Selected Publications

Yu, Juan; Meneses-Salas, Elsa; Johnson, Jennifer L.; Manenti, Susanna; Kbaich, Mouad Ai A.; Chen, Danni; Askari, Kasra; He, Jing; Shukla, Aparna; Shaji, Binchu; Gonzalez-Quintial, Rosana; Croker, Ben A.; Zhang, Jinzhong; Hoffman, Hal; Kiosses, William B.; Hedrick, Catherine; Pestonjamasp, Kersi; Wineinger, Nathan; Baccala, Roberto; Catz, Sergio D. Defective endomembrane dynamics in Rab27a deficiency impairs nucleic acid sensing and cytokine secretion in immune cells. Cell Reports 2024, 43, 114598.

Catz, Sergio D. Divergent mechanisms of inflammasome activation in neutrophil early response and inflammation. Nature Immunology 2023, 24, 1970-1971.

Johnson, Jennifer A.; Meneses-Salas, Elsa; Ramadass, Mahalakshmi; Monfregola, Jlenia; Rahman, Farhana; Gontijo, Raquel C.; Kiosses, William B.; Pestonjamasp, Kersi; Allen, Dale J.; Zhang, Jinzhong; Osborne, Douglas; Zhu, Yanfang P.; Wineinger, Nathan E.; Askari, Kasra; Chen, Danni; Yu, Juan; Henderson, Scott C.; Hedrick, Catherine C.; Ursini, Matilde V.; Grinstein, Sergio; Billadeau, Daniel D.; Catz, Sergio D. Differential dysregulation of granule subsets in WASH-deficient neutrophil leukocytes resulting in inflammation. Nature Communications 2022.

Johnson, Jennifer L.; Ramadass, Mahalakshmi; Rahman, Farhana; Meneses-salas, Elsa; Zgajnar, Nadia R.; Gontijo, Raquel C.; Zhang, Jinzhong; Kiosses, William B.; Zhu, Yanfang P.; Hedrick, Catherine C.; Perego, Marta; Gunton, Jenny E.; Pestonjamasp, Kersi; Napolitano, Gennaro; Catz, Sergio D. The atypical small GTPase GEM/Kir is a negative regulator of the NADPH oxidase and NETs production through macroautophagy.. Journal of Leukocyte Biology 2021, 110, 629-649.

Zhang, Jinzhong; Rahman, Farhana; Pestonjamasp, Kersi; Johnson, Jennifer L.; He, Jing; Cherqui, Stephanie; Catz, Sergio D. DYNC1LI2 regulates localization of the chaperone-mediated autophagy receptor LAMP2A and improves cellular homeostasis in cystinosis.. Autophagy 2021, 18, 1108-1126.

Zeng, Furong; Chen, Zhizhao; Chen, Rao; Shufesky, William J.; Bandyopadhyay, Mohna; Camirand, Geoffrey; Oberbarnscheidt, Martin H.; Sullivan, Mara L.; Baty, Catherine J.; Yang, Mu-qing; Calderon, Michel; Stolz, Donna B.; Erdos, Geza; Pelanda, Roberta; Brennan, Todd V.; Catz, Sergio D.; Watkins, Simon C.; Larregina, Adriana T.; Morelli, Adrian E. Graft-derived extracellular vesicles transported across subcapsular sinus macrophages elicit B cell alloimmunity after transplantation.. Science Translational Medicine 2021, 13, eabb0122.

Catz, Sergio D.; McLeish, K. R. Therapeutic targeting of neutrophil exocytosis. Journal of Leukocyte Biology 2020, 107, 393-408.

Karmakar, M.; Minns, M.; Greenberg, E. N.; Diaz-Aponte, J.; Pestonjamasp, K.; Johnson, J. L.; Rathkey, J. K.; Abbott, D. W.; Wang, K.; Shao, F.; Catz, Sergio D.; Dubyak, G. R.; Pearlman, E. N-GSDMD trafficking to neutrophil organelles facilitates IL-1 beta release independently of plasma membrane pores and pyroptosis. Nature Communications 2020, 11, 2212.

Recent Professional Activities

2026 Chair elected, “Neutrophil Biennial International Symposium”

2024 Editor, Journal of Leukocyte Biology

2023 Chair elected, Gordon Research Conference-Phagocytes 2023

2023 Chair (ad hoc) NIH, CSF1 study section

2023 NIH, CSF1 study section permanent member

2021 Vice Chair elected, Gordon Research Conference-Phagocytes 2021

2021 Co-Chair, Search committee for managing Editor, Journal of Leukocyte Biology 

2019-2024 Council Society for Leukocyte Biology

2019 - 2025 NIH, MBPP study section, permanent member, NIH

2016 - current Editorial Review Board, Cystinosis Research Foundation

2014 - current Editorial board member, Journal of Biological Chemistry