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2026
Arias AM, Reinartz, Dakota M, Sairs C, Kumar SS, Byrnes HC, Wilson, Justin E. Streptococcus anginosus activates the NLRP3 Inflammasome to promote inflammatory responses from macrophages. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. Published online May 2026.
2025
Reinartz, Dakota M, Escamilla-Rivera, Vicente, Shao, Manlin, Tribble, Stephanie L, Caulin, Carlos, Wilson, Justin E. Impact of absent in melanoma 2 on head and neck squamous cell carcinoma development. J Immunol. 2025;214(12):3565-3578. doi:10.1093/jimmun/vkaf224
Clements, Amber N, Casillas, Andrea L, Flores, Caitlyn E, et al. Inhibition of PIM Kinase in Tumor-Associated Macrophages Suppresses Inflammasome Activation and Sensitizes Prostate Cancer to Immunotherapy. Cancer Immunol Res. 2025;13(5):633-645. doi:10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-24-0591
2024
Wilson, Justin E, Nikolich, Janko Z. Nurture over nature for old antitumor T cells. Nat Immunol. 2024;25(6):932-934. doi:10.1038/s41590-024-01853-6
Senthil Kumar, Sangeetha, Johnson, Michael D L, Wilson, Justin E. Insights into the enigma of oral streptococci in carcinogenesis. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. Published online January 1, 2024:e0009523. doi:10.1128/mmbr.00095-23
Senthil Kumar, Sangeetha, Gunda, Venugopal, Reinartz, Dakota M, et al. Oral streptococci and induce distinct morphological, inflammatory, and metabolic signatures in macrophages. Infect Immun. 2024;92(3):e0053623. doi:10.1128/iai.00536-23
2023
Au, Kin Man, Wilson, Justin E, Ting, Jenny P-Y, Wang, Andrew Z. An injectable subcutaneous colon-specific immune niche for the treatment of ulcerative colitis. Nat Biomed Eng. Published online January 1, 2023. doi:10.1038/s41551-023-01136-9
2022
Powell, Daniel A, Hsu, Amy P, Shubitz, Lisa F, et al. Mouse Model of a Human STAT4 Point Mutation That Predisposes to Disseminated Coccidiomycosis. Immunohorizons. 2022;6(2):130-143. doi:10.4049/immunohorizons.2200007
2018
Truax, Agnieszka D, Chen, Liang, Tam, Jason W, et al. The Inhibitory Innate Immune Sensor NLRP12 Maintains a Threshold against Obesity by Regulating Gut Microbiota Homeostasis. Cell Host Microbe. 2018;24(3):364-378.e6. doi:10.1016/j.chom.2018.08.009
Uchimura, Toru, Oyama, Yoshitaka, Deng, Meng, et al. The Innate Immune Sensor NLRC3 Acts as a Rheostat that Fine-Tunes T Cell Responses in Infection and Autoimmunity. Immunity. 2018;49(6):1049-1061.e6. doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2018.10.008
2017
Chen, Liang, Wilson, Justin E, Koenigsknecht, Mark J, et al. Corrigendum: NLRP12 attenuates colon inflammation by maintaining colonic microbial diversity and promoting protective commensal bacterial growth. Nat Immunol. 2017;18(11):1270. doi:10.1038/ni1117-1270b
Bruce, Danny W, Stefanski, Heather E, Vincent, Benjamin G, et al. Type 2 innate lymphoid cells treat and prevent acute gastrointestinal graft-versus-host disease. J Clin Invest. 2017;127(5):1813-1825. doi:10.1172/JCI91816
2016
Hirai-Yuki, Asuka, Hensley, Lucinda, McGivern, David R, et al. MAVS-dependent host species range and pathogenicity of human hepatitis A virus. Science. 2016;353(6307):1541-1545. doi:10.1126/science.aaf8325
Koblansky, A Alicia, Truax, Agnieszka D, Liu, Rongrong, et al. The Innate Immune Receptor NLRX1 Functions as a Tumor Suppressor by Reducing Colon Tumorigenesis and Key Tumor-Promoting Signals. Cell Rep. 2016;14(11):2562-75. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2016.02.064
2015
Wilson, Justin E, Petrucelli, Alex S, Chen, Liang, et al. Inflammasome-independent role of AIM2 in suppressing colon tumorigenesis via DNA-PK and Akt. Nat Med. 2015;21(8):906-13. doi:10.1038/nm.3908
2014
Giguère, Patrick M, Gall, Bryan J, Ezekwe, Ejiofor A D, et al. G Protein signaling modulator-3 inhibits the inflammasome activity of NLRP3. J Biol Chem. 2014;289(48):33245-57. doi:10.1074/jbc.M114.578393
2013
Allen, Irving C, McElvania-TeKippe, Erin, Wilson, Justin E, et al. Characterization of NLRP12 during the in vivo host immune response to Klebsiella pneumoniae and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. PLoS One. 2013;8(4):e60842. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0060842
2012
Allen, Irving C, Jania, Corey M, Wilson, Justin E, et al. Analysis of NLRP3 in the development of allergic airway disease in mice. J Immunol. 2012;188(6):2884-93. doi:10.4049/jimmunol.1102488
Hunt, Danielle, Wilson, Justin E, Weih, Karis A, et al. Francisella tularensis elicits IL-10 via a PGE₂-inducible factor, to drive macrophage MARCH1 expression and class II down-regulation. PLoS One. 2012;7(5):e37330. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0037330
2009
Wilson, Justin E, Katkere, Bhuvana, Drake, James R. Francisella tularensis induces ubiquitin-dependent major histocompatibility complex class II degradation in activated macrophages. Infect Immun. 2009;77(11):4953-65. doi:10.1128/IAI.00844-09
2007
Woolard, Matthew D, Wilson, Justin E, Hensley, Lucinda L, et al. Francisella tularensis-infected macrophages release prostaglandin E2 that blocks T cell proliferation and promotes a Th2-like response. J Immunol. 2007;178(4):2065-74. doi:10.4049/jimmunol.178.4.2065