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Distinct spatial organization governs oral mucosal immunity

Vasileios I. Theofilou, David Fraser, Eleni Kanasi, Laurie Brenchley, Teresa Greenwell-Wild, Emmanuel E. Adade, Alex M. Valm, Iyadh Douagi, Yasmine Belkaid, Duy T. Tran, Drake W. Williams, Niki M. Moutsopoulos

Nature Immunology · 09 Feb 2026 · doi:10.1038/s41590-025-02398-y
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2024

Epithelial-derived interleukin-23 promotes oral mucosal immunopathology

Tae Sung Kim, Tomoko Ikeuchi, Vasileios Ionas Theofilou, Drake Winslow Williams, Teresa Greenwell-Wild, Armond June, Emmanuel E. Adade, Lu Li, Loreto Abusleme, Nicolas Dutzan, Yao Yuan, Laurie Brenchley, Nicolas Bouladoux, Yosuke Sakamachi, Robert J. Palmer, Ramiro Iglesias-Bartolome, Giorgio Trinchieri, Stavros Garantziotis, Yasmine Belkaid, Alex M. Valm, Patricia I. Diaz, Steven M. Holland, Niki M. Moutsopoulos

Immunity · 01 Apr 2024 · doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2024.02.020
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2023

The maternal microbiome promotes placental development in mice

Geoffrey N. Pronovost, Kristie B. Yu, Elena J. L. Coley-O’Rourke, Sahil S. Telang, Angela S. Chen, Helen E. Vuong, Drake W. Williams, Anisha Chandra, Tomiko K. Rendon, Jorge Paramo, Reuben H. Kim, Elaine Y. Hsiao

Science Advances · 06 Oct 2023 · doi:10.1126/sciadv.adk1887
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Neutrophil extracellular traps and extracellular histones potentiate IL-17 inflammation in periodontitis

Tae Sung Kim, Lakmali M. Silva, Vasileios Ionas Theofilou, Teresa Greenwell-Wild, Lu Li, Drake Winslow Williams, Tomoko Ikeuchi, Laurie Brenchley, Thomas H. Bugge, Patricia I. Diaz, Mariana J. Kaplan, Carmelo Carmona-Rivera, Niki M. Moutsopoulos

Journal of Experimental Medicine · 01 Jun 2023 · doi:10.1084/jem.20221751
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MSK CME

Video Abstract

Nature Reviews Rheumatology

JEM Insights

2021

Human oral mucosa cell atlas reveals a stromal-neutrophil axis regulating tissue immunity

Drake Winslow Williams, Teresa Greenwell-Wild, Laurie Brenchley, Nicolas Dutzan, Andrew Overmiller, Andrew Phillip Sawaya, Simone Webb, Daniel Martin, George Hajishengallis, Kimon Divaris, Maria Morasso, Muzlifah Haniffa, Niki Maria Moutsopoulos

Cell · 01 Jul 2021 · doi:10.1016/j.cell.2021.05.013
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NIDCR News

Nature Reviews Immunology

Allergy (News and Views)

Dentistry Today

Aberrant type 1 immunity drives susceptibility to mucosal fungal infections

Timothy J. Break, Vasileios Oikonomou, Nicolas Dutzan, Jigar V. Desai, Marc Swidergall, Tilo Freiwald, Daniel Chauss, Oliver J. Harrison, Julie Alejo, Drake W. Williams, Stefania Pittaluga, Chyi-Chia R. Lee, Nicolas Bouladoux, Muthulekha Swamydas, Kevin W. Hoffman, Teresa Greenwell-Wild, Vincent M. Bruno, Lindsey B. Rosen, Wint Lwin, Andy Renteria, Sergio M. Pontejo, John P. Shannon, Ian A. Myles, Peter Olbrich, Elise M. N. Ferré, Monica Schmitt, Daniel Martin, Daniel L. Barber, Norma V. Solis, Luigi D. Notarangelo, David V. Serreze, Mitsuru Matsumoto, Heather D. Hickman, Philip M. Murphy, Mark S. Anderson, Jean K. Lim, Steven M. Holland, Scott G. Filler, Behdad Afzali, Yasmine Belkaid, Niki M. Moutsopoulos, Michail S. Lionakis

Science · 15 Jan 2021 · doi:10.1126/science.aay5731
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NIAID Now

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Dentistry Today

2020

The maternal microbiome modulates fetal neurodevelopment in mice

Helen E. Vuong, Geoffrey N. Pronovost, Drake W. Williams, Elena J. L. Coley, Emily L. Siegler, Austin Qiu, Maria Kazantsev, Chantel J. Wilson, Tomiko Rendon, Elaine Y. Hsiao

Nature · 23 Sep 2020 · doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2745-3
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This Week in Neuroscience, Episode 15

The Sheekey Science Show

Nature News and Views