Publications

Vázquez Marrero, V. R., Doerner, J., Wodzanowski, K. A., Zhang, J., Lu, A., Boyer, F. D., Vargas, I., Hossain, S., Kammann, K. B., Dresler, M. V., & Shin, S. (2025). Dendritic cells activate pyroptosis and effector-triggered apoptosis to restrict Legionella infection. mBio, 16(7), e0125725. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.01257-25

Vázquez Marrero VR, Dresler M, Haggadone MD, Lu A, Shin S. 2025. GM-CSF engages multiple signaling pathways to enhance pro-inflammatory cytokine responses in human monocytes during Legionella infection. Infect Immun93:e00565-24.https://doi.org/10.1128/iai.00565-24

S. Poddar*, S. D. Chauvin*, C. H. Archer*, W. Qian*, J. A. Castillo-Badillo, X. Yin, W. M. Disbennett, C. A. Miner, J. A. Holley, T. V. Naismith, W. A. Stinson, X. Wei, Y. Ning, J. Fu, T. A. Ochoa, N. Surve, S. A. Zaver, K. A. Wodzanowski, K. R. Balka, R. Venkatraman, C. Liu, K. Rome, W. Bailis, Y. Shiba, S. Cherry, S. Shin, C. F. Semenkovich, D. De Nardo, S. Yoh, E. D. O. Roberson, S. K. Chanda, D. J. Kast, J. J. Miner, ArfGAP2 promotes STING proton channel activity, cytokine transit, and autoinflammation. Cell (2025), doi:10.1016/j.cell.2025.01.027. *co-first authors

Grayczyk, J. P.^, Liu, L.^, Egan, M. S., Aunins, E., Wynosky-Dolfi, M. A., Canna, S. W., Minn, A. J., Shin, S.*, & Brodsky, I. E.* (2024). TLR priming licenses NAIP inflammasome activation by immunoevasive ligands. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 121(48), e2412700121. Notes: ^co-first authors; *co-corresponding authors.

Nataraj, N. M., Sillas, R. G., Herrmann, B. I., Shin, S.*, & Brodsky, I. E.* (2024). Blockade of IKK signaling induces RIPK1-independent apoptosis in human macrophages. PLoS pathogens, 20(8), e1012469. Notes: *co-corresponding authors.

Omo-Lamai S, Wang Y, Patel MN, Essien EO, Shen M, Majumdar A, Espy C, Wu J, Channer B, Tobin M, Murali S, Papp TE, Maheshwari R, Wang L, Chase LS, Zamora ME, Arral ML, Marcos-Contreras OA, Myerson JW, Hunter CA, Tsourkas A, Muzykantov V, Brodsky I, Shin S, Whitehead KA, Gaskill P, Discher D, Parhiz H, Brenner JS. (2024). Lipid Nanoparticle-Associated Inflammation is Triggered by Sensing of Endosomal Damage: Engineering Endosomal Escape Without Side Effects. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2024.04.16.589801.

Hofstaedter, C. E., O'Keefe, I. P., Met, C. M., Wu, L., Vanderwoude, J., Shin, S., Diggle, S. P., Riquelme, S. A., Rasko, D. A., Doi, Y., Harro, J. M., Kopp, B. T., & Ernst, R. K. (2024). Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lipid A Structural Variants Induce Altered Immune Responses. American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology, 71(2), 207–218. https://doi.org/10.1165/rcmb.2024-0059OC

Hartland, E. L., & Shin, S. (2024). Editorial overview: Getting the house in order: Cell-intrinsic mechanisms of innate immune defence. Current opinion in immunology, 86, 102411. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coi.2024.102411

Matsuda, R.^, Sorobetea, D.^, Zhang, J.^, Peterson, S. T., Grayczyk, J.P., Yost, W., Apenes, N., Kovalik, M.E., Herrmann, B., O'Neill, R.J., Bohrer, A.C., Lanza, M., Assenmacher, C.-A., Mayer-Barber, K.D., Shin, S.*, Brodsky, I.E.*: A TNF-IL-1 circuit controls Yersinia within intestinal pyogranulomas. Journal of Experimental Medicine in press, 2024 Notes: ^co-first authors; *co-corresponding authors.

Akuma, D.C.^, Wodzanowski, K.A.^, Schwartz Wertman, R.^, Exconde, P.M., Vázquez Marrero, V.R., Odunze, C.E., Grubaugh, D., Shin, S.*, Taabazuing, C.*, Brodsky, I.E.*: Catalytic activity and autoprocessing of murine caspase-11 mediate noncanonical inflammasome assembly in response to cytosolic LPS. eLife 13: e83725, 2024 Notes: ^co-first authors; *co-corresponding authors.

Bass, A. R., Egan, M. S., Alexander-Floyd, J.*, Lopes Fischer, N.*, Doerner, J., & Shin, S. (2023) Human GBP1 facilitates the rupture of the Legionella-containing vacuole and inflammasome activation. mBio, 0(0), e01707-01723. https://doi.org/doi:10.1128/mbio.01707-23. Notes: *co-third authors

Zhang, J., Brodsky, I.E.*, and Shin, S.*: Yersinia deploys type III-secreted effectors to evade caspase-4 inflammasome activation in human cells. mBio e0131023, 2023. Notes: *co-corresponding authors

Grayczyk, J.P., Egan, M.S., Liu, L., Aunins, E., Wynoski-Dolfi, M.A., Canna, S., Minn, A.J., Shin, S.*, and Brodsky, I.E.*: TLR priming licenses NAIP inflammasome activation by immunoevasive ligands. bioRxiv Page: doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.05.04.539437, 2023 Notes: *co-corresponding authors.

Exconde, P.M.*, Hernandez-Chavez, C.*, Bourne, C.M., Richards, R.M., Bray, M.B.,Lopez, J.L., Srivastava, T., Egan, M.S., Zhang, J., Yoo, W., Shin, S., Discher, B.M., Taabazuing, C.Y.: The tetrapeptide sequence of IL-18 and IL-1β regulates their recruitment and activation by inflammatory caspases. Cell Reports 42(12): 113581, 2023. Notes: *co-first authors

Egan, M. S., O'Rourke, E. A., Mageswaran, S. K., Zuo, B., Martynyuk, I., Demissie, T., Hunter, E. N., Bass, A. R., Chang, Y.-W., Brodsky, I. E., & Shin, S. (2023). Inflammasomes primarily restrict cytosolic Salmonella replication within human macrophages. bioRxiv, 2023.2007.2017.549348. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.07.17.549348 

Boyer, M. A., Lopes Fischer, N., & Shin, S.. (2023). TNF and type I IFN induction of the IRG1-itaconate pathway restrictsCoxiella burnetiireplication within mouse macrophages. bioRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.07.07.548079

Nataraj, N. M., Herrmann, B., Shin, S.*, & Brodsky, I. E.* (2023). Blockade of IKK signaling induces RIPK1-independent apoptosis in human cells. bioRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.06.20.545781. Notes: *co-corresponding authors

Pollock, T. Y., Vázquez Marrero, V. R., Brodsky, I. E., & Shin, S. (2023). TNF licenses macrophages to undergo rapid caspase-1, -11, and -8-mediated cell death that restricts Legionella pneumophila infection. PLoS pathogens, 19(6), e1010767. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010767

Egan, M.S.*, Zhang, J.*, and Shin, S.: Human and mouse NAIP/NLRC4 inflammasome responses to bacterial infection. Current Opinion in Microbiology 73: 102298, 2023. Notes: co-first authors

Zhang, J., Brodsky, I.E.*, and Shin, S.*: Yersinia Type III-Secreted Effectors Subvert Caspase-4-dependent Inflammasome Activation in Human Cells. bioRxiv Page: doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.24.525473, 2023 Notes: *co-corresponding authors

Lopes Fischer, N., Boyer, M. A., Bradley, W. P., Spruce, L. A., Fazelinia, H., & Shin, S.. (2022). A Coxiella burnetii effector interacts with the host PAF1 complex and suppresses the innate immune response. bioRxiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.20.488957

Alexander-Floyd J^, Bass AR^, Harberts EM^, Grubaugh D, Buxbaum JD, Brodsky IE, Ernst RK*, Shin S.* Lipid A Variants Activate Human TLR4 and the Noncanonical Inflammasome Differently and Require the Core Oligosaccharide for Inflammasome Activation. Infect Immun. 2022 Aug 18;90(8):e0020822. doi: 10.1128/iai.00208-22. Epub 2022 Jul 14. PubMed PMID: 35862709; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9387229. Notes: ^co-first authors; *co-corresponding authors

Harberts EM^, Grubaugh D^, Akuma DC, Shin S, Ernst RK*, Brodsky IE.* Position-Specific Secondary Acylation Determines Detection of Lipid A by Murine TLR4 and Caspase-11. Infect Immun. 2022 Aug 18;90(8):e0020122. doi: 10.1128/iai.00201-22. Epub 2022 Jul 14. PubMed PMID: 35862717; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9387250. Notes: ^co-first authors; *co-corresponding authors

Naseer N, Zhang J, Bauer R, Constant DA, Nice TJ, Brodsky IE, Rauch I*, Shin S.* Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Induces NAIP/NLRC4- and NLRP3/ASC-Independent, Caspase-4-Dependent Inflammasome Activation in Human Intestinal Epithelial Cells. Infect Immun. 2022 Jul 21;90(7):e0066321. doi: 10.1128/iai.00663-21. Epub 2022 Jun 9. PubMed PMID: 35678562; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9302179. Notes: *co-corresponding authors

Naseer N*, Egan MS*, Reyes Ruiz VM*, Scott WP, Hunter EN, Demissie T, Rauch I, Brodsky IE, Shin S. Human NAIP/NLRC4 and NLRP3 inflammasomes detect Salmonella type III secretion system activities to restrict intracellular bacterial replication. PLoS Pathog. 2022 Jan;18(1):e1009718. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009718. eCollection 2022 Jan. PubMed PMID: 35073381; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8812861. Notes: *co-first authors

Lam LKM, Murphy S, Kokkinaki D, Venosa A, Sherrill-Mix S, Casu C, Rivella S, Weiner A, Park J, Shin S, Vaughan AE, Hahn BH, Odom John AR, Meyer NJ, Hunter CA, Worthen GS, Mangalmurti NS. DNA binding to TLR9 expressed by red blood cells promotes innate immune activation and anemia. Sci Transl Med. 2021 Oct 20;13(616):eabj1008. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abj1008. Epub 2021 Oct 20. PubMed PMID: 34669439; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9065924.

Campos JS, Wherry EJ, Shin S, Ortiz-Carpena JF. Challenging systemic barriers to promote the inclusion, recruitment, and retention of URM faculty in STEM. Cell Host Microbe. 2021 Jun 9;29(6):862-866. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2021.04.001. Epub 2021 May 4. PubMed PMID: 33951460.

Lopes Fischer N., Shin S, Brodsky IE. Jack-of-all-trades: itaconate tolerizes NLRP3 inflammasome activation. Cell Rep. 2021 Mar 9;34(10):108855. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.108855. PubMed PMID: 33691120

Liu X, Boyer MA, Holmgren AM, Shin S. Legionella-Infected Macrophages Engage the Alveolar Epithelium to Metabolically Reprogram Myeloid Cells and Promote Antibacterial Inflammation. Cell Host Microbe. 2020 Nov 11;28(5):683-698.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2020.07.019. Epub 2020 Aug 24. PubMed PMID: 32841604; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9339267.

Liu X, Shin S. Listening In: Plasmacytoid DC, Monocyte-Derived DC, and Neutrophil Crosstalk in Antifungal Defense. Cell Host Microbe. 2020 Jul 8;28(1):9-11. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2020.06.015. PubMed PMID: 32645355; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9326893.

Lopes Fischer N., Naseer N, Shin S, Brodsky IE. Publisher Correction: Effector-triggered immunity and pathogen sensing in metazoans. Nat Microbiol. 2020 Mar;5(3):528. doi: 10.1038/s41564-020-0682-4. PubMed PMID: 32042131; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9335376.

Lopes Fischer, N.L.*, Naseer, N.*, Shin, S.#, and Brodsky, I.E.#: Effector-triggered immunity and pathogen sensing in metazoans. Nature Microbiology 5(1): 14-26, 2020 Notes: *equal contribution, listed in alphabetical order; #co-corresponding author.

Krummel M, Blish C, Kuhns M, Cadwell K, Oberst A, Goldrath A, Ansel KM, Chi H, O'Connell R, Wherry EJ, Pepper M. Universal Principled Review: A Community-Driven Method to Improve Peer Review. Cell. 2019 Dec 12;179(7):1441-1445. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.11.029. PubMed PMID: 31835023.

Liu X, Shin S. Viewing Legionella pneumophila Pathogenesis through an Immunological Lens. J Mol Biol. 2019 Oct 4;431(21):4321-4344. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2019.07.028. Epub 2019 Jul 25. Review. PubMed PMID: 31351897; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9332137.

Kuipers K, Lokken KL, Zangari T, Boyer MA, Shin S, Weiser JN. Age-related differences in IL-1 signaling and capsule serotype affect persistence of Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization. PLoS Pathog. 2018 Oct;14(10):e1007396. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007396. eCollection 2018 Oct. PubMed PMID: 30379943; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6231672.