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2022

Journal Article

The antimicrobial and immunomodulatory effects of Ionophores for the treatment of human infection

Li, Gen, De Oliveira, David M.P. and Walker, Mark J. (2022). The antimicrobial and immunomodulatory effects of Ionophores for the treatment of human infection. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 227 111661, 111661. doi: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2021.111661

The antimicrobial and immunomodulatory effects of Ionophores for the treatment of human infection

2022

Journal Article

Rescuing Tetracycline Class Antibiotics for the Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Pulmonary Infection

De Oliveira, David M. P., Forde, Brian M., Phan, Minh-Duy, Steiner, Bernhard, Zhang, Bing, Zuegg, Johannes, El-deeb, Ibrahim M., Li, Gen, Keller, Nadia, Brouwer, Stephan, Harbison-Price, Nichaela, Cork, Amanda J., Bauer, Michelle J., Alquethamy, Saleh F., Beatson, Scott A., Roberts, Jason A., Paterson, David L., McEwan, Alastair G., Blaskovich, Mark A. T., Schembri, Mark A., McDevitt, Christopher A., von Itzstein, Mark and Walker, Mark J. (2022). Rescuing Tetracycline Class Antibiotics for the Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Pulmonary Infection. mBio, 13 (1) e03517, e0351721. doi: 10.1128/mbio.03517-21

Rescuing Tetracycline Class Antibiotics for the Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Pulmonary Infection

2022

Journal Article

Dysregulation of Streptococcus pneumoniae zinc homeostasis breaks ampicillin resistance in a pneumonia infection model

Brazel, Erin B., Tan, Aimee, Neville, Stephanie L., Iverson, Amy R., Udagedara, Saumya R., Cunningham, Bliss A., Sikanyika, Mwilye, De Oliveira, David M.P., Keller, Bernhard, Bohlmann, Lisa, El-Deeb, Ibrahim M., Ganio, Katherine, Eijkelkamp, Bart A., McEwan, Alastair G., von Itzstein, Mark, Maher, Megan J., Walker, Mark J., Rosch, Jason W. and McDevitt, Christopher A. (2022). Dysregulation of Streptococcus pneumoniae zinc homeostasis breaks ampicillin resistance in a pneumonia infection model. Cell Reports, 38 (2) 110202, 1-18. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.110202

Dysregulation of Streptococcus pneumoniae zinc homeostasis breaks ampicillin resistance in a pneumonia infection model

2021

Journal Article

Streptococcal superantigens and the return of scarlet fever

Hurst, Jacklyn R., Brouwer, Stephan, Walker, Mark J. and McCormick, John K. (2021). Streptococcal superantigens and the return of scarlet fever. PLOS Pathogens, 17 (12) e1010097, e1010097. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010097

Streptococcal superantigens and the return of scarlet fever

2021

Journal Article

A drug candidate for Alzheimer's and Huntington's disease, PBT2, can be repurposed to render Neisseria gonorrhoeae susceptible to natural cationic antimicrobial peptides

Jen, Freda E. -C., El-Deeb, Ibrahim M., Zalucki, Yaramah M., Edwards, Jennifer L., Walker, Mark J., Von Itzstein, Mark and Jennings, Michael P. (2021). A drug candidate for Alzheimer's and Huntington's disease, PBT2, can be repurposed to render Neisseria gonorrhoeae susceptible to natural cationic antimicrobial peptides. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 76 (11), 2850-2853. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkab291

A drug candidate for Alzheimer's and Huntington's disease, PBT2, can be repurposed to render Neisseria gonorrhoeae susceptible to natural cationic antimicrobial peptides

2021

Journal Article

Streptolysins are the primary inflammasome activators in macrophages during Streptococcus pyogenes infection

Richter, Johanna, Monteleone, Mercedes M, Cork, Amanda J., Barnett, Timothy C., Nizet, Victor, Brouwer, Stephan, Schroder, Kate and Walker, Mark J. (2021). Streptolysins are the primary inflammasome activators in macrophages during Streptococcus pyogenes infection. Immunology and Cell Biology, 99 (10), 1-13. doi: 10.1111/imcb.12499

Streptolysins are the primary inflammasome activators in macrophages during Streptococcus pyogenes infection

2021

Journal Article

Inflammasome activation and IL ‐1β signalling in Group A Streptococcus disease

Richter, Johanna, Brouwer, Stephan, Schroder, Kate and Walker, Mark J. (2021). Inflammasome activation and IL ‐1β signalling in Group A Streptococcus disease. Cellular Microbiology, 23 (9) e13373, 1-9. doi: 10.1111/cmi.13373

Inflammasome activation and IL ‐1β signalling in Group A Streptococcus disease

2021

Journal Article

A controlled human infection model of Streptococcus pyogenes pharyngitis (CHIVAS-M75): an observational, dose-finding study

Osowicki, Joshua, Azzopardi, Kristy I, Fabri, Loraine, Frost, Hannah R, Rivera-Hernandez, Tania, Neeland, Melanie R, Whitcombe, Alana L, Grobler, Anneke, Gutman, Sarah J, Baker, Ciara, Wong, Janet M F, Lickliter, Jason D, Waddington, Claire S, Pandey, Manisha, Schuster, Tibor, Cheng, Allen C, Pollard, Andrew J, McCarthy, James S, Good, Michael F, Dale, James B, Batzloff, Michael, Moreland, Nicole J, Walker, Mark J, Carapetis, Jonathan R, Smeesters, Pierre R and Steer, Andrew C (2021). A controlled human infection model of Streptococcus pyogenes pharyngitis (CHIVAS-M75): an observational, dose-finding study. The Lancet Microbe, 2 (7), e291-e299. doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(20)30240-8

A controlled human infection model of Streptococcus pyogenes pharyngitis (CHIVAS-M75): an observational, dose-finding study

2021

Journal Article

A multivalent T-antigen-based vaccine for Group A Streptococcus

Loh, Jacelyn M. S., Rivera-Hernandez, Tania, McGregor, Reuben, Khemlani, Adrina Hema J., Tay, Mei Lin, Cork, Amanda J., M. Raynes, Jeremy, Moreland, Nicole J., Walker, Mark J. and Proft, Thomas (2021). A multivalent T-antigen-based vaccine for Group A Streptococcus. Scientific Reports, 11 (1) 4353, 1-10. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-83673-4

A multivalent T-antigen-based vaccine for Group A Streptococcus

2021

Journal Article

Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

Klionsky, Daniel J., Abdel-Aziz, Amal Kamal, Abdelfatah, Sara, Abdellatif, Mahmoud, Abdoli, Asghar, Abel, Steffen, Abeliovich, Hagai, Abildgaard, Marie H., Abudu, Yakubu Princely, Acevedo-Arozena, Abraham, Adamopoulos, Iannis E., Adeli, Khosrow, Adolph, Timon E., Adornetto, Annagrazia, Aflaki, Elma, Agam, Galila, Agarwal, Anupam, Aggarwal, Bharat B., Agnello, Maria, Agostinis, Patrizia, Agrewala, Javed N., Agrotis, Alexander, Aguilar, Patricia V., Ahmad, S. Tariq, Ahmed, Zubair M., Ahumada-Castro, Ulises, Aits, Sonja, Aizawa, Shu, Akkoc, Yunus ... Tong, Chun-Kit (2021). Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition). Autophagy, 17 (1), 1-382. doi: 10.1080/15548627.2020.1797280

Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

2020

Journal Article

Role of glutathione in buffering excess intracellular copper in Streptococcus pyogenes

Stewart, Louisa J., Ong, Cheryl-Lynn Y., Zhang, May M., Brouwer, Stephan, McIntyre, Liam, Davies, Mark R., Walker, Mark J., McEwan, Alastair G., Waldron, Kevin J. and Djoko, Karrera Y. (2020). Role of glutathione in buffering excess intracellular copper in Streptococcus pyogenes. mBio, 11 (6) e02804-20, 1-19. doi: 10.1128/mBio.02804-20

Role of glutathione in buffering excess intracellular copper in Streptococcus pyogenes

2020

Journal Article

Prophage exotoxins enhance colonization fitness in epidemic scarlet fever-causing Streptococcus pyogenes

Brouwer, Stephan, Barnett, Timothy C., Ly, Diane, Kasper, Katherine J., De Oliveira, David M. P., Rivera-Hernandez, Tania, Cork, Amanda J., McIntyre, Liam, Jespersen, Magnus G., Richter, Johanna, Schulz, Benjamin L., Dougan, Gordon, Nizet, Victor, Yuen, Kwok-Yung, You, Yuanhai, McCormick, John K., Sanderson-Smith, Martina L., Davies, Mark R. and Walker, Mark J. (2020). Prophage exotoxins enhance colonization fitness in epidemic scarlet fever-causing Streptococcus pyogenes. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 5018, 5018. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18700-5

Prophage exotoxins enhance colonization fitness in epidemic scarlet fever-causing Streptococcus pyogenes

2020

Journal Article

Repurposing a neurodegenerative disease drug to treat Gram-negative antibiotic-resistant bacterial sepsis

De Oliveira, David M. P., Bohlmann, Lisa, Conroy, Trent, Jen, Freda E.-C., Everest-Dass, Arun, Hansford, Karl A., Bolisetti, Raghu, El-Deeb, Ibrahim M., Forde, Brian M., Phan, Minh-Duy, Lacey, Jake A., Tan, Aimee, Rivera-Hernandez, Tania, Brouwer, Stephan, Keller, Nadia, Kidd, Timothy J., Cork, Amanda J., Bauer, Michelle J., Cook, Gregory M., Davies, Mark R., Beatson, Scott A., Paterson, David L., McEwan, Alastair G., Li, Jian, Schembri, Mark A., Blaskovich, Mark A. T., Jennings, Michael P., McDevitt, Christopher A., von Itzstein, Mark and Walker, Mark J. (2020). Repurposing a neurodegenerative disease drug to treat Gram-negative antibiotic-resistant bacterial sepsis. Science Translational Medicine, 12 (570) abb3791, eabb3791. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abb3791

Repurposing a neurodegenerative disease drug to treat Gram-negative antibiotic-resistant bacterial sepsis

2020

Journal Article

Erratum for: An experimental group a Streptococcus vaccine that reduces pharyngitis and tonsillitis in a nonhuman primate model (mBio, (2019) 10, 2, 10.1128/mBio.00693-19)

Rivera-Hernandez, Tania, Carnathan, Diane G., Jones, Scott, Cork, Amanda J., Davies, Mark R., Moyle, Peter M., Toth, Istvan, Batzloff, Michael R., McCarthy, James, Nizet, Victor, Goldblatt, David, Silvestri, Guido and Walker, Mark J. (2020). Erratum for: An experimental group a Streptococcus vaccine that reduces pharyngitis and tonsillitis in a nonhuman primate model (mBio, (2019) 10, 2, 10.1128/mBio.00693-19). mBio, 11 (6) e02995-20, 1-1. doi: 10.1128/mBio.02995-20

Erratum for: An experimental group a Streptococcus vaccine that reduces pharyngitis and tonsillitis in a nonhuman primate model (mBio, (2019) 10, 2, 10.1128/mBio.00693-19)

2020

Journal Article

Antimicrobial resistance in ESKAPE pathogens

De Oliveira, David M. P., Forde, Brian M., Kidd, Timothy J., Harris, Patrick N. A., Schembri, Mark A., Beatson, Scott A., Paterson, David L. and Walker, Mark J. (2020). Antimicrobial resistance in ESKAPE pathogens. Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 33 (3) e00181-19, e00181-19. doi: 10.1128/cmr.00181-19

Antimicrobial resistance in ESKAPE pathogens

2020

Journal Article

Update on group A streptococcal vaccine development

Dale, James B. and Walker, Mark J. (2020). Update on group A streptococcal vaccine development. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 33 (3), 244-250. doi: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000644

Update on group A streptococcal vaccine development

2020

Journal Article

All major cholesterol-dependent cytolysins use glycans as cellular receptors

Shewell, Lucy K., Day, Christopher J., Jen, Freda E.-C., Haselhorst, Thomas, Atack, John M., Reijneveld, Josephine F., Everest-Dass, Arun, James, David B. A., Boguslawski, Kristina M., Brouwer, Stephan, Gillen, Christine M., Luo, Zhenyao, Kobe, Bostjan, Nizet, Victor, von Itzstein, Mark, Walker, Mark J., Paton, Adrienne W., Paton, James C., Torres, Victor J. and Jennings, Michael P. (2020). All major cholesterol-dependent cytolysins use glycans as cellular receptors. Science Advances, 6 (21) EAAZ4926, eaaz4926. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz4926

All major cholesterol-dependent cytolysins use glycans as cellular receptors

2020

Other Outputs

Prophage exotoxins enhance colonization fitness in epidemic scarlet fever-causing Streptococcus pyogenes

Brouwer, Stephan, Barnett, Timothy C., Ly, Diane, Kasper, Katherine J., De Oliveira, David M.P., Rivera-Hernandez, Tania, Cork, Amanda J., McIntyre, Liam, Jespersen, Magnus G., Richter, Johanna, Schulz, Benjamin L., Dougan, Gordon, Nizet, Victor, Yuen, Kwok-Yung, You, Yuanhai, McCormick, John K., Sanderson-Smith, Martina L., Davies, Mark R. and Walker, Mark J. (2020). Prophage exotoxins enhance colonization fitness in epidemic scarlet fever-causing Streptococcus pyogenes. doi: 10.1101/2020.05.17.095000

Prophage exotoxins enhance colonization fitness in epidemic scarlet fever-causing Streptococcus pyogenes

2020

Journal Article

Multiple bactericidal mechanisms of the zinc ionophore PBT2

Harbison-Price, Nichaela, Ferguson, Scott A., Heikal, Adam, Taiaroa, George, Hards, Kiel, Nakatani, Yoshio, Rennison, David, Brimble, Margaret A., El-Deeb, Ibrahim M., Bohlmann, Lisa, McDevitt, Christopher A., von Itzstein, Mark, Walker, Mark J. and Cook, Gregory M. (2020). Multiple bactericidal mechanisms of the zinc ionophore PBT2. mSphere, 5 (2) e00157-20. doi: 10.1128/msphere.00157-20

Multiple bactericidal mechanisms of the zinc ionophore PBT2

2020

Journal Article

Vaccine-induced Th1-type response protects against invasive group A Streptococcus infection in the absence of opsonizing antibodies

Rivera-Hernandez, Tania, Rhyme, Mira Syahira, Cork, Amanda J., Jones, Scott, Segui-Perez, Celia, Brunner, Livia, Richter, Johanna, Petrovsky, Nikolai, Lawrenz, Maria, Goldblatt, David, Collin, Nicolas and Walker, Mark J. (2020). Vaccine-induced Th1-type response protects against invasive group A Streptococcus infection in the absence of opsonizing antibodies. mBio, 11 (2) e00122-20. doi: 10.1128/mbio.00122-20

Vaccine-induced Th1-type response protects against invasive group A Streptococcus infection in the absence of opsonizing antibodies