Jessica K. Kafka

HIV-1 gp120 Induces TLR2- and TLR4-Mediated Innate Immune Activation in Human Female Genital Epithelium

Aisha Nazli, Jessica K. Kafka, Victor H. Ferreira et al. · The Journal of Immunology · 2013 · 139 citations

Innate Immune System, Immunology, Immune Regulation +23

Estradiol Enhances CD4+ T-Cell Anti-Viral Immunity by Priming Vaginal DCs to Induce Th17 Responses via an IL-1-Dependent Pathway

Varun C. Anipindi, Puja Bagri, Kristy Roth et al. · PLoS Pathogens · 2016 · 55 citations · Full text

Induce Th17 Responses, Adaptive Immune System, T-regulatory Cell +19

Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Regulates HIV-1 Uptake and Transcytosis but Not Replication in Primary Genital Epithelial Cells, Resulting in Enhanced T-Cell Infection

Victor H. Ferreira, Sara Dizzell, Aisha Nazli et al. · The Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2014 · 35 citations

T-regulatory Cell, Immunology, Gynecology +16

Endometrial epithelial cell response to semen from HIV-infected men during different stages of infection is distinct and can drive HIV-1-long terminal repeat

Jessica K. Kafka, Prameet M. Sheth, Aisha Nazli et al. · AIDS · 2011 · 31 citations

Interferon-β induced in female genital epithelium by HIV-1 glycoprotein 120 via Toll-like-receptor 2 pathway acts to protect the mucosal barrier

Aisha Nazli, Sara Dizzell, Muhammad Atif Zahoor et al. · Cellular and Molecular Immunology · 2018 · 16 citations · Full text

Innate Immune System, Immunology, Immune Regulation +19