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Alain Townsend

Nuffield Department of Medicine

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Published Papers 78
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Aerosol and intranasal delivery of monoclonal antibodies to prevent transmission in pig influenza infection models
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errCatherine F. Hatton; Emily Briggs; Eleni Polychronakis; Ashutosh Vats; Bhawna Sharma; Sanis Wongborphid; Tiphaine Cayol; Ehsan Sedaghat-Rostami; Shathviga Manoharan; Alice Guan; Elliot J. Moorhouse; Ronan MacLoughlin; Pramila Rijal; Alain R. Townsend; Francisco J. Salguero; Basudev Pauydal; Elma Tchilian
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The magnitude and cross reactivity of SARS-CoV-2 specific antibody responses in Sri Lankan children and association with the nutritional status
err2025-11-05
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errChandima Jeewandara; Maneshka Vindesh Karunananda; Suranga Fernando; Saubhagya Danasekara; Gamini Jayakody; S. Arulkumaran; N. Y. Samaraweera; Sarathchandra Kumarawansha; Subramaniyam Sivaganesh; P. Geethika Amarasinghe; Chintha Jayasinghe; Dilini Wijesekara; Manonath Bandara Marasinghe; Udari Mambulage; Helanka Wijayatilake; Kasun Senevirathne; A. D. P. Bandara; C. P. Gallage; N. R. Colambage; A. A. Thilak Udayasiri; Tharaka Lokumarambage; Y. Upasena; W. P. K. P. Weerasooriya; Tiong Kit Tan; Alain Townsend; Graham S. Ogg; Gathsaurie Neelika Malavige
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Structure-guided loop grafting improves expression and stability of influenza neuraminidase for vaccine development
err2025-09-09
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errRijal, Pramila; Wei, Leiyan; Paesen, Guido C.; Stuart, David, I; Haworth, Mark; Huang, Kuan-Ying A.; Bowden, Thomas A.; Townsend, Alain R. M.
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The molecular reach of antibodies crucially underpins their viral neutralisation capacity (vol 16, 338, 2025)
err2025-03-20
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errHuhn, Anna; Nissley, Daniel; Wilson, Daniel B.; Kutuzov, Mikhail A.; Donat, Robert; Tan, Tiong Kit; Zhang, Ying; Barton, Michael I.; Liu, Chang; Dejnirattisai, Wanwisa; Supasa, Piyada; Mongkolsapaya, Juthathip; Townsend, Alain; James, William; Screaton, Gavin; van der Merwe, P. Anton; Isaacson, Samuel A.
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Computational mining of B cell receptor repertoires reveals antigen-specific and convergent responses to Ebola vaccination
err2024-07-08
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errRichardson, Eve; Bibi, Sagida; Mclean, Florence; Schimanski, Lisa; Rijal, Pramila; Ghraichy, Marie; von Niederhausern, Valentin; Trueck, Johannes; Clutterbuck, Elizabeth A.; O'Connor, Daniel; Luhn, Kerstin; Townsend, Alain; Peters, Bjoern; Pollard, Andrew J.; Deane, Charlotte M.; Kelly, Dominic F.
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The presence of broadly neutralizing anti-SARS-CoV-2 RBD antibodies elicited by primary series and booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine
err2024-06-10
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errChen, Xiaorui; Mohapatra, Arpita; Nguyen, Hong Thuy Vy; Schimanski, Lisa; Tan, Tiong Kit; Rijal, Pramila; Chen, Cheng-Pin; Cheng, Shu-Hsing; Lee, Wen-Hsin; Chou, Yu-Chi; Townsend, Alain R.; Ma, Che; Huang, Kuan-Ying A.
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Proactive vaccination using multiviral Quartet Nanocages to elicit broad anti-coronavirus responses
err2024-05-06
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errHills, Rory A.; Tan, Tiong Kit; Cohen, Alexander A.; Keeffe, Jennifer R.; Keeble, Anthony H.; Gnanapragasam, Priyanthi N. P.; Storm, Kaya N.; Rorick, Annie V.; West Jr, Anthony P.; Hill, Michelle L.; Liu, Sai; Gilbert-Jaramillo, Javier; Afzal, Madeeha; Napier, Amy; Admans, Gabrielle; James, William S.; Bjorkman, Pamela J.; Townsend, Alain R.; Howarth, Mark R.
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Semaphorin 3A causes immune suppression by inducing cytoskeletal paralysis in tumour-specific CD8+ T cells (vol 15, 3448 , 2024)
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errBarnkob, Mike B.; Michaels, Yale S.; Andre, Violaine; Macklin, Philip S.; Gileadi, Uzi; Valvo, Salvatore; Rei, Margarida; Kulicke, Corinna; Chen, Ji-Li; Jain, Vitul; Woodcock, Victoria K.; Colin-York, Huw; Hadjinicolaou, Andreas V.; Kong, Youxin; Mayya, Viveka; Mazet, Julie M.; Mead, Gracie-Jennah; Bull, Joshua A.; Rijal, Pramila; Pugh, Christopher W.; Townsend, Alain R.; Gerard, Audrey; Olsen, Lars R.; Fritzsche, Marco; Fulga, Tudor A.; Dustin, Michael L.; Jones, E. Yvonne; Cerundolo, Vincenzo
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A direct contact pig influenza challenge model for assessing protective efficacy of monoclonal antibodies
err2023-10-27
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errMcnee, Adam; Vanover, Daryll; Rijal, Pramila; Paudyal, Basudev; Lean, Fabian Z. X.; Macloughlin, Ronan; Nunez, Alejandro; Townsend, Alain; Santangelo, Philip J.; Tchilian, Elma
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Single-cycle influenza virus vaccine generates lung CD8+ Trm that cross-react against viral variants and subvert virus escape mutants
err2023-09-08
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errZheng, Ming Z. M.; Tan, Tiong Kit; Villalon-Letelier, Fernando; Lau, Hilda; Deng, Yi-Mo; Fritzlar, Svenja; Valkenburg, Sophie A.; Gu, Haogao; Poon, Leo L. M.; Reading, Patrick C.; Townsend, Alain R.; Wakim, Linda M.
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Antigenic Characterization of Human Monoclonal Antibodies for Therapeutic Use against H7N9 Avian Influenza Virus
err2023-01-31
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errChang, Pengxiang; Lukosaityte, Deimante; Sealy, Joshua E.; Rijal, Pramila; Sadeyen, Jean-Remy; Bhat, Sushant; Crossley, Sylvia; Daines, Rebecca; Huang, Kuan-Yin A.; Townsend, Alain R.; Iqbal, Munir
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Structural basis for a conserved neutralization epitope on the receptor-binding domain of SARS-CoV-2
err2023-01-19
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errHuang, Kuan-Ying A.; Chen, Xiaorui; Mohapatra, Arpita; Nguyen, Hong Thuy Vy; Schimanski, Lisa; Tan, Tiong Kit; Rijal, Pramila; Vester, Susan K. K.; Hills, Rory A. A.; Howarth, Mark; Keeffe, Jennifer R. R.; Cohen, Alexander A. A.; Kakutani, Leesa M. M.; Wu, Yi-Min; Shahed-Al-Mahmud, Md; Chou, Yu-Chi; Bjorkman, Pamela J. J.; Townsend, Alain R. R.; Ma, Che
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Recombinant single-cycle influenza virus with exchangeable pseudotypes allows repeated immunization to augment anti-tumour immunity with immune checkpoint inhibitors
err2023-01-10
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errKandasamy, Matheswaran; Gileadi, Uzi; Rijal, Pramila; Tan, Tiong Kit; Lee, Lian N.; Chen, Jili; Prota, Gennaro; Klenerman, Paul; Townsend, Alain; Cerundolo, Vincenzo; Kurosaki, Tomohiro
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Cutting Edge: High-Dose Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccines Elicit Pulmonary Tissue-Resident Memory CD8+ T Cells in the Face of Pre-Existing Humoral Immunity
err2022-11-15
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errZheng, Ming Z. M.; Fritzlar, Svenja; Wang, Zhongfang; Tan, Tiong Kit; Kedzierska, Katherine; Townsend, Alain; Reading, Patrick C.; Wakim, Linda M.
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Fc-Mediated Functions of Porcine IgG Subclasses
err2022-06-09
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errPaudyal, Basudev; Mwangi, William; Rijal, Pramila; Schwartz, John C.; Noble, Alistair; Shaw, Andrew; Sealy, Joshua E.; Bonnet-Di Placido, Marie; Graham, Simon P.; Townsend, Alain; Hammond, John A.; Tchilian, Elma
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Persistence of immune responses to the Sinopharm/BBIBP-CorV vaccine
err2022-05-11
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errJeewandara, Chandima; Aberathna, Inoka Sepali; Pushpakumara, Pradeep Darshana; Kamaladasa, Achala; Guruge, Dinuka; Wijesinghe, Ayesha; Gunasekera, Banuri; Ramu, Shyrar Tanussiya; Kuruppu, Heshan; Ranasinghe, Thushali; Dayarathna, Shashika; Dissanayake, Osanda; Gamalath, Nayanathara; Ekanayake, Dinithi; Jayamali, Jeewantha; Jayathilaka, Deshni; Dissanayake, Madushika; Jayadas, Tibutius Thanesh; Mudunkotuwa, Anushika; Somathilake, Gayasha; Harvie, Michael; Nimasha, Thashmi; Danasekara, Saubhagya; Wijayamuni, Ruwan; Schimanski, Lisa; Rijal, Pramila; Tan, Tiong K.; Dong, Tao; Townsend, Alain; Ogg, Graham S.; Malavige, Gathsaurie Neelika
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Comparison of the lmmunogenicity of five COVID-19 vaccines in Sri Lanka
err2022-05-01
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errJeewandara, J. M. K. Chandima; Aberathna, Inoka Sepali; Danasekara, Saubhagya; Gomes, Laksiri; Fernando, Suranga; Guruge, Dinuka; Ranasinghe, Thushali; Gunasekera, Banuri; Kamaladasa, Achala; Kuruppu, Heshan; Somathilake, Gayasha; Jayamali, Jeewantha; Jayathilaka, Deshni; Wijayatilake, Helanka Dinesh Kumara; Pushpakumara, Pradeep Darshana; Harvie, Michael; Nimasha, Thashmi; De Silva, Shiromi Devika Grace; Wijayamuni, Ruwan; Schimanski, Lisa; Rijal, Pramila; Tan, Jack; Townsend, Alain; Ogg, Graham S.; Malavige, Gathsaurie Neelika
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Secondary influenza challenge triggers resident memory B cell migration and rapid relocation to boost antibody secretion at infected sites
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errMacLean, Andrew J.; Richmond, Niamh; Koneva, Lada; Attar, Moustafa; Medina, Cesar A. P.; Thornton, Emily E.; Gomes, Ariane Cruz; El-Turabi, Aadil; Bachmann, Martin F.; Rijal, Pramila; Tan, Tiong Kit; Townsend, Alain; Sansom, Stephen N.; Bannard, Oliver; Arnon, Tal, I
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Kinetics of immune responses to the AZD1222/Covishield vaccine with varying dose intervals in Sri Lankan individuals
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errJeewandara, Chandima; Aberathna, Inoka Sepali; Gomes, Laksiri; Pushpakumara, Pradeep Darshana; Danasekara, Saubhagya; Guruge, Dinuka; Ranasinghe, Thushali; Gunasekera, Banuri; Kamaladasa, Achala; Kuruppu, Heshan; Somathilake, Gayasha; Dissanayake, Osanda; Gamalath, Nayanathara; Ekanayake, Dinithi; Jayamali, Jeewantha; Jayathilaka, Deshni; Mudunkotuwa, Anushika; Harvie, Michael; Nimasha, Thashmi; Wijayamuni, Ruwan; Schimanski, Lisa; Rijal, Pramila; Tan, Tiong K.; Dong, Tao; Townsend, Alain; Ogg, Graham S.; Malavige, Gathsaurie Neelika
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