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  1. Vasquez Ayala, A., Matsuo, K., Hsu, C-Y., Carrillo Terrazas, M., Chu. H., Commensal bacteria promote type I interferon signaling to maintain immune tolerance. BioRxiv 464743 [Preprint]. October 21, 2021. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.10.21.464743
  2. Finlay BB, Amato KR, Azad M, Blaser MJ, Bosch TCG, Chu H, Dominguez-Bello MG, Ehrlich SD, Elinav E, Geva-Zatorsky N, Gros P, Guillemin K, Keck F, Korem T, McFall-Ngai MJ, Melby MK, Nichter M, Pettersson S, Poinar H, Rees T, Tropini C, Zhao L, Giles-Vernick T. The hygiene hypothesis, the COVID pandemic, and consequences for the human microbiome. PNAS. 2021 Feb 9;118(6):e2010217118.
  3. Carrow HC, Batachari LE, Chu H. Strain diversity in the microbiome: Lessons from Bacteroides fragilis. PLoS Pathogens. 2020 Dec 10;16(12):e1009056.
  4. Chu H. Microbial Metabolite Fortifies the Immune Firewall. Cell Host Microbe. 2020 Nov 11;28(5):631-633.
  5. Donaldson GP, Chou WC, Manson AL, Rogov P, Abeel T, Bochicchio J, Ciulla D, Melnikov A, Ernst PB, Chu H, Giannoukos G, Earl AM, Mazmanian SK. Spatially distinct physiology of Bacteroides fragilis within the proximal colon of gnotobiotic mice. Nature Microbiology. 2020 May;5(5):746-756.
  6. Ramakrishna C, Kujawski M, Chu H, Li L, Mazmanian SK, Cantin EM. Bacteroides fragilis polysaccharide A induces IL-10 secreting B and T cells that prevent viral encephalitis. Nature Communications. 2019 May 14;10(1):2153.
  7. Cohen LJ, Cho JH, Gevers D, Chu H. Genetic Factors and the Intestinal Microbiome Guide Development of Microbe-Based Therapies for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Gastroenterology. 2019 Jun;156(8):2174-2189.
  8. Chu, H. Host gene-microbiome interactions: molecular mechanisms in inflammatory bowel disease. Genome Medicine. 2017; 9(1):69.
  9. Chu H, Khosravi A, Kusumawardhani IP, Kwon AH, Vasconcelos AC, Cunha LD, Mayer AE, Shen Y, Wu WL, Kambal A, Targan SR, Xavier RJ, Ernst PB, Green DR, McGovern DP, Virgin HW, Mazmanian SK. Gene-microbiota interactions contribute to the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease. Science (New York, N.Y.). 2016; 352(6289):1116-20.
  10. Chairatana P, Chu H, Castillo PA, Shen B, Bevins CL, Nolan EM. Proteolysis Triggers Self-Assembly and Unmasks Innate Immune Function of a Human α-Defensin Peptide. Chemical science. 2016; 7(3):1738-1752.
  11. Chu H, Mazmanian SK. Winning the Microbial Battle, but Not the War. Cell. 2015; 163(2):271-2.
  12. Yang Y, Wang C, Yang Q, Kantor AB, Chu H, Ghosn EE, Qin G, Mazmanian SK, Han J, Herzenberg LA. Distinct mechanisms define murine B cell lineage immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) repertoires. eLife. 2015; 4:e09083.
  13. Chu H, Mazmanian SK. Innate immune recognition of the microbiota promotes host-microbial symbiosis. Nature immunology. 2013; 14(7):668-75.
  14. Chu H, Pazgier M, Jung G, Nuccio SP, Castillo PA, de Jong MF, Winter MG, Winter SE, Wehkamp J, Shen B, Salzman NH, Underwood MA, Tsolis RM, Young GM, Lu W, Lehrer RI, Bäumler AJ, Bevins CL. Human α-defensin 6 promotes mucosal innate immunity through self-assembled peptide nanonets. Science (New York, N.Y.). 2012; 337(6093):477-81.
  15. Schunter M, Chu H, Hayes TL, McConnell D, Crawford SS, Luciw PA, Bengmark S, Asmuth DM, Brown J, Bevins CL, Shacklett BL, Critchfield JW. Randomized pilot trial of a synbiotic dietary supplement in chronic HIV-1 infection. BMC complementary and alternative medicine. 2012; 12:84.
  16. Underwood MA, Kananurak A, Coursodon CF, Adkins-Reick CK, Chu H, Bennett SH, Wehkamp J, Castillo PA, Leonard BC, Tancredi DJ, Sherman MP, Dvorak B, Bevins CL. Bifidobacterium bifidum in a rat model of necrotizing enterocolitis: antimicrobial peptide and protein responses. Pediatric research. 2012; 71(5):546-51.
  17. Leonard BC, Chu H, Johns JL, Gallo RL, Moore PF, Marks SL, Bevins CL. Expression and activity of a novel cathelicidin from domestic cats. PloS one. 2011; 6(4):e18756.
  18. Salzman NH, Hung K, Haribhai D, Chu H, Karlsson-Sjöberg J, Amir E, Teggatz P, Barman M, Hayward M, Eastwood D, Stoel M, Zhou Y, Sodergren E, Weinstock GM, Bevins CL, Williams CB, Bos NA. Enteric defensins are essential regulators of intestinal microbial ecology. Nature immunology. 2010; 11(1):76-83.
  19. Raffatellu M, George MD, Akiyama Y, Hornsby MJ, Nuccio SP, Paixao TA, Butler BP,  Chu H, Santos RL, Berger T, Mak TW, Tsolis RM, Bevins CL, Solnick JV, Dandekar S, Bäumler AJ. Lipocalin-2 resistance confers an advantage to Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium for growth and survival in the inflamed intestine. Cell host & microbe. 2009; 5(5):476-86.
  20. Mukherjee S, Partch CL, Lehotzky RE, Whitham CV, Chu H, Bevins CL, Gardner KH, Hooper LV. Regulation of C-type lectin antimicrobial activity by a flexible N-terminal prosegment. The Journal of biological chemistry. 2009; 284(8):4881-8.
  21. Godinez I, Raffatellu M, Chu H, Paixão TA, Haneda T, Santos RL, Bevins CL, Tsolis RM, Bäumler AJ. Interleukin-23 orchestrates mucosal responses to Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium in the intestine. Infection and immunity. 2009; 77(1):387-98.
  22. Karlsson J, Pütsep K, Chu H, Kays RJ, Bevins CL, Andersson M. Regional variations in Paneth cell antimicrobial peptide expression along the mouse intestinal tract. BMC immunology. 2008; 9:37.
  23. Raffatellu M, Santos RL, Chessa D, Wilson RP, Winter SE, Rossetti CA, Lawhon SD,  Chu H, Lau T, Bevins CL, Adams LG, Bäumler AJ. The capsule encoding the viaB locus reduces interleukin-17 expression and mucosal innate responses in the bovine intestinal mucosa during infection with Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi. Infection and immunity. 2007; 75(9):4342-50.
  24. Wehkamp J, Chu H, Shen B, Feathers RW, Kays RJ, Lee SK, Bevins CL. Paneth cell antimicrobial peptides: topographical distribution and quantification in human gastrointestinal tissues. FEBS letters. 2006; 580(22):5344-50.
  25. Wehkamp J, Salzman NH, Porter E, Nuding S, Weichenthal M, Petras RE, Shen B, Schaeffeler E, Schwab M, Linzmeier R, Feathers RW, Chu H, Lima H Jr, Fellermann K, Ganz T, Stange EF, Bevins CL. Reduced Paneth cell alpha-defensins in ileal Crohn’s disease. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2005; 102(50):18129-34.