A very large proportion of my works are in autoimmunity and T cell biology. If you have any questions please reach out to me. List is below.

Actin cytoskeleton at the immune synapse – Blue is nucleus, green is filamentous actin. Cell on the left (larger – dendritic cell, and surrounding cells are CD4 T cells)

ACCEPTED & PUBLISHED ARTICLES

Hübner, M., Zaiss MM., and Azizov, V. (2023) Double-edged sword, alcohol’s effect on rheumatoid arthritis and beyond – Invited editorial at Joint Bone Spine journal, accepted.

Azizov, V., et al. (2023) Alcohol-sourced acetate impairs T cell function by promoting cortactin acetylation. iScience, 26:107230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.107230

Frech, M., Danzer, H., Uchil, P., Azizov, V., et al. (2023) Butyrophilin 2a2 (Btn2a2) expression on thymic epithelial cells promotes central T cell tolerance and prevents autoimmune disease. Journal of Autoimmunity. 139:103071. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaut.2023.103071

Dürholz K., Schmid E., Frech M., Azizov V., et al. (2022). Microbiota-Derived Propionate Modulates Megakaryopoiesis and Platelet Function. Front. Immunology. 13:908174. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.908174

Azizov, V.; Zaiss, M.M. (2021), Alcohol Consumption in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Path through the Immune System. Nutrients 13, 1324. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13041324

Azizov, V., et al. (2020), Ethanol consumption inhibits TFH cell responses and the development of autoimmune arthritis. Nature Communications 11, 1998. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15855-z

Tajik, N., Frech, M., Schulz, O., Schälter, F., Lucas, S., Azizov, V., et al. (2020), Targeting zonulin and intestinal epithelial barrier function to prevent onset of arthritis. Nature Communications 11, 1995. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15831-7

Borrego-Diaz, E., Powers, BC.*, Azizov, V.*, et al. (2014), A potential regulatory loop between Lin28B:mIR-212 in androgen-independent prostate cancer. International Journal of Oncology 45, 2421-2429. (* contributed equally) https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2014.2647