Faculty Collaborations

Below is a list of selected collaborative publications by faculty over the past 5 years

 

Bose R., J. Thinwa, P. Chaparro, Y. Zhong, S. Bose, G. Zhong and P.H. Dube. 2012. Mitogen-activated protein kinase-dependent interleukin-1α intracrine signaling is modulated by YopP during Yersinia enterocolitica infection. Infect. Immun. 80:289-297. [PMCID: PMC3255648]

Pone E.J., J. Zhang, T. Mai, C.A. White, G. Li, J.K. Sakakura, P.J. Patel, A. Al-Qahtani, H. Zan, Z. Xu and P. Casali. 2012. BCR-signalling synergizes with TLR-signalling for induction of AID and immunoglobulin class switching through the non-canonical NF-κB pathway. Nat. Commun. 3:767. [PMCID: PMC3337981]

Guirado, E., J. Arcos, R. Knaup, R. Reeder, C. Cotton, T. Patel, B. Betz, S. Pfaller, J.B. Torrelles and L.S. Schlesinger. 2012. Characterization of clinical and environmental Mycobacterium avium spp. isolates and their interaction with human macrophages. PLoS One. 7:e45411. [PMCID: PMC3446901]

Hurez V., B.J. Daniel, L. Sun, A.J. Liu, S.M. Ludwig, M.J. Kious, S.R. Thibodeaux, S. Pandeswara, K. Murthy,C.B. Livi, S. Wall, M.J. Brumlik, T. Shin, B. Zhang and T.J. Curiel. 2012. Mitigating age-related immunedysfunction heightens the efficacy of tumor immunotherapy in aged mice. Cancer Res. 72:2089-2099. [PMCID: PMC3328641]

Pone E.J., Z. Xu, C.A. White, H. Zan and P. Casali. 2012. B cell TLRs and induction of immunoglobulin class switch DNA recombination. Front. Biosci. (Landmark Ed). 17:2594-2615. [PMCID: PMC4095906]

Rodriguez A.R., J.J. Yu, M.N. Guentzel, C.S. Navara, K.E. Klose, T.G. Forsthuber, J.P. Chambers, M.T. Berton and B.P. Arulanandam. 2012. Mast cell TLR2 signaling is crucial for effective killing of Francisella tularensis. J. Immunol. 188:5604-5611. [PMCID: PMC3358431]

Medina J.L., J.J. Coalson, E.G. Brooks, V.T. Winter, A. Chaparro, M.F. Principe, T.R. Kannan, J.B. Baseman and P.H. Dube. 2012. Mycoplasma pneumoniae CARDS toxin induces pulmonary eosinophilic and lymphocytic inflammation. Am. J. Respir. Cell. Mol. Biol. 46:815-822. [PMCID: PMC3380286]

Li G., E.J. Pone, D.C. Tran, P.J. Patel, L. Dao, Z. Xu and P. Casali. 2012. Iron inhibits activation-induced cytidine deaminase enzymatic activity and modulates immunoglobulin class switch DNA recombination. J. Biol. Chem. 287:21520-21529. [PMCID: PMC3375573]

Xu Z., H. Zan, E.J. Pone, T. Mai and P. Casali. 2012. Immunoglobulin class-switch DNA recombination: induction, targeting and beyond. Nat. Rev. Immunol. 12:517-531. [PMCID: PMC3545482]

Zan H., C.A. White, L.M. Thomas, T. Mai, G. Li, Z. Xu, J. Zhang and P. Casali. 2012. Rev1 recruits ung to switch regions and enhances du glycosylation for immunoglobulin class switch DNA recombination. Cell Rep. 2:1220-1232. [PMCID: PMC3518390]

Le T., E.J. Wright, D.M. Smith, W. He, G. Catano, J.F. Okulicz, J.A. Young, R.A. Clark, D.D. Richman, S.J. Little and S.K. Ahuja. 2013. Enhanced CD4+ T-cell recovery with earlier HIV-1 antiretroviral therapy. N. Engl. J. Med. 368:218-230. [PMCID: PMC3657555]

Brumlik M.J., S. Pandeswara, S.M. Ludwig, D.P. Jeansonne, M.R. Lacey, K. Murthy, B.J. Daniel, R.F. Wang, S.R. Thibodeaux, K.M. Church, V. Hurez, M.J. Kious, B. Zhang, A. Alagbala, X. Xia, T.J. Curiel. 2013. TgMAPK1 is a Toxoplasma gondii MAP kinase that hijacks host MKK3 signals to regulate virulence and interferon-γ-mediated nitric oxide production. Exp. Parasitol. 134:389-399. [PMCID: PMC4226171]

Galaleldeen A., A.B. Taylor, D. Chen, J.P. Schuermann, S.P. Holloway, S. Hou, S. Gong, G. Zhong and P.J. Hart. Structure of the Chlamydia trachomatis immunodominant antigen Pgp3. 2013. J Biol Chem. 288:22068-22079. [PMCID: PMC3724661]

Garcia J.A., P.A. Pino, M. Mizutani, S.M. Cardona, I.F. Charo, R.M. Ransohoff, T.G. Forsthuber and A.E. Cardona. 2013. Regulation of adaptive immunity by the fractalkine receptor during autoimmune inflammation. J. Immunol. 191:1063-1072. [PMCID: PMC3720756]

Hsu P.Y., H.K. Hsu, X. Lan, L. Juan, P.S. Yan, J. Labanowska, N. Heerema, T.H. Hsiao, Y.C. Chiu, Y. Chen, Liu, L. Li, R. Li, I.M. Thompson, K.P. Nephew, Z.D. Sharp, N.B. Kirma, V.X. Jin and T.H. Huang. 2013. Amplification of distant estrogen response elements deregulates target genes associated with tamoxifen resistance in breast cancer. Cancer Cell. [PMCID: PMC3890247]

Mai T., E.J. Pone, G. Li, T.S. Lam, J. Moehlman, Z. Xu and P. Casali. 2013. Induction of activation-induced cytidine deaminase-targeting adaptor 14-3-3γ is mediated by NF-κB-dependent recruitment of CFP1 to the 5′-CpG-3′-rich 14-3-3γ promoter and is sustained by E2A. J. Immunol. 191:1895-1906. [PMCID: PMC3833273]

Li G., H. Zan, Z. Xu and P. Casali. 2013. Epigenetics of the antibody response. Trends Immunol. 34:460-470. [PMCID: PMC3744588]

Trivedi N.H., M.N. Guentzel, A.R. Rodriguez, J.J. Yu, T.G. Forsthuber and B.P. Arulanandam. 2013. Mast cells: multitalented facilitators of protection against bacterial pathogens. Expert Rev. Clin. Immunol. 9:129-138. [PMCID: PMC4070289]

Li G., C.A. White, T. Lam, E.J. Pone, D.C. Tran, K.L. Hayama, H. Zan, Z. Xu and P. Casali. 2013. Combinatorial H3K9acS10ph histone modification in IgH locus S regions targets 14-3-3 adaptors and AID to specify antibody class-switch DNA recombination. Cell Rep. 5:702-714. [PMICD: PMC3951903]

Li W., A.K. Murthy, G.K. Lanka, S.L. Chetty, J.J. Yu, J.P. Chambers, G. Zhong, T.G. Forsthuber, M.N. Guentzel and B.P. Arulanandam. 2013. A T cell epitope-based vaccine protects against chlamydial infection in HLA-DR4 transgenic mice. Vaccine. 31:5722-5728. [PMCID: PMC3843363]

Lam T., L.M. Thomas, C.A. White, G. Li, E.J. Pone, Z. Xu and P. Casali. 2013. Scaffold functions of 14-3-3 adaptors in B cell immunoglobulin class switch DNA recombination. PLOS One 8:e80414. [PMCID: PMC3840166]

Sosa R.A., C. Murphey, N. Ji, A.E. Cardona and T.G. Forsthuber. 2013. The kinetics of myelin antigen uptake by myeloid cells in the central nervous system during experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. J. Immunol. 191:5848-5857. [PMCID: PMC3891847]

Yang, L., T. Sinha, T.C. Carlson, T.L. Keiser, J.B. Torrelles and L.S. Schlesinger. 2013. Changes in the Major Cell Envelope Components of Mycobacterium tuberculosis during in vitro growth. Glycobiology. 23:926-34. [PMCID: PMC3695751]

Tang L., Z. Yang, H. Zhang, Z. Zhou, B. Arulanandam, J. Baseman, and G. Zhong. 2014. Induction of protective immunity against Chlamydia muridarum intracervical infection in DBA/1j mice. Vaccine. 32:1407-1413. [PMCID: PMC3943569]

Moliva, J.I., M.V.S. Rajaram, S. Sidiki, S.J. Sasindran, E. Guirado, X. Xueliang, S-H. Wang, P. Ross Jr., W.P. William Lafuse, L.S. Schlesinger, J. Turner and J.B. Torrelles. 2014. Molecular composition of the alveolar lining fluid in the aging lung. AGE. 36:9633. [PMCID: PMC4082594]

Canan, C., N. Gokhale, B. Carruthers, W.P. Lafuse, L.S. Schlesinger, J.B. Torrelles and J. Turner. 2014. Characterization of lung inflammation and its impact on macrophage function in aging. J Leuko Bio. 96:473. [PMCID: PMC4632167]

Chesarino, N.M., J.L. Chen, J.C. Hach, B.W. Zaro, M.V.S. Rajram, J. Turner, L.S. Schlesinger, M.R. Pratt, H.C. Hang and J.S. Yount. 2014. Chemoproteomics reveals Toll-like receptor fatty acylation. BMC Biol. 12:91. [PMCID: PMC4240870]

Chen J., H. Zhang, Z. Zhou, Z. Yang, Y. Ding, Z. Zhou, E. Zhong, B. Arulanandam, J. Baseman and G. Zhong. 2014. Chlamydial induction of hydrosalpinx in 11 strains of mice reveals multiple host mechanisms for preventing upper genital tract pathology. PLOS One 9:e95076. [PMCID: PMC3988139]

Campbell J., Y. Huang, Y. Liu, R. Schenken, B. Arulanandam and G. Zhong. 2014. Bioluminescence imaging of Chlamydia muridarum ascending infection in mice. PLOS One 9:e101634. [PMCID: PMC4077820]

Moliva, J.I., M.V.S. Rajaram, S. Sidiki, S.J. Sasindran, E. Guirado, X. Pan, S.H. Wang, P. Ross Jr., W.P. Lafuse, L.S. Schlesinger, J. Turner* and J.B. Torrelles*. 2014. Molecular Composition of the Alveolar Lining Fluid in the Aging Lung. AGE. 36 (3) 1187-1199. * Co-corresponding authors. [PMCID: PMC4082594]

Canan, C.W., N. Gokhale, B. Carruthers, W.P. Lafuse, L.S. Schlesinger, J.B. Torrelles and J. Turner. Characterization of Lung Inflammation and its Impact on Macrophage Function in Aging. J. Leuk. Biol. 96: 473-480. [PMCID: PMC4632167]

Chesarino, N.M., J.C. Hach, J.L. Chen, B.W. Zaro, M.V. Rajaram, J. Turner, L.S. Schlesinger, M.R. Pratt, H.C. Hang and J.S. Yount. 2014. Chemoproteomics reveals Toll-like receptor fatty acylation. BMC Biol. 12:91. [PMCID: PMC4240870]

Medina, J.L., J.J. Coalson, E.G. Brooks, C.J. Le Saux, V.T. Winter, A. Chaparro, M.F. Principe, L. Solis, T.R. Kannan, J.B. Baseman and P.H. Dube. 2014. Mycoplasma pneumoniae CARDS toxin exacerbates ovalbumin-induced asthma-like inflammation in BALB/c mice. PLOS One 9:e102613. [PMCID: PMC4109942]

Yuan B., L. Cheng, H.C. Chiang, X. Xu, Y. Han, H. Su, L. Wang, B. Zhang, J. Lin, X. Li, X. Xie, T. Wang, R.R. Tekmal, T.J. Curiel, Z.M. Yuan, R. Elledge, Y. Hu, Q. Ye and R. Li. 2014. A phosphotyrosine switch determines the antitumor activity of ERβ. J. Clin. Invest. 124:3378-3390. [PMCID: PMC4109526]

Gupta R., S. Wali, J.J. Yu, J.P. Chambers, G. Zhong, A.K. Murthy, S.A. Bakar, M.N. Guentzel and B.P. Arulanandam. 2014. In vivo whole animal body imaging reveals colonization of Chlamydia muridarum to the lower genital tract at early stages of infection. Mol. Imaging Biol. 16:635-641. [PMID: 24723309]

Wali S., R. Gupta, R.L. Veselenak, Y. Li, J.J. Yu, A.K. Murthy, A.P. Cap, M.N. Guentzel, J.P. Chambers, G. Zhong, R.G. Rank, R.B. Pyles and B.P. Arulanandam. 2014. Use of a Guinea pig-specific transcriptome array for evaluation of protective immunity against genital chlamydial infection following intranasal vaccination in Guinea pigs. PLOS One 9:e114261. [PMCID: PMC4263467]

Okulicz J.F., T.D Le, B.K. Agan, J.F. Camargo, M.L. Landrum, E. Wright, M.J. Dolan, A. Ganesan, T.M. Ferguson, D.M. Smith, D.D. Richman, S.L. Little, R.A. Clark, W. He and S.K. Ahuja. 2015. Influence of the timing of antiretroviral therapy on the potential for normalization of immune status in human immunodeficiency virus 1-infected individuals. JAMA Intern. Med. 175:88-99. [PMCID: PMC4286496]

Arcos, J., L.E. Diangelo, S.J. Sasindran, J.M. Scordo, J. Turner, J.B. Torrelles. 2015. Lung mucosa lining fluid regulates the capacity of human neutrophils to control Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. J. Infect. Dis. 212 (6): 948-958. [PMCID: PMC4548464]

Moliva, J.I., J. Turner and J.B. Torrelles. 2015. Prospects in Mycobacterium bovis Bacille Calmette et Guérin (BCG) Vaccine Diversity and Delivery: Why does BCG fail to protect against Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection? Vaccine. 33:5035-5041. [PMCID: PMC4577463]

Pone E.J., Z. Lou, T. Lam, M.L. Greenberg, R. Wang, Z. Xu and P. Casali. 2015. B cell TLR1/2, TLR4, TLR7 and TLR9 interact in induction of class switch DNA recombination: modulation by BCR and CD40, and relevance to T-independent antibody responses. Autoimmunity 48:1-12. [PMID: 25536171]

Taylor, A.B., L. Pica-Mattoccia, C.M. Polcaro, E. Donati, X. Cao, A. Basso, A. Guidi, A.R. Rugel, S.P. Holloway, T.J. Anderson, P.J. Hart, D. Cioli, P.T. LoVerde. 2015. Structural and Functional Characterization of the Enantiomers of the Antischistosomal Drug Oxamniquine. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 9, e0004132. [PMCID: PMC4618941]

Lou, Z., P. Casali and Z. Xu. 2015. Regulation of B cell differentiation by intracellular membrane-associated proteins and microRNAs: Role in the antibody response.  Front. Immunol. 6: 537.  [PMCID: PMC4620719]

Pone E.J., T. Lam, Z. Lou, R. Wang, Y. Chen, D. Liu, A.L. Edinger, Z. Xu and P. Casali. 2015. B cell Rab7 mediates induction of activation-induced cytidine deaminase expression and class-switching in T-dependent and T-independent antibody responses. J. Immunol. 194:3065-3078. [PMID: 25740947]

Chen H.I., Y. Liu, Y. Zou, Z. Lai, D. Sarkar, Y. Huang and Y. Chen. 2015. Differential expression analysis of RNA sequencing data by incorporating non-exonic mapped reads. BMC Genomics. [PMCID: PMC4474535]

Ruan J., V. Jin, Y. Huang, H. Xu, J.S. Edwards, Y. Chen and Z. Zhao. 2015. Education, collaboration, and innovation: intelligent biology and medicine in the era of big data. BMC Genomics. [PMCID: PMC4474420]

Yudina Z., A. Roa, R. Johnson, N. Biris, D.A. de Souza Aranha Vieira, V. Tsiperson, N. Reszka, A.B. Taylor, P.J. Hart, B. Demeler, F. Diaz-Griffero, D. Ivanov. 2015. RING dimerization links higher-order assembly of TRIM5α to synthesis of K63-linked polyubiquitin. Cell reports. [PMCID: PMC4526822]

Gornalusse G.G., S. Mummidi, A.A. Gaitan, F. Jimenez, V. Ramsuran, A. Picton, K. Rogers, M.S. Manoharan, N. Avadhanam, K.K. Murthy, H. Martinez, A. Molano Murillo, Z.A. Chykarenko, R. Hutt, D. Daskalakis, L. Shostakovich-Koretskaya, S. Abdool Karim, J.N. Martin, S.G. Deeks, F. Hecht, E. Sinclair, R.A. Clark, J. Okulicz, F.T. Valentine, N. Martinson, C.T. Tiemessen, T. Ndung’u, P.W. Hunt, W. He and S.K. Ahuja. 2015. Epigenetic mechanisms, T-cell activation, and CCR5 genetics interact to regulate T-cell expression of CCR5, the major HIV-1 coreceptor. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A. [PMCID: PMC4553789]

He W., F. Jimenez, H. Martinez, N.L. Harper, M.S. Manoharan, A. Carrillo, P. Ingale, Y.G. Liu, S.S. Ahuja, R.A. Clark, C.G. Rather, D.A. Ramirez, C.P. Andrews, R.L. Jacobs, S.K. Ahuja. 2015. Cockroach sensitization mitigates allergic rhinoconjunctivitis symptom severity in patientsallergic to house dust mites and pollen. J Allergy Clin Immunol. [PMID: 26026342].

Ahuja S.K., M.S. Manoharan, N.L. Harper, F. Jimenez, B.D. Hobson, H. Martinez, P. Ingale, Y.G.Liu, A. Carrillo, Z. Lou, D.L. Kellog, S.S. Ahuja, C.G. Rather, R.E. Esch, D.A. Ramirez, R.A. Clark, K. Nadeau, C.P. Andrews, R.L. Jacobs and W. He. 2016. Preservation of epithelial cell barrier function and muted inflammation in resistance to allergic rhinoconjunctivitis from house dust mite challenge. J Allergy Clin Immunol. [Accepted].

Rajamanickam S., S. Panneerdoss, A. Gorthi, S. Timilsina, B. Onyeagucha, D. Kovalskyy, D. Ivanov, M.A. Hanes, R.K. Vadlamudi, Y. Chen, A.J. Bishop, J.L. Arbiser, M.K. Rao. 2016. Inhibition of FoxM1-Mediated DNA Repair by Imipramine Blue Suppresses Breast Cancer Growth and Metastasis. Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. [PMCID: PMC4947433]

Wang L., Q. Zhang, T. Zhang, Y. Zhang, C. Zhu, X. Sun, N. Zhang, M. Xue and G. Zhong. 2016. The Chlamydia muridarum Organisms Fail to Auto-Inoculate the Mouse Genital Tract after Colonization in the Gastrointestinal Tract for 70 days. PLoS One. [PMCID: PMC4871562].

Lanka G.K., J.J. Yu, S. Gong, R. Gupta, S.B. Mustafa, A.K. Murthy, G.  Zhong, J.P. Chambers, M.N. Guentzel and B.P. Arulanandam. 2016. IgA modulates respiratory dysfunction as a sequela to pulmonary chlamydial infection as neonates. Pathog Dis. [PMID: 26755533]

Toledo R.A., Y. Qin, Z.M. Cheng, Q. Gao, S. Iwata, G.M. Silva, M.L. Prasad, I.T. Ocal, S. Rao, N. Aronin, M. Barontini, J. Bruder, R.L. Reddick, Y. Chen, R.C. Aguiar and P.L. Dahia. 2016. Recurrent Mutations of Chromatin-Remodeling Genes and Kinase Receptors in Pheochromocytomas and Paragangliomas. Clinical cancer research: an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. [PMCID: PMC4854762]

Chevalier, F.D., W. Le Clec’h, N. Eng, A.R. Rugel, R.R. Assis, G. Oliveira, S.P. Holloway, X. Cao, P.J. Hart, P.T. LoVerde and T.J. Anderson. 2016. Independent origins of loss-of-function mutations conferring oxamniquine resistance in a Brazilian schistosome population. Int J Parasitol. (7):417-24. [PMCID:  PMC4909573]

Lam, T., D.V. Kulp, R. Wang, Z. Lou, J., Taylor, Q. Zhong, Z. Wang, H. Zan, D. Ivanov, G. Zhong, P. Casali* and Z. Xu*.  2016.  Small molecule inhibitor of Rab7 impairs B cell class-class switching and plasma cell survival to dampen the autoantibody response in murine lupus. *equal contributors and corresponding authors. J. Immunol. 197:3792-3805. [PMCID: PMC5113143]

Chevalier,F.D., W. Le Clec’h, N. Eng, A.R. Rugel, R.R. de Assis, G. Corrêa-Oliveira, S.P. Holloway, X. Cao, P.J. Hart, P.T. LoVerde and T.J.C. Anderson. 2016. Independent origins of loss-of-function mutations conferring oxamniquine resistance in a Brazilian schistosome population. Int. J. Parasitol. pii: S0020-7519(16)30022-4. [PMCID: PMC4909573]

Makara, M.A., K.V. Hoang, L.P. Ganesan, E.D. Crouser, J.S. Gunn, J. Turner, L.S. Schlesinger, P.J. Mohler and M.V.S. Rajaram. 2016. Cardiac electrical and structural changes during bacterial infection: an instructive model to study cardiac dysfunction in sepsis. J Am Heart Assoc. 12:5(9). [PMCID: PMC5079037]

Yuan, B, L. Chang, K. Gupta, H.C. Chiang, H.B. Gupta, D. Wang, K. Lathrop, R. Elledge, P. Wang, S. McHardy, R. Vadlamudi and T.J. Curiel. 2016. Tyrosine phosphorylation regulates ERbeta ubiquitination, protein turnover, and inhibition of breast cancer. Oncotarget. 7(27):42585-42597. [PMCID: PMC5173158]

Makara, M.A., K. Hoang, L.P. Ganesan, E. Crouser, J.S. Gunn, J. Turner, L.S. Schlesinger, P.J. Mohler and M.V.S. Rajaram. 2016. Cardiac electrical and structural changes during bacterial infection: an instructive model to study cardiac dysfunction in sepsis. J Am Heart Assoc. 5(9). pii: e003820. [PMCID PMC5079037]

King I.L., K. Mohr, A.P. Meli, J. Downey, P. Lanthier, F. Tzelepis, J.H. Fritz, A.V. Tumanov, M. Divangahi, E.A. Leadbetter and M. Mohrs. 2017. Intestinal helminth infection impacts the systemic distribution and function of the naive lymphocyte pool. Mucosal Immunol. 10.1038/mi.2016.127. [PMCID: PMC5526748]

Wali, S., R. Gupta, J.J. Yu, G.K.K. Lanka, J.P. Chambers, M.N. Guentzel, G. Zhong, A.K. Murthy and B.P. Arulanandam. 2017. Chlamydial protease-like activity factor mediated protection against C. trachomatis in guinea pigs. Immunology and cell biology 95, 454-60. [PMCID: PMC5449249]

Shao, L., J. Melero, N. Zhang, B. Arulanandam, J. Baseman, Q. Liu and G.  Zhong. 2017. The cryptic plasmid is more important for Chlamydia muridarum to colonize the mouse gastrointestinal tract than to infect the genital tract. PLoS One. 12(5):e0177691. [PMCID: PMC5444651]

Taylor, A.B., K.M. Roberts, X. Cao, N.E. Clark, S.P. Holloway, E. Donati, C.M. Polcaro, L. Pica- Mattoccia, R.S. Tarpley, S.F. McHardy, D. Cioli, P.T. LoVerde, P.F. Fitzpatrick and P.J. Hart. 2017. Structural and Enzymatic Insights into Species-specific Resistance to Schistosome Parasite Drug Therapy. J Biol Chem. pii: jbc.M116.766527. [PMCID: PMC5500785]

Raphael, I., J. Webb, F. Gomez-Rivera, C.A. Chase Huizar, R. Gupta, B.P. Arulanandam, Y. Wang, W.E. Haskins and T.G. Forsthuber. 2017. Serum Neuroinflammatory Disease-Induced Central Nervous System Proteins Predict Clinical Onset of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis. Frontiers in immunology 8, 812. [PMCID: PMC5512177]

Zhang, X., H.C. Chiang, Y. Wang, C. Zhang, S. Smith, X. Zhao, S.J. Nair, J. Michalek, I. Jatoi, M. Lautner, B. Oliver, H. Wang, A. Petit, T. Soler, J. Brunet, F. Mateo, M. Angel Pujana, E. Poggi, K. Chaldekas, C. Issac, B.N. Peshkin, O. Ochao, F. Chedin, C. Theoharis, L.Z. Sun, T.J. Curiel, R. Elledge, V.X. Jin, Y. Hu and R. Li. 2017. Attenuation of RNA polymerase II pausing mitigates BRCA1-associated R-loop accumulation and tumorigenesis.  Nat Commun. 8:15908. [PMCID: PMC5490191]

Arcos, J., S.J. Sasindran, J.I. Moliva, S. Sidiki, J.M. Scordo, L. Diangelo, J. Turner and J.B. Torrelles. 2016. Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell wall released fragments by the action of the human lung mucosa modulate macrophages to control the infection in an IL-10 dependent manner. Mucosal Immunol. 10(5):1248-1258. [PMCID: PMC5479761]

Torrelles, J.B. and L.S. Schlesinger. 2017. Integrating Lung Physiology, Immunology and Tuberculosis. Trends Micro. Trends Microbiol. (8):688-697. [PMCID: PMC5522344]