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Shen, R and Miller, WA. 2004. Subgenomic RNA as a riboregulator: negative regulation of RNA replication by Barley yellow dwarf virus subgenomic RNA 2. Virology 327: 196-205. PMID: 15351207
Shen, R, Rakotondrafara, A and Miller, WA. 2006. Trans-regulation of cap-independent translation by a viral subgenomic RNA. J. Virol. 80: 10045-10054. PMID: 17005682
Shen, R and Miller, WA. 2007. Structures required for poly(A) tail-independent translation overlap with, but are distinct from, cap-independent translation and RNA replication signals at the 3' end of Tobacco necrosis virus RNA. Virology 358: 448-458.PMID: 17023016
Barr, J, Tang, X., Hinzman, E., Shen, R and Wertz GW. 2008. The VSV polymerase can initiate at mRNA start sites located either up or downstream of a transcription termination signal but size of the intervening intergenic region affects efficiency of initiation. Virology 374: 361-370. PMID: 18241907
Shen, R, Richter, HE, Clements, RH et al. 2009. Macrophages in vaginal but not intestinal mucosa are monocyte-like and permissive to HIV-1. J. Virol.83: 3258-3267.PMID: 19153236
Shen R, Smythies LE, Clements RH, Novak L, Smith PD. 2010. Dendritic cells transmit HIV-1 through human small intestinal mucosa. J Leukoc Biol. 87(4):663-70. PMID: 20007245
Shen R, Drelichman ER, Bimczok D, Ochsenbauer C, Kappes JC, Cannon JA, Tudor D, Bomsel M, Smythies LE, Smith PD. 2010. GP41-specific antibody blocks cell-free HIV type 1 transcytosis through human rectal mucosa and model colonic epithelium. J Immunol. 184(7):3648-55. PMID: 20208001
Smythies LE, Shen R, Bimczok D, Novak L, Clements RH, Eckhoff DE, Bouchard P, George MD, Hu WK, Dandekar S, Smith PD. 2010. Inflammation anergy in human intestinal macrophages is due to Smad-induced IkappaBalpha expression and NF-kappaB inactivation. J Biol Chem. 285(25):19593-604. PMID: 20388715
Smith PD, Smythies LE, Shen R, Greenwell-Wild T, Gliozzi M, Wahl SM 2011. Intestinal macrophages and response to microbial encroachment. Mucosal Immunol. 4(1):31-42.
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Shen R, Richter HE, Smith PD. 2011. Early HIV-1 target cells in human vaginal and ectocervical mucosa. Am J Reprod Immunol. 65(3):261-7. Review. PMID: 21118402 PMCID: PMC3077123
Shen R, Meng G, Ochsenbauer C, Clapham PR, Grams J, Novak L, Kappes JC, Smythies LE, Smith PD. 2011. Stromal down-regulation of macrophage CD4/CCR5 expression and NF-κB activation mediates HIV-1 non-permissiveness in intestinal macrophages. PLoS Pathog. 7(5):e1002060. PMID: 21637819 PMCID: PMC3102716
Shen R, Smith PD. 2014. Mucosal correlates of protection in HIV-1-exposed sero-negative persons. Am J Reprod Immunol. 72(2):219-27. PMID: 24428610 PMCID: PMC4101071
Shen R, Richter HE, Smith PD. 2014. Interactions between HIV-1 and mucosal cells in the female reproductive tract. Am J Reprod Immunol. 71(6):608-17. PMID: 24689653 PMCID: PMC4073589
Shen R, Kappes JC, Smythies LE, Richter HE, Novak L, Smith PD. 2014. Vaginal myeloid dendritic cells transmit founder HIV-1. J Virol. 88(13):7683-8. PMID: 24741097 PMCID: PMC4054437
Shen R, Raska M, Bimczok D, Novak J, Smith PD. 2014. HIV-1 Envelope Glycan Moieties Modulate HIV-1 Transmission. J Virol. 88(24):14258-67. PMID: 25275130