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Dr. Donal Cox

Senior Research Fellow (Clinical Medicine)
      
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Dr. Donal Cox

Senior Research Fellow (Clinical Medicine)

 


  Ageing   HUMAN MACROPHAGES   Immunometabolism   Infection and immunity   NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE   TB immunology
Murphy DM, Batten I, O'Farrell A, Carlile SR, O'Rourke SA, Court C, Morris B, Leisching G, Jameson G, Connolly SA, Dyer AH, McGrath JP, McNally E, Basdeo SA, IFN-Y-induced trained immunity enhances killing of priority pathogens in healthy and genetically vulnerable individuals., JCI insight, 2026, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Thong L, Sandby Thomas O, Ó Gallchobhair O, Duffin E, Yennemadi AS, Leisching G, Murphy DM, Nadarajan P, O'Connell F, O'Sullivan MP, Basdeo SA, Cox DJ, Keane J., Dexamethasone inhibits Mycobacterium tuberculosis-induced glycolysis but preserves antimicrobial function in primary human macrophages., Scientific Reports, 15, (1), 2025, p34310 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Murphy DM, Walsh A, Stein L, Petrasca Andreea, Cox DJ, Brown K, Duffin E, Jameson G, Connolly SA, O'Connell F, O'Sullivan J, Basdeo SA, Keane J, Phelan JJ., Human Macrophages Activate Bystander Neutrophils' Metabolism and Effector Functions When Challenged with Mycobacterium tuberculosis., International journal of molecular sciences, 25, (5), 2024, p2898 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Cox DJ, Connolly SA, Ó Maoldomhnaigh C, Brugman AAI, Sandby Thomas O, Duffin E, Gogan KM, Ó Gallchobhair O, Murphy DM, O'Rourke SA, O'Connell F, Keane J, Human airway macrophages are metabolically reprogrammed by IFN-" resulting in glycolysis-dependent functional plasticity., eLife, 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Murphy, D.M., Cox, D.J., Connolly, S.A., Breen, E.P., Brugman, A.A.I., Phelan, J.J., Keane, J., Basdeo, S.A., Trained immunity is induced in humans after immunization with an adenoviral vector COVID-19 vaccine, Journal of Clinical Investigation, 133, (2), 2023, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Christina Cahill, Dónal J. Cox, Fiona O'Connell, Sharee A. Basdeo, Karl M. Gogan, Cilian Ó'Maoldomhnaigh, Jacintha O'Sullivan, Joseph Keane and James J. Phelan., The Effect of Tuberculosis Antimicrobials on the Immunometabolic Profiles of Primary Human Macrophages Stimulated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI  URL
Cilian Ó Maoldomhnaigh, Donal J Cox, James Joseph Phelan, Karl M. Gogan, Kate McQuaid, Amy Martina Coleman, Sharee Ann Basdeo and Joseph Keane., Lactate alters metabolism in human macrophages and improves their ability to kill Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Frontiers in Immunology, 2021, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Ó Maoldomhnaigh C, Cox DJ, Phelan JJ, Malone FD, Keane J, Basdeo SA., The Warburg Effect Occurs Rapidly in Stimulated Human Adult but Not Umbilical Cord Blood Derived Macrophages., Frontiers in immunology, 12, 2021, p657261 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Cahill C, O'Connell F, Gogan KM, Cox DJ, Basdeo SA, O'Sullivan J, Gordon SV, Keane J, Phelan JJ., The Iron Chelator Desferrioxamine Increases the Efficacy of Bedaquiline in Primary Human Macrophages Infected with BCG., International journal of molecular sciences, 22, (6), 2021, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Cox, D.J., Coleman, A.M., Gogan, K.M., Phelan, J.J., Maoldomhnaigh, C., Dunne, P.J., Basdeo, S.A. and Keane, J., Inhibiting histone deacetylases in human macrophages promotes glycolysis, IL-1β and T helper cell responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Frontiers in Immunology, 2020, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI  URL
  

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