Drobyski Laboratory

General Interests

Inflammation and Immunology, Transplantation Biology

Research Areas

Research in the Drobyski lab is focused on transplantation immunology with a specific emphasis on the immunobiology of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and the pathophysiology of graft versus host disease (GVHD) which is the major complication in patients undergoing this potentially curative therapy. Specifically, the lab seeks to understand the complex interplay between inflammatory and regulatory pathways that become imbalanced during this disease, and develop new mechanistic insights designed to promote the re-establishment of tolerance and amelioration of inflammatory cellular and cytokine-driven pathways. The long-term goal of the lab is to employ a bench to bedside strategy that leads to a reduction in transplant-related morbidity and mortality and thereby improves overall transplant outcomes in patients.

Current research in the lab focuses on: (1) the role of inflammatory cytokines in mediating pathological damage in the gastrointestinal tract which is the major target organ of GVHD, (2) discovery of novel regulatory mechanistic pathways that inhibit alloreactivity and induce tolerance, (3) understanding the mechanisms by which GVHD induces inflammation and cognitive dysfunction in the brain, and (4) the translation of pre-clinical findings into the clinic by devising and implementing rational clinical trials designed to prevent untoward complications arising from this disease.

Current Members

Mark Castleberry, PhD

Research Scientist I

Jonathan Florentin, MS, PhD

Research Scientist II

Alison Moe, PhD

Research Scientist II

Alex Myers, BA

Research Technologist II

(Nguyen C, Kudek M, Zander R, Niu H, Shen J, Bauer A, Alson D, Khatun A, Chen Y, Sun J, Drobyski W, Edelson BT, Cui W.) J Immunol. 2024 Jun 01;212(11):1829-1842 PMID: 38619295 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85194012903 04/15/2024
(Moe A, Rayasam A, Sauber G, Shah RK, Doherty A, Yuan CY, Szabo A, Moore BM 2nd, Colonna M, Cui W, Romero J, Zamora AE, Hillard CJ, Drobyski WR.) J Clin Invest. 2024 Apr 25;134(11) PMID: 38662453 PMCID: PMC11142740 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85195012384 04/25/2024
(Chhabra S, Jerkins JH, Monahan K, Szabo A, Shah NN, Abedin S, Runaas L, Fenske TS, Pasquini MC, Shaw BE, Drobyski WR, Saber W, D'Souza A, Dhakal B, Mohan M, Longo W, Hamadani M.) Bone Marrow Transplant. 2024 Mar;59(3):373-379 PMID: 38177221 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85181508004 01/05/2024
(Yuan C, Rayasam A, Moe A, Hayward M, Wells C, Szabo A, Mackenzie A, Salzman N, Drobyski WR.) Nat Commun. 2023 Dec 02;14(1):7963 PMID: 38042840 PMCID: PMC10693577 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85178369915 12/03/2023
(Lin M, Estrada-Merly N, Eapen M, Zamora AE, Pezzin LE, Winn AN, Philip J, Schinke C, Drobyski WR, Anderson LD Jr, D'Souza A.) Bone Marrow Transplant. 2023 Dec;58(12):1400-1402 PMID: 37673983 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85170080925 09/07/2023
(Moe A, Rayasam A, Sauber G, Shah RK, Yuan CY, Szabo A, Moore BM, Colonna M, Cui W, Romero J, Zamora AE, Hillard CJ, Drobyski WR.) bioRxiv. 2023 Aug 14 PMID: 37645843 PMCID: PMC10462026 08/30/2023
(Chhabra S, Szabo A, Clurman A, McShane K, Waters N, Eastwood D, Samanas L, Fei T, Armijo G, Abedin S, Longo W, Hari P, Hamadani M, Shah NN, Runaas L, Jerkins JH, Van den Brink M, Peled JU, Drobyski WR.) Haematologica. 2023 Jan 01;108(1):250-256 PMID: 36106394 PMCID: PMC9827178 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85145424654 09/16/2022
(Taylor MR, Hillard CJ, Drobyski WR, Szabo A, Johnson BD, Zhu F, Raison CL, Cole SW, Knight JM.) Brain Behav Immun Health. 2022 Aug;23:100480 PMID: 35757656 PMCID: PMC9213229 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85133379996 06/28/2022
(Piper C, Hainstock E, Yin-Yuan C, Chen Y, Khatun A, Kasmani MY, Evans J, Miller JA, Gorski J, Cui W, Drobyski WR.) Blood Adv. 2022 May 10;6(9):2791-2804 PMID: 35015822 PMCID: PMC9092418 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85130140800 01/12/2022
(Ciecko AE, Schauder DM, Foda B, Petrova G, Kasmani MY, Burns R, Lin CW, Drobyski WR, Cui W, Chen YG.) J Immunol. 2021 Oct 15;207(8):1990-2004 PMID: 34507949 PMCID: PMC8492517 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85116529072 09/12/2021
(Rayasam A, Drobyski WR.) Front Immunol. 2021;12:779076 PMID: 34899738 PMCID: PMC8662938 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85121218490 12/14/2021
(Letscher H, Agbogan VA, Korniotis S, Gastineau P, Tejerina E, Gras C, Mégret J, Moe A, Drobyski WR, Zavala F.) Scientific Reports. December 2021;11(1) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85101779771 12/01/2021

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