Estefany Reyes

Journal article Cell Host Microbe · December 10, 2025 Cryptococcus, a neurotropic fungus classified as a critical-priority pathogen by the World Health Organization (WHO), causes cryptococcal meningoencephalitis (CM), the second leading cause of death in HIV/AIDS patients. Despite its clinical importance, hos ... Full text Link to item Cite

20-αHydroxycholesterol, an oxysterol in human breast milk, reverses mouse neonatal white matter injury through Gli-dependent oligodendrogenesis.

Journal article Cell Stem Cell · August 3, 2023 White matter injuries (WMIs) are the leading cause of neurologic impairment in infants born premature. There are no treatment options available. The most common forms of WMIs in infants occur prior to the onset of normal myelination, making its pathophysio ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Host immune responses in the central nervous system during fungal infections.

Journal article Immunol Rev · October 2022 Fungal infections in the central nervous system (CNS) cause high morbidity and mortality. The frequency of CNS mycosis has increased over the last two decades as more individuals go through immunocompromised conditions for various reasons. Nevertheless, op ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

microRNA-142 guards against autoimmunity by controlling Treg cell homeostasis and function.

Journal article PLoS biology · February 2022 Regulatory T (Treg) cells are critical in preventing aberrant immune responses. Posttranscriptional control of gene expression by microRNA (miRNA) has recently emerged as an essential genetic element for Treg cell function. Here, we report that mice with T ... Full text Cite

Single-Cell Transcriptional Heterogeneity of Neutrophils During Acute Pulmonary Cryptococcus neoformans Infection.

Journal article Front Immunol · 2021 Neutrophils are critical as the first-line defense against fungal pathogens. Yet, previous studies indicate that neutrophil function is complex during Cryptococcus neoformans (Cn) infection. To better understand the role of neutrophils in acute pulmonary c ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Ubiquitin-Modifying Enzyme A20 Terminates C-Type Lectin Receptor Signals and Is a Suppressor of Host Defense against Systemic Fungal Infection.

Journal article Infect Immun · August 19, 2020 C-type lectin receptors (CLRs) play key roles in antifungal defense. CLR-induced NF-κB is central to CLR functions in immunity, and thus, molecules that control the amplitude of CLR-induced NF-κB could profoundly influence host defense against fungal patho ... Full text Link to item Cite

miR-146a-Traf6 regulatory axis controls autoimmunity and myelopoiesis, but is dispensable for hematopoietic stem cell homeostasis and tumor suppression.

Journal article Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · August 2017 microRNA-146a (miR-146a) has been previously implicated as an essential molecular brake, preventing immune overreaction and malignant transformation by attenuating NF-κB signaling, putatively via repression of the Traf6 and Irak1 Full text Cite

Altered lymphopoiesis and immunodeficiency in miR-142 null mice.

Journal article Blood · June 2015 MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of powerful posttranscriptional regulators implicated in the control of diverse biological processes, including regulation of hematopoiesis and the immune response. To define the biological functions of miR-142, which is pref ... Full text Cite