Tim Sparer
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology
Tennessee State University
United States of America
Biography
Dr.Tim Sparer has completed his PhD in 1996 from Emory University and presently working as Associate Professor at University of Tennessee.
Research Interest
Mainly the work focuses on both human and murine cytomegaloviruses, investigating how these viruses use viral/host chemokines to alter the trafficking of immune cells for the viruses' benefit.
Publications
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Miller-Kittrell M, Sparer TE. Feeling manipulated: cytomegalovirus immune manipulation. Virology journal. 2009 Jan 9;6(1):4.
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Kaplan JM, Armentano D, Sparer TE, Wynn SG, Peterson PA, Wadsworth SC, Couture KK, Pennington SE, St. George JA, Gooding LR, Smith AE. Characterization of factors involved in modulating persistence of transgene expression from recombinant adenovirus in the mouse lung. Human gene therapy. 1997 Jan 1;8(1):45-56.
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Hussell T, Georgiou A, Sparer TE, Matthews S, Pala P, Openshaw PJ. Host genetic determinants of vaccine-induced eosinophilia during respiratory syncytial virus infection. The Journal of Immunology. 1998 Dec 1;161(11):6215-22.
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Sparer TE, Matthews S, Hussell T, Rae AJ, Garcia-Barreno B, Melero JA, Openshaw PJ. Eliminating a region of respiratory syncytial virus attachment protein allows induction of protective immunity without vaccine-enhanced lung eosinophilia. Journal of Experimental Medicine. 1998 Jun 1;187(11):1921-6.
