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Ayesha Zainab Beg

Columbia UniversityORCID 0000-0002-0882-0500Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Research Focus:metabolism & bioenergetics· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Approach:genetic perturbation / CRISPR· 1 Assay:metabolomics· 1

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Ian A. LewisiD· 2 shared Sebastián A. RiquelmeiD· 2 shared Shivang S. ShahiD· 2 shared Tania Wong Fok LungiD· 2 shared Ying-Tsun CheniD· 2 shared Abderrahman HachaniiD· 1 shared Absar TalatiD· 1 shared Alice Prince· 1 shared

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T6SS mutants exploit itaconate to support infection of phagocytes

Ayesha Zainab Beg, Blanche L. Fields, Ying-Tsun Chen, Tania Wong Fok Lung, Griffin Gowdy, Absar Talat, Asad U. Khan, Shivang S. Shah, Ian A. Lewis, Sebastián A. Riquelme, Alice Prince

This study shows that Pseudomonas aeruginosa mutants lacking the H3-T6SS exploit itaconate to persist in phagocytes, enhancing their ability to cause chronic lung infections.

bioRxiv · Mar 19, 2026 · PreprintImmunology

Regulation of airway fumarate by host and pathogen promotes S. aureus pneumonia

Ying-Tsun Chen, Zihua Liu, Dario Fucich, Stefano G. Giulieri, Zhe Liu, Ridhima Wadhwa, Gustavo Rios-Delgado, Henning Henschel, N. Tyagi, Françios A.B. Olivier, Ian R. Monk, Shivang S. Shah, Shwetha Hara Sridhar, Marija Drikic, Colleen M. Bianco, , Tania Wong Fok Lung

This study shows that fumarate, regulated by host and pathogen, limits S. aureus growth by blocking metabolic pathways, while FumC enables adaptation through fumarate degradation and utilization.

Nature Communications · Aug 1, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology