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The gut microbiome as a biomarker of differential susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2. Trends in molecular medicine. . NIHMSID: NIHMS1767273.
Klein SL, Lambert KG, Durr D, Schaefer T, Waring RE. Influence of environmental enrichment and sex on predator stress response in rats. Physiol Behav. 1994 Aug;56(2):291-7. doi: 10.1016/0031-9384(94)90197-x. PubMed PMID: 7938240.
Lambert KG, Kinsley CH, Jones HE, Klein SL, Peretti SN, Stewart KM. Prenatal stress attenuates ulceration in the activity stress paradigm. Physiol Behav. 1995 May;57(5):989-94. doi: 10.1016/0031-9384(94)00340-b. PubMed PMID: 7610154.
Klein SL, Rager DR. Prenatal stress alters immune function in the offspring of rats. Dev Psychobiol. 1995 Sep;28(6):321-36. doi: 10.1002/dev.420280603. PubMed PMID: 7589818.
Nelson RJ, Demas GE, Klein SL, Kriegsfeld LJ. The influence of season, photoperiod, and pineal melatonin on immune function. J Pineal Res. 1995 Nov;19(4):149-65. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-079x.1995.tb00184.x. Review. PubMed PMID: 8789246; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7166827.
Burnett AL, Nelson RJ, Calvin DC, Liu JX, Demas GE, Klein SL, Kriegsfeld LJ, Dawson VL, Dawson TM, Snyder SH. Nitric oxide-dependent penile erection in mice lacking neuronal nitric oxide synthase. Mol Med. 1996 May;2(3):288-96. PubMed PMID: 8784782; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2230154.
Klein SL, Kriegsfeld LJ, Hairston JE, Rau V, Nelson RJ, Yarowsky PJ. Characterization of sensorimotor performance, reproductive and aggressive behaviors in segmental trisomic 16 (Ts65Dn) mice. Physiol Behav. 1996 Oct;60(4):1159-64. doi: 10.1016/0031-9384(96)00218-1. PubMed PMID: 8884947.
Klein SL, Taymans SE, DeVries AC, Nelson RJ. Cellular immunity is not compromised by high serum corticosterone concentrations in prairie voles. Am J Physiol. 1996 Dec;271(6 Pt 2):R1608-13. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.1996.271.6.R1608. PubMed PMID: 8997359.
Demas GE, Klein SL, Nelson RJ. Reproductive and immune responses to photoperiod and melatonin are linked in Peromyscus subspecies. J Comp Physiol A. 1996 Dec;179(6):819-25. doi: 10.1007/BF00207360. PubMed PMID: 8956499.
Burnett AL, Calvin DC, Chamness SL, Liu JX, Nelson RJ, Klein SL, Dawson VL, Dawson TM, Snyder SH. Urinary bladder-urethral sphincter dysfunction in mice with targeted disruption of neuronal nitric oxide synthase models idiopathic voiding disorders in humans. Nat Med. 1997 May;3(5):571-4. doi: 10.1038/nm0597-571. PubMed PMID: 9142130.
Klein SL, Nelson RJ. Sex differences in immunocompetence differ between two Peromyscus species. Am J Physiol. 1997 Aug;273(2 Pt 2):R655-60. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.273.2.R655. PubMed PMID: 9277551.
Klein SL, Hairston JE, Devries AC, Nelson RJ. Social environment and steroid hormones affect species and sex differences in immune function among voles. Horm Behav. 1997 Aug;32(1):30-9. doi: 10.1006/hbeh.1997.1402. PubMed PMID: 9344689.
Klein SL, Nelson RJ. Adaptive immune responses are linked to the mating system of arvicoline rodents. Am Nat. 1998 Jan;151(1):59-67. doi: 10.1086/286102. PubMed PMID: 18811424.
Burnett AL, Johns DG, Kriegsfeld LJ, Klein SL, Calvin DC, Demas GE, Schramm LP, Tonegawa S, Nelson RJ, Snyder SH, Poss KD. Ejaculatory abnormalities in mice with targeted disruption of the gene for heme oxygenase-2. Nat Med. 1998 Jan;4(1):84-7. doi: 10.1038/nm0198-084. PubMed PMID: 9427611.
Klein SL, Carnovale D, Burnett AL, Wallach EE, Zacur HA, Crone JK, Dawson VL, Nelson RJ, Dawson TM. Impaired ovulation in mice with targeted deletion of the neuronal isoform of nitric oxide synthase. Mol Med. 1998 Oct;4(10):658-64. PubMed PMID: 9848082; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2230250.
Klein SL, Nelson RJ. Social interactions unmask sex differences in humoral immunity in voles. Anim Behav. 1999 Mar;57(3):603-610. doi: 10.1006/anbe.1998.1038. PubMed PMID: 10196049.
Klein SL, Nelson RJ. Influence of social factors on immune function and reproduction. Rev Reprod. 1999 Sep;4(3):168-78. doi: 10.1530/ror.0.0040168. Review. PubMed PMID: 10521154.
Drazen DL, Klein SL, Burnett AL, Wallach EE, Crone JK, Huang PL, Nelson RJ. Reproductive function in female mice lacking the gene for endothelial nitric oxide synthase. Nitric Oxide. 1999 Oct;3(5):366-74. doi: 10.1006/niox.1999.0251. PubMed PMID: 10534440.
Klein SL, Nelson RJ. Activation of the immune-endocrine system with lipopolysaccharide reduces affiliative behaviors in voles. Behav Neurosci. 1999 Oct;113(5):1042-8. doi: 10.1037//0735-7044.113.5.1042. PubMed PMID: 10571486.
Klein SL, Gamble HR, Nelson RJ. Role of steroid hormones in Trichinella spiralis infection among voles. Am J Physiol. 1999 Nov;277(5):R1362-7. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.1999.277.5.R1362. PubMed PMID: 10564208.
Bilbo SD, Klein SL, DeVries AC, Nelson RJ. Lipopolysaccharide facilitates partner preference behaviors in female prairie voles. Physiol Behav. 1999 Dec 1-15;68(1-2):151-6. doi: 10.1016/s0031-9384(99)00154-7. PubMed PMID: 10627074.
Drazen DL, Klein SL, Yellon SM, Nelson RJ. In vitro melatonin treatment enhances splenocyte proliferation in prairie voles. J Pineal Res. 2000 Jan;28(1):34-40. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-079x.2000.280105.x. PubMed PMID: 10626599.
Klein SL. The effects of hormones on sex differences in infection: from genes to behavior. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2000 Aug;24(6):627-38. doi: 10.1016/s0149-7634(00)00027-0. Review. PubMed PMID: 10940438.
Klein SL, Bird BH, Glass GE. Sex differences in Seoul virus infection are not related to adult sex steroid concentrations in Norway rats. J Virol. 2000 Sep;74(17):8213-7. doi: 10.1128/jvi.74.17.8213-8217.2000. PubMed PMID: 10933735; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC112358.
Klein SL. Hormones and mating system affect sex and species differences in immune function among vertebrates. Behav Processes. 2000 Oct 5;51(1-3):149-166. doi: 10.1016/s0376-6357(00)00125-x. PubMed PMID: 11074318.
Klein SL, Bird BH, Glass GE. Sex differences in immune responses and viral shedding following Seoul virus infection in Norway rats. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2001 Jul;65(1):57-63. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2001.65.57. PubMed PMID: 11504409.
Klein SL, Wisniewski AB, Marson AL, Glass GE, Gearhart JP. Early exposure to genistein exerts long-lasting effects on the endocrine and immune systems in rats. Mol Med. 2002 Nov;8(11):742-9. PubMed PMID: 12520091; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2039948.
Klein SL, Marson AL, Scott AL, Ketner G, Glass GE. Neonatal sex steroids affect responses to Seoul virus infection in male but not female Norway rats. Brain Behav Immun. 2002 Dec;16(6):736-46. doi: 10.1016/s0889-1591(02)00026-0. PubMed PMID: 12480503.
Combs TP, Berg AH, Rajala MW, Klebanov S, Iyengar P, Jimenez-Chillaron JC, Patti ME, Klein SL, Weinstein RS, Scherer PE. Sexual differentiation, pregnancy, calorie restriction, and aging affect the adipocyte-specific secretory protein adiponectin. Diabetes. 2003 Feb;52(2):268-76. doi: 10.2337/diabetes.52.2.268. PubMed PMID: 12540596.
Wisniewski AB, Klein SL, Lakshmanan Y, Gearhart JP. Exposure to genistein during gestation and lactation demasculinizes the reproductive system in rats. J Urol. 2003 Apr;169(4):1582-6. doi: 10.1097/01.ju.0000046780.23389.e0. PubMed PMID: 12629420.
Klein SL. Parasite manipulation of the proximate mechanisms that mediate social behavior in vertebrates. Physiol Behav. 2003 Aug;79(3):441-9. doi: 10.1016/s0031-9384(03)00163-x. Review. PubMed PMID: 12954438.
Hinson ER, Shone SM, Zink MC, Glass GE, Klein SL. Wounding: the primary mode of Seoul virus transmission among male Norway rats. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2004 Mar;70(3):310-7. PubMed PMID: 15031523.
Klein SL. Hormonal and immunological mechanisms mediating sex differences in parasite infection. Parasite Immunol. 2004 Jun-Jul;26(6-7):247-64. doi: 10.1111/j.0141-9838.2004.00710.x. Review. PubMed PMID: 15541029.
Klein SL, Cernetich A, Hilmer S, Hoffman EP, Scott AL, Glass GE. Differential expression of immunoregulatory genes in male and female Norway rats following infection with Seoul virus. J Med Virol. 2004 Sep;74(1):180-90. doi: 10.1002/jmv.20163. PubMed PMID: 15258986.
Parker J, Klein SL, McClintock MK, Morison WL, Ye X, Conti CJ, Peterson N, Nousari CH, Tausk FA. Chronic stress accelerates ultraviolet-induced cutaneous carcinogenesis. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2004 Dec;51(6):919-22. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2004.08.042. PubMed PMID: 15583583.
Klein SL. Parasite manipulation of host behavior: mechanisms, ecology, and future directions. Behav Processes. 2005 Mar 31;68(3):219-21. doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2004.07.009. Epub 2005 Jan 4. PubMed PMID: 15792693.
Wisniewski AB, Cernetich A, Gearhart JP, Klein SL. Perinatal exposure to genistein alters reproductive development and aggressive behavior in male mice. Physiol Behav. 2005 Feb 15;84(2):327-34. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2004.12.008. Epub 2005 Jan 12. PubMed PMID: 15708785.
Hinson ER, Hannah MF, Norris DE, Glass GE, Klein SL. Social status does not predict responses to Seoul virus infection or reproductive success among male Norway rats. Brain Behav Immun. 2006 Mar;20(2):182-90. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2005.06.003. Epub 2005 Jul 22. PubMed PMID: 16040226; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4128169.
Easterbrook JD, Shields T, Klein SL, Glass GE. Norway rat population in Baltimore, Maryland, 2004. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2005 Fall;5(3):296-9. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2005.5.296. PubMed PMID: 16187901.
Cernetich A, Garver LS, Jedlicka AE, Klein PW, Kumar N, Scott AL, Klein SL. Involvement of gonadal steroids and gamma interferon in sex differences in response to blood-stage malaria infection. Infect Immun. 2006 Jun;74(6):3190-203. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00008-06. PubMed PMID: 16714546; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1479253.
Easterbrook JD, Kaplan JB, Vanasco NB, Reeves WK, Purcell RH, Kosoy MY, Glass GE, Watson J, Klein SL. A survey of zoonotic pathogens carried by Norway rats in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Epidemiol Infect. 2007 Oct;135(7):1192-9. doi: 10.1017/S0950268806007746. Epub 2007 Jan 15. PubMed PMID: 17224086; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2870671.
Easterbrook JD, Kaplan JB, Glass GE, Pletnikov MV, Klein SL. Elevated testosterone and reduced 5-HIAA concentrations are associated with wounding and hantavirus infection in male Norway rats. Horm Behav. 2007 Nov;52(4):474-81. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.07.001. Epub 2007 Jul 14. PubMed PMID: 17719050; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2078528.
Easterbrook JD, Zink MC, Klein SL. Regulatory T cells enhance persistence of the zoonotic pathogen Seoul virus in its reservoir host. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Sep 25;104(39):15502-7. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0707453104. Epub 2007 Sep 18. PubMed PMID: 17878294; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2000529.
Hannah MF, Bajic VB, Klein SL. Sex differences in the recognition of and innate antiviral responses to Seoul virus in Norway rats. Brain Behav Immun. 2008 May;22(4):503-16. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2007.10.005. Epub 2007 Nov 28. PubMed PMID: 18053684; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2396444.
Klein SL, Calisher CH. Emergence and persistence of hantaviruses. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 2007;315:217-52. doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-70962-6_10. Review. PubMed PMID: 17848067.
Easterbrook JD, Kaplan JB, Glass GE, Watson J, Klein SL. A survey of rodent-borne pathogens carried by wild-caught Norway rats: a potential threat to laboratory rodent colonies. Lab Anim. 2008 Jan;42(1):92-8. doi: 10.1258/la.2007.06015e. PubMed PMID: 18348770.
Siracusa MC, Overstreet MG, Housseau F, Scott AL, Klein SL. 17beta-estradiol alters the activity of conventional and IFN-producing killer dendritic cells. J Immunol. 2008 Feb 1;180(3):1423-31. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.180.3.1423. PubMed PMID: 18209037.
Easterbrook JD, Klein SL. Seoul virus enhances regulatory and reduces proinflammatory responses in male Norway rats. J Med Virol. 2008 Jul;80(7):1308-18. doi: 10.1002/jmv.21213. PubMed PMID: 18461618; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4145243.
Yang D, Kim KH, Phimister A, Bachstetter AD, Ward TR, Stackman RW, Mervis RF, Wisniewski AB, Klein SL, Kodavanti PR, Anderson KA, Wayman G, Pessah IN, Lein PJ. Developmental exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls interferes with experience-dependent dendritic plasticity and ryanodine receptor expression in weanling rats. Environ Health Perspect. 2009 Mar;117(3):426-35. doi: 10.1289/ehp.11771. Epub 2008 Sep 12. PubMed PMID: 19337518; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2661913.
Easterbrook JD, Klein SL. Corticosteroids modulate Seoul virus infection, regulatory T-cell responses and matrix metalloprotease 9 expression in male, but not female, Norway rats. J Gen Virol. 2008 Nov;89(Pt 11):2723-2730. doi: 10.1099/vir.0.2008/03715-0. PubMed PMID: 18931068; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4152707.
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