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Lena H. Nguyen

University of Texas at Dallas
Verified email at utdallas.edu
Cited by 351

Effectiveness of a fourth dose of covid-19 mRNA vaccine against the omicron variant among long term care residents in Ontario, Canada: test negative design study

R Grewal, SA Kitchen, L Nguyen, SA Buchan… - Bmj, 2022 - bmj.com
Objectives To estimate the marginal effectiveness of a fourth versus third dose and the
vaccine effectiveness of mRNA covid-19 vaccines BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 against any …

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine booster doses against Omicron severe outcomes

R Grewal, L Nguyen, SA Buchan, SE Wilson… - nature …, 2023 - nature.com
We estimated the effectiveness of booster doses of monovalent mRNA COVID-19 vaccines
against Omicron-associated severe outcomes among adults in Ontario, Canada. We used a …

mTOR hyperactivity levels influence the severity of epilepsy and associated neuropathology in an experimental model of tuberous sclerosis complex and focal cortical …

LH Nguyen, T Mahadeo, A Bordey - Journal of Neuroscience, 2019 - Soc Neuroscience
Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) and focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) are focal malformations
of cortical development (FMCDs) that are highly associated with intractable epilepsy. TSC …

mTOR inhibition suppresses established epilepsy in a mouse model of cortical dysplasia

LH Nguyen, AL Brewster, ME Clark… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Hyperactivation of the mechanistic target of rapamycin (m TOR ; also known as
mammalian target of rapamycin) pathway has been demonstrated in human cortical dysplasia ( …

[HTML][HTML] Convergent and divergent mechanisms of epileptogenesis in mTORopathies

LH Nguyen, A Bordey - Frontiers in neuroanatomy, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Hyperactivation of the mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) due to mutations
in genes along the PI3K-mTOR pathway and the GATOR1 complex causes a spectrum of …

Effectiveness of mRNA COVID-19 Monovalent and Bivalent Vaccine Booster Doses Against Omicron Severe Outcomes Among Adults Aged≥ 50 Years in Ontario …

R Grewal, SA Buchan, L Nguyen… - The Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
We estimated the effectiveness of booster doses of monovalent and bivalent mRNA COVID-19
vaccines against Omicron-associated severe outcomes among adults aged ≥50 years in …

[HTML][HTML] Plakophilin 2 gene therapy prevents and rescues arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy in a mouse model harboring patient genetics

…, Y Liang, A Do, TM Wang, L Nguyen… - Nature Cardiovascular …, 2023 - nature.com
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a fatal genetic heart disease
characterized by cardiac arrhythmias, in which fibrofatty deposition leads to heart failure, with …

Vaccine effectiveness of BNT162b2 against delta and omicron variants in adolescents

SA Buchan, L Nguyen, SE Wilson, SA Kitchen… - …, 2022 - publications.aap.org
Methods We conducted a test-negative design study among individuals aged 12 to 17 years
and SARS-CoV-2 tested (by real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction) …

The mTOR pathway genes mTOR, Rheb, Depdc5, Pten, and Tsc1 have convergent and divergent impacts on cortical neuron development and function

LH Nguyen, Y Xu, M Nair, A Bordey - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
Brain somatic mutations in various components of the mTOR complex 1 (mTORC1) pathway
have emerged as major causes of focal malformations of cortical development and …

Ectopic HCN4 expression drives mTOR-dependent epilepsy in mice

LS Hsieh, JH Wen, LH Nguyen, L Zhang… - Science translational …, 2020 - science.org
The causative link between focal cortical malformations (FCMs) and epilepsy is well
accepted, especially among patients with focal cortical dysplasia type II (FCDII) and tuberous …