Jordan Z. Zhou, Bihui Huang, Bo Pei, Guang Wen Sun, Michael D. Pawlitz, Wei Zhang, Xinyang Li, Kati C. Hokynar, Fayi Yao, Madusha L. W. Perera, Shanqiao Wei, Simin Zheng, Lisa A. Polin, Janet M. Poulik, Annamari Ranki, Kai Krohn, Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles, Naibo Yang, Ashok S. Bhagwat, Kefei Yu, Pärt Peterson, Kai Kisand, Bao Q. Vuong, Andrea Cerutti, Kang Chen. A Germinal Center Checkpoint of AIRE in B Cells Limits Antibody Diversification (2026) eLife. 15:RP110530.

Sadia N. Rahman, Demetrios Neophytou, Siboney Oviedo-Gray, Bao Q. Vuong, and Hysell V. Oviedo. Noncanonical role of DNA mismatch repair on sensory processing in mice. Neuroscience. 2026 Feb 16:595:59-72.

Thongthai Thavornwatanayong, Sigit Wiantoro, Maria E. Kaczmarek, Matthew Kantorski, Emily Segovia, Kanelly Reyes, Bao Q. Vuong, and Susan M. Tsang. Comparative Analysis of Bat Immunoglobulin Constant Regions Identifies Adaptations of Bat Immunity. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2025 Oct;1552(1):239-248.

Armando Andres Roca Suarez, Séverine Planel, Xavier Grand, Céline Couturier, Trang Tran, Fabrice Porcheray, Jérémie Becker, Frédéric Reynier, Ana Delgado, Elodie Cascales, Loïc Peyrot, Andrea Tamellini, Adrien Saliou, Céline Elie, Chloé Baum, Bao Quoc Vuong, Barbara Testoni, Pierre Roques, Fabien Zoulim, Uzma Hasan, Isabelle Chemin. Interspecies comparison of the early transcriptomic changes associated with hepatitis B virus exposure in human and macaque immune cell populations. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2023 Sept 01;13:1248782.

Ophélie Martin, Morgane Thomas, Marie Marquet, Armand Garot, Mylène Brousse, Sébastien Bender, Claire Carrion, Jee Eun Choi, Bao Q. Vuong, Patricia J. Gearhart, Robert W. Maul, Sandrine Le Noir, Eric Pinaud. The IgH Eμ-MAR regions promote UNG-dependent error-prone repair to optimize somatic hypermutation. Front Immunol. 2023 Feb 14;14:1030813.

Emily Sible, Mary Attaway, Giuseppe Fiorica, Genesis Michel, Jayanta Chaudhuri, Bao Q. Vuong. ATM and MSH2 control blunt DNA end joining in immunoglobulin class switch recombination. J Immunol. 2023 Feb 15;210(4):369-376.

Lucie Fallone, Guilhem Lalle, Manuela Pereira-Abrantes, Emily Sible, Marie-Cecile Michallet, Bao Q. Vuong, Uzma Ayesha Hasan. Shedding light on Immunological research in Lyon, France. IRCI 2022 brings the scientific world to Lyon and bridges the latest immunological findings in cancer and infection. J Immunol. 2022 Dec 15;209(12):2251-2259.

Mary Attaway, Tzippora Chwat-Edelstein, Bao Q. Vuong. Regulatory Non-coding RNAs Modulate Transcriptional Activation during B cell Development. Front Genet. 2021 Oct 14; 12:678084.

Alec J. Wishnie, Tzippora Chwat-Edelstein, Mary Attaway, Bao Q. Vuong. BCR Affinity Influences T-B Interactions and B Cell Development in Secondary Lymphoid Organs. Front Immunol. 2021 Jul 26; 12:703918.

Simin Zheng, Allysia J Matthews, Numa Rahman, Kayleigh Herrick-Reynolds, Emily Sible, Jee Eun Choi, Alec Wishnie, Yan Kee Ng, Daniela Rhodes, Stephen J Elledge, Bao Quoc Vuong. KIAA1841, a novel SANT and BTB domain-containing protein, inhibits class switch recombination. J Biol Chem. 2021 Apr 5:100625.

Emily Sible, Simin Zheng, Jee Eun Choi, Bao Q. Vuong. Analysis of Somatic Hypermutation in the JH4 intron of Germinal Center B cells from Mouse Peyer’s Patches. J Vis Exp. 2021 Apr 20;(170).

Jee Eun Choi, Allysia J. Matthews, Genesis Michel, Bao Q. Vuong. AID phosphorylation regulates mismatch repair-dependent class switch recombination and affinity maturation. J Immunol. 2020 Jan 1;204(1):13-22.

Laura Nicolas, Montserrat Cols, Ryan Smolkin, Keith C. Fernandez, William T. Yewdell, Wei-Feng Yen, Shan Zha, Bao Q. Vuong and Jayanta Chaudhuri. Cutting Edge: ATM Influences Germinal Center Integrity. J Immunol. 2019 Jun 1; 202(11):3137-3142.

Simin Zheng, Anthony Kusnadi, Jee Eun Choi, Bao Q. Vuong, Daniella Rhodes, Jayanta Chaudhuri. NME proteins regulate class switch recombination. FEBS Lett. 2019 Jan; 593(1):80-87.

Laura Nicolas, Montserrat Cols, Jee Eun Choi, Jayanta Chaudhuri, Bao Vuong. Generating and repairing genetically programmed DNA breaks during immunoglobulin class switch recombination. F1000Research. 2018, 7(F1000 Faculty Rev):458

Pilar M. Dominguez, Matt Teater, Nyasha Chambwe, Matthias Kormaksson, David Redmond, Jennifer Ishii, Bao Vuong, Jayanta Chaudhuri, Ari Melnick, Aparna Vasanthakumar, Lucy A. Godley, F. Nina Papavasiliou, Olivier Elemento, Rita Shaknovich. DNA Methylation Dynamics of Germinal Center B Cells Are Mediated by AID. Cell Rep. 2015 Sep 29; 12(12):2086-98

Simin Zheng, Bao Q. Vuong, Bharat Vaidyanathan, Jia-Yu Lin, Feng-Ting Huang, and Jayanta Chaudhuri. RNA-mediated targeting of AID to DNA during class switch recombination. Cell. 2015 May 7; 161(4):762-73

James A. Dowdle, Monika Mehta, Elizabeth M. Kass, Bao Q. Vuong, Akiko Inagaki, Dieter Egli, Maria Jasin, and Scott Keeney. Mouse BAZ1A (ACF1) is dispensable for double-strand break repair but is essential for averting improper gene expression during spermatogenesis. PLoS Genet. 2013 Nov; 9(11):e1003945

Bao Q. Vuong, Kayleigh Herrick-Reynolds, Bharat Vaidyanathan, Joseph Pucella, Anna J. Ucher, Nina Donghia, Xiwen Gu, Laura Nicolas, Urszula Nowak, Numa Rahman, Matthew P. Strout, Kevin Mills, Janet Stavnezer, and Jayanta Chaudhuri. A DNA break- and phosphorylation-dependent positive feedback loop promotes immunoglobulin class switch recombination. Nat Immunol. 2013 Nov; 14(11):1183–9

News and Views, “You break it, you fix it: functions for AID downstream of deamination”, Nat Immunol. 2013 Nov; 14(11):1112–4

Bao Q. Vuong and Jayanta Chaudhuri. Combinatorial Mechanisms Regulating AID-Dependent DNA deamination: Interacting Proteins and Post-translational Modifications. Semin Immunol. 2012 Aug; 24(4):264-72

Bao Q. Vuong, Mieun Lee, Shaheen Kabir, Cristina Irimia, Stephania Macchiarulo, G. Stanley McKnight, and Jayanta Chaudhuri. Specific recruitment of protein kinase A to the immunoglobulin locus regulates class-switch recombination. Nat Immunol. 2009 Apr;10(4):420-6

News and Views, “AID and RPA: PKA makes the connection local”, Nat Immunol. 2009 Apr; 10(4):367-9

Hwei-Ling Cheng†, Bao Q. Vuong†, Uttiya Basu†, Andrew Franklin, Bjoern Schwer, Jillian Astarita, Ryan T. Phan, Abhishek Datta, John Manis, Frederick W. Alt, and Jayanta Chaudhuri. Integrity of the AID serine-38 phosphorylation site is critical for class switch recombination and somatic hypermutation in mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Feb 24; 106(8):2717-22 (†Equal contribution)

Jayanta Chaudhuri, Uttiya Basu, Ali Zarrin, Catherine Yan, Sonia Franco, Thomas Perlot, Bao Vuong, Jing Wang, Ryan T. Phan, Abhishek Datta, John Manis, and Frederick W. Alt. Evolution of the Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Class Switch Recombination Mechanism. Adv Immunology. 2007; 94:157-214

Bao Q. Vuong, Lisa McKeag, Julie A. Losman, Jianze Le, Alexander S. Banks, Scott Fay, Peter Chen, and Paul Rothman. Regulation of Cytokine Signaling. Cell Signaling in Vascular Inflammation. Ed. Jahar Bhattacharya. Humana Press, 2005

Bao Q. Vuong, Teresita Arenzana, Brian M. Showalter, Julie A. Losman, X. Peter Chen, Justin Mostecki, Alexander S. Banks, Andre Limnander, Neil Fernandez, and Paul B. Rothman. SOCS-1 localizes to the Microtubule Organizing Complex-associated 20S proteasome. Mol Cell Biol. 2004 Oct; 24(20):9092-101

Julie A. Losman, X. Peter Chen, Bao Q. Vuong, Scott Fay, and Paul B. Rothman. PP2A regulates the stability of Pim protein kinases. J Biol Chem. 2003 Feb 14; 278(7):4800-5

Feng Cong, Jean Tang, Byung J. Hwang, Bao Q. Vuong, Gilbert Chu, and Stephen P. Goff. Interaction between UV-DDB proteins and the c-Abl tyrosine kinase. J Biol Chem. 2002 Sept 20; 277(38):34870-8

X. Peter Chen, Julie A. Losman, Simone Cowan, Elizabeth Donahue, Scott Fay, Bao Q. Vuong, Martijn C. Nawijn, Danielle Capece, Victoria L. Cohan, and Paul Rothman. Pim serine/threonine kinases regulate the stability of Socs-1 protein. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Feb 19; 99(4):2175-80

Hong Jiang, Kristina Foltenyi, Masaki Kashiwada, Liz Donahue, Bao Vuong, Boyd Hehn, and Paul Rothman.  Fes mediates the IL-4 activation of insulin receptor substrate-2 and cellular proliferation. J Immunol. 2001 Feb 15; 166(4):2627-34

Min Zhou, Matthew J. Pugmire, Bao Q. Vuong, and Steven E. Ealick. Cloning, Expression and Crystallization of Pyrimidine Nucleoside Phosphorylase from Bacillus Stearothermophilus. Acta Crystallographica. Section D, Biological Crystallography Jan 1999; 55(Pt 1):287-90

Ladislau C. Kovari, Cory A. Momany, Faith Miyagi, Sukyeong Lee, Stephen Campbell, Bao Vuong, Volker M. Vogt, and Michael G. Rossman. Crystals of Rous Sarcoma Virus Capsid Protein Show a Helical Arrangement of Protein Subunits. Virology 1997 Nov 10; 238(1):79-84