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The germ theory revisited: A noncentric view on infection outcome
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 2024 |
BACTERIAL CHOLESTEROL-DEPENDENT CYTOLYSINS AND THEIR INTERACTION WITH THE HUMAN IMMUNE RESPONSE
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Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases | 2024 |
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Microbiology spectrum | 2024 |
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Odo CM, Vega LA, Mukherjee P, DebRoy S, Flores AR, Shelburne SA |
Infection and immunity | 2024 |
Molecular characterization of Streptococcus pyogenes (StrepA) non-invasive isolates during the 2022–2023 UK upsurge
Hall JN, Bah SY, Khalid H, Brailey A, Coleman S, Kirk T, Hussain N, Tovey M, Chaudhuri RR, Davies S, Tilley L, de Silva T, Turner CE |
Microbial Genomics | 2024 |
A genome-scale metabolic model of a globally disseminated hyperinvasive M1 strain of Streptococcus pyogenes.
Hirose Y, Zielinski DC, Poudel S, Rychel K, Baker JL, Toya Y, Yamaguchi M, Heinken A, Thiele I, Kawabata S, Palsson BO, Nizet V |
mSystems | 2024 |
Integrative genomic, virulence, and transcriptomic analysis of emergent Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis (SDSE) emm type stG62647 isolates causing human infections.
Eraso JM, Olsen RJ, Long SW, Gadd R, Boukthir S, Faili A, Kayal S, Musser JM |
mBio | 2024 |
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Tsai WJ, Lai YH, Shi YA, Hammel M, Duff AP, Whitten AE, Wilde KL, Wu CM, Knott R, Jeng US, Kang CY, Hsu CY, Wu JL, Tsai PJ, Chiang-Ni C, Wu JJ, Lin YS, Liu CC, Senda T, Wang S |
Communications biology | 2023 |
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Brouwer S, Rivera-Hernandez T, Curren BF, Harbison-Price N, De Oliveira DM, Jespersen MG, Davies MR, Walker MJ |
Nature reviews. Microbiology | 2023 |
Analysis of the Genomics and Mouse Virulence of an Emergent Clone of Streptococcus dysgalactiae Subspecies equisimilis.
Beres SB, Olsen RJ, Long SW, Eraso JM, Boukthir S, Faili A, Kayal S, Musser JM |
Microbiology spectrum | 2023 |
Elucidation of independently modulated genes in Streptococcus pyogenes reveals carbon sources that control its expression of hemolytic toxins
Hirose Y, Poudel S, Sastry AV, Rychel K, Lamoureux CR, Szubin R, Zielinski DC, Lim HG, Menon ND, Bergsten H, Uchiyama S, Hanada T, Kawabata S, Palsson BO, Nizet V |
mSystems | 2023 |
Interplay between human STING genotype and bacterial NADase activity regulates inter-individual disease variability.
Movert E, Bolarin JS, Valfridsson C, Velarde J, Skrede S, Nekludov M, Hyldegaard O, Arnell P, Svensson M, Norrby-Teglund A, Cho KH, Elhaik E, Wessels MR, Råberg L, Carlsson F |
Nature Communications | 2023 |
Genomic epidemiology of Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis strains causing invasive disease in Norway during 2018.
Kaci A, Jonassen CM, Skrede S, Sivertsen A, Steinbakk M, Oppegaard O |
Frontiers in microbiology | 2023 |
Epidemiology and emm types among group A streptococcal pharyngitis in Finland: a prospective laboratory-based study.
Virolainen M, Gröndahl-Yli-Hannuksela K, Rantakokko-Jalava K, Seiskari T, Lönnqvist E, Kolari T, Rissanen T, Hyyryläinen HL, Vuopio J |
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology | 2023 |
Structure of the Streptococcus pyogenes NAD + Glycohydrolase Translocation Domain and Its Essential Role in Toxin Binding to Oropharyngeal Keratinocytes
J Velarde, A Piai, I Lichtenstein, N Lynskey, J Chou, M Wessels, M Federle |
Journal of bacteriology | 2022 |
CovS inactivation reduces CovR promoter binding at diverse virulence factor encoding genes in group A Streptococcus
N Horstmann, K Myers, C Tran, A Flores, S Shelburne, C Orihuela |
PLoS pathogens | 2022 |
An M protein coiled coil unfurls and exposes its hydrophobic core to capture LL-37
Kolesinski P, Wang KC, Hirose Y, Nizet V, Ghosh P |
eLife | 2022 |
Annotated Whole-Genome Multilocus Sequence Typing Schema for Scalable High-Resolution Typing of Streptococcus pyogenes
Friães A, Mamede R, Ferreira M, Melo-Cristino J, Ramirez M |
Journal of clinical microbiology | 2022 |
Streptococcus pyogenes can support or inhibit growth of Haemophilus influenzae by supplying or restricting extracellular NAD+
Lee H, Edgar RJ, Lichtenstein IJ, Velarde JJ, Korotkova N, Wessels MR |
PloS one | 2022 |
Genome-Wide Transposon Mutagenesis Screens Identify Group A Streptococcus Genes Affecting Susceptibility to β-Lactam Antibiotics
Zhu L, Eraso JM, Mangham RE, Ojeda Saavedra M, Olsen RJ, Beres SB, Musser JM |
Journal of bacteriology | 2022 |
Functional Insights into the High-Molecular-Mass Penicillin-Binding Proteins of Streptococcus agalactiae Revealed by Gene Deletion and Transposon Mutagenesis Analysis
L Zhu, P Yerramilli, L Pruitt, A Mishra, RJ Olsen, SB Beres, AS Waller, JM Musser, MJ Federle |
Journal of bacteriology | 2021 |
Streptolysin O concentration and activity is central to in vivo phenotype and disease outcome in Group A Streptococcus infection
J Clarke, M Baltazar, M Alsahag, S Panagiotou, M Pouget, WA Paxton, G Pollakis, D Everett, N French, A Kadioglu |
Scientific Reports | 2021 |
Population Genomics of emm4 Group A Streptococcus Reveals Progressive Replacement with a Hypervirulent Clone in North America
S DebRoy, M Sanson, B Shah, S Regmi, LA Vega, C Odo, P Sahasrabhojane, A McGeer, GJ Tyrrell, N Fittipaldi, SA Shelburne, AR Flores, S Bordenstein |
mSystems | 2021 |
Streptococcus pyogenes TrxSR Two-Component System Regulates Biofilm Production in Acidic Environments
M Isaka, A Okamoto, Y Miura, I Tatsuno, J Maeyama, T Hasegawa, NE Freitag |
Infection and immunity | 2021 |
Intracellular Group A Streptococcus Induces Golgi Fragmentation To Impair Host Defenses through Streptolysin O and NAD-Glycohydrolase
T Nozawa, J Iibushi, H Toh, A Minowa-Nozawa, K Murase, C Aikawa, I Nakagawa, YF Chang |
mBio | 2021 |
Characterization of the Type I Restriction Modification System Broadly Conserved among Group A Streptococci
S DebRoy, WC Shropshire, CN Tran, H Hao, M Gohel, J Galloway-Peña, B Hanson, AR Flores, SA Shelburne, PD Fey |
mSphere | 2021 |
Streptococcus pyogenes upregulates arginine catabolism to exert its pathogenesis on the skin surface
Hirose Y, Yamaguchi M, Sumitomo T, Nakata M, Hanada T, Okuzaki D, Motooka D, Mori Y, Kawasaki H, Coady A, Uchiyama S, Hiraoka M, Zurich RH, Amagai M, Nizet V, Kawabata S |
Cell Reports | 2021 |
Streptococcus pyogenes Genes That Promote Pharyngitis in Primates
Luchang Zhu, Randall Olsen, Stephen Beres, Matthew Ojeda Saavedra, Samantha L. Kubiak, Concepcion Cantu, Leslie A. Jenkins, Andrew S. Waller, Zhizeng Sun, Timothy Palzkill, Adeline Porter, Frank R. DeLeo, James Mallory Musser |
JCI Insight | 2020 |
Genome-Wide Screens Identify Group A Streptococcus Surface Proteins Promoting Female Genital Tract Colonization and Virulence
L Zhu, RJ Olsen, SB Beres, MO Saavedra, SL Kubiak, CC Cantu, L Jenkins, P Yerramilli, L Pruitt, AR Charbonneau, AS Waller, JM Musser |
The American Journal of Pathology | 2020 |
Interaction of Macrophages and Cholesterol-Dependent Cytolysins: The Impact on Immune Response and Cellular Survival
R Thapa, S Ray, PA Keyel |
Toxins | 2020 |
Genome-Wide Assessment of Streptococcus agalactiae Genes Required for Survival in Human Whole Blood and Plasma
L Zhu, P Yerramilli, L Pruitt, MO Saavedra, CC Cantu, RJ Olsen, SB Beres, AS Waller, JM Musser, NE Freitag |
Infection and immunity | 2020 |
Genetic Basis Underlying the Hyperhemolytic Phenotype of Streptococcus agalactiae Strain CNCTC10/84
L Zhu, SB Beres, P Yerramilli, L Pruitt, CC Cantu, RJ Olsen, JM Musser, MJ Federle |
Journal of bacteriology | 2020 |
A Single Amino Acid Replacement in Penicillin Binding Protein 2X in Streptococcus pyogenes Significantly Increases Fitness upon Subtherapeutic Benzylpenicillin Treatment in a Mouse Model of Necrotizing Myositis
RJ Olsen, L Zhu, JM Musser |
The American Journal of Pathology | 2020 |
Strain-Dependent Effect of Capsule on Transmission and Persistence in an Infant Mouse Model of Group A Streptococcus Infection
LA Vega, MA Sanson, BJ Shah, AR Flores, NE Freitag |
Infection and immunity | 2020 |
Pathogenicity Characterization of Prevalent-Type Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis Strains
M Matsue, K Ogura, H Sugiyama, T Miyoshi-Akiyama, Y Takemori-Sakai, Y Iwata, T Wada, S Okamoto |
Frontiers in microbiology | 2020 |
Single Amino Acid Replacements in RocA Disrupt Protein-Protein Interactions To Alter the Molecular Pathogenesis of Group A Streptococcus
PE Bernard, A Duarte, M Bogdanov, JM Musser, RJ Olsen, NE Freitag |
Infection and immunity | 2020 |
Nicotinamide Increases Intracellular NAD+ Content to Enhance Autophagy-Mediated Group A Streptococcal Clearance in Endothelial Cells
CL Hsieh, SY Hsieh, HM Huang, SL Lu, H Omori, PX Zheng, YN Ho, YL Cheng, YS Lin, C Chiang-Ni, PJ Tsai, SY Wang, CC Liu, T Noda, JJ Wu |
Frontiers in microbiology | 2020 |
Reduced In Vitro Susceptibility of Streptococcus pyogenes to β-Lactam Antibiotics Associated with Mutations in the pbp2x Gene Is Geographically Widespread
JM Musser, SB Beres, L Zhu, RJ Olsen, J Vuopio, HL Hyyryläinen, K Gröndahl-Yli-Hannuksela, KG Kristinsson, J Darenberg, B Henriques-Normark, S Hoffmann, DA Caugant, AJ Smith, DS Lindsay, DM Boragine, T Palzkill, AJ McAdam |
Journal of clinical microbiology | 2020 |
Genetic heterogeneity of the Spy1336/R28—Spy1337 virulence axis in Streptococcus pyogenes and effect on gene transcript levels and pathogenesis
JM Eraso, P Kachroo, RJ Olsen, SB Beres, L Zhu, T Badu, S Shannon, CC Cantu, MO Saavedra, SL Kubiak, AR Porter, FR DeLeo, JM Musser, DA Robinson |
PloS one | 2020 |
Population Genomic Molecular Epidemiological Study of Macrolide-Resistant Streptococcus pyogenes in Iceland, 1995 to 2016: Identification of a Large Clonal Population with a pbp2x Mutation Conferring Reduced In Vitro β-Lactam Susceptibility
SB Southon, SB Beres, P Kachroo, MO Saavedra, H Erlendsdóttir, G Haraldsson, P Yerramilli, L Pruitt, L Zhu, JM Musser, KG Kristinsson, A Mellmann |
Journal of clinical microbiology | 2020 |
Genetic Characterization of Streptococcus pyogenes emm89 Strains Isolated in Japan From 2011 to 2019
Hirose Y, Yamaguchi M, Takemoto N, Miyoshi-Akiyama T, Sumitomo T, Nakata M, Ikebe T, Hanada T, Yamaguchi T, Kawahara R, Okuno R, Otsuka H, Matsumoto Y, Terashima Y, Kazawa Y, Nakanishi N, Uchida K, Akiyama Y, Iwabuchi K, Nakagawa C, Yamamoto K, Nizet V, Kawabata S |
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Gene fitness landscape of group A streptococcus during necrotizing myositis
Luchang Zhu, Randall Olsen, Stephen Beres, Jesus M Eraso, Matthew Ojeda Saavedra, Samantha Kubiak, Concepcion Cantu, Leslie Jenkins, Amelia RL Charbonneau, Andrew S Waller, James Mallory Musser |
Journal of Clinical Investigation | 2019 |
Integrated analysis of population genomics, transcriptomics and virulence provides novel insights into Streptococcus pyogenes pathogenesis
P Kachroo, JM Eraso, SB Beres, RJ Olsen, L Zhu, W Nasser, PE Bernard, CC Cantu, MO Saavedra, MJ Arredondo, B Strope, H Do, M Kumaraswami, J Vuopio, K Gröndahl-Yli-Hannuksela, KG Kristinsson, M Gottfredsson, M Pesonen, J Pensar, ER Davenport, AG Clark, J Corander, DA Caugant, S Gaini, MD Magnussen, SL Kubiak, HA Nguyen, SW Long, AR Porter, FR DeLeo, JM Musser |
Nature Genetics | 2019 |
Conserved and specific features of Streptococcus pyogenes and Streptococcus agalactiae transcriptional landscapes
I Rosinski-Chupin, E Sauvage, A Fouet, C Poyart, P Glaser |
BMC Genomics | 2019 |
Evaluation of SNP calling methods for closely related bacterial isolates and a novel high-accuracy pipeline: BactSNP
D Yoshimura, R Kajitani, Y Gotoh, K Katahira, M Okuno, Y Ogura, T Hayashi, T Itoh |
Microbial Genomics | 2019 |
The Secreted Virulence Factor NADase of Group A Streptococcus Inhibits P2X7 Receptor-Mediated Release of IL-1β
E Westerlund, C Valfridsson, DX Yi, JJ Persson |
Frontiers in immunology | 2019 |
Emergence of dominant toxigenic M1T1 Streptococcus pyogenes clone during increased scarlet fever activity in England: a population-based molecular epidemiological study
NN Lynskey, E Jauneikaite, HK Li, X Zhi, CE Turner, M Mosavie, M Pearson, M Asai, L Lobkowicz, JY Chow, J Parkhill, T Lamagni, VJ Chalker, S Sriskandan |
The Lancet Infectious Diseases | 2019 |
Polymorphisms in Regulator of Cov Contribute to the Molecular Pathogenesis of Serotype M28 Group A Streptococcus
PE Bernard, P Kachroo, JM Eraso, L Zhu, JE Madry, SE Linson, MO Saavedra, C Cantu, JM Musser, RJ Olsen |
The American Journal of Pathology | 2019 |
Changes in emm types and superantigen gene content of Streptococcus pyogenes causing invasive infections in Portugal
A Friães, J Melo-Cristino, M Ramirez |
Scientific Reports | 2019 |
The Emergence of Successful Streptococcus pyogenes Lineages through Convergent Pathways of Capsule Loss and Recombination Directing High Toxin Expression
CE Turner, MT Holden, B Blane, C Horner, SJ Peacock, S Sriskandan, P Keim |
mBio | 2019 |
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TC Barnett, AC Bowen, JR Carapetis |
Epidemiology and Infection | 2018 |
Signaling by a Conserved Quorum Sensing Pathway Contributes to Growth Ex Vivo and Oropharyngeal Colonization of Human Pathogen Group A Streptococcus
N Makthal, H Do, AR VanderWal, RJ Olsen, JM Musser, M Kumaraswami, NE Freitag |
Infection and immunity | 2018 |
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Open Forum Infectious Diseases | 2018 |
RocA has serotype-specific gene regulatory and pathogenesis activity in serotype M28 group A streptococcus
PE Bernard, P Kachroo, L Zhu, SB Beres, JM Eraso, Z Kajani, SW Long, JM Musser, RJ Olsen |
Infection and immunity | 2018 |
In silico characterisation of the two-component system regulators of Streptococcus pyogenes
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PloS one | 2018 |
Endopeptidase PepO Regulates the SpeB Cysteine Protease and Is Essential for the Virulence of Invasive M1T1 Streptococcus pyogenes
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Journal of bacteriology | 2018 |
NAD-Glycohydrolase Depletes Intracellular NAD+ and Inhibits Acidification of Autophagosomes to Enhance Multiplication of Group A Streptococcus in Endothelial Cells
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Frontiers in microbiology | 2018 |
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Trends in Microbiology | 2018 |
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Future Microbiology | 2018 |
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Journal of clinical microbiology | 2018 |
Molecular Epidemiology, Ecology, and Evolution of Group A Streptococci
DE Bessen, PR Smeesters, BW Beall, VA Fischetti, RP Novick, JJ Ferretti, DA Portnoy, JI Rood |
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Scientific Reports | 2017 |
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JA Valderrama, AM Riestra, NJ Gao, CN LaRock, N Gupta, SR Ali, HM Hoffman, P Ghosh, V Nizet |
Nature Microbiology | 2017 |
Rapid Emergence of a New Clone Impacts the Population at Risk and Increases the Incidence of Type emm89 Group A Streptococcus Invasive Disease
S Teatero, BL Coleman, SB Beres, RJ Olsen, C Kandel, O Reynolds, TB Athey, JM Musser, A McGeer, N Fittipaldi |
Open Forum Infectious Diseases | 2017 |
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RV Wilkening, MJ Federle |
Trends in Microbiology | 2017 |
Contribution of Secreted NADase and Streptolysin O to the Pathogenesis of Epidemic Serotype M1 Streptococcus pyogenes Infections
L Zhu, RJ Olsen, JD Lee, AR Porter, FR DeLeo, JM Musser |
The American Journal of Pathology | 2017 |
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Scientific Reports | 2017 |
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M Leiblein, I Marzi, AL Sander, JH Barker, F Ebert, J Frank |
European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery | 2017 |
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Frontiers in pharmacology | 2017 |
Binding of NAD + -Glycohydrolase to Streptolysin O Stabilizes Both Toxins and Promotes Virulence of Group A Streptococcus
JJ Velarde, M OSeaghdha, B Baddal, B Bastiat-Sempe, MR Wessels, GM Dunny |
mBio | 2017 |
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mBio | 2017 |
Opacification Domain of Serum Opacity Factor Inhibits Beta-Hemolysis and Contributes to Virulence of Streptococcus pyogenes
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mSphere | 2017 |
Population and Whole Genome Sequence Based Characterization of Invasive Group A Streptococci Recovered in the United States during 2015
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mBio | 2017 |
Novel Genes Required for the Fitness of Streptococcus pyogenes in Human Saliva
L Zhu, AR Charbonneau, AS Waller, RJ Olsen, SB Beres, JM Musser, SE D'Orazio |
mSphere | 2017 |
Genome sequence analysis of emm89 Streptococcus pyogenes strains causing infections in Scotland, 2010–2016
SB Beres, RJ Olsen, MO Saavedra, R Ure, A Reynolds, DS Lindsay, AJ Smith, JM Musser |
Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2017 |
Tissue tropisms in group A Streptococcus: what virulence factors distinguish pharyngitis from impetigo strains?
DE Bessen |
Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases | 2016 |
Genomic Landscape of Intrahost Variation in Group A Streptococcus: Repeated and Abundant Mutational Inactivation of the fabT Gene Encoding a Regulator of Fatty Acid Synthesis
JM Eraso, RJ Olsen, SB Beres, P Kachroo, AR Porter, W Nasser, PE Bernard, FR DeLeo, JM Musser, VB Young |
Infection and immunity | 2016 |
Transcriptome Remodeling Contributes to Epidemic Disease Caused by the Human Pathogen Streptococcus pyogenes
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mBio | 2016 |
Intergenic Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Polymorphism Upstream of rocA Alters Toxin Production and Enhances Virulence in Streptococcus pyogenes
L Zhu, RJ Olsen, N Horstmann, SA Shelburne, J Fan, Y Hu, JM Musser, A Camilli |
Infection and immunity | 2016 |
Regulatory gene mutation: a driving force behind group a Streptococcus strain- and serotype-specific variation: Regulator variation in GAS
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Molecular Microbiology | 2016 |
Genomic Characteristics Behind the Spread of Bacteremic Group A Streptococcus Type emm 89 in Finland, 2004–2014
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The Journal of Infectious Diseases | 2016 |
The Majority of 9,729 Group A Streptococcus Strains Causing Disease Secrete SpeB Cysteine Protease: Pathogenesis Implications
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Infection and immunity | 2015 |
Trading Capsule for Increased Cytotoxin Production: Contribution to Virulence of a Newly Emerged Clade of emm89 Streptococcus pyogenes
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mBio | 2015 |
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