Aguilar OA, Qualls AE, Gonzalez-Hinojosa MDR, Obeidalla S, Kerchberger VE, Tsao T, Singer JP, Looney MR, Raymond W, Hays SR, Golden JA, Kukreja J, Shaver CM, Ware LB, Christie J, Diamond JM, Lanier LL, Greenland JR, Calabrese DR. (2023) MICB Genomic Variant is Associated with NKG2D-mediated Acute Lung Injury and Death. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 209(1):70-82.

Santos J, Wang P, Shemesh A, Liu F, Tsao T, Aguilar OA, Cleary SJ, Singer JP, Gao Y, Hays SR, Golden J, Leard LE, Kleinhenz ME, Kolaitis NA, Shah RJ, Venado A, Kukreja J, Weigt SS, Belperio JA, Lanier LL, Looney MR, Greenland JR, Calabrese DR. (2023) CCR5 drives NK cell-associated airway damage in pulmonary ischemia-reperfusion injury. JCI Insight. 8(21): e173716.

Aguilar OA, Gonzalez-Hinojosa MDR, Arakawa-Hoyt JS, Millan AJ, Gotthardt D, Nabekura T, Lanier LL. (2023) The CD16 and CD32b Fc-gamma receptors regulate antibody-mediated responses in mouse natural killer cells. J Leukoc Biol. 113(1):27-40.

Scur M, Mahmoud AB, Dey S, Abdalbarri F, Stylianides I, Medina-Luna D, Gamage GS, Woblistin A, Wilson ANM, Zein HS, Stueck A, Wight A, Aguilar OA, Di Cara F, Parsons BD, Rahim MMA, Carlyle JR, Makrigiannis AP. (2022) Alveolar macrophage metabolic programming via a C-type lectin receptor protects against lipo-toxicity and cell death. Nat Commun. 13(1):7272.

Aguilar OA, Fong LK, Ishiyama K, DeGrado WF, Lanier LL. (2022) The CD3z adaptor structure determines functional differences between human and mouse CD16 Fc receptor signaling in natural killer cells. J Exp Med. 219(5):1-15.

Potempa M, Aguilar OA, Gonzalez-Hinojosa MDR, Tenvooren I, Marquez DM, Spitzer MH, Lanier LL. (2022) Influence of self-MHC class I recognition on the dynamics of Natural Killer cell responses to cytomegalovirus infection. J Immunol. 208(7): 1742-1754

Ishiyama K, Arakawa-Hoyt J, Aguilar OA, Damm I, Towfighi T, Tara S, Tamaki S, Babdor J, Spitzer M, Reed EF, Sarwal MM, Lanier LL. (2022) Mass cytometry reveals single-cell kinetics of cytotoxic lymphocyte evolution in CMV-infected renal transplant patients. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA.  119(8): e2116588119.

Calabrese DR, Aminian E, Mallavia B, Liu F, Cleary SJ, Aguilar OA, Wang P, Singer JP, Hays SR, Golden JA, Kukreja J, Dugger D, Nakamura M, Lanier LL, Looney MR, Greenland JR. (2021) Natural killer cells activated through NKG2D mediate lung ischemia-reperfusion injury. J Clin Invest. 131(3):e137047.

Aguilar OA, Tanaka M, Balaji GR, Berry R, Rossjohn J, Lanier LL, Carlyle JR. (2020) Tetramer Immunization and Selection Followed by CELLISA Screening to Generate Monoclonal Antibodies against the Mouse Cytomegalovirus m12 Immunoevasin. J Immunol. 205(6):1709-1717.

Aguilar OA, Sampaio IS, Rahim MMA, Samaniego JD, Tilahun ME, Krishnamoorthy M, Popović B, Babić M, Krmpotić A, Treanor B, Margulies DH, Allan DSJ, Makrigiannis AP, Jonjić S, Carlyle JR. (2019) Mouse Cytomegalovirus m153 Protein Stabilizes Expression of the Inhibitory NKR-P1B Ligand Clr-b. J Virol. 94(1):e01220-19.

Lam VC, Folkersen L, Aguilar OA, Lanier LL. (2019) KLF12 Regulates Mouse NK Cell Proliferation. J Immunol. 203(4):981-989.

Weizman OE, Song E, Adams NM, Hildreth AD, Riggan L, Krishna C, Aguilar OA, Leslie CS, Carlyle JR, Sun JC, O'Sullivan TE. (2019) Mouse cytomegalovirus-experienced ILC1s acquire a memory response dependent on the viral glycoprotein m12. Nat Immunol. 20(8):1004-1011.

Balaji GR*, Aguilar OA*, Tanaka M, Shingu-Vazquez MA, Fu Z, Gully BS, Lanier LL, Carlyle JR, Rossjohn J, Berry R. (2018) Recognition of host Clr-b by the inhibitory NKR-P1B receptor provides a basis for missing-self recognition. Nat Commun. 9(1):4623.

Abou-Samra E, Hickey Z, Aguilar OA, Scur M, Mahmoud AB, Pyatibrat S, Tu MM, Francispillai J, Mortha A, Carlyle JR, Rahim MMA, Makrigiannis AP. (2019) NKR-P1B expression in gut-associated innate lymphoid cells is required for the control of gastrointestinal tract infections. Cell Mol Immunol. 16(11):868-877.

Tanaka M, Fine JH, Kirkham CL, Aguilar OA, Belcheva A, Martin A, Ketela T, Moffat J, Allan DSJ, Carlyle JR. (2018) The Inhibitory NKR-P1B:Clr-b Recognition Axis Facilitates Detection of Oncogenic Transformation and Cancer Immunosurveillance. Cancer Res. 78(13):3589-3603.

Aguilar OA*, Berry R*, Rahim MMA, Reichel JJ, Lau TNH, Tanaka M, Fu Z, Balaji G, Popović B, Tu MM, Kirkham CL, Mahmoud AB, Mesci A, Krompotić A, Allan DSJ, Makrigiannis AP, Jonjić S, Rossjohn J, Carlyle JR. (2017) A viral immunoevasin controls innate immunity by targeting the prototypical natural killer cell receptor family. Cell. 169(1):58-71.e14. 

Aguilar OA, Hadj-Moussa H, Storey KB. (2017) Freeze-responsive regulation of MEF2 proteins and downstream gene networks in muscles of the wood frog, Rana sylvatica. J Therm Biol. 67:1-8.

Kirkham CL, Aguilar OA, Yu T, Tanaka M, Mesci A, Chu KL, Fine JH, Mossman KL, Bremner R, Allan DSJ, Carlyle JR. (2017) Interferon-Dependent Induction of Clr-b during Mouse Cytomegalovirus Infection Protects Bystander Cells from Natural Killer Cells via NKR-P1B-Mediated Inhibition. J Innate Immun. 9(4):343-358.

Allan DSJ, Cerdeira AS, Ranjan A, Kirkham CL, Aguilar OA, Tanaka M, Childs RW, Dunbar CE, Strominger JL, Kopcow HD, Carlyle JR. (2017) Transcriptome analysis reveals similarities between human blood CD3(-) CD56(bright) cells and mouse CD127(+) innate lymphoid cells. Sci Rep. 7(1):3501.

Rahim MM, Wight A, Mahmoud AB, Aguilar OA, Lee SH, Vidal SM, Carlyle JR, Makrigiannis AP. (2016) Expansion and Protection by a Virus-Specific NK Cell Subset Lacking Expression of the Inhibitory NKR-P1B Receptor during Murine Cytomegalovirus Infection. J Immunol. 197(6):2325-37.

Aguilar OA, Hadj-Moussa H, Storey KB. (2016) Regulation of SMAD transcription factors during freezing in the freeze tolerant wood frog, Rana sylvatica. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol. 201:64-71.

Zhang Y, Aguilar OA, Storey KB. (2016) Transcriptional activation of muscle atrophy promotes cardiac muscle remodeling during mammalian hibernation. PeerJ. 4:e2317.

Aguilar OA, Mesci A, Ma J, Chen P, Kirkham CL, Hundrieser J, Voigt S, Allan DS, Carlyle JR. (2015) Modulation of Clr Ligand Expression and NKR-P1 Receptor Function during Murine Cytomegalovirus Infection. J Innate Immun. 7(6):584-600.

Chen P*, Aguilar OA*, Rahim MM, Allan DS, Fine JH, Kirkham CL, Ma J, Tanaka M, Tu MM, Wight A, Kartsogiannis V, Gillespie MT, Makrigiannis AP, Carlyle JR. (2015) Genetic investigation of MHC-independent missing-self recognition by mouse NK cells using an in vivo bone marrow transplantation model. J Immunol. 194(6):2909-18.

Allan DS, Kirkham CL, Aguilar OA, Qu LC, Chen P, Fine JH, Serra P, Awong G, Gommerman JL, Zúñiga-Pflücker JC, Carlyle JR. (2015) An in vitro model of innate lymphoid cell function and differentiation. Mucosal Immunol. 8(2):340-51.

Karimi MA, Aguilar OA, Zou B, Bachmann MH, Carlyle JR, Baldwin CL, Kambayashi T. (2014) A truncated human NKG2D splice isoform negatively regulates NKG2D-mediated function. J Immunol. 193(6):2764-71.

Williams KJ, Wilson E, Davidson CL, Aguilar OA, Fu L, Carlyle JR, Burshtyn DN. (2012) Poxvirus infection-associated downregulation of C-type lectin-related-b prevents NK cell inhibition by NK receptor protein-1B. J Immunol. 188(10):4980-91.

Chen P, Bélanger S, Aguilar OA, Zhang Q, St-Laurent A, Rahim MM, Makrigiannis AP, Carlyle JR. (2011) Analysis of the mouse 129-strain Nkrp1-Clr gene cluster reveals conservation of genomic organization and functional receptor-ligand interactions despite significant allelic polymorphism. Immunogenetics. 63(10):627-40.