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Publications by year

  • McCormick, A.L., Basnett, P., Vecchiato, V., Wright, E., Noble, B., Marcello, E. and Paxinou, A. 2023. Dual production of polyhydroxyalkanoates and antibacterial/antiviral gold nanoparticles. Frontiers in Nanotechnology. 5 1243056. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnano.2023.1243056
  • Acquisition of a large virulence plasmid (pINV) promoted temperature-dependent virulence and global dispersal of O96:H19 enteroinvasive Escherichia coli.  Miles SL, Torraca V, Dyson ZA, López-Jiménez AT, Foster-Nyarko E, Lobato-Márquez D, Jenkins C, Holt KE, Mostowy S. mBio. 2023 May 31:e0088223. doi: 10.1128/mbio.00882-23. Online ahead of print.PMID: 37255304 
  • P1 Bacteriophage-Enabled Delivery of CRISPR-Cas9 Antimicrobial Activity Against Shigella flexneri. Huan YW, Torraca V, Brown R, Fa-Arun J, Miles SL, Oyarzún DA, Mostowy S, Wang B. ACS Synth Biol. 2023 Mar 17;12(3):709-721. doi: 10.1021/acssynbio.2c00465. Epub 2023 Feb 20.PMID: 36802585 
  • Zebrafish null mutants of Sept6 and Sept15 are viable but more susceptible to Shigella infection. Torraca V, Bielecka MK, Gomes MC, Brokatzky D, Busch-Nentwich EM, Mostowy S. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken). 2023 Feb 28. doi: 10.1002/cm.21750. Online ahead of print.PMID: 36855298
  • Genomic analysis of Anderson typing phages of Salmonella Typhimrium: towards understanding the basis of bacteria-phage interaction. Mohammed M, Casjens SR, Millard AD, Harrison C, Gannon L, Chattaway MA. Sci Rep. 2023 Jun 28;13(1):10484. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-37307-6. PMID: 37380724; PMCID: PMC10307801.

  • Septins promote caspase activity and coordinate mitochondrial apoptosis. Van Ngo H, Robertin S, Brokatzky D, Bielecka MK, Lobato-Márquez D, Torraca V, Mostowy S. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken). 2022 Apr 23. doi: 10.1002/cm.21696. Online ahead of print.PMID: 35460543
  • Editorial: Zebrafish Models for Human Disease Studies. Zang L, Torraca V, Shimada Y, Nishimura N. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2022 Mar 11;10:861941. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2022.861941. eCollection 2022.PMID: 35359457 . No abstract available.
  • The Role of Fatty Acid Metabolism in Drug Tolerance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Gaspar Quinonez, C., Lee, J.J., Lim, J., Odell, M., Lawson, C.P., Anyogu, A., Raheem, S. and Eoh, H. 2022. The Role of Fatty Acid Metabolism in Drug Tolerance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. mBio. 13 (1), pp. e03559-21. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.03559-21
  • Fatty acid metabolism of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a double-edged sword. Gaspar Quinonez, C., Lee, J.J., Lim, J., Odell, M., Lawson, C.P., Anyogu, A., Raheem, S. and Eoh, H. 2022. Fatty acid metabolism of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a double-edged sword. mBio. 13 (1) e03559-21. https://doi.org/10.15698/mic2022.05.777

  • Editorial: Nucleic Acid-Associated Inflammation. Laguette N, Langevin C, Olagnier D, Torraca V, Vanpouille-Box C, Verrier ER. Front Immunol. 2021 Oct 27;12:791580. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.791580. eCollection 2021.PMID: 34777401 No abstract available.
  • Disruption of Cxcr3 chemotactic signaling alters lysosomal function and renders macrophages more microbicidal. Sommer F, Torraca V, Xie Y, In 't Veld AE, Willemse J, Meijer AH. Cell Rep. 2021 Apr 13;35(2):109000. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109000.PMID: 33852860 
  • Characterisation of Phage Susceptibility Variation in Salmonellaenterica Serovar Typhimurium DT104 and DT104b. Mohammed M, Orzechowska B. Microorganisms. 2021 Apr 17;9(4):865. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9040865. PMID: 33920555; PMCID: PMC8073726.
  • Sea lice (Copepoda: Caligidae) from South Africa, with descriptions of two new species of Caligus. Hayes, P.M., Christison, K.W., Vaughan, D.B. et al. Syst Parasitol 98, 369–397 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-021-09984-2
  • A HML6 endogenous retrovirus on chromosome 3 is upregulated in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis motor cortex. Jones, A.R., Iacoangeli, A., Adey, B.N., Bowles, H., Shatunov, A, Troakes, C., Garson, J.A., McCormick, A.L. and Al Chalabi, A. 2021. Scientific Reports. 11 14283. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93742-3
     

  • In vivo biomolecular imaging of zebrafish embryos using confocal Raman spectroscopy.
  • Høgset H, Horgan CC, Armstrong JPK, Bergholt MS, Torraca V, Chen Q, Keane TJ, Bugeon L, Dallman MJ, Mostowy S, Stevens MM. Nat Commun. 2020 Dec 2;11(1):6172. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19827-1.PMID: 33268772 
  • Shigella sonnei. Torraca V, Holt K, Mostowy S. Trends Microbiol. 2020 Aug;28(8):696-697. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2020.02.011. Epub 2020 Apr 8.PMID: 32663462  No abstract available.
  • Deficiency in the autophagy modulator Dram1 exacerbates pyroptotic cell death of Mycobacteria-infected macrophages. Zhang R, Varela M, Forn-Cuní G, Torraca V, van der Vaart M, Meijer AH. Cell Death Dis. 2020 Apr 24;11(4):277. doi: 10.1038/s41419-020-2477-1.PMID: 32332700 
  • Chemokine Receptors and Phagocyte Biology in Zebrafish. Sommer F, Torraca V, Meijer AH. Front Immunol. 2020 Feb 25;11:325. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.00325. eCollection 2020.PMID: 32161595 Review.
  • Analysis tools to quantify dissemination of pathology in zebrafish larvae. Stirling DR, Suleyman O, Gil E, Elks PM, Torraca V, Noursadeghi M, Tomlinson GS. Sci Rep. 2020 Feb 21;10(1):3149. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-59932-1.PMID: 32081863 
  • Frontline Science: Antagonism between regular and atypical Cxcr3 receptors regulates macrophage migration during infection and injury in zebrafish. Sommer F, Torraca V, Kamel SM, Lombardi A, Meijer AH. J Leukoc Biol. 2020 Feb;107(2):185-203. doi: 10.1002/JLB.2HI0119-006R. Epub 2019 Sep 17.PMID: 31529512 
  • Elevated microRNA expression could be diagnostic biomarker for PDAC. Mortoglou, M., Arisan, D., Ferreira, T., McCormick, A.L. and Uysal Onganer, P. 2020. Pancreatology. 20 (8) e19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pan.2020.10.015
  • Evaluation of WGS-subtyping methods for epidemiological surveillance of foodborne salmonellosis. Mohammed M, Thapa S. One Health Outlook. 2020 Jul 6;2:13. doi: 10.1186/s42522-020-00016-5. PMID: 33829134; PMCID: PMC7993512.
  • Morphological and molecular characterization of an African freshwater fish trypanosome, including its development in a leech vector. Smit NJ, Joubert A, Lawton SP, Hayes PM, Cook CA. Int J Parasitol. 2020 Sep;50(10-11):921-929. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2020.06.004. Epub 2020 Jul 17.PMID: 32687913

  • Shigella sonnei O-Antigen Inhibits Internalization, Vacuole Escape, and Inflammasome Activation. Watson JL, Sanchez-Garrido J, Goddard PJ, Torraca V, Mostowy S, Shenoy AR, Clements A. mBio. 2019 Dec 17;10(6):e02654-19. doi: 10.1128/mBio.02654-19.PMID: 31848280 
  • Shigella sonnei infection of zebrafish reveals that O-antigen mediates neutrophil tolerance and dysentery incidence. Torraca V, Kaforou M, Watson J, Duggan GM, Guerrero-Gutierrez H, Krokowski S, Hollinshead M, Clarke TB, Mostowy RJ, Tomlinson GS, Sancho-Shimizu V, Clements A, Mostowy S. PLoS Pathog. 2019 Dec 12;15(12):e1008006. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008006. eCollection 2019 Dec.PMID: 31830135 
  • Meeting report: Zebrafish Infection and Immunity 2019. Torraca V, Gomes MC, Sarris M, Mostowy S. Lab Anim (NY). 2019 Oct;48(10):284-287. doi: 10.1038/s41684-019-0400-0.PMID: 31537936 No abstract available.
  • Macrophages target Salmonella by Lc3-associated phagocytosis in a systemic infection model. Masud S, Prajsnar TK, Torraca V, Lamers GEM, Benning M, Van Der Vaart M, Meijer AH. Autophagy. 2019 May;15(5):796-812. doi: 10.1080/15548627.2019.1569297. Epub 2019 Jan 24.PMID: 30676840 
  • RNAseq Profiling of Leukocyte Populations in Zebrafish Larvae Reveals a cxcl11 Chemokine Gene as a Marker of Macrophage Polarization During Mycobacterial Infection.
  • Rougeot J, Torraca V, Zakrzewska A, Kanwal Z, Jansen HJ, Sommer F, Spaink HP, Meijer AH. Front Immunol. 2019 Apr 17;10:832. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.00832. eCollection 2019.PMID: 31110502 
  • Draft Genome Sequences of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Serovar Dublin Strains from St. Nectaire and Morbier Cheeses Characterized by Multilocus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis Profiles Associated with Two Fatal Outbreaks in France. Cadel-Six S, Vignaud ML, Mohammed M. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Jan 3;8(1):e01361-18. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01361-18. Erratum in: Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Feb 13;9(7): PMID: 30637388; PMCID: PMC6318359.
  • Whole-Genome Sequences of Two Salmonella enterica Serovar Dublin Strains That Harbor the viaA, viaB, and ompB Loci of the Vi Antigen. Mohammed M, Vignaud ML, Cadel-Six S. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Apr 4;8(14):e00028-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00028-19. PMID: 30948462; PMCID: PMC6449553.
  • Molecular evidence for resurrection of Plesiochorus elongatus (Digenea: Gorgoderidae): An urinary bladder parasite of sea turtles.Werneck MR, Hayes PM, Lawton SP.Parasitol Int. 2019 Aug;71:180-185. doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2019.03.015. Epub 2019 Mar 26. PMID: 30926538
  • Molecular insights into the identification and phylogenetics of the cosmopolitan marine fish blood parasite, Haemogregarina bigemina (Adeleorina: Haemogregarinidae). Hayes PM, Smit NJ.Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl. 2019 Feb 1;8:216-220. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2019.01.006. eCollection 2019 Apr.PMID: 30891401

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