Satish K. Pillai, PhD

Associate Professor

Laboratory Medicine

Specialty Areas

Vitalant Research Institute

Vitalant Research Institute
270 Masonic Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94118
United States

Other UCSF Organizational Association(s)

Associate Investigator, Blood Systems Research Institute
Associate Director, UCSF Center for AIDS Research
Chair, UCSF Resource Allocation Program (RAP) Basic HIV/AIDS Infectious Disease & Global Review Committee

Research and Clinical Interests

Viral genetic determinanats of HIV/AIDS pathogenesis and transmission

Molecular evolution of HIV-1 in the central nervous system

Effects of interferon-induced host restriction factors on retroviral replication

Effects of host genetic variation on the HIV-1 latent reservoir

Estimation of HIV-1 incidence based on viral diversity

Selected Publications

Abdel-Mohsen M, Deng X, Danesh A, Liegler T, Jacobs ES, Rauch A, Ledergerber B, Norris PJ, GÃ¼nthard HF, Wong JK, Pillai SK. Role of MicroRNA Modulation in the Interferon-a/Ribavirin Suppression of HIV-1 In Vivo. PLoS One. 2014; 9(10):e109220.
Wang C, Abdel-Mohsen M, Strain MC, Lada SM, Yukl S, Cockerham L, Pilcher CD, Hecht FM, Sinclair E, Liegler T, Richman DD, Deeks SG, Pillai SK. Decreased HIV-1 Transcription in CCR5 Delta-32 Heterozygotes On Suppressive Antiretroviral Therapy. J Infect Dis. 2014 Jun 16.
Abdel-Mohsen M, Raposo RA, Deng X, Li M, Liegler T, Sinclair E, Salama MS, Ghanem Hel-D, Hoh R, Wong JK, David M, Nixon DF, Deeks SG, Pillai SK. Expression profile of host restriction factors in HIV-1 elite controllers. Retrovirology. 2013; 10(1):106.
Raposo RA, Abdel-Mohsen M, Bilska M, Montefiori DC, Nixon DF, Pillai SK. Effects of cellular activation on anti-HIV-1 restriction factor expression profile in primary cells. J Virol. 2013 Nov; 87(21):11924-9.
Pillai SK, Abdel-Mohsen M, Guatelli J, Skasko M, Monto A, Fujimoto K, Yukl S, Greene WC, Kovari H, Rauch A, Fellay J, Battegay M, Hirschel B, Witteck A, Bernasconi E, Ledergerber B, GÃ¼nthard HF, Wong JK. Role of retroviral restriction factors in the interferon-a-mediated suppression of HIV-1 in vivo. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Feb 21; 109(8):3035-40.

Awards