Publications

Selected publications

2026

Gulman J, Heredia-Osuna N, Ohanyan M, Poot A, Vargas C, Auerbuch V, McDonald K, Newberry R, and Cortez V. (2026) “Astrovirus infection dysregulates goblet cell antigen passages.” iScience. PMID: 42572582 

Davis AE, Su Y, Dallas R, Freiden P, Englund JA, Klein EJ, Hakim H, Hayden R, Maron G, Margolis E, Tang L, Cortez V, and Schultz-Cherry S. “Astrovirus and norovirus infections and their association with diarrheal symptoms in immunocompromised children.” Emerg Microbes Infect. PMID: 41527874

2023

Lanning S, Pedicino N, Haley D, Hernandez S, Cortez V, and DuBois R. “Structure and immunogenicity of the murine astrovirus capsid spike.” J Gen Virol. PMID: 37910165

Cortez V*, Livingston B, Sharp B, Hargest V, Papizan JB, Pedicino N, Lanning S, Jordan SV, Gulman J, Vogel V, DuBois RM, Crawford JC, Boyd DF, Pruett-Miller S, Thomas PG, and Schultz-Cherry S. “Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 regulates cell permissivity to astrovirus infection.” Mucosal Immunol. PMID: 37290501 *Corresponding author

Bub T, Hargest V, Tan S, Smith M, Vazquez-Pagan A, Flerlage T, Brigleb P, Meliopoulos V, Lindenbach B, Ramanathan H, Cortez V, Crawford J, and Schultz-Cherry S. "Astrovirus replication is dependent on induction of double membrane vesicles through a PI3K-dependent, LC3-independent pathway." J Virol. PMID: 37668367 

2022

Cortez V and Schultz-Cherry S. “Astroviruses” p.59-74. Howley PM and Knipe DM (ed), Fields Virology Volume 3: RNA Viruses. 7th ed. Wolters Kluwer.

Bami S, Hidinger J, Madni A, Hargest V, Schultz-Cherry S, Cortez V, Cross SJ, Ward DA, Hayden RT, Rubnitz J, Pui C-H, Khan RB, Hijano DR. “Human astrovirus VA1 encephalitis in pediatric patients with cancer: report of two cases and review of the literature.” J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. PMID: 35849135

2021

Cortez V and Schultz-Cherry S. “The role of goblet cells in virus pathogenesis.” FEBS J. PMID: 33507606

Nishimoto A, Wohlgemuth N, Rosch JW, Schultz-Cherry S, Cortez V, and Rowe HM. “Transkingdom interactions important for the pathogenesis of human viruses.” J Infect Dis. PMID: 33330907

2020

Cortez V, Boyd DF, Crawford JC, Sharp B, Livingston B, Rowe HM, Davis A, Alsallaq R, Robinson CG, Vogel P, Rosch JW, Margolis E, Thomas PG, and Schultz-Cherry S. “Astrovirus infects actively secreting goblet cells and alters the gut mucus barrier.” Nat Commun. PMID: 32350281

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2019

Cortez V, Sharp B, Yao J, Livingston B, Vogel P, and Schultz-Cherry S. “Characterizing a murine model for astrovirus using viral isolates from persistently infected immunocompromised mice.” J Virol. PMID: 30971471

Cortez V, Margolis E, and Schultz-Cherry S. “Astrovirus and the microbiome.” Curr Opin Virol. PMID: 31163291

Hargest V, Sharp B, Livingston B, Cortez V, and Schultz-Cherry S. “Astrovirus is inhibited by nitazoxanide in vitro and in vivo.” J. Virol. PMID: 31772685

2018

Cortez V, Meliopoulos VA, Johnson C, Hargest V, Karlsson EA and Schultz-Cherry S. “Astrovirus Biology and Pathogenesis.” Annu Rev Virol. PMID: 28715976.

Meliopoulos VA, Hargest V, and Cortez V. Chapter 2: Astrovirus. p.25-30. Liu D (ed), Handbook of Foodborne Diseases, 1st ed. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL

2017

Cortez V, Freiden P, Gu Z, Adderson E, Hayden R, and Schultz-Cherry S. “Persistent infections with diverse co-circulating astroviruses in pediatric oncology patients, Memphis, Tennessee.” Emerg Infect Dis. PMID: 28098537