Emma Erlich

Program: Immunology

Current advisor: Gwendalyn J Randolph, PhD

Undergraduate university: University of Chicago, 2012

Enrollment year: 2016

Research summary
Innate immune response to S. pneumoniae infection

Graduate publications
Girard TJ, Antunes L, Zhang N, Amrute JM, Subramanian R, Eldem I, Remy KE, Mazer M, Erlich EC, Cruchaga C, Steed AL, Randolph GJ, Di Paola J. 2023 Peripheral blood mononuclear cell tissue factor (F3 gene) transcript levels and circulating extracellular vesicles are elevated in severe coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) disease. J Thromb Haemost, 21(3):629-38. PMCID: PMC9773443

Dhindsa S, Zhang N, McPhaul MJ, Wu Z, Ghoshal AK, Erlich EC, Mani K, Randolph GJ, Edwards JR, Mudd PA, Diwan A. 2021 Association of Circulating Sex Hormones With Inflammation and Disease Severity in Patients With COVID-19. JAMA Netw Open, 4(5):e2111398. PMCID:

Zhang N, Kim SH, Gainullina A, Erlich EC, Onufer EJ, Kim J, Czepielewski RS, Helmink BA, Do. 2021 LYVE1+ macrophages of murine peritoneal mesothelium promote omentum-independent ovarian tumor growth. J Exp Med, 218(12):e20210924. PMCID: PMC8575007

Zhang N, Czepielewski RS, Jarjour NN, Erlich EC, Esaulova E, Saunders BT, Grover SP, Cleuren AC, Broze GJ, Edelson BT, Mackman N, Zinselmeyer BH, Randolph GJ. 2019 Expression of factor V by resident macrophages boosts host defense in the peritoneal cavity. J Exp Med, 216(6):1291-1300. PMCID: PMC6547866

Czepielewski RS, Erlich EC, Onufer EJ, Young S, Saunders BT, Han YH, Wohltmann M, Wang PL, Kim KW, Kumar S, Hsieh CS, Scallan JP, Yang Y, Zinselmeyer BH, Davis MJ, Randolph GJ. Ileitis-associated tertiary lymphoid organs arise at lymphatic valves and impede mesenteric lymph flow in response to tumor necrosis factor. Immunity, 54(12):2795-2811.e9. PMCID: PMC8678349