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Alibayov B, Jop Vidal AG, Murin L, Scasny A, Takeshita K, Beeton K, Edwards KS, Punshon T, Jackson BP, McDaniel LS, Vidal JE. Heme-mediated selection of encapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae in the lungs by oxidative stress. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2025 Dec;14(1):2532685. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2025.2532685. Epub 2025 Jul 28. PMID: 40639322

Scasny A, Alibayov B, Hoang N, Jop Vidal AG, Takeshita K, Bautista-Muñoz C, Bengten E, Baez A, Li W, Hosler J, Warncke K, Edwards KS, Vidal JE. Pneumococcal H₂O₂ reshapes mitochondrial function and reprograms host cell metabolism. mBio. 2025 Dec 10;16(12):e0201925. doi: 10.1128/mbio.02019-25. Epub 2025 Oct 31. PMID: 41171083

Sarkis S, Gutowska A, Rahman MA, Schifanella L, Goldfarbmuren KC, Bissa M, Moles R, Ramirez C, Edmondson EF, Warner A, Doster M, Silva de Castro I, Washington-Parks R, Brown S, Kramer J, Breed MW, Killoran KE, Jethmalani Y, Serebryannyy L, Purcell DF, Pise-Masison CA, Franchini G. High expression of Rex-orf-I and HBZ mRNAs and bronchiectasis in lung of HTLV-1A/C infected macaques. Nat Commun. 2025 Sep 26;16(1):8470. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-63325-1. PMID: 41006234

Li Valverde VM, Aguirre Castañeda PC, Gonzales BE, Castillo-Tokumori F, Vidal JE, Ochoa TJ. Antibiotic resistance and factors associated with colonization dynamics of Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae in healthy children in Lima, Peru.  Epidemiol Infect. 2025 Sep 4;153:e106. doi: 10.1017/S0950268825100277. PMID: 40903821

Thompson CD, Khan MF, Crosby LRG, Holcomb SG, Vidal AGJ, Vidal JE, McDaniel LS, Keller LE. AliC and AliD of nonencapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae enhance virulence in a Galleria mellonella model of infection by contributing to reactive oxygen species resistance. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2025 Jun 11;15:1583375. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2025.1583375. eCollection 2025. PMID: 40568701

Moles R, Omsland M, Pise-Masison CA, Subleski JJ, McVicar DW, Sarkis S, Gutowska A, Schifanella L, Doster M, Washington-Parks R, Ciminale V, Franchini G. HTLV-1 p13 Protein Hijacks Macrophage Polarization and Promotes T-Cell Recruitment. Viruses. 2025 Mar 26;17(4):471. doi: 10.3390/v17040471. PMID: 40284913

Laxton CS, Toekiran FL, Lin TY, Lomeda BD, Hislop MS, Keller L, Allicock OM, Wyllie AL. An abundance of aliC and aliD genes were identified in saliva using a novel multiplex qPCR to characterize group II non-encapsulated pneumococci with improved specificity.  Microbiology (Reading). 2025 Apr;171(4):001555. doi: 10.1099/mic.0.001555. PMID: 40279151

Marquart ME. Zymography for the Detection of Bacterial Proteases. Methods Mol Biol. 2025;2918:201-210. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-4482-9_16. PMID: 40261624

Vidal AGJ, Francis M, Chitanvis M, Takeshita K, Frame IJ, Sharma P, Vidal P, Lanata CF, Grijalva C, Daley W, Vidal JE. Fluorescent antibody-based detection and ultrastructural analysis of Streptococcus pneumoniae in human sputum. Pneumonia (Nathan). 2025 Mar 5;17(1):4. doi: 10.1186/s41479-025-00157-z. PMID: 40038770