Alisha Kang

Respiratory mucosal delivery of next-generation COVID-19 vaccine provides robust protection against both ancestral and variant strains of SARS-CoV-2

Sam Afkhami, Michael R. D’Agostino, Ali Zhang et al. · Cell · 2022 · 324 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Immunology, Infectious Diseases +17

Parenteral BCG vaccine induces lung-resident memory macrophages and trained immunity via the gut–lung axis

Mangalakumari Jeyanathan, Maryam Vaseghi‐Shanjani, Sam Afkhami et al. · Nature Immunology · 2022 · 164 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Microbiology +17

Subcutaneous BCG vaccination protects against streptococcal pneumonia via regulating innate immune responses in the lung

Alisha Kang, Gluke Ye, Ramandeep Singh et al. · EMBO Molecular Medicine · 2023 · 37 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Microbiology +17

LPS-induced lung tissue-resident trained innate immunity provides differential protection against pneumococci and SARS-CoV-2

Alisha Kang, Gluke Ye, Sam Afkhami et al. · Cell Reports · 2024 · 17 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Microbiology +17

Protocol for isolation and characterization of lung tissue resident memory T cells and airway trained innate immunity after intranasal vaccination in mice

Michael R. D’Agostino, Sam Afkhami, Alisha Kang et al. · STAR Protocols · 2022 · 16 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Infectious Diseases +17