Andrew J. Henderson PhD
Professor, Infectious Diseases
Assistant Dean, Oral Health Sciences
650 Albany St | (617) 414-5240andrew.henderson@bmc.org
hender@bu.edu
Sections
Infectious Diseases
Centers
BU-BMC Cancer Center
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
Biography
Research in my laboratory focuses on cellular mechanisms that regulate HIV replication and transcription. Current projects include exploring how signaling influences HIV infection and latency, devising strategies for long-term repression of HIV provirus and characterizing the transcriptional status of HIV provirus in T cell and macrophage subsets. In addition, we are interested in mechanisms that contribute to HIV associated inflammation. I have served on NIH study sections and special emphasis panels and was a member and chair for the NIH AIDS Molecular and Cellular Biology Study Section. In addition to my research, I have always been proactive in undergraduate and graduate training developing and providing leadership for PhD pipeline programs, and training international researchers.
Other Positions
Education
Biomedical Sciences, PhD, University of California, Riverside
Biology, MS, University of California, Riverside
Biology, BS, University of California, Riverside
Publications
Jalloh S, Hughes IK, Akiyama H, Gojanovich AD, Quiñones-Molina AA, Yang M, Henderson AJ, Mostoslavsky G, Gummuluru S. Expression of intron-containing HIV-1 RNA induces NLRP1 inflammasome activation in myeloid cells. PLoS Biol. 2025 Sep; 23(9):e3003320. PMID: 40920844.
Published on 8/25/2025Hughes IK, Kharytonchyk S, Ramaswamy S, Jalloh S, Hood JB, He X, Henderson AJ, Akiyama H, Telesnitsky A, Gummuluru S. 5' cap sequestration is required for sensing of unspliced HIV-1 RNA by MDA5. bioRxiv. 2025 Aug 25. PMID: 40909469.
Published on 6/10/2025Ramaswamy S, Akiyama H, Berrigan J, Quiñones-Molina AA, Olson AJ, Chen Y, Liang Y, Henderson AJ, Asundi A, Sagar M, Gummuluru S. The macrophage-intrinsic MDA5/IRF5 axis drives HIV-1 intron-containing RNA-induced inflammatory responses. J Clin Invest. 2025 Aug 15; 135(16). PMID: 40493408.
Published on 5/9/2024Kilroy JM, Leal AA, Henderson AJ. Chronic HIV Transcription, Translation, and Persistent Inflammation. Viruses. 2024 May 09; 16(5). PMID: 38793632.
Published on 2/1/2023Basukala B, Rossi S, Bendiks S, Gnatienko N, Patts G, Krupitsky E, Lioznov D, So-Armah K, Sagar M, Cheng C, Henderson AJ. Virally Suppressed People Living with HIV Who Use Opioids Have Diminished Latency Reversal. Viruses. 2023 Feb 01; 15(2). PMID: 36851631.
Published on 6/28/2022Kuniholm J, Coote C, Henderson AJ. Defective HIV-1 genomes and their potential impact on HIV pathogenesis. Retrovirology. 2022 Jun 28; 19(1):13. PMID: 35764966.
Published on 1/12/2022Dalecki AG, Greer BD, Duverger A, Strange EL, Carlin E, Wagner F, Shi B, Lowman KE, Perez M, Tidwell C, Kaczmarek Michaels K, Giattina S, Bossmann SH, Henderson AJ, Hu H, Kutsch O. Host T Cell Dedifferentiation Effects Drive HIV-1 Latency Stability. J Virol. 2022 03 09; 96(5):e0197421. PMID: 35019721.
Published on 12/28/2021Kuniholm J, Armstrong E, Bernabe B, Coote C, Berenson A, Patalano SD, Olson A, He X, Lin NH, Fuxman Bass JI, Henderson AJ. Intragenic proviral elements support transcription of defective HIV-1 proviruses. PLoS Pathog. 2021 12; 17(12):e1009982. PMID: 34962974.
Published on 12/7/2021Wright H, Harris PNA, Chatfield MD, Lye D, Henderson A, Harris-Brown T, Donaldson A, Paterson DL. Investigator-Driven Randomised Controlled Trial of Cefiderocol versus Standard Therapy for Healthcare-Associated and Hospital-Acquired Gram-negative Bloodstream Infection: Study protocol (the GAME CHANGER trial): study protocol for an open-label, randomised controlled trial. Trials. 2021 Dec 07; 22(1):889. PMID: 34876196.
Published on 11/2/2021Ragan EJ, McCallum C, Marathe J, Cole M, Hofman M, Henderson AJ, Flack T, Miller NS, Burks EJ, Zhao GQ, Denis R, Lin NH, Jacobson KR, Andry CD, Pelton SI, Duffy ER, Bhadelia N. Pandemic Response Requires Research Samples: A U.S. Safety-Net Hospital's Experience and Call for National Action. Ann Intern Med. 2021 12; 174(12):1727-1732. PMID: 34724402.
Media Mentions
Published on 3/8/2021
Researchers identify basic mechanisms that regulate HIV expression
Published on 3/1/2020
BUSM Professors Receive $1.4 Million Grant
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