Cervicovaginal lamina propria lymphocytes: phenotypic characterization and their importance in cytotoxic T-lymphocyte responses to simian immunodeficiency virus SIVmac251. J Virol. 76(1):9-18. PMID: 11739667

Belyakov, I.M., Hel, Z., Kelsall, B., Kuznetsov, V.A., Ahlers, J.D., Nacsa, J., Watkins, D.I., Allen, T.M., Sette, A., Altman, J., Woodward, R., Markham, P.D., Clements, J.D., Franchini, G., Strober, W., and J. A. Berzofsky. 2001. Mucosal AIDS vaccine reduces disease and viral load in gut reservoir and blood after mucosal infection of macaques. Nature Med. 7:1320-6. PMID: 11726972