Publications

Recent Publications (2019)

• Cowan, M.M, Kasbohm, N.A. & Ahmad, G. (2019). Gastrointestinal helminths of raccoons (Procyon lotor) from Southeast Nebraska. Veterinary World (In Press).
• Saifullah, M.K, Ahmad, G. Abidi, S.M.A. and Ahmad S. (2019). Isolation and partial characterization of excretory/secretory (E/S) antigens of a biliary amphistome, Gigantocotyle explanatum . Veterinary World (Under review).
• Asif A, Iftikhar A, Hamood A, Colmer-Hamood JA, Qaisar U. 2019. Isonitrile-functionalized tyrosine modulates swarming motility and quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Microbial Pathogenies. 127:288-295 
• Lenzmeier TD, Mudaliar NS, Stanbro JA, Watters C, Ahmad A, Simons MP, Ventolini G, Zak JC, Colmer-Hamood JA, Hamood AN. 2019. Application of Lactobacillus gasseri 63 AM supernatant to Pseudomonas aeruginosa-infected wounds prevents sepsis in murine models of thermal injury and dorsal excision. J Med Microbiol. 68(10):1560-1572
• Elmassry MM, Mudaliar NS, Kottapalli KR, Dissanaike S, Griswold JA, San Francisco MJ, Colmer-Hamood JA, Hamood AN. 2019. Pseudomonas aeruginosa Alters Its Transcriptome Related to Carbon Metabolism and Virulence as a Possible Survival Strategy in Blood from Trauma Patients. mSystems.7;4(4). pii: e00312-18.
• Hossain MA, Sattenapally N, Parikh HI, Li W, Rumbaugh KP, German NA. Design, synthesis, and evaluation of compounds capable of reducing Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence. Eur J Med Chem. 2019 Oct 22:111800. PMID: 31706639
• Tipton CD, Sanford NE, Everett JA, Gabrilska RA, Wolcott RD, Rumbaugh KP, Phillips CD. Chronic wound microbiome colonization on mouse model following cryogenic preservation. PLoS One. 2019 Aug 23;14(8):e0221565. PMID: 31442275
• Zhao-Fleming HH, Wilkinson JE, Larumbe E, Dissanaike S, Rumbaugh K. Obligate anaerobes are abundant in human necrotizing soft tissue infection samples - a metagenomics analysis. APMIS. 2019 Aug;127(8):577-587. PMID: 31127652
• Castro-Gonzalez, S., Shi Y., Colomer-Lluch, M., Mowery, K., Almodovar, S., Bansal, A., Sparrer, K., Liang, C., and Serra-Moreno, R. 2019. HIV-1 Nef counteracts autophagy restriction by enhancing the association between BECN1 and its inhibitor BCL2 in a Parkin-dependent manner. Contribution: 70%. Citations: n/a. Revise and resubmit in the Autophagy journal on 8/20/2019. Impact factor: 11.1
• Colomer-Lluch, M., Gonzalez-Castro, S., and Serra-Moreno, R. 2019. SUMOylation and Ubiquitination in HIV infection. Invited book chapter part of “SUMOylation and Ubiquitylation: current and emerging concepts”. Caister Academic Publishing group. Contribution 70%. Accepted for publication.
• Saddler K, Castro-Lainez MT, Deliz-Aguirre R, Munoz J, Aguilar-Espinal JA, Sierra-Hoffman M, Chandna H, Howell A, Midturi J, Winn RE. Nontyphoidal Salmonella purulent pericarditis presenting with pericardial tamponade in a patient on infliximab therapy. ID Cases, 15:1-4, 2019.
• Winn RE. Tuberculosis- Host Defenses relative to Mucosal Immunity- Prospects for Vaccine Reappraisal and Review of Current Strategies. Submitted Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles
• McKenzie P, Winn RE. Port Infection secondary to Mycobacterium fortuitum with Review of the Literature. Submitted Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles.
• Winn RE, Taddy C, Hatfield T. Tenosynovitis due to Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare in a cardiac transplant recipient.
• Mukherjee, S., Xu, W., Hsu, F. F., Patel, J., Huang, J., and Zhang, K*. (2019) Sterol methyltransferase is required for optimal mitochondrial function and virulence in Leishmania major. Mol. Microbiol. 111(1):65-81. PMCID: PMC6351164. Journal IF: 3.816. (40%)
• Mukherjee, S., Basu, S., and Zhang, K*. (2019) Farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase is essential for the promastigote and amastigote stages in Leishmania major. Mol Biochem Parasitol. 230:8-15. PubMed PMID: 30926449; NIHMSID:NIHMS1525447. Journal IF: 1.744. (40%)
• Moitra, S., Pawlowic, M. C., Hsu, F.F., and Zhang, K*. (2019) Phosphatidylcholine synthesis through choline phosphate cytidylyltransferase is dispensable in Leishmania major. Sci. Rep. 9(1):7602. PubMed PMID: 31110206. Journal IF: 4.122. (40%)
• Zhang, K., and Beverley, S. M. (2019) Mannogen-ing central carbon metabolism by Leishmania. Trends in Parasitology. pii: S1471-4922(19)30243-0. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2019.10.001. PMID: 31662278.