Gustavo Mostoslavsky MD, PhD
Professor, Gastroenterology
Professor, Virology, Immunology & Microbiology
670 Albany St | (617) 358-1018gmostosl@bu.edu
Sections
Gastroenterology
Centers
Center for Regenerative Medicine
Pulmonary Center
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
Biography
Expertise includes: Stem cells; Induced Pluripotent Stem cells (iPSC); Gene transfer and Gene editing; Lentiviruses; Disease modeling; Intestinal organoids; Neural differentiation; Immune relevant cell differentiation.
Other Positions
Websites
Department of Medicine Faculty
Center for Regenerative Medicine
Education
MD, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán
Cell & Molecular Biology, PhD, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Publications
Hayes KM, Boldt K, Schnorr PJ, Bawa P, Abyazi ML, Ware MS, Gyimesi G, James M, Ko HM, Cunningham-Rundles C, Mizgerd JP, Mostoslavsky G, Kotton DN, Maglione PJ. Heterozygous NFKB1 variant causes inflammatory dysregulation shaped by broader genetic context in common variable immunodeficiency. JCI Insight. 2026 Mar 23; 11(6). PMID: 41869721.
Published on 11/24/2025Flores EY, Hume AJ, Olejnik J, Mithal A, D'Amico A, Yang M, Bawa P, Wang F, O'Connell AK, Tseng A, Crossland NA, Mostoslavsky G, Mühlberger E. Filovirus infection disrupts epithelial barrier function and ion transport in human iPSC-derived gut organoids. PLoS Pathog. 2025 Nov; 21(11):e1013698. PMID: 41284734.
Published on 10/6/2025Skeete C, Sgambettera G, Gojanovich AD, He X, Bryant D, Yang M, Banerjee S, Quiñones-Molina AA, Akiyama H, Mostoslavsky G, Henderson AJ, Gummuluru S. Mu opioid receptor activation in microglia enhances HIV-1 infection and HIV-infection-induced inflammatory responses. Front Immunol. 2025; 16:1628872. PMID: 41122167.
Published on 9/8/2025Jalloh S, Hughes IK, Akiyama H, Gojanovich AD, Quiñones-Molina AA, Yang M, Henderson AJ, Mostoslavsky G, Gummuluru S. Expression of intron-containing HIV-1 RNA induces NLRP1 inflammasome activation in myeloid cells. PLoS Biol. 2025 Sep; 23(9):e3003320. PMID: 40920844.
Published on 5/15/2025Flores EY, Mithal A, Bawa P, Wang F, D'Amico A, O'Connell AK, Gertje HP, Tseng AE, Crossland NA, Alekseyev Y, Mostoslavsky G. Human-induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-derived Gut Organoids Recapitulate Regional Specific Genetic Programs and a Role for cAMP in Lineage Specification. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2025; 19(9):101534. PMID: 40381917.
Published on 9/26/2024Gojanovich AD, Le NTT, Mercer RCC, Park S, Wu B, Anane A, Vultaggio JS, Mostoslavsky G, Harris DA. Abnormal synaptic architecture in iPSC-derived neurons from a multi-generational family with genetic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Stem Cell Reports. 2024 Oct 08; 19(10):1474-1488. PMID: 39332406.
Published on 11/28/2023Yeung AK, Villacorta-Martin C, Lindstrom-Vautrin J, Belkina AC, Vanuytsel K, Dowrey TW, Ysasi AB, Bawa P, Wang F, Vrbanac V, Mostoslavsky G, Balazs AB, Murphy GJ. De novo hematopoiesis from the fetal lung. Blood Adv. 2023 Nov 28; 7(22):6898-6912. PMID: 37729429.
Published on 11/3/2022Heinze D, Park S, McCracken A, Haratianfar M, Lindstrom J, Villacorta-Martin C, Mithal A, Wang F, Yang MW, Murphy G, Mostoslavsky G. Notch activation during early mesoderm induction modulates emergence of the T/NK cell lineage from human iPSCs. Stem Cell Reports. 2022 Dec 13; 17(12):2610-2628. PMID: 36332629.
Published on 9/8/2022Scoon WA, Mancio-Silva L, Suder EL, Villacorta-Martin C, Lindstrom-Vautrin J, Bernbaum JG, Mazur S, Johnson RF, Olejnik J, Flores EY, Mithal A, Wang F, Hume AJ, Kaserman JE, March-Riera S, Wilson AA, Bhatia SN, Mühlberger E, Mostoslavsky G. Ebola virus infection induces a delayed type I IFN response in bystander cells and the shutdown of key liver genes in human iPSC-derived hepatocytes. Stem Cell Reports. 2022 Oct 11; 17(10):2286-2302. PMID: 36084636.
Published on 7/29/2022Berical A, Lee RE, Lu J, Beermann ML, Le Suer JA, Mithal A, Thomas D, Ranallo N, Peasley M, Stuffer A, Bukis K, Seymour R, Harrington J, Coote K, Valley H, Hurley K, McNally P, Mostoslavsky G, Mahoney J, Randell SH, Hawkins FJ. A multimodal iPSC platform for cystic fibrosis drug testing. Nat Commun. 2022 Jul 29; 13(1):4270. PMID: 35906215.
Media Mentions
Published on 12/11/2025
The organoid platform successfully captures key features of human GI path
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BU Researchers Join $100 Million Effort to Fight Future Deadly Pathogens
Published on 2/6/2023
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Researchers develop novel platform to improve immunotherapy
Published on 9/9/2022
Stem Cell Research Gives New Clues on Ebola Virus Damage to Organs
Published on 9/8/2022
Researchers use stem cells to investigate liver damage from the Ebola virus
Published on 9/8/2022
Researchers harness stem cells to study how Ebola virus infects and damages the liver
Published on 4/14/2021
Stem cell-derived organoids developed to test SARS-CoV-2 drugs on gut
Published on 4/14/2021
Intestinal Organoids Developed to Test New Drugs for COVID-19
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