Published in Cell Host Microbe on June 14, 2012
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Key role of poly-gamma-DL-glutamic acid in immune evasion and virulence of Staphylococcus epidermidis. J Clin Invest (2005) 1.64
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Neutrophils in the innate immune response. Arch Immunol Ther Exp (Warsz) (2006) 1.42
Maltodextrin utilization plays a key role in the ability of group A Streptococcus to colonize the oropharynx. Infect Immun (2006) 1.42
Phagocytosis of Staphylococcus aureus by macrophages exerts cytoprotective effects manifested by the upregulation of antiapoptotic factors. PLoS One (2009) 1.41
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Central role of a bacterial two-component gene regulatory system of previously unknown function in pathogen persistence in human saliva. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2005) 1.33
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Sublytic concentrations of Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine leukocidin alter human PMN gene expression and enhance bactericidal capacity. J Leukoc Biol (2012) 1.08
Genomic analysis of the emergence of vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. MBio (2012) 1.06
Phagocytosis of Staphylococcus aureus by human neutrophils prevents macrophage efferocytosis and induces programmed necrosis. J Immunol (2014) 1.06
Characterization of an extracellular virulence factor made by group A Streptococcus with homology to the Listeria monocytogenes internalin family of proteins. Infect Immun (2003) 1.05
Staphylococcus aureus leukotoxin GH promotes formation of neutrophil extracellular traps. J Immunol (2013) 1.05
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Lack of a major role of Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine leukocidin in lower respiratory tract infection in nonhuman primates. Am J Pathol (2010) 1.01
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Staphylococcus aureus protein A promotes immune suppression. MBio (2013) 0.91
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Insight into structure-function relationship in phenol-soluble modulins using an alanine screen of the phenol-soluble modulin (PSM) α3 peptide. FASEB J (2013) 0.86
Mouse model of Staphylococcus aureus skin infection. Methods Mol Biol (2013) 0.84
Analysis of Staphylococcus aureus gene expression during PMN phagocytosis. Methods Mol Biol (2008) 0.84
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Relapsing fever spirochaetes produce a serine protease that provides resistance to oxidative stress and killing by neutrophils. Mol Microbiol (2006) 0.83
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A plague upon the phagocytes. Nat Med (2005) 0.81
How methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus evade neutrophil killing. Curr Opin Hematol (2015) 0.80
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and athletes. Phys Sportsmed (2012) 0.79
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PI3K and NADPH oxidase: a class act. Blood (2008) 0.77
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Flexicate molecules as a potential new class of antibiotics. Future Microbiol (2012) 0.75
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Memorial: Gary Michael Bokoch, 1954-2010. J Leukoc Biol (2010) 0.75