IL-13 and IL-17A activate β1 integrin through an NF-kB/Rho kinase/PIP5K1γ pathway to enhance force transmission in airway smooth muscle. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 2024 Aug 20. Ngo U, Shi Y, Woodruff P, Shokat K, DeGrado W, Jo H, Sheppard D, Sundaram AB. PMID: 39136993.

Integrin a2ß1 regulates collagen I tethering to modulate hyperresponsiveness in reactive airway disease models. J Clin Invest. 2021 May 06. Liu S, Ngo U, Tang XZ, Ren X, Qiu W, Huang X, DeGrado W, Allen CD, Jo H, Sheppard D, Sundaram AB. PMID: 33956668.

Dual antagonists of a5ß1/ avß1 integrin for airway hyperresponsiveness. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2020 Sep 29; 127578. Sundaram A, Chen C, Isik Reed N, Liu S, Ki Yeon S, McIntosh J, Tang YZ, Yang H, Adler M, Beresis R, Seiple IB, Sheppard D, DeGrado WF, Jo H. PMID: 33007395.

G protein-regulated endocytic trafficking of adenylyl cyclase type 9. Elife. 2020 Jun 09; 9. Lazar AM, Irannejad R, Baldwin TA, Sundaram AB, Gutkind JS, Inoue A, Dessauer CW, Von Zastrow M. PMID: 32515353. 

A disease-associated mutation in fibrillin-1 differentially regulates integrin-mediated cell adhesion. J Biol Chem. 2019 11 29; 294(48):18232-18243. Del Cid JS, Reed NI, Molnar K, Liu S, Dang B, Jensen SA, DeGrado W, Handford PA, Sheppard D, Sundaram AB. PMID: 31640988.

IL-17A Recruits Rab35 to IL-17R to Mediate PKCa-Dependent Stress Fiber Formation and Airway Smooth Muscle Contractility. J Immunol. 2019 03 01; 202(5):1540-1548. Bulek K, Chen X, Parron V, Sundaram A, Herjan T, Ouyang S, Liu C, Majors A, Zepp J, Gao J, Dongre A, Bodaszewska-Lubas M, Echard A, Aronica M, Carman J, Garantziotis S, Sheppard D, Li X. PMID: 30683702.

Targeting integrin a5ß1 ameliorates severe airway hyperresponsiveness in experimental asthma. J Clin Invest. 2017 01 03; 127(1):365-374. Sundaram A, Chen C, Khalifeh-Soltani A, Atakilit A, Ren X, Qiu W, Jo H, DeGrado W, Huang X, Sheppard D. PMID: 27918306.

G Protein-Coupled Receptor Endocytosis Confers Uniformity in Responses to Chemically Distinct Ligands. Mol Pharmacol. 2017 Feb; 91(2):145-156. Tsvetanova NG, Trester-Zedlitz M, Newton BW, Riordan DP, Sundaram AB, Johnson JR, Krogan NJ, von Zastrow M. PMID: 27879340.

IQGAP1-dependent scaffold suppresses RhoA and inhibits airway smooth muscle contraction. J Clin Invest. 2014 Nov; 124(11):4895-8. Bhattacharya M, Sundaram A, Kudo M, Farmer J, Ganesan P, Khalifeh-Soltani A, Arjomandi M, Atabai K, Huang X, Sheppard D. PMID: 25271629.

The phosphatase CD148 promotes airway hyperresponsiveness through SRC family kinases. J Clin Invest. 2013 May; 123(5):2037-48. Katsumoto TR, Kudo M, Chen C, Sundaram A, Callahan EC, Zhu JW, Lin J, Rosen CE, Manz BN, Lee JW, Matthay MA, Huang X, Sheppard D, Weiss A. PMID: 23543053.

The avß6 integrin modulates airway hyperresponsiveness in mice by regulating intraepithelial mast cells. J Clin Invest. 2012 Feb; 122(2):748-58. Sugimoto K, Kudo M, Sundaram A, Ren X, Huang K, Bernstein X, Wang Y, Raymond WW, Erle DJ, Abrink M, Caughey GH, Huang X, Sheppard D. PMID: 22232213.