Elze Rackaityte, PhD

Title(s)Assistant Professor, Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address35 Medical Center Way, #900H
San Francisco CA 94143
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    Molecular understanding of maternal humoral responses to pregnancy
    NIH K99AI182451Jun 7, 2024 - May 31, 2026
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Determining the impact of in utero microbial colonization on immune tolerance development
    NIH F31AI136336Dec 15, 2017 - Dec 14, 2020
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Evidence for maternal autoantibodies in the pathogenesis of preterm birth. Nat Immunol. 2026 Oct 14. Rackaityte E, Borges B, Kortbawi HM, Miller HS, Shao SJ, Zorn KC, Caspar C, Wong R, McCarthy F, Creery JS, Mayer M, Raghavan M, Kouame E, Puccinelli RR, Kistler AL, Yu DJL, Ganem SR, DeRisi A, Kawaja Q, Wang CY, Saxena A, Oltman S, Kung AF, Mann SA, Mitchell A, Huang D, Rizzuto G, Baer RJ, Mandel-Brehm C, Ryckman KK, Gaw SL, Hillman SL, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL, Halkias J, Sobhani NC, Anderson MS, Trespidi F, Alpini C, Bosoni T, Albertini R, Bellingeri C, Gardella B, Borghesi A, Prince N, Lasky-Su J, Wilson MR, Cedars MI, Elias JE, MacKenzie TC, DeRisi JL. PMID: 42875547.
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    2. Evidence for Maternal Autoantibodies in the Pathogenesis of Preterm Birth. medRxiv. 2025 Dec 05. Rackaityte E, Borges B, Kortbawi HM, Miller HS, Shao SJ, Zorn KC, Caspar C, Wong R, McCarthy F, Creery JS, Mayer M, Kouame E, Puccinelli RR, Kistler AL, Yu DJL, Ganem SR, DeRisi A, Kawaja Q, Wang CY, Saxena A, Oltman S, Kung AF, Mann SA, Mitchell A, Huang D, Rizzuto G, Baer RJ, Mandel-Brehm C, Ryckman KK, Gaw SL, Hillman SL, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL, Halkias J, Sobhani NC, Anderson MS, Trespidi F, Alpin C, Bosoni T, Albertini R, Bellingeri C, Gardella B, Borghesi A, Prince N, Lasky-Su J, Wilson MR, Cedars M, Elias JE, MacKenzie TC, DeRisi JL. PMID: 41568202; PMCID: PMC12817887.
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    3. Nr4a1 and Nr4a3 redundantly control clonal deletion and contribute to an anergy-like transcriptome in auto-reactive thymocytes to impose tolerance in mice. Nat Commun. 2025 Jan 17; 16(1):784. Nielsen HV, Yang L, Mueller JL, Ritter AJ, Hiwa R, Proekt I, Rackaityte E, Aylard D, Gupta M, Scharer CD, Anderson MS, Au-Yeung BB, Zikherman J. PMID: 39824797; PMCID: PMC11742425.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 5     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    4. Molecular mimicry in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. Nature. 2024 08; 632(8025):622-629. Bodansky A, Mettelman RC, Sabatino JJ, Vazquez SE, Chou J, Novak T, Moffitt KL, Miller HS, Kung AF, Rackaityte E, Zamecnik CR, Rajan JV, Kortbawi H, Mandel-Brehm C, Mitchell A, Wang CY, Saxena A, Zorn K, Yu DJL, Pogorelyy MV, Awad W, Kirk AM, Asaki J, Pluvinage JV, Wilson MR, Zambrano LD, Campbell AP, Overcoming COVID-19 Network Investigators, Thomas PG, Randolph AG, Anderson MS, DeRisi JL. PMID: 39112696; PMCID: PMC11324515.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 27     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    5. 12,13-diHOME Promotes Inflammatory Macrophages and Epigenetically Modifies Their Capacity to Respond to Microbes and Allergens. J Immunol Res. 2024; 2024:2506586. Lin DL, Magnaye KM, Porsche CE, Levan SR, Rackaityte E, Özçam M, Lynch SV. PMID: 38974097; PMCID: PMC11227377.
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    6. Unveiling the proteome-wide autoreactome enables enhanced evaluation of emerging CAR T cell therapies in autoimmunity. J Clin Invest. 2024 05 16; 134(13). Bodansky A, Yu DJ, Rallistan A, Kalaycioglu M, Boonyaratanakornkit J, Green DJ, Gauthier J, Turtle CJ, Zorn K, O'Donovan B, Mandel-Brehm C, Asaki J, Kortbawi H, Kung AF, Rackaityte E, Wang CY, Saxena A, de Dios K, Masi G, Nowak RJ, O'Connor KC, Li H, Diaz VE, Saloner R, Casaletto KB, Gontrum EQ, Chan B, Kramer JH, Wilson MR, Utz PJ, Hill JA, Jackson SW, Anderson MS, DeRisi JL. PMID: 38753445; PMCID: PMC11213466.
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    7. Unveiling the autoreactome: Proteome-wide immunological fingerprints reveal the promise of plasma cell depleting therapy. medRxiv. 2023 Dec 20. Bodansky A, Yu DJ, Rallistan A, Kalaycioglu M, Boonyaratanakornkit J, Green DJ, Gauthier J, Turtle CJ, Zorn K, O'Donovan B, Mandel-Brehm C, Asaki J, Kortbawi H, Kung AF, Rackaityte E, Wang CY, Saxena A, de Dios K, Masi G, Nowak RJ, O'Connor KC, Li H, Diaz VE, Casaletto KB, Gontrum EQ, Chan B, Kramer JH, Wilson MR, Utz PJ, Hill JA, Jackson SW, Anderson MS, DeRisi JL. PMID: 38196603; PMCID: PMC10775319.
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    8. Validation of a murine proteome-wide phage display library for identification of autoantibody specificities. JCI Insight. 2023 12 08; 8(23). Rackaityte E, Proekt I, Miller HS, Ramesh A, Brooks JF, Kung AF, Mandel-Brehm C, Yu D, Zamecnik CR, Bair R, Vazquez SE, Sunshine S, Abram CL, Lowell CA, Rizzuto G, Wilson MR, Zikherman J, Anderson MS, DeRisi JL. PMID: 37934865; PMCID: PMC10795829.
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    9. Autoantibodies against type I IFNs in humans with alternative NF-κB pathway deficiency. Nature. 2023 11; 623(7988):803-813. Le Voyer T, Parent AV, Liu X, Cederholm A, Gervais A, Rosain J, Nguyen T, Perez Lorenzo M, Rackaityte E, Rinchai D, Zhang P, Bizien L, Hancioglu G, Ghillani-Dalbin P, Charuel JL, Philippot Q, Gueye MS, Maglorius Renkilaraj MRL, Ogishi M, Soudée C, Migaud M, Rozenberg F, Momenilandi M, Riller Q, Imberti L, Delmonte OM, Müller G, Keller B, Orrego J, Franco Gallego WA, Rubin T, Emiroglu M, Parvaneh N, Eriksson D, Aranda-Guillen M, Berrios DI, Vong L, Katelaris CH, Mustillo P, Raedler J, Bohlen J, Bengi Celik J, Astudillo C, Winter S, NF-?B Consortium, COVID Human Genetic Effort, McLean C, Guffroy A, DeRisi JL, Yu D, Miller C, Feng Y, Guichard A, Béziat V, Bustamante J, Pan-Hammarström Q, Zhang Y, Rosen LB, Holland SM, Bosticardo M, Kenney H, Castagnoli R, Slade CA, Boztug K, Mahlaoui N, Latour S, Abraham RS, Lougaris V, Hauck F, Sediva A, Atschekzei F, Sogkas G, Poli MC, Slatter MA, Palterer B, Keller MD, Pinzon-Charry A, Sullivan A, Droney L, Suan D, Wong M, Kane A, Hu H, Ma C, Grombiríková H, Ciznar P, Dalal I, Aladjidi N, Hie M, Lazaro E, Franco J, Keles S, Malphettes M, Pasquet M, Maccari ME, Meinhardt A, Ikinciogullari A, Shahrooei M, Celmeli F, Frosk P, Goodnow CC, Gray PE, Belot A, Kuehn HS, Rosenzweig SD, Miyara M, Licciardi F, Servettaz A, Barlogis V, Le Guenno G, Herrmann VM, Kuijpers T, Ducoux G, Sarrot-Reynauld F, Schuetz C, Cunningham-Rundles C, Rieux-Laucat F, Tangye SG, Sobacchi C, Doffinger R, Warnatz K, Grimbacher B, Fieschi C, Berteloot L, Bryant VL, Trouillet Assant S, Su H, Neven B, Abel L, Zhang Q, Boisson B, Cobat A, Jouanguy E, Kampe O, Bastard P, Roifman CM, Landegren N, Notarangelo LD, Anderson MS, Casanova JL, Puel A. PMID: 37938781; PMCID: PMC10665196.
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    10. Validation of a murine proteome-wide phage display library for the identification of autoantibody specificities. bioRxiv. 2023 Apr 07. Rackaityte E, Proekt I, Miller HS, Ramesh A, Brooks JF, Kung AF, Mandel-Brehm C, Yu D, Zamecnik C, Bair R, Vazquez SE, Sunshine S, Abram CL, Lowell CA, Rizzuto G, Wilson MR, Zikherman J, Anderson MS, DeRisi JL. PMID: 37066405; PMCID: PMC10104109.
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    11. Heritable vaginal bacteria influence immune tolerance and relate to early-life markers of allergic sensitization in infancy. Cell Rep Med. 2022 08 16; 3(8):100713. McCauley KE, Rackaityte E, LaMere B, Fadrosh DW, Fujimura KE, Panzer AR, Lin DL, Lynch KV, Halkias J, Mendoza VF, Burt TD, Bendixsen C, Barnes K, Kim H, Jones K, Ownby DR, Johnson CC, Seroogy CM, Gern JE, Boushey HA, Lynch SV, ECHO Children’s Respiratory and Environmental Workgroup. PMID: 35932762; PMCID: PMC9418802.
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    12. Genome-Wide Knockout Screen Identifies Human Sialomucin CD164 as an Essential Entry Factor for Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus. mBio. 2022 06 28; 13(3):e0020522. Liu J, Knopp KA, Rackaityte E, Wang CY, Laurie MT, Sunshine S, Puschnik AS, DeRisi JL. PMID: 35502904; PMCID: PMC9239079.
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    13. Impaired immune signaling and changes in the lung microbiome precede secondary bacterial pneumonia in COVID-19. medRxiv. 2021 Nov 30. Tsitsiklis A, Zha BS, Byrne A, DeVoe C, Rackaityte E, Levan S, Sunshine S, Mick E, Ghale R, Love C, Tarashansky AJ, Pisco A, Albright J, Jauregui A, Sarma A, Neff N, Serpa PH, Deiss TJ, Kistler A, Carrillo S, Ansel KM, Leligdowicz A, Christenson S, Detweiler A, Jones NG, Wu B, Darmanis S, Lynch SV, DeRisi JL, COMET Consortium, Matthay MA, Hendrickson CM, Kangelaris KN, Krummel MF, Woodruff PG, Erle DJ, Rosenberg O, Calfee CS, Langelier CR. PMID: 33791731; PMCID: PMC8010763.
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    14. Impaired immune signaling and changes in the lung microbiome precede secondary bacterial pneumonia in COVID-19. Res Sq. 2021 Apr 23. Tsitsiklis A, Zha BS, Byrne A, Devoe C, Levan S, Rackaityte E, Sunshine S, Mick E, Ghale R, Jauregui A, Sarma A, Neff N, Serpa PH, Deiss TJ, Kistler A, Carrillo S, Ansel KM, Leligdowicz A, Christenson S, Jones N, Wu B, Darmanis S, Matthay MA, Lynch SV, DeRisi JL, COMET Consortium, Hendrickson CM, Kangelaris KN, Krummel MF, Woodruff PG, Erle DJ, Rosenberg O, Calfee CS, Langelier CR. PMID: 34013247; PMCID: PMC8132240.
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    15. Corroborating evidence refutes batch effect as explanation for fetal bacteria. Microbiome. 2021 01 12; 9(1):10. Rackaityte E, Halkias J, Fukui EM, Mendoza VF, Hayzelden C, Crawford ED, Fujimura KE, Burt TD, Lynch SV. PMID: 33436079; PMCID: PMC7805121.
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    16. Rapid deployment of SARS-CoV-2 testing: The CLIAHUB. PLoS Pathog. 2020 10; 16(10):e1008966. Crawford ED, Acosta I, Ahyong V, Anderson EC, Arevalo S, Asarnow D, Axelrod S, Ayscue P, Azimi CS, Azumaya CM, Bachl S, Bachmutsky I, Bhaduri A, Brown JB, Batson J, Behnert A, Boileau RM, Bollam SR, Bonny AR, Booth D, Borja MJB, Brown D, Buie B, Burnett CE, Byrnes LE, Cabral KA, Cabrera JP, Caldera S, Canales G, Castañeda GR, Chan AP, Chang CR, Charles-Orszag A, Cheung C, Chio U, Chow ED, Citron YR, Cohen A, Cohn LB, Chiu C, Cole MA, Conrad DN, Constantino A, Cote A, Crayton-Hall T, Darmanis S, Detweiler AM, Dial RL, Dong S, Duarte EM, Dynerman D, Egger R, Fanton A, Frumm SM, Fu BXH, Garcia VE, Garcia J, Gladkova C, Goldman M, Gomez-Sjoberg R, Gordon MG, Grove JCR, Gupta S, Haddjeri-Hopkins A, Hadley P, Haliburton J, Hao SL, Hartoularos G, Herrera N, Hilberg M, Ho KYE, Hoppe N, Hosseinzadeh S, Howard CJ, Hussmann JA, Hwang E, Ingebrigtsen D, Jackson JR, Jowhar ZM, Kain D, Kim JYS, Kistler A, Kreutzfeld O, Kulsuptrakul J, Kung AF, Langelier C, Laurie MT, Lee L, Leng K, Leon KE, Leonetti MD, Levan SR, Li S, Li AW, Liu J, Lubin HS, Lyden A, Mann J, Mann S, Margulis G, Marquez DM, Marsh BP, Martyn C, McCarthy EE, McGeever A, Merriman AF, Meyer LK, Miller S, Moore MK, Mowery CT, Mukhtar T, Mwakibete LL, Narez N, Neff NF, Osso LA, Oviedo D, Peng S, Phelps M, Phong K, Picard P, Pieper LM, Pincha N, Pisco AO, Pogson A, Pourmal S, Puccinelli RR, Puschnik AS, Rackaityte E, Raghavan P, Raghavan M, Reese J, Replogle JM, Retallack H, Reyes H, Rose D, Rosenberg MF, Sanchez-Guerrero E, Sattler SM, Savy L, See SK, Sellers KK, Serpa PH, Sheehy M, Sheu J, Silas S, Streithorst JA, Strickland J, Stryke D, Sunshine S, Suslow P, Sutanto R, Tamura S, Tan M, Tan J, Tang A, Tato CM, Taylor JC, Tenvooren I, Thompson EM, Thornborrow EC, Tse E, Tung T, Turner ML, Turner VS, Turnham RE, Turocy MJ, Vaidyanathan TV, Vainchtein ID, Vanaerschot M, Vazquez SE, Wandler AM, Wapniarski A, Webber JT, Weinberg ZY, Westbrook A, Wong AW, Wong E, Worthington G, Xie F, Xu A, Yamamoto T, Yang Y, Yarza F, Zaltsman Y, Zheng T, DeRisi JL. PMID: 33112933; PMCID: PMC7592773.
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    17. The human microbiome in the 21st century. Nat Commun. 2020 10 16; 11(1):5256. Rackaityte E, Lynch SV. PMID: 33067429; PMCID: PMC7567807.
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    18. Mechanisms of Fetal T Cell Tolerance and Immune Regulation. Front Immunol. 2020; 11:588. Rackaityte E, Halkias J. PMID: 32328065; PMCID: PMC7160249.
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    19. Viable bacterial colonization is highly limited in the human intestine in utero. Nat Med. 2020 04; 26(4):599-607. Rackaityte E, Halkias J, Fukui EM, Mendoza VF, Hayzelden C, Crawford ED, Fujimura KE, Burt TD, Lynch SV. PMID: 32094926; PMCID: PMC8110246.
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    20. CD161 contributes to prenatal immune suppression of IFNγ-producing PLZF+ T cells. J Clin Invest. 2019 05 30; 129(9):3562-3577. Halkias J, Rackaityte E, Hillman SL, Aran D, Mendoza VF, Marshall LR, MacKenzie TC, Burt TD. PMID: 31145102; PMCID: PMC6715406.
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    21. Rules of engagement in the gut microbiome. Nat Med. 2018 11; 24(11):1642-1644. Rackaityte E, Lynch SV. PMID: 30401869.
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    22. YeeJ is an inverse autotransporter from Escherichia coli that binds to peptidoglycan and promotes biofilm formation. Sci Rep. 2017 09 12; 7(1):11326. Martinez-Gil M, Goh KGK, Rackaityte E, Sakamoto C, Audrain B, Moriel DG, Totsika M, Ghigo JM, Schembri MA, Beloin C. PMID: 28900103; PMCID: PMC5595812.
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    23. Neonatal gut microbiota associates with childhood multisensitized atopy and T cell differentiation. Nat Med. 2016 10; 22(10):1187-1191. Fujimura KE, Sitarik AR, Havstad S, Lin DL, Levan S, Fadrosh D, Panzer AR, LaMere B, Rackaityte E, Lukacs NW, Wegienka G, Boushey HA, Ownby DR, Zoratti EM, Levin AM, Johnson CC, Lynch SV. PMID: 27618652; PMCID: PMC5053876.
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    24. Novel strategies for enhanced removal of persistent Bacillus anthracis surrogates and Clostridium difficile spores from skin. PLoS One. 2013; 8(7):e68706. Nerandzic MM, Rackaityte E, Jury LA, Eckart K, Donskey CJ. PMID: 23844234; PMCID: PMC3699662.
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    25. Porphyromonas gingivalis: keeping the pathos out of the biont. J Oral Microbiol. 2013; 5. Cugini C, Klepac-Ceraj V, Rackaityte E, Riggs JE, Davey ME. PMID: 23565326; PMCID: PMC3617648.
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