Kristie Goughenour, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
Research Assistant Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
[email protected]

Available to mentor
Kristie Goughenour, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
  • Recent Publications
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    • Journal Article
      Advancing Cryptococcal Immunity: The Indispensable Role of Batf3-cDC1 in Th1 Response Regulation
      Xu J, Hissong R, Bareis R, Creech A, Goughenour K, Freeman C, Olszewski M. The Journal of Immunology, 2024 May 1; 212 (1_Supplement): 1277_5545 - 1277_5545. DOI:10.4049/jimmunol.212.supp.1277.5545
    • Journal Article
      Batf3-dependent orchestration of the robust Th1 responses and fungal control during cryptococcal infection, the role of cDC1.
      Xu J, Hissong R, Bareis R, Creech A, Goughenour KD, Freeman CM, Olszewski MA. mBio, 2024 Mar 13; 15 (3): e0285323 DOI:10.1128/mbio.02853-23
      PMID: 38349130
    • Journal Article
      Cryptococcus neoformans trehalose-6-phosphate synthase (tps1) promotes organ-specific virulence and fungal protection against multiple lines of host defenses.
      Goughenour K, Creech A, Xu J, He X, Hissong R, Giamberardino C, Tenor J, Toffaletti D, Perfect J, Olszewski M. Front Cell Infect Microbiol, 2024 14: 1392015 DOI:10.3389/fcimb.2024.1392015
      PMID: 38841113
    • Journal Article
      Dendritic Cells: Multifunctional Roles in Host Defenses to Cryptococcus Infections.
      Goughenour KD, Nair AS, Xu J, Olszewski MA, Wozniak KL. J Fungi (Basel), 2023 Oct 26; 9 (11): DOI:10.3390/jof9111050
      PMID: 37998856
    • Chapter
      Immunological Analysis of Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis in a Murine Model
      Xu J, Goughenour K, Underwood R, Olszewski M. 2023 May 6; Antifungal Immunity: Methods and Protocols,
    • Chapter
      Immunological Analysis of Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis in a Murine Model.
      Xu J, Goughenour K, Underwood WR, Olszewski MA. Methods Mol Biol, 2023 2667: 71 - 86. DOI:10.1007/978-1-0716-3199-7_5
      PMID: 37145276
    • Journal Article
      The Cryptococcus neoformans Flc1 Homologue Controls Calcium Homeostasis and Confers Fungal Pathogenicity in the Infected Hosts.
      Stempinski PR, Goughenour KD, du Plooy LM, Alspaugh JA, Olszewski MA, Kozubowski L. mBio, 2022 Oct 26; 13 (5): e0225322 DOI:10.1128/mbio.02253-22
      PMID: 36169198
    • Journal Article
      Murine Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression Is Essential for Antifungal Defenses in Kidneys during Disseminated Cryptococcus deneoformans Infection.
      Goughenour KD, Zhao J, Xu J, Zhao ZP, Ganguly A, Freeman CM, Olszewski MA. J Immunol, 2021 Oct 15; 207 (8): 2096 - 2106. DOI:10.4049/jimmunol.2100386
      PMID: 34479942