Publications

*Undergraduate student at UNO, #Graduate Student at UNO

2026

1.     Torres J#, Bredenkamp C*, Vazquez A*, Chivero ET+. Disruption of Dopamine Homeostasis by Psychostimulants. Mol Neurobiol. 2026 Mar 5;63(1):487. doi: 10.1007/s12035-026-05769-0. PMID: 41784673; PMCID: PMC12963094. +corresponding author.  

2.     Garcia EJ, Estrella LD, McCool S, Chivero ET. An antidote in arms: A monoclonal antibody intervention to reverse fentanyl-induced respiratory apnea. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2026 May 26;393(6):104930. doi: 10.1016/j.jpet.2026.104930. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42190316. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpet.2026.104930 

2024

3.     Chivero ET. Primary Literature for Teaching Neuroimmunology - An Instructor's Resource. J Undergrad Neurosci Educ. 2024 Dec 24;23(1):R1-R4. doi: 10.59390/QLFC4698. PMID: 39810967; PMCID: PMC11728992.

2023

4.      Singh S, Thangaraj A, Chivero ET, Guo ML, Periyasamy P, Buch S. Role of Dysregulated Autophagy in HIV Tat, Cocaine, and cART Mediated NLRP3 Activation in Microglia. J Neuroimmune Pharmacol. 2023. PMID: 37148425.

5.      Pillai PP, Kannan M, Sil S, Singh S, Thangaraj A, Chivero ET, Dagur RS, Tripathi A, Hu G, Periyasamy P, Buch S. Involvement of lncRNA TUG1 in HIV-1 Tat-Induced Astrocyte Senescence. Int J Mol Sci. 2023. PMID: 36901763.

2022

6.     Chivero ET+, Sil S+, Kumar M, Buch S. Substance use, microbiome and psychiatric disorders. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2022. PMID:35905802. +co-corresponding author.  

7.     Chivero ET+, Sil S, Singh S, Thangaraj A, Gordon L, Evah-Nzoughe GB, Ferguson N, Callen S, Buch S+. Protective role of Lactobacillus rhamnosus probiotic in reversing cocaine-induced oxidative stress, glial activation and locomotion in mice.  Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology. 2022. PMID:34628571. +co-corresponding author

2021

8.     Guo, M. L., Chivero, ET., Callen, S. E., Buch, S. NLRP3 Inflammasome Is Involved in Cocaine-Mediated Potentiation on Behavioral Changes in CX3CR1-Deficient Mice. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 2021. PMID:34683104.

9.     Sil S, Singh S, Chemparathy DT, Chivero ET, Gordon L, Buch S. Astrocytes & astrocyte derived extracellular vesicles in morphine induced amyloidopathy. Aging and Disease. 2021. PMID:34527417.

10.  Chivero ET+, Dagur RS, Peeples ES, Sil S, Liao K, Ma R, Chen L, Gurumurthy CB, Buch S, Hu G+. Biogenesis, physiological functions and potential applications of extracellular vesicles in substance use disorders. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 2021. PMID: 33821293. +co-corresponding author.

11.  Chivero ET, Thangaraj A, Tripathi A, Periyasamy P, Guo ML, Buch S. NLRP3 inflammasome blockade reduces cocaine-induced microglial activation and neuroinflammation. Molecular Neurobiology. 2021 Jan 8. PMID:33417223.

12.  Sil S, Thangaraj A, Chivero ET, Niu F, Kannan M, Liao K, Silverstein PS, Periyasamy P, Buch S. HIV-1 and drug abuse comorbidity: Lessons learned from the animal models of NeuroHIV. Neuroscience Letters. 2021. PMID:33794296.

2020

13.  Thangaraj A, Chivero ET, Tripathi A, Guo ML, Pillai P, Periyasamy P, Shilpa Buch. HIV-1 TAT-mediated microglial senescence: Role of SIRT3-dependent mitochondrial oxidative stress. Redox Biology. 2020 Dec 23. PMID:33385630.

14.  Chivero ET, Liao K, Niu F, Tripathi A, Tian C, Hu G, Buch S. Engineered extracellular vesicles loaded with miR-124 attenuate cocaine-mediated activation of microglia. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2020;8:573. 2020. doi:10.3389/fcell.2020.00573. PMID:32850781. 

15.  Tripathi A, Thangaraj A, Chivero ET, Periyasamy P, Burkovetskaya ME, Niu F, Guo ML, Buch S. N-Acetylcysteine reverses antiretroviral-mediated microglial activation by attenuating autophagy-lysosomal dysfunction. Front Neurol.2020;11:840. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2020.00840. PMID: 33013619. 

16.  Buch S, Periyasamy P, Thangaraj A, Sil S, Chivero ET, Tripathi A. Opioid-Mediated HIV-1 immunopathogenesis. J Neuroimmune Pharmacol. 2020 Oct 8. doi: 10.1007/s11481-020-09960-5. PMID: 33029670.

17.  Sil S*, Niu F*, Chivero ET,* Singh S, Periyasamy P, Buch S. Role of inflammasomes in HIV-1 and drug abuse mediated neuroinflammaging. Cells. 2020;9(8):E1857. doi: 10.3390/cells9081857. PMID: 32784383. *Contributed equally.

18.  Kutchy NA, Peeples ES, Sil S, Liao K, Chivero ET, Hu G, Buch S.  Extracellular Vesicles in viral infections of the nervous system. Viruses. 2020; 28;12(7):700. PMID: 32605316.

19.  Thangaraj A, Periyasamy P, Guo ML, Chivero ET, Callen S, Buch S. Mitigation of cocaine-mediated mitochondrial damage, defective mitophagy and microglial activation by superoxide dismutase mimetics. Autophagy.2020;16(2):289-312. doi:10.1080/15548627.2019.1607686. PMID: 30990365.

2019 

20.  Chivero ET, Ahmad R, Thangaraj A, Periyasamy P, Kumar B, Kroeger E, Feng D, Guo ML, Roy S, Dhawan P, Singh AB, Buch S. Cocaine induces inflammatory gut milieu by compromising the mucosal barrier integrity and altering the gut microbiota colonization. Sci Rep. 2019 Aug 21;9(1):12187. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-48428-2. PMID: 31434922.

21.  Tripathi A, Thangaraj A, Chivero ET, Periyasamy P, Callen S, Burkovetskaya ME, Guo ML, Buch S. Antiretroviral-mediated microglial activation involves dysregulated autophagy and lysosomal dysfunction. Cells. 2019;8(10):1168. doi:10.3390/cells8101168. PMID: 31569373.

2018

22.  Sil S, Periyasamy P, Thangaraj A, Chivero ET, Buch S. PDGF/PDGFR axis in the neural systems. Mol Aspects Med.2018;62:63-74. doi:10.1016/j.mam.2018.01.006. PMID: 29409855.

2017

23.  Chivero ET, Guo M, Periyasamy P, Liao K, Callen SE and Buch S. HIV Tat primes and activates microglial NLRP3 inflammasome-mediated neuroinflammation. J. Neurosci. 2017;37(13):3599-3609. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3045-16.2017. PMID:28270571.

2016

24.  Buch S, Chivero ET, Hoare J, Jumare J, Nakasujja N, Mudenda V, Paul R, Kanmogne GD, Sacktor N, Wood C, Royal W, Joseph J. Proceedings from the NIMH symposium on "NeuroAIDS in Africa: neurological and neuropsychiatric complications of HIV". J Neurovirol. 2016;22(5):699-702. doi:10.1007/s13365-016-0467-y. PMID: 27473196.

2015

25.  Chivero ET, Bhattarai N, McLinden JH, Xiang J, Stapleton JT.  Human Pegivirus (HPgV; formerly known as GBV-C) inhibits IL-12 dependent natural killer cell function. Virology. 2015 Nov;485:116-27. 10.1016/j.virol.2015.07.008. Epub 2015 Aug 1. PMID: 26245365.

26.  Chivero ET, Stapleton JT. Tropism of Human Pegivirus (formerly known as GB virus C/Hepatitis G virus) and host immunomodulation: insights into a highly successful viral

infection. J Gen Virol. 2015 Feb 9: vir.0.000086. doi:10.1099/vir.0.000086, PMID: 25667328.

2014

27.  Stapleton JT, Xiang J, McLinden JH, Bhattarai N, Chivero ET, Klinzman D, Kaufman TM, Chang Q.  A novel T cell evasion mechanism in persistent RNA virus infection. Trans Am Clin Climatol Assoc. 2014;125:14-24. PMC4112695.

28.  Chivero ET, Bhattarai N, Rydze RT, Winters MA, Holodniy M, Stapleton JT. Human Pegivirus RNA is found in multiple blood mononuclear cells in vivo and serum-derived viral RNA containing particles are infectious in vitro. J Gen Virol. 2014 Jun; 95(Pt 6):1307-19. doi: 10.1099/vir.0.063016-0. Epub 2014 Mar 25. PMC4027039.

2013

29.  Bhattarai N, McLinden JH, Xiang J, Landay AL, Chivero ET, Stapleton JT. GB virus C particles inhibit T cell activation via envelope E2 protein-mediated inhibition of TCR signaling. J Immunol. 2013 Jun 15;190 (12):6351-9. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1300589. Epub 2013 May 17. PubMed PMID: 23686495.

2012

30.  Bhattarai N, Rydze RT, Chivero ET, Stapleton JT. GB virus C viremia is associated with higher levels of double-negative T cells and lower T-cell activation in HIV-infected individuals receiving antiretroviral therapy. J Infect Dis.2012 Nov; 206 (9):1469-72. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jis515. Epub 2012 Aug 20. PubMed PMID: 22927453.

31.  Brown GD, Meintjes G, Kolls JK, Gray C, Horsnell W; Working Group from the EMBO-AIDS Related Mycoses Workshop, Achan B, Alber G, Aloisi M, Armstrong-James D, Beale M, Bicanic T, Black J, Bohjanen P, Botes A, Boulware DR, Brown G, Bunjun R, Carr W, Casadevall A, Chang C, Chivero E, Corcoran C, Cross A, Dawood H et al. AIDS-related mycoses: the way forward. Trends Microbiol. 2014 Mar; 22(3):107-9. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2013.12.008. PMCID: PMC4129449.

2001

32.  Chivero ET, Mutukumira AN, Zvauya R. Partial purification and characterization of a xylanase enzyme produced by a micro-organism isolated from selected indigenous fruits of Zimbabwe. Food Chemistry. 72 (2), 2001. pp 179-185. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0308-8146(00)00216-8.

Book Chapters

2019

33.  Thangaraj A, Sil S, Tripathi A, Chivero ET, Periyasamy P, Buch S. Targeting endoplasmic reticulum stress and autophagy as therapeutic approaches for neurological diseases. Int Rev Cell Mol Biol. 2020;350:285-325. doi:10.1016/bs.ircmb.2019.11.001. PMID: 32138902.

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