
Assistant Professor, Department of Investigative Medicine
Biosketch
Christopher Jondle, PhD, is an immunologist in the Department of Investigative Medicine at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. He earned his doctorate in microbiology and immunology from the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in microbiology and immunology with the Medical College of Wisconsin.
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Education and Training
- Postdoctoral Fellowship 2022, Microbiology and Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin
- PhD 2017, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of North Dakota
- BS 2012, Chemistry and Human Biology, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
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Research
- Virology
- Immunology
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Publications
Huss N.P., Majeed S.T., Wills B.M., Tarakanova V.L., Brockman K.L., Jondle C.N. Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae challenge during gammaherpesvirus infection enhances viral reactivation and latency Virology. 2024;597
Majeed S.T., Jondle C.N. Bringing Balance: Immune Interactions Regulating Murine Gammaherpesvirus 68 Latency Current Clinical Microbiology Reports. 2024;11:1-11.
Jondle C.N., Sylvester P.A., Schmalzriedt D.L., Njoya K., Tarakanova V.L. The Antagonism between the Murine Gammaherpesvirus Protein Kinase and Global Interferon Regulatory Factor 1 Expression Shapes the Establishment of Chronic Infection Journal of Virology. 2022;96
Jondle C.N., Tarakanova V.L. T Cell-Intrinsic Interleukin 17 Receptor A Signaling Supports the Establishment of Chronic Murine Gammaherpesvirus 68 Infection Journal of Virology. 2022;96
Sylvester P.A., Jondle C.N., Schmalzriedt D.L., Dittel B.N., Tarakanova V.L. T Cell-Specific STAT1 Expression Promotes Lytic Replication and Supports the Establishment of Gammaherpesvirus Latent Reservoir in Splenic B Cells mBio. 2022;13
Johnson K.E., Sylvester P.A., Jondle C.N., Aurubin C.A., Tarakanovaa V.L. Interferon Regulatory Factor 3 Supports the Establishment of Chronic Gammaherpesvirus Infection in a Route- And Dose-Dependent Manner Journal of Virology. 2021;95(9)
Jondle C.N., Johnson K.E., Aurubin C., Sylvester P., Xin G., Cui W., Huppler A.R., Tarakanova V.L. Gammaherpesvirus usurps host il-17 signaling to support the establishment of chronic infection mBio. 2021;12(2)
Jondle C.N., Johnson K.E., Mboko W.P., Tarakanova V.L. T cell-intrinsic interferon regulatory factor 1 expression suppresses differentiation of CD4<sup>+</sup> T cell populations that support chronic gammaherpesvirus infection Journal of Virology. 2021;95(20)
Sylvester P.A., Jondle C.N., Stoltz K.P., Lanham J., Dittel B.N., Tarakanova V.L. Conserved gammaherpesvirus protein kinase counters the antiviral effects of myeloid cell-specific stat1 expression to promote the establishment of splenic b cell latency Journal of Virology. 2021;95(17)
Johnson K.E., Aurubin C.A., Jondle C.N., Lange P.T., Tarakanova V.L. Interferon regulatory factor 7 attenuates chronic gammaherpesvirus infection Journal of Virology. 2020;94(24)
Johnson K.E., Lange P.T., Jondle C.N., Volberding P.J., Lorenz U.M., Cui W., Dittel B.N., Tarakanova V.L. B cell-intrinsic SHP1 expression promotes the gammaherpesvirus-driven germinal center response and the establishment of chronic infection Journal of Virology. 2020;94(1)
Jondle C.N., Johnson K.E., Uitenbroek A.A., Sylvester P.A., Nguyen C., Cui W., Tarakanova V.L. B cell-intrinsic expression of interferon regulatory factor 1 supports chronic murine gammaherpesvirus 68 infection Journal of Virology. 2020;94(13)
Jondle C.N., Tarakanova V.L. Innate immunity and alpha/gammaherpesviruses: first impressions last a lifetime Current Opinion in Virology. 2020;44:81-89.
Darrah E., Jondle C., Johnson K., Xin G., Lange P., Cui W., Olteanu H., Tarakanova V. Conserved gammaherpesvirus protein kinase selectively promotes irrelevant B cell responses Journal of Virology. 2019;93(8)
Lange P.T., Jondle C.N., Darrah E.J., Johnson K.E., Tarakanovaa V.L. LXR alpha restricts gammaherpesvirus reactivation from latently infected peritoneal cells Journal of Virology. 2019;93(6)
Stoltz K., Jondle C., Pulakanti K., Sylvester P., Urrutia R., Rao S., Tarakanova V. Tumor suppressor Interferon Regulatory Factor 1 selectively blocks expression of endogenous retrovirus Virology. 2019;526:52-60.
Chauhan A., Sun Y., Sukumaran P., Quenum Zangbede F.O., Jondle C.N., Sharma A., Evans D.L., Chauhan P., Szlabick R.E., Aaland M.O., Birnbaumer L., Sharma J., Singh B.B., Mishra B.B. M1 Macrophage Polarization Is Dependent on TRPC1-Mediated Calcium Entry iScience. 2018;8:85-102.
Jondle C., Gupta K., Mishra B., Sharma J. Klebsiella pneumoniae infection of murine neutrophils impairs their efferocytic clearance by modulating cell death machinery PLoS Pathogens. 2018;14(10)
Ward S.E., O’Sullivan J.M., Drakeford C., Aguila S., Jondle C.N., Sharma J., Fallon P.G., Brophy T.M., Preston R.J.S., Smyth P., Sheils O., Chion A., O’Donnell J.S. A novel role for the macrophage galactose-type lectin receptor in mediating von Willebrand factor clearance Blood. 2018;131(8):911-916.
Sharma A., Simonson T.J., Jondle C.N., Mishra B.B., Sharma J. Mincle-mediated neutrophil extracellular trap formation by regulation of autophagy Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2017;215(7):1040-1048.
Jondle C.N., Sharma A., Simonson T.J., Larson B., Mishra B.B., Sharma J. Macrophage galactose-type lectin-1 deficiency is associated with increased neutrophilia and hyperinflammation in gram-negative pneumonia Journal of Immunology. 2016;196(7):3088-3096.
Sharma A., Steichen A.L., Jondle C.N., Mishra B.B., Sharma J. Protective role of mincle in bacterial pneumonia by regulation of neutrophil mediated phagocytosis and extracellular trap formation Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2014;209(11):1837-1846.
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Presentations
- Uncovering the role of IL-17RA signaling during gammaherpesvirus infection. Jondle C, 42nd Annual Kalamazoo Community and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2024