2024
Sensing DNA as danger: The discovery of cGAS
Flavell R, Sefik E. Sensing DNA as danger: The discovery of cGAS. Immunity 2024, 57: 2251-2254. PMID: 39303723, DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2024.09.009.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Human neutrophil development and functionality are enabled in a humanized mouse model
Zheng Y, Sefik E, Astle J, Karatepe K, Öz HH, Solis AG, Jackson R, Luo HR, Bruscia EM, Halene S, Shan L, Flavell RA. Human neutrophil development and functionality are enabled in a humanized mouse model. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2022, 119: e2121077119. PMID: 36269862, PMCID: PMC9618085, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2121077119.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHumanized mouse modelMouse modelHuman immune systemHuman neutrophilsImmune systemFunctional human immune systemGranulocyte colony-stimulating factorUnique mouse modelColony-stimulating factorHuman G-CSFMISTRG miceG-CSF receptor geneBacterial burdenInfectious challengeG-CSFNeutrophilsMiceNeutrophil developmentReceptor geneDisease
2020
An Immunologic Mode of Multigenerational Transmission Governs a Gut Treg Setpoint
Ramanan D, Sefik E, Galván-Peña S, Wu M, Yang L, Yang Z, Kostic A, Golovkina T, Kasper D, Mathis D, Benoist C. An Immunologic Mode of Multigenerational Transmission Governs a Gut Treg Setpoint. Cell 2020, 181: 1276-1290.e13. PMID: 32402238, PMCID: PMC7393667, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.04.030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDouble-negative feedback loopTreg proportionImmunological modeGut immune responseGut commensalsControlling gut inflammationSpecies levelInbred mouse strainsMulti-generational transmissionTreg-dependent mannerCellular perturbationsRegulatory T cellsDisease susceptibilityNon-epigeneticMaternal transmissionInflammatory disease susceptibilityNon-geneticGut inflammationT cellsGenetic tuningMouse strainsImmune responseMultiple generationsImmune systemFeedback loop
2017
Mining the Human Gut Microbiota for Immunomodulatory Organisms
Geva-Zatorsky N, Sefik E, Kua L, Pasman L, Tan T, Ortiz-Lopez A, Yanortsang T, Yang L, Jupp R, Mathis D, Benoist C, Kasper D. Mining the Human Gut Microbiota for Immunomodulatory Organisms. Cell 2017, 168: 928-943.e11. PMID: 28215708, PMCID: PMC7774263, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.01.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGut microbiotaHuman gut microbesHuman gut microbiotaIndividual bacterial speciesGut microbesMicrobial phylogenyHuman gutDiverse microbesEpigenetic systemsMicrobial diversityBacterial speciesMicrobiota's abilityMicrobesMicrobiotaMonocolonized miceGutImmunological adaptationsHostImmune systemPhylogenyImmune parametersPhylogeneticallyImmunomodulatory effectsSpeciesDiversity