Celestine Wanjalla

Profile Picture of Celestine Wanjalla
Title
Assistant Professor
Department
Department of Medicine
Institution
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Education

  • MD PhD

Research Interests

Adaptive Immunologic Memory   Virology   Cardiovascular Disease  

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Biography

I am a physician-scientist interested in understanding the role of virus-specific immune cells in cardiovascular disease and other non-communicable diseases.

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List of Publications (31)
In 2022
31

Mashayekhi M, Wanjalla CN, Warren CM, Simmons JD, Ghoshal K, Pilkinton M, Bailin SS, Gabriel CL, Pozzi A, Koethe JR, Brown NJ, Kalams SA, Luther JM. "The soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibitor GSK2256294 decreases the proportion of adipose pro-inflammatory T cells." (2022)

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In 2021
30

Bailin SS, Kundu S, Wellons M, Freiberg MS, Doyle MF, Tracy RP, Justice AC, Wanjalla CN, Landay AL, So-Armah K, Mallal S, Kropski JA, Koethe JR. "Circulating CD4+ TEMRA and CD4+ CD28- T cells and incident diabetes among persons with and without HIV." (2021)

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29

Temu TM, Macharia P, Mtui J, Mwangi M, Ngungi PW, Wanjalla C, Bloomfield GS, Farquhar C, Nyanjau L, Gathecha GK, Kibachio J. "Obesity and risk for hypertension and diabetes among Kenyan adults: Results from a national survey." (2021)

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28

Gabriel CL, Ye F, Fan R, Nair S, Terry JG, Carr JJ, Silver H, Baker P, Hannah L, Wanjalla C, Mashayekhi M, Bailin S, Lima M, Woodward B, Izzy M, Ferguson JF, Koethe JR. "Hepatic Steatosis and Ectopic Fat Are Associated With Differences in Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Gene Expression in People With HIV." (2021)

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27

Temu TM, Wagoner J, Masyuko S, O'Connor A, Zifodya JS, Macharia P, Wanjalla CN, Mogaka JN, Chohan B, Omodi VM, Gervassi AL, Oyugi J, Page ST, Farquhar C, Polyak SJ. "Central obesity is a contributor to systemic inflammation and monocyte activation in virally suppressed adults with chronic HIV in Kenya." (2021)

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26

Wanjalla CN, McDonnell WJ, Ram R, Chopra A, Gangula R, Leary S, Mashayekhi M, Simmons JD, Warren CM, Bailin S, Gabriel CL, Guo L, Furch BD, Lima MC, Woodward BO, Hannah L, Pilkinton MA, Fuller DT, Kawai K, Virmani R, Finn AV, Hasty AH, Mallal SA, Kalams SA, Koethe JR. "Single-cell analysis shows that adipose tissue of persons with both HIV and diabetes is enriched for clonal, cytotoxic, and CMV-specific CD4+ T cells." (2021)

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25

Wanjalla CN, Mashayekhi M, Bailin S, Gabriel CL, Meenderink LM, Temu T, Fuller DT, Guo L, Kawai K, Virmani R, Jenkins C, Abana CO, Warren CM, Gangula R, Smith R, Madhur MS, Finn AV, Gelbard AH, Su YR, Tyska MJ, Kalams SA, Harrison DG, Mallal SA, Absi TS, Beckman JA, Koethe JR. "Anticytomegalovirus CD4(+) T Cells Are Associated With Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Persons With HIV." (2021)

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24

Temu TM, Zifodya JS, Polyak SJ, Wagoner J, Wanjalla CN, Masyuko S, Nyabiage J, Kinuthia J, Bloomfield GS, Page ST, Farquhar C. "Antiretroviral therapy reduces but does not normalize immune and vascular inflammatory markers in adults with chronic HIV infection in Kenya." (2021)

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23

Dandachi D, Geiger G, Montgomery MW, Karmen-Tuohy S, Golzy M, Antar AAR, Llibre JM, Camazine M, Diaz-De Santiago A, Carlucci PM, Zacharioudakis IM, Rahimian J, Wanjalla CN, Slim J, Arinze F, Kratz AMP, Jones JL, Patel SM, Kitchell E, Francis A, Ray M, Koren DE, Baddley JW, Hill B, Sax PE, Chow J. "Characteristics, Comorbidities, and Outcomes in a Multicenter Registry of Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Coronavirus Disease 2019." (2021)

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22

Gelbard A, Wanjalla C, Wootten CT, Drake WP, Lowery AS, Wheeler DA, Cardenas MF, Sikora AG, Pathak RR, McDonnell W, Mallal S, Pilkinton M. "The Proximal Airway Is a Reservoir for Adaptive Immunologic Memory in Idiopathic Subglottic Stenosis." (2021)

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In 2020
21

Temu TM, Polyak SJ, Zifodya JS, Wanjalla CN, Koethe JR, Masyuko S, Nyabiage J, Kinuthia J, Gervassi AL, Oyugi J, Page S, Farquhar C. "Endothelial Dysfunction Is Related to Monocyte Activation in Antiretroviral-Treated People With HIV and HIV-Negative Adults in Kenya." (2020)

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20

Bailin SS, Gabriel CL, Wanjalla CN, Koethe JR. "Obesity and Weight Gain in Persons with HIV." (2020)

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19

Bailin SS, McGinnis KA, McDonnell WJ, So-Armah K, Wellons M, Tracy RP, Doyle MF, Mallal S, Justice AC, Freiberg MS, Landay AL, Wanjalla C, Koethe JR. "T Lymphocyte Subsets Associated With Prevalent Diabetes in Veterans With and Without Human Immunodeficiency Virus." (2020)

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In 2019
18

Wanjalla CN, McDonnell WJ, Barnett L, Simmons JD, Furch BD, Lima MC, Woodward BO, Fan R, Fei Y, Baker PG, Ram R, Pilkinton MA, Mashayekhi M, Brown NJ, Mallal SA, Kalams SA, Koethe JR. "Adipose Tissue in Persons With HIV Is Enriched for CD4(+) T Effector Memory and T Effector Memory RA(+) Cells, Which Show Higher CD69 Expression and CD57, CX3CR1, GPR56 Co-expression With Increasing Glucose Intolerance." (2019)

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In 2018
17

Wanjalla CN, McDonnell WJ, Koethe JR. "Adipose Tissue T Cells in HIV/SIV Infection." (2018)

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16

Bourgi K, Wanjalla C, Koethe JR. "Inflammation and Metabolic Complications in HIV." (2018)

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In 2017
15

Abana CO, Pilkinton MA, Gaudieri S, Chopra A, McDonnell WJ, Wanjalla C, Barnett L, Gangula R, Hager C, Jung DK, Engelhardt BG, Jagasia MH, Klenerman P, Phillips EJ, Koelle DM, Kalams SA, Mallal SA. "Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Epitope-Specific CD4(+) T Cells Are Inflated in HIV(+) CMV(+) Subjects." (2017)

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14

Pavlos R, White KD, Wanjalla C, Mallal SA, Phillips EJ. "Severe Delayed Drug Reactions: Role of Genetics and Viral Infections." (2017)

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13

Kuriakose K, Carpenter K, Wanjalla C, Pettit A. "Case of Strongyloides hyperinfection syndrome." (2017)

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In 2015
12

Temu TM, Kirui N, Wanjalla C, Ndungu AM, Kamano JH, Inui TS, Bloomfield GS. "Cardiovascular health knowledge and preventive practices in people living with HIV in Kenya." (2015)

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In 2013
11

Lawrence TM, Wanjalla CN, Gomme EA, Wirblich C, Gatt A, Carnero E, Garcia-Sastre A, Lyles DS, McGettigan JP, Schnell MJ. "Comparison of Heterologous Prime-Boost Strategies against Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Gag Using Negative Stranded RNA Viruses." (2013)

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In 2012
10

Wanjalla CN, Goldstein EF, Wirblich C, Schnell MJ. "A role for granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor in the regulation of CD8(+) T cell responses to rabies virus." (2012)

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In 2011
9

Gomme EA, Wanjalla CN, Wirblich C, Schnell MJ. "Rabies virus as a research tool and viral vaccine vector." (2011)

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In 2010
8

Wanjalla CN, Faul EJ, Gomme EA, Schnell MJ. "Dendritic cells infected by recombinant rabies virus vaccine vector expressing HIV-1 Gag are immunogenic even in the presence of vector-specific immunity." (2010)

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Faul EJ, Wanjalla CN, Suthar MS, Gale M, Wirblich C, Schnell MJ. "Rabies virus infection induces type I interferon production in an IPS-1 dependent manner while dendritic cell activation relies on IFNAR signaling." (2010)

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6

Mareeva T, Wanjalla C, Schnell MJ, Sykulev Y. "A novel composite immunotoxin that suppresses rabies virus production by the infected cells." (2010)

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In 2008
5

Faul EJ, Wanjalla CN, McGettigan JP, Schnell MJ. "Interferon-beta expressed by a rabies virus-based HIV-1 vaccine vector serves as a molecular adjuvant and decreases pathogenicity." (2008)

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In 2006
4

Regelmann AG, Danzl NM, Wanjalla C, Alexandropoulos K. "The hematopoietic isoform of Cas-Hef1-associated signal transducer regulates chemokine-induced inside-out signaling and T cell trafficking." (2006)

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In 2005
3

Donlin LT, Danzl NM, Wanjalla C, Alexandropoulos K. "Deficiency in expression of the signaling protein Sin/Efs leads to T-lymphocyte activation and mucosal inflammation." (2005)

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In 2004
2

Narayan M, Xu G, Ripoll DR, Zhai H, Breuker K, Wanjalla C, Leung HJ, Navon A, Welker E, McLafferty FW, Scheraga HA. "Dissimilarity in the reductive unfolding pathways of two ribonuclease homologues." (2004)

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In 2003
1

Narayan M, Welker E, Wanjalla C, Xu G, Scheraga HA. "Shifting the competition between the intramolecular Reshuffling reaction and the direct oxidation reaction during the oxidative folding of kinetically trapped disulfide-insecure intermediates." (2003)

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