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2024 Publications

Alcorlo M, Abdullah MR, Steil L, Sotomayor F, López-de Oro L, de Castro S, Velázquez S, Kohler TP, Jiménez E, Medina A, Usón I, Keller LE, Bradshaw JL, McDaniel LS, Camarasa MJ, Völker U, Hammerschmidt S, Hermoso JA. Molecular and structural basis of oligopeptide recognition by the Ami transporter system in pneumococci. PLoS Pathog. 2024 Jun 5;20(6):e1011883. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011883. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38838057.

 Felch KL, Crider JD, Bhattacharjee D, Huhn C, Wilson M, Bengtén E. TLR7 in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) is expressed in the endolysosome and is stimulated by synthetic ssRNA analogs, imiquimod, and resiquimod. Dev Comp Immunol. 2024 Aug;157:105197. doi: 10.1016/j.dci.2024.105197. Epub 2024 May 17. PMID: 38763479.

Beeton K, Mitra D, Akinleye AA, Howell JA, Yu CS, Bidwell GL 3rd, Tandon R. An Elastin-like Polypeptide-fusion peptide targeting capsid-tegument interface as an antiviral against cytomegalovirus infection. Sci Rep. 2024 May 4;14(1):10253. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-60691-6. PMID: 38704431; PMCID: PMC11069587.

Hearst S, Palermo PM, Watts DM, Campbell K, Ivey R, Young C, Yarbrough W, Facundus E, Spears J, Mills S, McNeely KA, Ray P, Burnett GC, Bates GT, Bates JT. Evidence of SARS-CoV-2 Antibody in Mississippi White-Tailed Deer. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2024 May 2. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2023.0144. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38695836.

Ziegler CGK, Owings AH, Galeas-Pena M, Kazer SW, Miao VN, Navia AW, Tang Y, Bromley JD, Lotfy P, Sloan M, Laird H, Williams HB, George M, Drake RS, Pride Y, Abraham GE 3rd, Senitko M, Robinson TO, Diamond G, Lionakis MS, Shalek AK, Ordovas-Montanes J, Horwitz BH, Glover SC. An enhanced IL17 and muted type I interferon nasal epithelial cell state characterizes severe COVID-19 with fungal coinfection. Microbiol Spectr. 2024 Jun 4;12(6):e0351623. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.03516-23. Epub 2024 Apr 30. PMID: 38687064.

Mills KB, Maciag JJ, Wang C, Crawford JA, Enroth TJ, Keim KC, Dufrêne YF, Robinson DA, Fey PD, Herr AB, Horswill AR. Staphylococcus aureus skin colonization is mediated by SasG lectin variation. Cell Rep. 2024 Apr 23;43(4):114022. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114022. Epub 2024 Apr 2. PMID: 38568806.

Bates JT, Lirette ST, Farmer AP, Bierdeman MA, Seyfarth KB, Ederer DR, Montgomery DD, Burnett GC, Pham AT, Marshall GD. Serological assessment of the durability of vaccine-mediated protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2024 Dec 31;20(1):2308375. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2024.2308375. Epub 2024 Feb 15. PMID: 38361363; PMCID: PMC10877977.

Rafiqullah IM, Varghese R, Hellmann KT, Velmurugan A, Neeravi A, Kumar Daniel JL, Vidal JE, Kompithra RZ, Verghese VP, Veeraraghavan B, Robinson DA. Pneumococcal population genomics changes during the early time period of conjugate vaccine uptake in southern India. Microb Genom. 2024 Feb;10(2):001191. doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.001191. PMID: 38315173; PMCID: PMC10926699.

Quiniou SMA, Bengtén E, Boudinot P. Costimulatory receptors in the channel catfish: CD28 family members and their ligands. Immunogenetics. 2024 Feb;76(1):51-67. doi: 10.1007/s00251-023-01327-3. Epub 2024 Jan 10. PMID: 38197898.

Dehbashi S, Tahmasebi H, Alikhani MY, Vidal JE, Seifalian A, Arabestani MR. The healing effect of Pseudomonas Quinolone Signal (PQS) with co-infection of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa: A preclinical animal co-infection model. J Infect Public Health. 2024 Feb;17(2):329-338. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2023.12.016. Epub 2023 Dec 21. PMID: 38194764.

Scasny A, Alibayov B, Khan F, Rao SJ, Murin L, Jop Vidal AG, Smith P, Li W, Edwards K, Warncke K, Vidal JE. Oxidation of hemoproteins by Streptococcus pneumoniae collapses the cell cytoskeleton and disrupts mitochondrial respiration leading to the cytotoxicity of human lung cells. Microbiol Spectr. 2024 Jan 11;12(1):e0291223. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.02912-23. Epub 2023 Dec 12. PMID: 38084982; PMCID: PMC10783075.

Lan Y, Liu L, Hu D, Ge L, Xiang X, Peng M, Fu Y, Wang Y, Li S, Chen Y, Jiang Y, Tu Y, Vidal JE, Yu Y, Chen Z, Wu X. Limited protection of pneumococcal vaccines against emergent Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 14/ST876 strains. Infection. 2024 Jun;52(3):801-811. doi: 10.1007/s15010-023-02110-y. Epub 2023 Nov 2. PMID: 37919621; PMCID: PMC11143005.