Publications

2026
Commensal-myeloid crosstalk in neonatal skin regulates interleukin-1 signaling and cutaneous type 17 inflammation
Immunity
Author List: Dhariwala MO, Carale RO, DeRogatis AM, Rodriguez-Valbuena H, Okoro JN, Ekstrand CA, Weckel A, Tran VM, Habrylo I, Barrere-Cain R, Ojewumi OT, Tammen AE, Tsui J, Shaikh S, Yellamilli S, Aladhami AK, Schwartz R, Leech JM, Merana GR, Hiam-Galvez KJ, Mack M, Halkias J, Gardner JM, Rutishauser RL, Fragiadakis GK, Spitzer MH, Combes AJ, Scharschmidt TC

*Co-corresponding and lead contact,


IFITM3 deficiency drives SARS-CoV-2 adaptation while preserving variant-specific traits
Nature Communications
Author List: Denz PJ, Speaks S, McFadden MI, Cable JM, Aladhami AK, Papa JL, Rayner RE, Rao PR, Leumi S, Roettger JE, Dhariwala MO, Cormet-Boyaka E, Forero A, Yount JS.


2023
Long-term tolerance to skin commensals is established neonatally through a specialized dendritic cell subgroup
Immunity
Author List: Weckel A, Dhariwala MO, Ly K, Tran VM, Ojewumi OT, Riggs JB, Gonzalez JR, Dwyer LR, Okoro JN, Leech JM, Bacino MS, Cho GD, Merana G, Anandasabapathy N, Kumamoto Y, Scharschmidt TC.


FLG Deficiency in Mice Alters the Early-Life CD4+ T-Cell Response to Skin Commensal Bacteria
Journal of Investigative Dermatology
Author List: Gonzalez JR, Celli A, Weckel A, Dhariwala MO, Merana GR, Ojewumi OT, Okoro J, Dwyer LR, Tran VM, Meyer JM, Mauro TM, Scharschmidt TC.


2022
The best offense is a good beta-defensin
Immunity
Author List: Dhariwala MO, Scharschmidt TC.


Intestinal inflammation alters the antigen-specific immune response to a skin commensal
Cell Reports
Author List: Merana GR, Dwyer LR, Dhariwala MO, Weckel A, Gonzalez JR, Okoro JN, Cohen JN, Tamaki CM, Han J, Tasoff P, Palacios-Calderon Y, Ha CWY, Lynch SV, Segre JA, Kong HH, Kattah MG, Ma A, Scharschmidt TC.


2021
Baby's skin bacteria: first impressions are long-lasting
Trends in Immunology
Author List: Dhariwala MO, Scharschmidt TC.


Regulatory T cells promote innate inflammation after skin barrier breach via TGF-β activation
Science Immunology
Author List: Moreau JM, Dhariwala MO, Gouirand V, Boda DP, Boothby IC, Lowe MM, Cohen JN, Macon CE, Leech JM, Kalekar LA, Scharschmidt TC, Rosenblum MD.


Modification of the pulmonary MyD88 inflammatory response underlies the role of the Yersinia pestis pigmentation locus in primary pneumonic plague
American Society for Microbiology
Author List: Olson RM, Dhariwala MO, Mitchell WJ, Skyberg JA, Anderson DM.


Multi-Immune Agonist Nanoparticle Therapy Stimulates Type I Interferons to Activate Antigen-Presenting Cells and Induce Antigen-Specific Antitumor Immunity

Author List: Levy ES, Chang R, Zamecnik CR, Dhariwala MO, Fong L, Desai TA.


2020
Developing Human Skin Contains Lymphocytes Demonstrating a Memory Signature

Author List: Dhariwala MO, Karthikeyan D, Vasquez KS, Farhat S, Weckel A, Taravati K, Leitner EG, Clancy S, Pauli M, Piper ML, Cohen JN, Ashouri JF, Lowe MM, Rosenblum MD, Scharschmidt TC.


2019
Toxin-Triggered Interleukin-1 Receptor Signaling Enables Early-Life Discrimination of Pathogenic versus Commensal Skin Bacteria

Author List: Leech JM, Dhariwala MO, Lowe MM, Chu K, Merana GR, Cornuot C, Weckel A, Ma JM, Leitner EG, Gonzalez JR, Vasquez KS, Diep BA, Scharschmidt TC.



Yersinia pestis exploits early activation of MyD88 for growth in the lungs during pneumonic plague

Author List: Olson RM, Dhariwala MO*, Mitchell WJ, Anderson DM.


2018
Skin Commensal Antigens: Taking the Road Less Traveled

Author List: Dhariwala MO, Scharschmidt TC.

2017
Induction of Type I Interferon through a Noncanonical Toll-Like Receptor 7 Pathway during Yersinia pestis Infection

Author List: Dhariwala MO, Olson RM, Anderson DM.


2014
Bacterial programming of host responses: coordination between type I interferon and cell death

Author List: Dhariwala MO, Anderson DM.


2011
Early apoptosis of macrophages modulated by injection of Yersinia pestis YopK promotes progression of primary pneumonic plague

Author List: Peters KN, Dhariwala MO, Hughes Hanks JM, Brown CR, Anderson DM.

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