Mentor

Priya Issuree, PhD

Program Start

August 2018

Dissertation Topic

The role of DNA demethylation in peripheral CD8 T cell differentiation during acute viral infection

Thesis Defense Date

July 16, 2024

Current Position

Publications

Godthi A, Min S, Das S, Cruz-Corchado J, Deonarine A, Misel-Wuchter K, Isuree PD, & Prahlad V. Neuronal IL-17 controls Caenorhabditis elegans developmental diapause through CEP-1/p53. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2024;121(12). doi:https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2315248121

Taghanemt A, Misel-Wuchter K, Heath J, Thurman A, Pulipati P, Dixit G, Geesala R, Meyerholz D, Maretzky T, Pezzulo A, & Issuree PD. DNA demethylation fine‐tunes IL‐2 production during thymic regulatory T cell differentiation. EMBO Reports. 2023;24(5):e55543. doi:https://doi.org/10.15252/embr.202255543

Teghanmt A, Pulipati P, Misel-Wuchter K, Day K, Yorek MS, Yi R, Keen HL, Au C, Meretzky T, Gurung P, Littman DR, & Issuree PD. CD4 expression in effector T cells depends on DNA demethylation over a developmentally established stimulus-responsive element. Nature Communications. 2022;13(1):1477. doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28914-4

Krysan DJ, Zhai B, Beattie SR, Misel KM, Wellington M, Lin X. Host Carbon Dioxide Concentration Is an Independent Stress for Cryptococcus neoformans That Affects Virulence and Antifungal Susceptibility. Doering TL, ed. mBio. 2019;10(4). doi:https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.01410-19