Publications

Patrick Budylowski, Serena Chau, Arinjay Banerjee, Furkan Guvenc, Reuben Samson, Queenie Hu, Lindsey Fiddes, Laurie Seifried, Gary Chao, Megan Buchholz, Antonio Estacio, PattiLou Cheatley, Katerina Pavinski, Christopher Patriquin, Yanling Liu, Salma Sheikh-Mohamed, Kimberly Crasta, Feng Yun Yue, Maria Pasic, Karen Mossman, Anne-Claude Gingras, Jennifer Gommerman, Götz Ehrhardt, Samira Mubareka, and Mario Ostrowski (2024). A significant contribution of the classical pathway of complement in SARS-CoV-2 neutralization of convalescent and vaccinee sera. The Journal of Immunology.

Baid, K*., Irving A.T., Jouvenet, N., and Banerjee, A.^ (*trainee, ^corresponding author) (2024). The translational potential of studying bat immunity. (Featured on the cover of the March 2024 issue, Volume 45, Number 3). Trends in Immunology

Angela Rasmussen, Gigi Gronvall, Anice Lowen, Felicia Goodrum, James Alwine, Kristian Andersen, Simon J. Anthony, Joel Baines, Arinjay Banerjee, Andrew Broadbent, Christopher Brooke, Samuel Campos, Patrizia Caposio, Arturo Casadevall, Gary Chan, Anna Cliffe, Donna Collins-McMillen, Nancy Connell, Blossom Damania, Matt Daugherty, Kari Debbink, Terence Dermody, Daniel DiMaio, W. Paul Duprex, Michael Emerman, Denise Galloway, Robert Garry, Jr, Stephen Goldstein, Alexander Greninger, Amy Hartman, Brenda Hogue, Stacy Horner, Peter Hotez, Jae Jung, Jeremy Kamil, Stephanie Karst, Laimonis Laimins, Seema Lakdawala, Igor Landais, Michael Letko, Brett Lindenbach, Shan-Lu Liu, Micah Luftig, Grant McFadden, Andrew Mehle, Juliet Morrison, Anne Moscona, Elke Mühlberger, Joshua Munger, Karl Münger, Eain Murphy, Christpher Neufeldt, Janko Nikolich, Christine O'Connor, Andrew Pekosz, Sallie Permar, Julie Pfeiffer, Saskia Popescu, John Purdy, Vincent Racaniello, Charles Rice, Jonathan Runstadler, Martin Sapp, Rona Scott, Gregory Smith, Erin Sorrell, Emily Speranza, Daniel Streblow, Scott Tibbetts, Zsolt Toth, Koenraad VanDoorslaer, Susan Weiss, Elizabeth White, Timothy White, Christiane Wobus, Michael Worobey, Satoko Yamaoka, and Andrew Yurochko (2023). Virology - the path forward. Journal of Virology

Wael L. Demian, Rajesh Abraham Jacob, Olga Cormier, Aisha Nazli, Matthew Melki, Ali Zhang, Akarin Asavajaru $, Kaushal Baid*, Matthew S. Miller, Charu Kaushic, Arinjay Banerjee, and Karen Mossman (*trainee, $ lab technician) (2023). ASK1 inhibitors are potential pan-antiviral drugs which dampen replication of diverse viruses including SARS-CoV-2. Antiviral Research

Jonathon D. Kotwa, Briallen Lobb, Ariane Massé, Marianne Gagnier, Patryk Aftanas, Arinjay Banerjee, Andra Banete, Juliette Blais-Savoie, Jeff Bowman, Tore Buchanan, Hsien-Yao Chee, Peter Kruczkiewicz, Kuganya Nirmalarajah, Catherine Soos, Lily Yip, L. Robbin Lindsay, Allison J. McGeer, Finlay Maguire, Oliver Lung, Andrew C. Doxey, Bradley Pickering, and Samira Mubareka (2023). Genomic and transcriptomic characterization of Delta SARS-CoV-2 infection in free-ranging white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). iScience

Rajesh Abraham Jacob, Ali Zhang, Hannah O. Ajoge, Michael R. D'Agostino, Kuganya Nirmalarajah, Altynay Shigayeva, Wael L. Demian, Sheridan J.C. Baker, Hooman Derakhshani, Laura Rossi, Jalees A. Nasir, Emily M. Panousis, Ahmed N. Draia, Christie Vermeiren, David Bulir, Marek Smieja, Michael G. Surette, Andrew G. McArthur, Allison J. McGeer, Samira Mubareka, Arinjay Banerjee, Matthew S. Miller, and Karen Mossman (2023). SARS-CoV-2 R.1 lineage variants are sensitive to neutralizing antibodies but resistant to type I interferons. Emerging Infectious Diseases

Kim R. Chiok*, Neeraj Dhar^, & Arinjay Banerjee^ (*trainee, ^corresponding authors) (2023). Mycobacterium tuberculosis and SARS-CoV-2 co-infections: the knowns and unknowns. iScience

Daniel Becker^ and Arinjay Banerjee^ (^corresponding authors) (2023). Coupling field and laboratory studies of immunity and infection in reservoir hosts of zoonotic pathogens. The Lancet Microbe

Jagoda, E., Marnetto, D., Senevirathne, G., Gonzalez, V.*, Baid, K.*, Montinaro, F., Richard, D., Falzarano, D., LeBlanc, E., Colpitts, C., Banerjee, A., Pagani, L., & Capellini, T.D. (*trainees) (2023). Regulatory dissection of the severe COVID-19 risk locus introgressed by Neanderthals. eLife

Kaushal Baid* and Arinjay Banerjee^ (*trainee, ^corresponding author) (2023). Versatile use of bat ACE2 for cellular entry by MERS-CoV-like viruses. Cell Host & Microbe

Chan, K., Farias, A.G., Lee, H., Guvenc, F., Mero, P., Brown, K.R., Ward, H., Billmann, M., Aulakh, K., Astori, A., Haider, S., Marcon, E., Braunschweig, U., Pu, S., Habsid, A., Tong, A.H.Y., Christie, N., Budylowski, P., Ghalami, A., Mubareka, S., Maguire, F., Banerjee, A., Mossman, K., Greenblatt, J., Gray-Owen, S., Raught, B., Blencowe, B.J., Taipale, M., Myers, C. & Moffat, J. (2023). Survival-based CRISPR genetic screens across a panel of permissive cell lines identify common and cell-specific SARS-CoV-2 host factors. Heliyon

Samira Mubareka, John Amuasi, Arinjay Banerjee, Hélène Carabin, Joe Copper Jack, Claire Jardine, Bogdan Jaroszewicz, Greg Keefe, Jonathon Kotwa, Susan Kutz, Deborah McGregor, Anne Mease, Lily Nicholson, Katarzyna Nowak, Brad Pickering, Maureen G. Reed, Johanne Saint- Charles, Katarzyna Simonienko, Trevor Smith, J. Scott Weese, and E. Jane Parmley (2023). Strengthing a One Health Approach to emerging zoonoses. FACETS, Royal Society of Canada

Christina M. Davy, Carmi Korine, Arinjay Banerjee, Cylita Guy, and Samira Mubareka (2023). Urban bats, public health, and human-wildlife conflict. Fascinating Life Sciences, Urban bats: Biology, Ecology, and Human Dimensions. Springer Nature, Book Chapter

Arinjay Banerjee^ and Karen Mossman^ (^co-corresponding authors) (2022). Laying the foundation for single-cell studies in bats. Immunity

Stephen Archer, Asish Dasgupta, Kuang-Hueih Chen, Danchen Wu, Kaushal Baid*, John Mamatis, Victoria Gonzalez*, Austin Read, Rachel ET Bentley, Ashley Y Martin, Jeffrey D Mewburn, Kimberly J Dunham-Snary, Gerald Evans, Gary Levy, Oliver Jones, Elahe Alizadeh, Ruaa Al-Qazazi, Brooke Ring, Charles CT Hindmarch, Jenna Rossi, Patricia DA Lima, Darryl Falzarano, Arinjay Banerjee & Che Colpitts (*trainees) (2022). SARS-CoV-2 mitochondriopathy in COVID-19 patients exacerbates hypoxemia. Redox Biology

Kleer, M., Mulloy, R.P., Robinson, C.-A., Evseev, D., Bui-Marinos, M.P., Castle, E.L., Banerjee, A., Mubareka, S., Mossman, K., & Corcoran, J.A. (2022). Human coronaviruses disassemble processing bodies. PLOS Pathogens

Gonzalez, V.* & Banerjee, A. (*trainee) (2022). Molecular, ecological, and behavioural drivers of the bat-virus relationship. iScience

Richard, D., Muthuirulan, P., Aguiar, J., Doxey A., Banerjee, A., Mossman, K., Hirota, J., and Capellini, T.D. (2022). Intronic regulation of SARS-CoV-2 receptor (ACE2) expression mediated by immune signaling and oxidative stress pathways. iScience

Arinjay Banerjee^, Jocelyne Lew, Andrea Kroeker, Kaushal Baid*, Patryk Aftanas, Kuganya Nirmalarajah, Finlay Maguire, Robert Kozak, Ryan McDonald, Amanda Lang, Volker Gerdts, Sharon E. Straus, Lois Gilbert, Angel Xinliu Li, Mohammad Mozafarihashjin, Sharon Walmsley, Anne-Claude Gingras, Jeffrey L. Wrana, Tony Mazzulli, Karen Colwill, Allison J. McGeer, Samira Mubareka and Darryl Falzarano^. (2022). Immunogenicity of convalescent and vaccinated sera against clinical isolates of ancestral SARS-CoV-2, beta, delta, and omicron variants. Med (^Banerjee, A and Falzarano, D are co-corresponding authors; *trainee).

George (Giorgi) Babuadze, Hugues Fausther-Bovendo, Marc-Antoine deLaVega, Brandon Lillie, Maedeh Naghibosadat, Nariman Shahhosseini, Micheal Joyce, Holly Saffran, Lorne Tyrrell, Darryl Falzarano, Chandrika Senthilkumaran, Natasha Christie-Holmes, Steven Ahn, Scott Gray-Owen, Arinjay Banerjee, Samira Mubareka, Karen Mossman, Chanel Dupont, Jannie Pederson, Marc-Alexandre Lafrance Gary Kobinger and Robert Kozak. (2022). Two DNA vaccines protect against severe disease and pathology due to SARS-CoV-2 in Syrian hamsters. NPJ Vaccines

Eva Kaufmann, Nargis Khan, Kim Tran, Antigona Ulndreaj, Erwan Pernet, Ghislaine Fontes, Andreanne Lupien, Patrice Desmeules, Fiona McIntosh, Amina Abow, Simone J.C.F.M. Moorlag, Priya Debisarun, Karen Mossman, Arinjay Banerjee, Danielle KAro-Atar, Mina Sadeghi, Samira Mubareka, Donald C. Vinh, Irah L. King, Clinton S. Robbins, Marcel Behr, Mihai G. Netea, Philippe Joubert, Maziar Divangahi. (2022). BCG vaccination provides protection against IAV but not SARS-CoV-2. Cell Reports

Lu RXZ, Lai BFL, Rafatian N, Gustafson D, Campbell SB, Banerjee A, Kozak R, Mossman K, Mubareka S, Howe KL, Fish JE, Radisic M. (2022). Vasculature-on-a-chip platform with innate immunity enables identification of angiopoietin-1 derived peptide as a therapeutic for SARS-CoV-2 induced inflammation. Lab on a Chip

Liu, J., Budylowski, P., Samson, R., Griffin, B., Giorgi, B., Rathod, B., Colwill, K., Abioye, J.A., Schwartz, J.A., Law, R., Yip, L., Ahn, S.K., Chau, S., Maedeh, N., Arita, Y., Hu, Q., Banerjee, A., Mossman, K., Mubareka, S., Kozak, R.A., Pollanen, M.S., Orozco, N.M., Gingras, A-C., Marcusson, E.G. & Ostrowski, M.A. (2022). Preclinical evaluation of a SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine PTX-COVID19-B. Science Advances

Dahal, S., Cheng, R., Cheung, P.K., Been, T., Malty, R., Geng, M., Manianis, S., Shkreta, L., Jahanshahi, S., Toutant, J., Chan, R., Park, S., Brockman, M.A., Babu, M., Mubareka, S., Mossman, K., Banerjee, A., Gray-Owen, S., Brown, M., Houry, W.A., Chabot, B., Grierson, D., & Cochrane, A. (2022). The Thiazole-5-carboxamide GPS491 inhibits HIV-1, adenovirus, and coronavirus replication by altering RNA processing / accumulation. Viruses

Cao, H., Mai, J., Zhou, Z., Li, Z., Duan, R., Watt, J., Chen, Z., Bandara, R.A., Li, M., Ahn, S.K., Poon, B., Christie-Holmes, N., Gray-Owen, S.D., Banerjee, A., Mossman, K., Kozak, R., Mubareka, S., Rini, J.M., Hu, J., & Liu. J. (2021). Intranasal HD-Ad Vaccine Protects the Upper and Lower Respiratory Tracts of hACE2 Mice against SARS-CoV-2. Cell & Bioscience

Nolwenn Jouvenet, Caroline Goujon and Arinjay Banerjee (2021). Clash of the titans: interferons and SARS-CoV-2. Trends in Immunology

Pablos, I., Machado, Y., Ramos De Jesus, H.C., Mohamud, Y., Kappelhoff, R., Lindskog, C., Vlok, M., Bell, P.A., Butler, G.S., Grin, P.M., Cao, Q.T., Nguyen, J.P., Solis, N., Abbina, S., Rut, W., Vederas, J.C., Szekely, L., Szakos, A., Drag, M., Kizhakkedathu, J., Mossman, K., Hirota, J.A., Jan, E., Luo, H., Banerjee, A. & Overall, C.M. (2021). Mechanistic insights into COVID-19 by global analysis of the SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro substrate degradome. Cell Reports

Dickson, Z.W., Hackenberger, D., Kuch, M., Marzok, A., Banerjee, A., Mossman, K., Miller, M.S., Golding, B.G. & Poinar, H. (2021). Probe design for simultaneous, targeted capture of diverse metagenomic targets. Cell Reports Methods

Singh, J., Pandit, P., McArthur, A.G., Banerjee, A.* & Mossman, K. (2021). Evolutionary trajectory of SARS-CoV-2 and emerging variants. Virology Journal (*Banerjee, A and Mossman, K are co-corresponding authors).

Banerjee, A.*, Mossman, K. & Grandvaux, N. (2021). Molecular determinants of SARS-CoV-2 variants. Trends in Microbiology (*Banerjee, A. and Grandvaux, N are co-corresponding authors).

Banerjee, A.* (2021) Virus hunters: Discovering the evolutionary origins of SARS-CoV-2. Cell Host & Microbe

Banerjee, A.*, El-Sayes, N., Budylowski, P., Jacob, R.A., Richard, D., Maan, H., Aguiar, J.A., Demian, W.L., Baid, K., D’Agostino, Ang, J.C., Tremblay, B.J.M., Afkhami, S., Karimzadeh, M., Irving, A.T., Yip, L., Ostrowski, M., Hirota, J.A., Kozak, R., Capellini, T., Miller, M.S., Wang, B., Mubareka, S., McGeer, A.J., McArthur, A.G., Doxey, A.C., & Mossman, K*. (2021). Experimental and natural evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection-induced activation of type I interferon responses. iScience (*Banerjee, A. and Mossman, K. are co-corresponding authors).

Banerjee, A.*, Mossman, K. & Baker, M*. (2021). Zooanthroponotic potential of SARS-CoV-2 and implications of re-introduction into human population. Cell Host & Microbe (*Banerjee, A. and Baker, M. are co-corresponding authors).

Banerjee, A.*, Doxey, A.C., Mossman, K. & Irving, A.T.* (2020). Unraveling the zoonotic origin and transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Trends in Ecology & Evolution (*Banerjee, A. is lead contact; Banerjee, A. and Irving, A.T. are co-corresponding authors).

Banerjee, A.*, Doxey, A.C., Tremblay, B.J.M., Mansfield, M.J., Subudhi, S., Hirota, J.A., Miller, M.S., McArthur, A.G., Mubareka, S. & Mossman, K*. (2020). Predicting the recombination potential of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus. Journal of General Virology (*Banerjee, A and Mossman, K. are co-senior and co-corresponding authors).

Nasir, J.A., Kozak, R.A., Aftanas, P., Raphenya, A.R., Smith, K.M., Maguire, F., Maan, H., Alruwaili, M., Banerjee, A., Mbareche, H., Alcock, B.P., Knox, N.C., Mossman, K., Wang, B., Hiscox, J.A., McArthur, A.G., Mubareka, S. (2020). A comparison of whole genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 using amplicon-based sequencing, random hexamers, and bait capture. Viruses. DOI: 103390/v12080895. 

Banerjee,A., Nasir, J.A., Budylowski, P., Yip, L., Aftanas, P., Christie, N., Ghalami, A., Baid, K., Raphenya, A.R., Hirota, J., Miller, M.S., Ostrowski, M., Kozac, R.A., McArthur, A.G., Mossman, K. & Mubareka, S. (2020). Isolation, sequence, infectivity and replication kinetics of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2. Emerging Infectious Diseases. DOI: 10.3201/eid2609.201495.

Mann, H., Mbareche, H., Raphenya, A.R., Banerjee, A., Nasir, J.A., Kozak, R.A., Knox, N., Mubareka, S., McArthur, A.G. & Wang, B. (2020). Genotyping SARS-CoV-2 through an interactive web application. The Lancet Digital Health. DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01123-2020.

Aguiar, J.A., Benjamin, T. J.-M., Mansfield, M.J., Woody, O., Lobb, B., Banerjee. A., Chandiramohan, A., Tiessen, N., Gheva-Dvorkin, A., Revill, S., Miller, M.S., Carlsten, C., Organ, L., Joseph, C., John, A., Hanson, P., McManus, B.M., Jenkins, G., Mossman, K., Ask, K., Doxey, A.C. & Hirota, J.A. (2020). Gene expression and in situ protein profiling of candidate SARS-CoV-2 receptors in human airway epithelial cells and lung tissue. European Respiratory Journal. DOI: 10.1016/S2589-7500(20)30140-0.

Banerjee, A., Subudhi, S., Rapin, N., Jain, R., Lew, J., Falzarano, D. & Misra, V. (2020). Persistent infection of bat cells with Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus selects for viral variants. Scientific Reports. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-64264-1

Banerjee, A., Mossman, K. & Miller, M. (2020). Bat influenza viruses: making a double agent of MHC class II. Trends in Microbiology. DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2020.04.006

Banerjee, A., Baid, K., Byron, T., Yip, A., Ryan, C., Thampy, P.R., Broders, H, Faure, P. & Mossman, K. (2020). Seroprevelance in bats and detection of Borrelia burgdorferi in bat ectoparasites. Microorganisms. DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8030440

Banerjee, A., Zhang, X., Yip, A., Schulz, K., Irving, A.T., Bowdish, D., Golding, B., Wang, L.F. & Mossman, K. (2020). Positive selection of a serine residue in bat IRF3 confers enhance antiviral protection. iScience. DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.100958

Banerjee, A., Baker, M., Kulcsar, K., Misra, V., Plowright, R. & Mossman, K. (2020). Novel insights into immune systems of bats. Frontiers in Immunology. DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.00026

Banerjee, A., Baid, K. & Mossman, K. (2019). Molecular Pathogenesis of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) Coronavirus. Current Clinical Microbiology Reports. DOI: 10.1007/s40588-019-00122-7

Banerjee, A., Falzarano, D., Rapin, N., Lew, J. & Misra, V. (2019). Interferon regulatory factor 3-mediated signaling limits Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus propagation in cells from an insectivorous bat. Viruses 11 (2), 152. DOI: 10.3390/v11020152

 Banerjee, A., Kulcsar, K., Misra, V., Frieman, M.  & Mossman, K. (2019). Bats and coronaviruses. Viruses 11 (1), 41. DOI: 10.3390/v11010041

Banerjee, A., Perez-Lopez, E. & Mossman, K. (2018). Commentary: Phyllostomid bat microbiome composition is associated to host phylogeny and feeding strategies. Frontiers in Microbiology. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02863

Banerjee, A., Falzarano, D. & Misra, V. (2018). Caution choice of fixative can influence the visualization of the location of a transcription factor in mammalian cells. Biotechniques 65, 65-69. DOI: 10.2144/btn-2018-0060

Banerjee, A., Misra, V., Schountz, T. & Baker, M. L. (2018).  Tools to study pathogen-host interactions in bats. Virus Research 248, 5-12, DOI:10.1016/j.virusres.2018.02.013.

Banerjee, A., Rapin, N., Bollinger, T., & Misra, V. (2017). Lack of inflammatory gene expression in bats: a unique role for a transcription repressor. Scientific Reports, 7(1). DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-01513-w.

Banerjee, A., Rapin, N., Miller, M., Griebel, P., Zhou, Y., Munster, V., & Misra, V. (2016). Generation and Characterization of Eptesicus fuscus (Big brown bat) kidney cell lines immortalized using the Myotis polyomavirus large T-antigen. Journal of Virological Methods. 2016;237:166-73.

Bandara, T., Banerjee, A., Dhillon, J. & Rafferty, E. (2015). Developing the tools to manage complex crisis: Training students in interdisciplinarity. Pedagogy in Health Promotion. DOI: 10.1177/2373379915614867

Dhillon, J. & Banerjee, A. (2015). Controlling Nipah virus encephalitis in Bangladesh: Policy options. Journal of Public Health Policy. DOI: 10.1057/jphp.2015.13

Banerjee, A., Mor, S. M., Kok, J., Sorrell, T. C. & Hill-Cawthorne, G. A. (2014). Vulnerability, hysteria and fear — conquering Ebola virus. The Medical Journal of Australia 201, 320-321.