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  • Alirezaei, M., Flynn, C. T., Wood, M. R., Harkins, S., Whitton, J. L. Coxsackievirus can exploit LC3 in both autophagy-dependent and -independent manners in vivo Autophagy  2015 11:1389-1407  DOI:10.1080/15548627.2015.1063769  PMID:26090585  PMCID:PMC4590631
  • Althof, N., Harkins, S., Kemball, C. C., Flynn, C. T., Alirezaei, M., Whitton, J. L. In vivo ablation of type I interferon receptor from cardiomyocytes delays coxsackieviral clearance and accelerates myocardial disease Journal of Virology  2014 88:5087-5099  DOI:10.1128/jvi.00184-14  PMID:24574394  PMCID:PMC3993796
  • Misumi, I., Alirezaei, M., Eam, B., Su, M. A., Whitton, J. L., Whitmire, J. K. Differential T cell responses to residual viral antigen prolong CD4(+) T cell contraction following the resolution of infection Journal of Immunology  2013 191:5655-5668  DOI:10.4049/jimmunol.1301215  PMID:24146043  PMCID:PMC3879805
  • Alirezaei, M., Flynn, C. T., Whitton, J. L. Interactions between enteroviruses and autophagy in vivo Autophagy  2012 8:973-975  DOI:10.4161/auto.20160  PMID:22705981  PMCID:PMC3427263
  • Klionsky, D. J., Abdalla, F. C., Abeliovich, H., Abraham, R. T., Acevedo-Arozena, A., Adeli, K., Agholme, L., Agnello, M., Agostinis, P., Aguirre-Ghiso, J. A., Ahn, H. J., Ait-Mohamed, O., et al. Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy Autophagy  2012 8:445-544  DOI:10.4161/auto.19496  PMID:22966490  PMCID:PMC3404883
  • Alirezaei, M., Flynn, C. T., Wood, M. R., Whitton, J. L. Pancreatic acinar cell-specific autophagy disruption reduces coxsackievirus replication and pathogenesis in vivo Cell Host & Microbe  2012 11:298-305  DOI:10.1016/j.chom.2012.01.014  PMID:22423969  PMCID:PMC3308121
  • Alirezaei, M., Kemball, C. C., Whitton, J. L. Autophagy, inflammation and neurodegenerative disease European Journal of Neuroscience  2011 33:197-204  DOI:10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07500.x  PMID:21138487  PMCID:PMC3059259
  • Kemball, C. C., Alirezaei, M., Flynn, C. T., Wood, M. R., Harkins, S., Kiosses, W. B., Whitton, J. L. Coxsackievirus infection induces autophagy-like vesicles and megaphagosomes in pancreatic acinar cells in vivo Journal of Virology  2010 84:12110-12124  DOI:10.1128/jvi.01417-10  PMID:20861268  PMCID:PMC2976412
  • Kemball, C. C., Alirezaei, M., Whitton, J. L. Type b coxsackieviruses and their interactions with the innate and adaptive immune systems Future Microbiology  2010 5:1329-1347  DOI:10.2217/fmb.10.101  PMID:20860480  PMCID:PMC3045535
  • Alirezaei, M., Kemball, C. C., Flynn, C. T., Wood, M. R., Whitton, J. L., Kiosses, W. B. Short-term fasting induces profound neuronal autophagy Autophagy  2010 6:702-710  DOI:10.4161/auto.6.6.12376  PMID:20534972  PMCID:PMC3106288
  • Gersten, M., Alirezaei, M., Marcondes, M. C. G., Flynn, C., Ravasi, T., Ideker, T., Fox, H. S. An integrated systems analysis implicates EGR1 downregulation in simian immunodeficiency virus encephalitis-induced neural dysfunction Journal of Neuroscience  2009 29:12467-12476  DOI:10.1523/jneurosci.3180-09.2009  PMID:19812322  PMCID:PMC2802851
  • Alirezaei, M., Fox, H. S., Flynn, C. T., Moore, C. S., Hebb, A. L. O., Frausto, R. F., Bhan, V., Kiosses, W. B., Whitton, J. L., Robertson, G. S., Crocker, S. J. Elevated ATG5 expression in autoimmune demyelination and multiple sclerosis Autophagy  2009 5:152-158  DOI:10.4161/auto.5.2.7348  PMID:19066443  PMCID:PMC2779564