Recent Faculty Publications
Our research has been published in a variety of national and international peer-reviewed journals.
- Dey-Rao R, Smith GR, Timilsina U, Falls Z, Samudrala R, Stavrou S, Melendy T. (2021) A fluorescence-based, gain-of-signal, live cell system to evaluate SARS-CoV-2 main protease inhibition. Antiviral Research (Dec), 195 doi:10.1016/j.antiviral.2021.105183
- Dey-Rao R, Smith GR, Timilsina U, Falls Z, Samudrala R, Stavrou S, Melendy T. (2021) A fluorescence-based, gain-of-signal, live cell system to evaluate SARS-CoV-2 main protease inhibition. Antiviral research (Nov), 195: 105183. doi:10.1016/j.antiviral.2021.105183
- Bhatta M, Shenoy GN, Loyall JL, Gray BD, Bapardekar M, Conway A, Minderman H, Kelleher RJ, Carreno BM, Linette G, Shultz LD, Odunsi K, Balu-Iyer SV, Pak KY, Bankert RB. (2021) Novel phosphatidylserine-binding molecule enhances antitumor T-cell responses by targeting immunosuppressive exosomes in human tumor microenvironments. Journal for immunotherapy of cancer (Oct), 9(10). doi:10.1136/jitc-2021-003148
- Armbruster CE, Brauer AL, Humby MS, Shao J, Chakraborty S. (2021) Prospective assessment of catheter-associated bacteriuria clinical presentation, epidemiology, and colonization dynamics in nursing home residents. JCI insight (Sep).
- Nguyen NH, Glassman FY, Dingman RK, Shenoy GN, Wohlfert EA, Kay JG, Bankert RB, Balu-Iyer SV. (2021) Rational design of a nanoparticle platform for oral prophylactic immunotherapy to prevent immunogenicity of therapeutic proteins. Scientific reports (Sep), 11(1): 17853. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-97333-0
- Garrison P, Umaer K, Bangs JD. (2021) The role of glycosylphosphatidylinositol phospholipase C in membrane trafficking in Trypanosoma brucei. Molecular and biochemical parasitology (Sep), 245: 111409.
- Umaer K, Aresta-Branco F, Chandra M, van Straaten M, Zeelen J, Lapouge K, Waxman B, Stebbins CE, Bangs JD. (2021) Dynamic, variable oligomerization and the trafficking of variant surface glycoproteins of Trypanosoma brucei. Traffic (Copenhagen, Denmark) (Aug), 22(8): 274-283.
- Garrison P, Khan U, Cipriano M, Bush PJ, McDonald J, Sur A, Myler PJ, Smith TK, Hajduk SL, Bangs JD. (2021) Turnover of Variant Surface Glycoprotein in Trypanosoma brucei Is a Bimodal Process. mBio (Aug), 12(4): e0172521. doi:10.1128/mBio.01725-21
- White AN, Learman BS, Brauer AL, Armbruster CE. (2021) Catalase Activity is Critical for Proteus mirabilis Biofilm Development, EPS Composition, and Dissemination During Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection. Infection and immunity (Jul)IAI0017721.
- Bhalla M, Heinzinger LR, Morenikeji OB, Marzullo B, Thomas BN, Bou Ghanem EN. (2021) Transcriptome profiling reveals CD73 and age-driven changes in neutrophil responses against Streptococcus pneumoniae. Infection and immunity (Jul)IAI0025821.
- Zonneville J, Wang M, Alruwaili MM, Smith B, Melnick M, Eng KH, Melendy T, Park BH, Iyer R, Fountzilas C, Bakin AV. (2021) Selective therapeutic strategy for p53-deficient cancer by targeting dysregulation in DNA repair. Communications biology (Jul), 4(1): 862. doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02370-0
- Glausen TG, Carrillo GL, Jin RM, Boyle JP, Saeij JPJ, Wohlfert EA, Fox MA, Blader IJ. (2021) The Toxoplasma Polymorphic Effector GRA15 Mediates Seizure Induction by Modulating Interleukin-1 Signaling in the Brain. mBio (Jun), 12(3): e0133121. doi:10.1128/mBio.01331-21
- Walkowski W, Bassett J, Bhalla M, Pfeifer BA, Ghanem ENB. (2021) Intranasal Vaccine Delivery Technology for Respiratory Tract Disease Application with a Special Emphasis on Pneumococcal Disease. Vaccines (Jun), 9(6) doi:10.3390/vaccines9060589
- Joma BH, Siwapornchai N, Vanguri VK, Shrestha A, Roggensack SE, Davidson BA, Tai AK, Hakansson AP, Meydani SN, Leong JM, Bou Ghanem EN. (2021) A Murine Model for Enhancement of Streptococcus pneumoniae Pathogenicity Upon Viral Infection and Advanced Age. Infection and immunity (May)
- Simmons SR, Bhalla M, Herring SE, Tchalla EYI and Bou Ghanem EN. (2021) Older but not wiser: The age-driven changes in neutrophil responses during pulmonary infections. Infect Immun (Apr) doi:doi: 10.1128/IAI.00653-20
- Armbruster CE. (2021) mSphere of Influence: Of Mice, Men, and Microbes-How Well Do Experimental Models Recapitulate Human Infection?. mSphere (Mar), 6(2).
- Kalem MC, Humby MS, Wohlfert EA, Jacobs A, Panepinto JC. (2021) Cryptococcus neoformans Coinfection Dampens the TNF-a Response in HIV-1-Infected Human THP-1 Macrophages. mSphere (Mar), 6(2).
- Umthong S, Lynch B, Timilsina U, Waxman B, Ivey EB, Stavrou S. (2021) Elucidating the Antiviral Mechanism of Different MARCH Factors. mBio (Mar), 12(2).
- C. Coyne, J. D. Ballard, I. J. Blader. (2021) Recommendations for future university pandemic responses: What the first COVID-19 shutdown taught us. PLoS Biology (Jan), 8(18): e3000889. doi:doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000889.
- Shenoy GN, Greene CJ, Bhatta M, Baroja ML, Loyall JL, Balu-Iyer SV, Kelleher RJ, Carreno BM, Linette GP, Shultz LD, Bankert RB. (2021) Preclinical evaluation of cancer immune therapy using patient-derived tumor antigen-specific T cells in a novel xenograft platform. Clinical & translational immunology (Jan), 10(2): e1246. doi:10.1002/cti2.1246
