2024
Li M. Innate immune response against vector-borne bunyavirus infection and viral countermeasures. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2024;14:1365221.
2023
Li M. Fortifying immunity: PLSCR1 picks battle against SARS-CoV-2. Cell Host Microbe. 2023 Sep 13;31(9):1417-1419.
Selected Publications Prior to Joining UTMB
Li M, Ayyanathan K, Dittmar M, Miller J, Tapescu I, Lee JS, McGrath ME, Xue Y, Vashee S, Schultz DC, Frieman MB, Cherry S. SARS-CoV-2 ORF6 protein does not antagonize interferon signaling in respiratory epithelial Calu-3 cells during infection. mBio. 2023 Aug 31;14(4):e0119423.
Li M, Ferretti M, Ying B, Descamps H, Lee E, Dittmar M, Lee JS, Whig K, Kamalia B, Dohnalová L, Uhr G, Zarkoob H, Chen YC, Ramage H, Ferrer M, Lynch K, Schultz DC, Thaiss CA, Diamond MS, Cherry S. Pharmacological activation of STING blocks SARS-CoV-2 infection. Sci Immunol. 2021 May 18;6(59).
Li M, Ramage H, Cherry S. Deciphering flavivirus-host interactions using quantitative proteomics. Curr Opin Immunol. 2020 Oct;66:90-97.
Li M, Johnson JR, Truong B, Kim G, Weinbren N, Dittmar M, Shah PS, Von Dollen J, Newton BW, Jang GM, Krogan NJ, Cherry S, Ramage H. Identification of antiviral roles for the exon-junction complex and nonsense-mediated decay in flaviviral infection. Nat Microbiol. 2019 Jun;4(6):985-995.
Li M, Waheed AA, Yu J, Zeng C, Chen HY, Zheng YM, Feizpour A, Reinhard BM, Gummuluru S, Lin S, Freed EO, Liu SL. TIM-mediated inhibition of HIV-1 release is antagonized by Nef but potentiated by SERINC proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 Mar 19;116(12):5705-5714.
Li M, Ablan SD, Miao C, Zheng YM, Fuller MS, Rennert PD, Maury W, Johnson MC, Freed EO, Liu SL. TIM-family proteins inhibit HIV-1 release. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Sep 2;111(35):E3699-707.