Marina Babic Cac

@medri.uniri.hr

Assistant Professor, Department for Histology and Embryology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka

https://researchid.co/marinababiccac

EDUCATION

PhD in Biomedicine, awarded 11/2011
M.Sc. in Molecular Biology, awarded 07/2006

RESEARCH INTERESTS

immunology, inflammation, T cells, NK cells, ILCs

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RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

Vaccination provides superior in vivo recall capacity of SARS-CoV-2-specific memory CD8 T cells
I Kavazović, C Dimitropoulos, D Gašparini, MR Filipović, I Barković, ...
Cell reports 42 (4) 2023

Rolle von angeborenen Rezeptoren bei chronischen Entzndungen und Autoimmunitt
M Babic, C Romagnani
Zeitschrift fr Rheumatologie 81 (8), 628-634 2022

NKG2D regulates the effector functions of CD4+ T cells and shapes the inflammatory programs of microglia and monocyte-derived cells during neuroinflammation
C Dimitropoulos, T Rueckert, B Polic, M Babic, C Romagnani
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 52, 100-100 2022

Role of innate receptors in chronic inflammation and autoimmunity
M Babic, C Romagnani
Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie 81 (8), 628-634 2022

NK cell receptor NKG2D enforces proinflammatory features and pathogenicity of Th1 and Th17 cells
M Babic, C Dimitropoulos, Q Hammer, C Stehle, F Heinrich, ...
Journal of Experimental Medicine 217 (8) 2020

Mouse cytomegalovirus m153 protein stabilizes expression of the inhibitory NKR-P1B ligand Clr-b
OA Aguilar, IS Sampaio, MMA Rahim, JD Samaniego, ME Tilahun, ...
Journal of virology 94 (1), 10.1128/jvi. 01220-19 2019

The complex of MCMV proteins and MHC class I evades NK cell control and drives the evolution of virus-specific activating Ly49 receptors
J Železnjak, VJ Lisnić, B Popović, B Lisnić, M Babić, A Halenius, ...
Journal of Experimental Medicine 216 (8), 1809-1827 2019

Boosting Type 2 Immunity: When OX40L Comes from ILC2s
M Babic, C Romagnani
Immunity 48 (6), 1067-1069 2018

The role of natural killer group 2, member D in chronic inflammation and autoimmunity
M Babic, C Romagnani
Frontiers in Immunology 9, 369277 2018

Peptide-specific recognition of human cytomegalovirus strains controls adaptive natural killer cells
Q Hammer, T Rckert, EM Borst, J Dunst, A Haubner, P Durek, F Heinrich, ...
Nature immunology 19 (5), 453-463 2018

Inflammatory monocytes and NK cells play a crucial role in DNAM-1–dependent control of cytomegalovirus infection
T Lenac Rovis, P Kucan Brlic, N Kaynan, V Juranic Lisnic, I Brizic, ...
Journal of Experimental Medicine 213 (9), 1835-1850 2016

Most abundant transcript (MAT) of MCMV and its multiple immunoevasion mechanisms
J Železnjak, B Popović, V Juranić Lisnić, A L’Hernault, B Lisnić, ...
4th International Symposium of the Virtual Institute" Viral Strategies of 2016

Sensory evaluation and quality of traditional smoked meat products from Serbia and Montenegro–significance for consumers
J Djinovic-Stojanovic, M Ristic, K Troeger, N Knezevic, M Babic
NEW PERSPECTIVES AND CHALLENGES OF SUSTAINABLE LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION 631 2015

An endocytic YXXΦ (YRRF) cargo sorting motif in the cytoplasmic tail of murine cytomegalovirus AP2 ‘adapter adapter’protein m04/gp34 antagonizes virus evasion of natural killer
A Fink, F Blaum, M Babic Cac, S Ebert, NAW Lemmermann, ...
Medical Microbiology and Immunology 204, 383-394 2015

MCMV encoded highly abundant transcript with several coding, non-coding and immune-evasive roles.
V Juranić Lisnić, B Popović, A L’Hernault, M Babić Čač, B Lisnić, ...
15th International CMV/Beta Herpesvirus Workshop 2015

Differential requirements of activating and inhibitory Ly49 receptors in recognition of MCMV-infected cells
J Železnjak, B Popović, V Juranić Lisnić, A L’Hernault, N Trautwein, ...
4th European Congress of Immunology 2015

Viral regulation of PVR reveals robust capacity of DNAM-1 in cytomegalovirus control by NK cells and macrophages
TL Rovis, P Kucan, N Stanietsky, VJ Lisnic, I Brizic, S Jordan, A Tomic, ...
REGULATORY MYELOID CELLS (MRC) IN HEALTH AND DISEASE conference and workshop 2015

''Cytomegalovirus downregulation of PVR reveals strong effect of DNAM-1 in virus control by NK cells and macrophages''
S Jonjić, T Lenac Roviš, P Kučan, I Brizić, N Stanietsky, V Juranić Lisnić, ...
NK2015: 15th Meeting of the Society for Natural Immunity 2015

Viral downregulation of CD155 reveals strong effect of DNAM-1 in virus control by NK cells and macrophages
T Lenac Roviš, P Kučan, N Kaynan, V Juranić Lisnić, I Brizić, S Jordan, ...
4th European Congress of Immunology-ECI 2015 2015

MCMV encoded highly abundant transcript with several coding, non-coding and immune-evasive roles
VJ Lisnić, B Popović, A L’Hernault, MB Čač, B Lisnić, A Krmpotić, ...
15th International Congenital CMV Conference and 15th International CMV/Beta 2015

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

Degradation of Cellular miR-27 by a Novel, Highly Abundant Viral Transcript Is Important for Efficient Virus Replication In Vivo
L Marcinowski, M Tanguy, A Krmpotic, B Rdle, VJ Lisnić, L Tuddenham, ...
PLoS pathogens 8 (2), e1002510 2012
Citations: 214

RORγt+ innate lymphoid cells acquire a proinflammatory program upon engagement of the activating receptor NKp44
T Glatzer, M Killig, J Meisig, I Ommert, M Luetke-Eversloh, M Babic, ...
Immunity 38 (6), 1223-1235 2013
Citations: 188

Immune evasion of natural killer cells by viruses
S Jonjić, M Babić, B Polić, A Krmpotić
Current opinion in immunology 20 (1), 30-38 2008
Citations: 188

Human RORγt+ CD34+ cells are lineage-specified progenitors of group 3 RORγt+ innate lymphoid cells
E Montaldo, LG Teixeira-Alves, T Glatzer, P Durek, U Stervbo, W Hamann, ...
Immunity 41 (6), 988-1000 2014
Citations: 163

Ly49P recognition of cytomegalovirus-infected cells expressing H2-D^k and CMV-encoded m04 correlates with the NK cell antiviral response
A Kielczewska, M Pyzik, T Sun, A Krmpotic, MB Lodoen, MW Munks, ...
Journal of Experimental Medicine 206 (3), 515-523 2009
Citations: 161

The human cytomegalovirus UL51 protein is essential for viral genome cleavage-packaging and interacts with the terminase subunits pUL56 and pUL89
EM Borst, J Kleine-Albers, I Gabaev, M Babić, K Wagner, A Binz, ...
Journal of virology 87 (3), 1720-1732 2013
Citations: 111

Cytomegalovirus immunoevasin reveals the physiological role of “missing self” recognition in natural killer cell dependent virus control in vivo
M Babić, M Pyzik, B Zafirova, M Mitrović, V Butorac, LL Lanier, A Krmpotić, ...
Journal of Experimental Medicine 207 (12), 2663-2673 2010
Citations: 109

Recombinant mouse cytomegalovirus expressing a ligand for the NKG2D receptor is attenuated and has improved vaccine properties
I Slavuljica, A Busche, M Babić, M Mitrović, I Gašparović, Đ Cekinović, ...
The Journal of clinical investigation 120 (12), 4532-4545 2010
Citations: 95

Distinct MHC class I–dependent NK cell–activating receptors control cytomegalovirus infection in different mouse strains
M Pyzik, B Charbonneau, EM Gendron-Pontbriand, M Babić, A Krmpotić, ...
Journal of Experimental Medicine 208 (5), 1105-1117 2011
Citations: 87

Dual analysis of the murine cytomegalovirus and host cell transcriptomes reveal new aspects of the virus-host cell interface
V Juranic Lisnic, M Babic Cac, B Lisnic, T Trsan, A Mefferd, ...
PLoS pathogens 9 (9), e1003611 2013
Citations: 86

All is fair in virus–host interactions: NK cells and cytomegalovirus
M Babić, A Krmpotić, S Jonjić
Trends in molecular medicine 17 (11), 677-685 2011
Citations: 72

Hyperserotonemia in autism: the potential role of 5HT-related gene variants
D Hranilović, R Novak, M Babić, M Novokmet, Z Bujas-Petković, B Jernej
Collegium antropologicum 32 (1), 75-80 2008
Citations: 52

Comprehensive analysis of varicella-zoster virus proteins using a new monoclonal antibody collection
T Lenac Roviš, SM Bailer, VR Pothineni, WJD Ouwendijk, H Šimić, ...
Journal of virology 87 (12), 6943-6954 2013
Citations: 51

The role of natural killer group 2, member D in chronic inflammation and autoimmunity
M Babic, C Romagnani
Frontiers in Immunology 9, 369277 2018
Citations: 38

Superior induction and maintenance of protective CD8 T cells in mice infected with mouse cytomegalovirus vector expressing RAE-1γ.
T Trsan, A Busche, M Abram, FM Wensveen, NA Lemmermann, ...
2013
Citations: 33

5-HT2A receptor gene polymorphisms in Croatian subjects with autistic disorder
D Hranilovic, S Blazevic, M Babic, M Smurinic, Z Bujas-Petkovic, B Jernej
Psychiatry research 178 (3), 556-558 2010
Citations: 24