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Crow R, Tesega H, Chapkin ER, Garvey Griffith NC, Hossainey MRH, Ma J, Grayfer L. (2026) A comparison of  amphibian (Xenopus laevis) peritoneum- and bone marrow-derived mast cells. J Immunol, 215, vkaf363.

Garvey Griffith NC, Hauser KA, Abramson B, Chapkin ER, Jones EJ, Duttargi AN, Grayfer L. (2025) The contribution of amphibian macrophage subsets to scarless regeneration of skin wounds. Front Immunol, 11, 1713361.

Yaparla A, Popovic M, Hauser KA, Rollins-Smith, LA, Grayfer, L. (2025) Amphibian (Xenopus laevis) Macrophage Subsets Vary in Their Responses to the Chytrid Fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. J Fungi (Basel). 11: 311.

Hauser KA, Garvey CN, Crow RS, Hossainey MRH, Howard DT, Ranganathan N, Gentry LK,
Yaparla A, Kalia N, Zelle M, Jones EJ, Duttargi AN, Rollins-Smith LA, Muletz-Wolz CR, Grayfer L.
(2024) Amphibian mast cells serve as barriers to chytrid fungus infections. eLife, 92168.

Hauser KA, Hossainey MRH, Howard DT, Koubourli DV, Kalia N, Grayfer L. (2024) Granulocytes
accumulate in resorbing tails of metamorphosing Xenopus laevis amphibians Comp Immunol Rep 6: 200139.

Hossainey MRH, Yaparla A, Uzzaman Z, Moore T, Grayfer L. (2023) A comparison of amphibian (Xenopus laevis) tadpole and adult frog macrophages Dev Comp Immunol 141, 104647.

Hossainey MRH, Hauser KA, Garvey CN, Kalia N, Garvey JM, Grayfer L. (2022) A perspective into
the relationships between amphibian (Xenopus laevis) myeloid cell subsets. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 31, 20220124.

Edholm ESE, Grayfer L. (2022) Editorial: Immunity to Emerging Pathogens in Poikilothermic
Vertebrates. Frontiers in Immunology 13, 867818.

Kalia N, Hauser K, Burton S, Hossainey MRH, Zelle M, Horb ME, Grayfer L. (2022) Endogenous retroviruses augment amphibian (Xenopus laevis) tadpole antiviral protection. Journal of Virology 96, e0063422.

Hossainey MRH, Yaparla A, Hauser K, Moore TE, Grayfer L. (2021) The roles of amphibian
(Xenopus laevis) macrophages during chronic Frog Virus 3 infections. Viruses, 13, 2299.

Hauser K, Singer JC, Hossainey MRH, Moore TE, Wendel ES, Yaparla A, Kalia N, Grayfer L.
(2021) Amphibian (Xenopus laevis) Tadpoles and Adult Frogs Differ in Their Antiviral Responses to Intestinal Frog Virus 3 Infections. Frontiers in Immunology 12, 737403.

​Yaparla A, Koubourli D, Popovic M, Grayfer, L. (2020) Exploring the relationships between amphibian (Xenopus laevis) myeloid cell subsets. Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 113, 103798.

​Hauser K, Popovic M, Yaparla A, Koubourli DV, Reeves P, Batheja A, Webb R, Forzán M, Grayfer
L. (2020) Discovery of granulocyte-lineage cells in the skin of the amphibian Xenopus laevis. FACETS 5, 571.

Yaparla A, Reeves P, Grayfer L. (2020) Myelopoiesis of the amphibian Xenopus laevis is segregated to the bone marrow, away from their hematopoietic peripheral liver. Frontiers in Immunology 10, 3015.

Popovic M, Yaparla A, Paquin-Proulx D, Koubourli DV, Webb R, Firmani M, Grayfer L. (2019) Colony-stimulating factor-1- and interleukin-34-derived macrophages differ in their susceptibility to Mycobacterium marinum. Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 106, 1257.

Yaparla A, Docter-Loeb H, Melnyck MLS, Batheja A, Grayfer, L. (2019) The amphibian (Xenopus
laevis) colony-stimulating factor-1 and interleukin-34-derived macrophages possess disparate pathogen recognition capacities. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 98, 89.

Koubourli DV, Yaparla A, Popovic M, Grayfer L. (2018) Amphibian (Xenopus laevis) interleukin-8
(CXCL-8): A perspective on the evolutionary divergence of granulocyte chemotaxis. Frontiers in
Immunology, 9, 2058.

Paquin-Proulx D, Greenspun BC, Kitchen SM, Saraiva Raposo RA, Nixon DF, Grayfer L. (2018)
Human interleukin-34-derived macrophages have increased resistance to HIV-1 infection. Cytokine 111, 39.

Wendel ES, Yaparla A, Melnyk MLS, Koubourli DV, Grayfer L. (2018) Amphibian (Xenopus laevis)
tadpoles and adult frogs differ in their use of expanded repertoires of type I and type III interferon cytokines. Viruses 10, 372.

Yaparla A, Grayfer L. (2018) Isolation and culture of amphibian (Xenopus laevis) sub-capsular liver and bone marrow cells. Methods in Molecular Biology 1865, 275.

Yaparla Ag, Popovic M, Grayfer L. (2017) Differentiation-dependent antiviral capacities of amphibian (Xenopus laevis) macrophages. Journal of Biological Chemistry 293, 1736.

Koubourli DV, Wendel ES, Ghaul JR
, Grayfer L. (2017) Immune roles of amphibian (Xenopus laevis) tadpole granulocytes during Frog Virus 3 ranavirus infections. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 72, 112.

Wendel ES, Yaparla A, Koubourli DV
, Grayfer L. (2017) Amphibian (Xenopus laevis) tadpoles and
adult frogs mount distinct interferon responses to the Frog Virus 3 ranavirus. Virology 503, 12.

Yaparla A, Wendel E
, Grayfer L. (2016) The unique myelopoiesis strategy of the amphibian Xenopus laevis. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 63, 136.

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