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Alveolar macrophage subtypes express cholesterol and inflammation genes in cystic fibrosis.
Li X, Kolling FW, Aridgides D, Gwilt L, Mellinger D, Jakubzick CV, Ashare A
Life Sci Alliance. 2026 Jul;9(7) doi: 10.26508/lsa.202503482. Epub 2026 Apr 30.
PMID: 42061984

Viral Detection and Clinical Disease Features in Pediatric Chronic Rhinosinusitis.
Wilding MC, Shaffer AD, Rapsinski GJ, Johnson M, Hilliam Y, Williams JV, Bomberger JM, Stapleton AL
Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol. 2026 Jun;11(3):e70465. doi: 10.1002/lio2.70465. Epub 2026 Jun 17.
PMID: 42318277

DNA damage responses in HCMV infection: emerging mechanisms and outstanding questions.
Savanagouder M, Longmire P, Hassan A, McKinzey D, Dansereau R, Bosco G, Goodrum F
J Virol. 2026 Jun 16;:e0037626. doi: 10.1128/jvi.00376-26. Epub 2026 Jun 16.
PMID: 42300770

Structural modeling reveals the mechanism of motor ATPase coordination during type IV pilus retraction.
Teipen AE, Holt JD, Lynch DL, Peng Y, Dalia TN, Gumbart JC, Nadell CD, Dalia AB
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2026 Jun 16;123(24):e2531253123. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2531253123. Epub 2026 Jun 8.
PMID: 42258723

An epigenetic mechanism of azole tolerance facilitates acquired antifungal resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus.
Vellanki S, DeMichaelis N, Liao C, Stajich JE, Cramer RA
mBio. 2026 Jun 15;:e0066126. doi: 10.1128/mbio.00661-26. Epub 2026 Jun 15.
PMID: 42294675

Hypophosphite Is a Naturally Occurring Selective Inhibitor of Syntrophic Methanogenesis.
Hu R, Weaver ME Jr, Day LA, Marquez JM, Aronson HS, Meier DAO, Romero P, Farid Abdul Halim M, Maxwell AD, Costa KC, Deutschbauer AM, Price MN, Hess M, Roy KS, Radanielson AM, Coates JD, Tsesmetzis N, Carlson HK
Environ Sci Technol. 2026 Jun 12; doi: 10.1021/acs.est.6c03870. Epub 2026 Jun 12.
PMID: 42285538

The cutaneous microbiome: microbial remodeling of the skin lipid landscape.
Khalil SB, Kowalski CH
mSphere. 2026 Jun 10;:e0064825. doi: 10.1128/msphere.00648-25. Epub 2026 Jun 10.
PMID: 42267822

A ceramide synthase is important for filamentous fungal biofilm morphology and antifungal drug susceptibility.
Puerner CTS, Wilkins OM, Cramer RA
mBio. 2026 Jun 10;17(6):e0348725. doi: 10.1128/mbio.03487-25. Epub 2026 May 14.
PMID: 42132439

Human neutralizing antibodies targeting the measles virus hemagglutinin and fusion surface proteins.
Acciani M, Zyla D, Niemeyer G, Harkins S, Parekh D, Pawlack E, Lacarbonara D, Kansara D, Ackerman ME, Niewiesk S, Porotto M, Hastie KM, Saphire EO
Cell Host Microbe. 2026 Jun 10;34(6):1067-1081.e12. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2026.04.010. Epub 2026 May 7.
PMID: 42102820

Sex and regional effects of Bacteroides in the gut.
Valls RA, Barrack KE, Surve SV, Bliska JB, O'Toole GA
mBio. 2026 Jun 10;17(6):e0046926. doi: 10.1128/mbio.00469-26. Epub 2026 May 6.
PMID: 42089633

IL-9 orchestrates MDSC expansion and inflammatory programming to amplify immunopathology during experimental cerebral malaria.
Ghosh P, Ghosh S, Khamaru P, Gangopadhyay A, Choudhury A, Hossain Daptary A, Halder S, Brahma S, Thakur P, Singha P, Karmakar D, Mukherjee S, Bhattacharyya A
Microb Pathog. 2026 Jun 9;218:108622. doi: 10.1016/j.micpath.2026.108622. Epub 2026 Jun 9.
PMID: 42264010

A genotoxin associated with colorectal cancer linked to gut dysbiosis in children with cystic fibrosis.
Barrack KE, Surve SV, de Sousa Bezerra AV, Murphy CE, Soucy SM, Aguilar Ramos MA, Valls RA, Ruff RD, Balskus EP, Sanville JL, Madan JC, O'Toole GA
J Bacteriol. 2026 Jun 9;:e0019026. doi: 10.1128/jb.00190-26. Epub 2026 Jun 9.
PMID: 42262087

DNA methylation-based immune cell profiling in mouse blood using MouseRS-CMD.
Reynolds SR, Stolrow HG, Lee MK, Pike SC, Kolling FW 4th, Channon JY, Mielcarz DW, Ward GA, Fiering SN, Fields J, Salas LA, Christensen BC
Genome Biol. 2026 Jun 5; doi: 10.1186/s13059-026-04121-y. Epub 2026 Jun 5.
PMID: 42249416

Disrupting phage liquid crystalline droplets restores antibiotic susceptibility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms.
Tarafder AK, Graham M, Davis LK, Pratt S, Bohning J, Manivannan P, Wang Z, Clemente CM, Weimann A, Floto RA, Owens RJ, O'Toole GA, Pearce P, Bharat TAM
PLoS Biol. 2026 Jun;24(6):e3003834. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003834. Epub 2026 Jun 5.
PMID: 42247470

Intracellular acidification by microbiota-derived valeric acid facilitates trans-kingdom ecology limiting Candida parapsilosis colonization.
Yasuma-Mitobe K, Liao C, Nemeth T, Byrne K, Billips A, Faustino Ramos RJJ, Salinas CN, Chan E, Perissinoto M, Adami-Sampson S, Salman A, Sidebottom AM, Plitas G, Butler G, Cross JR, Pamer EG, Gacser A, Xavier JB, Hohl TM
Cell Host Microbe. 2026 Jun 4; pii: S1931-3128(26)00201-5. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2026.05.008. Epub 2026 Jun 4.
PMID: 42242207

Systemic pre-conditioning favors effector over exhausted CD8 T-cell subsets following Sup2-IL33 armored CAR T-cell therapy.
Ferry SL, Abdullah L, Balasubramanian A, Nowak EC, Carl A, Turnquist A, Mohamed A, Usherwood E, Sundrud M, Huang Y
J Immunother Cancer. 2026 Jun 3;14(6) doi: 10.1136/jitc-2025-013020. Epub 2026 Jun 3.
PMID: 42236119

Intradermal Tumor Implantation as a Robust Model for Murine Cancer Intratumoral Immunotherapy Studies.
Kamga KS, Santos AM, Fiering S
J Vis Exp. 2026 Jun 2;(232) doi: 10.3791/70281. Epub 2026 Jun 2.
PMID: 42330111

The Effects of Sex Hormones and Aging on the Mucosal Immune System in the Human Female Reproductive Tract and Implications for HIV Acquisition.
Wira CR, Patel MV, Faber G, Fu B, Rodriguez-Garcia M
Am J Reprod Immunol. 2026 Jun;95(6):e70269. doi: 10.1111/aji.70269.
PMID: 42319124

Core clock protein subcellular dynamics coordinate local and global circadian control in syncytia.
Wang Z, Bartholomai BM, Wang B, Ritz D, Schultz D, Loros JJ, Dunlap JC
J Cell Biol. 2026 Jun 1;225(6) doi: 10.1083/jcb.202509044. Epub 2026 May 19.
PMID: 42154498

Author Correction: Chemokine-defined macrophage niches establish spatial organization of tumor immunity.
Ghosh S, Li X, Rawat K, Dighal A, Kalinowski S, Hosseini R, Kolling FW, Ringelberg CS, Jakubzick CV
Nat Immunol. 2026 Jun;27(6):1306. doi: 10.1038/s41590-026-02525-3.
PMID: 42014918

Remodelling of cystic fibrosis respiratory microbiota in response to extended elexacaftor-tezacaftor-ivacaftor therapy.
Gavillet H, Hatfield LR, Hardman M, Marsh R, Einarsson GG, Thornton CS, Parkins MD, Duckers J, Bomberger JM, Hilliam Y, Lee SE, Lord RW, Jones A, Horsley A, Daniels TWV, Teneback CC, Rivett DW, van der Gast C
Microbiome. 2026 May 30; doi: 10.1186/s40168-026-02440-7. Epub 2026 May 30.
PMID: 42218569

Comparative analysis of selective fungal culture media and incubation conditions for Aspergillus fumigatus in cystic fibrosis sputum.
Hong G, Vesely EM, Memon W, Walsh J, Hsu JY, O'Dea AL, Dezube RH, Goss CH, Gross JE, Nichols DP, Cramer RA, Zhang SX
Microbiol Spectr. 2026 May 29;:e0018126. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.00181-26. Epub 2026 May 29.
PMID: 42214371