Michael Johnson, MBA, MS

Publications

• Johnson MJ, Frank DN, Tovar-Salazar A, Nunes MC, Madhi SA, Weinberg A. Gut microbiota and regulatory T cells may independently modulate the immunogenicity of vaccines in HIV-exposed uninfected and HIV-unexposed infants. eBioMedicine. Manuscript under review.
• Weinberg A, Johnson MJ, Vu T, Ford ES, Crotteau M, Bennett A, Jordan K, Jing L, Brown MR, Schedin T, Frietze S, Li S, Weaver N, Laing KJ, Koelle DM, Levin MJ. Differential effect of recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV) and zoster vaccine live (ZVL) in a controlled human infection model of VZV reactivation. Immunology 2026. Boston (MA); 2026. Abstract accepted.
• Johnson MJ, Crotteau M, Ghosh D, Vu T, Trinity L, Marches R, Ucar D, Levin MJ, Weinberg A. The recombinant zoster vaccine induces trained immunity in monocytes through persistent downregulation of TGFß. PLoS Pathog. 2025 Dec;21(12):e1013759. PubMed PMID: 41348857
• Johnson MJ, Lazarus SK, Bennett AE, Tovar-Salazar A, Robertson CE, Kofonow JM, Li S, McCollister B, Nunes MC, Madhi SA, Frank DN, Weinberg A. Gut microbiota and other factors associated with increased T cell regulation in HIV-exposed uninfected infants. Front Immunol. 2025;16:1533003. PubMed PMID: 40098966
• Weinberg A, Vu T, Johnson MJ, Schmid DS, Levin MJ. The Reduced Immunogenicity of Zoster Vaccines in CMV-Seropositive Older Adults Correlates with T Cell Imprinting. Vaccines (Basel). 2025 Mar 22;13(4). PubMed PMID: 40333195
• Johnson, M., Lazarus, S. K., Bennett, A. E., Tovar-Salazar, A., Robertson, C. E., Kofonow, J. M., Li, S., McCollister, B., Nunes, M. C., Madhi, S. A., Frank, D. N., & Weinberg, A. (2024). Gut Microbiota and Other Factors Associated With Increased Regulatory T Cells in Hiv-exposed Uninfected Infants. Res Sq. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs3909424/v1
• Johnson, M. J., Crotteau, M., Ghosh, D., Vu, T., Levin, M. J., & Weinberg, A. (2024). Trained Immunity Generated by the Recombinant Zoster Vaccine. Nature Communications.
• Laing KJ, Ford ES, Johnson MJ, Levin MJ, Koelle DM, Weinberg A. Recruitment of naive CD4 T cells by the recombinant zoster vaccine correlates with persistent immunity. J Clin Invest. 2023 Dec 1;133(23). PubMed PMID: 37788096
• Weinberg A, Johnson MJ, Garth K, Hsieh EWY, Kedl R, Weiskopf D, Cassaday M, Rester C, Cabrera-Martinez B, Baxter RM, Levin MJ. Innate and Adaptive Cell-Mediated Immune Responses to a COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine in Young Children. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Dec;10(12):ofad608. PubMed PMID: 38107018