Peer reviewed publications
(1) Yegorov, S.; Celeste, D. B.; Gomes, K. B.; Ang, J. C.; Vandenhof, C.; Wang, J.; Rybkina, K.; Tsui, V.; Stacey, H. D.; Loeb, M.; Miller, M. S. Inactivated and Live-Attenuated Seasonal Influenza Vaccines Boost Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies in Children. Cell Reports Medicine 2022.
(2) Yegorov, S.; Kadyrova, I.; Negmetzhanov, B.; Kolesnikova, Y.; Kolesnichenko, S.; Korshukov, I.; Baiken, Y.; Matkarimov, B.; Miller, M. S.; Hortelano, G. H.; Babenko, D. Sputnik-V Reactogenicity and Immunogenicity in the Blood and Mucosa: A Prospective Cohort Study. Sci Rep 2022.
(3) Kadyrova, I.; Yegorov, S.; Negmetzhanov, B.; Kolesnikova, Y.; Kolesnichenko, S.; Korshukov, I.; Akhmaltdinova, L.; Vazenmiller, D.; Stupina, Y.; Kabildina, N.; Ashimova, A.; Raimbekova, A.; Turmukhambetova, A.; Miller, M. S.; Hortelano, G.; Babenko, D. High SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence in Karaganda, Kazakhstan before the Launch of COVID-19 Vaccination. PLoS One 2022.
(4) Ashimova, A.; Myngbay, A.; Yegorov, S.; Negmetzhanov, B.; Kadyrova, I.; Yershova, A.; Kart, U.; Miller, M. S.; Hortelano, G. Sustained Delivery of a Monoclonal Antibody against SARS-CoV-2 by Microencapsulated Cells: A Proof-of-Concept Study. Pharmaceutics 2022.
(5) Hughes, S. M.; Levy, C. N.; Katz, R.; Lokken, E. M.; Anahtar, M. N.; Hall, M. B.; Bradley, F.; Castle, P. E.; Cortez, V.; Doncel, G. F.; Fichorova, R.; Fidel, P. L.; Fowke, K. R.; Francis, S. C.; Ghosh, M.; Hwang, L. Y.; Jais, M.; Jespers, V.; Joag, V.; Kaul, R.; Kyongo, J.; Lahey, T.; Li, H.; Makinde, J.; McKinnon, L. R.; Moscicki, A.-B.; Novak, R. M.; Patel, M. V.; Sriprasert, I.; Thurman, A. R.; Yegorov, S.; Mugo, N. R.; Roxby, A. C.; Micks, E.; Hladik, F.; Consortium for Assessing Immunity Across the Menstrual Cycle. Changes in Concentrations of Cervicovaginal Immune Mediators across the Menstrual Cycle: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Individual Patient Data. BMC Med 2022.
(6) Yegorov, S.; Goremykina, M.; Ivanova, R.; Good, S. V.; Babenko, D.; Shevtsov, A.; MacDonald, K. S.; Zhunussov, Y. Epidemiology, Clinical Characteristics, and Virologic Features of COVID-19 Patients in Kazakhstan: A Nation-Wide Retrospective Cohort Study. The Lancet Regional Health – Europe 2021.
(7) Vahkal, B.; Yegorov, S.; Onyilagha, C.; Donner, J.; Reddick, D.; Shrivastav, A.; Uzonna, J.; Good, S. V. Immune System Effects of Insulin-Like Peptide 5 in a Mouse Model. Front Endocrinol 2020.
(8) Yegorov, S.; Babenko, D.; Kozhakhmetov, S.; Akhmaltdinova, L.; Kadyrova, I.; Nurgozhina, A.; Nurgaziyev, M.; Good, S. V.; Hortelano, G. H.; Yermekbayeva, B.; Kushugulova, A. Psoriasis Is Associated With Elevated Gut IL-1α and Intestinal Microbiome Alterations. Front Immunol 2020.
(9) Yegorov, S.; Joag, V.; Galiwango, R. M.; Good, S. V.; Mpendo, J.; Tannich, E.; Boggild, A. K.; Kiwanuka, N.; Bagaya, B. S.; Kaul, R. Schistosoma Mansoni Treatment Reduces HIV Entry into Cervical CD4+ T Cells and Induces IFN-I Pathways. Nature Communications 2019.
(10) Yegorov, S.; Joag, V.; Galiwango, R. M.; Good, S. V.; Okech, B.; Kaul, R. Impact of Endemic Infections on HIV Susceptibility in Sub-Saharan Africa. Trop Dis Travel Med Vaccines 2019.
(11) Yegorov, S.; Bromage, S.; Boldbaatar, N.; Ganmaa, D. Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation and Seasonality on Circulating Cytokines in Adolescents: Analysis of Data From a Feasibility Trial in Mongolia. Frontiers in Nutrition 2019.
(12) Ashimova, A.; Yegorov, S.; Negmetzhanov, B.; Hortelano, G. Cell Encapsulation Within Alginate Microcapsules: Immunological Challenges and Outlook. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 2019.
(13) Galiwango, R. M.; Yegorov, S.; Joag, V.; Prodger, J.; Shahabi, K.; Huibner, S.; Muyanja, E.; Kabuubi, B. R.; Namuniina, A.; Nalutaaya, A.; Ssemaganda, A.; Lutwama, F.; Kitandwe, P. K.; Nanvubya, A.; Mpendo, J.; Bagaya, B.; Kiwanuka, N.; Kaul, R. Characterization of CD4+ T Cell Subsets and HIV Susceptibility in the Inner and Outer Foreskin of Ugandan Men. Am J Reprod Immunol 2019, 82 (1), e13143. https://doi.org/10.1111/aji.13143.
(14) Alnafea, H.; Vahkal, B.; Zelmer, C. K.; Yegorov, S.; Bogerd, J.; Good, S. V. Japanese Medaka as a Model for Studying the Relaxin Family Genes Involved in Neuroendocrine Regulation: Insights from the Expression of Fish-Specific Rln3 and Insl5 and Rxfp3/4-Type Receptor Paralogues. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2019, 487, 2–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mce.2019.01.017.
(15) Lau, R.; Chris, R. B.; Phuong, M. S.; Khatib, A.; Kopalakrishnan, S.; Bhasker, S.; Raheel, H.; Lecce, C.; Yegorov, S.; Mishra, S.; Boggild, A. K. Treatment of Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections in Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Maternal Outcomes. J Travel Med 2020, 27 (2), taz079. https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taz079.
(16) Yegorov, S.; Galiwango, R. M.; Good, S. V.; Mpendo, J.; Tannich, E.; Boggild, A. K.; Kiwanuka, N.; Bagaya, B. S.; Kaul, R. Schistosoma Mansoni Infection and Socio-Behavioural Predictors of HIV Risk: A Cross-Sectional Study in Women from Uganda. BMC Infectious Diseases 2018, 18 (1), 586. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3481-2.
(17) Sivro, A.; Schuetz, A.; Sheward, D.; Joag, V.; Yegorov, S.; Liebenberg, L. J.; Yende-Zuma, N.; Stalker, A.; Mwatelah, R. S.; Selhorst, P.; Garrett, N.; Samsunder, N.; Balgobin, A.; Nawaz, F.; Cicala, C.; Arthos, J.; Fauci, A. S.; Anzala, A. O.; Kimani, J.; Bagaya, B. S.; Kiwanuka, N.; Williamson, C.; Kaul, R.; Passmore, J.-A. S.; Phanuphak, N.; Ananworanich, J.; Ansari, A.; Abdool Karim, Q.; Abdool Karim, S. S.; McKinnon, L. R.; CAPRISA004 and RV254 study groups. Integrin Α4β7 Expression on Peripheral Blood CD4+ T Cells Predicts HIV Acquisition and Disease Progression Outcomes. Sci Transl Med 2018, 10 (425), eaam6354. https://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.aam6354.
(18) Bathgate, R. A. D.; Kocan, M.; Scott, D. J.; Hossain, M. A.; Good, S. V.; Yegorov, S.; Bogerd, J.; Gooley, P. R. The Relaxin Receptor as a Therapeutic Target - Perspectives from Evolution and Drug Targeting. Pharmacol Ther 2018, 187, 114–132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pharmthera.2018.02.008.
(19) Yegorov, S.; Galiwango, R. M.; Ssemaganda, A.; Muwanga, M.; Wesonga, I.; Miiro, G.; Drajole, D. A.; Kain, K. C.; Kiwanuka, N.; Bagaya, B. S.; Kaul, R. Low Prevalence of Laboratory-Confirmed Malaria in Clinically Diagnosed Adult Women from the Wakiso District of Uganda. Malar J 2016, 15 (1), 555. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-016-1604-z.
(20) Kaul, R.; Prodger, J.; Joag, V.; Shannon, B.; Yegorov, S.; Galiwango, R.; McKinnon, L. Inflammation and HIV Transmission in Sub-Saharan Africa. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep 2015, 12 (2), 216–222. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11904-015-0269-5.
(21) Yegorov, S.; Bogerd, J.; Good, S. V. The Relaxin Family Peptide Receptors and Their Ligands: New Developments and Paradigms in the Evolution from Jawless Fish to Mammals. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2014, 209, 93–105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.07.014.
(22) Yegorov, S.; Good, S. Using Paleogenomics to Study the Evolution of Gene Families: Origin and Duplication History of the Relaxin Family Hormones and Their Receptors. PLOS ONE 2012, 7 (3), e32923. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032923.
(23) Good, S.; Yegorov, S.; Martijn, J.; Franck, J.; Bogerd, J. New Insights into Ligand-Receptor Pairing and Coevolution of Relaxin Family Peptides and Their Receptors in Teleosts. Int J Evol Biol 2012, 2012, 310278. https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/310278.
(24) Yegorov, S.; Good-Avila, S. V.; Parry, L.; Wilson, B. C. Relaxin Family Genes in Humans and Teleosts. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2009, 1160, 42–44. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.03842.x.
(25) Good-Avila, S. V.; Yegorov, S.; Harron, S.; Bogerd, J.; Glen, P.; Ozon, J.; Wilson, B. C. Relaxin Gene Family in Teleosts: Phylogeny, Syntenic Mapping, Selective Constraint, and Expression Analysis. BMC Evol Biol 2009, 9, 293. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-9-293.
Theses
1. Exploring the Effects of Endemic East African Co-infections on HIV Susceptibility in the Female Genital Tract. 2018. University of Toronto.
2. Molecular Evolution of Small Peptide Hormones and Their Receptors: The Case of Relaxin and Insulin-like Peptide Signaling Systems in Deuterostomes. 2011. University of Winnipeg.
3. Expression patterns of relaxin family peptides in Danio rerio. 2009. Acadia University.