2024
  • Zhenlan Yao, Sangeetha Ramachandran, Serina Huang, Erin Kim, Yasaman Jami-Alahmadi, Prashant Kaushal, Mehdi Bouhaddou, James A. Wohlschlegel, Melody M. H. Li. Interaction of chikungunya virus glycoproteins with macrophage factors controls virion production. EMBO J. 2024; 1-31.
  • Serina Huang, Juliana Girdner, LeAnn P. Nguyen, Carina Sandoval, Oliver I. Fregoso, David Enard, Melody M. H. Li. Positive selection analyses identify a single WWE domain residue that shapes ZAP into a more potent restriction factor against alphaviruses. PLoS Pathogens. 2024; 20(8): e1011836.
  • Yue Zhang, Vanthana Bharathi, Tatsuya Dokoshi, Jaime de Anda, Lauryn Tumey Ursery, Nikhil N. Kulkarni, Yoshiyuki Nakamura, Jonathan Chen, Elizabeth W. C. Luo,  Lamei Wang,  Hua Xu,  Alison Coady, Raymond Zurich, Michelle W. Lee, Tsutomu Matsui, HongKyu Lee, Liana C. Chan, Athena A. Schepmoes, Mary S. Lipton, Rui Zhao, Joshua N. Adkins, Geremy C. Clair, Lance R. Thurlow, Jonathan C. Schisler, Matthew C. Wolfgang, Robert S. Hagan, Michael R. Yeaman, Thomas M. Weiss,  Xinhua Chen,  Melody M. H. Li, Victor Nizet, Silvio Antoniak, Nigel Mackman, Richard L. Gallo, Gerard C. L. Wong. Viral afterlife: SARS-CoV-2 as a reservoir of immunomimetic peptides that reassemble into proinflammatory supramolecular complexes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2024 Feb 6;121(6):e2300644120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2300644120.
2023
  • LeAnn P. Nguyen, Kelly S. Aldana, Emily Yang, Zhenlan Yao, Melody M. H. Li. Alphavirus Evasion of Zinc Finger Antiviral Protein (ZAP) Correlates with CpG Suppression in a Specific Viral nsP2 Gene Sequence. Viruses. 2023; 15(4): 830.
2022
  • Emily Yang, Serina Huang, Yasaman Jami-Alahmadi, Gerald M. McInerney, James A. Wohlschlegel, Melody M. H. Li. Elucidation of TRIM25 ubiquitination targets involved in diverse cellular and antiviral processes. PLoS Pathogens. 2022; 18(9): e1010743.
  • Jesus Campagna, Barbara Jagodzinsk, Pablo Alvarez, Constance Yeun, Patricia Spilman, Kathryn M. Enquist, Whitaker Cohn, Pavla Fajtová, Anthony J. O'Donoghue, Vaithilingaraja Arumugaswami, Melody M. H. Li, Robert Damoiseaux, John Varghese. Identification of a Papain-Like Protease Inhibitor with Potential for Repurposing in Combination with an Mpro Protease Inhibitor for Treatment of SARS-CoV-2. bioRxiv. 2022;
  • Emily Yang, LeAnn P. Nguyen, Carlyn A. Wisherop, Ryan L. Kan, Melody M. H. Li. The Role of ZAP and TRIM25 RNA Binding in Restricting Viral Translation. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 2022; Sec.Microbes and Innate Immunity.
  • Yichen Cheng, Angelica Medina, Zhenlan Yao, Mausumi Basu, Janhavi P. Natekar, Jianshe Lang, Egan Sanchez, Mezindia B. Nkembo, Chongchong Xu, Xuyu Qian, Phuong T. T. Nguyen, Zhexing Wen, Hongjun Song, Guo-Li Ming, Mukesh Kumar, Margo A. Brinton, Melody M. H. Li, Hengli Tang. Intrinsic antiviral immunity of barrier cells revealed by an iPSC-derived blood-brain barrier cellular model. Cell Reports. 2022; 39(9): 110885.
2021
  • Anh Phuong Luu, Zhenlan Yao, Sangeetha Ramachandran, Stephanie A. Azzopardi, Linde A. Miles, William M. Schneider, Hans-Heinrich Hoffman, Leonia Bozzacco, Gustavo Garcia, Danyang Gong, Robert Damoiseaux, Hengli Tang, Kouki Morizona, Charles M. Rudin, Ren Sun, Vaithilingaraja Arumugaswami, John T. Poirier, Margaret R. MacDonald, Charles M. Rice, Melody M. H. Li. A CRISPR Activation Screen Identifies an Atypical Rho GTPase That Enhances Zika Viral Entry. Viruses. 2021; 13(11): 2113.
2020
  • Emily Yang, Melody M. H. Li. All About the RNA: Interferon-Stimulated Genes That Interfere With Viral RNA Processes. Frontiers in Immunology. 2020; Sec.Cytokines and Soluble Mediators in Immunity.
  • Gustavo Garcia, Sayan Paul, Sara Beshara, V. Krishnan Ramanujan, Arunachalam Ramaiah, Karin Nielsen-Saines, Melody M. H. Li, Samuel W. French, Kouki  Morizono, Ashok Kumar, Vaithilingaraja Arumugaswami. Hippo Signaling Pathway Has a Critical Role in Zika Virus Replication and in the Pathogenesis of Neuroinflammation. The American Journal of Pathology. 2020; 190(4): 844-861.
2019
  • Melody M. H. Li, Eduardo G. Aguilar, Eleftherios Michailidis, Jonathan Pabon, Paul Park, Xianfang Wu, Ype P. de Jong, William M. Schneider, Henrik Molin, Charles M. Rice, Margaret R MacDonald. Characterization of novel splice variants of zinc finger antiviral protein (ZAP). Journal of Virology. 2019; 00715-19.
  • Lok M. J. Law, Brandon S. Razooky, Melody M. H. Li, Shihyun You, Andrea Jurado, Charles M. Rice, Margaret R. MacDonald. ZAP’s stress granule localization is correlated with its antiviral activity and induced by virus replication. PLoS Pathogens. 2019; 15(5): e1007798.
2018
  • Xianfang Wu, Viet Loan Dao Thi, Yumin Huang, Eva Billerbeck, Debjani Saha, Hans-Heinrich Hoffmann, Yaomei Wang, Luis A. Val Silva, Stephanie Sarbanes, Tony Sun, Linda Andrus, Yingpu Yu, Corrine Quirk, Melody M. H. Li, Margaret R. MacDonald, William M. Schneider, Xiuli An, Brad R. Rosenberg, and Charles M. Rice. 2018. Intrinsic immunity shapes viral resistance of stem cells. Cell. 2018; 172(3): 172:423-438.e25.
2017
  • ​Melody M. H. Li, Zerlina Lau, Pamela Cheung, Eduardo G. Aguilar, William M. Schneider, Leonia Bozzacco, Henrik Molina, Eugen Buehler, Akinori Takaoka, Charles M. Rice, Dan P. Felsenfeld, Margaret R. MacDonald. TRIM25 Enhances the Antiviral Action of Zinc-Finger Antiviral Protein (ZAP). PLoS Pathogens. 2017; 13(1): e1006145.
2016
  • Melody M. H. Li, Leonia Bozzacco, Hans-Heinrich Hoffmann, Gaelle Breton, Jakob Loschko, Jing W. Xiao, Sebastien Monette, Charles M. Rice, Margaret R. MacDonald. Interferon regulatory factor 2 protects mice from lethal viral neuroinvasion. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 2016; 213(13): 2931-2947. 
  • Xinlu Wang, Melody M. H. Li, Jing Zhao, Shenglan Li, Margaret R. MacDonald, Charles M. Rice, Xiang Gao, Guangxia Gao. Sindbis Virus Can Exploit a Host Antiviral Protein To Evade Immune Surveillance.  Journal of Virology. 2016; 90(22): 10247-10258. 
  • Melody M. H. Li, Margaret R. MacDonald. Polyamines: Small Molecules with a Big Role in Promoting Virus Infection. Cell Host & Microbe. 2016; 20(2): 123-4. 
  • Leonia Monette, Zhigang Yi, Ursula  Andreo, Claire R. Conklin, Melody M. H. Li, Charles M. Rice, Margaret R. MacDonald. Chaperone-Assisted Protein Folding Is Critical for Yellow Fever Virus NS3/4A Cleavage and Replication. Journal of Virology. 2016; 90(6): 3212-28. 
2015
  • Melody M. H. Li, Margaret R. MacDonald, Charles M. Rice. To translate, or not to translate: viral and host mRNA regulation by interferon-stimulated genes. Trends in Cell Biology. 2015; 25(6): 320-9. 
2013 2012
  • Sophiya Karki, Melody M. H. Karki, John W. Schoggins, Suyan Tian, Charles M. Rice, Margaret R. MacDonald. Multiple interferon stimulated genes synergize with the zinc finger antiviral protein to mediate anti-alphavirus activity. PloS One. 2012; 7(5): e37398. 
2011
  • Melody M. H. Li, Michael Emerman. Polymorphism in human APOBEC3H affects a phenotype dominant for subcellular localization and antiviral activity. Journal of Virology. 2011; 85(16): 8197-207. 
2010
  • Melody M. H. Li, Lily I. Wu, Michael Emerman. The range of human APOBEC3H sensitivity to lentiviral Vif proteins. Journal of Virology. 2010; 84(1): 88-95. 
2008
  • Molly OhAinle, Julie A.  Kerns, Melody M. H. Li, Harmit S. Malik, Michael Emerman. Antiretroelement activity of APOBEC3H was lost twice in recent human evolution. Cell Host & Microbe. 2008; 4(3): 249-59.