Monteith Laboratory

Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee

G = Graduate Trainee, U = Undergraduate Trainee, P = Postdoctoral/Postbac/Professional Trainee

2025

Holder, BE*,G, Reber, CP*,G, & Monteith, AJ. (2025). Live fast, die young: neutrophils streamline their metabolism to maximize inflammation. Infection and Immunity; 12;93(8): e0049824. PMID: 40586776 (Minireviews from Early-Career Investigators)

Ekness, F, Wold, EA, Leasure, C, Musteata, E, Monteith, AJ, Laut, C, Rosato, A, Skaar, EP, & Tabor, JJ. (2025). A Staphylococcus aureus virulence inhibitor identified by SaeRS refactoring and screening in Bacillus subtilis. ACS Synthetic Biology. PMID: 40170243

Wise, ADP, TenBarge, EGP, Mendonça, JdC, Mennen, ECU, McDaniel, SRU, Reber, CPG, Holder, BEG, Bunch, ML, Belevska EU, Marshall MGU, Vaccaro, NMU, Blakely, CRU, Ferris J, Sheldon, JR, Bieber, JD, Johnson, JG, Burcham, LR, & Monteith, AJ. (2025). Mitochondria sense bacterial lactate in the phagosome and drive release of neutrophil extracellular traps. Cell Host and Microbe. PMID: 40020664

2024

Genito, CJ, Darwitz, BP, Reber, CPG, Moorman, NJ, Graves, CL, Monteith, AJ, & Thurlow, LR. (2024).mTOR signaling is required for phagocyte free radical production, GLUT1 expression, and control of Staphylococcus aureus infection. mBio; 15(6): e0086224. PMID: 38767353

Monteith, AJ, Ramsey, HE, Greenwood, D, Silver, AJ, Brown, D, Smith, B, Wise, ADP, Liu, J, Olmstead, SD, Watke, J, Arrate, MP, Fuller, L, Gorska, AE, Locasale, JW, Stubbs, MC, Rathmell, JC, & Savona, MR. (2024).Lactate utilization enables metabolic escape to confer resistance to BET inhibition in acute myeloid leukemia. Cancer Research; 84(7): 1101-1114. PMID: 38285895

Ramsey, HE, Gorska, AE, Smith, B, Monteith, AJ, Fuller, L, Arrate, PM, & Savona MR. (2024). TLR3 agonism augments CD47 inhibition in AML. Haematologica; 109(7): 2111-2121. PMID: 38152031

2023

Naderer, T, Mu, A, Monteith, AJ & Wong, TFL. (2023). Understanding the effects of metabolites and trace minerals on microbes during infection. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology; 13: 1276271. PMID: 37712062

2022

Sheldon, JR, Himmel, LE, Kunkle, DE, Monteith, AJ, Maloney, KN, & Skaar, EP. (2022). Lipocalin-2 is an essential component of the innate immune response to Acinetobacter baumannii infection. PLOS Pathogens; 18(9): e1010809. PMID: 36054235

Weiss, A*, Murdoch, CC*, Edmonds, KA, Jordan, MR, Monteith, AJ, Perera, YR, Rodriguez-Nassif, AM, Patoletti, AM, Beavers, WN, Munneke, MJ, Drury, SL, Krystofiak, ES, Thalluri, K, Wu, H, Kruse, ARS, DiMarchi, RD, Caprioli, RM, Spraggins, JM, Chazin, WJ, Giedroc, DP, and Skaar, EP. (2022). Zn-regulated GTPase metalloprotein activator 1 modulates vertebrate zinc homeostasis. Cell; 185(12): 2148-2163. PMID: 35584702

Green, ER, Fakhoury, JW, Monteith, AJ, Pi H, Giedroc, DP, & Skaar, EP. (2022). A bacterial dehydrin promotes pathogen desiccation tolerance. Cell Host and Microbe; 30: 1-13. PMID: 35413266

Monteith, AJ, Miller, JM, Beavers, WN, Juttukonda, LJ, & Skaar, EP. (2022). Increased dietary manganese impairs NET formation rendering neutrophils ineffective at combating Staphylococcus aureus. Infection and Immunity; 90(3): e0068521. PMID: 35191757

Monteith, AJ, Miller, JM, Williams, JM, Voss, K, Rathmell, JC, Crofford, LJ & Skaar, EP. (2022). Altered mitochondrial homeostasis during systemic lupus erythematosus impairs neutrophil extracellular trap formation rendering neutrophils ineffective at combating Staphylococcus aureus. The Journal of Immunology; 208(2): 454-463. PMID: 34930781

Monteith, AJ, Miller, JM, Beavers, WN, Maloney, KN, Seifert, EL, Hajnoczky, G, & Skaar, EP. (2022). Mitochondrial calcium uniporter affects neutrophil function during Staphylococcus aureus infection. Infection and Immunity (Spotlight Selection); 90(2): e00551-21. PMID: 34871043

2021

Monteith, AJ, Miller, JM, Maxwell, CN, Chazin, WJ, & Skaar, EP. (2021). Neutrophil extracellular trap formation enhances macrophage-mediated killing of bacterial pathogens. Science Advances; 37(7):eabj2101. PMID: 34516771

Monteith, AJ & Skaar, EP. (2021). Impact of metal availability on immune function during infection. Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism; 32(11): 916-928. PMID: 34483073

Beavers, WN, DuMont, A, Monteith, AJ, Maloney, KN, Tallmanc, KA, Weiss, A, Chapman, AH, Toste, FD, Chang, CJ, Porter, NA, Torres, VJ, & Skaar, EP. (2021). Staphylococcus aureus peptide methionine sulfoxide reductases protect from human whole-blood killing. Infection and Immunity; 89(8): e00146-21. PMID: 34001560

Kopfenstein, N, Cassat, JE,Monteith, A, Miller, A, Drury, S, Skaar, E, & Serezani, CH. (2021). Animal models for staphylococcal infection. Current Protocols in Immunology; 1(3): e52. PMID: 33656290

Guiberson, ER*, Weiss, A*, Ryan, DJ, Monteith, AJ, Sharman, K, Gutierrez, DB, Perry, WJ, Caprioli, RM, Skaar, EP, & Spraggins, JM. (2021). Spatially-targeted proteomics of the host-pathogen interface during staphylococcal abscess formation. ACS Infectious Diseases; 7(1):101-113. PMID: 33270421

2019

Beavers, WN, Monteith, AJ, Amarnath, V, Mernaugh, RL, Roberts II, LJ, Davies, SS, & Skaar, EP. (2019). Arachidonic acid kills Staphylococcus aureus through a lipid peroxidation mechanism. mBio; 10(5): 1-15. PMID: 31575763

Choby, JE, Monteith, AJ, Himmel, LE, Margaritis, P, Shirey-Rice, JK, Pruijssers, A, Jerome, RN, Pulley, J, & Skaar, EP. (2019). PheWAS uncovers a pathological role in coagulation Factor X during Acinetobacter baumannii infection. Infection and Immunity; 87(5): 1-15. PMID: 37082860

Kozlyuk, N*, Monteith, AJ*, Garcia, V*, Damo, SM, Skaar, EP, & Chazin, WJ. (2019). S100 protein in the innate immune response to pathogens. Methods in Molecular Biology; 1929: 275-90. PMID: 30710280

2018

Monteith, AJ, Vincent, HA, Kang, S, Li, P, Claiborne, TM, Rajfur, Z, Jacobson, K, Moorman, NJ, & Vilen, BJ. (2018). mTORC2 Activity Disrupts Lysosome Acidification in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Impairing Caspase-1 Cleavage of Rab39a. The Journal of Immunology; 201(2): 371-82. PMID: 29866702

2016

Kang, S, Rogers, JL, Monteith, AJ, Jiang, C, Schmitz, J, Clarke, SH, Tarrant, TK, Truong, YK, Diaz, M, Fedoriw, Y, & Vilen, BJ. (2016). Apoptotic Debris Accumulates on Hematopoietic Cells and Promotes Disease in Murine and Human Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. The Journal of Immunology; 196(10): 4030-9. PMID: 27059595

Monteith, AJ, Kang, S, Scott, E, Hillman, K, Rajfur, Z, Jacobson, K, Costello, MJ, & Vilen, BJ. (2016). Defects in lysosomal maturation facilitate the activation of innate sensors in systemic lupus erythematosus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences; 113(15): E2142-51. PMID: 27035940

2013

Monteith, A, Marszalec, W, Chan, P, Logan, J, Yu, W, Schwarz, N, Wokosin, D, & Hockberger, P. (2013). Imaging of Mitochondrial and Non-Mitochondrial Responses in Cultured Rat Hippocampal Neurons Exposed to Micromolar Concentrations of TMRM. PLoS ONE; 8(3): 1-15. PMID: 23483968

2012

Lee, SR, Rutan, JA, Monteith, AJ, Jones, SZ, Kang, S, Krum, KN, Kilmon, MA, Roques, JR, Wagner, NJ, Clarke, SH, & Vilen, BJ. (2012). Receptor Cross-Talk Spatially Restricts p-ERK during TLR4 Stimulation of Autoreactive B Cells. The Journal of Immunology; 189(8): 3859-68. PMID: 22984080

2010

Costigliola, N, Kapustina, MT, Weinreb, GE, Monteith, A, Rajfur, Z, Elston, TC, & Jacobson, K. (2010). RhoA Regulates Calcium-Independent Periodic Contractions of the Cell Cortex. Biophysical Journal; 99(4): 1053-63. PMID: 20712988