Publications

Complete list of publications

Publications since 2020

2025

Katelyn M. Parrish, Tyler L. Williams, Nicholas First, Sarah Johnson, Jana Kamanova, and Monica C. Gestal#. “Bordetella Spp. Utilize the Type III Secretion System to Promote IL-1Ra Expression for Persistent Infection. ”Commun Biol. 2025 Oct 20;8(1):1484. PMID: 41116045.
Katelyn M. Parrish, Tyler L. Williams, and Monica C. Gestal#. “Isolation and characterization of effector functions of murine bone marrow-derived eosinophils following bacterial challenge”. STAR Protoc. 2025. Oct 10;6(4):104104. PMID: 41076633
Kevin Munoz Navarrete, Kathryn Edwards, Kingston Mills, Jana Kamanova, Maria Eugenia Rodriguez, Andrew Gorringe, Andrew Preston, Beate Kampmann, Monica Gestal, Eric Harvill, Purnima Dubey, Dimitri Diavatopoulos, Seema Mattoo, Karen Scanlon, Camille Locht, and Peter Sebo. “Highlights of the 14th International Bordetella Symposium”. mSphere 2025. PMID: 40377335.

2024

Katelyn M. Parrish1 and Monica C. Gestal#. “Eosinophils as drivers of bacterial immunomodulation and persistence”. Infection and Immunity 2024. PMID: 39007622.
Gregory T Walker, Araceli Perez-Lopez, Steven Silva, Michael H Lee, Elisabet Bjånes, Nicholas Dillon, Stephanie L Brandt, Romana R Gerner, Karine Melchior, Grant J Norton, Felix A Argueta, Frenchesca Dela Pena, Lauren Park, Victor A Sosa-Hernandez, Rodrigo Cervantes-Diaz, Sandra Romero-Ramirez, Monica Cartelle Gestal, Jose L Maravillas-Montero, Sean-Paul Nuccio, Victor Nizet, Manuela Raffatellu. “CCL28 modulates neutrophil responses during infection with mucosal pathogens”. eLife 2024 Aug 28:13:e78206. PMID: 39193987.

2023

Nicholas J. First, Katelyn M. Parrish, Amparo Martínez, África González-Fernández, Sushma Bharrham, Matthew Woolard, James B. McLachlan, Rona Scott, Jian Wang, and Monica C. Gestal#. “Bordetella spp. block eosinophil recruitment to suppress the generation of early strong mucosal protection.” Cell Reports. 2023 Oct 25;42(11):113294. PMID: 37883230.
Keila Belhart, Federico Sisti, Mónica C. Gestal#, Fernández Julieta# “Bordetella bronchiseptica diguanylate cyclase BdcB inhibits the type three secretion system and impacts the immune response”. Scientific Reports 2023. PMID: 37130958.
Nicholas First, Jose Pedreira-Lopez, Manuel RFS Silvestre, Katelyn M. Parrish Parrish, Xiao-Hong Lu, Monica C. Gestal#. “Bordetella spp. Utilize the Type 3 Secretion System to Manipulate the VIP/VPAC2 Signaling and Promote Colonization and Persistence of the three classical Bordetella in the Lower Respiratory Tract". Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 13, 1111502. 2023. PMID: 37065208.

2021

Edna Ondari, Esther Calvino-Sanles, Nicholas J. First, MC Gestal#. “Eosinophils and Bacteria, the Beginning of a Story”. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(15), 8004. Pages: 1-18. 2021. PMID: 34360770

2020

Tyler L. Williams, Balazs Rada, Eshaan Tandon, Monica C. Gestal#. “NETs and EETs, a Whole Web of Mess”. Microorganisms. 8(12), 1925. Pages: 1-21 2020. PMID:33291570.
Monica C. Gestal#, Laura K. Howard, Kalyan K. Dewan, Eric T Harvill. “Bbvac: A Live Vaccine Candidate That Provides Long-Lasting Anamnestic and Th 17 Mediated Immunity Against the Three Classical Bordetella spp.”. January/February 2022 Volume 7 Issue 1 e00892-21 mSphere 2022. PMID: 35196124.
Illiassou H Soumana, Bodo Linz, Kalyan K Dewan, Demba Sarr, Monica C. Gestal, Laura K Howard, Amanda D Caulfield, Balázs Rada, Eric T Harvill. “Modeling Immune Evasion and Vaccine Limitations by Targeted Nasopharyngeal Bordetella pertussis Inoculation in Mice”. Emerging Infectious Diseases, (8) 2107 (1-10). 2021. PMID: 34286682.
Monica C. Gestal#, Uriel Blas-Machado, Hannah M. Johnson, Lily N. Rubin, Kalyan K. Dewan, Claire Bryant, Michael Tiemeyer and Eric T. Harvill. “Disrupting Bordetella Immunosuppression Reveals a Role for Eosinophils in Coordinating the Adaptive Immune Response in the Respiratory Tract”. Microorganisms 2020, 8(11), 1808 (1-15) 2020. PMID: 33212993.