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Shea LK, Honjo K, Redden DT, Tabengwa E, Li R, Li FJ, Shakhmatov M, Chiorazzi N, Davis RS. Fc receptor-like 2 (FCRL2) is a novel marker of low-risk CLL and refines prognostication based on IGHV mutation status. Blood Cancer J. 2019 May 15;9(6):47. PMID: PMID: 31092813; PMCID: PMC6520396

Harris BD, Schreiter J, Chevrier M, Jordan JL, Walter MR. Human interferon-ϵ and interferon-κ exhibit low potency and low affinity for cell-surface IFNAR and the poxvirus antagonist B18R. J Biol Chem. 2018 Oct 12;293(41):16057-16068. PMID: PMID: 30171073; PMCID: PMC6187621

Gu L, Sims B, Krendelchtchikov A, Tabengwa E, Matthews QL. Differential binding of the HIV-1 envelope to phosphatidylserine receptors. Biochim Biophys Acta Biomembr. 2017 Oct;1859(10):1962-1966.  PMID: 28622976; PMCID: PMC5593811

Miersch S, Kuruganti S, Walter MR, Sidhu SS. A panel of synthetic antibodies that selectively recognize and antagonize members of the interferon alpha family. Protein Eng Des Sel. 2017 Sep 1;30(9):697-704. PMID: 28981904; PMCID: PMC5914384

Mitra A, Speer A, Lin K, Ehrt S, Niederweis M. PPE Surface Proteins Are Required for Heme Utilization by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. MBio. 2017 Jan 24;8(1). pii: e01720-16. PMID: 28119467; PMCID: PMC5263243

Nguyen GN, George LA, Siner JI, Davidson RJ, Zander CB, Zheng XL, Arruda VR, Camire RM, Sabatino DE. Novel factor VIII variants with a modified furin cleavage site improve the efficacy of gene therapy for hemophilia A. J Thromb Haemost. 2017 Jan;15(1):110-121. PMID: 27749002; PMCID: PMC5280213

Pillai VG, Bao J, Zander CB, McDaniel JK, Chetty PS, Seeholzer SH, Bdeir K, Cines DB, Zheng XL. Human neutrophil peptides inhibit cleavage of von Willebrand factor by ADAMTS13: a potential link of inflammation to TTP. Blood. 2016 July7;128(1):110-9. PMID: 27207796; PMCID: PMC4937355  

Kuruganti S, Miersch S, Deshpande A, Speir JA, Harris BD, Schriewer JM, Buller RM, Sidhu SS, Walter MR. Cytokine Activation by Antibody Fragments Targeted to Cytokine-Receptor Signaling Complexes. J Biol Chem. 2016 Jan 1;291(1):447-61. PMID: 26546677; PMCID: PMC4697184

Sun J, Siroy A, Lokareddy RK, Speer A, Doornbos KS, Cingolani G, Niederweis M.  The tuberculosis necrotizing toxin kills macrophages by hydrolyzing NAD. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2015 Sep;22(9):672-8. PMID: 26237511; PMCID: PMC4560639

Wharton RE, Stefanov EK, King RG, Kearney JF. Antibodies generated against Streptococci protect in a mouse model of disseminated aspergillosis. J Immunol. 2015 May 1;194(9):4387-96. PMID: 25821219; PMCID: PMC4402265

Sharifov OF, Xu X, Gaggar A, Tabengwa EM, White CR, Palgunachari MN, Anantharamaiah GM, Gupta H.  L-4F inhibits lipopolysaccharide-mediated activation of primary human neutrophils. Inflammation. 2014 Oct;37(5):1401-12.  PMID: 24647607; PMCID: PMC5822683

Li X, Wu J, Ptacek T, Redden DT, Brown EE, Alarcón GS, Ramsey-Goldman R, Petri MA, Reveille JD, Kaslow RA, Kimberly RP, Edberg JC.  Allelic-dependent expression of an activating Fc receptor on B cells enhances humoral immune responses. Sci Transl Med. 2013 Dec 18;5(216):216ra175. . PMID: 24353158; PMCID: PMC3982386

Deshpande A, Putcha BD, Kuruganti S, Walter MR.  Kinetic analysis of cytokine-mediated receptor assembly using engineered FC heterodimers. Protein Sci. 2013 Aug;22(8):1100-8. PMID: 23703950; PMCID: PMC3832046

Yoon SI, Jones BC, Logsdon NJ, Harris BD, Kuruganti S, Walter MR.  Epstein-Barr virus IL-10 engages IL-10R1 by a two-step mechanism leading to altered signaling properties. J Biol Chem. 2012 Aug 3;287(32):26586-95. PMID: 22692218; PMCID: PMC3410999

Logsdon NJ, Deshpande A, Harris BD, Rajashankar KR, Walter MR.  Structural basis for receptor sharing and activation by interleukin-20 receptor-2 (IL-20R2) binding cytokines. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Jul 31;109(31):12704-9. PMID: 22802649; PMCID: PMC3412030

Logsdon NJ, Eberhardt MK, Allen CE, Barry PA, Walter MR.  Design and analysis of rhesus cytomegalovirus IL-10 mutants as a model for novel vaccines against human cytomegalovirus. PLoS One. 2011;6(11):e28127. PMID: 22132227; PMCID: PMC3221699