Dr. Zhou’s Google Scholar Profile
2023
Xiong L, Helm EY, Dean JW, Sun N, Jimenez-Rondan FR, Zhou L. Nutrition impact on ILC3 maintenance and function centers on a cell-intrinsic CD71-iron axis. Nat Immunol. 2023 Oct;24(10):1671-1684. doi: 10.1038/s41590-023-01612-z. Epub 2023 Sep 14. PMID: 37709985.
Helm, E. Y., Zelenka, T., Cismasiu, V. B., Islam, S., Silvane, L., Zitti, B., Holmes, T. D., Drashansky, T., Kwiatkows ki, A. J., Tao, C., Dean, J. W., Obermayer, A. N., Chen, X., Keselowsky, B. G., Zhang, W., Huo, Z., Zhou., L., Sheridan, B. S., Jose R Conejo-Garcia, J. R., Shaw, T. I., Bryceson Y. T., Avram D. Bcl11b sustains multipotency and restricts effector programs of intestinal-resident memory CD8+ T cells. Sci. Immunol. 8 (82) DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.abn0484 (2023)
Xiong L, Zhou L. ‘Silent’ flagellin drives immunotolerance to commensal bacteria. Trends Immunol. 2023 Mar;44(3):150-152. doi: 10.1016/j.it.2023.01.010. Epub 2023 Feb 2. PMID: 36739206.
Dean JW, Helm EY, Fu Z, Xiong L, Sun N, Oliff KN, Muehlbauer M, Avram D, Zhou L. The aryl hydrocarbon receptor cell intrinsically promotes resident memory CD8+ T cell differentiation and function. Cell Rep. 2023 Jan 31;42(1):111963. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111963. Epub 2023 Jan 4. PMID: 36640340; PMCID: PMC9940759.
2022
Yu Y, Yang W, Yu T, Zhao X, Zhou Z, Yu Y, Xiong L, Yang H, Bilotta AJ, Yao S, Golovko G, Plasencia A, Quintana FJ, Zhou L, Li Y, Cong Y. Glucose promotes regulatory T cell differentiation to maintain intestinal homeostasis. iScience. 2022 Aug 24;25(9):105004. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105004. PMID: 36093065; PMCID: PMC9460814.
Xiong L, Wang S, Dean JW, Oliff KN, Jobin C, Curtiss R 3rd, Zhou L. Group 3 innate lymphoid cell pyroptosis represents a host defence mechanism against Salmonella infection. Nat Microbiol. 2022 Jul;7(7):1087-1099. doi: 10.1038/s41564-022-01142-8. Epub 2022 Jun 6. PMID: 35668113; PMCID: PMC9250631.
Dean JW, Zhou L. Cell-intrinsic view of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor in tumor immunity. Trends Immunol. 2022 Mar;43(3):245-258. doi: 10.1016/j.it.2022.01.008. Epub 2022 Feb 5. PMID: 35131180; PMCID: PMC8882133.
2021
Siska PJ, Jiao J, Matos C, Singer K, Berger RS, Dettmer K, Oefner PJ, Cully MD, Wang Z, QuinnIII WJ, Oliff KN, Wilkins BJ, Christensen LM, Wang L, Hancock WW, Baur JA, Levine MH, Ugele I, Mayr R, Renner K, Zhou L, Kreutz M, Beier UH. Kynurenine induces T cell fat catabolism and has limited suppressive effects in vivo. EBioMedicine. 2021 Dec;74:103734. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2021.103734. Epub 2021 Dec 4. PMID: 34875457; PMCID: PMC8652007.
Fu Z, Dean JW, Xiong L, Dougherty MW, Oliff KN, Chen ZE, Jobin C, Garrett TJ, Zhou L. Mitochondrial transcription factor A in RORγt+ lymphocytes regulate small intestine homeostasis and metabolism. Nat Commun. 2021 Jul 22;12(1):4462. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-24755-9. PMID: 34294718; PMCID: PMC8298438.
Drashansky TT, Helm EY, Curkovic N, Cooper J, Cheng P, Chen X, Gautam N, Meng L, Kwiatkowski AJ, Collins WO, Keselowsky BG, Sant’Angelo D, Huo Z, Zhang W, Zhou L, Avram D. BCL11B is positioned upstream of PLZF and RORγt to control thymic development of mucosal-associated invariant T cells and MAIT17 program. iScience. 2021 Mar 13;24(4):102307. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102307. PMID: 33870128; PMCID: PMC8042176.
2020
Xiong L, Dean JW, Fu Z, Oliff KN, Bostick JW, Ye J, Chen ZE, Mühlbauer M, Zhou L. Ahr-Foxp3-RORγt axis controls gut homing of CD4+ T cells by regulating GPR15. Sci Immunol. 2020 Jun 12;5(48):eaaz7277. doi: 10.1126/sciimmunol.aaz7277. PMID: 32532834; PMCID: PMC7371246.
2019
Bostick JW, Wang Y, Shen Z, Ge Y, Brown J, Chen ZE, Mohamadzadeh M, Fox JG, Zhou L. Dichotomous regulation of group 3 innate lymphoid cells by nongastric Helicobacter species. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 Dec 3;116(49):24760-24769. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1908128116. Epub 2019 Nov 18. PMID: 31740609; PMCID: PMC6900599.
Liu B, Yang L, Zhu X, Li H, Zhu P, Wu J, Lu T, He L, Liu N, Meng S, Zhou L, Ye B, Tian Y, Fan Z. Yeats4 drives ILC lineage commitment via activation of Lmo4 transcription. J Exp Med. 2019 Nov 4;216(11):2653-2668. doi: 10.1084/jem.20182363. Epub 2019 Aug 21. PMID: 31434684; PMCID: PMC6829595.
Drashansky TT, Helm E, Huo Z, Curkovic N, Kumar P, Luo X, Parthasarathy U, Zuniga A, Cho JJ, Lorentsen KJ, Xu Z, Uddin M, Moshkani S, Zhou L, Avram D. Bcl11b prevents fatal autoimmunity by promoting Treg cell program and constraining innate lineages in Treg cells. Sci Adv. 2019 Aug 7;5(8):eaaw0480. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw0480. PMID: 31457080; PMCID: PMC6685710.
Li J, Shi W, Sun H, Ji Y, Chen Y, Guo X, Sheng H, Shu J, Zhou L, Cai T, Qiu J. Activation of DR3 signaling causes loss of ILC3s and exacerbates intestinal inflammation. Nat Commun. 2019 Jul 29;10(1):3371. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-11304-8. PMID: 31358760; PMCID: PMC6662828.
Fu Z, Ye J, Dean JW, Bostick JW, Weinberg SE, Xiong L, Oliff KN, Chen ZE, Avram D, Chandel NS, Zhou L. Requirement of Mitochondrial Transcription Factor A in Tissue-Resident Regulatory T Cell Maintenance and Function. Cell Rep. 2019 Jul 2;28(1):159-171.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.06.024. PMID: 31269437; PMCID: PMC6679941.
Cho JJ, Xu Z, Parthasarathy U, Drashansky TT, Helm EY, Zuniga AN, Lorentsen KJ, Mansouri S, Cho JY, Edelmann MJ, Duong DM, Gehring T, Seeholzer T, Krappmann D, Uddin MN, Califano D, Wang RL, Jin L, Li H, Lv D, Zhou D, Zhou L, Avram D. Hectd3 promotes pathogenic Th17 lineage through Stat3 activation and Malt1 signaling in neuroinflammation. Nat Commun. 2019 Feb 11;10(1):701. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-08605-3. PMID: 30741923; PMCID: PMC6370850.
Cai T, Qiu J, Ji Y, Li W, Ding Z, Suo C, Chang J, Wang J, He R, Qian Y, Guo X, Zhou L, Sheng H, Shen L, Qiu J. IL-17-producing ST2+ group 2 innate lymphoid cells play a pathogenic role in lung inflammation. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2019 Jan;143(1):229-244.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2018.03.007. Epub 2018 Apr 3. PMID: 29625134; PMCID: PMC6170730.
2018
Li S, Bostick JW, Ye J, Qiu J, Zhang B, Urban JF Jr, Avram D, Zhou L. Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Signaling Cell Intrinsically Inhibits Intestinal Group 2 Innate Lymphoid Cell Function. Immunity. 2018 Nov 20;49(5):915-928.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2018.09.015. Epub 2018 Nov 13. PMID: 30446384; PMCID: PMC6249058.
Zhou S, Qi Q, Wang X, Zhang L, Xu L, Dong L, Zhu J, Li Y, Wang X, Xu Z, Liu F, Hu W, Zhou L, Chen X, Su C. SjHSP60 induces CD4+ CD25+ Foxp3+ Tregs via TLR4-Mal-drived production of TGF-β in macrophages. Immunol Cell Biol. 2018 Oct;96(9):958-968. doi: 10.1111/imcb.12160. Epub 2018 May 21. PMID: 29697865; PMCID: PMC6197892.
Lorentsen KJ, Cho JJ, Luo X, Zuniga AN, Urban JF Jr, Zhou L, Gharaibeh R, Jobin C, Kladde MP, Avram D. Bcl11b is essential for licensing Th2 differentiation during helminth infection and allergic asthma. Nat Commun. 2018 Apr 26;9(1):1679. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-04111-0. Erratum in: Nat Commun. 2018 Jul 19;9(1):2901. PMID: 29700302; PMCID: PMC5920086.
Li S, Bostick JW, Zhou L. Regulation of Innate Lymphoid Cells by Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor. Front Immunol. 2018 Jan 5;8:1909. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01909. PMID: 29354125; PMCID: PMC5760495.
2017
Ye J, Qiu J, Bostick JW, Ueda A, Schjerven H, Li S, Jobin C, Chen ZE, Zhou L. The Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Preferentially Marks and Promotes Gut Regulatory T Cells. Cell Rep. 2017 Nov 21;21(8):2277-2290. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.10.114. PMID: 29166616; PMCID: PMC5880207.
Suo C, Fan Z, Zhou L, Qiu J. Perfluorooctane sulfonate affects intestinal immunity against bacterial infection. Sci Rep. 2017 Jul 12;7(1):5166. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-04091-z. PMID: 28701769; PMCID: PMC5507904.
2016
Li S, Heller JJ, Bostick JW, Lee A, Schjerven H, Kastner P, Chan S, Chen ZE, Zhou L. Ikaros Inhibits Group 3 Innate Lymphoid Cell Development and Function by Suppressing the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Pathway. Immunity. 2016 Jul 19;45(1):185-97. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2016.06.027. PMID: 27438771; PMCID: PMC4959810.
Banuelos J, Shin S, Cao Y, Bochner BS, Morales-Nebreda L, Budinger GR, Zhou L, Li S, Xin J, Lingen MW, Dong C, Schleimer RP, Lu NZ. BCL-2 protects human and mouse Th17 cells from glucocorticoid-induced apoptosis. Allergy. 2016 May;71(5):640-50. doi: 10.1111/all.12840. Epub 2016 Feb 4. PMID: 26752231; PMCID: PMC4844778.
Bostick JW, Zhou L. Innate lymphoid cells in intestinal immunity and inflammation. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2016 Jan;73(2):237-52. doi: 10.1007/s00018-015-2055-3. Epub 2015 Oct 12. PMID: 26459449.
Zhou L. AHR Function in Lymphocytes: Emerging Concepts. Trends Immunol. 2016 Jan;37(1):17-31. doi: 10.1016/j.it.2015.11.007. Epub 2015 Dec 11. PMID: 26700314; PMCID: PMC4707131.
2015
Zhou L. How smart can it be: transcriptional regulation of T helper cells by SMAR1. Mucosal Immunol. 2015 Nov;8(6):1181-3. doi: 10.1038/mi.2015.71. Epub 2015 Jul 29. PMID: 26220164.
Zhou S, Jin X, Chen X, Zhu J, Xu Z, Wang X, Liu F, Hu W, Zhou L, Su C. Heat Shock Protein 60 in Eggs Specifically Induces Tregs and Reduces Liver Immunopathology in Mice with Schistosomiasis Japonica. PLoS One. 2015 Sep 29;10(9):e0139133. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139133. PMID: 26418003; PMCID: PMC4587937.
2014
Heller JJ, Schjerven H, Li S, Lee A, Qiu J, Chen ZM, Smale ST, Zhou L. Restriction of IL-22-producing T cell responses and differential regulation of regulatory T cell compartments by zinc finger transcription factor Ikaros. J Immunol. 2014 Oct 15;193(8):3934-46. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1401234. Epub 2014 Sep 5. PMID: 25194055; PMCID: PMC4185244.
Stefka AT, Feehley T, Tripathi P, Qiu J, McCoy K, Mazmanian SK, Tjota MY, Seo GY, Cao S, Theriault BR, Antonopoulos DA, Zhou L, Chang EB, Fu YX, Nagler CR. Commensal bacteria protect against food allergen sensitization. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Sep 9;111(36):13145-50. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1412008111. Epub 2014 Aug 25. PMID: 25157157; PMCID: PMC4246970.
Chen X, Yang X, Li Y, Zhu J, Zhou S, Xu Z, He L, Xue X, Zhang W, Dong X, Wu H, Li CJ, Hsu HT, Kong W, Liu F, Tripathi PB, Yu MS, Chang J, Zhou L, Su C. Follicular helper T cells promote liver pathology in mice during Schistosoma japonicum infection. PLoS Pathog. 2014 May 1;10(5):e1004097. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004097. PMID: 24788758; PMCID: PMC4006917.
Guo X, Qiu J, Tu T, Yang X, Deng L, Anders RA, Zhou L, Fu YX. Induction of innate lymphoid cell-derived interleukin-22 by the transcription factor STAT3 mediates protection against intestinal infection. Immunity. 2014 Jan 16;40(1):25-39. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2013.10.021. Epub 2014 Jan 9. PMID: 24412612; PMCID: PMC3919552.
2013
Qiu J, Zhou L. Aryl hydrocarbon receptor promotes RORγt⁺ group 3 ILCs and controls intestinal immunity and inflammation. Semin Immunopathol. 2013 Nov;35(6):657-70. doi: 10.1007/s00281-013-0393-5. Epub 2013 Aug 23. PMID: 23975386; PMCID: PMC3797199.
Qiu J, Guo X, Chen ZM, He L, Sonnenberg GF, Artis D, Fu YX, Zhou L. Group 3 innate lymphoid cells inhibit T-cell-mediated intestinal inflammation through aryl hydrocarbon receptor signaling and regulation of microflora. Immunity. 2013 Aug 22;39(2):386-99. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2013.08.002. Epub 2013 Aug 15. PMID: 23954130; PMCID: PMC3884586.
Do-Umehara HC, Chen C, Urich D, Zhou L, Qiu J, Jang S, Zander A, Baker MA, Eilers M, Sporn PH, Ridge KM, Sznajder JI, Budinger GR, Mutlu GM, Lin A, Liu J. Suppression of inflammation and acute lung injury by Miz1 via repression of C/EBP-δ. Nat Immunol. 2013 May;14(5):461-9. doi: 10.1038/ni.2566. Epub 2013 Mar 24. PMID: 23525087; PMCID: PMC3631447.
Smale ST, Plevy SE, Weinmann AS, Zhou L, Ramirez-Carrozzi VR, Pope SD, Bhatt DM, Tong AJ. Toward an understanding of the gene-specific and global logic of inducible gene transcription. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. 2013;78:61-8. doi: 10.1101/sqb.2013.78.020313. Epub 2014 Apr 19. PMID: 24747344.
2012
Blatner NR, Mulcahy MF, Dennis KL, Scholtens D, Bentrem DJ, Phillips JD, Ham S, Sandall BP, Khan MW, Mahvi DM, Halverson AL, Stryker SJ, Boller AM, Singal A, Sneed RK, Sarraj B, Ansari MJ, Oft M, Iwakura Y, Zhou L, Bonertz A, Beckhove P, Gounari F, Khazaie K. Expression of RORγt marks a pathogenic regulatory T cell subset in human colon cancer. Sci Transl Med. 2012 Dec 12;4(164):164ra159. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3004566. PMID: 23241743; PMCID: PMC3762575.
Zhou L. Striking similarity: GATA-3 regulates ILC2 and Th2 cells. Immunity. 2012 Oct 19;37(4):589-91. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2012.10.002. PMID: 23084352; PMCID: PMC3750966.
Ueda A, Zhou L, Stein PL. Fyn promotes Th17 differentiation by regulating the kinetics of RORγt and Foxp3 expression. J Immunol. 2012 Jun 1;188(11):5247-56. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1102241. Epub 2012 Apr 25. PMID: 22539787; PMCID: PMC3358535.
Qiu J, Heller JJ, Guo X, Chen ZM, Fish K, Fu YX, Zhou L. The aryl hydrocarbon receptor regulates gut immunity through modulation of innate lymphoid cells. Immunity. 2012 Jan 27;36(1):92-104. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2011.11.011. Epub 2011 Dec 15. PMID: 22177117; PMCID: PMC3268875.
2011
Cruz-Orengo L, Holman DW, Dorsey D, Zhou L, Zhang P, Wright M, McCandless EE, Patel JR, Luker GD, Littman DR, Russell JH, Klein RS. CXCR7 influences leukocyte entry into the CNS parenchyma by controlling abluminal CXCL12 abundance during autoimmunity. J Exp Med. 2011 Feb 14;208(2):327-39. doi: 10.1084/jem.20102010. Epub 2011 Feb 7. PMID: 21300915; PMCID: PMC3039853.
Heller JJ, Qiu J, Zhou L. Nuclear receptors take center stage in Th17 cell-mediated autoimmunity. J Clin Invest. 2011 Feb;121(2):519-21. doi: 10.1172/JCI45939. Epub 2011 Jan 25. PMID: 21266768; PMCID: PMC3026748.
2010
Rodgers JM, Zhou L, Miller SD. Act1, scene brain: astrocytes play a lead role. Immunity. 2010 Mar 26;32(3):302-4. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2010.03.009. PMID: 20346771; PMCID: PMC2858315.
2009
Martin AJ, Zhou L, Miller SD. MicroRNA–managing the TH-17 inflammatory response. Nat Immunol. 2009 Dec;10(12):1229-31. doi: 10.1038/ni1209-1229. PMID: 19915620; PMCID: PMC2850266.
Zhou L, Chong MM, Littman DR. Plasticity of CD4+ T cell lineage differentiation. Immunity. 2009 May;30(5):646-55. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2009.05.001. PMID: 19464987.
Zhou L, Littman DR. Transcriptional regulatory networks in Th17 cell differentiation. Curr Opin Immunol. 2009 Apr;21(2):146-52. doi: 10.1016/j.coi.2009.03.001. Epub 2009 Mar 26. PMID: 19328669; PMCID: PMC2701391.
2008
Zhou L, Lopes JE, Chong MM, Ivanov II, Min R, Victora GD, Shen Y, Du J, Rubtsov YP, Rudensky AY, Ziegler SF, Littman DR. TGF-beta-induced Foxp3 inhibits T(H)17 cell differentiation by antagonizing RORgammat function. Nature. 2008 May 8;453(7192):236-40. doi: 10.1038/nature06878. Epub 2008 Mar 26. PMID: 18368049; PMCID: PMC2597437.
2007
Ivanov II, Zhou L, Littman DR. Transcriptional regulation of Th17 cell differentiation. Semin Immunol. 2007 Dec;19(6):409-17. doi: 10.1016/j.smim.2007.10.011. Epub 2007 Nov 28. PMID: 18053739; PMCID: PMC2696342.
Zhou L, Ivanov II, Spolski R, Min R, Shenderov K, Egawa T, Levy DE, Leonard WJ, Littman DR. IL-6 programs T(H)-17 cell differentiation by promoting sequential engagement of the IL-21 and IL-23 pathways. Nat Immunol. 2007 Sep;8(9):967-74. doi: 10.1038/ni1488. Epub 2007 Jun 20. PMID: 17581537.
Zhou L, Nazarian AA, Xu J, Tantin D, Corcoran LM, Smale ST. An inducible enhancer required for Il12b promoter activity in an insulated chromatin environment. Mol Cell Biol. 2007 Apr;27(7):2698-712. doi: 10.1128/MCB.00788-06. Epub 2007 Jan 22. PMID: 17242186; PMCID: PMC1899891.
2006
Ivanov II, McKenzie BS, Zhou L, Tadokoro CE, Lepelley A, Lafaille JJ, Cua DJ, Littman DR. The orphan nuclear receptor RORgammat directs the differentiation program of proinflammatory IL-17+ T helper cells. Cell. 2006 Sep 22;126(6):1121-33. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2006.07.035. PMID: 16990136.
2005
Sanjabi S, Williams KJ, Saccani S, Zhou L, Hoffmann A, Ghosh G, Gerondakis S, Natoli G, Smale ST. A c-Rel subdomain responsible for enhanced DNA-binding affinity and selective gene activation. Genes Dev. 2005 Sep 15;19(18):2138-51. doi: 10.1101/gad.1329805. PMID: 16166378; PMCID: PMC1221885.
2004
Zhou L, Nazarian AA, Smale ST. Interleukin-10 inhibits interleukin-12 p40 gene transcription by targeting a late event in the activation pathway. Mol Cell Biol. 2004 Mar;24(6):2385-96. doi: 10.1128/MCB.24.6.2385-2396.2004. PMID: 14993278; PMCID: PMC355839.
2003
Bradley MN, Zhou L, Smale ST. C/EBPbeta regulation in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated macrophages. Mol Cell Biol. 2003 Jul;23(14):4841-58. doi: 10.1128/MCB.23.14.4841-4858.2003. PMID: 12832471; PMCID: PMC162211.
2002
Yu MC, Orlando TC, Sturm NR, Zhou L, Saito RM, Floeter-Winter LM, Campbell DA. Two distinct functional spliced leader RNA gene arrays in Leishmania tarentolae are found in several lizard Leishmania species. Int J Parasitol. 2002 Oct;32(11):1411-22. doi: 10.1016/s0020-7519(02)00131-5. PMID: 12350376.
1999
Feng H, Zhong W, Punkosdy G, Gu S, Zhou L, Seabolt EK, Kipreos ET. CUL-2 is required for the G1-to-S-phase transition and mitotic chromosome condensation in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nat Cell Biol. 1999 Dec;1(8):486-92. doi: 10.1038/70272. PMID: 10587644.
