the RAGLAND lab: Publications
For a complete list of publications from Stephanie Ragland, please see https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/stephanie.ragland.1/bibliography/public/.
Primary Research Articles
Ragland SA, Lindblad KE, Li Y, Choi JH, Okin D, Mao J, Richmond-Buccola D, Coronado DR, Brown MR, Snapper SB, Kranzusch PJ, and Kagan JC. “Purine and pyrimidine-based bacterial cyclic dinucleotides egress the phagosome and activate the innate immune sensor STING.” Immunity. 2026 Aug 11;59(8):2086-2105.e17. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2026.06.023. PMID 42468529
Ragland SA, Gray MC, Melson EM, Kendall MM, and Criss AK. “Effect of lipidation on the cellular localization and activity of a lysozyme inhibitor in Neisseria gonorrhoeae.” Journal of Bacteriology. 2020 Feb 10. pii: JB.00633-19. doi: 10.1128/JB.00633-19. PMID: 32041800
Ragland SA, Humbert MV, Christodoulides M, and Criss AK. “Neisseria gonorrhoeae employs two protein inhibitors to evade killing by human lysozyme.” PLoS Pathogens. 14.7 (2018), doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007080. PMID: 29975775
Ragland SA, Schaub RE, Hackett KT, Dillard JP, and Criss AK. “Two lytic transglycosylases in Neisseria gonorrhoeae impart resistance to killing by lysozyme and human neutrophils.” Cellular Microbiology. 19.3 (2017), doi: 10.1111/cmi.12662. PMID: 27597434
Ragland SA and Kagan JC. “Waking the sleeping giant: Single-stranded DNA binds Schlafen 11 to initiate innate immune responses.” Sci Immunol. 2024 Jun 14;9(96):eadp4474. doi: 10.1126/sciimmunol.adp4474. Epub 2024 Jun 14. PMID: 38875318
Literature Reviews
Ragland SA and Kagan JC. “Cytosolic detection of phagosomal bacteria – mechanisms underlying PAMP exodus from the phagosome into the cytosol.” Molecular Microbiology. 2021 Dec; 116(6): 1420-1432. doi: 10.1111/mmi.14841. PMID: 34738270
Ragland SA and Criss AK. “From bacterial killing to immune modulation, recent insights into the functions of lysozyme.” PLoS Pathogens. 13.1 (2017), doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006512. PMID: 28934357