Selected publications

Viruses as environmental Stressors to cardiovascular health

MAVS signaling is required for preventing persistent chikungunya heart infection and chronic vascular tissue inflammation

Noval MG#, Spector SN, Bartnicki E, Izzo F, Narula N, Yeung ST, Damani-Yokota P, Dewan MZ, Mezzano V, Rodriguez-Rodriguez BA, Loomis C, Khanna KM, and Stapleford KA.

Nat Commun 14, 4668 (2023) #Co-corresponding author

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SARS-CoV-2 infection triggers pro-atherogenic inflammatory responses in human coronary vessels

Eberhardt N, Noval MG, Kaur R, Sajja S, Amadori L, Das D, Cilhoroz B, Shamailova R Vasquez Guillen A, Stewart O, Fernandez D, Schotsaert M, Newman J, Gildea M, Faries P, Maldonado T, Rockman C, Rapkiewicz A, Stapleford KA, Narula N, Moore K, Giannarelli C.

Nat Cardiovasc Res 2, 899-916 (2023)

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Chikungunya and the heart

Cotella JI, Farina JM and Noval MG

The Net-Heart book ISBN: 9780323911221. (2021) #corresponding author

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Genetic and Molecular Drivers of Transmission and Pathogenesis in Mosquito-Borne Viruses

Stress less: Viral mastery of the RNA G-quadruplex

Gonzalez S, Noval MG#, Tucker JM#

Cell Host& Microbe Sep 11;32(9):1464-1465. (2024)

#Co-corresponding author

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Evolution-Driven Attenuation of Alphaviruses Highlights Key Glycoprotein Determinants Regulating Viral Infectivity and Dissemination

Noval MG, Rodriguez-Rodriguez BA, Rangel MV, Stapleford KA

Cell Reports 28(2):460-471 (2019)

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Mapping the evolutionary landscape of ZIKV in immunocompromised mice

Johnson K*; Noval MG*; Rangel MV*; De Jesus E; Geber A; Schuster S; Cadwell K; Ghedin E; Stapleford.    

Virus Evolution 6(2):veaa092 (2020)

*Co-First author

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CHIKV evolution following a large 3’ UTR deletion results in host-specific molecular changes in protein-coding regions

Morley VJ, Noval MG, Chen R, Weaver SC, Vignuzzi M, Stapleford KA and Turner PE

Virus Evolution 4(1):vey012 (2018)

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