Liza Konnikova, MD, PhD, FAAP
Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine
Biography
Liza Konnikova, MD, PhD, is a specialist in neonatal-perinatal medicine who cares for newborns facing challenges such as: premature birth; necrotizing enterocolitis, a severe intestinal disease causing tissue death; and sepsis, a critical response to infection that can result in tissue damage and organ failure.
As an associate professor of pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Konnikova studies how the immune system develops in early life, including the ways microorganisms and their natural products shape fetal and infant immune responses to environmental challenges. She aims to translate these findings into more effective therapies that encourage healthy growth and help prevent complications in vulnerable infants.
Dr. Konnikova completed her medical training at Tufts University School of Medicine and pursued residency and fellowship in pediatrics and neonatology at Boston Children’s Hospital.
Titles
- Associate Professor
- CyTOF Core Director, Medicine
Education & Training
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Mucosal ImmunologyBoston Children's Hospital (2017)
- Neonatology FellowshipBoston Children's Hospital (2013)
- ResidencyBoston Childrens Hospital (2010)
- PhDTufts University School of Medicine (2007)
- MDTufts University School of Medicine (2007)
- BABrandeis University, Biology and Chemistry (1999)
Additional Information
Publications
- Cao Y, Chakder M, Gawon K, Phan L, Coman M, Oliveira C, Konnikova L, Olaloye O, Brodsky N. Mapping Infant Immunity with Minimal Input: Integrative Single-cell and Multiomic Profiling. Journal Of Visualized Experiments 2026 PMID: 42008512, DOI: 10.3791/70279.
- Devaris A, Blaise A, Konnikova L, Olaloye O. The role of myeloid cells in the pathogenesis of necrotizing enterocolitis; a scoping review. Frontiers In Pediatrics 2026, 14: 1750294. PMID: 41837199, PMCID: PMC12982386, DOI: 10.3389/fped.2026.1750294.
- St Denis K, Rice T, Olaloye O, Konnikova L. Impact of the single cell revolution on neonatology research. Current Opinion In Pediatrics 2026, 38: 177-183. PMID: 41700570, DOI: 10.1097/mop.0000000000001556.
- Galeas-Pena M, Lyons J, Llivichuzhca-Loja D, Everman S, Yaghi G, White K, Sutradhar S, Robinson T, Owings A, Dhaliwal N, Carlye A, Konnikova L, Ali H, Glover S. MRGPRX2-expressing mast cells are increased in the GI tract of individuals with active inflammatory bowel disease and hereditary α-tryptasemia. Frontiers In Allergy 2026, 6: 1726096. PMID: 41647192, PMCID: PMC12868144, DOI: 10.3389/falgy.2025.1726096.
- Mishra D, Morris S, Popovski D, Girard E, Bondoc A, Senthil Kumar S, Andrade A, Zhu X, Yao F, Brusniak M, Umaru B, Crotty E, Brasel K, Pakiam F, Russo C, Zeinieh M, Biery M, Coxon M, Conti H, Clarke M, Lu M, Rutka J, Llivichuzhca-Loja D, Konnikova L, Fouladi M, Jabado N, Huang A, Olson J, Drissi R. Preclinical assessment of checkpoint blockade combined with DNA methyltransferase inhibition in high-risk pediatric brain tumors reveals limited therapeutic synergy. Neuro-Oncology Advances 2025, 8: vdaf241. PMID: 41541220, PMCID: PMC12803780, DOI: 10.1093/noajnl/vdaf241.
- Garg P, Konnikova L, Kallapur S, Shenberger J. Does the duration of empiric antibiotic treatment influence NEC incidence and severity relative to placental pathology? Journal Of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine 2025, 19: 323-325. PMID: 41067712, PMCID: PMC12670245, DOI: 10.1177/19345798251387332.
- Ramatchandirin B, Wang W, Balamurugan M, Alnahhas Y, Desiraju S, Subrramanya A, George Raj J, Lawal Z, Ferris M, Tseng G, Konnikova L, MohanKumar K. Immune landscape in liver of neonatal mice with phlebotomy-induced anemia. Pediatric Research 2025, 99: 1602-1612. PMID: 40962864, PMCID: PMC12659965, DOI: 10.1038/s41390-025-04361-x.
- Andrade A, Sigaud R, Puligandla E, Liu B, Karimi E, Annett A, Rezanejad M, Jawhar W, Taylor R, Cao Y, Schmid S, Selt F, Hernáiz Driever P, Horn S, Sievers P, Prinz M, Glatzel M, Mawrin C, Hartmann C, Monoranu C, Konnikova L, Sahm F, Pfister S, Witt O, Jones D, Koch A, Kleinman C, Capper D, Walsh L, Jabado N, Milde T. A spatial map of MAPK-activated immunosuppressive myeloid populations in pediatric low-grade glioma. Nature Immunology 2025, 26: 1794-1806. PMID: 40954250, DOI: 10.1038/s41590-025-02268-7.
- Carroll K, Gu W, Phan L, Santiago E, Wang W, Tseng G, Konnikova L, Sharma S. Conserved interactions with stromal and immune cells coordinate de novo B-cell lymphopoiesis in fetal intestines. JCI Insight 2025, 10: e192550. PMID: 40892464, PMCID: PMC12513481, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.192550.
- Tal N, Baram L, Gehlhaar A, Gu W, Guo S, Santiago E, Lev A, Barel O, Shamir R, Somech R, Konnikova L, Shouval D. RELA Haploinsufficiency Manifesting as an Atypical Phenotype of Crohn’s Disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2025, 31: 2865-2874. PMID: 40876844, PMCID: PMC12558583, DOI: 10.1093/ibd/izaf159.
- Wei Y, Ma H, Wong M, Back H, Papasavvas E, Mounzer K, Aberra F, Morgenstern R, Tebas P, Konnikova L, Montaner L, Ho Y. Transcription factor BACH2 shapes tissue-resident memory T cell programs to promote HIV-1 persistence. Immunity 2025, 58: 2878-2898.e11. PMID: 40845842, PMCID: PMC12385486, DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2025.07.022.
- Brodsky N, Chakder M, Kumar D, Barmada A, Wang J, Gu W, Olaloye O, Ramaswamy A, Wats A, Konnikova L, Lucas C. Early-life human CD8+ T cells exhibit rapid, short-lived effector responses and a unique transcription factor landscape. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2025, 122: e2421106122. PMID: 40720649, PMCID: PMC12337316, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2421106122.
- Balamurugan M, Ramatchandirin B, Desiraju S, Subrramanya A, Raj J, Ferris M, Lawal Z, Olaloye O, Konnikova L, MohanKumar K. Platelet specific knockout of integrin beta-3 (β3) reduces severity of necrotizing enterocolitis in murine neonates. Frontiers In Pediatrics 2025, 13: 1560242. PMID: 40746354, PMCID: PMC12310614, DOI: 10.3389/fped.2025.1560242.
- Strine M, Konnikova L. Bugged before birth?: How maternal microbes reprogram offspring immunity. Cell Host & Microbe 2025, 33: 1036-1038. PMID: 40639328, DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2025.06.003.
- Strine M, Vahkal B, St Denis K, Konnikova L. Exploring mucosal immune development and function in utero. Trends In Immunology 2025, 46: 502-504. PMID: 40518358, PMCID: PMC12255524, DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2025.05.004.
- Konnikova L. Reframing the paradigm- rethinking placental and fetal immunity. Placenta 2025 PMID: 40425428, PMCID: PMC12583934, DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2025.05.011.
- Wang W, Gu W, Schweitzer R, Koren O, Khatib S, Tseng G, Konnikova L. In utero human intestine contains maternally derived bacterial metabolites. Microbiome 2025, 13: 116. PMID: 40329366, PMCID: PMC12054239, DOI: 10.1186/s40168-025-02110-0.
- Velagala S, Phan L, Eke C, Fernandes A, Rice T, Olaloye O, Konnikova L. Spatial single-cell analysis identifies placental villi structuraland immune remodeling across gestation. Mucosal Immunology 2025, 18: 848-860. PMID: 40288579, PMCID: PMC12560956, DOI: 10.1016/j.mucimm.2025.04.005.
- Olaloye O, Gu W, Gehlhaar A, Sabuwala B, Eke C, Li Y, Kehoe T, Farmer R, Gabernet G, Lucas C, Tsang J, Lakhani S, Taylor S, Tseng G, Kleinstein S, Konnikova L. A single-cell atlas of circulating immune cells over the first 2 months of age in extremely premature infants. Science Translational Medicine 2025, 17: eadr0942. PMID: 40043141, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adr0942.
- Gehlhaar A, Shouval D, Santiago E, Ling G, McCourt B, Werner L, Yerushalmi B, Konnikova L. Immune dysregulation in glycogen storage disease 1b extends beyond neutropenia. Human Immunology 2025, 86: 111268. PMID: 40037121, DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2025.111268.
- Soliman Y, Eke C, Guo X, Wang M, Silva T, Désir G, Konnikova L. Renalase levels are decreased in maternal blood and placental tissues in pregnancies associated with preterm preeclampsia. Scientific Reports 2025, 15: 6480. PMID: 39987333, PMCID: PMC11846959, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-90524-z.
- Li J, Jacobse J, Pilat J, Kaur H, Gu W, Kang S, Rusznak M, Huang H, Barrera J, Oloo P, Roland J, Hawkins C, Pahnke A, Khalil M, Washington M, Wilson K, Williams C, Peebles R, Konnikova L, Choksi Y, Hammer G, Lau K, Goettel J. Interleukin-10 production by innate lymphoid cells restricts intestinal inflammation in mice. Mucosal Immunology 2025, 18: 643-655. PMID: 39988202, PMCID: PMC12167137, DOI: 10.1016/j.mucimm.2025.02.005.
- Liu P, Pan Y, Chang H, Wang W, Fang Y, Xue X, Zou J, Toothaker J, Olaloye O, Santiago E, McCourt B, Mitsialis V, Presicce P, Kallapur S, Snapper S, Liu J, Tseng G, Konnikova L, Liu S. Comprehensive evaluation and practical guideline of gating methods for high-dimensional cytometry data: manual gating, unsupervised clustering, and auto-gating. Briefings In Bioinformatics 2024, 26: bbae633. PMID: 39656848, PMCID: PMC11630031, DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbae633.
- Jasset O, Lopez Zapana P, Bahadir Z, Shook L, Dennis M, Gilbert E, Liu Z, Yinger R, Bald C, Bradford C, Silfen A, Klein S, Pekosz A, Permar S, Konnikova L, Yonker L, Lauffenburger D, Nelson A, Elovitz M, Edlow A. Enhanced placental antibody transfer efficiency with longer interval between maternal respiratory syncytial virus vaccination and birth. American Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynecology 2024, 232: 554.e1-554.e15. PMID: 39515450, PMCID: PMC12056162, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2024.10.053.
- Andrade A, Annett A, Karimi E, Topouza D, Rezanejad M, Liu Y, McNicholas M, Gonzalez Santiago E, Llivichuzhca-Loja D, Gehlhaar A, Jessa S, De Cola A, Chandarana B, Russo C, Faury D, Danieau G, Puligandla E, Wei Y, Zeinieh M, Wu Q, Hebert S, Juretic N, Nakada E, Krug B, Larouche V, Weil A, Dudley R, Karamchandani J, Agnihotri S, Quail D, Ellezam B, Konnikova L, Walsh L, Pathania M, Kleinman C, Jabado N. Immune landscape of oncohistone-mutant gliomas reveals diverse myeloid populations and tumor-promoting function. Nature Communications 2024, 15: 7769. PMID: 39237515, PMCID: PMC11377583, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-52096-w.
- Smith L, Santiago E, Eke C, Gu W, Wang W, Llivichuzhca-Loja D, Kehoe T, St Denis K, Strine M, Taylor S, Tseng G, Konnikova L. Human Milk Supports Robust Intestinal Organoid Growth, Differentiation, and Homeostatic Cytokine Production. Gastro Hep Advances 2024, 3: 1030-1042. PMID: 39529649, PMCID: PMC11550179, DOI: 10.1016/j.gastha.2024.07.007.
- Garg P, Weitkamp J, McDonald A, Cilvik S, Mir I, Shenberger J, Olaloye O, Konnikova L, Kallapur S, Garg P. Placenta and Intestinal Injury in Preterm Infants. American Journal Of Perinatology 2024, 42: 415-419. PMID: 38889889, PMCID: PMC11724007, DOI: 10.1055/a-2347-4135.
- Ciorba M, Konnikova L, Hirota S, Lucchetta E, Turner J, Slavin A, Johnson K, Condray C, Hong S, Cressall B, Pizarro T, Hurtado-Lorenzo A, Heller C, Moss A, Swantek J, Garrett W. Challenges in IBD Research 2024: Preclinical Human IBD Mechanisms. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2024, 30: s5-s18. PMID: 38778627, PMCID: PMC11491665, DOI: 10.1093/ibd/izae081.
- Gu W, Eke C, Santiago E, Olaloye O, Konnikova L. Single-cell atlas of the small intestine throughout the human lifespan demonstrates unique features of fetal immune cells. Mucosal Immunology 2024, 17: 599-617. PMID: 38555026, PMCID: PMC11384551, DOI: 10.1016/j.mucimm.2024.03.011.
- Olyha S, O’Connor S, Kribis M, Bucklin M, Uthaya Kumar D, Tyler P, Alam F, Jones K, Sheikha H, Konnikova L, Lakhani S, Montgomery R, Catanzaro J, Du H, DiGiacomo D, Rothermel H, Moran C, Fiedler K, Warner N, Hoppenreijs E, van der Made C, Hoischen A, Olbrich P, Neth O, Rodríguez-Martínez A, Lucena Soto J, van Rossum A, Dalm V, Muise A, Lucas C. “Deficiency in ELF4, X-Linked”: a Monogenic Disease Entity Resembling Behçet’s Syndrome and Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Journal Of Clinical Immunology 2024, 44: 44. PMID: 38231408, PMCID: PMC10929603, DOI: 10.1007/s10875-023-01610-8.
- Koren O, Konnikova L, Brodin P, Mysorekar I, Collado M. The maternal gut microbiome in pregnancy: implications for the developing immune system. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology 2023, 21: 35-45. PMID: 38097774, PMCID: PMC12635954, DOI: 10.1038/s41575-023-00864-2.
- Mooring M, Yeung G, Luukkonen P, Liu S, Akbar M, Zhang G, Balogun O, Yu X, Mo R, Nejak-Bowen K, Poyurovsky M, Booth C, Konnikova L, Shulman G, Yimlamai D. Hepatocyte CYR61 polarizes profibrotic macrophages to orchestrate NASH fibrosis. Science Translational Medicine 2023, 15: eade3157-eade3157. PMID: 37756381, PMCID: PMC10874639, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.ade3157.
- Egozi A, Olaloye O, Werner L, Silva T, McCourt B, Pierce R, An X, Wang F, Chen K, Pober J, Shouval D, Itzkovitz S, Konnikova L. Single-cell atlas of the human neonatal small intestine affected by necrotizing enterocolitis. PLOS Biology 2023, 21: e3002124. PMID: 37205711, PMCID: PMC10234541, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002124.
- Rice T, Konnikova L. Propionate primes the DC pump in neonates. Immunity 2023, 56: 903-905. PMID: 37163990, DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2023.04.006.
- Olaloye O, Eke C, Jolteus A, Konnikova L. Single cell analysis via mass cytometry of spontaneous intestinal perforation reveals alterations in small intestinal innate and adaptive mucosal immunity. Frontiers In Immunology 2023, 14: 995558. PMID: 36825028, PMCID: PMC9941693, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.995558.
- Kennedy K, de Goffau M, Perez-Muñoz M, Arrieta M, Bäckhed F, Bork P, Braun T, Bushman F, Dore J, de Vos W, Earl A, Eisen J, Elovitz M, Ganal-Vonarburg S, Gänzle M, Garrett W, Hall L, Hornef M, Huttenhower C, Konnikova L, Lebeer S, Macpherson A, Massey R, McHardy A, Koren O, Lawley T, Ley R, O’Mahony L, O’Toole P, Pamer E, Parkhill J, Raes J, Rattei T, Salonen A, Segal E, Segata N, Shanahan F, Sloboda D, Smith G, Sokol H, Spector T, Surette M, Tannock G, Walker A, Yassour M, Walter J. Questioning the fetal microbiome illustrates pitfalls of low-biomass microbial studies. Nature 2023, 613: 639-649. PMID: 36697862, PMCID: PMC11333990, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05546-8.
- Sultan M, Adawi M, Kol N, McCourt B, Adawi I, Baram L, Tal N, Werner L, Lev A, Snapper S, Barel O, Konnikova L, Somech R, Shouval D. RIPK1 mutations causing infantile-onset IBD with inflammatory and fistulizing features. Frontiers In Immunology 2022, 13: 1041315. PMID: 36466854, PMCID: PMC9716469, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1041315.
- A E, D L, BT M, K B, L F, X A, F W, K C, L K, S I. Insulin is expressed by enteroendocrine cells during human fetal development. 2022 DOI: 10.1530/ey.19.10.8.
- Wang M, Silva T, Toothaker JM, McCourt BT, Shugrue C, Desir G, Gorelick F, Konnikova L. Renalase and its receptor, PMCA4b, are expressed in the placenta throughout the human gestation. Scientific Reports 2022, 12: 4953. PMID: 35322081, PMCID: PMC8943056, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-08817-6.
- Toothaker JM, Olaloye O, McCourt BT, McCourt CC, Silva TN, Case RM, Liu P, Yimlamai D, Tseng G, Konnikova L. Immune landscape of human placental villi using single-cell analysis. Development 2022, 149 PMID: 35050308, PMCID: PMC8935213, DOI: 10.1242/dev.200013.
- Gehlhaar A, Inala A, Llivichuzhca-Loja D, Silva TN, Adegboye CY, O’Connell A, Konnikova L. Insights into the Role of Commensal-Specific T Cells in Intestinal Inflammation. Journal Of Inflammation Research 2022, 15: 1873-1887. PMID: 35342295, PMCID: PMC8943607, DOI: 10.2147/jir.s288288.
- Olaloye OO, Liu P, Toothaker JM, McCourt BT, McCourt CC, Xiao J, Prochaska E, Shaffer S, Werner L, Faculty U, Faculty U, Gringauz J, Good M, Goldsmith JD, An X, Wang F, Snapper SB, Shouval D, Chen K, Tseng G, Konnikova L. CD16+CD163+ monocytes traffic to sites of inflammation during necrotizing enterocolitis in premature infants. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2021, 218: e20200344. PMID: 34269788, PMCID: PMC8289692, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20200344.
- Boucher G, Paradis A, Chabot-Roy G, Coderre L, Hillhouse E, Bitton A, Rosiers C, Levings M, Schumm L, Lazarev M, Brant S, Duerr R, McGovern D, Silverberg M, Cho J, Lesage S, Rioux J, Bitton A, Boucher G, Charron G, Rosiers C, Forest A, Goyette P, Ivinson S, Joseph L, Kohen R, Lachaine J, Lesage S, Levings M, Rioux J, Thompson-Legault J, Vachon L, Veilleux S, White-Guay B, Bajpai M, Birch S, Bitton A, Borowski K, Botwin G, Boucher G, Brant S, Chen W, Cho J, Cordero R, Côté-Daigneault J, Daly M, Datta L, Duerr R, Filice M, Fleshner P, Gettler K, Giri M, Goyette P, Hao K, Haritunians T, Itan Y, Johnston E, Konnikova L, Landers C, Lazarev M, Li D, McGovern D, Mengesha E, Merad M, Miladinova V, Nayeri S, Proksell S, Raquel M, Rioux J, Rymaszewski K, Sabic K, Sands B, Schumm L, Schwartz M, Silverberg M, Simpson C, Stempak J, Stevens C, Targan S, Xavier R. Serum Analyte Profiles Associated With Crohn’s Disease and Disease Location. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2021, 28: 9-20. PMID: 34106269, PMCID: PMC8730700, DOI: 10.1093/ibd/izab123.
- Mirizio E, Liu C, Yan Q, Waltermire J, Mandel R, Schollaert KL, Konnikova L, Wang X, Chen W, Torok KS. Genetic Signatures From RNA Sequencing of Pediatric Localized Scleroderma Skin. Frontiers In Pediatrics 2021, 9: 669116. PMID: 34164359, PMCID: PMC8215272, DOI: 10.3389/fped.2021.669116.
- Lu-Culligan A, Chavan AR, Vijayakumar P, Irshaid L, Courchaine EM, Milano KM, Tang Z, Pope SD, Song E, Vogels CBF, Lu-Culligan WJ, Campbell KH, Casanovas-Massana A, Bermejo S, Toothaker JM, Lee HJ, Liu F, Schulz W, Fournier J, Muenker MC, Moore AJ, Team Y, Konnikova L, Neugebauer KM, Ring A, Grubaugh ND, Ko AI, Morotti R, Guller S, Kliman HJ, Iwasaki A, Farhadian SF. Maternal respiratory SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy is associated with a robust inflammatory response at the maternal-fetal interface. Med 2021, 2: 591-610.e10. PMID: 33969332, PMCID: PMC8084634, DOI: 10.1016/j.medj.2021.04.016.
- Konnikova L, Robinson TO, Owings AH, Shirley JF, Davis E, Tang Y, Wall S, Li J, Hasan MH, Gharaibeh RZ, Mendoza Alvarez LB, Ryan LK, Doty A, Chovanec JF, O'Connell MP, Grunes DE, Daley WP, Mayer E, Chang L, Liu J, Snapper SB, Milner JD, Glover SC, Lyons JJ. Small intestinal immunopathology and GI-associated antibody formation in hereditary alpha-tryptasemia. The Journal Of Allergy And Clinical Immunology 2021, 148: 813-821.e7. PMID: 33865872, PMCID: PMC9017395, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2021.04.004.
- Pantalone JM, Liu S, Olaloye OO, Prochaska EC, Yanowitz T, Riley MM, Buland JR, Brozanski BS, Good M, Konnikova L. Gestational Age-Specific Complete Blood Count Signatures in Necrotizing Enterocolitis. Frontiers In Pediatrics 2021, 9: 604899. PMID: 33718296, PMCID: PMC7952609, DOI: 10.3389/fped.2021.604899.
- Li Y, Toothaker JM, Ben-Simon S, Ozeri L, Schweitzer R, McCourt BT, McCourt CC, Werner L, Snapper SB, Shouval DS, Khatib S, Koren O, Agnihorti S, Tseng G, Konnikova L. In utero human intestine harbors unique metabolomic features including bacterial metabolites. JCI Insight 2020, 5: e138751. PMID: 33001863, PMCID: PMC7710283, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.138751.
- Koutroumpakis F, Phillips AE, Yadav D, Machicado JD, Ahsan M, Rivers C, Tan X, Schwartz M, Proksell S, Johnston E, Dueker J, Hashash JG, Barrie A, Harrison J, Dunn MA, Konnikova L, Hartman DJ, Din H, Babichenko D, Tang G, Binion DG. Serum IgG4 Subclass Deficiency Defines a Distinct, Commonly Encountered, Severe Inflammatory Bowel Disease Subtype. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2020, 27: 855-863. PMID: 32879976, DOI: 10.1093/ibd/izaa230.
- Ziv A, Werner L, Konnikova L, Awad A, Jeske T, Hastreiter M, Mitsialis V, Stauber T, Wall S, Kotlarz D, Klein C, Snapper SB, Tzfati Y, Weiss B, Somech R, Shouval DS. An RTEL1 Mutation Links to Infantile-Onset Ulcerative Colitis and Severe Immunodeficiency. Journal Of Clinical Immunology 2020, 40: 1010-1019. PMID: 32710398, DOI: 10.1007/s10875-020-00829-z.
- Lian Q, Xin H, Ma J, Konnikova L, Chen W, Gu J, Chen K. Artificial-cell-type aware cell-type classification in CITE-seq. Bioinformatics 2020, 36: i542-i550. PMID: 32657383, PMCID: PMC7355304, DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btaa467.
- Toothaker JM, Presicce P, Cappelletti M, Stras SF, McCourt CC, Chougnet CA, Kallapur SG, Konnikova L. Immune Cells in the Placental Villi Contribute to Intra-amniotic Inflammation. Frontiers In Immunology 2020, 11: 866. PMID: 32528468, PMCID: PMC7256198, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.00866.
- Wen L, Javed TA, Dobbs AK, Brown R, Niu M, Li L, Khalid A, Barakat M, Xiao X, Yimlamai D, Konnikova L, Yu M, Byersdorfer CA, Husain SZ. The Protective Effects of Calcineurin on Pancreatitis in Mice Depend on the Cellular Source. Gastroenterology 2020, 159: 1036-1050.e8. PMID: 32445858, PMCID: PMC7502475, DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.05.051.
- Mitsialis V, Wall S, Liu P, Ordovas-Montanes J, Parmet T, Vukovic M, Spencer D, Field M, McCourt C, Toothaker J, Bousvaros A, Center B, Ballal S, Bonilla S, Fawaz R, Fishman L, Flores A, Fox V, Grover A, Higuchi L, Huh S, Kahn S, Lee C, Mobassaleh M, Ouahed J, Pleskow R, Regan B, Rufo P, Sabharwal S, Silverstein J, Verhave M, Wolf A, Zimmerman L, Zitomersky N, Center B, Allegretti J, De Silva P, Friedman S, Hamilton M, Korzenik J, Makrauer F, Norton B, Winter R, Shalek A, Kean L, Horwitz B, Goldsmith J, Tseng G, Snapper S, Konnikova L. Single-Cell Analyses of Colon and Blood Reveal Distinct Immune Cell Signatures of Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease. Gastroenterology 2020, 159: 591-608.e10. PMID: 32428507, PMCID: PMC8166295, DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.04.074.
- Olaloye O, Swatski M, Konnikova L. Role of Nutrition in Prevention of Neonatal Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation and Its Complications: A Systematic Review. Nutrients 2020, 12: 1347. PMID: 32397283, PMCID: PMC7284579, DOI: 10.3390/nu12051347.
- Liu P, Liu S, Fang Y, Xue X, Zou J, Tseng G, Konnikova L. Recent Advances in Computer-Assisted Algorithms for Cell Subtype Identification of Cytometry Data. Frontiers In Cell And Developmental Biology 2020, 8: 234. PMID: 32411698, PMCID: PMC7198724, DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.00234.
- Stras SF, Werner L, Toothaker JM, Olaloye OO, Oldham AL, McCourt CC, Lee YN, Rechavi E, Shouval DS, Konnikova L. Maturation of the Human Intestinal Immune System Occurs Early in Fetal Development. Developmental Cell 2019, 51: 357-373.e5. PMID: 31607651, DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2019.09.008.
- Kurolap A, Eshach Adiv O, Konnikova L, Werner L, Gonzaga-Jauregui C, Steinberg M, Mitsialis V, Mory A, Nunberg MY, Wall S, Shaoul R, Overton JD, Shuldiner A, Zohar Y, Paperna T, Snapper S, Shouval D, Baris Feldman H. A Unique Presentation of Infantile-Onset Colitis and Eosinophilic Disease without Recurrent Infections Resulting from a Novel Homozygous CARMIL2 Variant. Journal Of Clinical Immunology 2019, 39: 430-439. PMID: 31079270, DOI: 10.1007/s10875-019-00631-6.
- Goettel JA, Kotlarz D, Emani R, Canavan JB, Konnikova L, Illig D, Frei SM, Field M, Kowalik M, Peng K, Gringauz J, Mitsialis V, Wall SM, Tsou A, Griffith AE, Huang Y, Friedman JR, Towne JE, Plevy SE, Hall A, Snapper SB. Low-Dose Interleukin-2 Ameliorates Colitis in a Preclinical Humanized Mouse Model. Cellular And Molecular Gastroenterology And Hepatology 2019, 8: 193-195. PMID: 31078723, PMCID: PMC6661391, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2019.05.001.
- Konnikova L, Boschetti G, Rahman A, Mitsialis V, Lord J, Richmond C, Tomov VT, Gordon W, Jelinsky S, Canavan J, Liss A, Wall S, Field M, Zhou F, Goldsmith JD, Bewtra M, Breault DT, Merad M, Snapper SB. High-dimensional immune phenotyping and transcriptional analyses reveal robust recovery of viable human immune and epithelial cells from frozen gastrointestinal tissue. Mucosal Immunology 2018, 11: 1684-1693. PMID: 30111863, PMCID: PMC6512331, DOI: 10.1038/s41385-018-0047-y.
- Biswas A, Shouval DS, Griffith A, Goettel JA, Field M, Kang YH, Konnikova L, Janssen E, Redhu NS, Thrasher AJ, Chatila T, Kuchroo VK, Geha RS, Notarangelo LD, Pai SY, Horwitz BH, Snapper SB. WASP-mediated regulation of anti-inflammatory macrophages is IL-10 dependent and is critical for intestinal homeostasis. Nature Communications 2018, 9: 1779. PMID: 29725003, PMCID: PMC5934380, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03670-6.
- Kotlarz D, Marquardt B, Barøy T, Lee WS, Konnikova L, Hollizeck S, Magg T, Lehle AS, Walz C, Borggraefe I, Hauck F, Bufler P, Conca R, Wall SM, Schumacher EM, Misceo D, Frengen E, Bentsen BS, Uhlig HH, Hopfner KP, Muise AM, Snapper SB, Strømme P, Klein C. Human TGF-β1 deficiency causes severe inflammatory bowel disease and encephalopathy. Nature Genetics 2018, 50: 344-348. PMID: 29483653, PMCID: PMC6309869, DOI: 10.1038/s41588-018-0063-6.
- Sallis BF, Erkert L, Moñino-Romero S, Acar U, Wu R, Konnikova L, Lexmond WS, Hamilton MJ, Dunn WA, Szepfalusi Z, Vanderhoof JA, Snapper SB, Turner JR, Goldsmith JD, Spencer LA, Nurko S, Fiebiger E. An algorithm for the classification of mRNA patterns in eosinophilic esophagitis: Integration of machine learning. The Journal Of Allergy And Clinical Immunology 2017, 141: 1354-1364.e9. PMID: 29273402, PMCID: PMC6425755, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2017.11.027.
- Shouval DS, Konnikova L, Griffith AE, Wall SM, Biswas A, Werner L, Nunberg M, Kammermeier J, Goettel JA, Anand R, Chen H, Weiss B, Li J, Loizides A, Yerushalmi B, Yanagi T, Beier R, Conklin LS, Ebens CL, Santos FGMS, Sherlock M, Goldsmith JD, Kotlarz D, Glover SC, Shah N, Bousvaros A, Uhlig HH, Muise AM, Klein C, Snapper SB. Enhanced TH17 Responses in Patients with IL10 Receptor Deficiency and Infantile-onset IBD. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2017, 23: 1950-1961. PMID: 29023267, DOI: 10.1097/mib.0000000000001270.
- Silverman MA, Konnikova L, Gerber JS. Impact of Antibiotics on Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea. Gastroenterology Clinics Of North America 2017, 46: 61-76. PMID: 28164853, PMCID: PMC5314436, DOI: 10.1016/j.gtc.2016.09.010.
- Shouval DS, Biswas A, Kang YH, Griffith AE, Konnikova L, Mascanfroni ID, Redhu NS, Frei SM, Field M, Doty AL, Goldsmith JD, Bhan AK, Loizides A, Weiss B, Yerushalmi B, Yanagi T, Lui X, Quintana FJ, Muise AM, Klein C, Horwitz BH, Glover SC, Bousvaros A, Snapper SB. Interleukin 1β Mediates Intestinal Inflammation in Mice and Patients With Interleukin 10 Receptor Deficiency. Gastroenterology 2016, 151: 1100-1104. PMID: 27693323, PMCID: PMC5124405, DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2016.08.055.
- Sefik E, Geva-Zatorsky N, Oh S, Konnikova L, Zemmour D, McGuire AM, Burzyn D, Ortiz-Lopez A, Lobera M, Yang J, Ghosh S, Earl A, Snapper SB, Jupp R, Kasper D, Mathis D, Benoist C. Individual intestinal symbionts induce a distinct population of RORγ+ regulatory T cells. Science 2015, 349: 993-997. PMID: 26272906, PMCID: PMC4700932, DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa9420.
- Konnikova Y, Zaman M, Makda M, D’Onofrio D, Freedman S, Martin C. Late Enteral Feedings Are Associated with Intestinal Inflammation and Adverse Neonatal Outcomes. PLOS ONE 2015, 10: e0132924. PMID: 26172126, PMCID: PMC4501691, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132924.
- Parker M, Konnikova L, Martin C. The Role of Nutrition in Health and Disease in Premature Infants: Current Knowledge Gaps and Defining the Research Agenda. Nutrition And Health 2012, 111-133. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-224-7_8.
- Rhein LM, Konnikova L, McGeachey A, Pruchniewski M, Smith VC. The Role of Pulmonary Follow-up in Reducing Health Care Utilization in Infants With Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. Clinical Pediatrics 2012, 51: 645-650. PMID: 22492835, DOI: 10.1177/0009922812439242.
Departments and Programs
Biography
Liza Konnikova, MD, PhD, is a specialist in neonatal-perinatal medicine who cares for newborns facing challenges such as: premature birth; necrotizing enterocolitis, a severe intestinal disease causing tissue death; and sepsis, a critical response to infection that can result in tissue damage and organ failure.
As an associate professor of pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Konnikova studies how the immune system develops in early life, including the ways microorganisms and their natural products shape fetal and infant immune responses to environmental challenges. She aims to translate these findings into more effective therapies that encourage healthy growth and help prevent complications in vulnerable infants.
Dr. Konnikova completed her medical training at Tufts University School of Medicine and pursued residency and fellowship in pediatrics and neonatology at Boston Children’s Hospital.
Titles
- Associate Professor
- CyTOF Core Director, Medicine
Education & Training
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Mucosal ImmunologyBoston Children's Hospital (2017)
- Neonatology FellowshipBoston Children's Hospital (2013)
- ResidencyBoston Childrens Hospital (2010)
- PhDTufts University School of Medicine (2007)
- MDTufts University School of Medicine (2007)
- BABrandeis University, Biology and Chemistry (1999)
Additional Information
Publications
- Cao Y, Chakder M, Gawon K, Phan L, Coman M, Oliveira C, Konnikova L, Olaloye O, Brodsky N. Mapping Infant Immunity with Minimal Input: Integrative Single-cell and Multiomic Profiling. Journal Of Visualized Experiments 2026 PMID: 42008512, DOI: 10.3791/70279.
- Devaris A, Blaise A, Konnikova L, Olaloye O. The role of myeloid cells in the pathogenesis of necrotizing enterocolitis; a scoping review. Frontiers In Pediatrics 2026, 14: 1750294. PMID: 41837199, PMCID: PMC12982386, DOI: 10.3389/fped.2026.1750294.
- St Denis K, Rice T, Olaloye O, Konnikova L. Impact of the single cell revolution on neonatology research. Current Opinion In Pediatrics 2026, 38: 177-183. PMID: 41700570, DOI: 10.1097/mop.0000000000001556.
- Galeas-Pena M, Lyons J, Llivichuzhca-Loja D, Everman S, Yaghi G, White K, Sutradhar S, Robinson T, Owings A, Dhaliwal N, Carlye A, Konnikova L, Ali H, Glover S. MRGPRX2-expressing mast cells are increased in the GI tract of individuals with active inflammatory bowel disease and hereditary α-tryptasemia. Frontiers In Allergy 2026, 6: 1726096. PMID: 41647192, PMCID: PMC12868144, DOI: 10.3389/falgy.2025.1726096.
- Mishra D, Morris S, Popovski D, Girard E, Bondoc A, Senthil Kumar S, Andrade A, Zhu X, Yao F, Brusniak M, Umaru B, Crotty E, Brasel K, Pakiam F, Russo C, Zeinieh M, Biery M, Coxon M, Conti H, Clarke M, Lu M, Rutka J, Llivichuzhca-Loja D, Konnikova L, Fouladi M, Jabado N, Huang A, Olson J, Drissi R. Preclinical assessment of checkpoint blockade combined with DNA methyltransferase inhibition in high-risk pediatric brain tumors reveals limited therapeutic synergy. Neuro-Oncology Advances 2025, 8: vdaf241. PMID: 41541220, PMCID: PMC12803780, DOI: 10.1093/noajnl/vdaf241.
- Garg P, Konnikova L, Kallapur S, Shenberger J. Does the duration of empiric antibiotic treatment influence NEC incidence and severity relative to placental pathology? Journal Of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine 2025, 19: 323-325. PMID: 41067712, PMCID: PMC12670245, DOI: 10.1177/19345798251387332.
- Ramatchandirin B, Wang W, Balamurugan M, Alnahhas Y, Desiraju S, Subrramanya A, George Raj J, Lawal Z, Ferris M, Tseng G, Konnikova L, MohanKumar K. Immune landscape in liver of neonatal mice with phlebotomy-induced anemia. Pediatric Research 2025, 99: 1602-1612. PMID: 40962864, PMCID: PMC12659965, DOI: 10.1038/s41390-025-04361-x.
- Andrade A, Sigaud R, Puligandla E, Liu B, Karimi E, Annett A, Rezanejad M, Jawhar W, Taylor R, Cao Y, Schmid S, Selt F, Hernáiz Driever P, Horn S, Sievers P, Prinz M, Glatzel M, Mawrin C, Hartmann C, Monoranu C, Konnikova L, Sahm F, Pfister S, Witt O, Jones D, Koch A, Kleinman C, Capper D, Walsh L, Jabado N, Milde T. A spatial map of MAPK-activated immunosuppressive myeloid populations in pediatric low-grade glioma. Nature Immunology 2025, 26: 1794-1806. PMID: 40954250, DOI: 10.1038/s41590-025-02268-7.
- Carroll K, Gu W, Phan L, Santiago E, Wang W, Tseng G, Konnikova L, Sharma S. Conserved interactions with stromal and immune cells coordinate de novo B-cell lymphopoiesis in fetal intestines. JCI Insight 2025, 10: e192550. PMID: 40892464, PMCID: PMC12513481, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.192550.
- Tal N, Baram L, Gehlhaar A, Gu W, Guo S, Santiago E, Lev A, Barel O, Shamir R, Somech R, Konnikova L, Shouval D. RELA Haploinsufficiency Manifesting as an Atypical Phenotype of Crohn’s Disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2025, 31: 2865-2874. PMID: 40876844, PMCID: PMC12558583, DOI: 10.1093/ibd/izaf159.
- Wei Y, Ma H, Wong M, Back H, Papasavvas E, Mounzer K, Aberra F, Morgenstern R, Tebas P, Konnikova L, Montaner L, Ho Y. Transcription factor BACH2 shapes tissue-resident memory T cell programs to promote HIV-1 persistence. Immunity 2025, 58: 2878-2898.e11. PMID: 40845842, PMCID: PMC12385486, DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2025.07.022.
- Brodsky N, Chakder M, Kumar D, Barmada A, Wang J, Gu W, Olaloye O, Ramaswamy A, Wats A, Konnikova L, Lucas C. Early-life human CD8+ T cells exhibit rapid, short-lived effector responses and a unique transcription factor landscape. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2025, 122: e2421106122. PMID: 40720649, PMCID: PMC12337316, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2421106122.
- Balamurugan M, Ramatchandirin B, Desiraju S, Subrramanya A, Raj J, Ferris M, Lawal Z, Olaloye O, Konnikova L, MohanKumar K. Platelet specific knockout of integrin beta-3 (β3) reduces severity of necrotizing enterocolitis in murine neonates. Frontiers In Pediatrics 2025, 13: 1560242. PMID: 40746354, PMCID: PMC12310614, DOI: 10.3389/fped.2025.1560242.
- Strine M, Konnikova L. Bugged before birth?: How maternal microbes reprogram offspring immunity. Cell Host & Microbe 2025, 33: 1036-1038. PMID: 40639328, DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2025.06.003.
- Strine M, Vahkal B, St Denis K, Konnikova L. Exploring mucosal immune development and function in utero. Trends In Immunology 2025, 46: 502-504. PMID: 40518358, PMCID: PMC12255524, DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2025.05.004.
- Konnikova L. Reframing the paradigm- rethinking placental and fetal immunity. Placenta 2025 PMID: 40425428, PMCID: PMC12583934, DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2025.05.011.
- Wang W, Gu W, Schweitzer R, Koren O, Khatib S, Tseng G, Konnikova L. In utero human intestine contains maternally derived bacterial metabolites. Microbiome 2025, 13: 116. PMID: 40329366, PMCID: PMC12054239, DOI: 10.1186/s40168-025-02110-0.
- Velagala S, Phan L, Eke C, Fernandes A, Rice T, Olaloye O, Konnikova L. Spatial single-cell analysis identifies placental villi structuraland immune remodeling across gestation. Mucosal Immunology 2025, 18: 848-860. PMID: 40288579, PMCID: PMC12560956, DOI: 10.1016/j.mucimm.2025.04.005.
- Olaloye O, Gu W, Gehlhaar A, Sabuwala B, Eke C, Li Y, Kehoe T, Farmer R, Gabernet G, Lucas C, Tsang J, Lakhani S, Taylor S, Tseng G, Kleinstein S, Konnikova L. A single-cell atlas of circulating immune cells over the first 2 months of age in extremely premature infants. Science Translational Medicine 2025, 17: eadr0942. PMID: 40043141, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adr0942.
- Gehlhaar A, Shouval D, Santiago E, Ling G, McCourt B, Werner L, Yerushalmi B, Konnikova L. Immune dysregulation in glycogen storage disease 1b extends beyond neutropenia. Human Immunology 2025, 86: 111268. PMID: 40037121, DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2025.111268.
- Soliman Y, Eke C, Guo X, Wang M, Silva T, Désir G, Konnikova L. Renalase levels are decreased in maternal blood and placental tissues in pregnancies associated with preterm preeclampsia. Scientific Reports 2025, 15: 6480. PMID: 39987333, PMCID: PMC11846959, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-90524-z.
- Li J, Jacobse J, Pilat J, Kaur H, Gu W, Kang S, Rusznak M, Huang H, Barrera J, Oloo P, Roland J, Hawkins C, Pahnke A, Khalil M, Washington M, Wilson K, Williams C, Peebles R, Konnikova L, Choksi Y, Hammer G, Lau K, Goettel J. Interleukin-10 production by innate lymphoid cells restricts intestinal inflammation in mice. Mucosal Immunology 2025, 18: 643-655. PMID: 39988202, PMCID: PMC12167137, DOI: 10.1016/j.mucimm.2025.02.005.
- Liu P, Pan Y, Chang H, Wang W, Fang Y, Xue X, Zou J, Toothaker J, Olaloye O, Santiago E, McCourt B, Mitsialis V, Presicce P, Kallapur S, Snapper S, Liu J, Tseng G, Konnikova L, Liu S. Comprehensive evaluation and practical guideline of gating methods for high-dimensional cytometry data: manual gating, unsupervised clustering, and auto-gating. Briefings In Bioinformatics 2024, 26: bbae633. PMID: 39656848, PMCID: PMC11630031, DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbae633.
- Jasset O, Lopez Zapana P, Bahadir Z, Shook L, Dennis M, Gilbert E, Liu Z, Yinger R, Bald C, Bradford C, Silfen A, Klein S, Pekosz A, Permar S, Konnikova L, Yonker L, Lauffenburger D, Nelson A, Elovitz M, Edlow A. Enhanced placental antibody transfer efficiency with longer interval between maternal respiratory syncytial virus vaccination and birth. American Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynecology 2024, 232: 554.e1-554.e15. PMID: 39515450, PMCID: PMC12056162, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2024.10.053.
- Andrade A, Annett A, Karimi E, Topouza D, Rezanejad M, Liu Y, McNicholas M, Gonzalez Santiago E, Llivichuzhca-Loja D, Gehlhaar A, Jessa S, De Cola A, Chandarana B, Russo C, Faury D, Danieau G, Puligandla E, Wei Y, Zeinieh M, Wu Q, Hebert S, Juretic N, Nakada E, Krug B, Larouche V, Weil A, Dudley R, Karamchandani J, Agnihotri S, Quail D, Ellezam B, Konnikova L, Walsh L, Pathania M, Kleinman C, Jabado N. Immune landscape of oncohistone-mutant gliomas reveals diverse myeloid populations and tumor-promoting function. Nature Communications 2024, 15: 7769. PMID: 39237515, PMCID: PMC11377583, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-52096-w.
- Smith L, Santiago E, Eke C, Gu W, Wang W, Llivichuzhca-Loja D, Kehoe T, St Denis K, Strine M, Taylor S, Tseng G, Konnikova L. Human Milk Supports Robust Intestinal Organoid Growth, Differentiation, and Homeostatic Cytokine Production. Gastro Hep Advances 2024, 3: 1030-1042. PMID: 39529649, PMCID: PMC11550179, DOI: 10.1016/j.gastha.2024.07.007.
- Garg P, Weitkamp J, McDonald A, Cilvik S, Mir I, Shenberger J, Olaloye O, Konnikova L, Kallapur S, Garg P. Placenta and Intestinal Injury in Preterm Infants. American Journal Of Perinatology 2024, 42: 415-419. PMID: 38889889, PMCID: PMC11724007, DOI: 10.1055/a-2347-4135.
- Ciorba M, Konnikova L, Hirota S, Lucchetta E, Turner J, Slavin A, Johnson K, Condray C, Hong S, Cressall B, Pizarro T, Hurtado-Lorenzo A, Heller C, Moss A, Swantek J, Garrett W. Challenges in IBD Research 2024: Preclinical Human IBD Mechanisms. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2024, 30: s5-s18. PMID: 38778627, PMCID: PMC11491665, DOI: 10.1093/ibd/izae081.
- Gu W, Eke C, Santiago E, Olaloye O, Konnikova L. Single-cell atlas of the small intestine throughout the human lifespan demonstrates unique features of fetal immune cells. Mucosal Immunology 2024, 17: 599-617. PMID: 38555026, PMCID: PMC11384551, DOI: 10.1016/j.mucimm.2024.03.011.
- Olyha S, O’Connor S, Kribis M, Bucklin M, Uthaya Kumar D, Tyler P, Alam F, Jones K, Sheikha H, Konnikova L, Lakhani S, Montgomery R, Catanzaro J, Du H, DiGiacomo D, Rothermel H, Moran C, Fiedler K, Warner N, Hoppenreijs E, van der Made C, Hoischen A, Olbrich P, Neth O, Rodríguez-Martínez A, Lucena Soto J, van Rossum A, Dalm V, Muise A, Lucas C. “Deficiency in ELF4, X-Linked”: a Monogenic Disease Entity Resembling Behçet’s Syndrome and Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Journal Of Clinical Immunology 2024, 44: 44. PMID: 38231408, PMCID: PMC10929603, DOI: 10.1007/s10875-023-01610-8.
- Koren O, Konnikova L, Brodin P, Mysorekar I, Collado M. The maternal gut microbiome in pregnancy: implications for the developing immune system. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology 2023, 21: 35-45. PMID: 38097774, PMCID: PMC12635954, DOI: 10.1038/s41575-023-00864-2.
- Mooring M, Yeung G, Luukkonen P, Liu S, Akbar M, Zhang G, Balogun O, Yu X, Mo R, Nejak-Bowen K, Poyurovsky M, Booth C, Konnikova L, Shulman G, Yimlamai D. Hepatocyte CYR61 polarizes profibrotic macrophages to orchestrate NASH fibrosis. Science Translational Medicine 2023, 15: eade3157-eade3157. PMID: 37756381, PMCID: PMC10874639, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.ade3157.
- Egozi A, Olaloye O, Werner L, Silva T, McCourt B, Pierce R, An X, Wang F, Chen K, Pober J, Shouval D, Itzkovitz S, Konnikova L. Single-cell atlas of the human neonatal small intestine affected by necrotizing enterocolitis. PLOS Biology 2023, 21: e3002124. PMID: 37205711, PMCID: PMC10234541, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002124.
- Rice T, Konnikova L. Propionate primes the DC pump in neonates. Immunity 2023, 56: 903-905. PMID: 37163990, DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2023.04.006.
- Olaloye O, Eke C, Jolteus A, Konnikova L. Single cell analysis via mass cytometry of spontaneous intestinal perforation reveals alterations in small intestinal innate and adaptive mucosal immunity. Frontiers In Immunology 2023, 14: 995558. PMID: 36825028, PMCID: PMC9941693, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.995558.
- Kennedy K, de Goffau M, Perez-Muñoz M, Arrieta M, Bäckhed F, Bork P, Braun T, Bushman F, Dore J, de Vos W, Earl A, Eisen J, Elovitz M, Ganal-Vonarburg S, Gänzle M, Garrett W, Hall L, Hornef M, Huttenhower C, Konnikova L, Lebeer S, Macpherson A, Massey R, McHardy A, Koren O, Lawley T, Ley R, O’Mahony L, O’Toole P, Pamer E, Parkhill J, Raes J, Rattei T, Salonen A, Segal E, Segata N, Shanahan F, Sloboda D, Smith G, Sokol H, Spector T, Surette M, Tannock G, Walker A, Yassour M, Walter J. Questioning the fetal microbiome illustrates pitfalls of low-biomass microbial studies. Nature 2023, 613: 639-649. PMID: 36697862, PMCID: PMC11333990, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05546-8.
- Sultan M, Adawi M, Kol N, McCourt B, Adawi I, Baram L, Tal N, Werner L, Lev A, Snapper S, Barel O, Konnikova L, Somech R, Shouval D. RIPK1 mutations causing infantile-onset IBD with inflammatory and fistulizing features. Frontiers In Immunology 2022, 13: 1041315. PMID: 36466854, PMCID: PMC9716469, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1041315.
- A E, D L, BT M, K B, L F, X A, F W, K C, L K, S I. Insulin is expressed by enteroendocrine cells during human fetal development. 2022 DOI: 10.1530/ey.19.10.8.
- Wang M, Silva T, Toothaker JM, McCourt BT, Shugrue C, Desir G, Gorelick F, Konnikova L. Renalase and its receptor, PMCA4b, are expressed in the placenta throughout the human gestation. Scientific Reports 2022, 12: 4953. PMID: 35322081, PMCID: PMC8943056, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-08817-6.
- Toothaker JM, Olaloye O, McCourt BT, McCourt CC, Silva TN, Case RM, Liu P, Yimlamai D, Tseng G, Konnikova L. Immune landscape of human placental villi using single-cell analysis. Development 2022, 149 PMID: 35050308, PMCID: PMC8935213, DOI: 10.1242/dev.200013.
- Gehlhaar A, Inala A, Llivichuzhca-Loja D, Silva TN, Adegboye CY, O’Connell A, Konnikova L. Insights into the Role of Commensal-Specific T Cells in Intestinal Inflammation. Journal Of Inflammation Research 2022, 15: 1873-1887. PMID: 35342295, PMCID: PMC8943607, DOI: 10.2147/jir.s288288.
- Olaloye OO, Liu P, Toothaker JM, McCourt BT, McCourt CC, Xiao J, Prochaska E, Shaffer S, Werner L, Faculty U, Faculty U, Gringauz J, Good M, Goldsmith JD, An X, Wang F, Snapper SB, Shouval D, Chen K, Tseng G, Konnikova L. CD16+CD163+ monocytes traffic to sites of inflammation during necrotizing enterocolitis in premature infants. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2021, 218: e20200344. PMID: 34269788, PMCID: PMC8289692, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20200344.
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- Mirizio E, Liu C, Yan Q, Waltermire J, Mandel R, Schollaert KL, Konnikova L, Wang X, Chen W, Torok KS. Genetic Signatures From RNA Sequencing of Pediatric Localized Scleroderma Skin. Frontiers In Pediatrics 2021, 9: 669116. PMID: 34164359, PMCID: PMC8215272, DOI: 10.3389/fped.2021.669116.
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