Victor J. Torres

Also affiliated with New York University

MedicineBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyImmunology and Microbiology

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Driven by 65 papers. Top paper: “Structure-based discovery of a small-molecule inhibitor of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus virulence”.

Structure-based discovery of a small-molecule inhibitor of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus virulence

Journal of Biological Chemistry(2020)10.1074/jbc.ra120.012697

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1.3DataRank · unranked

35 citations

Lina Kozhaya, Victor J. Torres, Derya Unutmaz, Min Lu, Jie Liu

Quorum-sensing agr system of Staphylococcus aureus primes gene expression for protection from lethal oxidative stress

eLife(2023)10.7554/elife.89098

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0.899DataRank · unranked

35 citations

Andrew I. Perault, Gregory Putzel, Andrew W. Pountain, Ji‐Sun Kim, Ashley Dumont +21 more

Gut microbiome dysbiosis in antibiotic-treated COVID-19 patients is associated with microbial translocation and bacteremia

Nature Communications(2022)10.1038/s41467-022-33395-6

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0.791DataRank · unranked

194 citations

Mericien Venzon, Jon Klein, Jordan E. Axelrad, Chenzhen Zhang, Alexis Sullivan +81 more

Targeting leukocidin-mediated immune evasion protects mice from Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

The Journal of Experimental Medicine(2020)10.1084/jem.20190541

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0.533DataRank · unranked

34 citations

Keenan A. Lacey, Joseph C. Devlin, Maryaline Coffre, Alexis G. Sommerfield, Rita Chan +5 more

Single-Cell Analysis of CX3CR1+ Cells Reveals a Pathogenic Role for BIRC5+ Myeloid Proliferating Cells Driven by Staphylococcus aureus Leukotoxins

The Journal of Immunology(2023)10.4049/jimmunol.2300166

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0.388DataRank · unranked

5 citations

Joseph C. Devlin, Keenan A. Lacey, Nina Howard, Ze Chen, Erin E. Zwack +6 more

In Vitro Cytotoxicity and Clinical Correlates of MRSA Bacteremia

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy(2021)10.1128/aac.01559-21

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0.292DataRank · unranked

6 citations

Eloise D. Austin, Wenjing Geng, Qiuhu Shi, Divya Balasubramanian, Christine J. Kubin +3 more

Prophage-encoded methyltransferase drives adaptation of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Clinical Investigation(2025)10.1172/jci177872

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0.269DataRank · unranked

5 citations

Magdalena Podkowik, Rebecca Tierce, Irnov Irnov, Gregory Putzel, Nora M. Samhadaneh +14 more

A comparative study of in vitro air-liquid interface culture models of the human airway epithelium evaluating cellular heterogeneity and gene expression at single cell resolution

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.02.27.530299

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0.267DataRank · unranked

3 citations

Alec Pankow, Maren de Vries, Keaton M. Crosse, Roosheel S. Patel, Mark Alu +7 more

Prophage-encoded methyltransferase drives adaptation of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2024)10.1101/2024.04.17.589803

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3 citations

Magdalena Podkowik, Rebecca Tierce, Irnov Irnov, Gregory Putzel, Nora M. Samhadaneh +14 more

Gut microbiome dysbiosis during COVID-19 is associated with increased risk for bacteremia and microbial translocation

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.07.15.452246

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15 citations

Lucie Bernard, Jon Klein, Jordan E. Axelrad, Chenzhen Zhang, Grant Hussey +19 more

ACE2-containing defensosomes serve as decoys to inhibit SARS-CoV-2 infection

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.12.17.473223

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7 citations

Maren de Vries, Juan Gago, Kristen Dancel-Manning, Joseph Sall, William J. Rice +9 more

Human OTULIN haploinsufficiency impairs cell-intrinsic immunity to staphylococcal α-toxin

Science(2022)10.1126/science.abm6380

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69 citations

Anna‐Lena Neehus, Emmanuel Laplantine, Frederik Staels, Masato Ogishi, Yoann Seeleuthner +57 more

The influenza-injured lung microenvironment promotes MRSA virulence, contributing to severe secondary bacterial pneumonia

Cell Reports(2022)10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111721

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43 citations

K. Oshima, Sarah A. McMurtry, Yimu Yang, Jakub Kwieciński, Wells B. LaRivière +13 more

ACE2-containing defensosomes serve as decoys to inhibit SARS-CoV-2 infection

PLoS Biology(2022)10.1371/journal.pbio.3001754

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30 citations

Maren de Vries, Juan Gago, Kristen Dancel-Manning, Joseph Sall, William J. Rice +11 more

Clostridia isolated from helminth-colonized humans promote the life cycle of Trichuris species

Cell Reports(2022)10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111725

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29 citations

Ze Chen, Soo Ching Lee, Amicha Robertson, Rafaela Saes Thur, Julia Sproch +13 more

Pathogen Species Is Associated With Mortality in Nosocomial Bloodstream Infection in Patients With COVID-19

Open Forum Infectious Diseases(2022)10.1093/ofid/ofac083

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10 citations

Thomas D. Filardo, Sarah Conderino, Samuel J. Magaziner, Yanina Dubrovskaya, Kenneth Inglima +10 more

Transcription-replication interactions reveal principles of bacterial genome regulation

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2022)10.1101/2022.10.22.513359

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9 citations

Peien Jiang, Tianyou Yao, Ehsan Homaee, Yichao Guan, Magdalena Podkowik +5 more

Defensosomes: a new role for autophagy proteins in innate immune defense

Autophagy(2022)10.1080/15548627.2022.2146894

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4 citations

Victor J. Torres, Ken Cadwell, Krystal L. Ching

Antimicrobial overproduction sustains intestinal inflammation by inhibiting Enterococcus colonization

Cell Host & Microbe(2023)10.1016/j.chom.2023.08.002

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61 citations

T. G. Heaney, Mariya London, Yi Ding, Gregory Putzel, Frank Yeung +16 more

Rewilding of laboratory mice enhances granulopoiesis and immunity through intestinal fungal colonization

Science Immunology(2023)10.1126/sciimmunol.add6910

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51 citations

Frank Yeung, Keenan A. Lacey, Kimberly Zaldaña, Jian-Da Lin, Gavyn Chern Wei Bee +13 more

MRSA lineage USA300 isolated from bloodstream infections exhibit altered virulence regulation

Cell Host & Microbe(2023)10.1016/j.chom.2022.12.003

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43 citations

Mitchell J. Sullivan, Bremy Alburquerque, Daiane Boff, Adriana van de Guchte, Marilyn Chung +12 more

Regulation of Bacterial Two-Component Systems by Cardiolipin

Infection and Immunity(2023)10.1128/iai.00046-23

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31 citations

Sophie Dyzenhaus, Victor J. Torres, Shaun R. Brinsmade, Taeok Bae, Won‐Sik Yeo

A comparative study of in vitro air–liquid interface culture models of the human airway epithelium evaluating cellular heterogeneity and gene expression at single cell resolution

Respiratory Research(2023)10.1186/s12931-023-02514-2

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24 citations

Alec Pankow, Maren de Vries, Keaton M. Crosse, Roosheel S. Patel, Mark Alu +7 more

Secreted mammalian DNases protect against systemic bacterial infection by digesting biofilms

The Journal of Experimental Medicine(2023)10.1084/jem.20221086

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29 citations

Lee Serpas, Sohei Makita, Yueyang Wang, Ali Rashidfarrokhi, Chetna Soni +5 more

Capsular Polysaccharide Is Essential for the Virulence of the Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogen Enterobacter hormaechei

mBio(2023)10.1128/mbio.02590-22

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23 citations

Andrew I. Perault, Sabrina I. Giacometti, Alexis G. Sommerfield, Ashley Dumont, Keenan A. Lacey +15 more

Bacterial contact induces polar plug disintegration to mediate whipworm egg hatching

PLoS Pathogens(2023)10.1371/journal.ppat.1011647

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15 citations

Joseph Sall, Mericien Venzon, Janet J. Olivas, Xuhui Zheng, Michael Cammer +11 more

TLR4 sensing of IsdB of Staphylococcus aureus induces a proinflammatory cytokine response via the NLRP3-caspase-1 inflammasome cascade

mBio(2023)10.1128/mbio.00225-23

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19 citations

Md Faruq Hossain, Jolanda Neef, Erin E. Zwack, Chih‐Ming Tsai, Dina Raafat +15 more

SarS Is a Repressor of Staphylococcus aureus Bicomponent Pore-Forming Leukocidins

Infection and Immunity(2023)10.1128/iai.00532-22

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13 citations

Sophie Dyzenhaus, Juliana K. Ilmain, Mitchell J. Sullivan, Harm van Bakel, Victor J. Torres +1 more

Unlatching of the stem domains in the Staphylococcus aureus pore-forming leukocidin LukAB influences toxin oligomerization

Journal of Biological Chemistry(2023)10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105321

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1 citations

Sofya S. Perelman, Maria C. Panepinto, Irnov Irnov, Nicolas Coudray, Nora M. Samhadaneh +6 more

SarS and Rot are necessary for the repression of lukED and lukSF-PV in Staphylococcus aureus

Microbiology Spectrum(2023)10.1128/spectrum.01656-23

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2 citations

Juliana K. Ilmain, Victor J. Torres, Exene Erin Anderson

Regulation of Bacterial Two-Component Systems by Cardiolipin

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.02.01.526740

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4 citations

Sophie Dyzenhaus, Victor J. Torres, Shaun R. Brinsmade, Taeok Bae, Won‐Sik Yeo

Bacterial contact induces polar plug disintegration to mediate whipworm egg hatching

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.03.13.532458

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2 citations

Joseph Sall, Mericien Venzon, Janet J. Olivas, Xuhui Zheng, Michael Cammer +8 more

Transcription-replication interactions reveal principles of bacterial genome regulation

Research Square(2023)10.21203/rs.3.rs-2724389/v1

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2 citations

Andrew W. Pountain, Peien Jiang, Tianyou Yao, Ehsan Homaee, Yichao Guan +5 more

Quorum-sensing agr system of Staphylococcus aureus primes gene expression for protection from lethal oxidative stress

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.06.08.544038

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2 citations

Andrew I. Perault, Gregory Putzel, Andrew W. Pountain, Jisun Kim, Ashley Dumont +21 more

Quorum-sensing agr system of Staphylococcus aureus primes gene expression for protection from lethal oxidative stress

(2023)10.7554/elife.89098.1

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1 citations

Andrew I. Perault, Gregory Putzel, Andrew W. Pountain, Ji‐Sun Kim, Ashley Dumont +21 more

Single-cell analysis of CX3CR1 + cells reveal a pathogenic role for BIRC5 + myeloid proliferating cells driven by Staphylococcus aureus leukotoxins

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.02.27.529760

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0 citations

Joseph C. Devlin, Keenan A. Lacey, Nina Howard, Ze Chen, Erin E. Zwack +6 more

Reviewer #2 (Public Review): Quorum-sensing agr system of Staphylococcus aureus primes gene expression for protection from lethal oxidative stress

(2023)10.7554/elife.89098.1.sa0

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Andrew I. Perault, Gregory Putzel, Andrew Pountain, Jisun Kim, Ashley Dumont +21 more

Reviewer #1 (Public Review): Quorum-sensing agr system of Staphylococcus aureus primes gene expression for protection from lethal oxidative stress

(2023)10.7554/elife.89098.1.sa1

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0 citations

Andrew I. Perault, Gregory Putzel, Andrew Pountain, Jisun Kim, Ashley Dumont +21 more

Transcription–replication interactions reveal bacterial genome regulation

Nature(2024)10.1038/s41586-023-06974-w

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49 citations

Peien Jiang, Tianyou Yao, Ehsan Homaee, Yichao Guan, K McDonald +6 more

Proton-coupled transport mechanism of the efflux pump NorA

Nature Communications(2024)10.1038/s41467-024-48759-3

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30 citations

Yan Li, Akiko Koide, Huihui Kuang, Victor J. Torres, Shohei Koide +3 more

Staphylococcus aureus adapts to exploit collagen-derived proline during chronic infection

Nature Microbiology(2024)10.1038/s41564-024-01769-9

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28 citations

Ian R. Monk, Ying-Tsun Chen, Camilla Predella, Tania Wong Fok Lung, Erin Theiller +12 more

SARS-CoV-2 infection predisposes patients to coinfection with Staphylococcus aureus

mBio(2024)10.1128/mbio.01667-24

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15 citations

Lucie Bernard, Ashley Dumont, Ana Mayela Valero Jimenez, Gregory Putzel, Juan Gago +32 more

Staphylococcus aureus senses human neutrophils via PerR to coordinate the expression of the toxin LukAB

Infection and Immunity(2024)10.1128/iai.00526-23

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9 citations

Exene Erin Anderson, Sophie Dyzenhaus, Magdalena Podkowik, Bo Shopsin, Alejandro Pironti +2 more

Histone H1 kills MRSA

Cell Reports(2024)10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114969

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9 citations

Xuhui Zheng, Dora Čerina, Keenan A. Lacey, Menghan Liu, Daniel Humme +6 more

Interleukin 10 drives Staphylococcus aureus imprinting and vaccine failure in murine models via antibody glycosylation

Journal of Clinical Investigation(2024)10.1172/jci187055

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8 citations

Victor J. Torres

Microbiota and metabolic adaptation shape Staphylococcus aureus virulence and antimicrobial resistance during intestinal colonization

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2024)10.1101/2024.05.11.593044

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8 citations

Miranda Pawline, Alejandro Pironti, Sabrina M. Morales, Andrew I. Perault, Robert J. Ulrich +14 more

Sex-dependent gastrointestinal colonization resistance to MRSA is microbiota and Th17 dependent

eLife(2024)10.7554/elife.101606

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6 citations

Chunyi Zhou, Defne Ercelen, Gregory Putzel, Xiaomin Yao, Alyson R Guy +7 more

Author Response: Quorum-sensing agr system of Staphylococcus aureus primes gene expression for protection from lethal oxidative stress

(2024)10.7554/elife.89098.3.sa3

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Andrew I. Perault, Gregory Putzel, Andrew W. Pountain, Jisun Kim, Ashley Dumont +21 more

Sex-dependent gastrointestinal colonization resistance to MRSA is microbiota and Th17 dependent

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2024)10.1101/2024.07.17.603994

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Chunyi Zhou, Defne Ercelen, Gregory Putzel, Xiaomin Yao, Alyson R Guy +7 more

Heterozygosity for Crohn’s disease risk allele of ATG16L1 promotes unique protein interactions and protects against bacterial infection

Immunity(2025)10.1016/j.immuni.2025.04.023

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7 citations

Eugene Rudensky, Patricia Martin, Brittany Miller, Isabel Vargas, Erin E. Zwack +8 more

Enterobacter hormaechei replaces virulence with carbapenem resistance via porin loss

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2025)10.1073/pnas.2414315122

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5 citations

Amelia St. John, Ashley Dumont, Bo Shopsin, Alejandro Pironti, Victor J. Torres +1 more

Splenic marginal zone CD169+ macrophages are critical for regulating host response to Staphylococcus aureus infection 3196

The Journal of Immunology(2025)10.1093/jimmun/vkaf283.1023

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1 citations

K A Kamal, Stephen T. Yeung, Ashira Lubkin, Keenan A. Lacey, Victor J. Torres +3 more

Sex-dependent gastrointestinal colonization resistance to MRSA is microbiota and Th17 dependent

eLife(2025)10.7554/elife.101606.3

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0 citations

Chunyi Zhou, Defne Ercelen, Gregory Putzel, Xiaomin Yao, Alyson R Guy +7 more

Gastrointestinal colonization as a source of Staphylococcus aureus in atopic dermatitis

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.04.17.648849

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0 citations

Gregory Putzel, Magdalena Podkowik, Julia Shenderovich, Alice Tillman, Sabrina M. Morales +17 more

Cell targeting by the bicomponent leukocidin subunit HlgB drives Staphylococcus aureus pathophysiology

Journal of Biological Chemistry(2025)10.1016/j.jbc.2025.110592

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0 citations

Rachel A. Prescott, Hee Jin Kim, Chrispin Chaguza, Sandra González, Juliana K. Ilmain +4 more

All major cholesterol-dependent cytolysins use glycans as cellular receptors

Science Advances(2020)10.1126/sciadv.aaz4926

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70 citations

Christopher J. Day, Freda E.‐C. Jen, Thomas Haselhorst, John M. Atack, Josephine F. Reijneveld +15 more

Candida albicans activates Staphylococcus aureus virulence regulatory systems to drive toxin-mediated human cell death

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.10.03.680095

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0 citations

Nicholas A Podar, Jia A. Mei, Jacob M. Curry, R Chandrasekaran, Saikat Paul +5 more

An intestinal organoid–based platform that recreates susceptibility to T-cell–mediated tissue injury

Blood(2020)10.1182/blood.2019004116

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60 citations

Ashley M. Hine, Yusuke Shono, Eugene Rudensky, Amina Lazrak, Frank Yeung +22 more

Convergent Evolution of Neutralizing Antibodies to Staphylococcus aureus γ-Hemolysin C That Recognize an Immunodominant Primary Sequence-Dependent B-Cell Epitope

mBio(2020)10.1128/mbio.00460-20

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10 citations

Kayan Tam, Bo Shopsin, Emily E. Radke, Karen Law, Timothy Cardozo +3 more

Repurposed Drugs That Block the Gonococcus-Complement Receptor 3 Interaction Can Prevent and Cure Gonococcal Infection of Primary Human Cervical Epithelial Cells

mBio(2020)10.1128/mbio.03046-19

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30 citations

Christopher J. Day, Thomas Haselhorst, Freda E.‐C. Jen, Victor J. Torres, Jennifer L. Edwards +2 more

Exploiting species specificity to understand the tropism of a human-specific toxin

Science Advances(2020)10.1126/sciadv.aax7515

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28 citations

Alesia N. McKeown, Christopher J. Day, Keenan A. Lacey, Kayan Tam, Nicollaq Vozhilla +6 more

Unbiased Identification of Immunogenic Staphylococcus aureus Leukotoxin B-Cell Epitopes

Infection and Immunity(2020)10.1128/iai.00785-19

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8 citations

Kayan Tam, Bo Shopsin, Emily E. Radke, Pegah Kolahi, Richard Copin +5 more

Staphylococcus aureus Leukocidin A/B (LukAB) Kills Human Monocytes via Host NLRP3 and ASC when Extracellular, but Not Intracellular

UNC Libraries(2020)10.17615/1qs0-9176

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5 citations

Joseph A. Duncan, Jason H. Melehani, Ashley Dumont, Victor J. Torres, David B. A. James

The cell envelope of Staphylococcus aureus selectively controls the sorting of virulence factors

Nature Communications(2021)10.1038/s41467-021-26517-z

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53 citations

Gerben Marsman, Keenan A. Lacey, Jessica R. Chapman, Christian Goosmann, Beatrix Ueberheide +2 more

Gut microbiome dysbiosis during COVID-19 is associated with increased risk for bacteremia and microbial translocation.

Research Square(2021)10.21203/rs.3.rs-726620/v1

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43 citations

Lucie Bernard, Jon Klein, Jordan E. Axelrad, Grant Hussey, Alexis Sullivan +16 more