Dr. Dragomira Majhen

Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia

Fields of interest: Adenovirus basic biology, gene therapy, vaccination

BAVBD contribution: Offering expertise in molecular biology

1. NGR-bearing human adenovirus type 5 infects cells in flotillin- or caveolin-mediated manner depending on the NGR insertion site. Biomater Adv. 2023 Dec;155:213681. doi: 10.1016/j.bioadv.2023.213681.

2. Human Adenovirus Type 26 Infection Mediated by αvβ3 Integrin Is Caveolin-1-Dependent. Microbiol Spectr. 2022 Aug 31;10(4):e0109722. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.01097-22. Epub 2022 Aug 4. PMID: 35924932

3. Human Adenovirus Type 26 Induced IL-6 Gene Expression in an αvβ3 Integrin- and NF-κB-Dependent Manner. Viruses. 2022 Mar 24;14(4):672. doi: 10.3390/v14040672.

4. Human adenovirus type 26 basic biology and its usage as vaccine vector. Rev Med Virol. 2022 Nov;32(6):e2338. doi: 10.1002/rmv.2338.

5. αvβ3 Integrin Is Required for Efficient Infection of Epithelial Cells with Human Adenovirus Type 26. J Virol. 2018 Dec 10;93(1):e01474-18. doi: 10.1128/JVI.01474-18.