Monthly Research Highlights
- Dr. Torres is recognized by The American Society for Microbiology’s Committee on Microbiological Issues Impacting Minorities for outstanding contributions to the field of microbiology.
- Staphylococcus aureus Leukotoxin ED Targets the Chemokine Receptors CXCR1 and CXCR2 to Kill Leukocytes and Promote Infection.
- Nature Reviews Microbiology-Research Highlights: CXCRs mark the spot.
- The B55 alpha regulatory subunit of Protein Phosphatase 2A mediates FGF-induced p107 dephosphorylation and growth arrest in chondrocytes.
- Staphylococcus aureus LukAB cytotoxin kills human neutrophils by targeting the CD11b subunit of the integrin Mac-1.
- Spotlight Section: Articles of Significant Interest Selected by the Infection and Immunity Editors “Leukocidin AB Facilitates the Escape of Staphylococcus aureus after Engulfment by Human Neutrophils”
- “Staphylococcus aureus elaborates the leukocidin AB to mediate escape from within human neutrophils”.
- CCR5 is a receptor for Staphylococcus aureus leukotoxin ED
- Faculty of 1000: Recommended as being of special significance in its field by Rino Rappuoli and Fabio Bagnoli
- A surprising link between a staph toxin and CCR5
- Population structuring of multi-copy, antigen-encoding genes in Plasmodium falciparum
- Mathematical models and empirical data show that immune selection structures the parasite population into “ var strains”
- eLIFE Insight commentary “ Mathematics and Malaria”
- Karen Day with modeling collaborators Yael Artzy and Mercedes Pascual (HHMI Univ Michigan)
- Overexpression of cyclin E/CDK2 complexes overcomes FGF-induced cell cycle arrest in the presence of hypophosphorylated Rb proteins.
- Control of viral latency in neurons by axonal mTOR signaling and the 4E-BP translation repressor.
- Editors' Choice Virology: Connecting Stress to Viral Reactivation by Annalisa M. VanHook Sci.
- FtsH-dependent degradation of phage shock protein C in Yersinia enterocolitica and Escherichia coli
- Universally conserved membrane protease in prokaryotes degrades phage shock protein C in Y. enterocolitica and E. coli
- Staphylococcus aureus leukocidin ED contributes to systemic infection by targeting neutrophils and promoting bacterial growth in vivo
- Microbe Hunters Place Staph in the Crosshairs
- The Yersinia enterocolitica Phage-shock-proteins B and C can form Homodimers and Heterodimers in vivo with the Possibility of Close Association between Multiple Domains