Our Publications

  • #37: Convergent evolution and targeting of diverse E2 epitopes by human broadly neutralizing antibodies are associated with HCV clearance

    Ogega CO, Skinner NE, Schoenle MV, Wilcox XE, Frumento N, Wright DA, Paul HT, Sinnis-Bourozikas A, Clark KE, Figueroa A, Bjorkman PJ, Ray SC, Flyak AI, Bailey JR.

    Immunity. 2024 Mar 15:S1074-7613(24)00097-9.

    Featured by Cornell Chronicle! You can read the article here

  • #36: Neutralizing antibodies evolve to exploit vulnerable sites in the HCV envelope glycoprotein E2 and mediate spontaneous clearance of infection

    Frumento N, Sinnis-Bourozikas A, Paul HT, Stavrakis G, Zahid MN, Wang S, Ray SC, Flyak AI, Shaw GM, Cox AL, Bailey JR.

    Immunity. 2024 Jan 9;57(1):40-51.e5.

    Featured in TWiV podcast: Episode 1079: Rock of phages! You can listen to the the episode here

Publications before Cornell

  • #35: Computational identification of HCV neutralizing antibodies with a common HCDR3 disulfide bond motif in the antibody repertoires of infected individuals

    Bozhanova NG, Flyak AI, Ruiz SE, Salas J, Rho S, Bombardi RG, Myers L, Soto C, Bailey JR, Crowe JE, Bjorkman PJ, Meiler J.

    Nat Commun. 2022 Jun 8;13(1):3178

  • #34: Repeated exposure to heterologous hepatitis C viruses associates with enhanced neutralizing antibody breadth and potency

    Frumento N, Figueroa A, Wang T, Zahid MN, Wang S, Massaccesi G, Stavrakis G, Crowe JE Jr, Flyak AI, Ji H, Ray SC, Shaw G, Cox AL, Bailey JR.

    Clin Invest. 2022 May 19:e160058

  • #33: Analysis of antibodies from HCV elite neutralizers identifies genetic determinants of broad neutralization

    Weber T, Potthoff J, Bizu S, Labuhn M, Dold L, Schoofs T, Horning M, Ercanoglu MS, Kreer C, Gieselmann L, Vanshylla K, Langhans B, Janicki H, Ströh LJ, Knops E, Nierhoff D, Spengler U, Kaiser R, Bjorkman PJ, Krey T, Bankwitz D, Pfeifer N, Pietschmann T, Flyak AI, Klein F.

    Immunity. 2022 Feb 8;55(2):341-354.e7

  • #32: B cell overexpression of FCRL5 and PD-1 is associated with low antibody titers in HCV infectiontem

    Ogega CO, Skinner NE, Flyak AI, Clark KE, Board NL, Bjorkman PJ, Crowe JE Jr, Cox AL, Ray SC, Bailey JR.

    PLoS Pathog. 2022 Jan 6;18(1):e1010179

  • #31: Affinity maturation of SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies confers potency, breadth, and resilience to viral escape mutations

    Muecksch F, Weisblum Y, Barnes CO, Schmidt F, Schaefer-Babajew D, Wang Z, C Lorenzi JC, Flyak AI, DeLaitsch AT, Huey-Tubman KE, Hou S, Schiffer CA, Gaebler C, Da Silva J, Poston D, Finkin S, Cho A, Cipolla M, Oliveira TY, Millard KG, Ramos V, Gazumyan A, Rutkowska M, Caskey M, Nussenzweig MC, Bjorkman PJ, Hatziioannou T, Bieniasz PD.

    Immunity. 2021 Aug 10;54(8):1853-1868.e7

  • #30: Mechanisms of HCV resistance to broadly neutralizing antibodies

    Frumento N, Flyak AI, Bailey JR.

    Curr Opin Virol. 2021 Oct;50:23-29

  • #29: Convergence of a common solution for broad ebolavirus neutralization by glycan cap-directed human antibodies

    Murin CD, Gilchuk P, Ilinykh PA, Huang K, Kuzmina N, Shen X, Bruhn JF, Bryan AL, Davidson E, Doranz BJ, Williamson LE, Copps J, Alkutkar T, Flyak AI, Bukreyev A, Crowe JE Jr, Ward AB.

    Cell Rep. 2021 Apr 13;35(2):108984

  • #28: New SARS-CoV-2 B cell receptor signatures in at-risk populationsList Item

  • #27: Nur77 controls tolerance induction, terminal differentiation, and effector functions in semi-invariant natural killer T cells

    Kumar A, Hill TM, Gordy LE, Suryadevara N, Wu L, Flyak AI, Bezbradica JS, Van Kaer L, Joyce S.

    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Jul 21;117(29):17156-17165

  • #26: An ultralong CDRH2 in HCV neutralizing antibody demonstrates structural plasticity of antibodies against E2 glycoprotein

    Flyak AI, Ruiz SE, Salas J, Rho S, Bailey JR, Bjorkman PJ.

    Elife. 2020 Mar 3;9:e53169

  • #25: Plasma deconvolution identifies broadly neutralizing antibodies associated with hepatitis C virus clearance

    Kinchen VJ, Massaccesi G, Flyak AI, Mankowski MC, Colbert MD, Osburn WO, Ray SC, Cox AL, Crowe JE Jr, Bailey JR.

    J Clin Invest. 2019 Aug 13;129(11):4786-4796

  • #24: Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies Targeting New Sites of Vulnerability in Hepatitis C Virus E1E2

    Colbert MD, Flyak AI, Ogega CO, Kinchen VJ, Massaccesi G, Hernandez M, Davidson E, Doranz BJ, Cox AL, Crowe JE Jr, Bailey JR.

    J Virol. 2019 Jun 28;93(14):e02070-18

  • #23: Cross-reactive neutralizing human survivor monoclonal antibody BDBV223 targets the ebolavirus stalk

    King LB, West BR, Moyer CL, Gilchuk P, Flyak A, Ilinykh PA, Bombardi R, Hui S, Huang K, Bukreyev A, Crowe JE Jr, Saphire EO.

    Nat Commun. 2019 Apr 17;10(1):1788

  • #22: Early Human B Cell Response to Ebola Virus in Four U.S. Survivors of Infection

    Williamson LE, Flyak AI, Kose N, Bombardi R, Branchizio A, Reddy S, Davidson E, Doranz BJ, Fusco ML, Saphire EO, Halfmann PJ, Kawaoka Y, Piper AE, Glass PJ, Crowe JE Jr.

    J Virol. 2019 Apr 3;93(8):e01439-18

  • #21: Broadly Neutralizing Antibody Mediated Clearance of Human Hepatitis C Virus Infection

    Kinchen VJ, Zahid MN, Flyak AI, Soliman MG, Learn GH, Wang S, Davidson E, Doranz BJ, Ray SC, Cox AL, Crowe JE Jr, Bjorkman PJ, Shaw GM, Bailey JR.

    Cell Host Microbe. 2018 Nov 14;24(5):717-730.e5

  • #20: HCV Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies Use a CDRH3 Disulfide Motif to Recognize an E2 Glycoprotein Site that Can Be Targeted for Vaccine Design

    Flyak AI, Ruiz S, Colbert MD, Luong T, Crowe JE Jr, Bailey JR, Bjorkman PJ.

    Cell Host Microbe. 2018 Nov 14;24(5):703-716.e3

  • #19: Asymmetric antiviral effects of ebolavirus antibodies targeting glycoprotein stem and glycan cap

    Ilinykh PA, Santos RI, Gunn BM, Kuzmina NA, Shen X, Huang K, Gilchuk P, Flyak AI, Younan P, Alter G, Crowe JE Jr, Bukreyev A.

    PLoS Pathog. 2018 Aug 23;14(8):e1007204

  • #18: Antibody-Dependent Enhancement of Ebola Virus Infection by Human Antibodies Isolated from Survivors

    Kuzmina NA, Younan P, Gilchuk P, Santos RI, Flyak AI, Ilinykh PA, Huang K, Lubaki NM, Ramanathan P, Crowe JE Jr, Bukreyev A.

    Cell Rep. 2018 Aug 14;24(7):1802-1815.e5.

  • #17: Multifunctional Pan-ebolavirus Antibody Recognizes a Site of Broad Vulnerability on the Ebolavirus Glycoprotein

    Gilchuk P, Kuzmina N, Ilinykh PA, Huang K, Gunn BM, Bryan A, Davidson E, Doranz BJ, Turner HL, Fusco ML, Bramble MS, Hoff NA, Binshtein E, Kose N, Flyak AI, Flinko R, Orlandi C, Carnahan R, Parrish EH, Sevy AM, Bombardi RG, Singh PK, Mukadi P, Muyembe-Tamfum JJ, Ohi MD, Saphire EO, Lewis GK, Alter G, Ward AB, Rimoin AW, Bukreyev A, Crowe JE Jr.

    Immunity. 2018 Aug 21;49(2):363-374.e10

  • #16: Efficacy of Human Monoclonal Antibody Monotherapy Against Bundibugyo Virus Infection in Nonhuman Primates

    Gilchuk P, Mire CE, Geisbert JB, Agans KN, Deer DJ, Cross RW, Slaughter JC, Flyak AI, Mani J, Pauly MH, Velasco J, Whaley KJ, Zeitlin L, Geisbert TW, Crowe JE Jr.

    J Infect Dis. 2018 Nov 22;218(suppl_5):S565-S573

  • #15: Broadly neutralizing antibodies from human survivors target a conserved site in the Ebola virus glycoprotein HR2-MPER region

    Flyak AI, Kuzmina N, Murin CD, Bryan C, Davidson E, Gilchuk P, Gulka CP, Ilinykh PA, Shen X, Huang K, Ramanathan P, Turner H, Fusco ML, Lampley R, Kose N, King H, Sapparapu G, Doranz BJ, Ksiazek TG, Wright DW, Saphire EO, Ward AB, Bukreyev A, Crowe JE Jr.

    Nat Microbiol. 2018 Jun;3(6):670-677

  • #14: The Marburgvirus-Neutralizing Human Monoclonal Antibody MR191 Targets a Conserved Site to Block Virus Receptor Binding

    King LB, Fusco ML, Flyak AI, Ilinykh PA, Huang K, Gunn B, Kirchdoerfer RN, Hastie KM, Sangha AK, Meiler J, Alter G, Bukreyev A, Crowe JE Jr, Saphire EO.

    Cell Host Microbe. 2018 Jan 10;23(1):101-109.e4

  • #13: Synergistic anti-HCV broadly neutralizing human monoclonal antibodies with independent mechanisms

    Mankowski MC, Kinchen VJ, Wasilewski LN, Flyak AI, Ray SC, Crowe JE Jr, Bailey JR.

    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Jan 2;115(1):E82-E91

  • #12: Broadly neutralizing antibodies with few somatic mutations and hepatitis C virus clearance

    Bailey JR, Flyak AI, Cohen VJ, Li H, Wasilewski LN, Snider AE, Wang S, Learn GH, Kose N, Loerinc L, Lampley R, Cox AL, Pfaff JM, Doranz BJ, Shaw GM, Ray SC, Crowe JE Jr.

    JCI Insight. 2017 May 4;2(9):e92872.

  • #11: Therapeutic treatment of Marburg and Ravn virus infection in nonhuman primates with a human monoclonal antibody

    Mire CE, Geisbert JB, Borisevich V, Fenton KA, Agans KN, Flyak AI, Deer DJ, Steinkellner H, Bohorov O, Bohorova N, Goodman C, Hiatt A, Kim DH, Pauly MH, Velasco J, Whaley KJ, Crowe JE Jr, Zeitlin L, Geisbert TW.

    Sci Transl Med. 2017 Apr 5;9(384):eaai8711

  • #10: A "Trojan horse" bispecific-antibody strategy for broad protection against ebolaviruses

    Wec AZ, Nyakatura EK, Herbert AS, Howell KA, Holtsberg FW, Bakken RR, Mittler E, Christin JR, Shulenin S, Jangra RK, Bharrhan S, Kuehne AI, Bornholdt ZA, Flyak AI, Saphire EO, Crowe JE Jr, Aman MJ, Dye JM, Lai JR, Chandran K.

    Science. 2016 Oct 21;354(6310):350-354.

  • #9: Structures of Ebola virus GP and sGP in complex with therapeutic antibodies

    Pallesen J, Murin CD, de Val N, Cottrell CA, Hastie KM, Turner HL, Fusco ML, Flyak AI, Zeitlin L, Crowe JE Jr, Andersen KG, Saphire EO, Ward AB.

    Nat Microbiol. 2016 Aug 8;1(9):16128

  • #8: Host-Primed Ebola Virus GP Exposes a Hydrophobic NPC1 Receptor-Binding Pocket, Revealing a Target for Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies

    Bornholdt ZA, Ndungo E, Fusco ML, Bale S, Flyak AI, Crowe JE Jr, Chandran K, Saphire EO.

    mBio. 2016 Feb 23;7(1):e02154-15

  • #7: Chimeric Filoviruses for Identification and Characterization of Monoclonal Antibodies

    Ilinykh PA, Shen X, Flyak AI, Kuzmina N, Ksiazek TG, Crowe JE Jr, Bukreyev A.

    J Virol. 2016 Mar 28;90(8):3890-3901

  • #6: Cross-Reactive and Potent Neutralizing Antibody Responses in Human Survivors of Natural Ebolavirus Infection

    Flyak AI, Shen X, Murin CD, Turner HL, David JA, Fusco ML, Lampley R, Kose N, Ilinykh PA, Kuzmina N, Branchizio A, King H, Brown L, Bryan C, Davidson E, Doranz BJ, Slaughter JC, Sapparapu G, Klages C, Ksiazek TG, Saphire EO, Ward AB, Bukreyev A, Crowe JE Jr.

    Cell. 2016 Jan 28;164(3):392-405

  • #5: Isolation and Characterization of Broad and Ultrapotent Human Monoclonal Antibodies with Therapeutic Activity against Chikungunya Virus

    Smith SA, Silva LA, Fox JM, Flyak AI, Kose N, Sapparapu G, Khomandiak S, Ashbrook AW, Kahle KM, Fong RH, Swayne S, Doranz BJ, McGee CE, Heise MT, Pal P, Brien JD, Austin SK, Diamond MS, Dermody TS, Crowe JE Jr.

    Cell Host Microbe. 2015 Jul 8;18(1):86-95

  • #4: Structural basis for Marburg virus neutralization by a cross-reactive human antibody

    Hashiguchi T, Fusco ML, Bornholdt ZA, Lee JE, Flyak AI, Matsuoka R, Kohda D, Yanagi Y, Hammel M, Crowe JE Jr, Saphire EO.

    Cell. 2015 Feb 26;160(5):904-912

  • #3: Mechanism of human antibody-mediated neutralization of Marburg virus

    Flyak AI, Ilinykh PA, Murin CD, Garron T, Shen X, Fusco ML, Hashiguchi T, Bornholdt ZA, Slaughter JC, Sapparapu G, Klages C, Ksiazek TG, Ward AB, Saphire EO, Bukreyev A, Crowe JE Jr.

    Cell. 2015 Feb 26;160(5):893-903

  • #2: IL-15 regulates homeostasis and terminal maturation of NKT cells

    Gordy LE, Bezbradica JS, Flyak AI, Spencer CT, Dunkle A, Sun J, Stanic AK, Boothby MR, He YW, Zhao Z, Van Kaer L, Joyce S.

    J Immunol. 2011 Dec 15;187(12):6335-45.

  • #1: In silico analysis of the structure of variable domains of mouse single-chain antibodies specific to the human recombinant interferon beta1b

    Flyak AI, Pavlova MV, Gilchuk PV.

    Tsitol Genet. 2009 Jan-Feb;43(1):54-60