Pedal to the metal: iron regulation of Aspergillus fumigatus protease production.
McGee AP, Obar JJ
Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2026 Feb 1;74(2):152-154. doi: 10.1165/rcmb.2025-0506ED.
PMID: 41071164
Reply to nurture over nature in fate decisions of antigen-specific CD8(+) T cell clones from an endogenous repertoire.
Abdullah L, Obar JJ, Huang YH
Immunity. 2025 Oct 14;58(10):2357-2358. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2025.09.006.
PMID: 41092891
TGFβ primes alveolar-like macrophages to induce type I IFN following TLR2 activation.
Thomas SM, McGee AP, Vielma TE, Ankley LM, Rapp AW, Conner KN, LeSage F, Tanner CD, Scheeres EC, Obar JJ, Olive AJ
bioRxiv. 2025 May 1; pii: 2024.09.04.611226. doi: 10.1101/2024.09.04.611226. Epub 2025 May 1.
PMID: 39282428
Recent developments in Aspergillus fumigatus research: diversity, drugs, and disease.
Kordana N, Johnson A, Quinn K, Obar JJ, Cramer RA
Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. 2025 Mar 27;89(1):e0001123. doi: 10.1128/mmbr.00011-23. Epub 2025 Feb 10.
PMID: 39927770
The endogenous antigen-specific CD8(+) T cell repertoire is composed of unbiased and biased clonotypes with differential fate commitments.
Abdullah L, Emiliani FE, Vaidya CM, Stuart H, Musial SC, Kolling FW, Obar JJ, Rosato PC, Ackerman ME, Song L, McKenna A, Huang YH
Immunity. 2025 Mar 11;58(3):601-615.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2025.02.001. Epub 2025 Feb 27.
PMID: 40020673
Coinfections in the lung: How viral infection creates a favorable environment for bacterial and fungal infections.
Obar JJ, Shepardson KM
PLoS Pathog. 2023 May;19(5):e1011334. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011334. Epub 2023 May 4.
PMID: 37141196
Regulation of Syk activity by antiviral adaptor MAVS in FcεRI signaling pathway.
Kawakami Y, Kimura M, Widjaja C, Kasakura K, Ando T, Kawakami Y, Obar JJ, Kawakami T
Front Allergy. 2023;4:1098474. doi: 10.3389/falgy.2023.1098474. Epub 2023 Apr 24.
PMID: 37168500
Postinfluenza Environment Reduces Aspergillus fumigatus Conidium Clearance and Facilitates Invasive Aspergillosis In Vivo.
Liu KW, Grau MS, Jones JT, Wang X, Vesely EM, James MR, Gutierrez-Perez C, Cramer RA, Obar JJ
mBio. 2022 Dec 20;13(6):e0285422. doi: 10.1128/mbio.02854-22. Epub 2022 Nov 15.
PMID: 36377895
MAVS Expression in Alveolar Macrophages Is Essential for Host Resistance against Aspergillus fumigatus.
Wang X, Cunha C, Grau MS, Robertson SJ, Lacerda JF, Campos A Jr, Lagrou K, Maertens J, Best SM, Carvalho A, Obar JJ
J Immunol. 2022 Jul 15;209(2):346-353. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.2100759. Epub 2022 Jun 24.
PMID: 35750336
Host Lung Environment Limits Aspergillus fumigatus Germination through an SskA-Dependent Signaling Response.
Kirkland ME, Stannard M, Kowalski CH, Mould D, Caffrey-Carr A, Temple RM, Ross BS, Lofgren LA, Stajich JE, Cramer RA, Obar JJ
mSphere. 2021 Dec 22;6(6):e0092221. doi: 10.1128/msphere.00922-21. Epub 2021 Dec 8.
PMID: 34878292