Sankar Swaminathan, MD

Journal Article

1. Harmon KG, Pottinger PS, Baggish AL, Drezner JA, Luks AM, Thompson AA, Swaminathan S (2020). Comorbid Medical Conditions in Young Athletes: Considerations for Preparticipation Guidance During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Sports Health, 12(5), 456-458. (Read full article)
2. Verma D, Church TM, Swaminathan S (2020). Epstein-Barr virus co-opts TFIIH component XPB to specifically activate essential viral lytic promoters. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 117(23), 13044-13055. (Read full article)
3. Li D, Mosbruger T, Verma D, Swaminathan S (2020). Complex Interactions between Cohesin and CTCF in Regulation of Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Lytic Transcription. J Virol, 94(2). (Read full article)
4. Agrawal R, Durupt G, Verma D, Montgomery M, Vieira-de Abreu A, Taylor C, Swaminathan S, Fisher SJ (2019). MicroRNA-7a overexpression in VMH restores the sympathoadrenal response to hypoglycemia. JCI Insight, 4(20). (Read full article)
5. Li D, Swaminathan S (2019). Human IFIT proteins inhibit lytic replication of KSHV: A new feed-forward loop in the innate immune system. PLoS Pathog, 15(2), e1007609. (Read full article)
6. Sundermann AJ, Clancy CJ, Pasculle AW, Liu G, Cumbie RB, Driscoll E, Ayres A, Donahue L, Pergam SA, Abbo L, Andes DR, Chandrasekar P, Galdys AL, Hanson KE, Marr KA, Mayer J, Mehta S, Morris MI, Perfect J, Revankar SG, Smith B, Swaminathan S, Thompson GR, Varghese M, Vazquez J, Whimbey E, Wingard JR, Nguyen MH (2018). How Clean Is the Linen at My Hospital? The Mucorales on Unclean Linen Discovery Study of Large United States Transplant and Cancer Centers. Clin Infect Dis, 68(5), 850-853. (Read full article)
7. Fu W, Verma D, Burton A, Swaminathan S (2019). Cellular RNA Helicase DHX9 Interacts with the Essential Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) Protein SM and Restricts EBV Lytic Replication. J Virol, 93(4). (Read full article)
8. Li D, Fu W, Swaminathan S (2018). Continuous DNA replication is required for late gene transcription and maintenance of replication compartments in gammaherpesviruses. PLoS Pathog, 14(5), e1007070. (Read full article)
9. Church TM, Verma D, Thompson J, Swaminathan S (2018). Efficient Translation of Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) DNA Polymerase Contributes to the Enhanced Lytic Replication Phenotype of M81 EBV. J Virol, 92(6). (Read full article)
10. Baden LR, Swaminathan S, Angarone M, Blouin G, Camins BC, Casper C, Cooper B, Dubberke ER, Engemann AM, Freifeld AG, Greene JN, Ito JI, Kaul DR, Lustberg ME, Montoya JG, Rolston K, Satyanarayana G, Segal B, Seo SK, Shoham S, Taplitz R, Topal J, Wilson JW, Hoffmann KG, Smith C (2016). Prevention and Treatment of Cancer-Related Infections, Version 2.2016, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw, 14(7), 882-913. (Read full article)
11. Verma D, Thompson J, Swaminathan S (2016). Spironolactone blocks Epstein-Barr virus production by inhibiting EBV SM protein function. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 113(13), 3609-14. (Read full article)
12. Baglio SR, van Eijndhoven MA, Koppers-Lalic D, Berenguer J, Lougheed SM, Gibbs S, Lveill N, Rinkel RN, Hopmans ES, Swaminathan S, Verkuijlen SA, Scheffer GL, van Kuppeveld FJ, de Gruijl TD, Bultink IE, Jordanova ES, Hackenberg M, Piersma SR, Knol JC, Voskuyl AE, Wurdinger T, Jimnez CR, Middeldorp JM, Pegtel DM (2016). Sensing of latent EBV infection through exosomal transfer of 5'pppRNA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 113(5), E587-96. (Read full article)
13. Thompson J, Verma D, Li D, Mosbruger T, Swaminathan S (2016). Identification and Characterization of the Physiological Gene Targets of the Essential Lytic Replicative Epstein-Barr Virus SM Protein. J Virol, 90(3), 1206-21. (Read full article)
14. Verma D, Li DJ, Krueger B, Renne R, Swaminathan S (2015). Identification of the physiological gene targets of the essential lytic replicative Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus ORF57 protein. J Virol, 89(3), 1688-702. (Read full article)
15. Li DJ, Verma D, Mosbruger T, Swaminathan S (2014). CTCF and Rad21 act as host cell restriction factors for Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) lytic replication by modulating viral gene transcription. PLoS Pathog, 10(1), e1003880. (Read full article)

Case Report

1. Swaminathan P, Swaminathan S (2020). Nail Findings in Chikungunya Infection. Open Forum Infect Dis, 7(2), ofaa031. (Read full article)

Letter

1. Swaminathan S, Schlaberg R, Lewis J, Hanson KE, Couturier MR (2016). Fatal Zika Virus Infection with Secondary Nonsexual Transmission. [Letter to the editor]. N Engl J Med, 375(19), 1907-1909. (Read full article)

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