Residency: Psychiatry
Location: University of Washington Affiliated Hospitals (Research Track)
- University of Pittsburgh, MD, 2020
- University of Pittsburgh, PhD, 2019
- University of Maryland, Baltimore County, BS, 2012
Education & Training
Kumar P, Monin L, Castillo P, Elsegeiny W, Horne W, Eddens T, Vikram A, Good M, Schoenborn AA, Bibby K, Montelaro RC, Metzger DW, Gulati AS, Kolls JK. Intestinal Interleukin-17 Receptor Signaling Mediates Reciprocal Control of the Gut Microbiota and Autoimmune Inflammation. Immunity. 2016 Mar 15;44(3):659-671. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2016.02.007. PMID: 26982366; PMCID: PMC4794750.
Castillo P, Kolls JK. IL-10: A Paradigm for Counterregulatory Cytokines. J Immunol. 2016 Sep 1;197(5):1529-30. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1601192. PMID: 27543665.
Eddens T, Elsegeiny W, Garcia-Hernadez ML, Castillo P, Trevejo-Nunez G, Serody K, Campfield BT, Khader SA, Chen K, Rangel-Moreno J, Kolls JK. Pneumocystis-Driven Inducible Bronchus-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Formation Requires Th2 and Th17 Immunity. Cell Rep. 2017 Mar 28;18(13):3078-3090. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.03.016. PMID: 28355561; PMCID: PMC5411079.
Elsegeiny W, Zheng M, Eddens T, Gallo RL, Dai G, Trevejo-Nunez G, Castillo P, Kracinovsky K, Cleveland H, Horne W, Franks J, Pociask D, Pilarski M, Alcorn JF, Chen K, Kolls JK. Murine models of Pneumocystis infection recapitulate human primary immune disorders. JCI Insight. 2018 Jun 21;3(12):e91894. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.91894. PMID: 29925696; PMCID: PMC6124425.
Trevejo-Nunez G, Elsegeiny W, Aggor FEY, Tweedle JL, Kaplan Z, Gandhi P, Castillo P, Ferguson A, Alcorn JF, Chen K, Kolls JK, Gaffen SL. Interleukin-22 (IL-22) Binding Protein Constrains IL-22 Activity, Host Defense, and Oxidative Phosphorylation Genes during Pneumococcal Pneumonia. Infect Immun. 2019 Oct 18;87(11):e00550-19. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00550-19. PMID: 31451621; PMCID: PMC6803344.
Castillo-Dela Cruz P, Wanek AG, Kumar P, An X, Elsegeiny W, Horne W, Fitch A, Burr AHP, Gopalakrishna KP, Chen K, Methé BA, Canna SW, Hand TW, Kolls JK. Intestinal IL-17R Signaling Constrains IL-18-Driven Liver Inflammation by the Regulation of Microbiome-Derived Products. Cell Rep. 2019 Nov 19;29(8):2270-2283.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.10.042. PMID: 31747600; PMCID: PMC6886715.
Castillo, P.A.C. & Hand, T.W. A little fiber goes a long way. Immunity. 2018, May; 48(5): 844-846.
Disruption of Intestinal Th17 Signaling & the Microbiome Exacerbates Extra-Intestinal Pathologies