Jessica Kenison

Predoctoral Trainee

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences

Program in Biomedical Sciences

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Senior Scientist
AnTolRx, Inc.

Publications listed below are automatically derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and other sources, which might result in incorrect or missing publications. Faculty can login to make corrections and additions.

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Lee HG, Rone JM, Li Z, Akl CF, Shin SW, Lee JH, Flausino LE, Pernin F, Chao CC, Kleemann KL, Srun L, Illouz T, Giovannoni F, Charabati M, Sanmarco LM, Kenison JE, Piester G, Zandee SEJ, Antel JP, Rothhammer V, Wheeler MA, Prat A, Clark IC, Quintana FJ. Author Correction: Disease-associated astrocyte epigenetic memory promotes CNS pathology. Nature. 2025 Sep; 645(8081):E5. PMID: 40858938

Kenison JE, Quintana FJ. Antibiotics unleash neuroinflammation. J Exp Med. 2025 Sep 01; 222(9). PMID: 40828134

Andersen BM, Faust Akl C, Wheeler MA, Li Z, Diebold M, Kilian M, Rone JM, Misra A, Kenison JE, Lee JH, Lee HG, Polonio CM, Merrell D, Weiss JH, Godinez L, Piester G, Illouz T, Ye JJ, Ghia A, Martinez J, Chung EN, Srun L, Farrenkopf D, Flausino LE, Schüle AM, Sanmarco LM, Giovannoni F, Fehrenbacher L, Charabati M, Gutiérrez-Vázquez C, Cusick MM, Prabhakar PS, Bossi CC, Lapinskas E, Nowarski R, Getz G, Ligon KL, Prinz M, Chiocca EA, Reardon DA, Quintana FJ. Barcoded viral tracing identifies immunosuppressive astrocyte-glioma interactions. Nature. 2025 Aug; 644(8078):1097-1106. PMID: 40562937

Faust Akl C, Andersen BM, Li Z, Giovannoni F, Diebold M, Sanmarco LM, Kilian M, Fehrenbacher L, Pernin F, Rone JM, Lee HG, Piester G, Kenison JE, Lee JH, Illouz T, Polonio CM, Srun L, Martinez J, Chung EN, Schüle A, Plasencia A, Li L, Ferrara K, Lewandrowski M, Strathdee CA, Lerner L, Quéva C, Clark IC, Deneen B, Lieberman J, Sherr DH, Antel JP, Wheeler MA, Ligon KL, Chiocca EA, Prinz M, Reardon DA, Quintana FJ. Glioblastoma-instructed astrocytes suppress tumour-specific T cell immunity. Nature. 2025 Jul; 643(8070):219-229.View Related Profiles.

Sherr, David
Kenison, Jessica

PMID: 40399681

Lee HG, Rone JM, Li Z, Akl CF, Shin SW, Lee JH, Flausino LE, Pernin F, Chao CC, Kleemann KL, Srun L, Illouz T, Giovannoni F, Charabati M, Sanmarco LM, Kenison JE, Piester G, Zandee SEJ, Antel JP, Rothhammer V, Wheeler MA, Prat A, Clark IC, Quintana FJ. Disease-associated astrocyte epigenetic memory promotes CNS pathology. Nature. 2024 Mar; 627(8005):865-872. PMID: 38509377; PMCID: PMC11016191; DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07187-5;

Lee HG, Rone JM, Li Z, Akl CF, Shin SW, Lee JH, Flausino LE, Pernin F, Chao CC, Kleemann KL, Srun L, Illouz T, Giovannoni F, Charabati M, Sanmarco LM, Kenison JE, Piester G, Zandee SEJ, Antel J, Rothhammer V, Wheeler MA, Prat A, Clark IC, Quintana FJ. Disease-associated astrocyte epigenetic memory promotes CNS pathology. bioRxiv. 2024 Jan 05. PMID: 38260616; PMCID: PMC10802318; DOI: 10.1101/2024.01.04.574196;

Kenison JE, Stevens NA, Quintana FJ. Therapeutic induction of antigen-specific immune tolerance. Nat Rev Immunol. 2024 May; 24(5):338-357. PMID: 38086932; PMCID: PMC11145724; DOI: 10.1038/s41577-023-00970-x;

Sanmarco LM, Rone JM, Polonio CM, Fernandez Lahore G, Giovannoni F, Ferrara K, Gutierrez-Vazquez C, Li N, Sokolovska A, Plasencia A, Faust Akl C, Nanda P, Heck ES, Li Z, Lee HG, Chao CC, Rejano-Gordillo CM, Fonseca-Castro PH, Illouz T, Linnerbauer M, Kenison JE, Barilla RM, Farrenkopf D, Stevens NA, Piester G, Chung EN, Dailey L, Kuchroo VK, Hava D, Wheeler MA, Clish C, Nowarski R, Balsa E, Lora JM, Quintana FJ. Lactate limits CNS autoimmunity by stabilizing HIF-1a in dendritic cells. Nature. 2023 Aug; 620(7975):881-889. PMID: 37558878; PMCID: PMC10725186; DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06409-6;

Sanmarco LM, Rone JM, Polonio CM, Giovannoni F, Lahore GF, Ferrara K, Gutierrez-Vazquez C, Li N, Sokolovska A, Plasencia A, Akl CF, Nanda P, Heck ES, Li Z, Lee HG, Chao CC, Rejano-Gordillo CM, Fonseca-Castro PH, Illouz T, Linnerbauer M, Kenison JE, Barilla RM, Farrenkopf D, Piester G, Dailey L, Kuchroo VK, Hava D, Wheeler MA, Clish C, Nowarski R, Balsa E, Lora JM, Quintana FJ. Engineered probiotics limit CNS autoimmunity by stabilizing HIF-1a in dendritic cells. bioRxiv. 2023 Mar 21. PMID: 36993446; PMCID: PMC10055137; DOI: 10.1101/2023.03.17.532101;

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Sanmarco LM, Chao CC, Wang YC, Kenison JE, Li Z, Rone JM, Rejano-Gordillo CM, Polonio CM, Gutierrez-Vazquez C, Piester G, Plasencia A, Li L, Giovannoni F, Lee HG, Faust Akl C, Wheeler MA, Mascanfroni I, Jaronen M, Alsuwailm M, Hewson P, Yeste A, Andersen BM, Franks DG, Huang CJ, Ekwudo M, Tjon EC, Rothhammer V, Takenaka M, de Lima KA, Linnerbauer M, Guo L, Covacu R, Queva H, Fonseca-Castro PH, Bladi MA, Cox LM, Hodgetts KJ, Hahn ME, Mildner A, Korzenik J, Hauser R, Snapper SB, Quintana FJ. Identification of environmental factors that promote intestinal inflammation. Nature. 2022 Nov; 611(7937):801-809. PMID: 36266581; PMCID: PMC9898826; DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05308-6;

Kenison JE, Wang Z, Yang K, Snyder M, Quintana FJ, Sherr DH. The aryl hydrocarbon receptor suppresses immunity to oral squamous cell carcinoma through immune checkpoint regulation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 05 11; 118(19).View Related Profiles.

Sherr, David
Kenison, Jessica
Wang, Zhongyan

PMID: 33941684; PMCID: PMC8126867; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2012692118;

Rothhammer V, Kenison JE, Li Z, Tjon E, Takenaka MC, Chao CC, Alves de Lima K, Borucki DM, Kaye J, Quintana FJ. Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Activation in Astrocytes by Laquinimod Ameliorates Autoimmune Inflammation in the CNS. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. 2021 03 04; 8(2). PMID: 33408169; PMCID: PMC7862099; DOI: 10.1212/NXI.0000000000000946;

Levy O, Rothhammer V, Mascanfroni I, Tong Z, Kuai R, De Biasio M, Wang Q, Majid T, Perrault C, Yeste A, Kenison JE, Safaee H, Musabeyezu J, Heinelt M, Milton Y, Kuang H, Lan H, Siders W, Multon MC, Rothblatt J, Massadeh S, Alaamery M, Alhasan AH, Quintana FJ, Karp JM. A cell-based drug delivery platform for treating central nervous system inflammation. J Mol Med (Berl). 2021 05; 99(5):663-671. PMID: 33398468; PMCID: PMC8292974; DOI: 10.1007/s00109-020-02003-9;

Wang Z, Snyder M, Kenison JE, Yang K, Lara B, Lydell E, Bennani K, Novikov O, Federico A, Monti S, Sherr DH. How the AHR Became Important in Cancer: The Role of Chronically Active AHR in Cancer Aggression. Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Dec 31; 22(1).View Related Profiles.

Sherr, David
Kenison, Jessica
Novikov, Olga
Monti, Stefano
Wang, Zhongyan

PMID: 33396563; PMCID: PMC7795223; DOI: 10.3390/ijms22010387;

Kenison JE, Jhaveri A, Li Z, Khadse N, Tjon E, Tezza S, Nowakowska D, Plasencia A, Stanton VP, Sherr DH, Quintana FJ. Tolerogenic nanoparticles suppress central nervous system inflammation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 12 15; 117(50):32017-32028.View Related Profiles.

Sherr, David
Kenison, Jessica

PMID: 33239445; PMCID: PMC7749362; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2016451117;

Takenaka MC, Gabriely G, Rothhammer V, Mascanfroni ID, Wheeler MA, Chao CC, Gutiérrez-Vázquez C, Kenison J, Tjon EC, Barroso A, Vandeventer T, de Lima KA, Rothweiler S, Mayo L, Ghannam S, Zandee S, Healy L, Sherr D, Farez MF, Prat A, Antel J, Reardon DA, Zhang H, Robson SC, Getz G, Weiner HL, Quintana FJ. Author Correction: Control of tumor-associated macrophages and T cells in glioblastoma via AHR and CD39. Nat Neurosci. 2019 Sep; 22(9):1533.View Related Profiles.

Sherr, David
Kenison, Jessica

PMID: 31197266; PMCID: PMC9811951; DOI: 10.1038/s41593-019-0446-8;

Takenaka MC, Gabriely G, Rothhammer V, Mascanfroni ID, Wheeler MA, Chao CC, Gutiérrez-Vázquez C, Kenison J, Tjon EC, Barroso A, Vandeventer T, de Lima KA, Rothweiler S, Mayo L, Ghannam S, Zandee S, Healy L, Sherr D, Farez MF, Pratt A, Antel J, Reardon DA, Zhang H, Robson SC, Getz G, Weiner HL, Quintana FJ. Control of tumor-associated macrophages and T cells in glioblastoma via AHR and CD39. Nat Neurosci. 2019 05; 22(5):729-740.View Related Profiles.

Sherr, David
Kenison, Jessica

PMID: 30962630; PMCID: PMC8052632; DOI: 10.1038/s41593-019-0370-y;

Wheeler MA, Jaronen M, Covacu R, Zandee SEJ, Scalisi G, Rothhammer V, Tjon EC, Chao CC, Kenison JE, Blain M, Rao VTS, Hewson P, Barroso A, Gutiérrez-Vázquez C, Prat A, Antel JP, Hauser R, Quintana FJ. Environmental Control of Astrocyte Pathogenic Activities in CNS Inflammation. Cell. 2019 01 24; 176(3):581-596.e18. PMID: 30661753; PMCID: PMC6440749; DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.12.012;

Rothhammer V, Borucki DM, Kenison JE, Hewson P, Wang Z, Bakshi R, Sherr DH, Quintana FJ. Detection of aryl hydrocarbon receptor agonists in human samples. Sci Rep. 2018 03 21; 8(1):4970.View Related Profiles.

Sherr, David
Kenison, Jessica

PMID: 29563571; PMCID: PMC5862868; DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-23323-4;

Longhi MS, Vuerich M, Kalbasi A, Kenison JE, Yeste A, Csizmadia E, Vaughn B, Feldbrugge L, Mitsuhashi S, Wegiel B, Otterbein L, Moss A, Quintana FJ, Robson SC. Bilirubin suppresses Th17 immunity in colitis by upregulating CD39. JCI Insight. 2017 May 04; 2(9).View Related Profiles.

Moss, Alan
Kenison, Jessica

PMID: 28469075; PMCID: PMC5414551; DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.92791;

Rothhammer V, Kenison JE, Tjon E, Takenaka MC, de Lima KA, Borucki DM, Chao CC, Wilz A, Blain M, Healy L, Antel J, Quintana FJ. Sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor modulation suppresses pathogenic astrocyte activation and chronic progressive CNS inflammation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 02 21; 114(8):2012-2017. PMID: 28167760; PMCID: PMC5338419; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1615413114;

Goettel JA, Gandhi R, Kenison JE, Yeste A, Murugaiyan G, Sambanthamoorthy S, Griffith AE, Patel B, Shouval DS, Weiner HL, Snapper SB, Quintana FJ. AHR Activation Is Protective against Colitis Driven by T Cells in Humanized Mice. Cell Rep. 2016 Oct 25; 17(5):1318-1329. PMID: 27783946; PMCID: PMC5106873; DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.09.082;

Yeste A, Takenaka MC, Mascanfroni ID, Nadeau M, Kenison JE, Patel B, Tukpah AM, Babon JA, DeNicola M, Kent SC, Pozo D, Quintana FJ. Tolerogenic nanoparticles inhibit T cell-mediated autoimmunity through SOCS2. Sci Signal. 2016 Jun 21; 9(433):ra61. PMID: 27330188; DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.aad0612;

Rothhammer V, Mascanfroni ID, Bunse L, Takenaka MC, Kenison JE, Mayo L, Chao CC, Patel B, Yan R, Blain M, Alvarez JI, Kébir H, Anandasabapathy N, Izquierdo G, Jung S, Obholzer N, Pochet N, Clish CB, Prinz M, Prat A, Antel J, Quintana FJ. Type I interferons and microbial metabolites of tryptophan modulate astrocyte activity and central nervous system inflammation via the aryl hydrocarbon receptor. Nat Med. 2016 Jun; 22(6):586-97. PMID: 27158906; PMCID: PMC4899206; DOI: 10.1038/nm.4106;

Covacu R, Philip H, Jaronen M, Almeida J, Kenison JE, Darko S, Chao CC, Yaari G, Louzoun Y, Carmel L, Douek DC, Efroni S, Quintana FJ. System-wide Analysis of the T Cell Response. Cell Rep. 2016 Mar 22; 14(11):2733-44. PMID: 26972015; PMCID: PMC4805488; DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.02.056;

Shi Q, Colodner KJ, Matousek SB, Merry K, Hong S, Kenison JE, Frost JL, Le KX, Li S, Dodart JC, Caldarone BJ, Stevens B, Lemere CA. Complement C3-Deficient Mice Fail to Display Age-Related Hippocampal Decline. J Neurosci. 2015 Sep 23; 35(38):13029-42. PMID: 26400934; PMCID: PMC6605437; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1698-15.2015;

Mascanfroni ID, Takenaka MC, Yeste A, Patel B, Wu Y, Kenison JE, Siddiqui S, Basso AS, Otterbein LE, Pardoll DM, Pan F, Priel A, Clish CB, Robson SC, Quintana FJ. Metabolic control of type 1 regulatory T cell differentiation by AHR and HIF1-a. Nat Med. 2015 Jun; 21(6):638-46. PMID: 26005855; PMCID: PMC4476246; DOI: 10.1038/nm.3868;

Quintana FJ, Patel B, Yeste A, Nyirenda M, Kenison J, Rahbari R, Fetco D, Hussain M, O'Mahony J, Magalhaes S, McGowan M, Johnson T, Rajasekharan S, Narayanan S, Arnold DL, Weiner HL, Banwell B, Bar-Or A. Epitope spreading as an early pathogenic event in pediatric multiple sclerosis. Neurology. 2014 Dec 9; 83(24):2219-26. PMID: 25381299; PMCID: PMC4277672; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001066;

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 29 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2016 and 2025

Bar chart showing 29 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2016 and 2025

Year	Publications
2014	1
2015	2
2016	4
2017	2
2018	1
2019	3
2020	2
2021	3
2022	1
2023	3
2024	3
2025	4

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